My Letter to Pat Forde

Recently, Pat Forde wrote a column on ESPN.com entitled \"Alabama Delivers Last Rites to Georgia, Arrives on Title Scene.\" One paragraph in that article bothered me so much that I had to write him back. Here's the letter I sent to him. Hope it finds you all well and in good spirits about the Tennessee game and the East in general.

Pat -

Usually I am a big fan of your writing, as well as of your assessment of southern football. However, I read one thing in your recent column (\"Alabama Delivers Last Rites to Georgia, Arrives on Title Scene\") that really bothered me.

\"Alabama led 31-0 at halftime on its way to scoring the most points it ever has against Georgia. The first half was such a mauling that the Dogs were booed as they left the field. Those who weren't booing had already left, stunned by this series of unfortunate events.\"

That is patently untrue. As a season ticket holder, I was at the game and personally witnessed applause and support for our Bulldogs by most of the Sanford Stadium crowd for the duration of the game. I didn't see a large number of people leaving until the fourth quarter, after our first possession following Prince Miller's punt return TD was stifled. If anyone was getting booed at halftime, it was the referees, who made some questionable calls which, while they didn't affect the outcome of the game, certainly contributed to the sour mood of us fans.

Pat, you're a good writer. You don't need to make Georgia's fan base out to be a bunch of booers and quitters and hate-on-the-teamers. Almost every Georgia fan I talked to on the way out of the game and on the buses back to the parking decks was very positive. We still have a tremendously good shot in the East, thanks to what Ole Miss did to Florida on the very same day. We still get to play everybody else in the East and we control our own destiny. We travelled across the country and defeated a Pac-10 power handily. We are still very much in the national title race, and are nowhere near outside of the SEC title race.

Please take this to heart, and read the article (posted on georgiadogs.com by a representative of the NCAA) that I have linked here. And, if you think about it, you might want to comment on ESPN.com about Georgia's fan base. Tell the truth about us. We love our Dawgs.

www.georgiadogs.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB...0&ATCLID=1594691

Well said dapolla!!

I read that article by Pat Forde as well dapolla and got very angry. You know I was at the game myself and wondered what section Forde thought the boos were coming from. I swear I did not hear a single boo from anybody near my section of Sanford. Heck, you and I have both already commented about the good spirits of the Dawg fans as we left the game Sat. night. Anyways, thanks for taking the time to set Mr. Forde straight. I had already decided that I just wouldn't read any more of his columns.

He's an idiot.
He's an unfair idiot.

Sic'em Dapolla! Ironic, as Alabama fans are the most impatient and fickle of them all. That's okay, let Bama feel the pressure of high expectation. We play better sneaking up from behind.

True, Alabama fans are the Cubs fans of college football. However, I didn't meet a single mean-spirited or taunt-filled 'Bama fan at the game. In the Blind Pig before the game, I met exactly one. Of course, he was watching the Tennessee-Auburn game on television, so he might have just been angry at them...

Anyway, I just wanted to set Pat Forde straight about what really happened and get rid of this ESPN bias against Georgia teams of all stripes and colors. Boy, they hate all teams from Georgia, don't they? Even Tech...look at what Tech is doing this year and look at the attention they're getting. None! Aren't they 4-1 as well?