Your Unofficial Heisman Saturday Evening Alternative Entertainment Guide

The damn thing has been irrelevant since 1980...minus 1982 when they awarded an already twice-slighted Herschel Walker the hardware he'd actually earned three times...but I digress...

I'd like to provide alternatives for your first Saturday evening without football in some time. A word of caution however - depending on your own neighborly environs, some of these could get you a visit from Officer Friendly who also might just be a recently disgruntled Auburn fan. So proceed with caution.

Regardless, you should find something to do rather than listen to Kirk Herbstreit gush over Baker Mayfield. Although the ratings will probably sky rocket if they end up grabbing each others' crotch. At any rate, here are my suggestions:

1. Eat a big bowl of Captain Crunchberries at 8:00 pm.
2. Call your mom and tell her you just ate a big bowl of Captain Crunchberries at 8:00 pm.
3. Find a nice romantic comedy to watch with your significant other.
4. If you can't find your significant other, watch a nice Holiday film like Die Hard for the 173rd time. YIPPEE KI YAH!!!
   
5. Call your favorite Tennessee fan and ask them if Jeremy Pruitt is going to coach them in their bowl...."Aw shit. I'm sorry. Welp, how's your mama n them?"
6. Start reading a book. Or at least open one up in your lap before you doze off so that it looks like you were doing something important.
7. Rewatch last week's SEC Championship game and text updates to your favorite Auburn fan as the game develops.
8. Find a new favorite Auburn fan because your last one just blocked you.
9. Help your wife with all those Christmas Cards. Or at least refill her wine glass. Stop sitting there drooling in your kid's Diary of a Wimpy Kid book and be helpful!!
10. Go back to September of 2008 and re-read every post I've ever written. Then translate them into Mandarin for all my homeboys over in Manchuria!
11. Prepare a large tumbler of bourbon and go door to door singing Christmas carols. Take your dog along for the harmony of it.
12. Create a fake Baker Mayfield's cell phone twitter account that only tweets random Roquan Smith stats and related facts.

Whatever you choose to do to pass the time tomorrow evening, make it a great weekend Dawgs!

2015 SEC Heisman candidates

Yes, this award has been irrelevant since 1980 when Herschel should've won the first of three Heisman Trophys that he outright earned. But, it's July and we have to talk about something. Right?

Chances are at places like Betfair sports site, outside of Dak Prescott, the 2015 Heisman hopefuls will reside somewhere other than in the SEC. He's the only established quarterback in the conference and the Heisman inner circle has only awarded the trophy to one non-QB since Y2K was considered a serious cyber threat. But for our purposes here we're obligated to look at more possibilities than one, so here's my way too early ranking.

1. Dak Prescott. The Mississippi State quarterback was on many lists last season, mainly due to almost becoming a 3000 yard passer and 1000 yard rusher. This season he'll be a senior and will face a schedule that may favor him. Early game against LSU at home could vault him into early discussion while national television audiences in early November (definitely on a Thursday night matchup in Columbia MO, and potentially at home the following week against Alabama) could sustain his drive towards New York in early December.

As I said at the outset, the main thing going for Prescott is that he's a quarterback. But add in a vested interest in an SEC West run and performing in front of more and more NFL scouts and this could mean a big season for the slinger from Starkville.

2014 - 13 games, 244/396 for 3449 yards, 27 touchdowns, 11 interceptions. And 210 carries for 986 yards and 14 touchdowns.

2. Jeremy Johnson. The presumed starting quarterback at Auburn allegedly out-performed Nick Marshall in practices last season. If that is actually true then Malzahn will give Johnson plenty of chances to shine bright enough this fall in a system that will emphasize quick passes to gain large chunks of yards after the catch as well as fleet feet to gain tough yards when the defense is of balance. That puts a lot on pressure on Johnson's shoulders, but he's no kid after spot duty here and there for two seasons in Marshall's shadow.

Auburn will be one of the main contenders in the West. Johnson will have plenty of chances to grab some Heisman national spotlight with an opener in the Georgia Dome against Louisville, a tough early test in Baton Rouge in week three, then late in the season in Athens and at home against Bama.

2014 - 7 games, 28/37 for 436 yards, 3 touchdowns, no interceptions 

3. Nick Chubb. We've all been thinking it, so we might as well say it out loud, "As Chubb goes, so does Georgia's season." An offense that is still trying to find a quarterback and is under the leadership of a new headset will rely heavily on the sophomore's legs. That will especially be true early on while the new quarterback gets some experience and throws under his belt. And the schedule sets up to allow for that, at least until South  Carolina comes to town. A big showing against the Gamecocks and a couple weeks later in front of another (presumed) national tv audience against Alabama could put Chubb in early Heisman discussion. But it will be late tests in Jacksonville and against Auburn that decide whether the team has done well enough to keep its star tailback in it.

2014 - 13 games, 219 attempts, 1547 yards, 14 touchdowns

4. Leonard Fournette. Despite serving as part of a committee Fournette eclipsed 1000 yards last season as a freshman. Which is why many think he could be on the verge of a breakout season in 2015. He's a big back that can carry the load, but like Nick Chubb, his Heisman campaign will rely heavily on a quarterback to keep the safeties honest and a team that helps put together a good season.

2014 - 187 attempts for 1034 yards, 10 touchdowns

5. Josh Robinson. For this last spot you'd probably prefer a quarterback given recent voting history. But there's isn't another that you could even list as a very darkhorse. And many others would probably put a Crimson Tide tailback like Derrick Henry here. But I'm going with Robinson based on experience and numbers. If that MSU offense can churn out yards then their star tailback is going to be a large part of that. The question is if Robinson can steal enough of the spotlight from his quarterback to steal enough votes.

2014 - 13 games, 190 carries for 1203 yards and 11 touchdowns

It's going to take a special season for a running back to win the Heisman, something that last happened in 2009 when Mark Ingram became the first Alabama player to ever take home the trophy. It's just an era when quarterbacks are the hot commodity. Can Prescott bring the trophy back to the SEC? Can someone like Chubb or Fournette break the "QB streak"?

At least it wasn't Steckel

The Broyles Award, which somehow omitted Mike Bobo's name as a finalist despite being at the helm of an offense that once again saw numerous injuries and suspensions yet still averaged 41.7 points per game, went to Ohio State's offensive coordinator Tom Herman. The Buckeyes saw their own difficulties and overcame them, most notably losing Braxton Miller to injury, and still averaged 45.7 points a game.

Yes, that was in the B1G. But at least Missouri's Dave Steckel, who Bobo shellacked back in October, didn't win it.

"When I won the Heisman..."

"...I hope it stood for more than just me playing football." - Herschel Walker

Your co-SEC players of the week

Supporting Aaron Murray

I know everyone is super focused on black jerseys and such. But there is a way to truly support Aaron Murray prior to Saturday's senior finale. Fan voting for the Davey O'Brien Award ends this Friday. Murray is one of 16 finalists for the award that fans can vote for and somehow he trails Connor Shaw and a guy named Bryce Petty. A quick Google search tells me that while Mr. Petty was playing the likes of Wofford and Buffalo, our quarterback was leading the Dawgs against Clemson and South Carolina.

C'mon people. Support the guy that took it on the chin for his team to get us in the endzone Saturday night. Go HERE and VOTE NOW!! Then GO BACK every day this week and VOTE AGAIN!! It took me 30 seconds.

Aaron Murray asks for your help!!!

Okay, he's not really asking because he would never worry about individual awards. Especially during the week before a key road trip. But I AM asking for your help on his behalf.

Many years the winner of the Davey O'Brien award, given by the committee of the same name to whom they feel is college football's best quarterback, predicts the Heisman Award winner. One of the unique parts of the award's process is that the fans' votes account for 5% of the formula used.

It should be a slam dunk for Murray to be a finalist this year. At least given the start to his senior season. However he's way down in the fan voting. He trails names like Bortles and Manziel and Boyd and McCarron. Okay, I get that I guess. But he also trails Brett Smith who's the signal caller for Wyoming...and Brandon Allen of Arkansas...Rakeem Cato of Marshall. Are you kidding me?

Pitiful. C'mon! We gotta get behind this thing and help a Damn Good Dawg out! Go register and support your quarterback with a click the way he supported us Saturday with his arm. THEN, share that action socially through your BookFace account and your twitterings. THEN, do the same thing tomorrow. You can vote once a day through the process. It's easy. Takes less time than you spent reading this post.

Go! NOW. Do it!

Crystal Football...(part two)

With the national prognostications out of the way, let's look at the SEC predictions.

Coach most likely to get canned
Last season showed to be quite bloody for SEC coaches, and we covered Pinkel yesterday. Beyond an epically catastrophic collapse by LSU, Georgia or Florida (or Les Miles recreating Petrino's Opus), the only other coach with pink slip potential would be Dan Mullen. He's followed up a very respectable 9-4 season in year two of his tenure with 7-6 and 8-5. He's 13-19 overall in the SEC. All that adds up to being best remembered as the guy that didn't counter-offer on Cam Newton.

This season opens up with a neutral site game in Houston against Oklahoma State. The Bulldogs get South Carolina and Kentucky from the East. Split that in half and then muddle through the SEC West slate and it still looks like a 6-6 season to me. So long Mullen.

Heisman contenders
Even though Johnny Shitball has removed himself from the running, there are plenty of legitimate names in the conference that could not only get the invite but also take home the hardware.

First off, let's also remove Jadeveon Clowney from the discussion. That's just not happening unless the OBC puts his star in at quarterback and let's him return punts. So, that leaves us with four names from last year's SECCG: AJ McCarron, Aaron Murray, TJ Yeldon and Todd Gurley. Were it not for the loss to A&M last season McCarron would already have one. Murray will have to have great performances in the first two weeks and then hold serve the rest of the way. In all honesty, Gurley might be the SEC frontrunner except that the two quarterbacks are seniors. We'll know a lot more after South Carolina leaves town.

Biggest fall from grace
Florida. They're over-ranked. There's no way they can live up to the billing. Driskel will wilt like a little daisy and their defense isn't nearly enough to carry them. Tennessee will threate them. Missouri will beat them. And Georgia Southern will lead in the fourth quarter.

Bad season for the weird clappers of Ben Hill Griffin.

Up and comer
Auburn...not! Kentucky...not!

There'll be plenty of eyes on Ole Miss to see if they can surprise some people. There's no doubt they'll play the young kids along side the experienced players that went 7-6. The true test will be if they can beat Texas and then Texas A&M. If they can do that then maybe there's a chance they can compete with the LSUs and Alabamas next season.

And in the East there's always Vanderbilt....

Biggest game
If I were to answer this personally and honestly I would say the UGA-Sakerlina game in the second week. But these things tend to escalate into something big late in the season. The WLOCP could be it except that the gators will suck. So I'm going with the Saban double down - LSU at Alabama on November 9th. Both teams are good enouhg to be either undefeated or just have one loss between them. This game will likely be a play in game for the SECCG.

What'd I miss?

Tajh Boyd stumps for Heisman

Sure, the ACC preseason player of the year (by the way, what is that exactly?) is just having some fun in a photo booth at ACC Media Days. Cute.

Suddenly the way UGA is handling Murray's (lack of a) campaign is looking even better.

Schmitt named Female Athlete of the Year

Five time Olympic medalist Allison Schmitt has been recognized as the SEC's top female athlete.

At the 2012 Olympics in London, Schmitt won three gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. She became the first Georgia swimmer ever to win an individual gold as she claimed the 200-meter freestyle title. Schmitt also anchored the victorious 800-meter freestyle and 400-meter medley relays. She came in second in the 400-meter freestyle and placed third on the 400-meter freestyle relay. With six Olympic medals (including a bronze from the 2008 Games), she ranks first all-time among Georgia swimmers. Following the Games, Schmitt owned one world record and four American records in long-course meters.

The Canton, Mich., native returned for her senior year and helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to the NCAA and SEC titles. She won the NCAA crown in the 200-yard freestyle and helped the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays notch victories. At the SECs, she picked up titles on the 200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays. Schmitt earned the Honda Sports Award as the nation’s top swimmer. She is attached to one American record and two U.S. Open marks in short-course yards.

Schmitt is the fifth Georgia student-athlete to earn SEC Female Athlete of the Year recognition, joining golfer Vicki Goetze (1992), basketball player Saudia Roundtree (1996), swimmer Kristy Kowal (2000) and gymnast Courtney Kupets (2009). 

An honor well deserved. Thanks for coming back Allison and thanks for another great season. Go Dawgs!

Don't sleep on Georgia too hard y'all

We talked some last week about Heisman candidates. Yesterday ESPN's Travis Haney went through the SEC with a fine toothed comb to find who might be the SEC's best in terms of the trophy as well as title contenders. You know, outside of Alabama.

Ken Ward

In terms of the Heisman (the trophy an SEC player has won three of the last four years, and four of the last six), I have to agree with Haney on Jadeveon Clowney's chances. He'd have to destroy a Michigan player each and every Saturday to have a real chance. As a big fan of the defensive side of the ball, I don't think that's fair. But that's the way it is. Spurrier's not going to have Clowney return kicks is he?

But when it comes to Aaron Murray, Haney points something out that I neglected to catch last week when I was baiting y'all for other Georgia contenders. The effectiveness of Gurley and Georgia's running game altogether could dampen the Georgia signal caller's chances altogether.

How about McCarron's rival in terms of QB efficiency, Aaron Murray? The Georgia signal-caller completed 65 percent of his 386 passes last season, averaging 10.1 yards per attempt, tops in the country. However, two things that hurt Murray last season could again hamper his chances this campaign: If teammates Todd Gurley or Keith Marshall have big years, it could take away from the attention Murray receives.

"He's a very, very, very good player, but he doesn't have many big wins, does he?" said an SEC defensive coordinator. "I'm not saying that's his fault, because he's a player we'd 100 percent have to prepare for, but that's a big part of how quarterbacks are judged."

Big wins are like crack to the Heisman voters. And those wins for Murray could come this season. But will they come just as much because of the rushing attack? Food for thought. I still like Murray's chances to earn a spot in New York come December.

Next Haney looks at teams that could challenge Bama for the SEC, and consequently the final BCS title. He settles on a team from the East, but has Georgia, South Carolina and Florida neck and neck. Really giving a slight edge to USCe due to their schedule.

But who's coming out of the East? Let's follow the same theme for the past two seasons. The best team hasn't necessarily won the division. Rather, it's been the team with the clearest path that has come out on top. This season, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina all have relatively equal talent. But if you're a Gamecocks fan, your team has the most favorable schedule.

 I don't think the Dawgs had the "clearest path" last season. Maybe from the start, but it became pretty muddled by the time we were licking our wounds in Columbia. Still, it certainly amplifies the games between those three teams. And whoever gets the date with Bama in December (or whoever manages to trip the Tide up from the West), will have earned the opportunity.

Go Dawgs!

CFPA watch lists full of Dawgs

Lot of Georgia players being named to the College Football Performance Award watch lists for the upcoming season.

Ken Ward

Senior quarterback Aaron Murray is one of 33 at his position on the Quarterback Trophy Watch List, while senior Arthur Lynch makes up one of three tight ends from the Southeastern Conference and one of 36 players overall on the Tight End Trophy Watch List.

Sophomores Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall are the other pair of Georgia players included on the offensive watch lists.  The duo is part of 36 players on the Running Back Trophy Watch List.

Also, junior Damian Swann has been included on the Defensive Back Trophy Watch List and Gurley is part of the All-Purpose Performer of the Year Watch List.

Winners aren't announced until January. Former Dawgs Justin Houston, Blair Walsh, Drew Butler and Jarvis Jones are previous winners.

Richt's Heisman hopefuls

Given that it's June and all we have to comfort us at night as college football fans is outright speculation, let's dive into the deep end this morning.

Who is Georgia's greatest Heisman hopeful? And I ask that with the understanding that it might not be someone "in the running" this season. And I also ask that with the caveat that I (as well as most of Richt's players I'm sure) would rather achieve team goals rather than individual hardware.

But I was reading up on the 2013 Heisman Trophy odds and started to wonder, first if there might be an actual "hopeful" for 2013 and second how December's win-loss record would affect such a campaign.

Tramel Terry, future Heisman hopeful?

Clearly Aaron Murray is the leading candidate for Georgia this season. He's been in Athens since before Obama's first term and is coming off a record setting season. In fact, as we get closer to August 31st, the season opener will continually be billed as a matchup between two Heisman Trophy type quarterbacks. If Murray puts up a better performance than Tajh Boyd and lead his team to a win it will be a large step towards getting in the mouths of the ESPN talking heads. Although I'm sure Lou Holtz will still be firmly behind Dondrial Pinkins...

...yet I digress...

Next you have to put Todd Gurley, right? In fact, I might be able to construct an argument where he has an even better chance than Murray. If the sophomore tailback can sidestep a sophomore jinx and continue the trajectory he set during his freshman season, there's no telling where his numbers might rise to.

Who's next? You'd have to go with Malcolm Mitchell. But he seems a distant third, unless he drastically improves his special teams returns. After Mitchell the surprise name would be someone like Keith Marshall or JJ Green. Maybe Tramel Terry. He's coming off a knee injury but I hear he's making great strides and is right on schedule to participate some this summer as well as in August in preparation for the upcoming season. Take a look at this quote from a few months ago:

“They’re looking for me to be like a Percy Harvin type of guy,” Terry said of the former Florida wide receiver who had more than 1,900 receiving yards and more than 1,800 rushing yards in college. “They don’t have a guy like me to where I can run the ball and I’m a wide receiver at the same time. Sometimes they’ve got to go to the defensive side and bring Brandon Boykin or Branden Smith over to the offensive field. Now that they have me, they don’t have to do all that. We’ll see, once I get healthy.”

That's a Heisman-like role player. But you have to think he might be a year off from gaining ground on names like Manziel, Braxton Miller and Teddy Bridgewater.

So who else is there? For this season or on down the line in the future? Also, do you think someone like Terry has a better chance in a year or two than Murray does this season?

Erin Murphy's VIRAL infection

I trust you've read THIS.

Earlier this evening, Aaron Murray held a press conference at the Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall on the campus of the University of Georgia. During the press conference, the veteran starting quarterback of the Georgia Bulldogs revealed some shocking news in light of the recent scandal involving Notre Dame Fighting Irish linebacker Manti Te'o: Aaron Murray actually has a dying girlfriend.

Quite honorable of Murray to carry on the way he has with a dying girlfriend in the background. And even more so to come to the public with this news before it got out of hand and became a distraction before the 2014 BCS Championship.

On an even more humorous somber note, you can follow Erin Murphy on Twitter as she supports her boyfriend one IV bag at a time - Dying4Heisman.

Alternatives to the Heisman ceremony

Tonight the Heisman Award will be given to the year's least undeserving player. Don't kid yourselves, this award has been irrelevant for decades. Herschel couldn't win the thing during his freshman season so it has lost a large measure of validity every year since, with an exception in 1982.

So tonight, here's some things you can do instead of watching Herbstriet gush over   (insert quarterback's name here)   or some Tom Rinaldi story designed to make you cry over that kid that plays defense with the Japanese restaurant's name on his jersey. Choose carefully, and bonus points if you manage to fit in all of them:

I was so Lochte before Ryan was so Lochte.

• cut your toenails
• watch a movie with Matthew McConaGay in it
• pretend to be helping your wife with mailing all those Christmas Cards until she realizes you're (completely unintentionally...) sticking the address labels upside down
• read a book
• troll Abuurn fans, at least the ones that have internet dial up
• introduce your lady friend to the musical stylings of Mr. Barry White
• eat a bowl of cereal at 8pm just for the hell of it
• call your mom and tell her you just ate a bowl of cereal at 8pm
• go around your block with a cup of hot chocolate and sing carols door to door until that creepy jewish lady calls the cops because you won't stop screaming the lyrics to Sandler's Hanukkah Song and get off her lawn
• read every post I've ever written after google translating them all into swedish
• learn to read swedish
• invite yourself over to a neighbor's house and turn all of their pictures upside down when he goes to get you a beer(s)
• catch a Greyhound bus Watts Dantzler style to each Heisman finalist's hometown and spray paint on the welcome sign - Manti/Johnny/Collin wears JARVIS JONES pajamas!!!" 
• make pudding
• spend all afternoon gathering up every 2012 election yard sign you can find and then erect them all in the neighborhood nazi's^* yard
• buy a ticket for the 2012 Sun Bowl and then call to return it because you "didn't realize Georgia Tech was playing in it...again."

Add your own in the comments.

Or if you've already done all that, grab a couple fingers of bourbon and join me out on the deck. We can compare the depths of our misery from one week before. That might sound like an awful way to spend a Saturday night, but it beats the hell out of watching a fake award show.

*This is usually the president of the HOA.

Leinart meets Herschel

I hear this was originally cast for Reggie Bush. (ZING!)

A BIG bite of 1980

Cuz when you meet the Georgia Bulldogs you gonna feel the Bulldog bite!


This is the season highlight tape of the 1980 season. It is replete with everything from Run Lindsay Run! to Lewis Grizzard giving a tour of Wrightsville Georgia..."PBR, cold to go!"


It's not gameday today, but this ain't a bad alternative.

courtesy of carlmilton

GATArchives: last home game of the 1980 season

So last week we looked at the Railroad Track Crowd's last game before Sanford was expanded. Today let's focus on what happened 'tween the hedges in that edition of Clean Old Fashioned Hate.


It wasn't much of a game until the second half - Georgia led 17-0 at the half. And it's not that the second half was tight, it's just that Tech started scoring often enough to keep the game interesting. And after Belue scored on a 1 yard run early in the 4th quarter to give the Dawgs a 31-14 lead there was surely a feeling that the game was about to be on ice.

Picture credit: Steve Deal of the AJC. Sorry for the poor scanning job. It was
too wide for my scanner. Not a whole lot of explanation given for it. But it's
designed to show how one simple screen pass to Walker could go for a big
gain. The byline states: "Georgia quarterback Buck Belue passes to Herschel 
Walker, who breaks a couple of tackles and gains 31 yards to Tech's 41 to set 
up Rex Robinson's 57-yard field goal."

However, there were two problems with that scenario: Tech went on a methodical drive to pull back to within two scores (31-20 after a failed 2-point conversion), and Hershel Walker was still 42 yards shy of Tony Dorsett's freshman rushing record. UGA Sports Information Director Claude Felton called down to the sideline to get word to the coaches of how close the record was. However, once Tech scored to narrow the margin some the point was moot.


So, on Georgia's first play from scrimmage Walker took the ball on a "22 Draw" and scampered 65 yards to seal the victory. He'd racked up over 200 yards and helped Georgia earn a perfect 11-0 regular season. He'd also bested Dorsett's freshman mark by 30 yards. I think OG Tim Morrison summed up the post-game sentiments best:

"In my opinion he's the best running back in the history of football. I don't care what anyone says. That's the way I feel and that's the way a lot of people on this team feel."

There were more quotes in the article (11/30/1980 by the AJC's Dan Barreiro) about Herschel's quiet, humble manner. There were comparisons to other marquee backs of the era such as Charles White of USC. It was all to profess their love for #34, and their support for him as a Heisman candidate.


Unfortunately, as we all know, it was all for naught. In fact, the ballots had been sealed the Friday before. Voting was done. Herschel would end up third behind two seniors, Pitt's defensive lineman Hugh Green and South Carolina's George Rogers.


So in summary: despite not winning an award that was rightfully his. perhaps the only person to outwork the Track People that day was The Goalline Stalker, Hershel Walker.

Monday's Mea Culpa Meatloaf

Spring Practice starts next week. Yes! You read that right, next week. Before we get to that calendar milestone I'd like to come clean, set some things straight...get some crap off my plate.

%$@! eraser! (via nomobobo)

First, sorry about last week's rant on soccer rainouts. I felt like a complete dumbass Saturday after complaining so heartily when the little girl's team was up 6-0 at halftime. Obviously they can afford a couple rainouts. This was apparent as early as the first goal. My lil sweetheart took the ball down the left side and centered a pass with her left boot that was the best lookin thing I've laid eyes on since Michael Johnson cradled that 70XTakeoff in the corner of Abuurn's endzone. Her teammate then buried the pass in the back of the net. 


I knew then and there that this game was over. My kid tallied two goals in just one half of play, but was most proud of the shot that sailed over the crossbar. "Dad!!! It went OVER the goal!" Of course, Rex pointed out that this would've been three points 'tween the hedges. One Saturday at a time #5. One Saturday at a time.


Next I feel the need to give Bobo a hug. Look dude, I haven't been great with the timing of some posts. You sometimes frustrate the hell outta me. But I want you to know I support you. If not before, ever since you threw that prayer to Corey Allen on the plains in '96 (again with the barners, piling on!) I've said you my boy! I know and you know that all you need is a dependable running game and this offense will have as much bite as it does bark.


Which leads me to my last repentance. Isaiah Crowell. I was hard on the kid. I don't think I was too hard, but with news that he's doing well this winter during workouts (and from what I'm hearing, despite some really difficult times for the kid) I think it's past time to give the guy a pat on the back. I'm looking forward to seeing #1 in his second year. Should be fun seeing him compete with a stable of tailbacks.


Whew. That feels better. Now onto the main course.


Today's Ingredients

• With spring ball heating up next week I've got a primer coming tomorrow or Wednesday. And hopefully a Q&A to get us ready.
• Football fever is getting higher. Are you going out west to welcome Mizzou? If so join Chrystal and Krisi's BookFace group.
• sUGArfalling wraps up the hoops season.
• Daugman finds some reasons for optimism. Similarly, PWD has hope.
• A lot of video highlights and links in today's recruiting thread at Leather Helmet.
• In tennis news, we rocked all weekend long. Both MEN and WOMEN.
• CCRider knows where Peyton is gonna play in 2012.
• Vandy won the SEC Tourney over Calipari's squad of semi-pros. In related news, Kevin Stallings wants Girl Scout cookie boxes in the triple digits!!
• Hmmm...stuck in trash chute retrieving her phone...can you hear me now?
• And lastly, news beginning to break on Richt and Grantham's new contracts. But in bigger news, UGA has also re-signed me as a blogger. You can all now exhale.

Pretty excited about launching a new feature here, hopefully this week. Ron is one of BDB's most ardent readers. Which is to say he has a dependable internet service provider and strange desire to subject himself daily to my lunacy. And he was kind enough to share some unique treasures with me. To cut the story short, I now have a TON of old newspaper clippings that are just begging for world wide web attention.

I've got pictures of Herschel I've never seen (and I thought I had seen most of them). I've got stories from the 1981 Sugar Bowl galore. He even sent me the tape they used for Herschel's bum shoulder so he could get back in the game...just kidding. But you get the idea.

So I'd like to share some of these riches. I've spent some time going through it all and there's some stuff I know you'd like. And what better way to say thanks to Ron and his family than to give this stuff some attention it deserves. There's several articles you'd enjoy that shouldn't be too hard to re-type and give credit. And there's hundreds of pictures I'll try and scan in and share. 

Haven't decide on a name for the feature yet, but you'll know it when you see it. Trust me. Until then, here's your guilt free fork. Get after it!

Bernie

Pulpwood, not impressed by horses

First 2011 edition of Pulpwood is out. As usual, not safe for work...or family rooms...or scientologists...

Pulpwood on Boise State