Dawgs Win 42-30 Over Reptiles

As some of you may have noticed undoubtedly noticed, I was out of town this weekend, attending the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party in Jacksonville, Florida. And for the second time since I have been a student here at UGA, the Dawgs pulled out the victory. The celebration at left occurred after the Dawgs scored for the first time; Coach Mark Richt said after the game that he had threatened to make everybody on the team run if they did not get a celebration penalty after the touchdown. This is a marked difference from last year, when CMR had assigned places for every unit on the team, and no-one was allowed to move around on the sidelines.

Matt Stafford went 11/18 for 217 yards and 3 TD's; he did throw an early INT that was returned for a Gator score. Knowshon Moreno ran for 188 yards on 33 carries and punched in 3 TD's of his own. The Georgia D looked solid, holding the Gators to 107 yards on the ground, including a 13-rush, -15 yard (yes, negative 15 yards) performance by Tim "I Can't Believe People Thought I Would Win the Heisman" Tebow. The majority of the Gators' rush yards came from super-freak WR Percy Harvin, who had 10 carries for 97 yards. The Worldwide Leader has an error-filled article about the game; compare the scoring summary on the left to the text of the article and see how many inconsistencies you can come up with.

So Dawg fans, remember whatever voodoo curses you muttered in the direction of Gainesville, and save those socks and boxers. Superstition may be hokey and old-fashioned, but I'll be damned if that drive back from J-ville isn't half as long after a win.