Let all the Bulldog faithful rally behind the men who now wear the red and black with two words, two simple words which express the sentiments of the entire Bulldog Nation: Auburn Sucks.
Numb. Unemotional. Withdrawn. Those are the feelings your humble commish experienced this weekend, and that was before the damn game in T-town. I guess it’s a protective shield I’ve built for myself and my loved ones after years of practice, but it works and I’m ready to see what Kirby can do over the next two weeks to get our Dawgs clicking for sixty minutes, rather than the second half.
As for halves, we are nearing the half way point of our season, and some of us have had very unDawg-like nice first halves! Especially StuartDawg, who paired a tie-breaker Week 5 victory over 10-2 SUhatter94 with a leap into first place in the season standings! Nice job, Stu!
Bam!Zoom!
Plenty of season left, y’all! Lick those wounds and let’s take it out on the Barn this week.
Your humble commish,
Dawglicious
P.S. Week 6 games post on Monday once lines are finalized in the site
As one commenter said, “don’t love it, don’t hate it”. Something feels off…then you realize it’s Luke Combs singing it, not Tom Petty. Little did I know there was a country western tribute album called Petty Country released a while back, and Combs is one of the contributors. He may have struck lightning by remaking Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car, and while this ain’t bad, it pales in comparison to the actual Petty version (note: the Petty estate gave the blessing for this, so not a knock on anyone, just saying).
Florida roots aside, I love me some Tom Petty. So let’s cleanse our ears by putting up an original version of one of the greatest to wail in Southern Rock history:
Born in Valdosta but raised in north Gainesville, Florida, Petty was inspired by an early encounter with Elvis as a family member worked on a film set featuring the King somewhere near Ocala, Florida. As a fellow Refugee pointed out, Petty learned the guitar from Don Felder, who would go on to join the Eagles and write Hotel California. Though he worked on the grounds crew at the University of Florida, he never attended though the Gator faithful claim him as their own. Maybe this attachment to an SEC foe is why the league went with the Combs version.
His earliest musical endeavor was a band named Mudcrutch, which featured Petty and two members who would go on to make up the Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. They only had one recording, Depot Street, that had studio quality but didn’t chart anywhere. Clearly, from the jump, Petty had a style of his own:
Sounds a little like Elvis Costello, no? Regardless, Perry’s unique, somewhat nasally balladeer sound that merges Bob Dylan with a slow southern drawl is one of a kind.
My one recommendation to the SEC, keep the video, replace the lyrics with their original artist. As a Dawg fan, it doesn’t bother me if they play Tom in Gainesville on game days. Some artists just don’t (or can’t) need to be covered or re-recorded, and Petty is one of those artists.
Not trying to be Petty about it…or maybe I am doing just that.
