Loser of Saturday’s Game Has Clear Path to Natty
Han Vance on SEC football: Less is at stake than you may think in the Saturday night big game, on the capstone. In fact, taking one loss, especially one out of division, in-conference in the mighty SEC, has actually never…
Defense! Will Kirby Smart Defense Win National Championship
Han Vance on Georgia football: It’s out, “The Dawg Pawd” on SoundCloud podcast featuring football deep insider Han Vance on the Georgia Bulldogs, SEC, FBS, CFP, NCAA, in that order. Get it at SoundCloud (free). *New episode coming this Thursday,…
Why Georgia will win Saturday
Han Vance on the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry: Feature photo today is of an alum of UGA who has always been true to his school and an old Auburn alum, my extremely nice friend Vince the Prince. Taken by lovely…
Richard LeCounte III + Eric Stokes Jr Get Auburn
Han Vance on Georgia football: The Deeps South’s Oldest Rivalry will be played this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Between the Hedges. Georgia. Auburn. Get excited. No that photo is not young LeCounte and Stokes. It’s Loran Smith and HAN on…
Tight Ends Win Deep South Rivalry
Han Vance on the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry: Auburn invented the toothbrush, I reckon, those Plainsmen. If it had been invented at UGA, it would have been called the teeth-brush. AUBURN stands for Alabama Usually Beats Us Red Necks, but…
GEORGIA Football Notes from Fayetteville
Han Vance on Georgia football: MVPs on offense and defense Richard LeCounte III – vampirical “Le Count” is Ball Hawk, Baby! – and Stetson Bennett IV – The Mailman delivers! – are both just 190 pounds and 5-11. Not on…
The Unstoppable Kirby Smart Defense
Han Vance on Georgia football: Defense used to win championships in football at all levels, remember that? Defense wins championships. The long-told maxim. Kirby is credited for two primary strengths: He is undeniably amazing at defense and known to be…
Definition of a Trap Game
Han Vance on Georgia football: This is a trap. Cue the trap music. Texas A&M has a win-at-all-costs offensive guru at the helm and an experienced quarterback. They started slowly last year but finished strong enough to be ranked, behind…
Hot Rod and D Mask Weaknesses
Mid-November: YES! YES! YES! I was there as we beat a highly-ranked rival in a big game. We won an SEC home game. We were relevant national news. Were not are. Sorry to have to be the reality check that…
Smart to UGA
Jeremy Pruitt stressed he would like to return as the UGA defensive coordinator immediately after he stoned Tech 13-7 in Atlanta Saturday afternoon. An opening score by 1,000-yard rusher Sony Michel outdistanced the Jackets, who were held scoreless into the…
Dawgs for 8-of-10 in Old Series
Welcome to the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. An exciting matchup every year, Georgia (6-3) holds a 55-55-8 record versus our “sister school” Auburn (5-4), both programs’ series record on exacta. The first game-between was played in Piedmont Park of Atlanta…
An Ecstatic Homecoming
The dust has settled on a 9-6 (American League of baseball-like) slugfest Homecoming Saturday night Between the Hedges. Mizzou, the two-time back-to-back belt-holding SEC East champions gimped into the Classic City hungry for a win of any variety after being…
Rocky Top Awaits
Nick Chubb set the school season mark for yards per carry as a true freshman last year and is on a pace to potentially surpass that mark this year. In fact, Chubb sits at second in the Heisman Trophy race…
Vols Will Battle Dawgs
Last year’s tilt on Rocky Top was part of an ongoing injuries horror show. Receivers had dropped like flies for weeks, and we had seen star Todd Gurley fall to an injury the week prior, rolled up on by an…
Special Teams Have Strong Special Teams
“Special Teams Have Strong Special Teams” Joystick era underway at UGA. 14 years post-Donnan season underway, and my little BHB itself has a 2007 origin way in the rearview. 7 years. 14 years. TOUCHDOWNS, baby! Make more touchdowns than your…
What a Difference
What a difference a play makes. Ask Justin Scott-Wesley or Murray for Heisman. Had that been a pick instead of a touchdown pass Murray would not be over the hump as a player, UGA would be .500, Richt would be…
The Xs And The Os, The Ws And The L
Then they stepped forward on a separation Saturday, the defending SEC West and SEC East champions many feel are on another collision course. BAMA — GEORGIA — one has won three-of-four national championships, while netting two non-consecutive conference crowns —…
Returneth
A la Mettenberger, I’m bound for the Classic City. Early morning Megabus double-decker from ATL to downtown ATHENS, GA, I’ll be… Little early still, so, today I’m looking at the huge influence of our school’s attendees. You’ve got little ol’…
Beauty and the BEAST
Classic City early September Between the Hedges, and a lovely afternoon for the start of SEC divisional play. Only one SEC matchup aired in week one, an instant classic which saw upstart Ole Miss win on the road in Nashville…
Camp Opens With Big D Questions
Let’s call it the Johnny Football factor, what happened to our vaunted defense last year. They couldn’t handle their own hype. They couldn’t handle the heat of success. Coming off a difficult transition year and a switch to the 3-4,…
