Happy Hate Week Thursday!
Here’s an Instagram version with Coach Dooley and Frank Ros speaking right before Erk.
GATA
*But not as succinct and to the point as our beloved Ranger Russ!
Erk said it best…*
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Category Archives: General Discussion
Dawglicious’ Hate Week Diary
Wednesday, 28 Oct 2026
Dear Diary,
I was thinking about ol’ Larry and how much I miss hearing his calls, especially for the big games.
But this is Hate Week, so here’s some hatin’, a 2-for-1 special!
Gary Danielson’s greatest call
Gary, for once, nailed it.
Many of us have seen (or owned on VHS) the “Larry Munson’s Greatest Calls Volumes 1, 2, and 3”.
Gary would have one volume, and it would contain only this play.
Shut up, Gary.
Dawglicious’ Hate Week Diary
Tuesday, 27 Oct 2026
Dear Diary,
(Lord, I apologize to Mrs. Browning for what I’ve done to her lovely sonnet: )
How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways
I hate thee to the depth and breadth and height
My bulldog soul can reach, when feeling the score is tight
For the endzone’s being an ideal place.
I hate thee to the level of gameday’s
Most hateful need, by sun or stadium light
I hate thee freely, as bulldawgs strive for a bite
I hate thee purely, as they run their plays
I hate thee with the passion for abuse
In my old griefs, with my childhood’s faith.
I hate thee with a hate I will not lose
With my lost games. I hate thee with the breath,
The piles, tears, of all my life; and if Kirby choose,
I shall but hate thee better after death.
Dawglicious’ Hate Week Diary
Monday, 26 Oct 2026
Dear Diary,
Mrs. Dawglicious has wondered why I refer to our reptilian adversaries as the “Handbags of Hogtown”. I could answer the handbags part easily, but really didn’t know why our GTPR community has called Gainesville “Hogtown”.
Last week, we were traveling back from Orlando on the I-75 through enemy territory* when I saw the tiny sign labeled “Hogtown Creek” by the bridge. I pointed excitedly and showed her as we hurtled by.
You learn something every day!
*We do not make pit stops in Hogtown. Family has been instructed to hold it until we get to Ocala.
Fourth Quarter Krypton…
…especially at night in Sanford, or in a takeover of another team’s stadium, is always a Point of Bulldawg Pride for most of us. I wouldn’t trade that for anything. You’ve got the Redcoat Band, a soaring classic John Williams theme, and thousands of cell phone batteries draining into the red all at once. Chill bumps appear and I am frozen in the web they weave…*
Which leads me to ask, just as a fun little thought experiment: Let’s say a long time from now, one of the titans of the Athens music scene goes off to the Great Gig in the Sky. The Sanford Stadium In-Game Programming Committee** decides to honor their memory with a singalong a la what the Handbags do with Tom Petty and “I Won’t Back Down”.***
What Athens musician(s) would rate this type of treatment in your mind?
What song would you choose to hear 93,000 of your closest friends sing in their memory?
At what point during the game would be appropriate to do this?
Or…since Tom Petty got there first and Florida jumped on it, you just cannot stomach the thought of looking like we’re copying the lizard people?
My vote would be for any of the boys from R.E.M. with “The One I Love” being short enough for a TV timeout, easily memorized lyrics, a simple chorus of “Fire!” that gives the harmonizers in the crowd a chance to float above it…
One that would be funny to see is Widespread Panic’s “Chilly Water”. I would expect a repeat from when Panic opened for the Rolling Stones in Denver a few years ago. Unbeknownst to the older Stones fans in the crowd, the tradition when “Chilly Water” starts playing is to take a water bottle and sling water all over and around. You can imagine the grumpiness this caused. If Georgia were to implement this as tradition, I would suggest anyone sitting near the student section to bring a poncho.
What say y’all?
*Name that tune.
**I totally made this committee up. It’s probably a couple of interns.
***I know you all just heard Ranger Russ: “FTMF gotdam hippies”
Please excuse our dust!
Good morning, y’all!
I was traveling on business in Orlando yesterday when I read JP’s post about hanging up his cleats due to his personal situation. It was heartwarming to see all of your responses and comments of support for him as he goes through this tough time. JP’s efforts and contributions have been a huge part of keeping this little slice of the Dawgnation internets going since the good Senator’s passing.
As you might expect, the remaining “Powers That Be” are making some halftime adjustments* this off-week as we prepare for Hate Week and the second half of the regular season.
If you’ve ever been to Disney World and seen the sign above outside of your family’s favorite ride, it can be disappointing. Of course, we are not talking about a several month closure; this is more akin to being in the parks and seeing a temporary shutdown of a ride because someone drank the water on “It’s A Small World”.
Thank you for your patience, this ride will be resuming shortly!
Your humble power that be commish,
Dawglicious
*Kirby and Co. are pretty good making adjustments…we’ll take that as inspiration!
7 days, folks!
…until the Fabris Pool! 9 days until the really good stuff.
Any of y’all remember from the old, old Dawgvent (I think it was there) in the early CMR days with the poster who would count down the days to kickoff with a header like this? Sound off in the comments if you recall.*
I have really enjoyed Otis’ Countdowns with the trading cards these past couple of years. They help me get through the awful, no-good boring offseason (and I usually learn sumthin’! )
We’ve just passed the century mark in pickers for this season, still plenty of room!
Here’s the link if you haven’t joined yet:
https://www.funofficepools.com/joinpool.php?Passed_Pool_Key=ac3ed76a2f2
Invite the missus, tell your old man!
Your humble commish,
Dawglicious
*Well, I could have done an internet search and found out, but then again, maybe Mrs. Dawglicious is right about her “no phones at the dinner table, even if you just have to figure out that bit-part actor that’s in everything but you can’t remember their name to continue the conversation” rule.
So, to stimulate our minds and make for better discussion, go!
“Would you rather have a team that’s winning games with a logo…
…or no logo not winning?”,as Georgia A.D. Josh Brooks posited in the 247Sports.com article linked below:
If other insurance behemoths were a sponsorship choice, the “Mayhem” guy from Allstate would’ve worked well with Kirby’s desire for havoc on defense. Of course, Jake from State Fromm was a natch match. The Geico lizard is too closely related to the Handbags for my taste, so they’re out.
It’s also interesting to see the hodge-podge of lucky 13 schools are that Progressive is sponsoring:
Ole Miss, Boise State, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas State, Oregon, Purdue, SMU, Syracuse, Texas Tech, USC, Wake Forest
Fellow GTPR’s: How do you feel about Vince Dooley Field being sullied for filthy NIL luchre?**
Discuss….
*I tried to get ChatGPT to get more of that “creepy hot” Flo look, but maybe that’s an area all this recent corporate expenditure on A.I. can be put to good use
**I love our traditions and traditional looks to things, but I kinda lean towards winning, too. YMMV
It’s Moving Day – Redcoat edition
The only thing about the pandemic’s impact on sports was this:
Enjoy the golf today. Otherwise, enjoy the fusion of 2 traditions unlike any other.
Let’s go, Golf Dawgs!
Tuesday Refugee Roundtable: Field of Streams
One of the fonder childhood memories I had was having access to not just one but two Major League Baseball teams – the Braves and the Cubs – that I could watch to my heart’s content without paying a thin red dime. Many of you did to, regardless of where you’re from, hence the Braves being dubbed “America’s Team”. I think WGN also aired the White Sox but my boyhood innocence somehow thought the Cubs and the Braves were almost like brother teams to one another because they wore red, white, and blue, so I don’t think I got into the Sox.
Anyway, long gone are the days of the “superstation”. I also think back to Georgia football in the 90s and Jefferson Pilot sports. Somehow, I enjoyed watching games free from the corporate, Disney World flavor of broadcasting that accompanies these games nowadays. To be honest, I hadn’t watch a Braves game in a while because they were being carried by some group that didn’t air on any of the stations in our cable package, and, well, the team sucked just enough for me to not really care. Now, here we go again…
Just my humble opinion, but it seems like the organization is more interested in building their entertainment empire than they are in trying to field a winning team. If on Amazon, I have a subscription, but somehow I envision watching will come at a higher price for subscription.
Thanks, but I think I’ll pass.
Anyway, for today’s Roundtable, is it the network we watch on or is it the needless surrounding noise that accompanies game that is taking the luster off sports nowadays? I can’t hardly watch football without “let’s get back to the studio” with a cast of clowns, the Braves don’t exist on my viewing packages, and I haven’t had an interest in the NBA since Jordan hung it up. I will say I watched the Stadium Series in Tampa on Sunday and quite enjoyed it, but it wasn’t without the annoyances of “entertainment” between periods. If there is a good thing, like watching European Football (soccer), it’s that the action is relatively free of commercials and commentator bantering. I somewhat enjoyed it.
How about you? Are you less or more entertained with sports than you were when telecasts had a touch less “production value”?