Wins come in various shapes and sizes. All of them are wins, though, which I'm telling myself to feel better about last Saturday, and to make myself feel better about this upcoming Saturday. Credit due to Mizzou's front seven for making us earn that win, but it was not encouraging to see our O-line get manhandled and our receivers unable to get separation. A road win in the SEC is not something to be ungrateful for, and others have it worse than us, so once again blessings should be counted.
Auburn awaits, and with that comes the familiar feelings of late Autumn in early October-which still feels weird to me. As I've said before, my hatred for Auburn has waned over the years, but my desire to win this game remains as strong as ever. I'm not sure quite what to make of this game after last week in the good Columbia, much less what went down on the plains. I've no desire to tempt fate or raise the ire of the football gods, so I'm just going to rest in the knowledge that even with a 17 point lead, Auburn can still find ways to lose.
One thing I am looking forward to this Saturday is that we finally get that CBS 3:30 game. Not only does it reflect that we are a premier team, and this is a storied rivalry, but it also is an opportunity to hear the dulcet tones of Gary Danielson's analysis. I'm telling you, that man is an analyst's analyst. With every word he utters, I feel my knowledge of the game deepen.
I'm almost glad we are losing the CBS contract, because that man belongs in the pentagon doing intelligence analysis. I mean, if our asshat foreign policy leaders and head-in-ass four stars had a man like that at their side, we might not be on the brink of nuclear holocaust. And I'm going to be really pissed if the morons running our country and NATO take us into World War III during this run of Georgia Football. Really pissed. For about 27 minutes, at which point I'll watch the best fireworks show I'll ever see for about a second and a half. It should only hurt for a split second.
As for the rest of the conference:
Alabama – Nice job scouting the Missouri State game tape.
Arkansas- This is why I told you to go to your room after that game.
Mississippi State – Well, damn, I didn't expect that from you.
Texas A&M – Buyouts are a bitch.
Ole Miss – You're making me feel better for picking yall to be third. I still hope you lose to Arkansas, though.
LSU – It's only Auburn. And you still lost to FSU.
Auburn – To piggy back off of David Hale. I have your stapler. It's beautiful and red, and I'm keeping it because you don't deserve a swing line stapler until you have a line of scrimmage.
South Carolina – You're still giving us hope that you can beat Tennessee.
Mizzou – You also gave us hope that you can beat Tennessee.
Kentucky - This is how the Donnan years felt for us.
Florida – Do what LSU couldn't and you'll be undefeated. In non-conference play.
Tennessee – I was pulling for your bye week.
Vandy – I'm sorry, I lost track.
Hopefully I can get back to posting more over the next week or two. Work is demanding right now, and I've been a bit distracted by the possible rapid annihilation of Western Civilization this past week. I've prepared myself for a slow motion collapse, so it's a rather sudden change of gears and expectations. Hopefully there will still be internet next time I try to post. Until then, may your soup be warm (just warm, not nuclear hot) you're beer be cold (not nuclear winter cold) and your bar tab affordable.
You know this is the one day out of the year that I don't pull for Georgia. But maybe I should and do some reverse psychology on my Auburn guys. Whatever. It's going to be ugly, with a large UG. The Captain's unbiased prediction- Auburn's defense plays well in the 1st half, and the Auburn offense does OK against a little beat up Georgia D. Georgia still leads 24-17 at the half. But, as usual, Auburn does almost NOTHING offensively in the 2nd half, the Auburn defense is gassed from being on the field too much, and Georgia goes on a tear. Final score- UGA 45, Auburn 20.