Quasi Live Blog from the first half of UGA - Bama

First Quarter

Nice seeing fellow Grady J-School grad Deborah Roberts give the player line ups.

Perfect opening drive. For all the bitching many of the UGA faithful (including me) have done about Bobo’s playcalling, that was a thing of beauty. A couple of things stood out:

Great catch by MoMass.

Great pass to Bailey.

Good calls of screens, and it appears that Moreno can have his way with the second line of defense.

The TD call and pass was beautiful – and atypical. Thrown shoulder high through a tiny window.

Not sure I’m a fan of Moreno’s long white socks. What’s up with that?

Stafford pick: how is it possible for 7 to underthrow anyone?

I love the tradition of Bama fans wearing houndstooth hats. If I was a Bama grad, I probably would have worn such a classic chapeau to the games a few times. The closest UGA would come to being identified with a particular type of hat was during the Goff years, where we might have adorned our heads with a white, conical and pointy hat reading “dunce.”

7 guns it right to Chandler on 1^st and 10 and he can’t handle it. Gotta catch those, son.

As the stats for Louisville and Brohm flash across the screen, I keep thinking how nice he’ll look in a Falcons uniform next year. (and if the Louisville D played against the Notre Dame O, could Charlie’s boys score then?)

Second Quarter

How fucking cool is it that they called Munson on the phone? He’s still crotchety and irritable, bless him. Nice recognition from the national press for a local treasure.

They keep showing these shirtless Bama fans with full body paint except under their arms. Don’t they realize this ruins the (admittedly idiotic) effect? Wouldn’t that be one of the first places you would paint?

We just used up our 3^rd timeout midway through the 2^nd quarter. Stafford handled the sound quite well on the first drive, gesticulating like Peyton Manning on a crank and cappuccino bender. Where did all that go?

Great little 3^rd down pass to TB. 6 of 8 on 3^rd downs. That portends well. More conversions already than against the poultry.

Jesus Christ on a stick. What a frozen rope to Durham. Great play action from 7.

Hard, hard run by Moreno.

Aflac Trivia: all time SEC receiver in yards? Brice Hunter? They indicated it would be obscure. It’s typically someone from one of the teams. Ozzie Newsome? He’s not obscure.

Stafford made an off balance, back foot throw into triple coverage. Horrible decision, but it hit Kenneth Harris between the numbers. He dropped it.

Stafford didn’t pull a Chris Webber, calling a TO with none left, but just let the play clock run out. 2^nd and 20. I appreciate the fact that he’s reading the D and trying to make adjustments on Satan’s D calls, but this is getting silly.

Coutu nails a 45 yarder. 10-0 good guys.

Hey, it’s a Hampton Inn commercial. I just stayed in one of those for the first time in a couple of years. They’ve really improved. Free internet (which is nice – I just paid $10/day in a fucking Sofitel in Chi-town where the room rate was over $300 per night. Fucking French), and the fluffy improved beds. Also underrated? Providing a piece of paper with the channel line ups on it. Free coffee is nice, too. Regular and dark blends. And again, at the cheese-eating surrender monkey hotel this week? $5 a cup for some java in the AM. Bitches.

All time SEC leading receiver in yards? Terrence Edwards with over 3,000. You go, T. I like Aflac trivia better than David Huff trivia, because you get an answer.

Painted Bama fans again. Wouldn’t it be nice if it was like it was in Goldfinger, where you died from body painting? And there were just chalk outlines in the bleachers in the 4th quarter. CSI: Tuscaloosa.

3^rd down pass to Brown, tipped at the line. We’re certainly getting the backs out of the backfield open on those.

I tell you what, Willie Martinez is coaching the boys up tonight. Bama is getting next to nothing done on O when it counts.

We’re gonna get it back with 2 minutes or so left. Boy, would some timeouts be nice.

They just showed a Bama commercial with the Croyle family. They didn’t shout out “our son lost out on the job (to Damon Huard!) of handing off to Larry Johnson 40 times a game until he’s pulverized into something resembling FrankenBerry ground up in a mortar and pestle.”

UGA commercial looked sub-cable access level. How can the school that gives out the goddamned Peabodys not get some talent involved in this? Maybe that should be part of the award. I’m sure Ron Moore could have done something interesting with it. Or Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

They just sacked Wilson and almost pulled an OJ on him, damn near taking his head off. It was Jeff Owens from UGA with the face mask. Will we see him bursting into a hotel in Vegas demanding his memorabilia back?

11 seconds – deep shot to the end zone and overthrow. He was open against the cover two.

8 seconds. 3^rd and 4. They hate their kicker. We’ve been lucky with kickers for a long, long time.

ESPN is doing this “greatest 25 players in college football history” countdown. If Herschel isn’t in the top 3 (and could make quite an argument for #1) I’ll throw a brick at my TV. Or Marriott’s TV, depending on where I am in January when they reveal the top of the list.

Okay, 10-3 at the half. I’ll take that on the road. Time to fill up the Munson cup with whiskey.