No. 7 - Bulldawg Illustrated VII: UGA vs. Florida, 10/30/10
Close Doesn’t Count
What do all three have in common?
Listen to Andy Rooney complain about only getting four cashews in his Planters Mixed Nuts jar.
Stick sharpened pencils in my ear.
Volunteer to change diapers.
If you guessed “things I would seriously consider over watching another Florida game,” then you were spot on.
I don’t know what to say… I’m at a total loss.
But I do know this—Annabelle took the right approach by napping through most of the game. To think in her lifetime, UGA has gone 13–11 (born 11-17-08)… just kills me.
I’ve heard all the talk about how close we were, how we played until the last second, etc. I’m all for giving it all you’ve got, but you plan to win, dammit.
My favorite quote of all time is by Vince Lombardi:
“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour—his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear—is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle—victorious.”
Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t pretend to be politically correct—I’m far from it. I believe in life you have winners and you have losers. I don’t believe in giving every kid a trophy, and I certainly don’t believe in celebrating a hard-fought loss.
Our boys in the Silver Britches need to win, and that’s all there is to it.
That being said—after the loss, I untied my bow tie, made another cocktail, and did what I always do after this game… listen to Corey Smith sing Every Dawg:
A long ride back from Jacksonville
500 miles from a game we should’ve won
Man we oughta burn down that stadium
Thought this year was gonna be ours
Talking too much junk in those Florida bars
Now I’m stunned
Man I wish it was 1981
Damn… maybe next year.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh in a periodic series of online journal entries from a suburban dad who, every weekend, longs to be in Athens—but more often than not ends up watching the game from home. He’s dressed in a red and black bow tie, bourbon in one hand, cigar in the other, seated beside his Auburn-grad wife and their daughter, who’s about to receive her first cheerleader uniform: half UGA, half AU, stitched right up the middle.
