Live from the Outback: UGA should win this bloomin’ bowl
The press box food preparation table, shown after hungry scribes descended. (Photo by M. Bradley)
Tampa – The nice thing about covering the Outback Bowl is the sponsor. It’s the only bowl that serves steak and a bloomin’ onion as a pregame meal. I mention this so you’ll know not to expect much in the way of back-and-forth from this correspondent over the next half-hour.
As for the game … well, here’s what you need to know about Michigan State. The Spartans are 7-14 in bowls. They haven’t won won since Dec. 31, 2001. They’re 0-4 under Mark Dantonio. Even Nick Saban was 0-3 in bowls as MSU’s coach.
The Spartans are 0-3 in bowls against teams from Georgia. (Lost to the Bulldogs in Vince Dooley’s final game and in the Capital One in 2008, lost to Georgia Tech in the old Hall of Fame Bowl in Birmingham in 1985. Georgia fans will remember that as the game in which John Dewberry, who transferred from UGA and became Tech’s quarterback, did not partake — he’d been suspended for missing curfew in Birmingham, which isn’t easy to do.)
It’s possible Michigan State could win today, but recent history shows it’s not smart to bet against the SEC in a bowl against the Big Ten. (Example: The Spartans lost to Alabama 49-7 in the Capital One last January. Though Michigan State did beat Florida in the Citrus on the first day of this century.)
Enough. Georgia should win. I make it 27-17, but I’m often wrong. Sometimes even bloomin’ wrong, which reminds me …
Discuss among yourselves. I’ll be back in a few. And happy bloomin’ New Year.
By Mark Bradley
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Mark Bradley
January 2nd, 2012
1:40 pm
Aaron Murray with the completion and reception. And that’s it for the first quarter.
Average Joe
January 2nd, 2012
1:40 pm
I’ll be damn
DawgNation2010
January 2nd, 2012
1:40 pm
We need to stop running up the middle on the Spartans.
DIT
January 2nd, 2012
1:40 pm
awful!
KenDawg
January 2nd, 2012
1:40 pm
Mark, you took chicken over free prime rib??!! Is this a healthy thing?
"Chef" Tim Dix
January 2nd, 2012
1:40 pm
Great pass to murray.
The Grinch
January 2nd, 2012
1:40 pm
That Murray to Murray play just never works. DAMN that Bobo.
i'm from Columbus, GA
January 2nd, 2012
1:41 pm
IC runnin hard but aint nobobdy bolckin for him.
Average Joe
January 2nd, 2012
1:41 pm
I’m tired of Bobo relying on our defense to bail them out. Put your foot on their throat. If they can’t stop the pass down the field, then DO IT
80sDawg
January 2nd, 2012
1:41 pm
Maybe Bobo will follow Mularky to Jax.
Mark Bradley
January 2nd, 2012
1:41 pm
Sort of, KenDawg. And I’m pacing myself.
Xfactor
January 2nd, 2012
1:41 pm
Jacksonville ask permission to talk to Falcons about Marlarky becoming HC.
Rams and Bays fire mgrs today. just saying
DIT
January 2nd, 2012
1:41 pm
I hope the defense can keep up the pace for a full 60 minutes,
"Chef" Tim Dix
January 2nd, 2012
1:41 pm
IC now on pout watch.
Xfactor
January 2nd, 2012
1:42 pm
Very sad about Jeff Porter’s wife getting killed..rip
Murray is a woman
January 2nd, 2012
1:42 pm
highsaiah loves that tampa blunt
san diego steve
January 2nd, 2012
1:43 pm
seriously who could actually watch celebrity wife swap?
Average Joe
January 2nd, 2012
1:43 pm
Our defense will get tired if we keep them on the field too long. It would be better if we could put up 7 here. I doubt it. We’ll punt to MSU and play the game of “field position”.
ARdawg
January 2nd, 2012
1:43 pm
How many stuffs up the middle before Bobo gets it? I say he doesn’t
"Chef" Tim Dix
January 2nd, 2012
1:44 pm
Xfactor : If so, there’s a guy in SD Falcons need to hire.
MichDawg
January 2nd, 2012
1:44 pm
Calm down dawg fans. Bobo is setting up MSU to run out of gas some where in the 3rd quarter. MSU is thin on depth on the DL due to injuries. They’ll get tired and we’ll run wild. You’ll see.
Snoop Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
1:44 pm
That imbecile Bobo is going to lose the game for us continually trying to ram it up the middle against the number five running defense in the country with our little backs.
please file this as exhibit 10,658 on why UGA needs a new OC…
Xfactor
January 2nd, 2012
1:44 pm
I agree Chef!
Murray is a woman
January 2nd, 2012
1:44 pm
he really is
Mark Bradley
January 2nd, 2012
1:44 pm
See what happens when you don’t slide?
Average Joe
January 2nd, 2012
1:44 pm
Throw it away Murray. Dumbass
The Grinch
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Murray with yet another turnover.
dawg555
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Oh. My. God.
1eyedJack
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Murray turnover. That don’t bode well.
Ha
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Yep that murray is so all american. Wussy
J.J.M.
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
and this is why murray sucks and will never make it
i'm from Columbus, GA
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Murray always doin stuff like that. just give the ball to IC and let him do his thing.
The Grinch
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Who was the clown chiding Murray for sliding?
DIT
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Typical Murray!!! Every big game he fumbles. We will not get to the next level as long as we have a QB that fumbles and throws Int’s in big games.
ricker
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Yeah, that Aaron Murray has Heisman written all over him…what a joke!
Average Joe
January 2nd, 2012
1:46 pm
At least Ogletree is a player. Ogletree is making all the plays on defense it seems.
80sDawg
January 2nd, 2012
1:46 pm
san diego steve: Are you serious? who wouldn’t want to see Gary Busey. He’s a lunatic. I can’t believe they don’t have a camera following him around all day!!
Spartan baby
January 2nd, 2012
1:46 pm
Just keep pounding them. They will wear out like they did against lsu
The Grinch
January 2nd, 2012
1:46 pm
ricker
January 2nd, 2012
1:45 pm
Would you prefer Tevin Washington?
1eyedJack
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
Small hands, smell like cabbage.
UGA will lose
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
Murray at his best. Mr. Turnover.
Mark Bradley
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
I’m thinking 2-0 might stand.
MichDawg
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
Some of you guys are simply stupid.
DIT
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
Thank the Lord for our defense!
Murray is a woman
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
this is college football. QB’s run the option. they break tackles. they don’t slide every time. jeez, what kind of Pac-10 program are you guys running up there in Athens?
"Chef" Tim Dix
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
speed IS a wonderful thing.
The Grinch
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
Spartan baby
January 2nd, 2012
1:46 pm
Yeah right. the spartans are really pounding us.
80sDawg
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
Bobo should go and hug Grantham
All Saints
January 2nd, 2012
1:47 pm
Attention, everyone, especially dawgs. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, the courageous lady who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by slimeball Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, then tossing them out like trash, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s happening in Athens now.
And now, a moment of silence…
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Thank you, you may resume your normal activities now.
Average Joe
January 2nd, 2012
1:48 pm
Well we know the defense is great, but if we could score some points we’d be unstoppable as a team. Defense is in good hands, offense? Jury is still out.