Looking back, the joy I experienced during the dominating beer-pong performance Lav and I put on Saturday night was a little over the top. A little out of place. OK, a little sad.
But anyone who was there saw two pong athletes playing on pure heart and determination. Someday, Disney will make a movie about it, and I will be played by Denzel Washington. Sorry to those victims that we owned. Say your prayers, drink your milk, and take your vitamins, and you can grow up to be just like us.
Apparently, there were actually other sporting events going on this weekend besides pong-fest 2008. First and foremost, Georgia proved me to be right once again.
Yes, Georgia is at least 20 points bettert than Vanderbilt. No, they didn't play like it. There is no reason Mackenzi Adams should be under center with two minutes left in the game and a chance to tie the game in Sanford Stadium. Make no mistake, Vanderbilt is a decent football team and is pretty good at what they do. But this Georgia team was a preseason number 1, and many people still think they have the ability to get back to the top. That's impossible if the things I saw Saturday keep persisting:
-Matthew Stafford threw a couple more to the wrong team. The first pick was just awful. Mo Mass was doing jumping jacks by himself in the endzone and Stafford just didn't get it there. Granted, Stafford hasn't cost the Dawgs a game this year and he has been playing very well, but two picks like that are going to be a lot more costly in the bourbon-flavored Hell the Dawgs are going to see in Baton Rouge.
-Bryan Evans belongs on JV. Seriously, I'm not basing this off one game. Everyone has a bad game, and the two TDs Evans got torched on by Vanderbilt's Jamie Graham were both great catches on well-thrown balls. Evans has an uncanny knack for not turning his head to find the ball. Therefore, it seems as if he's just hoping the quarterback accidentally hits him in the back. On the second TD, Evans even attempted to commit pass interference to prevent the score, but he wasn't even close enough to hit Graham. I don't know how to fix this situation. Vance Cuff played solid, so maybe he needs to move to the nickel spot.
-Blair Walsh missed two "gimmes. A nice crisp Autumn afternoon against Vanderbilt Between the Hedges should be the opportune time to make field goals. This coming Saturday in Death Valley...not so much. Add Walsh's misses to the board and the Dawgs win by 13. Not exactly dominating, but it would have been better.
-Defensive backs develop Chandleritis. Reshad Jones and Darius Dewberry contributed two picks to the Georgia defensive effort. There should have been several more. Asher Allen dropped at least two, Cuff got hit directly in the stomach on another drop. Just a word of advice: if Jarrett Lee or Tim Tebow throws one that you can get your hands on in the next two weeks, go ahead and catch it. You're going to need all of the help you can get.
-Is it me, or does it seem like the Dawgs give up a score right before halftime almost every game? I have no stats to back this up (just like most of my opinions), but it just seems that Georgia will have plenty of momentum and then drop into that min
d-numbing prevent defense to allow the other team to march down the field and at least get a field goal. This happened again Saturday (aided by a couple pass interference calls). That's going to need to stop or they're going to be Tiger Bait.
-Not sure where this fits, but kudos to the ancient UGA cheerleaders in attendance for Homecoming. Such brilliant cheers as "get the ball, get the ball, get the damn ball," inspired the masses into a frenzy. Well, not really. But it was entertaining. The dude that plays the trumpet defintiely had a blue pill party with a couple of those other old cheerleaders.
Ok, with all that being said, Georgia won the game. They're still 6-1. Knowshon Moreno ran for 171 yards. AJ Green is very, very good. A couple of his catches were unbelievable. The rush defense was again stingy. Georgia still have the ability to win the East. Luckily for the Dawgs, the LSU game will be at 3:30 and the Crazy Cajuns won't be at full drunken ferocity. The Dawgs will be without defensive tackle Brandon Wood, who was arrested for DUI in Athens on Saturday. Obviously, Wood was meeting our arrest quota for the month. Gotta have something to take fans' minds off of how lackluster this team is.
Ref lays the wood
Word is, the umpire who decked South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia has fielded offers from several SEC schools for his services as a linebacker. If you haven't seen the video, you need to. I've seen officials get caught in the line of fire, but this guy locked in on Garcia, moved his feet, and then lowered his shoulder to knock Garcia to the turf. It was a nice hit, although I doubt the LSU defense needed any help. Just imagine how devestating NFL ref Ed Hochuli would be if he got to go against mere college athletes. His biceps would send several scholar athletes to the ER.
Rays avoid collapse
I sit corrected. I thought there was no chance that the Rays would recover from the psychological beating the Sox gave them with their comeback in in Game 5. I didn't count on Matt Garza morphing into Jack Morris. Garza tossed a gem and the Rays got to John Lester to advance to the World Series for the first time ever. The face a well-rested Phillies team, but these Rays just seem like a team of destiny.
Pray for me OTR fans. My weekend itinerary is as follows:
-Clarke Central football coach Leroy Ryals has called a "media day" tomorrow in anticipation of the Gladiators' upcoming game with rival Cedar Shoals. As I am writing a preview on the game, I get to attend. I am sure I'll be fighting Pat Forde and Stewart Mandel for face time with Ryals during the press conference. Ryals must have got his "low profile" the coach he used to work for....Nick Saban.
-Attend the last race of a cross country meet on Thursday to interview the winner, likely to be a 76-pound kid who barely speaks.
-On Friday, I am either covering a high school game between a terrible team and a great team (Rabun Co. at Jefferson) or two bad teams (East Jackson at North
Oconee). I'm not sure which one sounds more appealing.
-After that, and after we churn out Friday's edition of the sports section in the office, I will immediately begin the long trip to Baton Rouge. Two coworkers and I will head to Birmingham, where we will "sleep for a few hours." We will then head to Baton Rouge, cover the game, and spend the night in New Orleans. I hope Lil Wayne is somehow involved.
Stay tuned for a much more coherent effort from Bill sometime this week. I feel like I'm off my game. Night!
But anyone who was there saw two pong athletes playing on pure heart and determination. Someday, Disney will make a movie about it, and I will be played by Denzel Washington. Sorry to those victims that we owned. Say your prayers, drink your milk, and take your vitamins, and you can grow up to be just like us.
Apparently, there were actually other sporting events going on this weekend besides pong-fest 2008. First and foremost, Georgia proved me to be right once again.
Yes, Georgia is at least 20 points bettert than Vanderbilt. No, they didn't play like it. There is no reason Mackenzi Adams should be under center with two minutes left in the game and a chance to tie the game in Sanford Stadium. Make no mistake, Vanderbilt is a decent football team and is pretty good at what they do. But this Georgia team was a preseason number 1, and many people still think they have the ability to get back to the top. That's impossible if the things I saw Saturday keep persisting:
-Matthew Stafford threw a couple more to the wrong team. The first pick was just awful. Mo Mass was doing jumping jacks by himself in the endzone and Stafford just didn't get it there. Granted, Stafford hasn't cost the Dawgs a game this year and he has been playing very well, but two picks like that are going to be a lot more costly in the bourbon-flavored Hell the Dawgs are going to see in Baton Rouge.
-Bryan Evans belongs on JV. Seriously, I'm not basing this off one game. Everyone has a bad game, and the two TDs Evans got torched on by Vanderbilt's Jamie Graham were both great catches on well-thrown balls. Evans has an uncanny knack for not turning his head to find the ball. Therefore, it seems as if he's just hoping the quarterback accidentally hits him in the back. On the second TD, Evans even attempted to commit pass interference to prevent the score, but he wasn't even close enough to hit Graham. I don't know how to fix this situation. Vance Cuff played solid, so maybe he needs to move to the nickel spot.
-Blair Walsh missed two "gimmes. A nice crisp Autumn afternoon against Vanderbilt Between the Hedges should be the opportune time to make field goals. This coming Saturday in Death Valley...not so much. Add Walsh's misses to the board and the Dawgs win by 13. Not exactly dominating, but it would have been better.
-Defensive backs develop Chandleritis. Reshad Jones and Darius Dewberry contributed two picks to the Georgia defensive effort. There should have been several more. Asher Allen dropped at least two, Cuff got hit directly in the stomach on another drop. Just a word of advice: if Jarrett Lee or Tim Tebow throws one that you can get your hands on in the next two weeks, go ahead and catch it. You're going to need all of the help you can get.
-Is it me, or does it seem like the Dawgs give up a score right before halftime almost every game? I have no stats to back this up (just like most of my opinions), but it just seems that Georgia will have plenty of momentum and then drop into that min
d-numbing prevent defense to allow the other team to march down the field and at least get a field goal. This happened again Saturday (aided by a couple pass interference calls). That's going to need to stop or they're going to be Tiger Bait.-Not sure where this fits, but kudos to the ancient UGA cheerleaders in attendance for Homecoming. Such brilliant cheers as "get the ball, get the ball, get the damn ball," inspired the masses into a frenzy. Well, not really. But it was entertaining. The dude that plays the trumpet defintiely had a blue pill party with a couple of those other old cheerleaders.
Ok, with all that being said, Georgia won the game. They're still 6-1. Knowshon Moreno ran for 171 yards. AJ Green is very, very good. A couple of his catches were unbelievable. The rush defense was again stingy. Georgia still have the ability to win the East. Luckily for the Dawgs, the LSU game will be at 3:30 and the Crazy Cajuns won't be at full drunken ferocity. The Dawgs will be without defensive tackle Brandon Wood, who was arrested for DUI in Athens on Saturday. Obviously, Wood was meeting our arrest quota for the month. Gotta have something to take fans' minds off of how lackluster this team is.
Ref lays the wood
Word is, the umpire who decked South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia has fielded offers from several SEC schools for his services as a linebacker. If you haven't seen the video, you need to. I've seen officials get caught in the line of fire, but this guy locked in on Garcia, moved his feet, and then lowered his shoulder to knock Garcia to the turf. It was a nice hit, although I doubt the LSU defense needed any help. Just imagine how devestating NFL ref Ed Hochuli would be if he got to go against mere college athletes. His biceps would send several scholar athletes to the ER.
Rays avoid collapse
I sit corrected. I thought there was no chance that the Rays would recover from the psychological beating the Sox gave them with their comeback in in Game 5. I didn't count on Matt Garza morphing into Jack Morris. Garza tossed a gem and the Rays got to John Lester to advance to the World Series for the first time ever. The face a well-rested Phillies team, but these Rays just seem like a team of destiny.
Pray for me OTR fans. My weekend itinerary is as follows:
-Clarke Central football coach Leroy Ryals has called a "media day" tomorrow in anticipation of the Gladiators' upcoming game with rival Cedar Shoals. As I am writing a preview on the game, I get to attend. I am sure I'll be fighting Pat Forde and Stewart Mandel for face time with Ryals during the press conference. Ryals must have got his "low profile" the coach he used to work for....Nick Saban.
-Attend the last race of a cross country meet on Thursday to interview the winner, likely to be a 76-pound kid who barely speaks.
-On Friday, I am either covering a high school game between a terrible team and a great team (Rabun Co. at Jefferson) or two bad teams (East Jackson at North
Oconee). I'm not sure which one sounds more appealing.-After that, and after we churn out Friday's edition of the sports section in the office, I will immediately begin the long trip to Baton Rouge. Two coworkers and I will head to Birmingham, where we will "sleep for a few hours." We will then head to Baton Rouge, cover the game, and spend the night in New Orleans. I hope Lil Wayne is somehow involved.
Stay tuned for a much more coherent effort from Bill sometime this week. I feel like I'm off my game. Night!
2 comments:
if i had my partner mayo yall wouldnt stand a chance
but get me someone playable, possible dice-k or chuck and i will put money on the table
holla
Roseberg and Lav are the greatest beer pong team ever assembled. They will win a best of 7 series no questions asked. Rosenberg is hit machine that hits the big on even when hes in a slump, and Lav can go on a streak that even DiMaggio would say is more impressive than 56 straight games. Do not even think of messing with them.
Also, Adam, joy over winning is not sad, its why you play the game.
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