Dribblin' Dawgs Lookin for a Little Respect

Coming off a squeaker againts the Mercer Fighting Bears, the Dawgs are looking to rebound againts Charleston Southern tonight at 7 PM. After having their first blowout win of the year against High Point, the Dawgs came back down to the level of mediocrity in their three point win against Mercer. That said, they are finding ways to win instead of lose which is always a good sign as the season wears on. Yet with a record of 9-2, the Bulldawgs are still not revceiving votes in either the AP or Coaches Polls.
Including tonight's match up, the Bulldawgs have two more non-conference games before they open the SEC schedule with a showdown againt Kentucky in Athens on January 8th. It is in these two games that I would love to see the Dawgs methodically take care of the Buccaneers and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and build some confidence going into the Conference schedule. While they won't gain much in the eyes of the media by winning these two games, they will certainly get closer to the confidence they will need to take care of the perennial powerhouse that is the Kentucky Wildcats.
Go DAWGS!

Thoughts from last night

Gotta give that one to Brees.  He was clutch when the Saints needed him to come through.  The NO run D had a big game as well.

All around, a great game to watch.  Falcons fans can't be too upset with the outcome, even if some are a bit miffed about Smith's punt call with 2:44 left in the 4th.  The defense did everything they needed to do in that game.  They even chipped in with a pick-six and had Ryan been able to get things going after the Abraham INT, the ATL D probably wouldn't have yielded another touchdown.  Matt Ryan didn't have an outstanding night, but fumbles on the 1-yard line are always tough to swallow.  Trust me, I'm a Georgia fan.

For me, it was just apparent that I was watching the two best teams in the NFC.  With the exception of the Saints run game, the two teams employ very balanced approaches on both sides of the ball and should expect to go far in the playoffs.

Me Likey

Greg's on fiyahhh
(h/t Get the Picture)

2020... that just blew my mind thinking about how far away that is.

Boring-est. Game. Ever.

Tuned into the last half or so of the Advocare v100 Independence Bowl.

The ironic thing about the Tevin Washington pick in the waning seconds that sent Georgia Tech to its sixth consecutive bowl loss and a losing season-record was the fact that it might have been the only spiral that he threw all season.

One more thing,

Falcons, Rise Up.

My other car is a 100-foot yacht. hhnnnyesss.

The team picked quite a place to hold its practices: The Memphis University School isn’t a university, but the prep school probably has nicer facilities than most non-Division I schools. And maybe some of those too.

The buildings have pillars, the field has a pretty good press box, and there's a sport and fitness center. In general the campus looks like the kind of place where the parents have bumper stickers that say “My other car is a 100-foot yacht.”

“This is a nice place,” Richt said, in the kind of understatement that would make him sound almost British. “You couldn’t ask for a better facility.”

(h/t Bulldogs Blog)

I wonder if any of the 5-star recruits at The Memphis University School are expecting their facilities to get a couple thousand dollars worth of upgrades.

ackademecks

Am I alone in being somewhat indifferent to the King suspension?

Espin seems to think it's front page news.

Sorry, but the fortunes of this Bulldawg team haven't turned on the success of King this year.  I'm much more worried about the defense showing up against a team lead by a talented young QB, having Aaron play pitch and catch with his array of receivers, and letting our backs scrap for yards where they can find them.

The academic ineligibilities made the headlines around the state, which I wasn't surprised by.  I was, however, surprised to see the topic surface at ESPN and CBSSports.com.  When there's a roster of 85 or so players, many of which were marginally qualified students to begin with, shouldn't there be enough academic ineligibilities out there at other programs to make it fairly un-newsworthy?  Maybe not.

Merry Christmas, Dawgs!

There's something about stones and glass and houses, but it's always nice to see your neighbors are doing well around the holidays! Go Dawgs