I was out of pocket on Monday following a busy weekend, so I’m nowhere near being up to speed. For the benefit of those of you who are as far behind the eight ball as I am, here is what every loyal citizen of Bulldog Nation needs to know this Tuesday morning:
Jman781 was the first to break the news here at Dawg Sports: Tony Parker has made his decision, and his school of choice was not Georgia. What caused Parker to hang up when mama called? Ostensibly this:
It's Thursday once again, Dawg fans, and you know what that means... EUROPA LEAGUE SEMIFINALS!
Who will play for the giant levitating prehistoric wine goblet?? Find out LIVE on a secret channel available only to DirecTV subscribers!! (Via)
LOL... no, seriously, there is an item of note or two actually happening in the world that we actually care about. (Just so you know, though... some soccer players give great fishing advice, too. Just saying.) There's not a ton of relevant Georgia news that has broken since Tuesday, honestly... but good stuff nonetheless. To wit:
- Mark Richt is saying... well, pretty much exactly what you'd expect him to say about UGA's discipline policies. The most relevant part of his statement? "I'm not gonna change the way I discipline"
(Tankertoad is totally surprised.) Actually, he gave a very thoughtful, insightful answer to a question posed to him at a Bulldog Club event recently in Augusta. To me, it just confirms that we have the right guy on the hot seat at the helm of this program. #MarkRichtHotSeat
- Georgia is apparently not the only school that would be interested in scheduling an inter-squad games in the spring against other nearby teams. David Cutcliffe addressed the issue and boiled it down to the bottom line for us. (Cutcliffe's Duke team is, as you might be aware, located in close vicinity with other schools in their area that they enjoy competing against.)
- Arkansas is expected to announce a decision in its coaching search soon... and Phil Fulmer has thrown his Krispy Kreme-stained hat into the ring. PLEASE NOTE, Arkansas fans: If you hire Fulmer, every award and football facility in Fayetteville will be renamed in honor of Clint Stoerner.
- How do we know that the SEC's equal-distribution of money is really having an effect? Vanderbilt is building a massive indoor practice facility. Of course, this being Vanderbilt, their official press release points out that this facility will be available for use by regular students and club teams. Personally, I can't wait for the day when James Franklin is forced to practice outside during a driving Nashville rainstorm because some snotty rich kid from Vermont had already scheduled the field for his intramural lacrosse team and wouldn't give up his spot.
- IMPORTANT NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION FOR PILOTS: The planet Venus is not an airplane. Please make note of this for future reference.
Have a great Thursday, everyone... and
Good morning, Dawg people. On this fine Tuesday morning, I hope all of you have settled into your respective work weeks, keen on the idea that, while it's not yet Wednesday, today is not Monday...so everything must be Tuesday. Whether that's a good or bad thing is up to you, but the Chairmen of the Board seemed to be thrilled with the idea, and it worked out pretty well for them. Oh, you don't know that song? Well then, here you are...let's follow up with some bits to nosh on after the jump...
March is on its last legs, the pollen count’s as high as an elephant’s eye, and Easter is fast upon us. Time, in sum, is flying, which means it’s tough to keep up with all that requires your attention, but have no fear, for your Tuesday morning edition of Dawg Bites is here to bring you up to speed on all things Bulldog:
If it’s springtime, it must be football season! Actually, no, that’s in the autumn, but in the meantime, there is football news afoot, as Mark Richt is being inducted into the highly specific Palm Beach County (Fla.) Sports Hall of Fame, pads are popping in spring practice, and (as highlighted here previously) our own MaconDawg has provided a thorough recruiting update for the SB Nation homepage.
If your week has been anything like mine, you’ve been positively slammed, at home, at the office, and everywhere in between, which makes it tough to keep up, but you need not worry, because I have here the rundown of all the noteworthy news in Bulldog Nation, including a brief look back at yesterday’s sports results, a gaze ahead to the weekend before us, and a glance at the headlines deserving our attention this Thursday morning:
Vote for Herschel! What do you mean, "Vote for Herschel for what?"? It’s Herschel, and he’s in the running for something, so, for crying out loud, vote for Herschel!
As Bard Parker noted, Sanders Commings received a year of probation as a first offender after entering a guilty plea on charges of disorderly conduct and simple battery stemming from his January arrest. By the way, this is neither here nor there, but the judge, Charles Auslander, was a classmate of mine in law school.
A fine "Guten Morgen" to everyone in DawgNation this morning on a day that should be, but isn't, celebrated by the majority of red-blooded Americans. You see, today marks a significant day in the history of American Pop Culture and how it influenced millions of American youth over the past half century, in that today marks the 84th anniversary of the birth of one Fred McFeely Rogers. The TV Show "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" was a staple in my household growing up, so much so that my brother, downindixie, was once heard responding to a question posed by Mr. Rogers with "Mr. Rogers, you never listen to me." In any event, let's go ahead and jump on down to the links for the day.
It’s Wednesday morning, and, as Larry Munson would’ve put it, "There’s no time! There’s just no time!" Consequently, I’m not going to ask for a large chunk of your morning, just a few quick moments while you scarf down that initial cup of coffee, within which to get you up to speed. Here is what you need to know:
Bulldog Nation is a busy place, so, if you don’t pay attention, you could miss a lot. Aside from the events already covered comprehensively here, recent days in Athens have seen Bubba Watson falter at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, the Georgia softball team take two out of three from Mississippi State in a weekend series to claim a No. 8 national ranking, four Georgia track and field athletes earn first-team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships (including pole vault runner-up Morgann Leleux and record-breaking heptathlete Cory Holman), the men’s golf team exact a little country club sports revenge on Southern California for the Trojans’ men’s tennis win over the Bulldogs by upsetting No. 6 USC in match play at The Maestro in Montecito, Calif., Sarah Persinger win acknowledgment as the SEC freshman of the week, and the men’s tennis team improve its ranking to No. 3.
Good Tuesday morning, Dawg fans! First, your public service announcement for the day: For those of you in the Dawgosphere that are domiciled in Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, or Virginia, don't forget that today is your opportunity to vote in your state's Presidential Preference Primary for your party of choice. As for myself, by the time this post goes live, I will be standing at a site in Oconee County with a name tag that says "poll manager" on my chest, politely asking people not to discuss political candidates while they're standing in line at a polling place. So, in other words, please say a prayer for my sanity. :-)
(Note: This is not a politically-slanted message or an endorsement of any candidate running in either party's primary. I'm simply advocating that you take an active part in participating in your country's democracy, or constitutional republican form of government, or whatever you want to call it.)
Mark Richt wants YOU to participate in your government! (Though, if you live in Dodge County, it doesn't really matter... they've already taken care of all that pesky "voting" stuff for you. No need to weigh you down with trivialities of life.)
Now, on to your regularly-schedule Georgia Bulldogs sports news! First, as always, we make with the football storytelling:
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