Update: Live from almost-sunny Jax, and here’s Brantley!
A motorized crowd gathers to hear hits like "Rich Girl." (AJC photo by Jason Getz)
Jacksonville – It was cloudy and windy and chilly when I arrived this morning. The sun is trying to peek through, but as we speak it has been a losing battle. Take that, Florida Chamber of Commerce!
A few minutes ago, Greg McGarity noted a singer at midfield practicing Our National Anthem. He asked me who it was. I didn’t know. Someone said, “It’s the guy from Hall & Oates.”
I said, “Daryl Hall?”
Nope. The other one. The lesser half. The short guy with dark hair, not the tall one with the blond flip.
Your anthem singer: John Oates. I have no idea why.
A Wikipedia check indicates he was born in New York, went to Temple and lives in Aspen. If he has a connection to Georgia, Florida or Jacksonville, I’m unaware of it. But enough about him.
Georgia needs to win today. Georgia has lost 18 of the past 21 to Florida. Florida hasn’t been very impressive under Will Muschamp, but Florida wasn’t very impressive under Ron Zook and it beat Georgia twice. But you know all that already.
Something you didn’t know: Florida quarterback John Brantley, who was injured against Alabama three weeks ago but who’s listed as the starter on the flip card, is not warming up. Media members say he was out earlier, but he’s not there now. Florida writers are incredulous.
Further ado: Brantley starts at quarterback after not partaking of warmups. Weird.
At this moment, I have nothing of consequence — or inconsequence — to add. I invite you to join the pregame festivities, such as they are, and stick around for the game itself. And if I find anyone who knows why John Oates is here today, I’ll let you know.
By Mark Bradley
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Gator Pride
October 29th, 2011
8:57 pm
I’m surprised you Dawg fans can get your coon hounds out of your laps long enough to type…
For the record
October 29th, 2011
8:57 pm
Do your research. . . Ga still has a nice lead in the series.
Meyer saw the writing on the wall and the Gators are just starting to realize it.
Uh oh. . .Brantley will be gone along with Rainey AND Demps. . .uh oh.
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
8:57 pm
Gator Made since that is your grade level you should be right at home here
Winning is Winning
October 29th, 2011
8:57 pm
Gator Fans…. you had to know this was coming if we won… take you medicine like men and stop sounding like whinney excuse making losers… doesn’t feel like a rivelry unless we win does it
Mike
October 29th, 2011
8:58 pm
As a Gator, I’m sad to have lost this game. But I am happy that this will likely buy Mark Richt another 2–3 years at the helm at UGA. I’ll take his 30% win percentage over UF for a few more years.
Winning is Winning eats Idiots Sandwiches
October 29th, 2011
8:58 pm
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
4 out of 21 and what have yuo done post tebow?? what is your combined record the past 2 years?? please brag on that while you are here doing your homework
Hairy Perry
October 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
This is nice.
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
BigDaddyGator – I really believe you are a good ole fellow. I agree I enjoy getting on here and talking smack. The SEC is tough and getting tougher. When Auburn comes to the East it is really going to be tougher. You may have a 2 or 3 loss team in the SEC that is better than a team playing in the BCS Championship Game. Not sure all this expansion is good for college football unless you have a 4 or 8 game playoff.
BulldogBen
October 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
This is my electronic version of as snowangel…………
Gator Pride
October 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
How do you keep a Dawgs fan busy ? Hide their tobacco…
Winning is Winning
October 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
4 and 21 you sound real sophisticated like maybe a double wide….. rednecks are sore losers you know so what does that make you… suck it up and take your medicine like a man…
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
Mike get used to losing like you have become accustomed to the past two years- you are in for some more butt whippings with that pitiful team
Army Vet
October 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
Black Sheep…UGA beat the bottom feeders of the SEC……you must be proud. New Mexico State is coming up too. I guess the trash talking will begin.
BigDaddyGator
October 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
Black Sheep, what have you done since Herschel?
Good Giggley WIggley
October 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
BigDaddyGator
October 29th, 2011
8:47 pm
Ahhhh, the glorious, glorious golden years. How much would give to relive them over agin, considering it ain’t happening any time in the near future, bucko. Top recruits are stying in GA, others going to UT SC/Clem and UA/AU, but UF not so much anymore. Also, FL recruiting will be watered down the next few years as FSU and UM pick off some cats up.
Have fun as you see the fair weather UF necks jump ship, and there are less and less UF tshirts and UF license plstes on Jeep Wranglers. Then you wil know you have hit the bottom of the slide/curve you just beginning.
Ha ha ha…love it! Couldn’t happen to more arrogent, egocentric, group of transplanted yankees from NY/NJ,and N. FL redncks. WHta a mix!
kerryb
October 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
Isnt that the first thing fans do when they lose. Blame the ref’s. Maybe if you hadnt let Murray throw two 4th down TD passes you might won. Refs had nothing to do with that.
Hey Fan of the GAme
October 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
Agreed. . .without a playoff no SEC team will ever make the BCS CG. How in the world do you go undefeated in this league??? I am afraid the expansion will hurt our conference.
Shieldy
October 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
My wife saw Hall & Oates at Chastain & said Oates is hung.
Winning is Winning
October 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
Mike….. take your medicine like a man and stop whinning….
Dawggy Girl
October 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
Florida Gators lost 4 straight !!!
49-40-2
October 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
4 out of 21,
You better enjoy those 2 natties ya’ll got because ya’ll won’t be winning any more with Muschamp as your coach.
evil empire
October 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
any georgia fan who would celebrate that pathetic performance has self-esteem issues…
kerryb
October 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
Funny Gator fans talking about beating bottom feeders. You beat 2 cupcakes and TN and KY. Two of the worst teams in the SEC.
Winning is Winning
October 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
Army Vet….. I told you to get back in the kitchen and peel potatoes….
heeldawg
October 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
@ Gator Pride: the REFS beat you? Really?
Your team had 34 yards TOTAL OFFENSE in the second half. Our abysmal special teams play gift-wrapped 16 points for you (KOR for TD, KOR to set up field goal, two missed chip shot FGs from a former All-American kicker who has now become a head case). And we ended the game on your one-yard-line, declining the opportunity to rub it in your faces. We tried to give you the game and you could not take it, and you blame the refs?
Fact: It is indeed pass interference when you grab the receiver before the ball gets there and pull him to the ground. No “phantom calls” there.
Face it: you lost. And we return almost everyone next year.
Your little run is over. We’ve restored the order of the universe.
Losers blame the refs. Winners accept the result as it is.
Deal with it, loser.
kerryb
October 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
UF may not even beat Vandy this year.
Gator Royalty
October 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
We never should have hired Leg-Humper Muschump…
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
BigDaddyGator the good news is Ga is passing Fla like ships in the night- Ga moving up and Fla moving down- this is the worst Florida team I have seen in years- even worse than last year. AND you know it!!! Really sucks to be a gator tonight eh bubba?
College football was invented in 1990
October 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
Go Gatah!
4 out of 21
October 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
Black sheep what has uga won in the last ten…twenty…thirty years?Nothing moron!
cattle dawg
October 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
Please keep Mushchump as coach for 5 years!
Army Vet
October 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
Winning is winning…that’s your comeback?
End of an era
October 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
I hated Urban Meyer but respected his ability. He is gone. . . and he is no dummy.
Watch out Gators. . .you lost and btw, our defense will be even BETTTER. No $hitz – most
everyone is back.
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
I hope everybody beats the mess out of Vandy and that whiney Coach. I have lost all respect for Vandy except for the Baseball and Basketball teams.
winning is winning
October 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
get back to work, your drive thru is back up!
BroncoBilly
October 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
“Dawgs win out, surprise the Bama-LSU winner, make a good argument to be in the Championship Game, win the game–One of the greatest stories in college football history!!!”
I like it!…see y’all in the NC game in a rematch….
Winning is Winning
October 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
4 out of 21…. we are talking about today’s game… is that over your head….what has your team won
Gator Royalty
October 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Even the announcers said the referees weren’t calling pass interference both ways. Go leg-hump now…
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Gator Royalty He coached a terrible game today- everyone that watched knows it. A running QB in the 4th quarter would have most likely won for Florida but he stayed with Brantley who was completely shell shocked by the 4th.
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
I heard Urban is having Chest pains again.
Winning is Winning
October 29th, 2011
9:07 pm
Army Vet…. that’s your job isn’t it
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
Fan of the Game yes but he can’t coach again because he wants to stay home with his family!!! Watch his daughters play ball. He will be at OSU next year for sure.
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
I know he doesn’t peel potatoes because they don’t trust him with a weapon.
kerryb
October 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
Just think, we only lose DeAngelo Tyson and Brandon Boykin on defense after this year. Garrison Smith will step into his spot and Damien Swann will step into Boykins spot. Defense will be even better next year.
Army Vet
October 29th, 2011
9:09 pm
Winning is Winning
October 29th, 2011
9:07 pm
Army Vet…. that’s your job isn’t it
Again…that’s your comeback?
Mike
October 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
Black Sheep. Going into the game against Florida, UGA’s “win streak” was accomplished against Coastal Carolina and 4 SEC teams that had ZERO conference wins between them. The Gators upped that slightly, with UGA now beating 5 SEC teams with a combined SEC record of 2-18. Your dawgs are in 2nd place in a division that is the weakest that it has been since divisional play began.
The only 3 wins for Richt against the Gators came with: 1) Zook’s firing being announced the same week, 2) Tebow being injured and completely restricted from running the ball, and 3) A 1st year head coach at UF combined with a team decimated with injuries and only 65 players on scholarship. And in EACH of those, UGA BARELY won the game.
I’m a big fan of UGA keeping Mark Richt around, because he’s pretty easy for any Gators team that isn’t severely handicapped to beat. I figured with the Gators as bad as they are this year, that even UGA should have beaten them by 20 points or so. But it didn’t happen, not because UF is better than anyone thought this year, but because UGA is just THAT bad.
Good game all
October 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
To the good GA and FL fans. . . good game. It is about time we made it a true rivalry again.
Thanks to those who maintain class. . .to the others, we won. Enough said. See you next
year. . . we will be even better. . .check out our youth. . . you are in trouble. . . a new era has
begun. You guys don’t have squat coming back. . .
phil
October 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
We don’t care what pressure any of them are under. Win the games!
Or be fired!
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
Fan of the Game Yes but Urban has to stay at home this year to be with his family- and watch his daughters play ball!!! He will be at OSU next year for sure!!!