Well, here we go again. Mark Fox's Georgia Bulldogs will be hosting the Arkansas Razorbacks in Stegeman Coliseum at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the SEC Network. Should you be so inclined, you may track (though not watch) the game here.
The Hogs are an enigmatic team, having in the last two and a half weeks beaten the Michigan Wolverines and the Vanderbilt Commodores while losing to the Alabama Crimson Tide and the LSU Tigers. Arkansas, which is still looking for its first win of the season on an opponent's home court, travels to Athens hoping to unleash "40 minutes of Hell," in honor of the roundball strategy, biography, and documentary of the same name, all of which are discussed in a recent podcast at Arkansas Expats, SB Nation's Razorbacks weblog and, I believe, the only blog in the network with "sex" in the URL.
If you can stomach another evening of Georgia men's basketball---and, honestly, at this point, no one would fault you if you couldn't---please join in the conversation in the comments below.
Go 'Dawgs!
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not confident. We have to limit turnovers. And of course, get lucky enough to score 70+.
Mr. Sanchez - February 8, 2012
How many times have we broken 70 this year?
Not being snarky either. I’m legitimately curious.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via mobile
Three:
South Dakota State (72), Mercer (72), and Winthrop (92).
So, um, yeah.
T Kyle King - February 8, 2012
We pwned Winthrop
DavetheDawg - February 8, 2012
Worth exactly $1.
vineyarddawg - February 8, 2012
Unrelated, but . . .
. . . Georgia golfer Bryden Macpherson has withdrawn from school, albeit for a good reason. As the winner of the 2011 British Amateur Championship, he has been extended an invitation to the Masters, for which he plans to prepare rather than engaging in intercollegiate competition this year.
T Kyle King - February 8, 2012
as long as I see a G on his hat
he has my blessing (as it turns out, he doesn’t need my blessing.)
Mark Mandingo - February 8, 2012 via mobile
Offensive pace tonight is totally new.
Loving it and it’s working really well.
We should keep doing this.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Agreed.
An Arkansas run is inevitable. Let’s see if we’re able to handle it when it comes.
T Kyle King - February 8, 2012
Dang it, I'm just going to say it:
I think we have a shot at scoring 50 tonight.
T Kyle King - February 8, 2012
Not on TV for me down here in Cubaville.
And ESPN3 is so maddening (I wish their video quality would just default to low-res “craptacular” instead of hi-res “always frozen”), I’ve given up.
If someone is able…could you post a score every now and again. Thanks.
DavetheDawg - February 8, 2012
I'll try, but I really suck at score updates.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
That's okay...
tell you what…just post a score once Arky takes the lead. Otherwise, I’ll just assume we’re bound for glory tonight.
DavetheDawg - February 8, 2012
Up 41-19 currently.
Not joking.
2:18 left in the 1st half.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Let me pick myself up off the floor
and then I’ll try to respond.
DavetheDawg - February 8, 2012
Yeah, it's pretty unreal.
They’re still jacking up too many treys and committing too many fouls, but the Bulldogs are rebounding well and driving to the dadgum basket. Georgia leads, 43-24, with 1:14 to play in the half.
T Kyle King - February 8, 2012
And we lead 43-24
At the half.
Connor came in and played terribly.
And all of our decent post players have 2 fouls. And Djurisic still misses easy lay ups and commits dumb fouls.
But everyone else is killing it.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
I guess we'll find out
if this team can handle prosperity. Something tells me this game won’t be a 20 point victory…
DavetheDawg - February 8, 2012
You're right.
The Arkansas run will happen; arguably, it started during the final few minutes of the first half. How will the Hoop Hounds handle it when it comes? That’s the question. Georgia can put this game away for a solid victory, but Georgia can still lose this game, as well. The first eight or ten minutes of the second half will tell the tale. If the Bulldogs don’t put the stake through the Razorbacks’ heart early, foul trouble could make the last ten minutes pretty dicey. (We have four guys with two fouls apiece.)
T Kyle King - February 8, 2012
Checking in from Durango....Dogs are up?...must be the Drake Bulldogs
..OK I’m trying to temper my cynicism in 2012…hard, so hard
Vietnam Dog - February 8, 2012
We've got our lead
Now all that’s left is the patented ten minute scoring drought.
Dawg from Canton - February 8, 2012
Dude.
This is like that one game every year (or two) where everything falls perfectly into place and we beat a longtime rival by 38 points, isn’t it?
vineyarddawg - February 8, 2012
It very well may be.
Up 51-30 now
16:35 left.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Arkansas went on a bit of a run, . . .
. . . but the Bulldogs survived, and they kept doing what’s been working.
We’re not out of the woods yet, but, if the lead is still hovering around 20 points at the ten-minute mark, the fact that so many guys are in foul trouble probably won’t come back to haunt us.
Keep those fingers crossed, Bulldog Nation. . . .
T Kyle King - February 8, 2012
We've reached the point in the game where we get called for anything and everything.
Up big = really touchy about fouls.
Down big = “go ahead and frisk the other team”
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Hey, Dave
55-30 now.
14:22 left.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Looks like I picked the right week
to start sniffing glue…thanks!
DavetheDawg - February 8, 2012
Just tried ESPN3 again...
it’s hopeless.
DavetheDawg - February 8, 2012
we look comically, terribly bad against the press.
and we clearly don’t care as much.
Up 60-41 after being up by 27 just a little while ago.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
this is a could comment
tankertoad - February 9, 2012
how much time left on the clock?
Vietnam Dog - February 8, 2012
6:51 left
70-47 dawgs.
Back to back 3’s by the Count of Montenegro.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Thanks for the updates...
I’d like nothing more than to play spoilers down the stretch this season.
Go Dawgs!
DavetheDawg - February 8, 2012
1:27 left.
79-59
We’re emptying the bench, so it may end up looking closer. But man.
Great game.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
I never thought this team could win by 20 against any club
Vietnam Dog - February 8, 2012
81-59
Go. Dawgs.
DocSkraynj - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Dawgs win!
Spears - February 8, 2012
For the record, . . .
. . . the instantaneous, ill-informed, and ecstatic roundball wrapup has been posted on the front page. I almost entitled it “40 Minutes of Heaven,” but I decided to put that on the site header, instead.
T Kyle King - February 8, 2012
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