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The Auburn Screed
Last fall, an Auburn Tigers weblogger mentioned in the week prior to the Georgia Bulldogs’ showdown with their oldest rival on the Plains that he was awaiting my annual Auburn screed. I do not believe I author such a screed, and I certainly pulled my punches regarding the Plainsmen leading up to...
The Best Week of the Year: Auburn vs. Georgia
The best week of the year is here. It's Auburn-Georgia. Sure the Iron Bowl is a million times more important, but when the football gods invented the sport, they had to be thinking about a cool fall afternoon in north Georgia where two like-programs try to get the best of the other. For Auburn...
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
I remember it like it was yesterday. Sitting in a hotel in Atlanta on a cold December day, the news hit me like a case of malaria. Auburn had settled on Iowa State's Gene Chizik as its new coach. It was official: Auburn was circling the drain of college football. On December 13, 2008, I wrote, "To...
No Pain, No Gain?: Preseason Practice, Injuries, and the Georgia Bulldogs
Either way, both tailbacks back practicing, which is an encouraging sign for their health. ... Also, freshman CB Nick Marshall back in pads. Seth Emerson (August 19, 2011) This, obviously, is good news. After Washaun Ealey was given his walking papers and Caleb King flunked out, the Georgia...
Would Fans of the Georgia Bulldogs Most Like to See the Boise State Broncos, Florida Gators, or Auburn Tigers Crash and Burn?
Among the character traits that define fans of the Georgia Bulldogs is an inherent aversion to orange, particularly when that atrocious affront to the visual sense is displayed in combination with blue. This year, the Red and Black are scheduled to cross paths with a trio of teams clad in that...
So Much for That "Friendly Rivalry": Why the Georgia Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers Hate Each Other, and Should
On Monday, I was contacted by a reader who frequents both Dawg Sports and "The Bunker," Rivals.com’s subscription-only message board for fans of the Auburn Tigers. (Yes, they call it "The Bunker." I hope for their sakes that they have a greater sense of irony than I suspect they possess, but, if...
Georgia Bulldogs Baseball: David Perno, Mixed Emotions, and the NCAA Corvallis Regional
Perhaps because so much of my job involves so many nuances, subtleties, and interstices, I tend to steer clear of grey areas outside the professional realm, and this is trebly true where coaches are concerned. They are heroes or they are villains, and seldom are they anything in between. I have...
The Inaugural Georgia Bulldogs Hate Index (Part Two)
A week ago, The Inaugural Georgia Bulldogs Hate Index debuted in this space. (Easter having come and gone in the interim, I should add that sports hatreds are not hatreds in the strictest literal sense; I hate Auburn, vineyarddawg hates Florida, and NCT hates Georgia Tech, but none of us holds the...
Auburn HBO Special: Where Do We Go From Here?
While last night's HBO program wasn't on the level of David Stanley showing off his mail from SMU or Eric Ramsey playing his tapes of Pat Dye, it still was one of those moments where a scandal went mainstream. There is a full-on crisis going on at Auburn no matter how you look at it. While plenty...
Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty
After Wednesday night’s HBO special reporting that the Auburn Tigers were paying players at least as recently as 2007, I’m sure some of you expected me to excoriate the Plainsmen. After all, I hate Auburn, and I have called for Georgia’s oldest rival to receive the death penalty, so this would seem...
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