Couple of things
- Well, I suppose one of my dirty little secrets is that I really have never cared for Big City Bread, but nonetheless it's disheartening (and somewhat odd) to see the wholesale bakery close ... under rather mysterious circumstances. From what I can gather, the bakery sold a ton of its baked goods to a variety of places throughout Northeast Georgia so, though definitely possible with a host rising costs, it's puzzling to think it closed down due to economic struggles. On the surface it sounds like the Burgesses, who took the business over in May of this year, apparently desired to simply do something else.
- Though not a terribly interesting issue to say the least, a fee for internet telephone users seems to be quite logical based on the existing system. If we're charging a small fee to fund our 911 service to land-line users and wireless users, why wouldn't you include internet phone users in this equation?
- What in the world does this quote by Hawaii coach June Jones mean with regard to his Warriors' schedule - "A questionable schedule? Rightfully so. Mark (Richt) knows how hard it is at Athens High School to go undefeated and win 12 games. It doesn't matter who you're playing. A lot of teams have found that out this year with the upsets." - Was that a shot at Georgia? Or was he legitimately saying that it's hard for anyone at any level to go unbeaten? Coming on the heels of him berating Tim Tebow on two national media outlets, calling him a 'system quarterback' who couldn't cut it at Hawaii and that the Heisman Trophy favorite wouldn't make it in the NFL, I'd obliged to think he's throwing some stones.
- Since I grew tired of checking every day, The Safe As Houses Water Challenge now happens every once in a while. But we're still doing pretty good.
- Though not a terribly interesting issue to say the least, a fee for internet telephone users seems to be quite logical based on the existing system. If we're charging a small fee to fund our 911 service to land-line users and wireless users, why wouldn't you include internet phone users in this equation?
- What in the world does this quote by Hawaii coach June Jones mean with regard to his Warriors' schedule - "A questionable schedule? Rightfully so. Mark (Richt) knows how hard it is at Athens High School to go undefeated and win 12 games. It doesn't matter who you're playing. A lot of teams have found that out this year with the upsets." - Was that a shot at Georgia? Or was he legitimately saying that it's hard for anyone at any level to go unbeaten? Coming on the heels of him berating Tim Tebow on two national media outlets, calling him a 'system quarterback' who couldn't cut it at Hawaii and that the Heisman Trophy favorite wouldn't make it in the NFL, I'd obliged to think he's throwing some stones.
- Since I grew tired of checking every day, The Safe As Houses Water Challenge now happens every once in a while. But we're still doing pretty good.
posted by Jmac at 9:26 AM
4 Comments:
I somehow didn't hear about the "system quarterback" comment when Jones made it originally. Now that's funny.
As much as I'd love it to be, it wasn't a shot at Georgia.
I agree. He was just saying that anybody has a hard time going undefeated, even "Athens High School."
Of course, this argument is unpersuasive, since Athens High School (whoever that is) presumably plays against similarly-talented competition. We do not, in fact, give teams 'credit' simply for going undefeated, no matter who they play. If a high school goes undefeated against other high school teams that are decent, then we give them credit. But if a high school goes undefeated against an all middle school schedule, or if a Five-A team goes undefeated against all 1-A teams (or whatever), this is not really impressive. (Though occasionally, of course, there is a small 1-A school that can really take it to you.)
Hawaii has played nobody. I'm not saying that's their fault necessarily--if they can't get people to agree to play them, then fine I'll concede that point. But it doesn't matter why they didn't play anybody decent; the fact remains that they didn't. The criticism is not moral--we aren't 'punishing' them for not playing anyone with a pulse. It is a factual/criterial criticism; if you don't play anybody with a pulse, then going undefeated is not impressive per se. Hawaii didn't play anybody with a pulse (for whatever reason; it doesn't matter). Therefore, Hawaii's undefeated record is not impressive per se. QED.
Others have already said it, but let's say it again and hope that the spell is eventually broken. Hawaii is not "respectable" simply because they went 12-0 against that schedule. Answer me honsetly: what would Kentucky's record be against that same schedule? They would be most worried about Boise State and Washington, but should beat both of them. UK would very likely go 12-0 against the 119th schedule in college football.
And notice my use of Kentucky as an analogue. This was deliberate because UK really is a good analogue. Kentucky is clearly not a BCS caliber team this year, but at the same time they are respectable. They deserve to go to a bowl. What's more, they are capable, if all the bounces go their way, of beating the '#2 team' in the country. In fact, they did just that.
So I'm not saying that UGA will hammer Hawaii no doubt about it, or that UH isn't capable of beating us, or that UH doesn't have a very fine offense. There is doubt about it, they are capable, and they do have a very fine offense. UGA must take the game seriously, just as we had to take Kentucky seriously.
I'm not even upset that we 'have' to play Hawaii. Beating an undefeated team in a prestigious bowl, getting to be the team that sets the standard of top-tier college football vs. trying-but-not-quite-there-yet college football, is an honor. The Dawgs better not blow it.
It was fun hearing about how Boise State was the future and they were going to shock us and then beating the snot out of them. Boise State...yawn. It will be fun doing the same for Hawaii, if we do the same to Hawaii.
If we fart it away like we did to West Virginia, though, then that will suck. So, again, just in case the three Hawaii fans are scouring blogs looking for 'bulletin board' material, let me be clear: Hawaii can beat us. Their offense is something to be reckoned with. But Georgia should, despite all this, beat them soundly. But they are to be taken seriously.
Hawaii might beat UGa. It's one game on a neutral field. They're decent; UGa could play poorly in a game they continue to advertise they're not happy to play; Hawaii could win.
Which would prove: not much.
Any one team from most anywhere can beat an SEC team in one game. To extrapolate from this that that team and its non-BCS conference is the equal of the SEC is ludicrous, until that team plays UGa this Saturday, Auburn the next, and LSU the one after that. Run that gamut, and hit that stretch where Kentucky and South Carolina and Mississippi State constitute breathers.
Then talk to me about you and your conference being Big Boy Calibre.
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