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Classy girls, Classy.

Posted in Football on November 7, 2005| Leave a Comment »

Stancil5: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2216124
CKP10: I know, I saw it on the news last night
CKP10: pretty ridiculous
CKP10: I’m still unsure about how these two girls were having sex in the bathroom of the bar, but I am sure that I don’t actually want to know
Stancil5: Contrarily, I want pictures
CKP10: hah
CKP10: of course you do

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Thoughts on the weekend

Posted in Football on October 31, 2005| Leave a Comment »

I think I am going to let Maggie’s account suffice for right now, because, well, she said it all so well.

Read it here.

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Posted in Football on October 26, 2005| 2 Comments »

I love these pictures from last year. The Georgia side is full, and the Florida side is completely empty. Seriously, this is such a cool game because of the equalness of tickets.

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Gooooo Georgia Bull-Dawgs

Posted in Football on October 26, 2005| Leave a Comment »

Okay, so I’m really starting to get excited. It is that time of year again kids, time for the Georgia Florida Game!!!! (someone said that people in Florida call it the Florida Georgia game, which is evidence that they grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.

I get really nostalgic during the Georgia Florida game, I remember the first Georgia Florida game I ever went to, it was 1992, and I had just turned 12, I was in the sixth grade, and my father had promised me that there would be candy at The Landing,
since I would be missing my first traditional Halloween festivities. And by candy, he meant Beer. Because the Landing is a half circle mall with bars and a stage for music in the middle. I guess there might have been some bubble gum machines. I was disappointed.

That was back in the day when they were stupid enough to split the stadium into quarters, alternating Georgia section with Florida section and increasing the area where Georgia Fans HAD to sit next to Florida fans, which caused a great deal of trouble and broken noses.

Now, as I will probably tell a few people this weekend, my dad scored a touchdown at the Georgia Florida Game back in the late 60s, on a 46 yard dash, and we have a video clip of it, it is quite hilarious to watch him skip around after he scores.

We had a bad few years with Florida, but I think that we have gotten past that, and even though Shockley is hurt and can’t play this weekend, we are going to win. I have a lot of faith in this team. And you should too. I want you to read this article that is in the Red and Black today. It is about D.J. Shockley and Kedric Golston, two of our best players who are both seniors. This was Shockley’s one and only chance to start at the Georgia Florida game. I’ll share with you a few excerpts that I found especially touching:

Shockley:
"As long as we get a win, I’ll be satisfied."
"A lot of people are making a big deal out about me being out, but I think everybody knows how our team is – everybody knows we can get it done, everybody knows one person doesn’t make the team. I think from day one, that’s what we’ve all been about, being united as a team. That’s really been a key to our success this year, that everybody has been playing as a team and not just as one person trying to do one thing."

Golston:
"Playing in the Florida game is one of the reasons you come to Georgia, to miss it my senior year is bad, but to miss it with a year like we’re having – we haven’t lost any games, and we’ve made such a brotherhood on this team – I hate to not be out there with those guys, doing anything I can to help them win. "

"I’m older now, I don’t look at is as being, My God, I wish I could play in this game, I look at it as, my team’s going to go play in this game, and I want them to do the best they can, whether or not I can play. Just sitting back and watching them play is going to be just as exciting for me as if I was out there playing."

But my favorite quote of all I think is this one:

"Senior offensive guard Max Jean-Gilles, however, said seeing Shockley and Golston out for the Florida game ‘hurts me in the heart,’ so he has tried to offer Shockley as much comfort and support as he can.
‘I tell him, "We’re going to do this right," Jean Gilles said. "We’re going to make Joe T feel comfortable. We’re going to win."

Followed by this one by Senior tackle Gerald Anderson:

"We have to go out and win it for him. If we win it for him, we can set him up to play in bigger games for the rest of the season."

Wow. I think we have some real team players on our hands. And that, makes me very excited.

Other fun links to visit for Georgia Florida Game:

The Hater Bowl

Jean Shorts for Florida Fans

Just in case you need an attorney while you’re down there...

If you read the comments for #4 Georgia and # 18 Florida, you should get a good laugh. Especially Florida.

I’ll add some more links later, I gotta do a little reading….

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My Good Friends, Gina and Herschel

Posted in Football on October 24, 2005| 2 Comments »

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A typical Saturday in the Fall

Posted in Food and Drink, Football, The Paines on October 15, 2005| Leave a Comment »

My bedroom in Augusta faces East, and the bright fall sunshine woke me up much earlier than I would have liked this morning. But it didn’t matter, because my parents were close on the heels of the sun. Trav and Kate wanted me to go to breakfast with them at the Waffle King. They think Waffle King has the best pancakes. That’s right, we go to the Waffle King for pancakes.

Initally, I wanted to go, and then on second thought I decided not to go, because Trav has a tendency to kidnap after breakfast, and I wasn’t in the mood to be kidnapped this morning. But Kate promised that she would make sure I made it back home after breakfast. So I was pressured into it. And I did make it home, but not before we went to see Mrs. Kim, and then to the bike store, and to the storage building where my dad keeps all his stuff my mom won’t let him keep at home. And we only took a couple of detours to look at buildings.

Now I am sitting out under the pergula with the dogs. It is quite possibly one of the most beautiful days ever. EVER. It is one of those days that makes me remember why I live in Georgia. There is a sensory overload almost. The chimes at Good Shepard are playing music, while the airplanes from the air show fly in at Daniel Field fly overhead, the tea olives make everything smell wonderful, and the breeze is perfect. Oh, and the mockingbirds are yelling about something. Plus, I have my two precious dogs, even if Bo did growl at me this morning.

Bella

And these are my parents, Trav and Kate, arguing about what we are going to do with the back yard – all of our pretty trees had to be taken down after one of them fell into the treehouse. Our next door neighbor had to take all of his trees down too, so it looks like a tornado ripped through the two yards.

In a little while, we will go inside and watch football. I suggested instead of working in the yard this morning, that we get a twelve pack of PBR and go to Daniel Village and watch the airshow from the parking lot. But obviously my parents have no sense of adventure. Daddy and I thought this was a great idea, because neither of us are allowed to drive if we have been drinking at all, so Mama ends up having to deal with us. Which we think is pretty funny. We could have ridden bikes I guess, except my dad dropped his off at the store this morning. But it is a perfect day for an airshow, the sky is amazing.

I’m excited about the football though. I hope Notre Dame beats USC, and I hope LSU beats Florida, even though I normally like to root for the SEC east, I’m going to cheer for LSU this time.

Obviously the Dawgs are going to dominate. I thought about going to Nashville for the game, but it is a long way, and I really like to watch football on tv with my dad, you can see so much more, and there a lot of other games I want to see today besides Georgia beating Vanderbilt.

A yellow jacket just tried to bother me, and I thought about smashing him, but he flew away and it wasn’t worth it.

Okay, the ants are biting me, I’m going inside.

Love y’all.

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Litter Allegation

Posted in Football on October 12, 2005| 1 Comment »

From Dean –

AP- (Knoxville)
UGA’s Athletic Director Damon Evans confirmed today that UGA has received a
letter from University of Tennessee campus operations requesting
payment of a fine for littering. President Michael Adams, who has
recently led a charge to clean up the UGA campus on gameday, expressed
"regret" over the situation. He promised to meet with Head Coach Mark
Richt to discuss the allegation.

The letter from UT was
apparently generated after the empty can of WHOOPASS that Georgia
opened on Tennessee was not disposed of properly after the game inside
Neyland Stadium Saturday night. "We usually designate one of the
freshman to pick up the empty can.", Georgia Safety Greg Blue said. "I
guess with all the UT fans leaving early, he got distracted" Phil
Fulmer is expected to contact the league office about Georgia’s use of
the ENTIRE can.

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