Passing Legends
Han Vance on Georgia football: Quick peak at the (modern) passing legends at running back u. UGA is RBU. Herschel Walker. The last Super Bowl, in Atlanta, featured two NFL teams with former Georgia runners as the starting running backs….
On Paper
Han Vance on Georgia football: The preseason college football magazines are out, and the scribes are liking the University of Georgia Bulldogs, just not as much as Clemson/Bama. As I noted in my article “Power in the Piedmont”, each of…
The Waiting Season
ATLANTA: Han Vance on Georgia football: Spring is seen as a time to start anew with one foot in the past and another stepping into the future, looking for solid footing. Perceptions in springtime are often proven quite false once…
2019 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule:
Analysis: Much more exciting schedule for our beloved Dawgs in 2019, with the Notre Dame fighting Irish coming to Athens, likewise the Texas A&M Aggies the week before the Governor’s Cup. It opens in steamy Nashville the last day of…
2018 Impact Performers: Deandre Baker
Looking at the Georgia Bulldogs most likely to impact the upcoming college football season at BIG HAIRY BLAWG, for Bulldawg Illustrated. Senior Deandre Baker is a total shutdown corner: Fabulous Baker Boyz ~ BIG HAIRY BLAWG
Eason Not Comparing Favorably at UGA
A true frosh quarterback DJ Shockley came off the bench to win the game versus Clemson in Athens while I witnessed from the front row of the winning end zone of Sanford Stadium, after our great redshirt frosh starting quarterback…
“Richt Era: 15 Years in Athens” (book):
1st edition SOLD OUT ~ Master edition forthcoming with new foreword by Loran Smith. www.SilverStonePress.com
UGA Bowl History:
With a bid accepted to play TCU in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis on Friday December 30th at noon EST (11a kick in Mempho), Georgia has tied for 4th-most bowl appearances in the country and currently has the 3rd-most bowl…
Complete Georgia Bowl History
There is speculation that we may play our first ever bowl opponent TCU (my parents are/were alumni) in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. I’d be happy to visit. ~Buy my new book “Richt Era: 15 Years in Athens” at Silver Stone…
Podcast: Southern Sports Roundup
Mastered Podcast of my radio show from Atlanta: http://southernsportsroundup94487.podomatic.com/entry/2015-12-23T20_16_23-08_00 You can also view the raw TV simulcast footage of us making this show on Youtube and/or here at Big Hairy Blawg (ONE POST BELOW THIS ONE). With music by: Pavement,…
GONE BOWLIN’
One way to think of it would be an early retirement-like, second-tier type final job, getting out of the SEC pressure cooker and either it works out big at Miami or it doesn’t but, dude, you are from Boca. Half…
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…
“Tale of Two Saturdays”
In my humble opinion, the penultimate level of amateur athletics is American college football, and the end of year rivalries, including state championships, are just too savory not to be enjoyed. Tale of two Saturdays. Again. As it’s been so…
UGA Dawgs Country
My city divided in fractions with factions of fans, but the state is solidly ours. GEORGIA Football is still the most popular sporting enterprise in the largest state east of the Mississippi River. The Atlanta Braves, a Southern regional favorite…
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…
Next Year’s Clemson?
My Tech buddy Bubba, who guest appeared on my radio show two seasons ago with Wayne Gandy (a former Auburn all-American who had an undefeated senior season) and me, was texting yesterday talking about how bad Tech and Georgia were….
Offensive Mind
This is not nearly as hard as we are making it, y’all. When you have a running quarterback, you run him. When you have a tight end with the best hands on the team, you throw him the football quickly…
Big Moment
Big moment for our program as the World’s Largest Cocktail Party looks to be called GEORGIA-FLORIDA instead of “Florida-Georgia” for the next full year. I propose the winner get first name in the series and the losing fans HAVE to…
“Cocktail Party” (poem) by Han Vance
Writer (author/journalist/poet/blogger) Han Vance won the Harriette Austin Poetry Award for ATL Fire (published by Silver Stone Press in 2015) and is the aspiring Georgia Bulldogs Poet Laureate. Cocktail Party (C) 2006 HV This is what it comes down to….
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…
