Cocktail Party Hangover

Apparently, the "Jort-Out" worked. Touche, Gators.

Check out Senator Blutarsky's write up on the game. He makes some good observations, especially in defense of Martinez and the D whose head the idiots were already calling for in the post-game. People who don't understand football making commentary on the game upsets me almost as much as idiots who only care about the Bible voting....wait a minute...damnit!! Oh well, it's football season; I said I'd avoid politics during football season, and it's been real hard to do with it being an election year and all. Moving on. There was one thing bothering me about that game, but the Senator describes it more deftly than I was attempting this morning, so I'll just quote him here:

"I don’t know who gets the lion’s share of the blame for the playcalling in the first half - whether that goes to Bobo for the calls, or Stafford for the reads - but there were plenty of head scratchers. As Mergz noted in the comments to my previous post, Strong gambled by playing eight in the box to stop Moreno. Playing that many so close to the line also meant that screens, passes to the flats and that abominable zone read play where Stafford keeps were all going to be extremely well defended, too. Yet, we saw all of it. And it all got shut down. In the meantime, that meant there were yawning gaps of real estate with no Gator defenders patrolling them in the middle of the field. Crossing routes, slants, posts, throws to the tight end over the middle were all invited, and the few times that the Dawg offense took Strong up on his offer all resulted in resounding success. But for some reason, Georgia was clearly reluctant to exploit this. Why? I have no idea."

Well said. I do not want to take credit away from Strong's D, but we did make some questionable calls and poor executions.

Cheers to Florida for bringing the Veer back. I wish it hadn't been against us, but it was nice to see such a retro offense given a fresh, spread-style update. The Veer is like Novocaine, give it enough time and it always works (Remember the Titans). Tebow's perfect to run it and Meyer's perfect to coach it - no matter how douchey he is. And, God, is he douchey.

This is the worst loss Richt has suffered as head coach. Let's get it out of our system and hope we don't see another one like this for 10 more years. What makes this loss so bad was the apparent giving up. We didn't fight back. Against Bama, we got owned, but kept fighting. That's what I wanted to see and it didn't happen. Why does Florida control us so effectively mentally and emotionally in this series? Now, we're going to have to come up with a gimmick for next year, I guess. Or, just work harder as a program and, especially, coaching staff, to change the mindset. That's what Spurrier did when the Gators took this rivalry over, and it's what Richt has to do now. Gimmicky shit will only get you so far (see: 2008 'Blackout' against Bama).

In a serious case of gridiron shadenfreuden, it felt kind of nice to see Texas lose last night after we lost. I wanted them to win and put Tech in their place as an upstart, system-offense having, little-brother program...until we lost. Then it was good to see the pain shared by someone else.

And, for all those who constantly say it, sometimes football is NOT "just a game." If I invest emotion and interest, and dedicate time and effort into something, that's my choice. It makes it important. Football might just be a game to you, but not everyone. No more than that heirloom cake plate of your grandmother's is just a plate, or your dog you've raised and loved its entire life is just a dog, or your grandfather's family Bible is just a book, or your home where you live with your family is just a house. You get the idea. Things have different importances to different people and it's not okay to try and take that away from someone.

Oh well, win or lose, we still booze!