Live from hot Jax: Only 30 (of 32) writers pick the Gators!
This is not as it seems. The sweater is orange. It is, of all things, a Gator dog. (Photo by M. Bradley)
Jacksonville — It was raining when I boarded the plane at Hartsfield-Jackson at 7:45 a.m. It is not raining here, unless you count sweat beads. Here it’s hot. Here it’s hot even by Florida standards. And, speaking of sweat …
Your genius correspondent managed to leave his glasses in Tim Tucker’s rental car at the stadium, necessitating another walk to/from distant Lot P. This marks the second time in 13 months I’ve left my glasses in a rental car, and the first was in Tempe, Ariz., where it was only 97 degrees and we were parked even farther away.
But enough about this perspiring writer. Let’s talk about other writers. The Florida Times-Union asked 32 writers, some of whom might actually have seen Georgia play in the past five years, for a prediction. (None of the 32 were from the AJC, you should know.) Thirty picked the Gators. The two exceptions: Matt Hayes of Sporting News and Scott Michaux of the Augusta Chronicle.
By tradition the Georgia-Florida crowd is split down the middle, but there seem many, many more Gators here this time. Perhaps Georgia fans are keeping a lower profile. Perhaps they sold their ducats. Perhaps they’re using the proceeds from that windfall to buy out Willie Martinez.
And I have to tell you, it has been a long time since I arrived at a stadium (with or without glasses) feeling as I do. I don’t see a way Georgia can win. I suppose Florida could fumble 10 times, but I can’t really see Florida doing that. And I can’t see the team with the better offense and better defense not winning.
But I have, as we know, been wrong before. I covered the Super Bowl between the Rams and the Patriots, in which St. Louis entered with the better offense and defense. I picked the Patriots to lose 42-3. They won 20-17. So I guess stranger things have happened. But not many, I submit.
With that, the floor is open for your comments and observations and contributions to the Free Willie Fund. I’ll be here all day, unless I feel the need to walk back across the parking lot and sweat through my shirt again.
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Firemarkricht.net
October 31st, 2009
4:21 pm
Hey, N.Ga.Dawg fan…with fans like you, who needs fans?!?
farleydawg79
October 31st, 2009
4:21 pm
who the hell was he throwing the ball too…..
Chained Dawg
October 31st, 2009
4:21 pm
Well What did I say!
Charlie (is) Strong
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
No Touchdowns Defense!!!!!!!!! I will never coach at Georgia.
Mark Bradley
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
It’s a 50-yard field goal. And it’s good.
From 49, they call it.
Terd Feurgusson
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
F-ing idiot Cox
Herschel's Revenge
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
My grandmother could have thrown the ball farther than that.
bugsquacher
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
hmmmmmmmmm….. we have addressed the flag problem…. the problem is…. the coaching staff thinks the higher the flag yds the better….. someone tell them… its the higher the score…
Not Disappointed!
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
They fought over an interception. That’s funny. Thank God they didn’t get it.
Good kicker.
White & Gold Forever
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
STORM THE ENDZONE, PUPPIES!!!!!!! YOU SCORED!!!!!
Cuz
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
Three points, yeahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOUTHGADAWG88
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
wide open
farleydawg79
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
field goals don’t match touchdowns.
SouthTXDawg
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
White and Gold. So you’re telling an Air Force Academy graduate how to spell simple? Thanks for pointing out an obvious typo you ignorant, uneducated, bored, stupid and jealous twit.
triple option
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
THESE REF’S ARE STEALING THE GAME FROM US! THEY WANT FLORIDA TO WIN
BAA HAA HAA HAA! NICE FIELD GOAL LOSERS
JB
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
Anyone know what the point spread is for this game? Maybe there’s a moral victory there?
Ryan
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
2 guys running WIDE open, he throws to the middle of 4 gators. Awesome.
W&Ws
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
Where is the DAWG identity? This, weird uniforms and all, is verging on chaos.
Life long Dawg
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
So, were going to try and win this game 3 points at a time.
j
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
You guys really thought you had a chance? LMFAO. That’s the best defense in the whole country you are playing.
boots
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
Well Barnhardt had us with 6 on the day. We are half way there.
Dawg Nation 09
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
How do you miss a guy that wide open.
Cautiously Optimistic
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
You know, if we could quit the stupid penalties, just how mush better might we be?
Open man, underthrown…………Jeese………..blew that one!
Mark Bradley
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
Well, that stopped the bleeding. But you won’t beat Florida kicking field goals.
jerry
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
15 and a half still good!
bugsquacher
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
successful my ass.////// sad
Mitch (the one in Rome)
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
How is it that we start a QB that can’t throw it to the open receiver? I can hardly stand to watch this. Our expectations are higher and they should be.
UGA ALL THE WAY
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
I SAID TD, NOT A PENALTY!!! FIELD GOALS NOT TOOOO BAD. WE REALLY NEEDED A TD THOUGH.
Dawg-On_IT
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
3 is > 0
I’ll take it for now.
Super Dog
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
Will score field goals
They will score touchdowns
Good 2 week preparation
Cuz
October 31st, 2009
4:22 pm
45, time to start the Jim Beam funnel.
BugKiller
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
WHY IS JOE COX STILL THE GEORGIA QUARTERBACK???
WHY IS THIS STILL THE MOST UNDISCIPLINED TEAM IN FOOTBALL???
Ginger
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
Really disappointed in CMR…..he did not address penalty situation this yr and it has hurt UGA
W&Ws
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
Enter your comments here
n. ga. dawg fan
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
CUZ, YOU ARE A SICKO!!!!!!!!!! GO BACK UNDER THE ROCK FROM WHICH YOU CAME!!!!
willie martinez
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
NOW my guys will take control of this ballgame!!!!!!
Life long Dawg
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
Let’s see the Gators are scoring 7 points at a time and the Dawgs are scoring 3 at a time. Will we ever catch them?
Dawg Nation 09
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
The point spread is 16 points.
Dawg-On_IT
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
He was throwing for Green not King
Dawg-On_IT
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
He was throwing for Green not King
GT81
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
Wow, those black helmets are really menacing. I bet Paul Johnson is really scared.
Mitch (the one in Rome)
October 31st, 2009
4:23 pm
Lundquist is eating CMR’s lunch.
Cuz
October 31st, 2009
4:24 pm
Look at the bright side, it is not a shutout now.
Always look on the bright side of life.
SOUTHGADAWG88
October 31st, 2009
4:24 pm
Defense is going to have to bring the heat and lay the wood in this series
Ginger
October 31st, 2009
4:24 pm
We had 2 weeks to prepare and what did we do….does not show in this game
bugsquacher
October 31st, 2009
4:24 pm
Richt thinks this is a beatdown….wait til his radio show this week…. he aint heard nothing yet
Jerry
October 31st, 2009
4:24 pm
I’ll bet there’s not three real UGA fans on this blog
jerry
October 31st, 2009
4:24 pm
I got 15 and1/2. I ain’t worried.
JB
October 31st, 2009
4:24 pm
Richt has just announced that he is putting the grandmother of “Herschel’s Revenge” in to replace Cox.
Claims his grandmother can throw farther and we’re getting desperate.
GaCFB
October 31st, 2009
4:24 pm
Have fun in college Joe Cox because you’re out of a job once the gravy train is over, no one in their right mind in the NFL is going to want you