tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83057824450485522472024-03-05T17:55:30.284-05:00lucid idiocyWhat I don't know could fill a warehouseLucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.comBlogger1157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-61312461160710228462017-03-20T08:41:00.002-04:002017-03-20T12:28:02.345-04:00Get your shit together, Georgia BasketballThis is not a fire Mark Fox post.<br />
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Mark Fox is coming back for another year despite a season that ended with a first round NIT loss, a season that can accurately be described as "about right for Georgia under Mark Fox."</div>
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And it damn sure isn't a criticism of our players. I see your talent. I see you hustling. And I know you're busting ass in a thousand ways I never see.</div>
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I'm sorry we've failed you. I'm sorry that, despite what looks every bit like the potential to build a big-time program, we keep handing you the keys to a rusted mini van.</div>
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Obviously I am not the first to point out that Georgia basketball ought to be better. We've got millions of dollars and we're down the street from talent rich metro Atlanta. It's hard to accept we've been historically this bad.</div>
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Mark Fox, whose all time record at Georgia is barely above 500, who has never gotten us past the first round of the NCAA Tournament or the second round of the damn NIT, is responsible for 17 percent of our NCAA berths over the full 79 years of the men's tournament's existence.</div>
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Because we've only been 12 times. Ten if you don't count the vacated ones.</div>
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Here is a partial list of the more than 51 schools whose men's teams have made the tournament <i>at least twice as often</i> as we have:</div>
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<li>Western Kentucky</li>
<li>LSU</li>
<li>Virginia</li>
<li>New Mexico State</li>
<li>Tennessee</li>
<li>N.C. State</li>
<li>Iowa</li>
<li>Missouri</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
<li>Purdue</li>
<li>Oklahoma State</li>
<li>Cincinnati</li>
<li>Texas</li>
<li>Notre Dame</li>
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I have focused here on school with fewer resources than our athletics department, on schools where football is obviously king and on schools without a particular basketball pedigree.</div>
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You want to quibble with an inclusion or two? Knock yourself out. Replace as many as you like from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men's_Basketball_Tournament_bids_by_school" target="_blank">the very long list</a> of programs that have been more successful than us. The sheer number of them shows without doubt that Georgia's men's basketball program has been inexcusably bad.</div>
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There is no reason we can't be better than Tennessee at men's basketball, folks.</div>
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How do we improve? It seems obvious that some combination of smart decisions and throwing money at the problem is called for. We're paying Mark Fox $1.7 million a year. Should he fail to earn that salary next year, why not pay someone else double, see what happens?</div>
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Count me within the school of thought that hiring a great head coach is far and away the best thing you can do for a college athletics program, and if it takes a stupid number to do it, so be it.</div>
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I'd also like to see cheaper tickets, particularly for games when we know Stegeman Coliseum is going to be half empty. Also to that end: Go to a damn game.</div>
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I'd like <a href="http://thedawgbone.com/" target="_blank">our copious blogging corps</a> to write about the basketball program. You ain't gotta be <a href="https://hoopdawgblog.com/" target="_blank">these guys</a>, and I know video of that sophomore running back from Valdosta will probably get more hits, but show this thing some love, maybe it will grow.</div>
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Though, of course, that's not your job or mine. It's Greg McGarity's job, and he needs to do it better.</div>
Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-60175399400258417382016-10-30T11:06:00.002-04:002016-10-30T12:37:50.495-04:00Another dud in JacksonvilleI imagine more than one Georgia beat writer is spending a little time with the Georgia Media Guide this Sunday, finding things to compare this season to.<br />
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Bad things.<br />
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As <a href="https://twitter.com/UGANihilist/status/792559231002181632" target="_blank">a man who cares for nothing pointed out,</a> we had more total yards in the 2015 Florida disaster, starting Faton Bauta at quarterback, than we did yesterday.<br />
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Isaiah McKenzie had zero offensive touches. Sonny Michel had four. We had ... 21 fucking rushing yards? <i>Really? Fucking really?</i><br />
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We're looking at 6-6 this year, if you're the generous sort who figures we can manage a split from the Georgia Tech and Kentucky games.<br />
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The overly generous sort. If The Dawgs finish 2016 with three more losses and a win over UL Lafayette, it won't be a surprise.<br />
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The words "Nicholls State" popped into my head as I typed that last sentence, by the way. Not sure why.<br />
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You don't have to go back far to find another season like this one. In 2010 we were 6-7 in a season you may remember for ... actually, let's start with the off-season.<br />
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We fired our AD for <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/damon-evans-massive-self-whammy.html?showComment=1278011262574" target="_blank">being a drunken moron,</a> and then, in what would turn out to be some solid metaphoring, running back Washaun Ealey <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/washuann-runs-this-state-into-parked.html" target="_blank">hit-and-ran this state into a parked car</a> and <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/aj-grabs-4-game-suspension-for-sleeping.html" target="_blank">AJ Green was suspended</a> for the sins of being dumb, wanting some of the money his stardom generated and being represented by UGA's compliance staff.<br />
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The season is also remembered for AJ's triumphant return during a road trip to Colorado, which was marred by a loss to said Colorado, which would go on that year to a record of 5-7.<br />
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The season featured <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/chaz-henry.html" target="_blank">a heart-breaking Florida loss featuring a freshman quarterback</a>, a <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post.html" target="_blank">dirty Nick Fairley trying to kill Aaron Murray</a> in the Auburn game and <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/wrong-about-so-much.html" target="_blank">quite a bit of whiny angst on my part.</a><br />
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Also we lost the Liberty Bowl to George O'Leary's Central Florida team. The score was 6-10.<br />
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But we did beat Tech, and two year's later we had not fired Mark Richt and were one not-dropped pass away from maybe beating Alabama and facing <a href="http://deadspin.com/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-an-5976517" target="_blank">Notre Dame's fake girlfriend</a> for a national title.<br />
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So it's a topsy turvy world out there.<br />
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Go Dawgs?<br />
<br />Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-48542566346778200352016-10-30T11:06:00.001-04:002016-10-30T12:39:27.650-04:00Another dud in JacksonvilleI imagine more than one Georgia beat writer is spending a little time with the Georgia Media Guide this Sunday, finding things to compare this season to.<br />
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Bad things.<br />
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As <a href="https://twitter.com/UGANihilist/status/792559231002181632" target="_blank">a man who cares for nothing pointed out,</a> we had more total yards in the 2015 Florida disaster, starting Faton Bauta at quarterback, than we did yesterday.<br />
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Isaiah McKenzie had zero offensive touches. Sonny Michel had four. We had ... 21 fucking rushing yards? <i>Really? Fucking really?</i><br />
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We're looking at 6-6 this year, if you're the generous sort who figures we can manage a split from the Georgia Tech and Kentucky games.<br />
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The overly generous sort. If The Dawgs finish 2016 with three more losses and a win over UL Lafayette, it won't be a surprise.<br />
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The words "Nicholls State" popped into my head as I typed that last sentence, by the way. Not sure why.<br />
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You don't have to go back far to find another season like this one. In 2010 we were 6-7 in a season you may remember for ... actually, let's start with the off-season.<br />
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We fired our AD for <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/damon-evans-massive-self-whammy.html?showComment=1278011262574" target="_blank">being a drunken moron,</a> and then, in what would turn out to be some solid metaphoring, running back Washaun Ealey <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/washuann-runs-this-state-into-parked.html" target="_blank">hit-and-ran this state into a parked car</a> and <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/aj-grabs-4-game-suspension-for-sleeping.html" target="_blank">AJ Green was suspended</a> for the sins of being dumb, wanting some of the money his stardom generated and being represented by UGA's compliance staff.<br />
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The season is also remembered for AJ's triumphant return during a road trip to Colorado, which was marred by a loss to said Colorado, which would go on that year to a record of 5-7.<br />
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The season featured <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/chaz-henry.html" target="_blank">a heart-breaking Florida loss featuring a freshman quarterback</a>, a <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post.html" target="_blank">dirty Nick Fairley trying to kill Aaron Murray</a> in the Auburn game and <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/wrong-about-so-much.html" target="_blank">quite a bit of whiny angst on my part.</a><br />
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Also we lost the Liberty Bowl to George O'Leary's Central Florida team. The score was 6-10.<br />
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But we did beat Tech, and two year's later we had not fired Mark Richt and were one not-dropped pass away from maybe beating Alabama and facing <a href="http://deadspin.com/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-an-5976517" target="_blank">Notre Dame's fake girlfriend</a> for a national title.<br />
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So it's a topsy turvy world out there.<br />
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Go Dawgs?<br />
<br />Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-84976013486493636022016-10-25T11:54:00.000-04:002016-10-25T11:54:26.901-04:00In praise of the Cocktail PartyI want to pause a moment this week to say how special, how unique, and how intrinsic to College Football our annual trip to the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party remains.<div>
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Living in Virginia, with a wife and two young kids, I've not attended in a number of years. But some of my great memories come from those trips.</div>
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Hell, some of them even happened on a Saturday.</div>
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This game is one of the things that makes the University of Georgia special on the national stage. It is destination football, perhaps on par with anything and everything else in College Football.</div>
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I know some are there already, relaxing on a beach. I'm jealous of everything but the Sunday trip home, should things go as they too often have <strike>in recent years</strike> <strike>the last decade</strike> <strike>the last 20 years</strike> since 1990.</div>
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In my youth, my friends and I were usually early arrivers. Georgia-Florida week was, in fact, a week.</div>
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More than a decade ago my buddy, The General we called him, was the last caller on Coach Richt's annual Sunday call-in show the week before Florida. This was early in Richt's tenure. Maybe even in his first year, because I remember Munson explaining to Richt just what-all the Cocktail Party entailed.</div>
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We had played Kentucky or someone the day before.</div>
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"Just wanted to let you know, we're packing up the car and heading down tonight," The General said, as the end-of-show music played.</div>
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"My God," Munson replied. "You'll be dead by Thursday."</div>
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Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-15358297969968041332016-10-16T11:30:00.003-04:002016-10-16T11:33:15.864-04:00What's the matter, Georgia? Can't handle a little pressure?The headline comes from my wife, who, in line with our style of analysis here, did not watch yesterday's game.<br />
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I remain tranquil in the wake of losing to, for goodness sake, Vanderbilt. Because we are on a path. We're locked in. There's no doubt or looming decision festering in my gut like after a bad loss in recent years.</div>
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This is either going to work or it's not. Within three years.</div>
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<li>It didn't work.</li>
<li>Nick Chubb.</li>
<li>I mean, you can't go in motion like that twice in a row. C'mon, y'all.</li>
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Any way, whatever. We have a plan. This plan appears to be going poorly. I say let's beat Auburn and Florida this year, and of course Georgia Tech.</div>
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These are my only 2016 goals for the program. I hope they're somehow, perhaps magically, within reach, and that they won't be subverted for longer-term goals.</div>
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Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-3192715606940143262016-10-13T11:47:00.000-04:002016-10-13T11:47:04.989-04:00UGA fans should pay UGA prices for returned ticketsAs <a href="http://onlineathens.com/sports/college-sports/2016-10-13/uga-fans-chomp-newly-available-tickets-florida-fast-georgia-tech#" target="_blank">the Banner Herald notes,</a> Georgia Tech has returned about 2,000 tickets for its visit next month to Sanford Stadium.<br />
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You can buy one for $95, the price we charge Tech fans, a price based largely on the price they charge us for games in Atlanta.<br />
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Returned tickets should be available to UGA fans at the normal home ticket price of $45, not the price we charge other fan bases.<br />
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I feel certain we can handle the $100,000 loss. I feel certain we can make relatively sure, at least to the extent we do for regularly priced tickets now, that only UGA people get these tickets.<br />
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It is not right to charge Georgia fans away team prices, and particularly not for <a href="http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geo/sports/m-footbl/auto_mbaskbl/6503970.jpeg" target="_blank">garbage seats in the Tech Deck.</a><br />
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Hat tip: <a href="https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/chantastic-news-2/" target="_blank">The Senator.</a>Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-290145542766482172016-10-11T14:41:00.002-04:002016-10-11T14:41:37.062-04:00LSU v. FLA: Play it or you both forfeitThat's what Commissioner Lucid would say.<br />
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You two figure it out, or you both get losses and the rest of us move on. Then you can consider not upsetting me again with your inability to compromise.<br />
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And, no, I did not read the SEC bylaws on this. I mean, <a href="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0721/FINAL%20Bylaws%207.18.14.pdf" target="_blank">I skimmed them,</a> but who has that sort of time?<br />
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I know this: Ain't no way a Florida team that doesn't play its full SEC schedule this year can be in the running in the SEC East.Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-40931173625782154322016-10-06T09:24:00.003-04:002016-10-06T09:28:18.791-04:00The rehabilitation of Isaiah CrowellWhen erstwhile Georgia star Isaiah Crowell sent a cartoon depiction of a police officer being murdered out into the internet, that could have been it for the troubled young running back.<br />
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His talent, no doubt, saved him again. That his talent is relative to the rest of the Cleveland Browns organization helped immensely.</div>
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But at the end of the day the broader lessen is this: There are <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2016/10/isaiah_crowell_donates_1st_gam.html" target="_blank">no knuckleheads beyond redemption:</a><br />
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<i>"I said, 'Isaiah, why did you send me a check? I told you you didn't have to send me a check,''' Pennie said. "He said, 'Sarge, I want to do it. I really want to do it.' I said, 'okay, alright, you will now be an executive level sponsor. So now, you are a celebrity sponsor of the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation.''</i> </blockquote>
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Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-80528305226649684082016-10-01T10:02:00.004-04:002016-10-01T10:09:36.946-04:00Lucid Idiocy drinks to 2016!<i>If you need cocktail ideas today, Lucid Idiocy has you covered. Drink up.</i><div>
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Shot of Johnny Walker Red, shot of Johnny Walker Black, Diet Sprite. Losing badly in the 4th quarter? Substitute Mercury for the Sprite.</div>
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<b>The Jacob's Ladder</b><br />Shot of peppermint schnapps, shot of Boone's Farm, shot of whiskey, hand the ball to Nick Chubb.</div>
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<b>The Nick Chubb</b><br />Get a rocks glass. Fill it with rocks. Enjoy.</div>
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<b>The McKenzie</b><br />Three sips of an $80 Scotch, enjoyed by a fire with a mellow cigar. Then drop and shatter the rest of the bottle.</div>
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<b>The Lorenzo</b><br />Tequila in a shot class garnished with pulled teeth. Yeah, I don't know why either.</div>
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<b>The Eason</b><br />Get some champagne. Add jolly ranchers. Give it to the other team.</div>
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<b>The Blazevich</b><br />Shot of beer. Shot of Amaretto. Top with 151. Light on fire and set aside without drinking.</div>
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<b>The Kirby</b><br />A vodka fishbowl martini served daily at 3:30 from a bottle of Grey Goose that has been emptied out behind your back, then refilled with either more Grey Goose, Absolute or Mr. Boston's.</div>
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<b>The McGarity</b><br />Beverage of your choice, served in a glass too big for you to finish.</div>
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<b>The Placekicker</b><br />Prepare two separate glasses of malt liquor. Set aside on an tray table while you enjoy three to five Easons. Approach tray table and trip face first into both glasses. Cut yourself severely.</div>
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<b>The 2016</b><br />Make an Eason. Put all your eggs in it.</div>
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<b>The Richt</b><br />Vodka shots. Like revenge, best served cold.</div>
Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-49726030240342133902016-09-30T12:05:00.000-04:002016-09-30T12:05:38.476-04:00Lucid Idiocy contemplates return!<i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JR6xt9S02o">I got a lot of problems with you people, and now you're going to hear about them.</a></i><br />
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Fair warning, Bulldogs: This blog is coming back to life, angrier, dumber and more disillusioned than ever.Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-65567577427866099942014-10-20T17:08:00.002-04:002014-10-20T17:14:47.409-04:00WLOCP: Packing Gator sections with Dawg fansAs <a href="http://www.berniesdawgblawg.com/">Bernie has already noted,</a> absent a friendly fan discount, the cheapest after-market tickets for the Cocktail Party are going to be on the Florida side, which is the eastern side of the stadium this year.<br />
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But you don't want to sit with Florida people. So why not target a few key sections, see if we can load those up with Georgia fans?<br />
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You can click to enlarge the chart. The sections I've "silvered-in" are Florida sections that are right next to the Georgia sections. If you dig a little on the ticket boards, you can find tickets in these sections.<br />
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I recommend clicking on a ticket exchange ad from your favorite Georgia blogger so they get a little bit of the action. I know <a href="http://www.berniesdawgblawg.com/" target="_blank">Bernie has a ticket partner,</a> as does <a href="http://georgiasports.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Georgia Sports Blog.</a><br />
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If enough Georgia fans target these sections, you won't have to sit next to Johnny Jean Shorts. He can be a miserable seat mate, even if he's having a sad this year.<br />
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I've also silvered-in Florida sections 136 and 236. Those of you looking for 50-yard-line seats, perhaps you can focus there.<br />
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All just a humble suggestion. But it would be cool to see entire extra sections of Red and Black come kickoff. Feel free to use the comments section here (you don't have to register or nothin') to coordinate things a bit more, and to let folks know if you find any Florida section where big blocks of tickets are available.<br />
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I'm happy to keep things updated as sections turn red, or as big blocks are discovered. For those that don't know, I help run <a href="http://thedawgbone.com/" target="_blank">The Dawgbone</a>, so we can put more than Lucid Idiocy's paltry weight behind this if the desire is there.<br />
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Go Dawgs. Send Agent Muschamp out to a chorus of barks.<br />
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<i><b>**</b>When I say "more or less," Everbank Field reconfigured things a bit this year, so there are seating charts on online that aren't up to date. I got the UGA sections from our Athletic Association's ticket office. Then I had to add one of the 300 sections myself after a conversation with Everbank Field's ticket office. There's still one section (317) that UGA says is ours, but I can't find on any seating chart. Still, the dividing lines I've shown between our sections and Florida's should be reliable.
</i>Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-52236391567692252072013-11-17T20:20:00.000-05:002013-11-17T20:20:32.424-05:00Recovery through music: Your badge is right here<i>Well I've told you how a life goes up and down,</i><br />
<i>don't you notice how the wheel goes round?</i><br />
<i>And you better pick yourself up from off the ground,</i><br />
<i>before they bring the curtain down.</i><br />
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<i><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/w4YNkfs4rM4" width="420"></iframe></i>Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-15539427011030755572013-10-20T23:16:00.002-04:002015-07-15T10:32:03.612-04:00Coaches teach execution, right?<a href="http://dogbytesonline.com/why-swann-was-back-as-the-punt-returner-77287/">This is just ridiculous:</a><br />
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<i>Those kind of miscues—along with the high snap on the punt and giving up a fake field goal—again bring up the issue of whether Georgia should have a special teams coordinator.</i> </blockquote>
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<i>“Whether you have a special teams coordinator or not, you’ve got to field the punt, you’ve got to snap the ball, you’ve got to catch the snap,” Richt said. “What does that have to do with whether you’ve got a special teams coordinator or not? It’s just things we’ve got to be able to execute, the basic fundamentals of it. Those guys are very capable and I do have faith that we can get the job done. We’ve got the ability, we’ve just got to be consistent in that way.”</i></blockquote>
Why have a quarterback coach? I mean, it's just a matter of Aaron Murray executing, and he's very capable. Why have a wide receivers coach? What, is he going to to teach them to have four hands?<br />
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For that matter, why have a head coach? Do we need a coaching staff at all? Just think what the athletic association's reserve fund would look like if you cut all those salaries.<br />
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You don't think we need one? Fine. But don't act like it doesn't make sense to ask.Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-81641641440734671462013-10-20T23:12:00.000-04:002013-10-20T23:12:01.697-04:00A hard rain did a-gonna fallConsider the preseason question answered.<br />
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<a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/preseason-ponder-is-hard-rain-gonna-fall.html">Yes.</a>Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-37172664813235712472013-08-23T23:29:00.001-04:002013-08-24T10:00:38.203-04:00PreSeason Ponder: Is a hard rain a-gonna fall?<i>I say, "maybe," but I've been known to be an optimist about these things.</i><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/y4sMSSm0x2A" width="420"></iframe>Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-3357192860797098792013-03-22T22:36:00.001-04:002013-03-22T22:36:48.867-04:00perfect speed, my JarvisI suspect many of you, as a child, read a book called <i>Jonathan Livingston Seagull,</i> about a bird who wanted to learn everything he could about perfect flight and speed.<br />
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There's a line in that book that stuck with me: "Perfect speed, my son, is being there."<br />
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And that's what popped into my head when I read that Jarvis Jones ran a 4.9 40 at pro day.<br />
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I never thought Jarvis was fast, because I have eyes. But he is always at the ball, and I can't explain it, nor do I care to.<br />
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He doesn't have a start speed. There's no top speed. He is like water flowing well before the snap, through the path of least resistance to the ball. He is simply <a href="http://wn.com/planck_time_and_the_projection_system" target="_blank">there.</a>Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-15902183266806224272013-01-17T09:44:00.000-05:002013-01-17T10:51:24.117-05:00Manti Te'o: Failed journalism, failed prioritiesI am, of course, not qualified to talk to you about what did and didn't happen to Manti Te'o. Certainly I'm incredulous. Surely there's some amount of stupid and some amount of lying involved on his part, and probably Notre Dame's, and the question is simply how much of each.<br />
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But, then, we haven't heard directly yet from Te'o in the wake of this. As a newspaper reporter I've gone into plenty of interviews thinking "guilty ... almost certainly guilty" and left thinking "not so fast, that person made good points."<br />
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So it is important to reserve judgment, something we all need a reminder of from time to time. And this, is a big one. It is exceedingly important in life to keep an open mind.<br />
<br />
Clearly, repeated journalistic failings have been exposed at the highest levels of sports reporting. Pete Thamel, for goodness sakes, has written for The New York Times and Sports Illustrated, and he screwed up in a way that will attach itself to the rest of his career.<br />
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That makes me angry. The lack of mea culpas out there so far from these reporters intensify the feeling.<br />
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But I must keep an open mind until hearing from them, as well. And, as a reporter for 15 years, I see clearly how this happens, even to very good reporters.<br />
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The truth is there's a rarely problematic hole in the typical journalistic process. If I interview a guy on the street about the news of the day, I don't ask for his driver's license when he spells his name for me. If I call a policy expert that I've never met and leave a message, I don't question whether it's really him or her when I get a call back.<br />
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So why wouldn't you believe a guy, who seems like a fine kid, when he says he has a girlfriend? He's Manti freaking Te'o, Notre Dame All American, made legend through some combination of effort and media myth. Those guys have girlfriends if they want them.<br />
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<b>But here's the thing: If you care about this young woman, this supposed actual person who was in a car wreck, then got leukemia, then lay dying - if you care about her for any reason other than she was dating Manti Te'o, you reach out for her family. You call a friend.</b><br />
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You ask them for details - something you should double-source anyway, given the nature of memory in traumatic situations. Even if Manti Te'o tells you the family doesn't want to talk, you try. And you say, "your daughter/sister/friend is going to be a major part of a national news story. We publish Wednesday."<br />
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But she wasn't the story, even though her role in it was perhaps its most compelling element. Te'o was the story because he could tackle, and he played for Notre Dame. She was just his girlfriend.<br />
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Think, for a moment, about the priorities evident in that.<br />
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Then think about how they might apply to <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2012/12/04/why-i-wont-be-cheering-for-old-notre-dame/" target="_blank">this situation.</a> Or <a href="http://deadspin.com/5675694/prelude-to-a-tragedy-how-a-notre-dame-student-died-and-why-he-shouldnt-have" target="_blank">this one.</a><br />
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<i>Postscript: Major kudos to Timothy Burke, Jack Dickey and Deadspin on <a href="http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax">this story.</a> Yeah, there was some anonymous sourcing in it I'm not real comfortable with, but they did what they felt was right to present things as they found them, and with an effort (which I expect will fail) to protect the privacy of whoever's picture was used as Lennay Kekua's.</i>Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-7741409506823296872012-10-21T12:47:00.001-04:002012-10-21T12:49:30.840-04:00You want to impress me? Beat Florida.Until then, I feel like this: How did we ever win six?<br />
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If David Greene throws that pass just a little lower versus Florida in 2002 (or Terrence Edwards times things just a little better and catches it), and the Dawgs play for the National Title that year instead of Ohio State or Miami ...<br />
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and ...<br />
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Matthew Stafford hits that wheel route versus South Carolina in 2007, and a Dawgs team firing on all cylinders gets to the SEC Title game against LSU, despite a ridiculous loss to Tennessee (and maybe plays Ohio State, again, for a National Title) ...<br />
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how does that change our conversations today, and in the recent past, concerning Coach Richt and the state of our program?Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-10026060985382057232012-10-07T13:27:00.003-04:002012-10-07T13:28:27.875-04:00To the players whose homes were egged<i>"Judas!"</i><br />
<i>"I don't believe you. You're a liar. Play fucking loud."</i><br />
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It must be distinctly depressing to come home after getting your butt kicked and find your house egged and rolled, presumably by angry Dawg fans expressing their disappointment with you for sucking.<br />
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I'm not sure who all's houses got hit, but <a href="https://twitter.com/RadiNabulsi/status/254919290942287872" target="_blank">Christian Robinson said his did,</a> and if memory serves me, Aaron Murray is one of his roommates. I hope some of your teammates came by to help clean up, or better yet, all of your teammates and a bunch of fans as well.<br />
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Because we are, most assuredly, all in this together. But only if we will be.<br />
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There are a few responses to something like this. We need focus on only one.<br />
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<i>Start about the 50 second mark.</i>Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-44469015013906971962012-10-06T22:38:00.003-04:002012-10-06T23:22:45.333-04:00Pathetic, or something like it<i>With apologies to Kenny Rogers, Merle Haggard and pretty much every Dawg fan who had to watch that game.</i><br />
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Initially my one and only thought about this game was "pathetic." But somewhere between the sorriness of the third quarter and the inevitability of the fourth, I began to grasp a sense of nuance about a game that surely marks one of the true low points, from a single-game point of view, of the Richt era.<br />
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Tonight was 2008 Alabama bad, without the second half attempted comeback. The better team - the better team by a wide margin - won. But we played poorly.<br />
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Our offensive line looked like we should have expected at the start of the season. Our defense is inexplicably mediocre. Aaron Murray is getting harder to defend against the people who say he can't win the big games. I'm not one to bash play calling, but running out of the shotgun against one of the nation's most athletic fronts, on the goal line and elsewhere, strikes me as stupid.<br />
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So all around a fairly sorry game, not so much in effort (although the fourth quarter made me question that as well), but in execution.<br />
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Long season still to go. Still a good chance South Carolina takes a couple of losses in SEC play. We have a week off. Then Kentucky. Then we damn well better beat Florida, or you can start hoping about 2013.<br />
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What we had here tonight was a two-Merle-Haggard song loss. Wake up, Bulldogs. In hindsight, you were bound to lose tonight against a good South Carolina team that came out loaded for bear and ready to go. But you also played like shit. I'd prefer you learn, one of these days, to play like champions.<br />
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After we pushed the ball to him early on offense, he disappeared, other than to make another bad punt return decision. Meanwhile our receiving corps doesn't seem to need his help. Tavarres King and Michael Bennett are making plays, and we've got Marlon Brown and Rantavious Wooten as the next options at wideout.</div>
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Not too shabby.</div>
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Now, obviously Mitchell is talented enough to crack right back into that lineup and play a prominent roll. I hate it for whoever that costs time, but that's football, and we're running enough four and even five wide sets to get everyone snaps.</div>
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But ask yourself: Do you feel more comfortable about Rantavious Wooten / Marlon Brown as the third receiver on the field, or about Branden Smith as one of your starting corners?</div>
Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-50904120066701741512012-09-23T15:50:00.000-04:002012-09-23T15:50:14.128-04:00I'm sure there are things to worry about, but I don't see themI'm trying hard not to judge too much on a Vanderbilt game, or any of our other early season games for that matter. But, damn, that looked like a complete team last night.<br />
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The offense looked like it was entering juggernaut territory. The defense showed more than enough nasty to beat Vanderbilt. We get our last few starters back, and I expect we'll be solid favorites for every game between now and the SEC Title game.<br />
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I don't know that I've ever seen a stronger early season performance from The Dawgs, with the possible exception of 2003, when we opened so strong against Clemson and South Carolina, only to fall short against LSU.<br />
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I'd still like to feel great about the offensive line. Freshmen kickers aren't ideal. I anticipate development along the defensive line to further compliment Jarvis Jones.<br />
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But we seem to have a playmaker, or playmakers, at every level of the defense. We have a strong and balanced offense and an experience quarterback. I believe, for the first time in a long time, my expectations for the Bulldogs were too low, and I'm very impressed with what we've seen so far.<br />
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<br />Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-13421536960623911922012-09-20T22:41:00.002-04:002012-09-21T12:25:44.620-04:00Bulldogs: Help bring GameDay to MontanaA request from Hoppy Hopkins, our man in Great Falls, Montana, which <a href="http://lucididiocyblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-montana-project.html">you now know to be a hotbed of UGA support:</a>
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There is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BringGamedayToGrizCat?filter=2">a Facebook page pushing ESPN's College GameDay</a> to come to Missoula, MT for the annual Cat/Griz game in November. College Game Day has never been to Montana.
The Cats (Montana State) are currently #2 in the FCS poll and the Griz have a storied tradition as well. The nickname of this game is <a href="http://www.egriz.com/grizcat/">"The Brawl of the Wild"</a> and it dates back over 100 years. Would you guys mind plugging the FB page on your blogs? I would just love to see GameDay come to Montana, and I know a big push from the Dawgnation would certainly boost the numbers for this cause.</blockquote>
Hoppy is correct, College GameDay <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_of_College_GameDay_%28football%29">has never been to Montana.</a> Let's keep this newly confirmed Georgia-Montana connection going. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BringGamedayToGrizCat?filter=2">Go like that Facebook page</a> and help bring Gameday to Montana Nov. 17.<br />
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There are no obvious GameDay-type games on the schedule that date, with the potential exceptions of Oklahoma/West Virginia and Oregon/Stanford, so this can absolutely happen, depending how the season plays out. Let's get behind Montana on this, because Bulldog Nation loves Montana, and Montana loves the Bulldogs.Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305782445048552247.post-23543775297535449962012-09-19T14:44:00.002-04:002012-09-20T10:44:57.838-04:00The Montana ProjectI suspect most of you have already seen <a href="http://blutarsky.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/ladies-and-gentlemen-its-the-montana-project/" target="_blank">The Senator's post today</a> on the results of The Montana Project.<br />
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I hope folks enjoy the video, and my thanks go out to Hoppy Hopkins and his team for a great job. I hope folks realize how time consuming it can be to edit a video like that, not to mention the time spent shooting.<br />
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When we conceived this idea there were a lot of folks asking to contribute financially. But primarily because of Hoppy and another Dawg in Montana (K. Shockley, who provided the helmet and covered shipping costs) there weren't really expenses worth spreading around.<br />
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But because I know the Bulldog Nation is a generous one, and because I believe ridiculous gestures should be paired with meaningful ones, I propose a way for Dawg fans to contribute to this effort, which is really just about confirming and increasing UGA's reputation. Please join me in making a donation to a Montana-based charity.<br />
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Hoppy has suggested the Great Falls Public Schools Foundation, which works with the local schools in Great Falls, where he lives and where the video was shot. If you like, send them a check and write "From Montana's friends at the University of Georgia" in the "for" line. Their mailing address is:<br />
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Dave Crum, Community Connections Manager<br />
c/o Foundation Donation<br />
Great Falls Public Schools<br />
1100 4th Street South, Great Falls, MT 59404</blockquote>
Hoppy says it's a worthy cause, helping students and teachers alike.Lucid Idiocyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10944213596158450338noreply@blogger.com4