Surrender cobras and empty sections were out in force yesterday as home teams on Separation Saturday were run out of their buildings. A number of teams had their playoff hopes dashed while a couple likely had their CFP ticket punched. As a result, the message boards were their usual genius-worthy selves.
Let’s start today’s trip in the morning in Salt Lake City to check on the BYU Bros after the Holy War.
Isn’t this what you think of when you think of that whole crowd?
-2 turnover margin and 11 penalties usually get you beat, Bros. 4 interceptions thrown. You’re lucky Utah didn’t run your sanctimonious asses all the way back to Provo.
I’m sure this week the BYU Bros will now be saying why Utah should be #1 in the CFP rankings over the Dawgs. Hey, Cougars, at least you won’t have to worry about Georgia running over and through you later in January as a result. At best, you’ll be the 11 seed now.
The ultimate troll by Utah fans yesterday.
I think I like those Utes.
This made me think of the joke – What’s the difference between a Baptist and a Methodist?
The Methodist will speak to you when heading out of the liquor store.
Let’s move on to Columbia East for the latest on the AgCult (because we can’t call them Texas 8&4 this year).
Did Mike Elko forget how to coach when he moved to College Station from Durham? I think it’s a matter of having a significant deficiency at quarterback. Marcel Reed is an athlete playing quarterback … he is not like LaNorris Sellers or Gunner Stockton, a quarterback who happens to be a good athlete. The Aggies outgained and outrushed South Carolina on Saturday to the tune of 206-109 (41 of which came on Sellers’s TD run late in the game) and 457-360. Both teams threw for 251 yards. The problem is A&M’s 250 came on 43 attempts to 31 for the Poultry. In this game, Reed wasn’t a running threat either.
It doesn’t matter what happens to Elko. The lack of a functional QB has been the problem in College Station since Manziel took his skills and his knuckle-headedness to the NFL for his cup of coffee in the League.
Let’s head down to the Bayou as the Kiffin Kancer’s audition for the Alabama job blows up in his face.
P.S. – the native Corn Dogs ain’t pleased.
With the money the governor spent getting Brian Kelly fired and the Laner to Red Stick and the money raised for his roster, you knew Joey Freshwater wasn’t going to get the benefit of building his program to win sustainably. Throw in Kiffin’s desire to go for it on 4th down where they failed 3 times, a big punt return to set up a short field TD, and a late muffed punt after the game was no longer in doubt. The Tigers were lucky it wasn’t worse. Alabama did nothing of note on offense generating fewer than 300 yards of total offense including a paltry 79 on the ground (2.7 per attempt) with a long run of 10 yards.
The Tigers host Texas and go to Tennessee over the next 2 weeks … 7-5 isn’t what Landry spent all of his political capital to make Kiffin happen.
Let’s head up to Columbus as the Buckeyes’ season goes up in smoke and the Yankees aren’t pleased about it.
2 years removed from the best coaching job of all time to back on the hot seat for the Just for Men spokescoach … life comes at you fast. The Ducks score 38 straight points in the Horseshoe after falling behind 14-0. Oregon limits Ohio State to 53 yards on 21 attempts on the ground. Yes, I understand some of that is the result of the score getting away from them. I heard boobirds raining down on the Buckeyes’ biggest recruiting weekend. I wonder if an edge player from Atlanta whose father is a DGD was in attendance to see all of that.
To cap it off, Jeremiah Smith apparently had a toddler style meltdown late in the 3rd quarter.
Couldn’t happen to a better bunch.
Let’s head back to a favorite spot over the years of this feature … Hogtown, Florida … after the Handbags’ season completely implodes in the Swamp at the hands of Oklahoma.
The Gators appear headed to the Gasparilla Bowl or somewhere similar after Oklahoma puts them down. The Sunshine State Showdown is destined for the ACC Network at this point given where Florida and Florida State are in the pecking order of their respective conferences.
Gator fans don’t even know how to spell their head coach’s first name … it’s Jon, you dimwit … or as we prefer it in these parts, Jonny Boy. Oklahoma stuffed the vaunted Buster Faulkner offense in a locker and threw away the key by limiting the Gators to 22 minutes of possession and 203 yards of offense. The Gator defense made John Mateer look serviceable on the day with his 263 yards of total offense and no turnovers.
It’s a great day in America when the Gators allow the Dawgs to beat them twice.
Let’s head to South Bend where Notre Dame’s season stays intact while the front runner South Florida douche bag fans bail on the program.
I said before the game that I wanted Miami to run Notre Dame out of their stadium. Alas, that did not happen. Instead, we got a game where the best quarterback on the field was on the other sideline in CJ Carr. I said what would happen when Miami’s offense wasn’t quite clicking or they ran up against a talented, motivated defense. We saw both on Saturday night as the Irish ran out to a 2 TD lead at halftime.
I don’t think the play at the end of the game should have been ruled a catch because he never really puts the ball away. I’m happy regardless because one side was going to be unhappy with the eventual ruling.
The question is whether the ACC is going to take action against Cristobal for his outburst in his post-game press conference.
Let’s end this weekend’s trip in the lovely hamlet of Oxford where the Dawgs lay waste to Mississippi in a way it hasn’t since Ulysses Grant came through Vicksburg.
That was fun … I’m definitely jealous of the Dawg fans who were fortunate and well-heeled enough to attend. Georgia did what Nick Saban Alabama teams did to teams on the road throughout much of his tenure – suck out their opponent’s soul like a dementor in Harry Potter. I think Rebel fans saw their window for doing something big close officially on Saturday night as the team made up of talented recruits playing for each other took the team made up of mercenary transfers behind the woodshed for an old-fashioned ass whipping.
The Dawgs rushed for 43 more yards than Ole Miss had in total. The Georgia defense sacked Trinidad Chambliss 5 times and really neutralized any running threat when plays broke down. Finally, Gunner Stockton did his best SBIV/Chambliss impression on the dagger that made the score 35-0.
Nate Frazier was all business from the moment he stepped off the bus with one of coolest caps you’re going to see. It seems the places that have that hat for sale per Google are having issues with their web site on Sunday afternoon. He went on the field and backed it up. DGD.
Rusty Mansell wins the internet for this TwiX late in the game.
What did you see this weekend to make you laugh? I hope you enjoyed this installment of “The Weekend That Was …” and remember “Humility is only a week away.”
Beat Miz-Who.
MBG Monday like the Dawgs is #1. Unless the dawgs are involved 😉
Did Mike Bobo steal Buster Faulkner’s magic crayons.
I want a hat like Nate Frazier’s too.
Not Nate’s hat, but close:
https://thepmgn.com/products/tdih-cotton-twill-hat
As usual EE…👏👏👏
Ole Miss fans felt the way we felt during the 2015 Alabama game, except hey weren’t wet. High hopes dash for the entire 60 minutes.
That was exactly my thought when I wrote that.
EE I look forward to this every week, man. I have the day off today so I’m reading it innthe deerstand this morning. Life is good.
I love to see those guys in pain! Look forward to this every Monday morning. Great job as usual. Go Dawgs!!!
great write up EE !
Great stuff.
Ole Miss your brief time of relevance… unless another judge grants Trinidad &Tabago another year… is over and you’ll go back to low, mid tier SEC rankings.
Great as always.
Don’t forget the weekly wheels falling off the north avenue hunk of junk.
At this point, given the crowd shots I saw from Saturday night, it looks like their fans don’t have the energy to get fired up on the message boards anymore…. You love to see it!
I looked at StinkTalk yesterday … there wasn’t anything genius-worthy to bring in. There was one idiot who thought this year would be 8 in a row to tie the Drought. Nerds may be able to do differential equations but can’t do basic counting.
Love it! 😂😂
Kiffin walking into Tiger Stadium with an entourage of celebrities prior to kickoff only to get embarrassed was kinda funny. That last turnover on downs with 8 minutes left in a two possession game would get you fired in the NFL.
Before the game, the SportsCenter X account showed that picture with some garbage about the Avengers assembling.
Junior looked like he had been thrifting for his garb on Saturday.
Man I hate ESPN. The Heisman narrative has shifted to CJ Carr and the kid from Utah. No mention of Gunner. I know we don’t care and never really get our guys the publicity but I hate it for our kids to be so dismissed because “Georgia’s a machine again so ignore them”. I truly believe Kirby has ratcheted up his intensity because he sees this is the season and team that can go all the way.
Time for them to put Arch at the top again
Totally agree FPD. Kirby knows this team is capable of winning it all. If they stay focused and healthy.
Trinidad should file a motion for the judge to reconsider.
Hilarious!
Post of the day!
Other than Auburn losing to the Hogs, I’m not sure how Saturday could have gone any better, with losses by Florida, Tech, Ohio State and Junior all losing while the Dawgs stuffed the Rebs. Knew there would be some epic MBG posts. Thanks for the pre-work laughs, ee!
Not gonna enjoy the cfp committee asswipes lame attempt to ‘splain what a 3 loss team means and can the dickwads put a 4 loss team in the top 12 playodff scenario…GO DAWGS!!
Don’t worry, they fixed it today. 24 team playoff next year.
Ugh, but not unexpected.
I don’t see why they aren’t reseeding this thing through every round if they really want to give the top teams an advantage.
Not sure they need another advantage. The top 5-6 teams are always head and shoulders better than everyone else. The first round at the very least is going to be uninteresting and ESPN will lose money. My guess is the second round will be populated by mostly duds too.
I think they should do that now. If the 11 pulls the upset over the 5, why should they get to play the 4 in a quarterfinal?
11 plays 6 now, so they’d play 3. But I get your point.
I meant 12.
Understanding there is a ton o shit involved here, would love to see the sec commish grow a set and revert back to a 8 (or even a 7) game conference schedule, then allow the sec to schedule any and every football program willing to go on the road for an ass whipping plus a nice parting check, since the sec normally populates 1/3 of the top 25 rankings, plenty of seedlings to go around, cause if Mickey states that the regular season only matters a tiny bit here, alittle bit there, the cfp is where the real $$$$$$ matter, then git off this 9 conference game suicide mission….if Mickey hasn’t thought about this, pay the institutions based on viewership numbers….GO DAWGS!!
I must say that despite how nice their fans were, they have to have without a doubt the most classless (unclassy?) stadium in the SEC. They had to stop play three times because people were throwing trash on the field. They keep a canned message for the matrix board to warn against throwing objects onto the field lest their beloved Rebels draw a penalty! Also, what other stadiums have you been to that had porta potties INSIDE the stadium?!?
What is wrong with their stadium announcer? He sounds…socially awkward. I phrased Thst as delicately as I could.
Not meant to be political or get into a religious debate or discussion. Of course I’ll cheer for the kid regardless, he’s one of my kids’ favorite Dawgs. But I see Nate Frazier wearing a rosary around his neck in that picture. I know I’ve seen things where he thanks God, Christ, etc., but I had never seen him talk about the Catholic faith. I’m just genuinely curious because I am a convert to the Catholic faith a few years ago from Protestantism, and I honestly didn’t hardly know anything about a rosary before I became Catholic, and he may not either. He may just think it’s a cool looking necklace with a cross on it. But does anyone know if he is a Catholic? I know it doesn’t matter to most folks, but it would be cool if he was, and it would give my family and kids another reason to cheer for a fellow Catholic Dawg!
https://247sports.com/article/5-star-ot-mark-matthews-commits-to-georgia-292414985/
Regarding the Utes & Mormons. They have another version of the joke out there,
Screwed that up, It is always best to take two Mormons fishing with you because if you take only one, he will drink all of your beer