Live via TV: Cam Newton and Auburn take on the … Ants?
So there I was, shoveling snow and ice off the driveway at stately Brad Manor, and a neighbor walks by with his dog. He says, “Why aren’t you in Phoenix?”
And I, suffering the effects of hypothermia, say, “What’s in Phoenix?”
And he says, “The national championship game.”
I felt slightly silly. (Mostly, though, I just felt cold.) But now, having been briefed by my neighbor, I’m ready to go. We’re going live here, and I’m picking Auburn, and I don’t think the game will be as high-scoring as advertised — few games ever are; remember the Saints beating the Falcons 17-14 two Mondays ago? — and my genius daughter (who takes, obviously, after her mother) has supplied the only reason necessary to root against Auburn.
“Their uniforms,” she said, “look like Army ants.”
And they do. And they’re funded by Nike. And Nike owns the world. As many reservations as I have regarding the Auburn Newtons/Louders, they’re small potatoes — obligatory Auburn agricultural joke — when viewed alongside the megalomaniac Phil Knight. (Who once attended the same Easter Mass as I did at a Final Four. But I digress.)
Here’s my score: The Army of Cam 31, the Army Ants 24. And that would make it five BCS titles in succession won by SEC schools, Georgia not among them. (Obligatory Mark Richt dig.)
And with that, we’re ready to roll. Blog’s open. Time for us to think sunny thoughts about Phoenix (actually Glendale) and watch us some football. I’d be obliged if y’all gather close for warmth. (Although Sonny Clusters should keep a safe distance. I hear he uses venison for body wash.)
By Mark Bradley
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Duck vs Tiger
January 11th, 2011
12:18 am
uh no thank you ESPN I’ve already dedicated enough of my time to watch this game I’m not sticking around longer to watch post game
aladawg
January 11th, 2011
12:18 am
25 years in Alabama and you’d root for Auburn as well.
Crime does pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
January 11th, 2011
12:18 am
NO AU LIB, AU is the crap, ncaa rules on cam’s integrity, this is bad for cfb. MOst everyone BUT blind allbarn fans can see it . . .
Tell the truth
January 11th, 2011
12:18 am
you gotta have more than you showed tonight to hurt my feelings pal
Commonsenseagitator
January 11th, 2011
12:18 am
It will never stand. Newton will be disqualified when a real investigation is done, all of Auburns wins will be forfeited. This was the very worst officiated game I have ever watched and Auburn the dirtiest team
Michelle M.
January 11th, 2011
12:18 am
WAR DAMN EAGLE Quack that
Really!?
January 11th, 2011
12:18 am
Way to talk about betting their last dollar… or was it last $180K dollars… on you.
Paul in RDU
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
Not a good game but AU deserved to win – the DL stopped Oregon from getting any kind of running game going. 33 rushes for 81 yards says it all.
Mark Bradley
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
I wouldn’t call it anticlimactic. I’d call it uneventful — until the final three minutes.
Malcolm Reynolds
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
Wow, how many SEC teams have won a National title since UGA won one?
Sports Junkie
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
AU Coach Cheesy forgot to include the best lawyers in the nation during his immediate postgame field interview. And Scam, please save the “God” comments. You ought to be thanking the team of lawyers AU assembled to keep you and pappy out of trouble, thus allowing you and AU to perpetrate this fraud upon the college football world. I suppose when the truth comes out a la Reggie Bush, God will have changed his mind, right?
Mark Bradley
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
Five, Malcolm.
Mark Richt won with Donnan players and BVG
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
Auburn had to win because they had their plaques already made….
Duck U
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
The only downside to this is college football is over until Boise kicks the thuga nation back to reality, putting an end to next season’s delusions of grandeur. Spurrier will then help you start your season 0-2.
aladawg
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
The tide died tonight
Jim
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
This just feels like an empty husk of a game….it could have been so much more. I am disappoint.
wreckmaniac
January 11th, 2011
12:19 am
I’m so proud of UGA. Once again, for the next 12 months, they can say they play in the conference that has the BSC champion. That should help recruitin’.
luangtom
January 11th, 2011
12:20 am
Congrats, Auburn….but do you really think that God cares if y’all won a football game?
realist
January 11th, 2011
12:20 am
LOL – on national TV auburn shows their tradition – TOILET PAPER!
Mark Bradley
January 11th, 2011
12:20 am
Not sure why they’re focusing on Newton. Dyer and Fairley were the key players tonight.
SenoiaDawgs
January 11th, 2011
12:20 am
From a Dawg!!!! War Damn Eagle!!!! Congrats guys
Just Saying
January 11th, 2011
12:21 am
Now will we find out how Cam sat courtside at the LA Lakers game?
Sloppy Joe
January 11th, 2011
12:21 am
what’s up with all this “dog-haters” crap…is this a UGA blog?
nope.
Mark Richt's receding hairline
January 11th, 2011
12:21 am
I’ve got some Jack Daniels, or razor blades, for dawg fans. Whichever you prefer
The SEC's Lone PROFESSIONAL Team Wins
January 11th, 2011
12:21 am
aladawg,
why would alabama fans shut up,or florida fans shut up, or uga fans shut up, everyone has more national titles than Auburn and they got theirs without a black cloud hanging over their programs as Auburn does now and for many many more years.
The auburn football team has more folks who have no business in college and have more qualifications to be in prisons across the south.
GTBob
January 11th, 2011
12:21 am
Auburn and Oregon were both pretty lousy tonight. It’s a shame that neither could bring their A game on the big stage. I think Cam just lowered his draft status a good bit.
Mark Bradley
January 11th, 2011
12:21 am
Bill Hancock is about the nicest guy ever, FYI.
Fred
January 11th, 2011
12:21 am
Better field, it would have been better game.
Thanks Mark for the info..have fun before returning to Atlanta.
Paul in RDU
January 11th, 2011
12:22 am
Did John Saunders just plug enough junk food? Tostitos, Frito Lay, Dr. Pepper
Steve Superior
January 11th, 2011
12:22 am
I’m next. 6 years in a row, SEC.
Sloppy Joe
January 11th, 2011
12:22 am
awesome…now a NERD showed up to start talking trash about Georgia…
once again, is this a UGA blog? nope.
so why is everyone “hatin” on the dawgs?
Crime does pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
January 11th, 2011
12:22 am
Agreed, Cam and Cheestick did forget to thank their lawyers, and, their boosters! Enough, this makes me dislike CFB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NCAA has no integrity, this is a big ugly pitiful sorry joke! Cheestick thanking fans now, he should thank them for rounding up the 180K
Mark Bradley
January 11th, 2011
12:22 am
I’m in Atlanta, Fred.
Mark Bradley
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
“Nothing went through my mind, John.”
Good to know.
Paul in RDU
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
Mark – focus on Newton? This is ESPN – I’m surprised Brett Favre hasn’t been mentioned
Sloppy Joe
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
ps NERD…really? really? you really think you should be talking trash about UGA?
The SEC's Lone PROFESSIONAL Team Wins
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
The funny thing is most of the nation was pulling for Oregon tonight as the nation sees a bunch of crooks and creeps when they see them in the Auburn Tigers.
Crime does pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
Here we go with the God stuff again . . . really, thank the AUburn bankers, and the NCAA who refused to enforce the rules of CFB
Cammy Cam Juice
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
Will UGA EVER hold that crystal ball again? I’m sick and tired of the entire SEC scooping up titles left and right but Georgia is left out.
Mark Bradley
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
You make a key point, Paul.
Mark Richt's receding hairline
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
DYER and FAIRLEY
God
January 11th, 2011
12:23 am
Why does he think I care who wins a meaningless football game. Thousands of kids are starving and these guys think football is important.
UGA
January 11th, 2011
12:24 am
“what’s up with all this “dog-haters” crap”
easy, closeted UGA fans:
“The only downside to this is college football is over until Boise kicks the thuga nation back to reality, putting an end to next season’s delusions of grandeur. Spurrier will then help you start your season 0-2″
I mean really, you apparently hate UGA so much that you can’t wait until they start playing next season? Really?
Sports Junkie
January 11th, 2011
12:24 am
Brent Musburger, please shut the hell up. Quit saying “some how he stayed focused.” Stop the charade. You and the rest of the sports media put your collective heads in the sand regarding the Newton case. Not only are you showing your ignorance, you’re illustrating how much you – the sports media – are part of the problem. Stop acting like you don’t know what happened.
Billyboy
January 11th, 2011
12:24 am
Mark, fun time . . . thanks. Fun game to watch. Oregon played a good game, but Auburn deserves to win this game.
GA DAWG
January 11th, 2011
12:24 am
Good game, but that field was a piece of crap. This is the BCS championship and the promoters go with what is pretty instead of putting together a decent piece of grass to play on. That would have been a much better game if the players weren’t sliding all over the place.
Mark Richt's receding hairline
January 11th, 2011
12:24 am
Gotta feel good for a true Freshman to earn such an honor.
Mark Bradley
January 11th, 2011
12:24 am
Fairley enjoying himself.
Tell the truth
January 11th, 2011
12:25 am
Poor cam no mvp award tonight
WDE
January 11th, 2011
12:25 am
I’m loving the dawg haters pouting. Nick Fairley, MVP, the Dawg Nation’s favorite player.