Live from Athens: Me, I’m thinking UGA wins easily and calmly
"You, sir, are no gentleman! And furthermore, I'm not even sure you're a real commodore!"
Athens – I can’t imagine Todd Grantham and James Franklin renewing interpersonal hostilities tonight. Such things don’t happen two years running. Did Jim Harbaugh and Jim Schwartz get all huffy over another handshake when the 49ers and Lions met again last Sunday? Nope. Did John Chaney threaten to kill John Calipari more than once? Nope.
I expect this to be a well-mannered game on the part of the coaches, if not necessarily the players. (Young men will, as we know, be young men.) I also expect Georgia to win by at least two touchdowns. I can’t see a team, meaning Vanderbilt, that lost by 11 points at Northwestern two weeks ago coming here and keeping it close.
But I’ve been wrong a time or two, and tonight could be another of those occasions. Vandy could win. Franklin and Grantham could trade bon mots, or something approximating them, at 10 paces afterward. Whatever happens, I’ll be here to watch, and I’d appreciate your company. I thank you in advance.
By Mark Bradley
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Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
7:56 pm
Very nice return!
Since Vince
September 22nd, 2012
7:56 pm
YESSSSSS
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
7:56 pm
Mitchell returns to the Vanderbilt 48.
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
September 22nd, 2012
7:57 pm
How many dawgs arrested today?
WDE
September 22nd, 2012
7:57 pm
I love the I…
Arnold
September 22nd, 2012
7:57 pm
The Gurley Man!
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
7:58 pm
It’s early, I know. But Georgia looks unbelievably sharp.
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
7:58 pm
Those pitches remind me of the Robert Edwards days.
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
7:59 pm
Playing with a purpose…..offense surely looks sharp early on!
Swami Sez
September 22nd, 2012
7:59 pm
Give it time Mr. Bradley
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:00 pm
Touchdown. Easy.
45ACP
September 22nd, 2012
8:00 pm
TOUCHDOWN DAWGS!!!!!
WDE
September 22nd, 2012
8:00 pm
Yes!!
Arnold
September 22nd, 2012
8:01 pm
RUN THE GURLEY MAN! MR. BOBO
Dingus Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
8:01 pm
Did the mangy, worm-infested mutt show up tonight?
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
8:01 pm
TF-True Freshman, TG-Todd Gurley, with a TD-Touchdown!
Not So Fast
September 22nd, 2012
8:02 pm
Gurley wow…if he doesn’t get 20-25 touches a game the rest of the year something is wrong…
45ACP
September 22nd, 2012
8:02 pm
toot, toot says the whimpy train whistle…..lol……..
deadrednecks
September 22nd, 2012
8:03 pm
I cant belief dogs took 6 plays to score!!! Shoulda dun in 5! Fire Rict!!!!
td
September 22nd, 2012
8:03 pm
Should be a short night for all the GT trolls and a pleasant board afterwards.
WDE
September 22nd, 2012
8:04 pm
Keep the pressure on !
bawbie
September 22nd, 2012
8:04 pm
Fire Dave Perno!
deadrednecks
September 22nd, 2012
8:04 pm
what that dag darn dog doin on the field??? Ga fans hungry, culda ate it tailgaiten!!
Not So Fast
September 22nd, 2012
8:05 pm
I know it’s early but the Dawgs have looked a lot better on special teams this year so far.
Since Vince
September 22nd, 2012
8:05 pm
Dang it D!
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
September 22nd, 2012
8:05 pm
whoooeeee! We’re getting rich tonight bailing out dawg fans who drank too much and acted ugly, not to mention the public urination. Keep it up, dawg fans, we can use the money!
deadrednecks
September 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
Dog darn dogs, let em git 1st down. Fire rict!!!
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
That play went for 15-20 yards in week one
KDS
September 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
South Carolina looked very good today!!
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:07 pm
I could be wrong about this being a sedate affair. Vandy linemen are holding their blocks a beat or two after the whistle. Georgia players don’t seem to appreciate the effort.
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
8:07 pm
Trolls on our blogs is like water in the ocean…..you can count on it.
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
Intercepted by Branden Smith. Think it’s interference, however.
deadrednecks
September 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
pass inurfearince??? Fire rict!!!
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
Yes. Interception washed out.
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
That’s an awful call……the contact went both ways
Swami Sez
September 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
Like I said give it time
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
Another VU penalty.
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
Jump pass almost picked off.
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:11 pm
Fourth and nine at the UGA 39. Paul Johnson goes for it.
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:11 pm
Vanderbilt punts.
deadrednecks
September 22nd, 2012
8:16 pm
cant break dat vandy deefince tween da hedges. yo, girl, go git me nother cold won. fire rict!!
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
8:16 pm
Lol@Paul Johnson goes for it
Since Vince
September 22nd, 2012
8:16 pm
Mark Richt said BS?
KDS
September 22nd, 2012
8:17 pm
BO lets not go there
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
8:17 pm
Same play to the left?
deadrednecks
September 22nd, 2012
8:17 pm
dats what im droolin bout, go girly
Since Vince
September 22nd, 2012
8:18 pm
Clemson 7 Fla State 0 Wow
KDS
September 22nd, 2012
8:18 pm
Murray will not play in the NFL
Left Coast Dawg
September 22nd, 2012
8:18 pm
Another flag coming
Mark Bradley
September 22nd, 2012
8:18 pm
OK, maybe it won’t be easy. Georgia punts.
But wait! Another Vanderbilt penalty. For running into the kicker.