Archive for October, 2008

The Friday Football Video Thing on Thursday

Fall break. Georgia-Florida. Urban Meyer is a whiner. Picks. And lots of Georgia football talk.
Who wins? You win.
Click riiiiiiight HERE for the video.

Fields lays the wood on LSU

Just because this is awesome, check out this hit walk-on fullback Justin Fields made on LSU’s Stevan Ridley.

As said by the person that sent us this, “Not bad for a walk-on.”

Georgia-Florida: Tuesday Notes

In terms of motivation, Georgia-Florida is never short on supply.
But during his Tuesday press conference, Georgia coach Mark Richt delved into his philosophy on motivation and inspiration.
“I think [in the past] I spent more time on the X’s and O’s, fundamentals and knowing that the better we practice and the better habits we create, when [...]

Two Georgia players earn SEC honors

Knowshon Moreno can add a third SEC Offensive Player of the Week to his résumé this season.
Georgia’s star running back from Belford, N.J. was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week – his second consecutive – after his performance in Georgia’s 52-38 win over LSU on Saturday.
Moreno ran wild against the Tigers, rushing for 163 [...]

Back in Athens, reliving the weekend, responding to Friday's Game Breakdown

Sorry for the lack of blogging Saturday and Sunday.
By the time the game was over, we were exhausted, wanted to relax so we could ready for Bourbon Street part II. But let’s recap the trip from New Orleans to Baton Rouge and then parts of Night numero dos.
On the way to Baton Rouge we almost died. A drunk [...]

Nawlins: Night No. 1

So the minute we walked out the door last night, a girl screamed, “Tyler!” from afar and waved.
I had no idea who it was. And I still don’t. But it was an omen that it would be a good night.
Our hotel is about a three minute walk from the French Quarter, so we walked down [...]

WE MADE IT ALIVE

It’s 9:29 Eastern and the four of us are finally settled  into our hotel. We arrived probably 30-35 minutes ago but we are now ready to hit up N’awlins.  We are at the Parc St. Charles in the downtown district of New Orleans. It’s a pretty nice room and only a few blocks away from the [...]

Are we there yet? Almost…

This next blog is from photographer Frannie Fabian. She blogged the second part of the drive down, ending at about Mobile.
 
4:20 p.m. Tyler and Jason are apparently really freaked out by bridges. Jason is telling about his bridge collapsing dreams, “omg a bridge, omg a bridge.” 
 
4:21 p.m. Now Tyler is nervous due the small lanes [...]

On the road again…Destination: New Orleans (then to Baton Rouge on Saturday)

1:08 p.m. It’s time to blog. Tyler and I, along with two of the Red & Black’s superb photographers Frannie Fabian and Jim Diffly, are on the road. We won’t get to New Orleans until late tonight but that’s OK. New Orleans doesn’t sleep.
1:10 p.m. We drove from Athens to Tyler’s hometown of Lawrenceville to [...]

The Friday Football Video Thing, LSU version

Jason’s semi-weekly rant-a-thon….