Live from the Dome: Favored Bama meets hungry Dogs!
That famous jokester Nick Saban leaves Mark Richt in stitches Friday. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
At the SEC Coaches’ Luncheon at the Hyatt on Friday, emcee Dave Neal asked Nick Saban if it was easier to keep a team motivated as a favorite, or if being an underdog was preferable. Whereupon Mark Richt said, “What does he know about being an underdog?”
Saban’s Crimson Tide is favored today by eight points over Richt’s Bulldogs, but an awful lot of folks — this correspondent included — are picking Georgia. Still, this matchup couldn’t have caught Saban unaware.
“Last summer I was at the lake (Burton, where every big-name college football coach has a summer house) and I was fooling around in the yard, and two guys rode up on JetSkis,” Saban told Richt at the luncheon. “One of them was your quarterback Aaron Murray and the other was your center (David Andrews). And they said, ‘We’ll see you in the SEC championship game.’ ”
And here both teams are, Alabama ranked No. 2 to Georgia’s No. 2, Alabama favored but not nearly a lock, Georgia trying to seize its biggest football moment in three decades. But you knew all that already. So enough of me talking.
I’ll be here until someone is the 2012 SEC champ, and I’d appreciate it if you’d join the fun and frolic. And I thank you, as ever, in advance.
By Mark Bradley
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phil
December 1st, 2012
4:04 pm
Here we go….
Fire Richt, win or lose!
Let’s go, boys! PLAY LIKE MEN TODAY AND MAKE US PROUD!
kingdaddy
December 1st, 2012
4:05 pm
Murray was only an inch or two shorter than McCarron. Saw them standing side by side…
Eric C.
December 1st, 2012
4:06 pm
Buckeye, you’ve proved yourself as a tech fan…no Buckeye fan wants to see Bama win this
ShowMeYurTD's
December 1st, 2012
4:06 pm
This is for the national champions…..GO DAWGS! Here we go!
kingdaddy
December 1st, 2012
4:07 pm
Boooooooooo…
Roy
December 1st, 2012
4:07 pm
I’m willing to bet the house that Verne Lundquist missing the names of a lot of players in this game.
All Saints
December 1st, 2012
4:07 pm
In tribute to our beloved martyred Saint Jan Kemp, let’s all bow our heads for a few moments of silent prayer. Thirty years ago, this courageous young lady risked everything to expose the corruption and academic fraud instigated by Vince Dooley, sleazy practices that continue to this day under douchebag coach Mark Richt. Gone but never forgotten, Saint Jan lives on in our hearts and minds as a guiding inspiration and as a symbol of resistance to the malevolent evil and corruption that dwell in Athens.
And now, let us all pray for Saint Jan…
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Thank you, you may now resume your normal activities.
phil
December 1st, 2012
4:08 pm
Joey
December 1st, 2012
3:49 pm
You’re over-reacting, Satilla.
His job is to be an analyst.
Not a homer.
Pollock is a DGD.
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pollack is dead to us now. DEAD!
He was my favorite defensive player. THAT ENDED TODAY.
Michael
December 1st, 2012
4:08 pm
Wow, that antiquated Georgia Dome looks so empty and dangerous. Atlanta obviously has to build a new stadium because it cannot draw any events there (sarcasm).
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
4:09 pm
Georgia wins toss and defers
playmeortrademe
December 1st, 2012
4:09 pm
Georgia loose and confident = Georgia will not be mentally prepared at the start. Look for early mistakes.
Roy
December 1st, 2012
4:09 pm
Oh no! Murray already has that look in his eyes
phil
December 1st, 2012
4:09 pm
ALL saints is an imbecile, like Pollack.
Incoming Tide
December 1st, 2012
4:09 pm
Crimson Tide by 28 points. It’s a lock.
dean
December 1st, 2012
4:10 pm
Uh oh. Did Pollock pick AL?
Roy
December 1st, 2012
4:10 pm
I like the idea of deferring the coin toss. Let the defense set the tone early. Let Murray settle down and get settled in the game. If he goes out there on the 1st series, he may press and turn the ball over or go 3 and out and make mistakes similar to Boise last year. Come on defense!
ShowMeYurTD's
December 1st, 2012
4:11 pm
Let’s make mcCarron cry….again! Go dawgs
FalconUGAFan
December 1st, 2012
4:11 pm
Whatever the outcome…proud of these DGDs!
dean
December 1st, 2012
4:12 pm
Good luck Dawgs. Win or lose, life goes on tomorrow!
kingdaddy
December 1st, 2012
4:12 pm
Everybody just needs to do their assignment and focus. Coaches need to be ready to adjust quickly, not let mismatches turn the game…
Here we gooooooo….
phil
December 1st, 2012
4:12 pm
He did. Pollock is dead to us now! Scum.
Michael
December 1st, 2012
4:12 pm
Apparently the tv feed is way behind the live action.
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 1st, 2012
4:12 pm
Not bad but WHY not take it on the 25?
phil
December 1st, 2012
4:12 pm
Wrong, dean….
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
4:13 pm
First play is a screen. Georgia stuffs it
Michael
December 1st, 2012
4:13 pm
By they way, fire Mark Richt, Bobo, etc.
DawgnSeattle
December 1st, 2012
4:13 pm
GO DAWGS!
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
4:14 pm
Second Alabama play is a slant to midfield.
phil
December 1st, 2012
4:14 pm
Booooooooooo!
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
4:15 pm
Third and six. Pressure forced McCarron to dump the ball
Roy
December 1st, 2012
4:15 pm
Good defense!
phil
December 1st, 2012
4:15 pm
Yes!
Sam
December 1st, 2012
4:15 pm
Let’s see if the offense can do something
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
4:16 pm
Broken up by Sanders Commings. Great coverage. Georgia gets the ball
Michael
December 1st, 2012
4:16 pm
Live action at least a minute ahead of the TV feed.
dean
December 1st, 2012
4:16 pm
I’m the “little d” dean.
Jimmy
December 1st, 2012
4:16 pm
We’re playing well so far.
Looking like we belong here.
Let’s go Murray.
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
4:16 pm
Touchback.
rivercard
December 1st, 2012
4:17 pm
Dumb of Bama to not try to establish run. Georgia gets ahead of them and they are in trouble. They need to slow game down.
Roy
December 1st, 2012
4:17 pm
Defense is getting good pressure on McCarron and the secondary is covering very well on the backend. It’s time for UGA’s offense to put some points on the board. Touchdown would be amazing, field goal is good too. Points, points, points. They add up.
buzzDawg
December 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
Which Murray will show? I’m predicting the on-his-game Murray. Go Dawgs!
phil
December 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
Ann Murray or Aaron today?
Nervous…..
Buckhead Bulldog
December 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
I can’t stand the lighting of the Ga Dome…wish we had an outdoor stadium for this event and the Falcons.
Diggitydawg
December 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
Still so excited I’m jittery
Robert
December 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
I have so many Alabama fans talking mess in here, just like on Thursday with the Saints fans. The battle in the trenches is comparable to the battle in the stands, or at the bar!
Buckeye
December 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
Has “Tub” Jenks dropped a few?
DawgNole
December 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
ROLL TIDE
December 1st, 2012
3:14 pm
And let me just say this to you dawg fans….If Bama does stumble today and lose (which is possible, no doubt), I will pull just as hard from Georgia to beat the hell outta Notre Dame in the National Championship game. Any team that beats Florida is good in my book. I’M A TRUE GATOR HATER!!!
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Bout time you got off your high horse.
Buckeye
December 1st, 2012
4:19 pm
Jenks photo looked like a mugshot
All Saints
December 1st, 2012
4:19 pm
“ALL saints is an imbecile, like Pollack.”
Bless you, my child, for you know not what you say. You are forgiven. Now go and stick your head in a cesspool.
phil
December 1st, 2012
4:19 pm
Good grief….
Boooooooooo!