BLACK OUT!!

It's official. I'm that guy. I'm that jackass. I'm the douche yelling, "Blackout!"

I don't care. We need a boost. Let's do it. In the post below I hinted at it. Now I'm in full swing. What the hell? It really can't hurt us. It could only draw more attention to the Dogs.

The only possible result is a stoked crowd. If we lose, we lose. If we win...we win big against #4 in the country.

BLACKOUT!

Sunday Follow-up

I know it's sorta played out in some people's opinion...but wouldn't it be great to have a blackout against LSU? They are riding high at #4. It's the CBS game of the week. I'd love to see it. I don't think we're cursed from the 'Bama game. We actually lost that game by less than a TD. It was the 1st half shell shock that people remember. I would vote to do it again.

Also...notice how beloved teams like USC beat a lowly PAC 10 rival and move up 5 spots. UGA beats a lowly PAC 10 team and moves up 3. Interesting.

I am not surprised and not worried about it. We have #4 this week....#1 in a few weeks...AND our reward for clearing those hurdles would be Bama/LSU/Auburn or some other highly ranked team. Bottom line...and I believe this....we run the table and we are in the NC game. Think about how many huge teams we would have had to beat to be 12-1.

Rankings

The following teams lost this week:

#4

#5

#6

#9

#18

#22

#24

Georgia won a close one as #21. Additionally, other ranked teams squeaked it out (much like we did).

Let's see if we rise. And if so, how far? Don't be shocked if we hover or drop. Seriously, the way these polls work...until your team is "chosen" forget it. SEE ALSO: Miami Hurricanes rising to #9 last week only to get spanked.

ASU Game

Time for kickoff. I hope we win the toss and elect to put our defense on the field.

First series. Two runs and an incomplete pass. Not the end of the world.

DUMB PENALTY COUNT: 1. Jeff Owens gives ASU a first down.

Good D on the first series. One dumb penalty but we held tough overall.

I know the blog is called "Run the damn ball" but that was a very nice call to throw to the fullback.

I stand corrected again. WOW. A.J. Green is a man. What a catch and juke for 6.

UGA 7 ASU 0

Would I be the first to ask whether or not our secondary is questionable? It seems like any team out there that wants to chuck it 20 yards or so is welcome to do so.

Lucky to hold them to a field goal.

UGA 7 ASU 3

Nice series on offense. Again...we benefit from a dumb penalty on ASU. Caleb King looked great. Go Dogs.

UGA 14 ASU 3

DUMB PENALTY #2: Prince Miller pass interference allows ASU to keep the drive going. Followed up by an ASU receiver pushing off on us to complete a follow up 13 yard catch. Jesus he got away with one.

DUMB PENALTY #3 : holding moves our offense to first and 20 from the 10. Can't start an effective drive like that. Suddenly, it's 3rd and 18. Dropped pass makes it 4th and 18. Penalty put us there. Sorry to be negative but I believe it to be true.

Gamble and Curran are studs. Our defensive seems to look better when those guys are turned loose.

Not sure what this means about the perceived value of this college football match-up but I've seen at least 4 commercials for the "In Styler" hair straightener. Huh? This is college football and there are 2 minutes and 2 seconds of ad space. An ad for female hair straightening instruments tells me that there are A) shitty ad sales guys at ESPNU B) a lot of chicks from ASU watching.

I'm increasingly impressed by the touch of Joe Cox. To the degree that Stafford had arm strength, I believe Cox has accuracy. Pretty impressive.

By the way...Kevin Butler's kid is our punter and he leads the nation so far. Nice.

DUMB PENALTY #4 - Instead of our first sack....we have a holding in the secondary for an automatic first down for ASU. About a 20 yard swing. Gives ASU a shot in the arm and possession in our territory. Most importantly, it's UNEARNED.

Thankfully, our back-up safety Rambo picked one off. Go Dogs.

HALFTIME: UGA 14 ASU 3

Yikes. UGA is MINUS SEVEN on the turnover margin for the season. Caleb King gives ASU the ball inside the Georgia 35. Wow. We would be an incredible team without the self inflicted wounds.

...and there you have it. Georgia hands ASU the ball on our 35 and allows them to score a touchdown. ESPNU focuses on the small crowd from Tempe...full of half-assed football fans and bullshit artists screaming meaningful things like..."that's what I'M talkin 'bout".

Ugh...please don't let this team hang around for God's sake.

UGA 14 ASU 10. Really? Jesus boys. Step up and put them out of it.

...and there you have it again.

Joe Cox throws an interception for a touchdown.

UGA 14 ASU 17.

The announcers are SO excited to give credit to the Sun Devils when in reality it is all UGA killing themselves. Wake up boys.

4TH QUARTER

Dogs ball. 3rd and Goal from the 1. Hats off to the Sun Devils for not being total pantload PAC 10 opponents. I hope to beat them of course but they're showing some courage.

Now if you'll excuse me...i'm watching an important ad about the InStyler again.

I don't know how to express disappointment and yelling thru this blog but boy oh boy...they just showed the AJ Green catch and there's no doubt he tapped a toe for a touchdown. Somehow though...SOMEHOW..these dipshit refs concluded that there was no touchdown. How dare you. UGH. Even the ESPNU guys were shocked.

I realize that we have played poorly and put ourselves in a position to fail thru bad calls. I realize it's our fault...but....UGH!!! It was a brilliant catch for a TD. No doubt.

UGA 17 ASU 17.

Dogs ball around the 50. Tied at 17. We've already gotten all the bad calls and made the dumb turnovers and penalties. 13 minutes left. If I know the Dogs...we'll drive and score a couple times to secure the ugly victory. Key term...Victory. I hope I'm right.

Let's be honest Dog fans. That pass interference call on ASU was a make-up call. We just got a huge break.

DUMB PENALTY #5. Holding. March the Dogs backwards after a big run play. Jesus.

Big 2nd down play. Decent 3rd down call. TERRIBLE SPOT. Come on, man. Good God.

We've put ourselves in a place where douche bag refs can give false hopes to a team we should have already put away. Our fault. Not mad at AZ.

WOW. We have opened ourselves up to total nonsense. Their safety just totally shoved the ref and he threw a flag...oops. NOPE...he took the flag back. Now we call a belly dive and fail. JESUS. We are losing the game all on our own.

Ok...we have the ball. 7:45 left. Tie game. We run it for 9 yards. Amazing right? We can run the ball. How about this? Let's run the ball 60-something yards and stick it in and then hold them for the win.

Nah...let's throw it into coverage and almost give up another pick 6. ASU ball with 6 minutes left in OUR territory. We have tried at every turn to give this game away.

Let's go D!!

Wow. ASU dropped 2 passes. They are trying to give us the game too. Shall we take it? Yes, please.

OH NEVERMIND!!! We throw another pick. GOD BLESS IT!!. ugh.

Ok...so then we get down to a field goal and AJ Green blocks a kick to save the game? Are you kidding me? These guys are trying to kill me!!

Go DOGS!!!

We've got 4 minutes for a game-winning drive. Please. Please. Please. Do something good.

Wowzers...the long toss to Green. This kid is making his bones on every play!!!

Looks like we can run it down to a few seconds and kick a field goal. Standby.

Ok. That's EXACTLY what we're doing. Go Dogs. Go Walsh.

Timeout called with :02 left.

Fingers crossed.

I'm not gonna lie. I just jumped up and down like a little kid...clapping, whistling and shouting.

GO DOGS!!!!

W. That's all that matters. Big ole capital W.

UGA 20 ASU 17

SUCK IT PETRINO!!!!!

p.s. - I hate Florida with all my heart but I hope Tebow is OK. He took a huge shot in the UK game. I would never truly wish injury on an enemy. Additionally..to wish injury on a dude of that character would make you just evil. I hope, for real...that Tebow has no serious injury.

Arizona State Preview

Really hope the weather doesn't take the crowd and the Dogs out of rhythm. Now more than ever, I implore Bobo to set the tempo with our ground game. While I am thrilled to death that Cox is throwing the ball very well...my only point is that run establishes throw...that's it.

When it's rainy and the ball is slick, perhaps we should hand the ball off a dozen times before we start chucking it up for grabs and allowing Arizona State to make big plays and take the crowd out of it. I would love to be at the game but boy is it tough to stay focused when the weather is miserable. SEE ALSO: Georgia Tech game in Athens last November.

Go Dogs.

Gameday

So it's another beautiful fall Saturday. It's 10am EST so that means it's time for College Gameday on ESPN...or...if you're me...it's time to go to the freakin' outlet malls because your wife thinks you need more shirts for work.

The Dogs have another night game, though, so I can do my husband-ly duties and still make it back in plenty of time to catch the end of the noon/1pm games and the start of the afternoon match-ups.

GO DOGS!! Don't fall asleep today boys. SEE ALSO: USC v Washington.

Congrats to Joe Cox

Congrats are in order to Joe Cox as he was named SEC Offensive Player of the week by the conference and the National Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Not bad! Go Dogs!

Joe Cox Gets the Win and Respect

You can bore yourself with my little-girl-whiney-half-assed live blog from the Arkansas game...or...you can believe this. Joe Cox looked really good and as long as the Dogs don't kill themselves..they're gonna be real damn good.

GO DOGS!!

Petrino the savior

Ok...Petrino is supposed to be the "savior" of the Ark program (last I checked, Houston Nutt was a pretty successful coach), & bring them back to the glory days (aka the last week in Dec, 1969).

I don't get home delivery of the Arkansas Gazette (the comic strips were too confusing), but I wonder what they'll write tomorrow - despite the outcome of the game?

* Does a savior let his starting LB bump the ref & get the boot due to 2 PF's?
* Does a savior completely forget about the best WR in the SEC on a key 3rd down?
* Does a savior lose control of his team after having the opponent on their heels?
* Does a savior...oh wait, never mind. Petrino just accepted the head job at Tennessee. Does Lane Kiffin know?

Arkansas Game

Game just started. We elected to put our defense on the field first. I love that. We're hitting big already. Good start.

Petrino looks like a Pro Bass Angler. What a douche.

Turnover. Wow. What a killer. This is why we lose games. I've said it before. Our mental game. See also: my assessment of the SC game last week. Georgia is Georgia's toughest opponent.

...and the crowd goes wild. We gave them the ball inside our territory and it leads to a touchdown. Geez. When will we stop this madness?

HAPPY TO BE WRONG...we looked good throwing. Nice drive. Touchdown. Suck it, Petrino.

Yikes. Big play for the Hogs. Touchdown. This game needs to settle down. We're a better team. They're riding high on luck and emotion.

Ok...a lame series. Whatever. The game feels like it has settled. Got them inside their ten. Hey Bobby...get cocky and test us again. Please.

Nice. A turnover in our favor. Suck it, Petrino.

Not a bad little drive. One run for Caleb King. Looks slow. To be expected. Got a field goal. Suck it, Petrino.

You've got to be kidding. ANOTHER turnover. Merry Christmas Petrino. You douche.

This is unbelievable. When the game is settled. We look fine. When we shit the bed, they capitalize like you're suppose to. Georgia beating Georgia.

Perhaps I should change to name of the blog to, "PROTECT the damn ball". So thus ends a HORRID first quarter. Two turnovers and our secondary got burned about 4 times.

Let's all put TWO FINGERS in the air. Forget the 4th Quarter. We need a big second.

-SECOND QUARTER-

Oh boy. Now the penalties have started. Why put the other team on the field?

BACK TO BACK penalties for over 20 yards. It's 3rd and 28. Goodness gracious.

Ahhh yes. No worries. We throw an interception to top it all off. Merry Christmas for the 3rd time in you territory boys. If you dont' beat us, you suck.

Starting to settle down again. D is recovering...I think.

Dogs trail 21-10.

My goodness. A HUGE completion for over 20 yards coming back because of a holding call. Ugh. We want to lose.

HAAAAA!!!! Yes. A huge run for at touchdown and they showed Petrino's jerk FACE while it happened.

Nice. We stopped them and now we're sustaining a drive. 7 minutes left in the second and the Dogs are marching.

What do you know? Caleb King is starting to punch Arkansas. A good sign. The kid can run. I hope his legs stay fresh. However, too many penalties to succeed. We have to have more discipline. Thankfully, Arkansas is killing themselves with penalties now too.

Thank you very much. Dogs back on top.

BIG HIT!! Turnover and touchdown? We'll see. We never get these calls. Standing by for results....Nah. Good call. It wasn't a catch. Damn.

Nice little scramble at the end of the half for a field goal. Well done boys.

....and we get the kick off to start the half. Suck it, Petrino.

HALFTIME- DOGS 27 HOGS 21

Kickoff. Penalty on the Dogs. Half the distance to the goal. Ugh. Go Dogs.

I'd love to see a fake punt...but please don't. UGH...A.J. Green is on the trainer's bench. No thank you. Please stretch and return to the game.

This says something about the Dogs. Arkansas just converted their first 3rd down.

Good GOD...ANOTHER huge touchdown pass. Our secondary has been burned 5 times plus tonight. I love Boykin but he is getting torched.

How do we respond? Holding...let's move it backward. Ugh.

I like our Michael Moore alot better than the fat bloated ass bag Michael Moore that makes smug, self serving "movies".

By the way. Touchdown Dogs. Huge play by Tavares King.

Beautiful Two Point conversion ruined by a penalty. Are you kidding me? Somebody step up and make these kids learn the value of execution!

Arkansas has to run out of big plays. Seriously.

Ok...so on a play where they fumble...we give them a penalty. Half the distance to the goal. WHAT?? Good GOD man. Stop with this nonsense.

Ok...there it is. Touchdown Hogs. We are literally GIVING them the game. Take it. Have fun. We apparently don't want it. You have had to earn practically nothing.

WOW. Eat it Petrino!!!!! Two plays and a touchdown. NICE!!!!

Let me just say...the Dogs can play ball. I am happy with our output. Our ONLY downfall is that we try to give it away at crucial points.

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Looks like we're losing another key defensive guy. Vance Cuff is laid out on the turf. Damn it.

Tavares King just dropped a sure touchdown..and then a sure first down. That's really tough.

FOURTH QUARTER - Dogs 42 Hogs 38

I think there should be a flag for receivers who always do the "throw the flag" motion at the referee. Is there any play that a receiver doesn't want a penalty on?

Wow. Big hit on us...while our guy was out of bounds. No flag. Huh?

3rd and short ruined by penalty. Thank god King finally caught a big third down pass. Phew...

Well...another 3rd and short turned into third and long. Really? WHERE IS THE DISCIPLINE??

Oops. Nevermind. A.J. Green just owned the Hogs. Touchdown. Suck it, Petrino.

So twice we've followed a touchdown with an out of bounds kick. Start at the 40 again. Ugh.

We need a huge turnover here. They are knockin on the door. Well...a kick is better than a TD.

I wish I was kidding. Looks like we've fumbled AGAIN. FOUR freakin turnovers. Do you doubt me now? We are trying to lose. Period. Plain and simple. We would love to blow this game.

Standby for the replay judgement. PHEW!!! We kept the ball. Thank God.

DUDE!!! Butler boots a 64 yard punt to pin the Razordicks back inside their 20. Nice.

Situation: Dogs 49 Hogs 41. 5 minutes left. Hogs at their own 11. Game on.

Dogs get a big sack and Mallet throws it to the turf monster. Time to punt from your own end zone.

Oops. You kinda dropped a turd didn't you? Dogs ball on the Arkansas 30. Caleb King runs it to the 15.

Walsh puts it thru. Dogs up 52-41.

It was a noble effort, young Mallet. You played your ass off. Go to sleep. Night, Night.

oh...and also....

SUCK IT PETRINO!!!!

Petrino

What a schmuck. Let us not forget that this is the man who left in the middle of the night...in the middle of the season. He left notes in the the lockers. "See you later, thanks for the laughs".

Grown men getting notes in their locker. Their leader lacking the decency to, at the very least, stand in front of them and announce his desertion. As a Falcons fan I found out he left while watching ESPN on a random Tuesday night in December. I see some dude standing at a podium doing the Arkansas woo-pig-sooie-jackass-hillbilly-chant and think to myself, "wow that guy looks like our coach...weird". Turns out this was our coach. And it was weird.

My brain tried to process the information on a timeline. Monday Night Football: lose badly as a head coach in the NFL. Late Monday night: make phone call to accept a job that you've been telling the public hasn't been offered to you. early Tuesday morning: compose letter. hang in locker. Tuesday night: woo pig sooie.

Pig Sooie indeed. Talented coach...but what a turd. I'd love to hear his speech to the Razorbacks about heart and finishing what you start...and being a man..and facing life's challenges head on.

Go Dogs.

Suck it, Petrino.

South Carolina Game

First off, congrats to South Carolina. They took advantage of our mistakes like you are supposed to and Garcia finally pulled his head out of his ass and looked like a college QB. We were somewhat lucky to come away with the win.

The Dogs once again looked like a great team in need of discipline. Tons of penalties. 3 turnovers. and a safety. How many times can you turn the ball over and expect to succeed? Our mental mistakes in the form of both penalties and turnovers were enough to make me want to jump off a bridge. First down Bulldogs? No sir...that's holding...let's move it backward. Third down...incomplete pass...time for South Carolina to punt? Nor sir...let's move the chains for them with a penalty. Ugh.

I don't have the exact stats but it felt as though every time we got in the red zone we'd get a penalty or some bad break and end up kicking a long ass field goal. Meanwhile we kept trying to hand it to them in our territory.

I dig the night games. ESPN took way too many time outs and the game took forever. I do appreciate not sitting in direct sunlight though.

As for our game plan...can someone explain to me why we insist on high risk passing that stops the clock in the fourth quarter? Or better yet....why float one out there for a pick six deep in the fourth quarter in your own territory?

Run the damn ball, Bobo.

Other random notes:

Out for the season: Rod Battle, Senior Def. End & Freshman Def. Tackle, Derrick Lott. I had a guy tell me the other day that college football injuries are insignificant...especially at a school like Georgia where you're supposed to have 5 guys waiting behind him to jump in. I don't buy that...people compete for a starting job and they reward the best player that spot. They'll sub in the next guy but there's no substitute for snaps in a big game.

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Oklahoma State Game

We looked good running the ball early. It seems to open up our passing attack for later in the game. Wish we would stick to running the ball more often.

I'm guessing we scripted the first series. Well, it worked. We looked like a machine. Then...suddenly we started throwing (and dropping) it and we looked ill-equipped for a sandlot game.

Run the damn ball until you can throw the damn ball.

Also, I'm excited that we're hitting this year. Haven't caused any turnovers and that was a big problem last year. Big hits are a good start though.