Choked January 23, 2008

I think the days & weeks leading up to the Sugar Bowl this year were tough on most Georgia fans for a variety of reasons. First, we got shafted out of the MNC, no question. We dropped several spots in both polls for No F%cking Reason. The media hype for this match-up with Hawaii was so biased and Georgia became the guinea pig of the BCS. We knew there wasn’t much of an upside to playing the rainbows unless we dominated & drop kicked their “Haka” back to Pearl Harbor. Add to that, the gimmicky offense of June Jones wasn’t something we’d faced before - even the our most loyal fans, myself included ashamedly, were worried about a possible repeat of the Sugar in ‘06.

But like so many times this year, especially in the last 7 games of the season….Georgia had the last word. We came out guns blazing. And Hawaii?

Well, THEY CHOKED!

  

“You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow this opportunity comes once in a lifetime…”

I’ve said it many times and I will say it again. No one does highlight videos like the Bulldawg Blawg. Nobody. And just an fyi, this one was just of Colt Brennan getting mauled. The full highlight video of the Sugar is coming soon.

“He’s choking, how everybody’s joking now, the clock’s run out, time’s up, over…”

I know watching this kid (another Heisman finalist, btw) getting his head knocked off repeatedly can be a little hard to watch. It was for me towards the end. Then I just remember all the shit he talked to our D at the line of scrimmage and remind myself this isn’t Ring Around The Rosies.

“But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water…”

This was their one shot. Their chance to prove they were as good as they claimed to be. Their chance to show us what the Haka really means, slitting of the throats and all. It was Colt’s chance to prove he deserved to be there with Tebow, McFadden, and Daniels at the New York Downtown Athletic Club.

They Choked.  Btw Colt, Marcus Howard says hello

It was UGA’s shot too. To prove we deserved to play in the MNC game. To prove we deserved to be ranked higher than 4th or 5th in the polls. To prove we could destroy the dreams of Div I’s only undefeated team. To prove we deserve to go into next season with at least a top 3 preseason ranking. To prove we’ve earned a spot in that upper echelon of college football’s elite teams.

The Dawgs proved all of that and more….and they didn’t choke.

Go Dawgs!