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Four to Five

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The NCAA is one step closer to the 5-year timeclock on player eligibility.

Under the new rule, athletes in all sports will be given five years of eligibility over five seasons once their college eligibility clock begins. The clock starts upon initial full-time enrollment in college or at the beginning of the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first.

The move is meant to eliminate the need for redshirts and waivers, which have drawn scrutiny in recent years as athletes have sued the NCAA challenging eligibility rules.

Athletes who just completed their fourth season of eligibility without a redshirt would not be granted an additional year. Schools will have flexibility in determining whether to use previous eligibility rules or the new age-based model for athletes with eligibility remaining after the 2025-26 academic year.

Prospects who graduated in spring 2026 will use the age-based model.

“With these changes, the Cabinet has taken decisive action for the benefit of student-athletes and the system of NCAA Division I athletics,” Illinois athletic director and Cabinet chair Josh Whitman said. “For many student-athletes who enroll in college immediately after high school, these changes will result in the opportunity to potentially compete for an additional season in their chosen sport. For campus officials and coaches, this change provides rules that are simpler to administer and easier to predict for roster management decisions.”

What’s not readily clear is whether that time clock starts with JUCO enrollment, but it does end the idea of redshirting and allows for five years of participation. Which makes me wonder how it would’ve affected this guy:

His first year of enrollment was 2017, which meant his eligibility would’ve ended with the 2021 National Championship and Carson Beck would’ve been piloting the 2022 team…would the results have been the same? Would Carson have survived the New Year’s Eve shooting match against Ohio State?

With NIL reigning supreme, it’s become more apparent that college athletes have less motivation to declare for the NFL draft early, which should be great for development-oriented coaches like Kirby Smart.

Now for the real question…let’s see how enforceable this actually will be. As I’m sure you are not surprised, attorneys are already chomping at the bit.

Tuesday Refugee Roundtable: Overrated/Underrated

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This came from somewhere on the interwebs and it’s not even worth sourcing, just take a look at it:

I notice a lot of chains listed on here, and I refuse to believe that the best spot to grab some wings is a chain, in any college town. Not that Oklahoma State is listed as a KFC. And, of course, there might be some good local places on here but that would open up an argument that there is somewhere better, and that the listed on is overrated.

Anyway, today’s Roundtable is about this: what’s the most overrated thing about Athens or maybe Georgia gamedays?

To get the conversation going, I’ll throw a few out there:

  • Overrated: Dining Experiences – I say this only because I’ve been to places that people deemed to be the “best of…” something, whether it’s the atmosphere, wait staff, or the cuisine, and I’ve walked away spending a butt load of money and not with a sense of satisfaction. It feels there’s lots of overpriced and trendy “theme” places that have popped up, and many of the new ones just weren’t that impressive.
  • Underrated: Dining Options – Don’t get me wrong, I’m not Anthony Bourdain and maybe I miss the point or don’t have the palate, so there’s that. What Athens, to me, is great for is having so many dining options in such a small area. A range of domestic and international cuisines are in the downtown area alone, with some other goodies maybe a long walk or short drive nearby. There’s definitely not a time where you’d be “I can’t think of anything I’d like tonight” if you’re in Athens.
  • Overrated: Bulldog Clothing from the neck down – People used to get super pumped about the release of new Nike UGA shoes, and whenever I’m in the bookstore or any other place that sells Georgia apparel, it seems like we’ve gone far too wide and not too deep. Lots of styles and options out there, but I’m a pretty simple guy and like my standard red or black polos and not much else. I wear the same kit until it’s melting off my body or until someone tells me it’s becoming indecent, or both, but I’ve never been a big variety guy when it comes to this.
  • Underrated: Bulldog Hats and Caps – This, again, is mostly personal, since I’m more of a hat guy and I can appreciate a nice and unique hat. While I loved my old 90’s snap back, big letter UGA cap and wore it until it fell to pieces. Still, every time I went back to get a new hat, I was so impressed by the new choices, I couldn’t stop with just one, sometimes two. Not sure why this only applies to my headwear and not my main body, but I love the variety of caps available.

These are just my humble opinions, so don’t take this to mean I’m preaching the gospel, just getting the conversation going.

Have at it in the comments.

Applebee to Washington

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In honor of the 80 days to college football, here’s a clip of a famous 80 yarder from 1975.

From UGA Sports:

On a wet and heavy Gator Bowl surface late in the game, Florida drove to Georgia’s 38-yard line with a 7-3 lead but was forced to punt. Tom Dolfi’s kick went into the end zone and was brought out to the Bulldogs’ 20-yard line with 3:24 left in the game. At that point in the game, the stagnant Georgia offense had completed just 2-of-9 passes for 29 yards with two interceptions.

The Play

Eighty yards from paydirt, Georgia quarterback Matt Robinson took the snap on first down and faced his left. Senior Richard Appleby, as he had done several times during the season, ran an end-around from his left to right, and was handed the football by Robinson. From his tight end position, Appleby carried the football six times in 1975, but on this particular play, he would suddenly stop and plant his feet into the rain-soaked turf.

Appleby arched back his right arm and threw a long, wobbly spiral nearly 50 yards in the air. Flanker Gene Washington, left all alone by an unsuspecting Gator secondary, caught the ball in stride around Florida’s 35-yard line and easily strolled untouched into the end zone for an 80-yard touchdown, waving the football in the air in celebration.

Following the Appleby-to-Washington touchdown play, Florida still had possession twice more in the game’s final three minutes. However, the Gators first lost a fumble. They then missed what would have been a game-tying field goal, as the Bulldogs held on for a 10-7 upset victory.

Go Dawgs!

They Don’t Go to School No More

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Here’s an interesting insight into why Branch transferred to Georgia. While the reason is interesting enough, listen to the whole thing, particularly the end where one of the interviewers mentions he’s hearing that some athletes don’t even go to school.

Sad enough to hear that there’s a football program that won’t allow extra exercise, but I’d imagine that what the young man said here wasn’t inaccurate. When’s the last time you heard of an athlete being “academically ineligible”? Does it even matter anymore?

The last one I could think of for Georgia was Caleb King back in 2011. And about that graduation rate…if they aren’t going to class, did they really graduate?

Georgia vs Florida State: The Bland Ole Opry

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Yeah, instead of awesome new home game we haven’t seen before, let’s all head up to Kid Rock’s bar and go watch a game played between two teams that had to travel father away than necessary to play a game in Tennessee.

If they thought bowl games were becoming irrelevant, maybe the OOC matchup played at a neutral site needs to become irrelevant. Unless it’s a rivalry (and to be honest, I couldn’t care at all about Jacksonville) why the hell did these ever get started anyway?

So It Goes

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Live by the homerun sword, die by it. What a ride.

I don’t want to hear anything about swag this, unbuttoned that, they represented the G well. And the CWS is the most challenging tournament to navigate in college sports.

Go Dawgs.

Message Board Geniuses – Who’s your daddy edition

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The Hamburgers said on the SEC Network on the night they became official members of the SEC, “We want Georgia.” I think they have found out they don’t really want Georgia anymore.

For Mcm23, we find the combination of a triple letter score with a Q and a double word score that empties the tile for a 50 point bonus every time we play them.

Let’s let Kirby have the final word:

Three In a Row…

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Baseball is a funny sport. As we’ve seen as Braves fans, you can be a team on fire and just like that…go cold. If you’d told me that Georgia would have only used two pitchers in two games, I’d be pretty confident we’d be 2-0 and sitting pretty, but as it stands, we’re facing elimination tonight against a Texas team that just walloped the hell out of Alabama, 14-2, and I’m sure is hungry for redemption against the Dawgs.

Aside from a Lujo homerun and a timely Ishikawa hit against the Horns (and aside from Volchko’s masterpiece), the offense was spotty on Saturday night and was nearly non-existent on Monday against Oklahoma. Three solo homeruns, Phelps seems to have disappeared, hitting sub-200 in the tournament, and it’s pretty clear that pitchers are working carefully around Jackson whenever he comes to the plate.

So, tonight at 8 pm, we get another shot and we’ll have to beat Texas again, and let’s not think about what comes after, just what’s in front of us. Fortunately, we have lots of fresh arms…but what about hungry bats? Just know if we lose tonight, we’ll be inundated with a lot of retribution from a fan base that’s on par with Tennessee an Tech when it comes to “gotchas”.

Dear Sour Power Dawgs…get that mojo back tonight!

Dawgs Getting Ready in Omaha

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You think this game is important or something? Take it from the Sooner killer himself.

Now I realized watching Saturday that Wes isn’t a big guy…Kirby is my height (5’11” on a good day)…but check out Stretch Smart here.

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Marrying a Lady Bulldawg basketball player has its benefits, no?

Especially when they are a forward/guard who is six feet tall

.Note: Andrew is listed as 6’2”. Colton Nussmeier is listed as 6’3.5”. I’d imagine we’ll see Andrew under center in Athens in about four years.

Hopefully tonight’s game isn’t a pulse raiser like The Rose Bowl…but if it ends in a Dawgs win, I’ll take it.

Go you Sour Power Dawgs.

Clean, Old-Fashioned Ownership

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Here’s a happy Monday visual for you!

We’d be an easy nine in a row if they hadn’t backed out because of COVID, but seven wins in 35 years makes our struggles to Tennessee and Florida pale in comparison to Tech’s epic failure to get a leg up on the Dawgs in the series.

Fear not, Techies, eventually the powers that be in college football will break away, form their own leagues, and you won’t have to play the Bulldogs every year, unless you make the College Football Playoff, amirite?

And if you think they won’t ever make it, they shouldn’t, at least, not until the expand the field to 64 teams.