Saturday, October 27, 2007

Forgive me for digressing from ducks for a minute it is time for the pinnacle of my college football season as a fan, the Georgia vs. Florida game, the only thing that comes close is the Georgia vs. Auburn game. I grew up a Georgia fan in “middle Georgia”, and Florida was our most hated rival and then it was Auburn. Georgia has had it problems this season but beating your most hated rival cures a lot of ills.

The game formerly known as the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” is one of the greatest rivalries in the south. It is a strange rivalry game because it is traditionally played on a “neutral” site in Jacksonville, Florida. This is a game where you throw out the rankings, even though the Florida Gators have dominated the last 17 games UGA still holds a pretty good lead in the series. Since 1990 Florida has enjoyed a week off prior to the game, but this year UGA has that benefit. The rest gained during the by week seems to have served Georgia well.

This year, despite many thinking we didn’t have a chance, my GEORGIA DAWGS pulled it out!!!

UGA 42-UF 30 is the final score, it was a great game with some great plays on both sides. There is, plain and simple, no substitute for beating you rivals. Many ills were cured tonight and I am a happy man. I have cracked the seal on a bottle of Four Roses Kentucky bourbon, it is some of the best bourbon there is, quite fitting after a great game. I’ll be back to the duck season prep tomorrow.

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