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It was hard for me to post from that video from Twitter to here on my iphone. Normally, I am fairly tech competent.

Apology accepted.

Got back from the Capital One bowl last night (my youngest is a huge UGA fan and this was a Christmas present to him).

My observations:
- UGA women >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nebraska women
- Aaron Murray really didn't impress me much. They had a lot of poorly defended long plays which inflated his stats. But after the first quarter I texted my wife: "I never thought I'd appreciate EJ Manuel this much".
- Nebraska had a good game plan. #22 was fun to watch, and my son (who fancies himself a RB) decided that's who he wanted to play like.
- UGA just has more athletes.

"- UGA women >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nebraska women"


what's next, you are going to post that the sky is blue?

How drunk were you? Aaron Murray has left a lot to be desired in many games, but he was putting passes on the money and making great reads Tuesday afternoon. EJ makes my eyes bleed. He checks down, scampers, and then tries to run up the middle so often I want to puke. His touch is terrible and he seldom makes more than one read. I'm glad he's done. Aaron I want to come back. Aaron would have had 6 TD passes if TK clutched the beautiful post fade into the endzone later in the 4th.

Aaron's pick 6 and other INT were typical of him, but he played lights out fantastic in that game.

"(my youngest is a huge UGA fan..."

Good Lord, how did you let that happen?

To his credit, EJ did lead the steamrolling of a middle-of-the-road AAA high school defense in the ACC championship.

That Al Groh says was the most divisive unprofessional place to work he'd ever experienced...

DDAL wrote:How drunk were you? Aaron Murray has left a lot to be desired in many games, but he was putting passes on the money and making great reads Tuesday afternoon. EJ makes my eyes bleed. He checks down, scampers, and then tries to run up the middle so often I want to puke. His touch is terrible and he seldom makes more than one read. I'm glad he's done. Aaron I want to come back. Aaron would have had 6 TD passes if TK clutched the beautiful post fade into the endzone later in the 4th.

Aaron's pick 6 and other INT were typical of him, but he played lights out fantastic in that game.

Stone cold sober.

Keep in mind my comment was in the first quarter, when he had just thrown the pick six. In the first quarter he was 5-10 with 2 picks (and 7-14 in the second quarter). Things certainly improved in the second half but there were a lot of bombs and dumpoffs that turned into long plays.

FWIW, EJ has now won 4 bowl games and never thrown a pick in one. He's been horribly inconsistent but I have a feeling we'll miss him a lot next year unfortunately. Overall I'd rather have Murray than EJ but Murray looked pretty bad in Q1.

Toemeesleather wrote:Good Lord, how did you let that happen?

We live in Georgia, and as the youngest he has the innate duty to go against the grain. So while my oldest two sons are big FSU fans, my youngest is a UGA fan. Incidentally, he was conceived in Nawlins when we were down for the '03 Sugar Bowl. I've wondered several times if he would have been an FSU fan had we won the game.

DDAL wrote:That Al Groh says was the most divisive unprofessional place to work he'd ever experienced...

BFD, can't have but one boss on a team. You see what having two did to FSU.

The conditions some kids are born into, maybe he'll luck out an marry into a good family.

We live in Georgia, and as the youngest he has the innate duty to go against the grain. So while my oldest two sons are big FSU fans, my youngest is a UGA fan. Incidentally, he was conceived in Nawlins when we were down for the '03 Sugar Bowl. I've wondered several times if he would have been an FSU fan had we won the game.

Would you have named him Fabian or Anquan? Hard to believe that I would be in Tallahassee in two short years after that game. Your sons have good taste in football teams.

Murray set a bunch of school and bowl records. I'd say he had a pretty good game.

Or else ya'll had a bunch of shitty bowl performances before this one...

The last bowl game with an SEC team will vindicate us.

Murray is coming back. Great news for Georgia.

If you say so.

Professor Tiger wrote:Murray set a bunch of school and bowl records. I'd say he had a pretty good game.

He had over 400 yards but that included a 75yd, 49yd, and 87yd TD. The first one was underthrown but the UNL DB played it poorly and let King catch and score, the second was placed perfectly though floated a bit, and the third was a short crossing route where the defense had apparently already given up. He made some nice throws but bounced a ton of balls to open receivers in the first half, I thought it was the second coming of AD McPherson.

DDAL wrote:Murray is coming back. Great news for Georgia.

Definitely - always good to have a senior QB.

ahhhh well. someone had to lose. sorry Murray, take it out on Alabama