Live from Columbia: Georgia aims to bag the Big Chicken
I'm guessing this Gamecock fancies his team's chances, too. Other Gamecocks do. (AP photo)
Columbia, S.C. – Big game here. Maybe you’ve heard.
Listening to the pregame show on the radio riding in — and here let me note that it took Team AJC nearly 2 1/2 hours to negotiate the final five miles — was to hear a heaping helping of Gamecock bravado. Every interview (including one with the famous South Carolinian Darius “Hootie” Rucker) went thusly: Interviewee paid tribute to Georgia’s talent, then opined that there was no way the home side could lose.
I think the home side can lose. I picked South Carolina to win this game several months ago. (I also picked Georgia to finish 11-1 and still win the SEC East and the SEC title.) But Georgia has been the better team to date, and I say this largely because, as a Kentucky graduate, I’m leery of any team that trails the Wildcats by 10 points after two quarters.
Beyond that, I’ve got nothing that you don’t already know. Whoever wins will be in Position A to claim the East — yes, I realize Florida is again looming — and I’m fairly confident someone will win here. I invite you to join me as we ride along tonight, and I can only hope the game itself moves faster than the inbound traffic. And, as ever, I thank you in advance.
By Mark Bradley
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kingdaddy
October 6th, 2012
7:15 pm
Nope, KFC is packed too. Lots of chickens lost their lives for a good cause tonight, lol…
CigarDawg
October 6th, 2012
7:15 pm
What happened to my d@mned comment? What PC B$!
Let’s GATA and beat those T@rd and feathered cretins in that cesspool of a state capitol.
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:15 pm
I hate the traffic here, but the stadium and the crowd are pretty cool.
Swami SEZ
October 6th, 2012
7:15 pm
The Stadium is worse than Bonkers!
phil
October 6th, 2012
7:15 pm
Cocky? Pathetic joke of a mascot…..
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:15 pm
Gamecocks get it first. Barring the onside kick.
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:15 pm
It’s so loud the press box is shaking.
kingdaddy
October 6th, 2012
7:16 pm
Here we go…
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:17 pm
Lattimore. Gets three yards.
Big Crimson 75
October 6th, 2012
7:18 pm
bad pass.
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:18 pm
Play-action. Should have been intercepted. Was not.
phil
October 6th, 2012
7:18 pm
Damn Rambo, already playing like a sissy…..
No pass rush….
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:18 pm
Damiere Byrd took it from Bacarri Rambo.
since vince
October 6th, 2012
7:18 pm
Enter your comments here
Hooty Goot
October 6th, 2012
7:19 pm
Rambo had that ball
KB
October 6th, 2012
7:19 pm
Come on D rise up
phil
October 6th, 2012
7:19 pm
Again, no pass rush, no nothing.
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:19 pm
Connor Shaw scrambles for the first down. Red Zone breached.
Since Vince
October 6th, 2012
7:19 pm
This game is OVA
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:20 pm
Well. This could have started better for the visitors.
KB
October 6th, 2012
7:20 pm
Wide open
Since Vince
October 6th, 2012
7:20 pm
Todd Grantham is a Joke
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:20 pm
How easy was that score? Youch
phil
October 6th, 2012
7:20 pm
Ballgame!!
No pass rush, no nothing….
Hooty Goot
October 6th, 2012
7:20 pm
That didn’t take long
Swami Sez
October 6th, 2012
7:21 pm
Rolaids anyone?
Winston
October 6th, 2012
7:21 pm
Rambo cost us here…..wow…that was easy. Rambo makes that play and that is a huge momentum changer.
CigarDawg
October 6th, 2012
7:21 pm
Well, brothers and sisters, the annual out-coaching of UGA by USC has begun in earnest.
How embarrassing a start can we have?
Todd Grantham
October 6th, 2012
7:21 pm
That was just too easy
phil
October 6th, 2012
7:21 pm
Our vaunted defense!!
Lololol
Way to go, grantham!
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:21 pm
Yeah, that’s the ballgame. Might as well not play the next 57 minutes and 32 seconds.
Come on now.
He Hate Gator
October 6th, 2012
7:22 pm
Gators are back…are the Dawgs?
Since Vince
October 6th, 2012
7:23 pm
Todd Grantham is a not all that he was looking clueless on the sidelines…
Spartacus
October 6th, 2012
7:23 pm
C’mon….can we please play some defense!!!!
Maxwell the free-range chihuahua
October 6th, 2012
7:23 pm
750K well spent…big-game Grantham strikes again…
kingdaddy
October 6th, 2012
7:24 pm
CTG,CMB & CMR Settle them down. Two big pass plays is not a good start for the Dawgs. Lets go team…
kingdaddy
October 6th, 2012
7:24 pm
Nice job…
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:24 pm
Mitchell returns to midfield.
Is the game still over?
RNB
October 6th, 2012
7:24 pm
Defense just not that good.
Todd Grantham
October 6th, 2012
7:24 pm
Mark, Scott Howard on the radio broadcast is 10 seconds ahead of ESPN. it’s like having dejavou all over again.
kingdaddy
October 6th, 2012
7:25 pm
Mark, where was our pass rush???
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:25 pm
Gurley on the toss to the 32. Ran past Clowney.
CigarDawg
October 6th, 2012
7:25 pm
Shaw was right about them watching tape. I hope we watched some of their tape, too. Richt does know you can get tape of your opponent, doesn’t he?
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:26 pm
Mitchell reverse goes nowhere.
Maxwell the free-range chihuahua
October 6th, 2012
7:26 pm
ACC trick trash won’t work Richt…
Since Vince
October 6th, 2012
7:26 pm
BOBO get cute
Mark Bradley
October 6th, 2012
7:26 pm
Intercepted after the deflection.
Now it’s over. (Yes, I’m kidding.)
Maxwell the free-range chihuahua
October 6th, 2012
7:27 pm
Big-game Murray strikes again…
Todd Grantham
October 6th, 2012
7:27 pm
Wish Murray was half a foot taller
Since Vince
October 6th, 2012
7:27 pm
well oompa loompa was right after all…….