This is something to behold.
Remove the Big XII schools from this, and it’s not a shock that we had the best record in the SEC in the 1980s. It feels like we should’ve been lower in the 90s, but the upward trajectory starting the 2010s is refreshing, finish with 100 wins for the decade and, of course, now owning the best records in the 20’s.
What’s equally refreshing to see is where Florida and Auburn are in the 2020s, exactly where they deserve to be.
FTMFs.
PSA, the final series of the year has a first pitch of Thursday night (tomorrow) and 8 pm. And it’ll be a biggun.
Technically tied for fourth in the SEC with Alabama, Auburn is highly regarded and could use Georgia to boost their RPI and improve their postseason standings with a series win. SEC Tournament is up next…but with Georgia projected as #3 by some media outlets and looking to host a Super Regional (fingers crossed we don’t implode), it’s just as important to the Diamond Dawgs.
Oh, and Thursday night is Senior Night and Wear Orange night on the Plains.
Go Dawgs, and reminder…Auburn Sucks!
Shot:
Chaser:
Serious question…given the location, the hotbed of talent they can recruit from just like their counterparts in Tuscaloosa and Athens…the years of tradition and passionate fans…
Why does Auburn suck this bad? Granted, it couldn’t happen to a more deserving team, outside of Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, but looking at these couple of stats, it’s somewhat amazing that Auburn’s been this historically bad for this long.
Does anyone know what happened? Meddling big boosters? The Rise of Alabama in the 90s and 2000s? An Aztec curse?
Curious for your thoughts.
How far has Auburn fallen? They think they are going to become Indiana.
For those who think the Indiana blueprint is easy to copy, I have some oceanfront real estate in Hahira to sell you.
We’re also going to see how sustainable the Indiana model is going forward now that all of the COVID players are pretty much gone now.
Refugees, discuss.
Brendan Sorsby is already looking at the money line for CFP to follow suit. Not a matter of IF, but more like when.
Shorter:
The mechanics of the expansion in the men’s tournament would include eight additional at-large bids. What’s known now as the First Four — eight teams playing four games in Dayton, Ohio — would expand to 12 games played by 24 teams at two sites, one of which was expected to remain in Dayton.
So not too drastic of an expansion, but it would’ve allowed for Auburn, Champions of the NIT and likely West Virginia, who won the post-season College Basketball Crown, to have participated in the NCAA Tournament. While this would’ve quieted the Barners and Daddy Pearl’s griping about not getting it, it would’ve stolen the false sense of pride that Aubie could get from winning a lesser tournament, as it’s hard to see Auburn making the Final Four givn the product on the floor.
But, as we all know, that’s not the driving force behind this. Quite frankly, it’s more of that sweet, sweet green that college sports champions so much today.
Money, for the win.
How do you turn a shit house into an outhouse? Easy. Just add some layers and fancy decorations and call it what you will. But it’s still just Jordan-Hare.
Another reminder that today’s your cheapest day to sit and enjoy football in the greatest stadium in the most glorious college town on earth. Get out and touch grass, Refugees.
Go Dawgs.
I think I’d like to be a caddy just to overhear some of the conversations that would arise from these Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl golf outing pairings.
I think we are using the term “Legend” here liberally. Kirby Smart, as it pertains to the football world, is a legend. But to attach that to Freeze, Fishfry, Roof, and Chantastic?
I’ll leave my thoughts about Smart’s pairing to myself so as to not turn this into a Playpen Post, but I will say this is your Friday, April 17th, reminder that Auburn sucks.
While it’s been a delight beating Auburn so routinely for so long, it does seem like it’s become less of rivalry to our younger audience. If you ever wondered why, take a gander at this:
I’ve got a child named Georgia who’s never seen an Auburn Victory over Georgia. Maybe she was the chosen one (I think she is, and she does, too). I have a total of three girls, and between them, ages 8, 10, and 12, they’ve combined only seen Auburn beat Georgia once, and two of them watched what Georgia’s response was to an Auburn loss in the SECCG in 2017.
I also have a young staffer who was born in 2000, and has seen it happen so few times but is old enough and wise enough (and also a UGA grad) to realize that this record during the new millennium is exactly the way it needs to remain until 2100.
“We beat the dawg crap out of them” was said, and we’ve never looked back. Here’s hoping we keep it going another 74 years.
Go Dawgs!
Good news: Dawgs beat Gators to even the series. After a disasterous single inning to open the series on Friday night, Georgia came back and beat the Hogtown ballers 5-1 on Saturday.
Now for the mystery of who the Day 3 starter will be to try to take the series. Should be intriguing…first pitch is at noon today on the usual outlets.
On to women’s tennis, who is still laying waste all those who dare to compete with them:
Women’s Softball dropped a 4-3 game to Missouri.
Georgia Men’s Tennis is having their Senior Day today and is facing everyone’s favorite, Auburn, to boot, at Magill. You’ve got one world of orange suck next door in the baseball stadium, so just come to the general area wearing red and you’re doing your part.
Go Dawgs!
Lol.
I think I’d opt out of posting anything at all. But they did, and shortly after the Men’s Basketball team posted this:
Go Dawgs, and FTMFs.