Dawg Talk: Mother F-N Funeral Edition

This just in...there's some sort of important football match taking place in Athens this weekend! ESPN College Gameday will be here! The Bulldogs are wearing spiffy black shirts! It's a night game! So exciting.

There really is a lot to talk about with this game, but we'll start with the ever-popular blackout. Last year, Mark Richt put the Bulldog Nation in the middle of a weeklong suspense thriller in the week leading up to the Auburn game. He asked the fans to come dressed in black and then deflected any questions about whether the team would be wearing black as well. He said there wasn't enough time to get the black jerseys in time. The rest, as they say, is history. The Bulldogs took the field in black jerseys and took the wood to Auburn in one of the most electric atmospheres in Sanford Stadium history. Brandon Cox seemed to like the black jerseys as he threw a few passes to them. Knowshon spent almost as much time cranking the souljah boy with Verne Lundquist as he did scoring touchdowns.

Richt pulled out the black jerseys again for a Sugar Bowl matchup with Hawaii. He wanted to avoid the disappointment hangover from not being invited to the BCS Championship game. The black shirts continued to gobble up Colt Brennan and were solely responsible for knocking him down several rounds in the NFL draft and costing him millions of dollars.

Now, the Dawgs hope to conjur the black magic one more time to take on white-hot Alabama in a top-10 matchup in Athens. Honestly, the blackout is almost assuredly going to be a once-a-year thing because the school makes so much money off of black jerseys and other black merchandise. Of all the games this year to choose from, this was the easy choice. It's a night game, it's nationally televised, and even the illustrious Gameday crew will be in town.

Bama fans are chalking this up as a mental victory, saying the black jerseys means the Tide is in Georgia's head. Alabama strength coach Scott Cochran was even captured on a video circulating the interwebs as saying the Dawgs are wearing black because "they are going to a mother f-ing funeral." Tide receiver Mike McCoy even weighed in on last year's end zone celebration in Jacksonville, saying Alabama would never do that because they are "a respectable team." Meanwhile, all Georgia has done is pile on the praise for Alabama. Take this quote from Mo Massaquoi:

"We knew a lot was going to be riding on this game, and we just wanted to give the fans something to rally behind. It’s really a tribute to Alabama. They’re a great team, we’re a pretty good team, and we just want to go out there and put on a show.”

Oh yeah Bama, keep playing the no-respect card. That's obviously the case. I would think a team that has already tried to get the bulletin board going (remember Wallace Gilberry asking Matthew Stafford where to send him flowers last year), and pounded Clemson after someone in their program made a joke about Bama giving recruits Hummers to drive would have toned down their talk. At least they're respectable.

All in all, the blackout is a great idea. While everyone is talking about what color shirts the Dawgs are wearing, no one is asking about Georgia's suspect offensive line play, penalty issues and suspect kick coverage. So remember, blackout during the game, not before it.

A decade later, the talking heads return

Alright Georgia fans, time to put your money where your mouth is. ESPN is Georgia's public enemy number one, correct? We hate Herbstreit, Corso is a bumbling idiot, and Fowler referred to Georgia fans as a bunch of "overdressed, overserved frat boys." So naturally, Georgia fans are going to ignore the Gameday crew out of principle right? Wrong. Myers Quad will be packed with the same people that have railed on ESPN for the past few years. Remember, this is the same Herbstreit that was the root of all evil when he campaigned for LSU to jump the Dawgs in the BCS selection poll. I admit, the tempation to indulge these idiots is strong. After all, for one day, Athens is the center of the college football universe. We all want to hold up clever signs so that our friends watching on TV will see us. But when you're heading over there on Saturday, remember all those things you swore you would do to Herbstreit if you ever saw him in person.

Saban catches rare, wild beast

Details are sketchy, but reports from southern Mississippi indicate that Alabama head coach Nick Saban and defensive coordinator Kirby Smart were on a hunting expedition when they stumbled across a beast of mythical proportions. After tranquilizing the beast with industrial-strength sedatives, the creature, which is thought to have migrated from Fort Meyers, FL was brought back to Tuscaloosa for evaluation. After careful study, Saban and Smart determined the creature would be best used as a nose tackle.

They named it Terrence Cody.

Cody, a 6-5, 365-pound JUCO transfer, anchors a d-line that hasn't given up a rushing touchdown all year. Cody eats centers for breakfast, along with oil barrels, whole elk, and Volkswagens. He now hopes to feast on Moreno and and friends. Cody has predator-like hair and is quite possibly the scariest human being I have ever seen. The Dawgs have undoubtedly been gameplanning around him, but I am pretty anxious to see the creature in action. Word is, he has a special animosity towards the state of Georgia after his brother, Hogzilla, was captured in Alapaha several months ago.

One for the ages

This is only the ninth time in Sanford Stadium history that two top-10 teams will square off Between the Hedges. With the Blackout, Gameday and a full day of tailgating to look forward to, this should be one of the most memorable games in my four years at UGA.

Bama is hot and they bring a solid team to Athens. However, I'm not too sold on them. They pounded Clemson but struggled with Tulane. Their quarterback is still John Parker Wilson, and his Bama Bangs are still ruffled from the beating he took last year in Tuscaloosa. They haven't faced an offense as dymanic as Georgia's and a rush defense as stingy as the Dawgs. I'll hold off on my official prediction until Friday, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Georgia win this one fairly convincingly.

Well, I'm officially fired up. I'll have to make it through the rest of the week by watching youtube videos of last year's blackout.

What about you guys? What are your thoughts on the blackout? Will you be at Myers Quad for Gameday? How many small children will Terrence Cody eat? Share your thoughts.

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