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"ANF Day" And The Oprah-ization Of The Iowa Football Experience
Probably the most newsworthy thing to come out of Iowa's Media Day last Friday was the news that "ANF," or "America Needs Farmers," the campaign conceived by Hayden Fry in 1985 to draw attention to the difficult circumstances facing the American farmer at that time, is coming back in a big way...
Instantaneous Ill-Informed Roundball Wrapup: South Carolina 78, Georgia 77
So, basically, it's like Mark Fox is Lane Kiffin with better manners, since all the Georgia Bulldogs seem capable of achieving on the basketball court are moral victories.The last few minutes of the first half stunk for the Red and Black, so a visiting squad that ought to have been out in front by...
Revisiting My Preseason Forecasts (Part II): Assorted Oddball Predictions
Here in Bulldog Nation, we believe in finishing the drill. Yesterday, I reviewed the conference championship predictions from my preseason forecasts, and I now turn to the more freewheeling, open-ended, and (generally) boneheaded prognostications I offered in August. These are they: The Bulldogs...
Whither Blackout?: Whether the Black Jerseys Should Go the Way of the Red Britches
I hesitate even to broach the subject, but it is a topic that we in Bulldog Nation ultimately must discuss. What are we to do with the black jerseys? We all know the course of events. The black jerseys, which previously had not been worn by a Georgia squad since the Rose Bowl at the end of the...
Dawg Datum of the Day
Without a doubt, my favorite quotation from a Georgia player at S.E.C. Media Days was this line from Mohamed Massaquoi: I don't think I play better in the black jerseys, but definitely more emotionally. We love putting them on, and hopefully can wear them a little more this season. I’m...
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