The year was 1968. Georgia had completed a remarkable season behind the leadership of Brad Johnson and Jake Scott, and were headed to the Sugar Bowl to play Arkansas with National Championship implications on the line. Unfortunately, for the Dawgs, there was a far more dangerous opponent than the Razorbacks on the eve of the big game.
"Jake Scott was the only person at Georgia who could beat me at pool, at the time", stated George Swift III in a Dawgma exclusive interview. "We used to play all the time at the old Fifth Quarter in Athens during my tenure as a graduate teachers assistant in the Economics department, and as luck would have it, I ran into Jake and some of his teammates in New Orleans on the eve of the Sugar Bowl on Bourbon Street."
"Jake and his buddies were already drunk, so I continued to encourage their drinking into the wee hours", said Swift. The next day, Arkansas, (an 8 point underdog) trounced the Bulldogs 16 - 2 in a game that wasn't as close as the score indicated. "It was the most money that I had ever made betting on a football game at the time", chuckled Swift.
So, dear readers, keep an eye out for the football team on Bourbon Street this year. And also, pay particular attention to the Hawaii team loitering around Harrahs, (you know how Asians do love to gamble).
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