Bulldogs at play: An Athens time capsule
Remember sitting out on the deck at T.K. Harty's Saloon in Athens?
I’m off today as usual, but I came across this piece I wrote for the Constitution 28 years ago in the archives and thought any Dogs fans who were in the Classic City around 1983 would get a kick out of it. It originally ran Sept. 23, 1983, with the headline, “Bulldogs at play: Where to party in funtown Athens.”
Several things strike me about it now: Much has changed, especially the prices. Also, we thought two dozen nightspots was a lot back then; now it seems like there’s that many bars and clubs in one block of downtown Athens. The Normaltown Flyers and Dirk Howell are still around, but I think the only surviving nightclub mentioned is the 40 Watt, and it’s long since moved to a different location. Man, I miss T.K.’s.
Anyway, I remember my brother Tim helped me do the legwork for this piece; I don’t think I exactly had to twist his arm. Think of it as an Athens time capsule. And for those who around UGA back then, I hope it brings back some good (if hazy) memories. …
ATHENS — This home of the University of Georgia is a partying town. Especially after football games.
Bulldog fans searching for post-game celebration can pick from well over two dozen nightspots in the Classic City. The entertainment includes balladeers, rock, country, new wave, oldies, jazz, strippers and disco. Places reserved for nothing more than serious elbow-bending are numerous, too.
On game weekends it’s best to arrive before 9 p.m., to avoid the rush. Also, bars in Athens stop serving at 1 a.m. on Friday nights and midnight on Saturdays.
Around half of Athens’ clubs are in and around the city’s charming downtown. Adequate parking is available at most if you get there early.
A good place to start a barfly’s tour of Athens is T.K. Harty’s Saloon (549-5052, 95 Hoyt St.). Located in a restored railway station a few blocks north of downtown, T.K.’s is the oldest nightclub in town now that the Last Resort, a legendary club founded as a coffee house in the mid-’60s, has closed.
The nicest thing about T.K.’s is the deck, where balladeer Bruce Chrichton accompanies himself on acoustic guitar. (He also plays before the game on football Saturdays). Beer ranges from $1.25 to $2.75 for a pitcher, mixed drinks are $1.50. A lot of students congregate here, but it’s actually one of the more sedate spots in town.
On the edge of downtown in the History Village hotel complex is another club located in a restored building. It’s called Bixby’s (546-0410, 295 E. Dougherty St.) and the stone and brick walls are remnants of the old Athens Steam Co. A small room decorated with lots of hanging plants, it features the jazz-pop of Bystander, an Augusta group. Beer is $1.25-$1.50, mixed drinks are $2.25-$3 and the crowd tends to be older.
A more raucous time can be had nearby at the Mad Hatter (549-4046, 450 E. Hancock Ave., in back of the Athens Flea Market). This place has a large disco dance floor, a small lounge equipped with large-screen TV and a 1,200-capacity ballroom in back (with one wall painted red and black and decorated with a Bulldog banner). Sidewinder will be rocking Friday and Saturday nights for a young crowd. Beer is $1.50-$1.75, mixed drinks are $1.75-$2.50 and there’s usually a cover charge.
Around the corner is the 40 Watt Club (548-9288, 382 E. Broad St.), mecca for Athens’ New Wavers but not exclusively devoted to that brand. In fact, this weekend the club features the country-pop-bluegrass harmonies of the Normaltown Flyers (one of Athens’ finest groups) and Athens rock pioneer Mad Dog Melton and his Dixie Grease (who might be familiar to UGA alumni from the late 1960s and early ’70s). Beer is $1.25-$1.75, mixed drinks are $1.75-$2.75 and there’ll be a $3 cover charge. Seating capacity is 200, but occasionally more than 500 folks have been squeezed in; don’t dawdle getting there.
The newest arrival on the Athens club scene is a familiar name to Atlantans: the Buckhead Beach (549-4921, 244 Oconee St.), located in what once was the B&L Warehouse. “After we sold the one in Atlanta,” said general manager Scott Hadly, “we were looking for a property and Athens just seemed a natural. We were drawing predominantly college age in Atlanta.”
This cavernous club, decorated with traffic signs and neon beer signs, has a raised dance floor, a long bar, a gameroom and bar in back and a very noisy college clientele. Capacity is 1,000, but it gets very crowded late in the evening. Beer is $1.50, mixed drinks are $1.75-$2.50 and there’s usually a cover charge. The Tams perform Friday at 9 p.m. and again Saturday starting at 6 p.m.
The coldest beer in town (and the nicest atmosphere) is available at O’Malley’s (549-3306, 271 Williams St.). This is yet another restored building (an old mill), located right on the edge of the Oconee River. The club’s extensive deck lets you sit outside while the water rushes beneath you. Live entertainment is booked occasionally, but mostly you’ll find students drinking and dancing. Beer is 75 cents-$1.25, mixed drinks are $1.25-$2.50.
Other attractions in the downtown area include Bourbon Street (546-6111, 247. E. Washington St.), a dimly lit club located in the basement of the Georgian Hotel and featuring all-nude dancing; the Frog Pond Lounge (546-8122, 513 W. Broad St.), a very small and extremely crowded room popular with the older crowd thanks to the vintage rock ‘n’ roll and country churned out by the two-man Dirk Howell Band; Daddy’s Dollar (543-6511, 230 N. Finley St.), a typical hotel lounge in the Family Inn featuring country-rock bands such as this weekend’s Joe & Tony; and the restaurant Friends (546-7693, 247 E. Washington St.) in the Georgian Hotel, which occasionally books acts in the old hotel ballroom. Gamble Rogers will perform next Friday night and Mike Reid the weekend after that.
Baxter Street, climbing the hill beside the high-rise dorms near Sanford Stadium, doesn’t offer much in the way of live music. There are a couple of lounges: Harry’s (546-7716, 494 Baxter St.) and Papa Joe’s (548-3481, 740 Baxter St.). Harry’s occasionally features entertainment and Papa Joe’s is beer and wine only right now.
Heading out Broad Street (which becomes the Atlanta Highway or U.S. 29-78), you’ll find Armadillo Palace (543-8847, 2194 W. Broad St.). Neal James performs Friday and Saturday at this 1,300-seat country-rock club. Beer is $1.50, mixed drinks are $2 and the crowd tends to be older than at most downtown clubs.
Students and alumni alike gather at the Fifth Quarter (353-9422, 2260 W. Broad St.), a sports-oriented bar and game room run by former Bulldog player Craig Hertwig and started by another ex-Dawg, Wayne Swinford. There’s a pre-game barbecue and two buses take customers to the stadium and back. Next weekend, the Normaltown Flyers will perform. The seats for the tables out front are old red bleachers removed from Sanford Stadium a couple of seasons ago. Beer is $1.25-$1.50 and mixed drinks are $1.75-$2.50.
The Night Owl Lounge (353-9328) at 3155 Atlanta Highway is a wild and wooly country-rock club with almost as many patrons sitting on cars in the parking lot as are inside listening to the band. Riverstreet plays this weekend. Beer is $1.50-$1.75 and mixed drinks are $2-$3. A mostly non-student crowd packs the place.
If you don’t mind driving a few minutes, you can also hit: the J&J Center (549-7009, Commerce Highway-U.S. 441), a 500-seat country music dance club featuring David Wills this weekend; Foxz (546-8209, 1294 Prince Ave, behind Allen’s), a bar-dance club located where Between the Hedges used to be; Brandy’s (353-1904, Jefferson Road in the Homewood Shopping Center), a lounge in a steak and seafood restaurant featuring guitarist Perry Mac (who does a pretty fair Willie Nelson) and pianist Jim Sherman; and the Lighthouse (353-7206, Lumpkin Street at Five Points), a restaurant-lounge featuring the Jim McKillip jazz trio.
Hit enough of these places and you’ll begin to understand why some folks in Athens think a Ph.D. stands for Party hard, Dammit.
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178 comments Add your comment
Dean Tate
September 26th, 2011
10:58 am
5th Quarter was my home away from home back in the ’70s. Football players, cops, rednecks and regular students all mingled. One night a drunk Athens cop began firing his service revolver into the wood floor to impress some ladies. Swino leaped the bar and convinced the officer to hold his fire. We all survived somehow.
OleSwole
September 26th, 2011
11:01 am
That article almost made me cry. I arrived in Athens in the spring of 86 and recognize many of those places.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 26th, 2011
11:08 am
Hey you guys, GT is ranked 21 in the country, what are y’all?
Sam
September 26th, 2011
11:10 am
I was a student during that time and knew many of those places very well. The memories came flooding back. The one place that you sort of missed was Classic Sub Shop across from Russell Hall. While it was not a partying place, the food was good, beer was cold and the deck was a great place to watch folks walking to and from the stadium!!!
THanks for the memories
elvisaintdead
September 26th, 2011
11:10 am
I used to live directly up that kudzu-covered hill from TK’s.
Good times. Lost keys.
And there was nothing, *NOTHING* like the 5Q on a Friday afternoon.
GaTruth
September 26th, 2011
11:14 am
Leave it to a skanky GT fan to comment on a post about great Athens hang-outs. Why would they? Because GT has ZERO game day traditions and NO place worth talking about as a pre/post game hangout… at least no place where you don’t have to have a criminal record and a stash of crack to get in.
LawDawg
September 26th, 2011
11:14 am
“Also, bars in Athens stop serving at 1 a.m. on Friday nights and midnight on Saturdays.”
Ah, the bad old days. Seriously, though. As much turn over as Athens has had in terms of bars of restaurants since I left about 10 years ago, I am not surprised I only recognize a few spots on the list (and mostly from kicking around Athens during the dweekend days as a kid. Thanks for the post, Bill.
Oh, and Ramble On: You can brag in the unlikely event you beat UGA. Otherwise, no one cares what you do to the weak sisters of the ACC.
DunwoodyDawg
September 26th, 2011
11:15 am
Wow, Bill this really takes me back. I loved the deck at T.K.’s. I work with some young UGA alumnae, and always tell them they don’t have any idea how good they had it in Athens. When you think about it, downtown was relatively dead in comparison to today. I had some great times at O’Malley’s that I can’t remember. Drink’n'Drown and penny beer, now that was livin’.
GaTruth
September 26th, 2011
11:16 am
Living at River Mill was the best – walk to class, walk to the library, walk to the games, walk to O’Malley’s, stumble home. Best apartment complex EVER!
GaTruth
September 26th, 2011
11:18 am
Zoo Night at the B&L – $3 to get in and all the rot-gut liquer or $1 long-necks you can drink! Those were the days…
NiquePhotog
September 26th, 2011
11:19 am
I apologize for a fellow GT fan coming on here for no good reason since this article is not even related to football.
You do happen to be way off-base in saying we have no tradition. Our fight song and the Ramblin Wreck are just as well know as Uga. There is a whole Wikipedia article dedicated GT traditions, so go check that out if you don’t believe me. UGA doesn’t even have one of those.
DunwoodyDawg
September 26th, 2011
11:19 am
Oh, one more thing. Anybody remember how there was only one way out of T.K.s, and at 1:00 AM Athens finest would always be lined up to nail patrons driving out of the parking lot?
gomdawg
September 26th, 2011
11:22 am
RAMBLE ON !!!! SEEN THIS BEFORE LETS WAIT 5 WEEKS AND GIVE ME A CALL
dawgtired87
September 26th, 2011
11:25 am
Met my wife of 23 years at Omalley’s in 85.
@Ramble On We would be ranked in the top 15 if we started with your schedule. Stayed tuned my little friend.
Gdawg
September 26th, 2011
11:30 am
Ramble On, not sure if you have cable tv down in your partents basment, the rest of us are playing real schools with real football teams not folks waiting for basketball season. Beat a real football school and we will talk, unfortunately you dont have one on your schedule till thanksgiving and we know how that typically turns out. Is Gardner-Webb coming back to the joke by coke this year?
hammerhead
September 26th, 2011
11:30 am
My years in Athens were 85-89, so many of these places are very familiar. I definitely miss TK Harty’s and a couple of the other places are cool to reminisce over, but honestly, Athens is so much better now. Most of those places were dumps (and not even charming dumps). Anyone remember Gus Garcia’s Tex Mex Restaurant downtown? Loved that place for a cold beer and their “Mouth of Hell” Chili.
Gay Dawg
September 26th, 2011
11:31 am
5th QTR was where I met Randy one hot and huuimid night. Whew…I need a spritzer.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 26th, 2011
11:32 am
I guess when you beat a team by 13 points that got clobbered by Vanderbilt, it’s time to reminiscence about getting drunk.
Gdawg
September 26th, 2011
11:34 am
NiquePhotog….if you have so many traditions why does it take full page ad’s in the paper or billboards to even get 35k in there???? Great traditions????nobody has even heard of them or give a crap. How is this tradition…riding MARTA to a home game?? how is this one…spitting on cars off of the downtown connector bridge????? PLease, sell that to the homefolks in New Jersey on the family vacation to Newark this summer!
Gdawg
September 26th, 2011
11:36 am
Ramble on, maybe celebrating beating your tails for 18 of the last 20 is a good reason to get drunk, or simply celebrating we don’t go to tech is reason enough!
gomdawg
September 26th, 2011
11:38 am
RAMBLE ON WRECK YOU’RE TIME COMING WHEN YOU PLAY REAL FOOTBALL TEAMS
gomdawg
September 26th, 2011
11:40 am
RAMBLE I HOPE YOU DONT THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE BEAT OLMISS BY 40 POINT CMR FELT SORRY FOR COACH NUTT
gomdawg
September 26th, 2011
11:42 am
RAMBLE ON GET YOU A REAL TEAM AND COME BACK
Still@theBAR
September 26th, 2011
11:45 am
Wish I could serve drinks at $2-$3 and make a living. LOL
I-DOG
September 26th, 2011
11:46 am
It is great to get an SEC win and one on the road. I thought the team showed slight improvement this week which is good, but I don’t believe we are of the caliber of any of Donnan’s last 3 teams yet.
We have quite a ways to go before we start talking about competing for the SEC East.
KEEP RICHT
September 26th, 2011
11:48 am
Ramble on……..Tech blows. Get over it, loser. hahahahaha (Thats me, whe i think about Tech, the ACC, your low attendance, your high school playbook, etc., etc.)
Still@theBAR
September 26th, 2011
11:48 am
It does seem after Tech 6-7 season they Prepared to Play Better this season. The Dawgs haven’t tried that GIMMICK just yet.
jrmdvm1
September 26th, 2011
11:51 am
I graduated in ‘76 and my favorite place was downtown and called Wall Street West. Drink and drown on Wednesday night. Great bands and a full pitcher on your table all night long for only $2.00.
Mtn Dawg
September 26th, 2011
11:52 am
Cool Bill. Being from Athens I remember and have frequented most of who you speak. Like you T.K.’s was one of my favorites. And the Last Resort. Man, those were the days. What was the big place on Thomas street just up from Athens Hardware and the same side. Big brick building. Can’t remember the name.
Thanks for the tour down memory lane.
Class of '98
September 26th, 2011
11:52 am
I worked at O’Malley’s for a couple years in the mid-late 90’s. Ah, those were the days.
evil empire
September 26th, 2011
11:52 am
remember that 81 schedule…those were the days…
Richt`s Hammer
September 26th, 2011
11:53 am
Is that where Russ was buried?
Marvin
September 26th, 2011
11:57 am
And its funny how much changed from time I graduated (in 1974) and 1983. When I was there the preferred watering holes included The Rail on Broad (later the Dog House), Your Mother’s Mustache (home of Mad Dog Melton and the Laughing Disaster – featuring Davis Causey and Randall Bramblett), Alan’s and the 5th Quarter (Normaltown). Venues change but the vibe remains.
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
11:59 am
Christmas Wish List(for early October)
Alabama 28
Florida 14
Auburn 45
SC 43
UGA 27
MSU 23
All of a sudden, we would be in a 1st place tie in the East.
Also:
Braves sweep Phillies
I’ll wake up now
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
12:00 pm
stillatthe bar
Matthew Stafford just called and wants to know when you will be sending your check
Told you that boy was gonna have a great year.
Fire Mark Richt
September 26th, 2011
12:01 pm
“Hey you guys, GT is ranked 21 in the country, what are y’all?”
We’re 9 out of the last 10 against GT, thanks for asking.
Still@theBAR
September 26th, 2011
12:01 pm
DiLex
the braves phillies thing is a HUGE Stretch. The others are always possible.
Still@theBAR
September 26th, 2011
12:03 pm
DiLex
It is still just 3 games in. I saw all the LOVE Matt Ryan got last year too. i am holding that Check until the end of the year.
You are seeing what Gailey is doing in Buffalo with a Harvard QB. LOL
LouisianaDawg
September 26th, 2011
12:08 pm
Thanks Bill. Anyone remember the Odyssey? Cold pitchers and pinball. Great place to go in the afternoon instead of class.
Our beloved Saint Jan
September 26th, 2011
12:11 pm
It’s interesting that 1983 is also the year that slimeball Vince Dooley had Jan Kemp demoted after she exposed the remedial studies scam that Dooley was using to keep illiterate dummies in school.
Our beloved Saint Jan is now in heaven, but we still cherish her name.
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
12:11 pm
Gailey must be part cat. That boy has at least 9 lives
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
12:15 pm
beloved saint jan idiot
Anyone who would post anything positive about that lady is an idiot.
You don’t know the story because you were not there.
The truth is far from the headlines.
There were some kids that were in UGA that were a stretch academically but the school helped a lot of them and several of them graduated.
You spewing your crap just shows your lack of intelligence.
Bet you didn’t go to Georgia.
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
12:28 pm
Why the snub of the original Papa Joe’s on Baxter, Bill? Beer and wine in 1983, I bet to differ. And as far as live music, you obviously have never heard 35 drunk Sorority Girls singing Jimmy Buffet.
Pollyanna
September 26th, 2011
12:29 pm
1.DE Justin Houston – would have been senior 2011
2.RB Caleb King – would have been senior 2011
3.WR AJ Green – would have been Senior 2011
4-ILB Brandon Burrows RFr waited until Fall Camp for surgery lost for year
5-RB Dontavius Jackson transferred to UAB
6-WR Lonnie Outlaw – failed Qualify 2010, WR Ga Military
7-WR Walter Hill – kicked off team or would be Senior 2011
8-OL Chris Little – transfer NW C College then Southern U then ineligible academics
9-OG Ben Harden – would be Senior 2011
10-WR Logan Gray- Senior Transfer Colorado
11-DE Montez Robinson – would be redshirt sophomore 2011, kicked off
12-QB Zach Mettenberger – LSU,would be redshirt sophomore 2011, kicked off
13-DL Chris Mayes – Dream Team 2011 failed Qualify, MS Gulf Coast Nose Tackle
14-LB Kent Turene – Dream Team 2011 failed Qualify, Jireh Prep NC
15-DE Jalen Fields, failed to Qualify 2010
16-OL Brent Benedict, RFr. — Transferred to Virginia Tech
17-SS Nick Williams – Senior 2011, transferred North Alabama Strong Safety
18-OL A.J. Harmon, Jr. — Transferred to Alabama State
19-TB Washaun Ealey, Jr. – Transferred to Jacksonville State
20-LB Marcus Dowtin, Jr. — Transferred to North Alabama
21-FS Jakar Hamilton – Senior injured, transfer out
22-OG Kolton Houston R Fr NCAA eligibility
23-OT Jonathan Owens – Redshirt Junior 2011, medical disqualification
24-DE Jeremy Longo, Jr. — Medically disqualified
25-OL Tanner Strickland, Sr. — left program not playing senior year injury
26-OL Trinton Sturdivant, Sr. — knee injury
27-CB Derek Owens – flunked out bowl game transfer 9/26
dostadawg
September 26th, 2011
12:29 pm
Hey ramble on, does your mom know your on the computer??? You little “tech terd”!!
Pollyanna
September 26th, 2011
12:30 pm
I see our player number 27 has left the team since the end of last year, Sophomore CB Derek Owens. Dropping like flies. Next ?
jkc313
September 26th, 2011
12:30 pm
LaDawg Odyssey was favorite of mine and fellow Vet students. First Donkey Kong and PacMan machines in Athens and 75cent and $1 pitchers.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
September 26th, 2011
12:30 pm
Ramble On
Wow lets see
Western Carolina LOL Georgia Southern beat them by 30 points
Middle Tenn how could we forget that top 10 opponent
Kansas ah Kansas such a storied history Kansas has in football
UNC LOL has no coach and yet Tech just gets by with minutes to go
Boy thats a big and bad Tech team
Its ok they will still lose to a losing record UGA team in Nov
Ramble On Ramble On Ramble ramble on and on and on
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
12:35 pm
pollyanna
We are all anxiously awaiting the day when you drop from our fanbase.
Mtn Dawg
September 26th, 2011
12:43 pm
@Marvin – Let’s don’t forget Coopers Drive In on 78 east. More a local dive with local color.
Pollyanna
September 26th, 2011
12:44 pm
DawginLex September 22nd, 2011 9:09 am
“I have said 31-0 and a shutout prediction might be gulp gulp gulp on the koolaid, I’m sticking with it.”
I can see why DawginLex
Joe
September 26th, 2011
12:45 pm
“I’m on cloud nine right now,” tight end Orson Charles said. “I’m very happy for coach Richt and I’m very happy for my teammates and all the coaching staff because a win in the SEC doesn’t come often.”
VERY SAD STATE OF UGA FOOTBALL……THINK THIS QUOTE SAYS IT ALL! Never see a quote like this from UF, LSU, Barnyard U, SC,
Paul Has A Small Johnson
September 26th, 2011
12:48 pm
Joe
That is a sad state and something that better change from this $5 million a year staff
Joe
September 26th, 2011
12:51 pm
I ain’t apologizing for nothing,” offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said. “That’s how it goes on the road sometimes. Sometimes it’s hard-fought, and I thought our guys responded and played hard all day and controlled the football all day.”
hmmm…against Ole Miss…..who lost to Vandy 30-7………perhaps Charlie Weis might say the same after Florida’s win over UK???? HA! Dream on….
Pollyanna
September 26th, 2011
12:51 pm
We don’t even complete passes to Orson Charles some games. Aaron Murray, to run up his stats vs patsy opponents, with us at the 1-yard line, through a poorly thrown pass to Orson Charles who made the catch.
But, you are right, this is where we are now – unless you are DawgInLex who feels only he can make such comments – no one else.
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
12:53 pm
OK pollyanna
i’ll play along
Tell me how far off my prediction was
We scored 27, should have had at least 6 or may be 9 more. But let’s stick with what we had. 27
Our defense dominated them. They scored 1 offensive TD on a trick pla, 1 TD on a reverse on a punt return. They scored zero points in the 2nd half
We have former NFL coaches on that side of the ball and anyone with a brain can see the improvement from last year.
I put gulp gulp gulp in my prediciton because I knew predicitng a shutout was a stretch
Now let’s compare this to your posts
You list all the players that have “left” the program. Including the ones who left early to get drafted by an NFL team. Yet in your sick little world, that is somehow a negative
You now call the entire 11 year Mark Richt tenure as an underachieivng disaster.
Yet 5 years ago, you were dripping with praise for this coach.
So now you see why I and others would love to not have to read your idiotic stuff anymore.
OWNED
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
12:59 pm
What was your favorite Athens nightspot back in the day BuLLdawg?
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
1:00 pm
some other bulldawg/thomas brown/pollyanna gems
Play Zach Mettenberger as a true freshman even though he couldn’t get out of his own way in practice and can’t beat out 2 other QB’s at LSU right now. Already recruited over for next year
Play Aaron Murray as a true freshman even though he was rehabbing from injury. Not to mention you now proclaim him to be lousy and spew about his “rushing stats” despite the fact that any idiot knows that sacks count against rushing stats in college football
You contradict yourself all the time
I state support for the coaches and players and leave it up to Greg McGarity to decide Richt’s fate based on season results.
You complain about the sky being blue.
Had It
September 26th, 2011
1:01 pm
So-so win.
Joe
September 26th, 2011
1:02 pm
DawginLex…..I am trying to be positive and support this coaching staff but if you look at the quotes above you cant tell me it gives reason to be optimistic. This is a team that is suppose to be on a mission to go 10-0. This was Ole Miss who lost to Vandy 30–7…….When your tailback runs for 150 yards and the QB throws for almost 300….and we are kicking 5 FGs of which 3 are missed speaks loud and clear. Again, THIS was Ole Miss……we have problems and their the same ones on Offense that have raised their head before
CDawg
September 26th, 2011
1:04 pm
Gresham’s Disco, just west of the Varsity…’Play All the Latest’
Gay Dawg
September 26th, 2011
1:04 pm
It was a win feloow bulldawgers. It has always been sticky messing with Nutt in the past. We got the win and people are crying like a bunch of panty waste!
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
1:05 pm
Joe
If they don’t get fixed, we won’t win.
Richt will be gone
Maybe McGarity will hire pollyanna since he knows everything
Athens Dawg
September 26th, 2011
1:08 pm
Georgia is 13th in the country in total defense.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
September 26th, 2011
1:08 pm
DawginLex
I would tone it down
We were not that impressive Sat. We scored 3 points in the second half against probably the sorriest team in the SEC
We looked stupid again by giving up a fake kick again and again I still saw no downfield blocking and what gets me is
Richt still cannot go for a 4th and 1 and runs the clock out at the half instead of putting this game away
This coach continues to send the message to his team that we just arent that good enough and lets not take chances
We are not winning this staff the same ol same ol continues on on on on
ICMIII
September 26th, 2011
1:10 pm
Wow, Bill, thanks for the memory jog. I loved O’Malley’s for socializing, The 40 Watt Club for dancing, Bourbon Street for the quaint acts (Leon Redbone), and T.K. Harty’s on Friday afternoons. But my favorite place of all burned before you wrote this article. Tyrone’s O.C. had all of the above wrapped into one. Thanks again.
Athens Dawg
September 26th, 2011
1:11 pm
Don’t believe me?
Go look it up
Texas Dawg
September 26th, 2011
1:13 pm
Hey DawginLex……….
You can continue to keep your head stuck in the sand…..but we have a problem at UGA!
Trust me when I tell you that I hope we go undefeated cause I’m born a UGA fan but we have had issues for the last three seasons…..if we play the way we did Saturday against Miss St….Fla…Aub…and Tech we will loose those games…
We are excited about beating ol miss….really? Shows how far down the food chain we have fallen….i would be excited about beating Boise…SC…..not ol miss……………shouldn’t we expect to beat Ol miss?
WE CAN”T KEEP MAKING EXCUSES……Can’t keep living in the past!!!!!
THE SHIP GETS RIGHTED AND WE GO UNDEFEATED THE REST OF THE YEAR or the coaching staff needs to go!
Joe
September 26th, 2011
1:15 pm
Thanks Paul- my point exactly. With the talent we have (there we go again), no way should we be kicking 5 FGs vs Ole Miss……That will come back to haunt us against even Missy State i’m afraid.
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
1:16 pm
Tone down what?
My support for the Dawgs?
Won’t happen
I have been clear in my stance.
I want wins or a new staff
People like pollyanna want him fired now.
I don’t agree with that and neither does Greg McGarity and his opinion is the one that matters
Spike
September 26th, 2011
1:17 pm
Good memories. Coopers with the “Fishbowl” of beer was great. I want my ashes spread on Papa Joes.
Joe
September 26th, 2011
1:17 pm
“It’s hard to get a win on the road against a team that was very hungry and fired up,” Bobo said. “We did that and there’s still a lot of little things that we can clean up.”
I find it hard to beleive Ole Miss was fired up…..it sure didnt seem like it……..maybe I missed that part……
Spike
September 26th, 2011
1:18 pm
Hey.. You Tech boobs.. Richt owns you.
Joe
September 26th, 2011
1:24 pm
I was at the game…..Ole Miss did not play “fired up” as Bobo says…….of course, we seem to have a knack for making a team like ole miss look like Top 25……wow- UGA attempting 5 FGs…..Ole Miss D was awesome…held UGA to 5 FG attemps…..kept them out of the end zone…..wooo hooo….man Nutt had them coached up……woooo hoooo….we beat another losing team…….WOW!
59bulldawg
September 26th, 2011
1:26 pm
I’m extremely happy Mr. Tibbs is coming to Athens. He will be a great addition. Regarding the Terry kid from Goose Creek, I wonder if perhaps we should try to have A.J. Green (if it’s not a violation) on hand for him to talk to since A.J. also faced a great of pressure to stay in-state when he was being recruited. Of course nothing advertises like winning and while we are currently going through some tough times, SC and Clemsom are on the upswing. BTW, I was happy to see the Frog Pond Lounge listed above. I’ve got a lot a great memories from that place . . .
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
1:35 pm
We are 1st in the country in psychological analysis of locker room quotes.
Gay Dawg
September 26th, 2011
1:37 pm
I met terry at Frog Pond Lounge…memories
how2fish
September 26th, 2011
1:38 pm
@Joe really we beat another losing team…what would make you happy you cry baby from hell…lose to a losing team?? We won the game as we found out in the USC game there are NO style points for playing well and losing and yet we have a horde of trolls crying…we won at the end of the day that was what we were there for..
Bud King
September 26th, 2011
1:39 pm
There’s nothin finer in the land than a drunk, obnoxious Georgia fan in the 80s. Simply put, Athens was a much better place to be as a college student in the early 80s.
O’Malley’s was the greatest bar that ever existed. Great setting on the Oconee River. More deck space than any other bar. Great dance floor. Mack behind the bar and Tiny as the main bouncer. Drink and Drown on Tuesday, Two For One on Thursday. Gathering place on Friday and Saturday nights, especially during football season.
Does anybody know exactly why this place went out of business? I rarely went there when there wasn’t a line out into the parking lot. Great lookin women everywhere. It was just a one of a kind place.
Oh and living at River Mill made it very convenient. Greatest apartments ever next to the greatest bar ever. Easy to stumble down to and crawl back from O’Malley’s three or four nights a week. The guy who said Athens finest were waiting was correct. Usually that was the UGA cops, who should be investigated for the way they trailed cars and pulled people over for no reason. Glad I didn’t have to deal with that.
The memories of O’Malley’s will last a lifetime. At least those I do remember.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
September 26th, 2011
1:40 pm
DawginLex
I understand where you are coming from but its obvious this staff knows nothing about football
Richt should have begged Van Gorder back. Why for one the intensity of this team has been gone and he should have gone after a OC since he doesnt want it back
Im tired of hearing on here well Bobo has 21 pts per game. Really well go back and look at a lot of those games
There were more 3 and outs with the defense being on the field so long that the D gave up a bunch of points thanks to Bobo or Richt who knows; conservative playcalling.
Then when the game was getting out of reach then Richt or Bobo who knows; opens up the playbook and scores a bunch; still loses I might add but hey Bobo’s offense scores a lot of points.
Yea it scores a lot of points because the dawgs are down. Just go back and look at the past games
Lets see
Remember:
VT
WVU
AL
FL several times
Colorado
UCF
Arkansas
Heck I dont feel like putting more teams but I hope you get it
Oh and take a look at Murray he is getter worse why you say just watch him now, he looks a one reciever instead of the field especially when the game is tight or he needs to make a play yet this inept staff has done nothing to correct it because last year he wasnt doing that. Thats just one thing another is still lack of down field blocking. I watched FL under a new coach and almost evertime they were down field blocking we act as if that is something unheard of.
This staff has no NO NO NO killer instinct at all they never come out throwing the playbook at a person until uh oh we might lose this game
And I dont need to put Richts terrible record since 2006 but here is the important stats
1-4 vs FL
2-3 vs a sorry Tenn program with 2 coaches
2 losses to KY give me a break, Tenn hasnt lost to KY in 28 yrs even with these sorry teams
16-16 in SEC east
The Boise game sealed the deal with me and this coaching staff
This coach acted like who cares if we lose against Boise and it showed on the field.
Richt could have easily saved his job this year with our easy schedule. Take a look at next years schedule we will be lucky to go 8-4
Its great we got a win but against better competition this patch work mess will implode just wait and see
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 26th, 2011
1:41 pm
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September 26th, 2011
1:41 pm
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Real NC DAWG
September 26th, 2011
1:41 pm
It is too bad that so many of you can’t stick to the topic. There are plenty of other blogs to talk about the team. Bill, great article. I grew up in Athens (well Bogart) went to UGA 79 -83. TK was a good friend of my family, and I always said it would be the first bar I ever “legally” went to. And it was. Too bad it was not in the best location. I remember some of the best parties were held at the “Sex Club Apartments” Sussex Club and at Poss’s Lakeview.
WDE
September 26th, 2011
1:43 pm
@Paul Has A Small Johnson the same Van Gorder who’s team of pro’s were so poorly coached yesterday that they jumped off sided when everyone in the stands and watching on TV knew the Buc’s were never going to snap that ball..that genius…really.
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
1:47 pm
Well, the important thing is how animated he was about it afterwards.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
September 26th, 2011
1:48 pm
WDE
Yea the same Van Gorder that had top 10 D’s at UGA that smacked people in the mouth and new how to tackle and adjust
Joe
September 26th, 2011
1:48 pm
How2…..my point is…..we should hardly be dancing in the street……This was Ole Miss who LOST to Vandy 30-7. Yes, I am happy for any win. My point again is, as much as I want to beleive in this coaching staff, Sat’s game was a step backward IMO. Yes we won…..but would have been a different outcome against a UF, probably a UT and Maybe even a Missy St. Oh, and lets not forget- Ole Miss had 2 TDs called back…..hmmm…then all of a sudden it’s what????27-27?????
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
1:49 pm
Dancing in the street?
Nah
I can’t dance. Just ask my wife.
I sure would love to whip Mullen this week though.
If he is the answer to “Who is Georgia’s next coach?”, count me unimpressed as to the choice.
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
1:49 pm
Has there ever been a bettr concept than the bottle check table at Poss’ Lakeview?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 26th, 2011
1:50 pm
WDE and Altamaha Dope
The 2 kings of kool-aid drinkers are back on here beating their chest after a tremendous win against a team that couldnt win in Conference USA
Richt has righted the ship now with the 2 great victories over tremendous competition right boys
Good grief
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
1:53 pm
Joe
When you score a TD as a result of a penalty, the TD does not count. In both cases, the penalty directly resulted in the score.
As a Georgia fan, you should be well aware of that rule with as many as we had called back over the past years.
alpha male
September 26th, 2011
1:55 pm
if uga had any balls they would hire Mike Leach. but his personality may be a bit strong for the hippies in athens. so just go with kirby smart. stay in the family. it worked with goff. and it worked at bama too.
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
2:00 pm
Joe, why are you so intent on playing a game of Aunt Sally here?
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
2:04 pm
Flat Tire, you are just plain boring. Either disagree with something I have said or more along. You are never going to prove your manhood to yourself at my expense. I’m sorry.
Gay Dawg
September 26th, 2011
2:04 pm
WDE is a fool. Van Gorder and his pornoo stache was what made UGA great those early years.
how2fish
September 26th, 2011
2:04 pm
@Joe your right no dancing but then no crying either…that Vandy team scored what 3 against USC so its not a real apples to apples comparison . We need to continue to improve or granted we won’t beat Miss St , UT or the Gators.. Go Dogs.
WDE
September 26th, 2011
2:08 pm
@Gay Dawg or the 300lb Bubba formerly know as Otis…my point was that everyone makes mistakes and has bad games even the sainted Van Gorder..he was and is a great DC..however our “problems” vs Ole Miss weren’t on the D..they are showing some nice improvement week to week. Against Miss St we will need improvement on both sides of the ball…and special team…YIKES !
Kiss the Ring
September 26th, 2011
2:09 pm
I think UGA should have a 31st anniversary ceremony before every game to celebrate the 1980 national title so recruits can see UGA in all its glory. That 1980 team was sumpin else. I mean the monsters they beat that year with their avergae record of 4-7. I mean 1990 tech and 1980 UGA probably have epic debates on which team was the greater champion.
WDE
September 26th, 2011
2:12 pm
@Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville where and when did I state this was a great victory? I said it was a win and we will have to improve to beat Miss St etc…but if that trips the Kool-Aid trigger so be it.
Gay Dawg
September 26th, 2011
2:16 pm
WDE or the the former West Georgia grad name Terry who I probably turned down at the GA theater on multiple occasions…..UGA defense had a good game versus who?…Ole Miss? Really? I mean thats aweseom. I thought Ole Miss Qb was like a last second option after the three Qbs on roster were hurt. He threw a terrible pas and looked lost at all times. Congrats to our D though. Van gorder made our team.
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
2:17 pm
WDE
We Dawgs that continue to support the coach and the team just because they are Dawgs walk a fine line on the kool aid barometer………………………
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 26th, 2011
2:23 pm
DawginLex, nice call on the FSU/OK game….whats your take on the Clemson/VT game this week?
WDE
September 26th, 2011
2:27 pm
@Gay Dawg/Otis one as if you ever turned down anyone…Seriously are you just giving up on the team after the 4th game? Hell we won the last two , why not wait until the game ends after the UT game we will know what we have by then, bad ,fair , good we know great is a real stretch for this club.But its a long season, there is a chance we have seen the worst of it already….not a great chance but a chance never the less.
WDE
September 26th, 2011
2:29 pm
@DawginLex true true, if your NOT clad in Bug gear head to foot your “drinking the Kool-Aid” at this point.
Gay Dawg
September 26th, 2011
2:30 pm
WDE you just keep sticking to what you know best…West georgia Brave football. Let the big boys handle SEC stuff.
Bring back Gorders prono stache!
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
2:36 pm
Rambler
It’s at VT which will be tough on the young Clemson players.
But VT can’t score so I say Clemson
28-24
Kiss The Ring
September 26th, 2011
2:49 pm
poor poor dawgs….chasing the holy grail like a virgin asking bad geeks to prom.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 26th, 2011
3:00 pm
DawginLex, I hope you’re right. But it does pain me to pull for Clemson.
Loran, Whatayagot?
September 26th, 2011
3:01 pm
I love the UGA game day traditions. The UGA band playing the “Gone With the Wind” theme song after the post game concert gives me chills. I guess the buy-a-ticket, get-a hot dog-and-a-coke-free is one of the best Tech traditions, as are the demeaning rat hats. One thing about the ferocious bees, they have class, low class!
chazzo
September 26th, 2011
3:07 pm
Oooooh.. That’s what that placed looked like. LOL
MikeDawg
September 26th, 2011
3:10 pm
The Odyssey – love that place; if you took a crap there, everyone knew it
Sopwith Camel
September 26th, 2011
3:20 pm
So what year was it that Effie’s went out of business??
Frosty Dawg
September 26th, 2011
3:36 pm
Nice trip down memory lane, Bill. Think I hit every durn one of those places some time or other. Lordy Mercy, I remember one great night at T.K.’s helping 5 gals celebrate a coupla going aways–just one other guy along, and he was attached to a girl friend. Best end that story right there in case my kids read this… Too many 5th Q nights to count, man–remember those quaint “video games?” And good, good times with a certain sophisticated sweetie at Friend’s, then would get downstairs on other nights to “Speakeasy’s” (before it wend nude and became Bourbon Street, I saw Mike Cross and Gamble Rogers there). Did the disco bit at the Hatter–Disco wasn’t my thing, but it was a great place for a true “color blind” crowd. Always thought O’Malley’s and the B&L were a bit overrated, tell you the truth. And WHAT?! no Allen’s? You hadda see the Flyers (and Randall Bramblett and Dave Cousy) on New Year’s Eve at Allen’s, man–you wuzn’t livin’ til you heard ‘em do a tribute to “Hank Damn Williams SENIOR!.” And waaay out near Bogart was Mel’s–saw him bust some drunk “How ‘Bout Dem Damn Dawg” guy’s head open with a coffee cup for making a lewd remark to Mel’s wife. But THE best friggin’ happenings really were at the apartment complexes, and that, too is best left undetailed except to say that GDIs could flat tear it up, man!
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
4:00 pm
Did anyone else catch Molly Hatchet at the old warehouse?
jcapes
September 26th, 2011
4:07 pm
He did not mention the Armadillo Palace (owned by David Allen Coe) on Atlanta Highway. I went there as a college freshman and saw female mud wrestling for the first time (maybe the last too!) Several members of Hill Hall ended up with mud stained shirts that served as souvineers of some heckling that was done. I wish I was there now…
Instant Dawgma
September 26th, 2011
4:15 pm
Wow, Did I just get a rush of memories and a little hangover just from reading.
DawginLex
September 26th, 2011
4:20 pm
Can’t wait for pollyanna’s comments at 4:30 am after his shift at the Waffle House ends.
He will probably tell us how the staff ran off Caleb king, even though he flunked out.
and how Ealey is better than IC because of his stats versus UT Martin, Chattanooga, GA State and Eastern Illinois
Can’t wait to read them tomorrow.
Instant Dawgma
September 26th, 2011
4:34 pm
I was introduced to $5 pitchers of Long Island Iced Teas at TK Harty’s or TK’s, as we called it.
I believe that may have been the last time I had that damn concoction….
What about “Odyssees” (across from GA theater)?. I did live next to O’Malleys in River Mill…great to be able to just walk next door to party. Then take the party back to River Mill.
Buckhead Beach was great in Buckhead and Athens for a while. I remember .25 cent drink nights and nickel beer nights. Small cups, but we stacked ‘em to the rafters…all tables tried to get the highest stack it seemed!
It was all about the ladies, the drinks, and the Dawgs!
reebok
September 26th, 2011
4:38 pm
tech fan here, and i had some of the best times of my life at o’malleys!!!! i can’t believe the place is gone…!
dawgman89
September 26th, 2011
4:43 pm
I lived at Papa Joe’s from ‘84 to ‘89. Man I miss those days.
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
4:49 pm
The thing about O’Malleys was that it wasn’t just college kids. Also had a slightly older young adult local crowd at times. TK too. Of cource back in those days I thought everybody was “older”. Did I imagine that?
My question is: where are those places now?
Eddie Shirey
September 26th, 2011
4:53 pm
The Dog House and Hoagie’s were my favorite hangouts. I still remember the smell of the beer in the carpet at the Dog House. I haven’t had a reuben yet, as good as one from Hoagies.
Eddie Shirey
September 26th, 2011
4:54 pm
Small pitcher $1.10 and large pitcher $1.35. TK’s had a small pitcher for 1.75 and large pitcher for $2.25. I don’t remember what I had for breakfast this morning though.
BG
September 26th, 2011
4:59 pm
Athens is a awesome town.
Instant Dawgma
September 26th, 2011
5:01 pm
Even with all the hoops that kids go through to drink these days, and binging and irresponsible drinking occurs. I feel a bit sorry for them to have to deal with the 21 drinking age. It’s never stopped anyone from underage drinking. And it has become such another money making, BS, legal issue when these young adults get caught by the cops for a freaking drink. Jeez, what crap they go through if they’re 20, for instance, and get caught with a beer in their hand at a party.
They’re in college and can even fight wars for us! Let them have a drink if their not driving or being irresponsible.
I’m glad every time they changed the age from 18 to 19 to 21 you were already grand-fathered in if previous age. And back then, you didn’t have the additional worry jail or being kicked out of school because you were drinking at a party.
shane#1
September 26th, 2011
5:01 pm
I didn’t make it to Athens in the 80s but those drink prices get me right here. /putshandoverheartwipesawaytear/
Instant Dawgma
September 26th, 2011
5:09 pm
Love the nostalgia Bill….This timepiece was right in my wheelhouse!
Delbert D.
September 26th, 2011
5:12 pm
28 years ago doesn’t seem like such a long time, Bill.
Mike Moss
September 26th, 2011
5:14 pm
I was a student there from ‘78 – ‘83. Yeah – one of those special 5 year plans
I remember most of those places. Great article – brought me back. I remember many afternoons having good intentions to try study on the O’malley’s deck. Never worked very well!
LobsterDawg
September 26th, 2011
5:16 pm
Can’t forget about Bubba’s and Blanche’s hot spots in Athens
glenn chandler
September 26th, 2011
5:17 pm
tks was the absolute best! the doghouse across from the holiday inn had the coldest beer!! dont forget the station….
Clay
September 26th, 2011
5:20 pm
I got to Athens in 1987 and I loved this article. I graduated in 1991 and my wife graduated in 1993. We were living in Columbus, GA and John Berry did a show in Columbus in about 1994 (don’t remember exactly when). Of course we went and the place looked like UGA grad central. After a couple of songs, he looked around at us and said “How many of you are here because you used to come listen to me at places like T.K’s?” Of course almost the entire room held up a hand. It was pretty funny. Anyway, thanks for the memories.
Bob
September 26th, 2011
5:23 pm
Some of you may remember my fond memories…stop at Bubba’s Bait Shop for a tall PBR to cleanse your palate, happy hour beers at Lums and the Brass Rail, cornbread and PBRs at Harry’s at five points, topped off by burgers and pitchers of beer (with your date) at Allens. Take your date back to the tri-delt or phi mu house (or Brumby, Creswell) and breakfast at the Waggon Wheel. Of course we cashed our $5 checks at the Varsity.
Ivan Clapper
September 26th, 2011
5:29 pm
Das Athens in the 80’s were the good times. Met many a drunk lass in the day. Great story!!
LoganvilleDAWG
September 26th, 2011
5:40 pm
AltamahaDawg, Molly Hatchet played at The Other Place/Mad Hatter as well as the group Mother’s Finest. I had many great times back then, Sussex Club had some great parties at there poolhouse. Also I went to the Krystal on Baxter after getting (You Know What) at all of those places. The only thing I didn’t like about the B & L warehouse was on ZOO NIGHT there was always a fight before closing time. Also there were some clubs in the bordering counties that would open when these closed, they would stay open until 5 or 6 in the morning.
I wish all of the so called UGA fans stop whining about Coach Richt all the time, all they want is to see him leave. I know most (if not all) of these fans DO NOT KNOW ONE THING about college football or this program. They don’t go to the games or practice, thats why they are clueless. If something is going to be done, wait until the season is over. The biggest problem I see that is wrong is we are so predictable in our play calling. Maybe we need some tweaks here and there but wanting to fire Coach Richt is flat out STUPID. He has done alot of positive for our program & has alot more of that in him. So if these dipsticks want to do something good, shut up & if they go to the games make an awful lot of noise, make it the 12th man like Texas A&M. Support the coaches & players.
admiral
September 26th, 2011
5:58 pm
Favorite part of this article was google mapping the addresses to see what is there today….amazing. Thanks, Bill. And Techies, give it a rest. You’ll get what’s coming to you. I imagine you’ll get it real soon…but if not, you definitely will on the last weekend of November.
Spike
September 26th, 2011
5:59 pm
Remember Bubbers and Miss Joes liquor store across from the Ramada Inn on Broad Street?
Gary
September 26th, 2011
5:59 pm
I love Coach Richt and think he has done wonderful things for this school and given me plenty of damn good memories, but the fact is that we are not improving. Boise meade us look like fools, we self distructed against SC, and did not perform well agains Ole Miss who is horrible. Florida once again is the class of the east with a brand new coach. If the right coach is available the AD would be a fool not to have a talk. But only if it is the right coach. I would rather deal with the problems we have now and not go through the mess Tennessee has been dealing with. The fact is Chris Rainey is Floridas best weapon. Our coach whould have kicked him off the team. There is still a lot to like about Richt. Winning isn’t everything and he seems to be doig a good job of getting rid of trouble makers.
alpha male
September 26th, 2011
6:03 pm
here’s 3 good memories…losing to wvu in the sugar bowl, bama up 31-0 at the half, ucf!!! precious memories, how they linger!!!!!
Gary
September 26th, 2011
6:04 pm
Just re-read my post. Sort of Rambled. I am only saying, if the perfect coach is available grab him. If not I can live with what Richt is doing right now. Not happy about how perpared the team seams, but I do like the new discipline. Just wish it could translate better on the field.
powerhouse?
September 26th, 2011
6:04 pm
Worked in Athens years ago and there was a cafe that served chicken mull. Ever had it Bill? Don’t know if it was good or not. If I properly described it, probably would be banned from blogging/blawging?
Gary
September 26th, 2011
6:12 pm
GA Tech could have the easiest schedule in the history of football. They play Clemson and VT. VT has not played anyone so they could be weak as well. I cannot imagine how different these posts would be with that schedule. 8 automatic wins (WC, MT, Kan, NCS, Mary, Vir, Miami & Duke) By the end of the Season the best team you will face will boil down to Georgia or Clemson. You should be ashamed for even trying to brag about your record. How this could allow you to a BCS game is just sad. The ACC should be disbanded and the SEC should Get 4 BCS slots.
WalDawg
September 26th, 2011
6:13 pm
Great article about bars. I’ve been to a few bars in my day! Got thrown out of nearly all of them! Go Dawgs!
AltamahaDawg
September 26th, 2011
6:18 pm
Was it the Mad Hatter? Mothers Finest opened up, so that was it. Would have been in 1983 I think. I still have some ringing in my ears from that.
Lets see how loud we can turn these MesaBoogie amps up before they shatter.
Burma Shave
September 26th, 2011
6:19 pm
The students in the bars
Are mostly underage
But getting drunk in Athens
Is all the rage
BURMA SHAVE
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alpha male
September 26th, 2011
6:29 pm
hey gary, go look at uga 1980 schedule and get back with us ok..
bugsquacher
September 26th, 2011
6:36 pm
was almost arrested at 5th quarter on Friday before the Georgia home game. Too many beers and parking on the curb was not allowed……..lol
Ramble On….bite me….
the dogs have a long way to go….
1- GEORGIA is a combined 0-5 against Top 25 teams in 2010 & 2011 (0% winning ratio)
2- GEORGIA has lost 10 of its last 12 against ranked teams (20% winning ratio)
3- GEORGIA is now 16-14 in its last 30 games (53% winning ratio over past 30)
4- GEORGIA is 7-10 in the past 17 SEC games (41% winning ratio against SEC teams)
5- GEORGIA is 4-5 in their last 9 games going back to last season
6- GEORGIA has won 2 of it’s last 4 games. (neither were a powerhouse)
7- GEORGIA has not beaten a Div 1A team that finished w/ a winning record in its last 18 games.
LakeDawg
September 26th, 2011
6:37 pm
I spent plenty of time at T.K.Harty’s and O’Malley’s. Aahhh memories.
chazzo
September 26th, 2011
6:53 pm
What was the pizza place across from Russell Hall that looked like a beach house (1984-85)? A taxi driver took me to this place that had awesome food one night. I could never find it again. It was a guy’s name. All it had was a Coca Cola sign. And, it was next to a laundry mat. They served up an omelet bigger than your head.
Dirty Dawg
September 26th, 2011
6:56 pm
Wait a minute Bill…I thought you went back further than that. What about the Mitchell Bridge Inn (MBI Club for those that couldn’t remember what MBI stood for, or that it burned down)…the ‘29/78′, AmVets (the ’stomp’ night), Uppy’s, Old South, the original Allen’s (including downstairs), Harry’s (at 5 Points), Zippy’s, DAV (Disabled America Veterans, on bingo night, cheap drinks and cheaper beer), passes to The Navy School’s Officer’s Club on Friday Happy Hour (10-cent drinks and wonder where $10 went), drinkin’ ‘white’ (as in lightnin’) on Friday night, ‘Milk Runs’ to South Carolina…I’m sure there are some more to remember, but I forget.
adawgfan
September 26th, 2011
7:01 pm
Thanks Bill, I was there later in the 80’s. Anyone remember nickel night at TK’s? $5 cover but another dollar at the bar would make you have to walk home.
Bugsquacher Admirer
September 26th, 2011
7:20 pm
Bugsquacher is the most intelligent poster on this blog. His posts actually make a lot of sense, unlike most of the UGA homers.
riverdawg
September 26th, 2011
7:44 pm
Chazzo, the Baxter pizza place was called Harry’s (not to be confused with the other Baxter pizza place DaVinci’s). Spike, Miss Joe shot and killed Bubber as he lay sleeping on their couch several years ago. He was apparently a notorious wife beater. The last club manifestation of the B & L/Buckhead Beach was the I & I Club. I think it is ironic that this space is now the HQ for the UGA Police Dept.
E Nash
September 26th, 2011
8:34 pm
I was just out of high school and remember all those places well.. And went to Tk Hary’s just before I shipped out in the Army.. Great piece.. Thank You
Hello Gary
September 26th, 2011
9:40 pm
And the perfect next coach not named Richt is ??? He may be at one of your bars tonight.
Lakedawg
September 26th, 2011
9:40 pm
Not sure if Allen’s burgers were really that good are just the amount if suds beforehand made them seem so.
100 Proof
September 26th, 2011
9:47 pm
And thiry years later, we have the #1 party school in the country. A bunch of drunk students who grow up to be drunk fantards.
aarh
September 26th, 2011
9:48 pm
Ramble ON!!!- GT looks like they are much improved, & congratulations for that! Having said that though…they really haven’t played anybody yet. At least the 1st 2 teams UGA played were great. Might want to hold off on that trash talking.
Atlanta Gator
September 26th, 2011
10:11 pm
Do none of the AJC blog columnists think the SEC’s official acceptance of Texas A&M is worth a column today?
Good grief. Somewhere Tony Barnhart is spinning.
Mexdawg
September 26th, 2011
10:35 pm
The Rail/Dog House and the B&L were the best.But the absolute best beer in the whole wide world was an ice cold fish bowl mug of a draft at Cooper’s Bar.
Still@theBAR
September 26th, 2011
10:49 pm
Wow. I can’t read all the posts.
Dawgs don’t pick on DawgInLex. He is a DAWG to the BONE and a good guy.
I don’t think I have ever started a Re-Hab on the same day I pitched the job. I hurt. I was not supposed to do this type of labor. This Older man was not happy. We finished the tear-out and the New is going in tomorrow. Damn I was not ready to do the JOB today. HAHAHHA
That70sGAdawg
September 26th, 2011
11:05 pm
I was there ‘75-’79 Very Good Times. !
Pollyanna
September 27th, 2011
1:44 am
As student, was always the Railroad Tracks in front of the Cemetery for us – walking over from River Mill, which was just a great place to live. Actually, I went to Russell Hall when I walked on, and found studying even better there at Russell Hall. Would play basketball all day every day won a basketball championship made 23 in 30 seconds given a rebounder; won ping pong tournament with brother playing doubles and James was one of 2 single players. Loved it between Creswell and Brumby 1000 women both sides and those panty-raids were a hoot. Swamp Guinea after the games, always ordering the Swamp Guinea; before games it was Poss’ Bar-B-Q. Actually loved the Western Sizzlin’ as a night out, although you frequently found us walking across to the Krystal late at night. The Pizza place across from Russell Hall which looked like a Beach House, with all the natural wood, originally as I recall was a Poss’ Bar-B-Q then, Harry’s. Places like B&L Warehouse and Red and Black were not my hang-outs in college. I would study all night long 7 days a week; I was away at college; graduated in 3 years with 239 hours, overloaded every Quarter because Dean Fluellen signed my schedule for me; carried 3.88 into senior year; I knew what I was at college for. Women and an education. Didn’t spend my time getting drunk. Woke up 4 am and was Rabbit for Track team; my roommate was on Scholarship on Track Team. Always ate every meal at Williams, never Revoltin’ Bolton. Went to classes starting 7:50 am, never missed a class. Chose my Professors. Debate Team. Honor’s Day had parents come up from Atlanta with sisters Top 5 % there at Foy Fine Arts Building. I remember the Jackson Browne concert, how cozy it was in the Cow Palace that night with the ladies all over the guy. Linda Ronstadt concerts, several of them – one the worst ever and 1 the best. The best was when the PA was out, and she just walked to the front of the stage and bellowed out for all she was worth. Going to Cotton Bowl sticks out, Pig Sooey, and their mechanized hat, fumble-rooskie and blowing the lead before half – brought back Coors from Dallas. JAX – remember the 4th and Dumb Dickey later AD at TN, stuck 4th down marker under my Matt Robinson Jersey # 17 (got in locker room after Alabama win) and walked right out with it. JAX trips stick out; once told parents studying that weekend, then they saw us on TV – close ups, said oh that’s not me. Sugar Bowls – those stick out. Bars getting drunk ? Sorry, won’t see a lot of that in my college days – was not a frequenter of them. No memories at all of that. Everything else.
Pollyanna
September 27th, 2011
1:44 am
“Play Aaron Murray as a true freshman” what kind of lie is that DawgInLex, I wanted Zach Mettenberger in game 1 Cox with the flu to separate him from Murray and I never supported all this hype about Best in the SEC, and yes he is not Drew Brees – please.
Pollyanna
September 27th, 2011
2:06 am
As for supported Mark Richt, absolutely. Am I ashamed of that ? No. I can say that I figured it out long before you that it wasn’t what I thought we were getting – not now. Looking back, he beat the # 4 vols 2001 knocking lid off # 11 all-time wins program. Drank that Kool-Aid. We did lose 4 games that same year, right ? 2005 lost 3 games when we finally got DJ, 2 were injuries Joe III coming back to you ? 2005 ended up # 3 team in The SEC in AP Poll. 2002 ? Soft schedule, like this season. Lost to unranked team in Coaches’ Poll and AP Poll, going 0-11 on 3rd Down Conversions whole game. 2002 only 1 other SEC team finished in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 # 14 Auburn. How great the 2 SEC Championships, just saying. 2007, Lost to cruddy 6-6 South Carolina team, not even in a bowl game. Sorry to burst that bubble but by then had long-since had it with this coaching staff of Mark Richt. Blow-out loss to vols 2007. Early in the season, it was over. Hosed by BCS in 2007 Mark Richt whined ? LSU beat two (2) teams finishing in the AP Poll Top 10, something we have not done around here in 6 seasons now, 2006, when we also lost 4 games. If you feel a need to post what I said, do yourself a favor. Go get my post. Post it. Anyway, you say fire him at the end of the season. I just want him gone the moment the Georgia tek game ends, that second. Don’t presume you can speak for me. Eidetic memory.
Pollyanna
September 27th, 2011
2:15 am
DawginLex September 26th, 2011 8:48 am
“Bill, your headline is wrong. Domination is when you score Touchdown after touchdown on an overmatched opponent. You don’t score 3 points and miss 4 FG’s and say you dominated anyone. I actually liked the playcalling except for the series where we threw the pick. Still hopeful but not by much.”
What’s the difference in that and what I say ? YOU said it. But, of course, only YOU can, according to YOU.
Pollyanna
September 27th, 2011
2:47 am
Still hanging around, can’t wait to see what I’ve got to say ? I’m sorry, but I don’t see you saying anything that rings a bell with me, son. Nothing. College days stand out in my mind. Yours ? You appear to have no memories like ALL the rest of us. So, because a guy is smarter than you, you are resentful of that. Ok, I was given much. So what ? I am a fan just like you. I see you no longer are able to make it stick that I’m a Georgia tek fan, or any other team. Now, it is YOU saying that you don’t any longer, either, have any faith. Me ? I have my Faith. I spent most days at the Baptist Student Center when my full day was done. DISNEYdawgs.com such as you want to be the ring-leader of, are just slow on the up-take. You already have come around. You just don’t admit it to yourself. I actually read the blogs. This is my hobby. Yours ? Bitter. Bitter about everything. There are now 27 scholarships this coaching staff of Mark Richt was given much credit for giving to them who have LEFT this football program. Yes, 3 left early to the NFL. 1 of the 3 is Caleb Darnell King, who flunked out. Another you whined about all Summer that he come back AJ Green. The 3rd is Justin Houston, who flunked the drug test at the NFL combines. Any other group of the 27 you wish to discuss ? I didn’t think so. So, go tell the blog how great you are and how ungreat we are because YOU support Mark Richt, his coaches’ play calls Saturday, and how you don’t have any or much hope left in your soul. I will research and post the facts, for you to attempt to come in here and speak for me, annoyed that that which I say, you have no come-back for. Then, sign your post, that you want wins or a new staff – like there is a great team we play this season with 10 cupcakes including the bowl game – another nobody opponent in the bowl game as every season for Mark Richt, when the nation will see on the national stage the coaches who are # 4 best coaches in America. You know the problem with your posts ? Nothing. They are fine. So why the animosity when what you actually say is actually exactly what I say ? Because you didn’t say it. We lose to the teams who finish in the AP Poll Top 10 all 11 years. We lose to teams who finish in the AP Poll Top 25 all 11 years. We lose, for good measure, to teams who would not end up in the AP Poll Top 25 even with their win over us, and for icing on that cake, we lose to teams who even with their win over us, don’t end up in the AP Poll Top 25. We have had a sorry bunch of coaches on Mark Richt’s coaching staff. We have wasted 27 Scholarships every one of which you ballyhooed Mark Richt getting here; now, they are ADDITION by ATTRITION all 27 we DON’T have for 2011 against this CUPCAKE SCHEDULE. Missy State, give me a break. Anything else you want to know ? I have had my job since 22 September 1991. How long have you had your job ?
Alabama Dawg
September 27th, 2011
8:06 am
Not only was the Odyssey my favorite, Classic subs was a great student hangout. For students remeber when TKS had to add the ZOO bus to get everyone home?
DawginLex
September 27th, 2011
8:49 am
pollyanna
You and I are on ignore mode with each other going forward.
Don’t respond to me and I’m dam sure not going to respond to you
We are done
chazzo
September 27th, 2011
8:59 am
The topic is drunken foolishness. Why are we talking about QBs? Oh yeah. I guess in Mettenberger’s case, you are on topic. I find it amusing that certain people knock Richt for not being hard enough on players and pine for Mettenberger who Richt chunked off the team.
If Richt wins out and SC loses and all the planets line up and we win the SEC (hypothetically speaking) there are certain folks who will always, always find something negative to say. Oh but he couldn’t beat BSU the first game.
I don’t care anymore. Get over it or move on.
bjohndawg
September 27th, 2011
9:02 am
I remember O’malleys, and one night when this smoking hot divorcee said, John take me home and have your way with me( something to that effect)….only one problem, I did not have my car.
At that moment, I was weak. Yes, I would have drove the ramblin wreck, if it was there.
I am ashamed to admit it.But I would have.
chazzo
September 27th, 2011
9:06 am
16-29-1 for 236 yds and 2 tds. Murray padding stats against #4 BSU.
19-29-1 for 248 yds and 4 tds. Murray padding stats against #10 South Carolina.
yearofthedawg
September 27th, 2011
10:13 am
T.K. Harty’s Long Island Tea…. ’nuff said. The only bar I’ve ever been to where they couldn’t get the vomit smell out of the bathroom no matter what they did! (And I say that with affection.)
Drink ‘n Drown at O’Malley’s on Tuesday… all you could drink for $4. Used to show up at 7:00 to get in before they started carding people, and had 28 beers before anyone showed up.
Halloween costume party at the Mad Hatter when my girlfriend dressed up like a hooker and was so hot and convincing it was disturbing.
Bill, all we need for the follow up article is something about the Spinnaker in Panama City… thanks for the memories.
Bulldog Joe
September 27th, 2011
10:40 am
What?
No Cleve’s?, No Manuel’s?, No Davinci’s?, No Uptown Lounge?, No Coopers?, No Gigi’s?, No Crazy Zack’s/Smoke’s?, No Blanche’s?, No Bubbers?, No Tyrone’s?, No Poss’ Lakeview?, No Abbott’s?, No Cinema & Draft House?, No George’s?, No Foxz?, No Crown Steak at Poss’ on the Atlanta Highway? No Paris Adult (oops)?, No Baxter Street Book Store (oops again)? no Whatever-the-name-of-that-place-in-the-Downtowner-motel-at-five-points?
Y’all didn’t get around much.
harold
September 27th, 2011
10:47 am
UGA FOOTBALL SADLY IS A VERY AVERAGE FOOTBALL TEAM NOW. AND RICHT IS A VERY AVERAGE COACH.
Bulldog Joe
September 27th, 2011
10:57 am
R.I.P. Mad Dog and Gamble Rogers…but you can still see Dirk, Randall, Davis, and the latest incarnation of the Normaltown Flyers playing around town to this day.
Hairy Dawg
September 27th, 2011
1:17 pm
Altamaha is right…
There was plenty of live music at Papa Joe’s…all you had to do was play Ernest Tubb, David Alan Coe, or Hank Junior on the jukebox.
The frat boys and sorority girls would stop their drinking games and the townies and hippies would lay down their smokes on the bar or the shuffleboard table and join in.
Athens was a lot more redneck back then.