Get up, ‘Dawgs! It’s Saturday in Athens! Here’s some tailgate music for those of you who planned to fly into the Classic City only to have your plans spoiled by November winds and/or technical difficulty:
We begin as is our custom with the week ten hype video, narrated by legendary Houston County Bear Jake Fromm:
Jake is right. For these Dawgs in particular the most important game of the season is the next one. If this
team is focused and plays clean football it is likely the best in the nation. If the Dawgs don’t beat the Dawgs, I don’t think the Tigers will do the job on their own.
Moving on to the Friday night injury report, the news is generally good for the Red and Black, except where it’s pretty bad.
Drew Bobo has been moved from questionable to doubtful, leaving the Bulldogs to start either Malachi Tolliver or Cortez Smith at center. Smith got the nod at the tail end of the Ole Miss game and has warmed up with the second team at center all season, so I’s expect the sophomore to get the nod.
Josh Horton, who left the Ole Miss game late and stood on the sidelines is apparently questionable. Frankly I just assumed he was being subbed out until he popped up on the week’s first injury report. Fortunately, the Classic City Canines are as deep on the defensive front as the offensive line, so this one doesn’t look likely to create a huge drop off.
Again, if you were traveling to Athens via airplane I hope you made it okay (as did the Missouri Tigers, who apparently left sensibly early in true Midwestern fashion). The same can’t be said for the Ole Miss Rebels, who got stuck in Oxford and couldn’t make it to Norman for their game against the Oklahoma Sooners until Saturday afternoon. That prompted the SEC to delay that game until Sunday, and prompted Oklahoma athletic director Roger Denny to have what the teens would refer to as a “D1 crash out.”
I understand a certain amount of this is performative, and that Denny is expressing anger on behalf of fans who now have to alter or cancel their plans, as well as Oklahoma staffers who’ve now had to fully replan the game day routine. But in the SEC, where this sort of of thing happens annually during hurricane season, and we generally react to it like adults rather than petulant children. Maybe after a couple of more seasons in the league til he Sooners will get there. Hope springs eternal.
We’ll be back later with the always entertaining Game Day Live Thread. Until then,
Go ‘Dawgs!!!
