I'm back! (again)

And so is Georgia, after taking care of business three weeks in a row after dismantling future PAC 10 champion, Arizona State!

For an analysis of the LSU game, please read my response to a disgruntled Hispanic gambler from California, (be sure to read the first five or so posts):

http://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=64&sub=100535926&page=1

Did Hawaii cover last year against Cincy? I cannot remember.

Week 15 - I'm Back!

Sorry for the hibernation. When you pick a favorite to win in week 1, (Michigan) which goes against the primary focus of the blog, you need to sit in the penalty box for a few weeks. Suffice to say, it was a good thing because it's been a tough year for underdogs this year.

Anyway, I am going with a big underdawgma selection for week 15:

HAWAII + 7

Cincinatti has secured a trip to the Orange Bowl, and I expect them to be a bit flat going across the Pacific to play a meaningless game. Actually, the reason I picked Hawaii for Underdawgma's first underdawg selection was because of the accompanying photo.

Week 1

My initial thoughts regarding the slate for week one of the college football season is a resounding, "zzzzzzzzz". While I believe that there may be several underdawgs worthy of consideration to pose an upset, I am having difficulty nominating just one. I believe that all favorites are being reminded of what happened to Michigan last year, and for the most part we will see mostly sloppy football with no big surprises, (unless La. Tech upends the Missing Link, Sylvester Croom).

With this being said, I am going to deviate from my usual underdawg selection, and start the season off by making the following prediction:


Michigan 38
Utah 17


Michigan probably wants to win their home opener this year, and I like nothing better than a favorite with a double incentive:

#1 Their humiliating loss in the home opener last year to Appy State

#2 I like teams who use a big bowl win as a springboard for next year, (Michigan whipped the Gators).

I could care less that Michigan lost their QB, running back, and head coach from last year. They are going to beat Utah's ass.

College Football reports are on the way...

But Olympic women's wrestling may be my new favorite sport.

The State Amateur in Macon

Dawgma returns after a prolonged absence to congratulate fellow links competitor, Hal Greer, on his recent performance in the Georgia State Amateur held at one of his home courses, Idle Hour Country Club. Hal made the cut with an impressive 2-day total of 144, and then coasted to a merry weekend in which nothing else really mattered.

Dawgma was able to capture this exclusive picture of Hal with a rules official during play on Saturday. While the conversation was difficult to interpret, our sources indicate that Hal was pointing out the scene of his first blow-job back in 1983.

Good read:

Next time your wife interrupts you during a "private" moment, let her read this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3072021.stm

OH MY GOD!

Be sure you read the entire article. This is incredible...

http://cfn.scout.com/2/742391.html

Greer/Swift team to miss Haskins 4-ball

Reports out of Macon, Ga indicate that the team of Hal Greer, (and partner) may miss the Haskins four-ball due to an unforseen scheduling conflict. Sources indicate the two are planning a trip to Phoenix, AZ on March 27 to spend the weekend with their good pal, David Bliss.

Also, my third prediction from below is wrong. It should read:

Dennis Felton will be saved by God in the form of a tornado.

Early 2008 predictions

I hope everyone won tons of money last night on the Super Bowl. My biggest winner was "over" the number of times Peyton Manning was shown during the telecast.

Kind of a boring time of the year to blog about anything in particular, so perhaps it is appropriate that I make a few predictions for 2008, (in no particular order).


1. Girls will get naked at this year's Peach Blossom party.

2. Hal Greer will be clubhouse leader after the first round of the Georgia State Amateur, (and miss the cut).

3. Dennis Felton will be named the new coach at Grambling.

4. Georgia's football team will wear black at night versus Tennessee, (and win by 19).

5. Michael Vick will find God, and be granted an early release, (only to violate his parole with an undercover female police officer).

6. Osama Bin Laden will be caught right before the November election.

7. John Daly will get in a final round pairing with Tiger Woods, (and beat him).

Conference championships and more

Just watched the replay of the Sugar Bowl last night. I spotted my wife and daughter in the stands with 7:28 to go in the second quarter, (by that time I believe $64 worth of beer had been consumed in the Superdome). The game was much better from the first row in the corner of the end zone than on Fox television, I might add, and Hawaii's offense was by far the worst we had played the entire year. My theory on the run-and-shoot offense is that it works best when run by a team who has the best quarterback, receivers, offensive linemen, and running backs in their entire league when playing against a shitty opponent.

Now for my underdawgma pick for this weekend's conference championships...



Surprise! There is not an underdawgma selection for this week. As much as I would like to pick the Giants because of their road dominance, Brett Favre is better than Eli Manning. Also, when going back to 1970, most of these games are decided by 14 points or more. Go figure.

Aloha!

Greetings all! Finally made it back from New Orleans last Thursday, and have not had the desire to blog until now. The only comment that I will make from the game is that Hawaii was the worst offense that UGA played all year. The best chance they had to score against our starting defense was best captured in the photo I took at the Warrior team hotel before the game, (that's Miss Hawaii standing between two drunken dawg fans).

Nonetheless, it's time to switch gears to Pro Football and discuss my selection for the upset special of the conference semi-final games. We have four games this weekend in which all dawgs are receiving more than a touchdown. Be careful, however, as all bets are off when it comes to the playoffs. There may be a blowout or 2, but I am sensing a major upset brewing. New England? Good guess, but I don't think the Jags will quite pull it out. My gut tells me to go with the least tempting underdawg on the board. Look no further than the...

SAN DIEGO SUPERCHARGERS!!!

I have not heard one single pundit giving them a shot at winning this game. Therefore, lock'm down! The chargers are the pick to win outright, as the Colts are caught looking too far ahead.

underdawgma selections

Hated to see Mich State suspend some players. Gonna stick with them, but may want to side with the Terps as well on Friday.

Saturday:

Croome it


New Year's Eve:


Fresno State


New Year's Day:

Illinois!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Be safe.

Merry Christmas!

Underdawgma early bowl release

Congrats to all the Underdawgma faithful who sided with the Falcons, yesterday. Today I would like to give you an early bowl treat:

Michigan State

I can't imagine that BC is very fired up about travelling to the Sunshine State again after all 27 of their fans made the trip to the ACC championship back in November. Also, early bowl results indicate that the favorites, (and general public) are bombing thus far, (dawgs are 4-2 vs the number).

Not only are the Spartans getting more than a field goal, the public is betting on BC, as the line has moved a point.

A Hawaii fan posted the following message on an internet message board:

When the Warriors rumble out onto the Sugar Bowl turf on New Years Evening,America will witness in them everything we hope to become as a nationsomeday. For in the warrior nation... America will see a coalition of race,creed, and culture so diverse yet so dynamic and wound together so tightlythat together they have forged a brotherhood so powerful that they'vevanquished every opponent put in their path. The Warriors represent what ournation can become if we ever put race, prejudice and hatred behind us andwork as one toward a common goal.The Warriors as a team have embued their spirit into their fans and intotheir State. When America looks into the Hawaii stands at the Sugar Bowl,they''ll see the same rainbow coalition of faces joined in spirit behindtheir team. Every race living and working together in the spirit of Alohaforging a powerful force and a mana so strong that very few can overcome it.In contrast, across the field we'll see the past... a part of our nationwe'd like to forget. In the stands a sea of white faces many of themdescended from former slave owners cheering on a team where 90 percent ofthe starters are descended from former slaves. These African Americanplayers from Georgia will witness the spirit and power of the warrior nationand when it's over win or lose they'll wish they were a part of the Warriornation, instead of being the white man's mercenary at the University ofGeorgia.


The Dawgma response: At least during our history we never ate our neighbors like you cannabilistic rainbow fags!

Underdawgma pro selection of the year

After using "The Theory" in the pros last weekend, I am ready to give my Underdawgma "Pro" lock of the year for this Sunday's slate...

You guessed it - Atlanta Falcons

Not only will the "Birds of Pray-er" cover the spread, they will beat the cards straight up. Enjoy your winnings.

Arthur Blank rejects first coaching resume

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Simon & Garfunkel

The year was 1986. I was hunting in Argentina with my grandfather, George "Sonny" Swift, and we had a 2 night layover in Buenos Aires before taking a plane to Esquel, (damn near close to Antarctica) to shoot geese. I had just rescued Grand-dad's farm manager, Terrell Dixon, from some cocaine-whores and their Indian pimp from a local disco club, (that's a story for another time). Seeing that I was in store for some extended travel time across the rather longitudinal country, I ventured to a street vendor selling cassette tapes. Unfortunately, the only thing I could find in English was Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits collection.

Over the next couple of weeks of hunting I found myself reflecting on life while listening to these somber tunes, repeatedly listening to "Sound of Silence" while driving across the barren wastelands of the Argentine countryside. Fast forward to a few moments ago when I read an article on AJC online that brought back memories of listening to another song from the cassette, "Mrs. Robinson".

My favorite verse of the song, "Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio..." urges all of us to reflect on the good old days, and sometimes forces us to wonder what has happened to our childhood heroes, (or villains for that matter). One such villain of my teen-age past has resurfaced, and I want all of you to pay close attention to who now coaches the WNBA team from Detroit:

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2007/12/13/wnba_1214.html


These are dire times, indeed, dear readers.

Falcons, Javelinas, and Dawgs, Oh My!

What a mess! Not only has the Atlanta Falcons football franchise seemingly imploded upon itself, fueled by the hubris of its current owner, and treachery of its former coach, but now this...

My father has retired from betting on football!

After last Sunday's tilt in which the favorites were an astounding 10 - 3, (and furthered by the Falcons inability to even try on Monday night) Dad has thrown in the towel. "This is the first time in 43 years that I have had a losing season in football, and I am afraid I'm gonna have to stick to the stock market", stated George Swift in an exclusive Dawgma interview on Wednesday.

Just what went wrong? I for one, think that there is a growing diconnect between players and coaches. As I stated to Matt Zemek a few weeks ago, today's atheletes live in a virtual world. When they are not playing football, they are buzy playing video games on their HD TV, or listening to the newest gangsta rap song about a Jamaican Drug Lord forcing his white girlfriend to engage in oral sex with his brindle-colored pit-bull. Mix in some steroids, cocaine, and a bag of weed and how can they distinguish between what is real and what is fantasy?

Welcome to pro football, Bobby "piss-ant" Petrino. You have to be one helluva leader to organize today's professional atheletes. It's not like at Louisville where the team members could only buy a few thousand dollars worth of party favors with alumni bucks. Today's pros have a much fatter pocketbook, and you better make sure you have a short leash on them, (or at least make sure that their leashes don't have a dead pit-bull on the other end).

The atrocities that today's athletes are committing are only going to get worse, (but humorously more creative, I hope). Thank God that we have a good Christian like Mark Richt, who has experienced the dark side, and knows that you have to let boys be boys every once in a while.

Great moments in Bulldog Sugarbowl History

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).