Fair warning: I’m blogging live off the BCS game, and I like …
Even Frosty is coming inside for the game. (Photo by M. Bradley. Snowman by Mrs. Bradley)
Update: The live blog is now open for business and can be accessed here. Sorry to make you switch channels, as it were.
With this weather, you’re not going anywhere tonight — and if you are, the only place you should venture is the insane asylum. The BCS title game is on, so here’s what you should do: Watch your TV and hang out with me. (Figuratively speaking.)
We don’t usually do live blogs off games not involving a local team, but we’re making an exception for this one. Because Auburn is semi-local and Cam Newton is absolutely local and … well, because I just feel like it.
We’ll get going around 8 p.m. — toe-meets-leather time is set for 8:30 or thereabouts — and we’ll keep going until somebody has claimed the semi-mythical national title. (TCU, my heart bleeds for thee.) And I do want to offer one bit of terrible news for AU fans up front:
I think the Tigers will win.
That aside, I invite and implore you to grab your official AU Snuggie — fans of other schools are welcome to join the festivities — and join me (figuratively speaking) on this cold winter night. I’d even invite you over, but I’m pretty sure nobody could make it down the neighborhood approach without damage to both fence and automobile. So let’s do it the 21st Century. Let’s commune the cyber way. I look forward to your company, and I thank you in advance.
Oh, and War Eagle! (I’m tired of being wrong in these BCS games. And don’t get me started about Mack Brown and his SHOVEL PASS!)
By Mark Bradley
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
364 comments Add your comment
David
January 10th, 2011
6:28 pm
I am for auburn……their turnaround is amazing….they are what we at uga can only dream about…so….war eagle
Tell the truth
January 10th, 2011
6:29 pm
Come on Oregon- and get busy FBI!!!
Ed
January 10th, 2011
6:30 pm
I cant figure out why no one is giving Oregon any credit. These guys lead D1 in all offensive categories for a reason. Yeah they are smaller defensively, but that doesnt matter when you score in a blink and the team you are playing has no defense to speak of. Oregon will win this game handily.
Ramguy
January 10th, 2011
6:31 pm
I am still on fence on this one. Usually I pull for a SEC team but I started out on Auburn’s but know I don’t know. It doesn’t have anything to do with Newton or the Tiger football team. It’s because I have grown tired of the Auburn trolls on AJC blogs the past few weeks. They have almost convinced me to pull for the PAC10 and that’s something I thought I would never do.
Touche
January 10th, 2011
6:31 pm
Ellen,
Then every game UGA plays has lost meaning as well. Talking about a team that has lost all dignity…whew.
Ellen
January 10th, 2011
6:32 pm
I dont like UGA, but I suppose you are right. I still think their coach is a stand-up guy though, even if his team is full of thugs and retards.
Touche
January 10th, 2011
6:33 pm
Ellen….true.
Rebounding Dawg
January 10th, 2011
6:34 pm
An Auburn MNC will be as legit as Barry Bonds home run record.
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
6:35 pm
This is the first year that I realized what thugs some Ga. fans are. Cam Newton doesn’t deserve to be in this game??? lol What planet are you from?
He’s EARNED the right to be there. So has the Auburn Team. Isn’t Georgia watching on TV??
Beavis Davis
January 10th, 2011
6:35 pm
wxwax : 1/ Winners come from top teams deep on talent and thus benefit from outstanding supporting casts.
This is the reason Cam,Torretta (Miami),Detmer (BYU),etc. won the Heisman. Not because they are the best player. They won it because their TEAM was great.
cattle dawg
January 10th, 2011
6:35 pm
Mark, why is some of the snow yellow around the snowman?
Tell the truth
January 10th, 2011
6:35 pm
Ellen- hang in there kiddo. The Aubies can not understand and believe that their fans are the only ones that are pulling for them. Virtually all of the rest of America is pulling against Auburn..You cannot buy class or win it with a few wins.
UGAKev
January 10th, 2011
6:36 pm
If your cheering for a team that you hate 364 days in a year tonight you have slapped your favorite team in the face. Sorry I am A Fan of the University of Georgia! The SEC is just a conference that Georgia happens to be in. If the SEC wins a national championship I really dont care!!! I AM A GEORGIA FAN! I REPEAT A GEORGIA FAN! An SEC team that wins the national championship does nothing for my Dawgs. If it was a team that I did not hate and was not a a rival of I would cheer for them in the National Championship although that is very few in the SEC. Why would you cheer for your rival!? You have a hole in your loyality to your favorite team if your a alabama , lsu, or georgia fan cheering for the war buzzards in the national title game. Screw the SEC Tonight !! GO DAWGS!!!! When Georgia makes the BCS championship game DO NOT CHEER for us if you hate us 364 days of the year!!!! I will respect you more for that
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
6:37 pm
Tell the truth: Cry much?
And you are right.. You can’t buy class… Georgia has proven that.
Tell the truth
January 10th, 2011
6:39 pm
I’m not a Ga fan-JP- but I do tell the truth about that classless school down I85. Lowderville East.
Beavis Davis
January 10th, 2011
6:39 pm
cattle dawg, its yellow because I left it there for you to eat…
crabapplejoe
January 10th, 2011
6:40 pm
@Beavis Davis who wrote: “The best college players get drafted for the NFL.”
That’s pretty funny when you consider the fact that Wes Welker, Danny Woodhead, BenJarvus Green Ellis, Arian Foster, Danny Amendola and a host of others went undrafted by the NFL….LOL
do-dah do-dah
January 10th, 2011
6:42 pm
The success or failure in college play does not portend more of the same in the NFL. Completely different game and a clean slate.
IRISH DAWG
January 10th, 2011
6:42 pm
THOU SHALL NOT STEAL THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 46 OREGON -AUBURN 38 GOD’S JUSTICE .
Alabama will always own Allbarn
January 10th, 2011
6:43 pm
I hope the Ducks win…. Allbarn cheats and is a disgrace to the SEC.
SCAM NEWTON
January 10th, 2011
6:46 pm
It’s almost showtime. Stay tuned. I’m going to show you boys something tonight. I’ll show you dawg fans what a winner looks like.
SCAM NEWTON
January 10th, 2011
6:48 pm
testing
RUSS GATA
January 10th, 2011
6:48 pm
I am for WCE-War Cheating Eagles-oops they are the the Tigers or Cheatahs-and i am for the NCAA to do their job and to check their payroll.
SCAM NEWTON
January 10th, 2011
6:49 pm
It’s almost showtime. I’ll show you Dawg fans what a real winner looks like.
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
6:50 pm
Tell the truth: Me thinks your bias is showing. Auburn is a class organization. And you can’t take away what they have accomplished this year, no matter how biased you are.
Ted Striker
January 10th, 2011
6:50 pm
“The best college players get drafted for the NFL.” — Beavis Davis, 6:23 p.m.
Not so cut and dried. Tom Brady is a pretty fair NFL baller (drafted in 6th round, #199 overall). And James Harrison (4 Pro Bowls, NFL defensive player of the year) has had a decent career despite being completely unwanted in the draft.
Pat Dye
January 10th, 2011
6:50 pm
Auburn ain’t man enough………
Bill
January 10th, 2011
6:51 pm
Does a national title even mean anything if you have to use a lying, stealing, thieving scumbag to win it? I pity you auburn morons.
todd grantham
January 10th, 2011
6:52 pm
Mark, you think rawdawg REALLY could be Mark Richt?
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
6:52 pm
Alabama will always own Allbarn: 28-27…. Bama: 3 losses. Now there’s ownage lol
5150 P.O.A.D.
January 10th, 2011
6:52 pm
Mark Bradley
The Police will tell you to never encorage your STALKER. Now, you posted a picture of your home and carry on a cute Kudos Blogmance with him. Becareful your wife might need to get a LIL jealous. HAHAHAHA I want Auburn to win because they are from the SOUTH, but I fear They will be down too many points at the end of the first half to make a comeback and win.
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
6:52 pm
And we pity YOU Bill.
Ha Ha
January 10th, 2011
6:52 pm
UGA fans apparently cannot see what other SEC fans and the rest of America realize…that you are rooting against Auburn and your conference due to sour grapes. It’s laughable.
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
6:53 pm
Is Georgia still going to be in the SEC? Or are they moving down to a lower class to win a few?
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
6:53 pm
Exactly, Ha Ha
todd grantham
January 10th, 2011
6:54 pm
If rawdawg really is CMR then this blog is the only time he ever comes in first. heh,heh
todd grantham
January 10th, 2011
6:55 pm
oh, i’m rooting for auburn. and rooting for cam to get concussed and nick to get chopped.
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
6:56 pm
Real class, Todd. Ga. fan?
Ha Ha
January 10th, 2011
6:56 pm
Todd Grantham…if you want Nick to get chopped, get Sturdivant to show one of the Ducks how to do it…he’s got a textbook chop block in his bag.
do-dah do-dah
January 10th, 2011
6:58 pm
Ha Ha You cannot seriously be that dumb. The entire country is pulling against Auburn because of that Newton fiasco and those even worse SEC and NCAA decisions.
todd grantham
January 10th, 2011
6:58 pm
real class jim.. just like cam.
Ha Ha
January 10th, 2011
6:59 pm
Do Dah Do Dah…and you base that on what? What poll have you looked at? Have you taken some SEC poll? I’ve talked to numerous fans at other SEC schools, and outside of a couple Alabama fans, most are pulling for Auburn.
Atlanta87
January 10th, 2011
6:59 pm
Maybe the “Dawgs” should move to the ACC. I’m sure they will get better then a 6-7 record there and have a chance to play in the BCS Orange Bowl.
Tell the truth
January 10th, 2011
7:00 pm
It has to do with integrity and class- something that Auburn, the Newtons, the Lowders and those fans who can stomach winning at any costs have never had and apparently will never have.
still@the bar
January 10th, 2011
7:00 pm
Ellen to call the Dogs retarded is to really insult my Akita and all dogs actually. True about UGA dawgs but what can a coach do?
todd grantham
January 10th, 2011
7:01 pm
no doubt auburn will win. too many thugs for the ducks to “guard”, shall we say.
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
7:01 pm
Think they could win in the ACC ?? lol
Ha Ha
January 10th, 2011
7:02 pm
Tell the truth…apparently, a lot of schools have lost integrity…UGA, FL, UT…
Quack Quack
January 10th, 2011
7:02 pm
Could someone enlighten me.Why does Tigers and War Eagle go together?
And also from a SEC fan Go Ducks.
Jim Pierce
January 10th, 2011
7:03 pm
You wouldn’t recognize integrity and class if it slapped you in the face.