Sunday, November 14, 2010

War Tigers show true colors

The age old story of football in the south -win at all cost- was evident in Saturday’s match up. Auburn’s classless display of sportsmanship adds to my bucket list of reasons as to why I don’t like them! I am not blaming Auburn for being excited in their win (I would be too); I am however stating the fact that Nick Fairley is a distasteful football player who should be reviewed by the NCAA. Football is a contact sport and an emotional one at that but this is not the first time that Fairley has been known to play “dirty”.


Despite the loss the Dawgs had some amazing moments during this SEC rival game and gave the War Tigers a run that no one truly expected. A.J. Green showed up and showed out with a career-high 9 catches for 164 yards and 2 TDs. A 1st half dominating force when you add in FRESHMAN Aaron Murray who bolted those passes down field to Green. Auburn may have Newton this year but we have Murray for many years to come. His accuracy was incredible on several down field passes and his ability to stay mostly calm under a forceful Auburn defense is to be recognized.


More records broken include Brandon Boykin who now holds Georgia’s record for kickoff return yards marking it with 1,655 yards. Bacarri Rambo was able to snag another interception this week and Justin Houston put up some great hits! I am proud of my Bulldogs and their ability to play hard against this top ranked team.


Do I think this game could have easily ended differently? Yes. I think that it was all down-hill after Auburn’s onside kick. Auburn taking the lead after the half when we expected to get the ball was a huge difference in the game for the War Tigers. I think that their 1-yard TD dive was a fumble before the goal line, despite the on field ruling. But like it or not things did not go differently and Auburn was the better team.


As Mark Richt said in his post-game press conference “football is a bottom line game and the bottom line is we are 5-6 right now”. All the Dawgs can do is take this bye week to rest & prepare to beat Tech so we will be bowl eligible!


Lastly, as far as Cam Newton is concerned - there is no denying that he is a phenomenal football player who dominates his opponents in several facets of the game. Ever since allegations have been made against him I have been confused about two things. One regards the “hearsay” allegations involving his father, and the other regarding Florida leaking private information. Regardless of the fact of whether or not the “cheating/stealing” accusations are true or not, it was two years ago and he suffered the consequences…move on and quit looking for a reason to deem him “un-Heisman” worthy. I don’t know him personally and I don’t know if the allegations are true, but that is just it - I don’t know so I’m not going to condone the whole “Scam Newton” name calling. Remember Bulldog Nation, Auburn is supposed to be the one’s lacking class…not us!

1 comment:

  1. Class is what your blogs are all about,refreshing when we look at regular reads. Keep classless in mind when talking about them War Tigers! lol

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