Miss St Game

I'm late to the blog again but it's the same old story. We've turned the ball over and committed stupid penalties and given up dumb big plays. We're down 7-3 with 8:48 left in the second.

Before I could even finish the sentence, I see that we give up a huge game breaking 20 yard play to put MSU into our red zone.

Hold everything...we got an INT with a 15 yard boost on top. Go Dogs.

For the record, there's a rule in college football that stipulates no artificial noisemakers are allowed. Somehow the NCAA doesn't count drunk rednecks with cowbells as an infraction of that rule. Whatever. Maybe we should hand out vuvuzelas in Athens. Ugh.

We got a couple of lucky breaks. Murray just dove for a first down. We have to make the most of the gifts given by the other team. Let's turn this into points.

4:37 left in the 2nd Qtr. 7-3 MSU

Nevermind. Dumb penalty on us. Move 'em back, move 'em back wayyy back. Ugh.

Programming Note: Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift is in full swing on TBS. Andy Griffith Show on TVLand.

Aaron Murray just ran for a crazy first down. All heart. All effort. Nice work.

Big play for the Dogs. HUGE play. NOPE...coming back. Why? Because of a penalty, of course. Un-freakin-real. I actually clapped and thought, "no flags...woo hoo!!". Yeah..there was a flag.

I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to be a Georgia Bulldog fan. I've watched 14 points worth of really nice, big plays turn into a mediocre 6 points worth of two field goals. We deserve to suck. Whatever.

Scroll down on this blog...I've said it before. We are always on the verge of greatness. In fact, we actually do great things...but right at that moment of greatness something happens to negate it. Penalty. Fumble. Crazy play that screws us. Big play for the other team. It ALWAYS happens when we are right there. Ready to finish it. It's unbelievable really. There should be a shock factor statistic to record this freakish reality.

HALFTIME: MSU 7 UGA 6

Should be 14-7 at least. But there is no "should" in college football.

Third Quarter:

So we got an interception!...Nevermind...we were offside. Shocker. A big play negated by stupidity. Next play? First down for MSU. Awesome.

I cannot believe the consistency of our self destruction.

Big play! Fumble. NOPE! Went out of bounds and MSU keeps it. We've got great luck don't we?

I said it last week. We've got NO Rhythm. There's no sense of constant, methodical progress. It's just a series of big plays against us...or big plays BY us that get called back. There's no boring forward motion. We haven't even touched the ball this half.

HUGE FUMBLE! Nevermind....MSU recovered. Shocker, right?

We are going to actually receive a punt now. Last time, we fumbled. This time we got a fair catch at the 11. Great.

Can we put together an 89 yard drive for a TD? I think so. Let's see how many penalties we commit. Or will it be a turnover?

PHILOSOPHICAL NOTE: I'm ready to stop with the whiney, bitchy pessimistic nonsense. GO DOGS!!

First and ten for the Dogs. Here we go...

Good run by Ealey. Is he hurt?

3rd and 2. Can we convert? Murray is a bad ass. He earned that with heart.

By the way...I obviously like that we're running the ball a bit...but where is the run dominance that we should be establishing?

Murray has now thrown 2 INT's and neither was actually caught by MSU. Phew. This is a long and boring drive. I like it. Nevermind. It stalled.

Let's Go D!

We used to be able to make big plays on D. Can we tonight? Where's the intensity?

Positive attitude. We are stopping them...they are grinding but we are stopping them. Problem is, we're stopping them at 3 yards per play. Two huge 3rd down conversions for them. Check that...3 conversions in a row.

The 3rd Qtr has flown by...

FOURTH QUARTER
MSU 7 - UGA 6

Here's the situation....

MSU has a huge sustained drive taking up most of the third quarter. They are inside our 30 and they'll most likely score. We've done nothing to show them that we came to play.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Suze Orman. Glenn Beck. Two and a Half Men. All of these shows are airing now on competing networks. That's a trifecta of american whoop ass television. Go on and watch one of those...I'll keep you posted on our self destruction.

MSU 10 UGA 6

Wow...we had a return and field position with no flag. I will wake up from the dream any minute now.

GO DOGS!! We are so much better than MSU. It's all about our lack of execution so far. Just make the plays that you are supposed to make. We should win this game by three touchdowns.

Ok...so this is the biggest third down of the game. They just converted a bunch in a row. No problem. Can we? Yes! Brown! Nice!

Nice run by Carlton Thomas. We're in the right mode here. Moving the ball. Let's go.

Nice play to Kris Durham for the 1st Down! Nevermind...we got a flag for holding. Back it up and make it harder. Are you kidding me!!!?

God BLESS it!!! Stop screwing up huge plays.

I can't say this enough. Once again we succeed...only to find out that we got a penalty and it negated a HUGE play. 1st and goal? NOPE! We had to punt.

I really want to hang in there and give you the play by play emotion...but it's ALL BAD. What the hell?! Everything significant is significant in the way that moves us toward failure. GOOD GOD!! Let's get a good break. Let's have a big play that goes our way. Let's have a good play that isn't negated by a dumb penalty or turnover. CUT IT OUT!!

This is the biggest play of the game. It's 3rd and 2 for MSU and they're up 10-6 late in the 4th. Convert here and you can make us burn ALL of our timeouts and run out the clock. I can't believe we've let ourselves get backed into this corner. Here goes...

HUGE PLAY!!! WOOO!!!..for them.

Yeah...they converted, of course.

We have absolutely no sense of the moment. Here goes another 3rd down for them. We've got them trapped in their territory. And....they're short by 6 inches....

They go for it and they get it. Are you kidding me? They started this drive with 8-plus minutes. Are we really gonna let them do this to us? Really?

They just ran it 20 yards up the middle. Wow. Who are we?

Answer: We suck. They just scored a HUGE TD. Big pass play.

MSU 17 UGA 6

That was a TEN PLAY 93 yard drive in the fourth quarter when we just needed ONE STOP!!

Yikes. Let's go Murray.

By the way...I predict a Dog 4 and out. Wanna freakin bet?

1st Down incomplete. Still want to bet?
2nd Down - 4 yards.
3rd Down - Ball batted down. Shocker! Still wanna freakin bet? God...
4th down - Here's the game. PERFECT!!!
WE complete the pass ...BUT...FLAG on us..
now it's 4th and 10...and...take a wild guess...nothing.
We lose the game. Shocker.

INSULT ON TOP OF INJURY: They scored another TD.

INSULTING INSULT ON TOP OF INSULTING INJURY. A big penalty to negate a decent return...even though we've already lost.

INSULTS continue...we've had a nice drive at the very end. Murray looks awesome. He completed a huge pass only to have it called back because some ASS BAG on our team got called for clipping. Even in defeat, we can't do it.

Nevermind. Huge TD by UGA. Great play. WHERE'S THE FLAG!!??? Jesus...are you sure we're allowed to score?

Aha...there it is...we let Murray get crushed on the 2pt attempt AND we had a stupid penalty. Geez, I thought for a moment we would succeed at something.

FINAL: MSU 24 UGA 12