One game at a time: Ole Miss

Ole miss is a fast team. Plays people hard, played bama hard. Comes after a huge emotional game. Kind of game that scares fans coaches etc. confident our team will pull away with a w but I expect this game to be a lot closer then what the "experts" predict.

BullDawg2010 this is the type team (Ole Miss) that can make very good teams look not so good on certain plays. We will see some of that Saturday. Not too much I hope.

We are at a place now that we really do control our destiny, not just this game or this season, but upcoming seasons. After a huge win over the gators, and all of the good things that we accomplished in JAX, trip and fall here, would be devastating. Home field, more talent, over 90,000 folks in Sanford Stadium, CBS for the national audience and many media folks looking us over. Can't afford to show any slack now. Florida was very important win, this game on a national scale could be as large or larger, depends on the outcome.

I am excited about facing Ole Miss and their offensive way of playing football. Know that we have a lot of speed and power, hope we channel our efforts to again play "grown man football", with intelligence.

Huge game, hope our Scout Team has us ready for some of what we will see between the Hedges.

The line is 14 points. Means nothing, apparently - just ask Florida. On the other hand, I would have set a 40 point line against us for FU, so maybe there's SOMETHING to Vegas.

On a completely unrelated note. Today is the 115th anniversary of the banning of football in the state of Georgia. From Wikipedia:

"1897 Season
1897 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1897 record 2-1-0 (2-0-0 SIAA)
Head coach Charles McCarthy
Home stadium Herty Field
Seasons

The 1897 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 2-1-0 record. In the 1897 season, Georgia beat Georgia Tech for the first time and met both Clemson and Virginia for the first time. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' first season under the guidance of head coach Charles McCarthy.

It was in the Virginia game of 1897 that tragedy struck the Georgia Bulldogs. In the second half of that game, a Georgia fullback named Richard Vonalbade ("Von") Gammon, was fatally injured in a play. In reaction to his death, the Georgia, Georgia Tech and Mercer football teams disbanded, the Atlanta Journal ran a headline proclaiming, the "Death Knell of Football" and the Georgia legislature passed a bill to outlaw football in the state of Georgia. As the bill sat on the desk of Georgia Governor William Yates Atkinson, a letter that Gammon's mother, Rosalind Burns Gammon, had written to the state legislature was revealed. In her letter, she pleaded with the legislators not to pass the bill because her son so loved football. As a result reading her letter, Governor Atkinson vetoed the bill to ban football in Georgia."

thriller, I have been a history buff all my life, like girls better, but history rates high in my book. Great piece, really enjoyed the "history lesson" professor.

BTW Buc, Von Gammon most likely died from a morphine overdose. I read a more detailed account of his death, and they mentioned that he went into a pile and was found unconscious. He vomited and was showing signs of a concussion. Two doctors who were in the crowd ran out and administered morphine (which I would think you would NOT want to do for a concussion, though I'm not a doctor). He died some time after the game. I thought this was really interesting in light of all the attention concussions are getting these days.

As I read the AJC article on Gurley, I couldn’t help but first think of our O line in how much I feel they’ve improved. Although he has tremendous talent, I feel like the O line deserves a tad bit of credit here.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying our O line is going to win some kind of special award for the #1 O line in the country (or even 50th for that matter) but they’ve made a great stride toward improvement. Thinking back, their faults were really displayed during the USC and UK game and Gurley’s and Marshall’s stats in those games reflect that IMO. Ther were other games as well but our offense was able to take up some slack.

With my fingers crossed and another hand knocking on wood, an improved O line in these last 4 games will pay dividends heading into Atlanta.

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