Theopolis Interlude

We interupt this regularly scheduled series of posts to bring you this pronouncement:


GO DAWGS!!!!!!!


UGA played remarkably last night, scoring a 41 - 10 Sugar Bowl victory over the highest scoring team in the nation: Hawaii. Again, let me repeat: Hawaii is the highest scoring team in the nation for this present season.

Something changed in both teams relatively a short while ago. I think we remember (at least I do) the utterly horrible games UGA played against South Carolina, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt. Though UGA actually beat Vandy, it was horrible play. UGA must have boarded their DAWGS for those games and sent in the pound puppies. However, something changed. UGA game play beginning with Florida after their off-week was entirely different. They returned the pound puppies to Wal-mart and broke their DAWGS out of kennel prison. The nation counted them out. UGA counted themselves at national champ material. They played the rest of the season with raw courage and DAWG bite, becoming the hottest team in the nation.

Hawaii's story is similar and must be told. One of the commentators during last night's game made some fabulous observations. Until June Jones arrived a short while back, Hawaii was utterly pathetic, going 0-12 (and 0-12 in the WAC, mind you). Look at Hawaii since June Jones. A BCS bowl game. June Jone's recruiting budget is pesos on the dollar (not even pennies) compared to schools like UGA, Ohio State, and USC. He also pointed out that the last time he actively recruited on the mainland was about 3 years ago. Hawaii has nothing to hang their heads in shame over all things considered. Many teams would have given up at the half, but Hawaii played like the Warriors they are ... with raw courage. Last night's game could potentially be radically tranformative for them; for they had never seen the likes of SEC play before. Courage would say that last night's defeat for Hawaii is national-championship-character-building for them. The have in my opinion one of the best coaches in the nation, but the powers-that-be need to shift their luau dollars to match their players' and coaching staff's warrior spirit.

The UGA and University of Hawaii helmet pictures came from the site: http://www.nflnut.com/store/page199.html.