Auburn, aka the other shoe...??

I tried to find it last night, but somewhere a few months ago I read or heard someone say that there were two college football bombshells on the horizon. Both were expected to break before August and the person all but said one would mean the end for Tressel.

Abuurn fnas rcok!!!1

Good morning Mr. Dohrmann!

After reading the Sports Illustrated piece I don't think we discovered much we didn't already suspect was there. Most of the college football world believed this stuff would surface. The article merely serves as a wake up alarm for Gee and Smith. Or perhaps you're more familiar with their work as Dumb and Dumber.


Anyway, it's always nice to see a liar get caught. Tressel didn't resign so much as his "bosses" finally pulled their pants up and buckled their belts. Regardless the larger issue will be what happens to THE ohio state university's athletic program. And once that comes down we can really enjoy the taste of the cigar while we watch these legends and losers scramble for ammunitions. Thanks for your hard work Exile. 


So is Auburn the next big headline waiting out there? Are we waiting on another shoe to drop? I don't know. The smart money might be on YES, but the fact is they have better track record at cheating than buckeyes. Meaning, they been around the block a time or two. And when they pay players it ain't in tatts, Chrysler 300s and maryjane. It's cold hard cash that's been laundered and filtered. Tattoos might get your program to a Rose Bowl and an annual victory over a rival who's decades past their prime anyway. In Opelika it gets you a Natty Championship son!


And two dead trees.

Tressel Quits

If you can't stand the heat, take off the vest.

Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has resigned, university sources told The Dispatch today.

Less than three months after President E. Gordon Gee and Athletic Director Gene Smith said they fully supported their embattled coach, mounting pressure, a pending NCAA disciplinary hearing and new revelations about the culture of the program forced the university to act on their once-revered coach, sources said.

At least he finally got that win over an SEC team before he bowed out gracefully got canned.

Monday's Memorial Day Meatloaf

We live a privileged life here. Everyday we are afforded the opportunity to take it all for granted. There are millions of people across the globe that wish and pray everyday that they had the men and women we do in our military.


But today there is no taking things for granted. Today we make good on the other days on the calendar when we weren't so outwardly appreciative. Today we look up to those who've fallen, who paid the ultimate price. We give thanks for those who serve and have served. 


I am no hero in our nation's collective eye. But there are many in my life who are, or were. My grandparents for instance, part of the greatest generation. They both served during WWII, my granddad as a mechanic supervisor and my grandmother as a WAC - Women's Army Corps. Granddad would peddle his bike through the British countryside whenever he got a 24 hour pass so he could see his bride. About 9 months later Grandmom was back in South Carolina giving birth to a dude I call Dad, three days before D-Day. And one June about 37 years later my granddad was in a Sears Roebuck outside of Fargo explaining to me just what dungarees are.


It seems a 12 year old southern boy can't pack for a trip that far north no more than his grits raised mother can. Without those who dedicated their lives to the campaigns of World War II, I wouldn't be able to share that memory with you. I've always appreciated that kind of dedication to ones country and a greater good, even if I've never duplicated it myself. 


And I surely appreciate all that peddling Granddad did on those 24 hour passes. God Bless our troops. Past. Present. Future.


Today's Ingredients

• The NCAA host sites have been announced for next weekend's regionals. Assuming the Dawgs are in, I think we end up in Clemson. Chasing Omaha disagrees.
• Newcomer to the Georgia Sports Blog Tyler thinks we've worked our way in too.
• Meanwhile, the Lady Dawgs of the Diamond fell to Baylor yesterday.
• GenXDawg offers us some motivation...We are Junkyard Dawgs!
• Remember that pantsless guy...what's his name? Oh yeh, Mackie. Well he chimes in to offer his Preamble to the 2011 season.
• In yesterday's episode of The Countdown 2011 Streit looks backwards and forwards at the rivalry with the HillBillys. (Warning: wear your hobnail boots)
• I guess Coach Richt and Coach PaJammies agree on two things: Historic Grant is a very comfortable place to play a tackle football game, and oversigning is bad.
• Ever since Dijana joined the DawgPost there have been a lot more exclusives. Coincidence, I think not. This weekend, she got a one on one with John Theus. ($$)
• In his daily recruiting update ecdawg has some video of Todd Gurley, a 6'1" 195lb athlete out of Tarboro, NC.
• Unless I've lost count, we've got about a week before Exile aims his swagger wagon south, for...ever. But in the mean time he agrees with Spurrier, Garcia's changed.
• LSU, summer renaissance...yeh, I get it.
• The SEC brass look like they're taking their cowbells to the SEC meetings again this year. (h/t Mr. SEC)
• Lastly, is it just me or will this be one of the more interesting conferences in Destin in a long while? 

More than anything I hope you and yours have a relaxing Memorial Day. Mine's already been spectacular. But before we part ways, lemme throw some red, white and blue stuff at you, like this cartoon reminder from Dad:

And some links courtesy of a damn fine Marine and also a damn good Dawg. Semper Fi and Glory, Glory Mac.

Taps played to a slideshow of touching military pictures. A reminder 

that freedom is never free.

While I finish my hotdog and you dip your toes in the pool..."Here rests in 

honored glory an American soldier, known but to God."

Lastly, another beautiful slideshow set against the backdrop of

the Marine Corps' National Museum. "All gave some, some gave all."

Now go turn those burgers Reader. And when your path crosses with a veteran, regardless of the day the calendar reads....give him or her thanks.

Bernie

Dawgs go 3-2 in Hoover, just enough

The Diamond Dawgs played tough in the SEC Tourney, right down to the last out. Now we wait to see what the NCAA does with us. Going 3-2 in Hoover makes us just eligible for a regional next weekend.

College Baseball Daily evaluates Perno's squad:

The Bulldogs (31-29), who have played the nation’s toughest rated schedule and own an RPI of No. 16, have won three in a row here to assure it will finish the tournament with the NCAA required record above .500. After falling to third-ranked Vanderbilt 10-0 on Wednesday where they managed just one hit, the Bulldogs have won three straight elimination games, beating Auburn, top-ranked South Carolina and now the Gators. 

We'll know more specifically in a day or two. I'm just glad to have baseball to watch next weekend. 


Go Dawgs!

Beer of the Week: Allagash White

Generally on Friday after work I go to my local place, the Beverage Superstore which offers free tastings from 4:30-7:00. But Paul took this weekend off due to the holiday...so I set out to find a place to fill my growler.

I realize I said I'm not a fan of wheat beers...and this is the second of two posts on wheat beers. But this is also good. And I got it yesterday on tap at Ale Yeah! in Decatur. As luck would have it, this is the week Ale Yeah! opened their growler service.


First of all, what's a growler? Just a great, cheaper way to get really fresh craft beer. More specifically it's a glass jug (usually about a half gallon) that you can purchase for about $5. Then you fill it with brew, drink it in no more than a week and get it filled again. Most breweries and many pubs offer growler service these days. And stores are now following suit. It's cheaper because you're not paying for the fancy bottling and packaging.


Ale Yeah! offers a variety of choices. It would be hard to not find something you don't like. I had heard and read good things about this witbier. So for $9 I got the Allagash White and a mix and match sixer.


The White is a traditional Belgian wheat with a crisp beginning and a sharp flavorful finish. To me the spices overpower the orange taste, but you can definitely taste everything they put in it. One thing I don't like about this style of beer is that they aren't always balanced, one sip may not be consistent with the next much less from bottle to bottle. And you can't say that about the Allagash White. 


Very good, especially in the Summer. Definitely looking forward to this growler full.

Diamond Dawgs survive, advance

The player has the post game presser and some highlights from the Diamond Dawgs sending the chickens packing. 

Today it's the gators. So do the world a favor Pallazone...and smack a damn gator!

Where there's smoke, there's Kiffin...

Even when he's innocent he's at least knee deep in a pile of crap. You've surely already heard USC (the real one) lost their appeal for leniency. However, there's evidently no truth to the rumors that the Kiffin family spent yesterday burning mattresses in protest.


When reached for comment the Trojan Jackass muttered something about bringing in Houston Nutt as a scholarship consultant.


But it could be worse KiffyBaby...you could be wearing a sweater vest...in Ohio...in the Summer.

Post Auburn Presser

Coach Perno, Zach Cone and Alex Wood talk about the win over the War Eagles.

The Dawgs take on South Carolina tonight in an elimination game. First pitch should be sometime around 7:30.

Diamond Dawgs oust Auburn - highlights

Perno's Diamond Dawgs rallied late to beat Auburn and stay alive in the SEC Tourney. Here are the highlights.

Jax is Max...but for twice the price?

A week ago I went out on a pretty firm limb and said that the WLOCP is, has and always will be the game eternally circled on the schedule. We're about to find out if the UGA Athletic Board agrees.

The University of Georgia Athletic Association’s Board of Directors will vote this morning on ticket price increases during the next six years for the Georgia-Florida football game. Regular tickets for the game in Jacksonville would rise from $40 to $60 in 2012 and rise to $70 in 2014 and $75 in 2017. Club seating would increase from $70 to $100 in 2012, $110 in 2014 and $120 in 2017. The 2012 price increase would generate an additional $1.779 million in revenue. Georgia’s total revenue for the game would increase from $3.7 million in 2011 to $6.8 million in 2017.

We've known the price hikes were likely coming. That being said, whether the value of the game matches the future prices will depend on if we can stop soiling our pants once the buses cross the border.