ROLL TIDE!!!!!! CONGRATS ON BEATING GEORGIA 41-30. THE REST OF THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO VICTOR MORTON.
On 21 September 08 I offered a post celebrating Alabama’s victory over Arkansas to which Victor Morton responded as follows:
“You beat a Darren McFadden-less Arkansas and now you think this Crimson Swell team is the second coming of the Bear? So you get to be undefeated going into your first real SEC game, against the Bulldogs. Being undefeated did Hawaii a fat lot of good going into the Sugar Bowl last year, didn’t it?â€(Well Victor, after the beating Georgia took at the hands of Alabama during the first half you probably have an appreciation for what Hawaii felt like.)
As annoying and rude as the forgoing comment was Victor was not finished. Victor continued his screed as follows:
“Oh, pardon my manners (or the lack thereof) … the Sugar Bowl … that’s the game in New Orleans where the SEC champ (mostly) plays each year. (That won’t be Georgia this year) Forgive my rudeness for assuming a Crimson Drip fan would recognize that reference, given the dim memories you must have of the Sugar Bowl, having last played there about 10 coaches ago during the first Bush administration. Since then, the Dawgs have rang in the New Year in New Orleans three times (won’t be doing that this year!). In fact, both my Texas Longhorns and Notre Dame Fighting Irish have played in the Sugar Bowl more recently than the Crimson Ripple.
Victor sounds like a yankee transplant that can’t decide which team he is rooting for. To compensate for the lack of accomplishment in his own life he probably rotates between winning programs. i.e. Texas, Noter Dame, Georgia, etc., until he finds something that enables him to talk the kind of smack displayed above.
If Victor had played a sport in high school, rather than being a band geek or chess team member, he might have known that you should not talk smack until the game is over. Such might be the practice with Dungeons & Dragons, but in masculine sports it is best to wait until you have proven you can walk the walk before your mouth writes checks you can’t otherwise cash.
Victor,
Apparently, last week represented the high water mark of your college season. I hope you enjoyed it. As I am sure you are learning now (that is, if you have the courage to visit this site after your embarrassment) He who laughs last laughs BEST!!!
to quote you,â€bwahahahahahaâ€
By the way, I GUESS WE SAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. Brian, how do you score this exchange now???????
Joel sure did layeth the smacketh down!!
Viktor you got rolled almost as bad as Georgia did.
Could not happen to a nice bunch of guys!!
Viktor maybe you can start pulling for Oklahoma? On second thought, just wait until the polls come out and you can go with whosever number 1.
The Georgia Puppydogs lose again!!
War Eagle!!
Rocky,
As an Alabama man I appreciate your support. I hope Auburn wins every remaining game save one.
Give it up for the Heart of Dixie!!!!!!!!
UGA seemed to score at will in the second half. My (sometimes confused) Tigers have the blueprint now. I say again, we have the blueprint now!
War Eagle!
P.S. Congrats on the win in Athens. Automatic for the people!
So, the Dawgs got their one loss out of the way early. Nobody was going to go undefeated through the SEC and it’s better to lose early than late.
To quote someone … we will see.
As for my manners, the greatest trash-talker of all time (and my idol) was Muhammad Ali. Maybe boxing doesn’t count as a manly sport, but he did it before, during and after the contest.
So enjoy the first fight, Joe Bama Frazier. It just sets up the Thrilla in Manila.
For the record, I was neither in the band nor the chess team. My Texas high school (so I don’t think I’m a yankee transplant) had the latter. And I’ve never played Dungeons & Dragons. Other than that, your personal statements about me are entirely correct.
AGGGH … edit function
My Texas high school (so I don’t think I’m a yankee transplant) DID NOT HAVE the latter.
Joel,
That game was certainly painful to watch; however, as noted by Mr. Morton, it’s better to get a loss out of the way early (not to say that UGA’s complete lack of offensive or defensive lines and Mark Richt’s insistence on sticking with the worst offensive and defensive coordinators in the SEC won’t ensure a loss or two late). UGA’s play in the second half did give me hope that they at least won’t roll over and quit when down big. Alabama looked very strong, but they still have some tough matchups to play, LSU, Auburn, and a newly resurgent Ole Miss (where the heck did that win over UF come from?). Definitely a big win for Bama and a “let’s see how we respond” gut check for UGA. As for your exchange with Mr. Morton, it’s now 1 and 1.
As for my supposed “front-running” rooting loyalties, Rokky is about as factual in his personal comments as Joel.
I root for more than one college team because I went to one school as an undergrad (Texas) and another as a grad (ND). And I was upfront about why I pull for Georgia in the SEC — that I lived there for several years. SEC football is as contagious as the flu and as addictive as crack, so they became my third team. The Dawgs sucking would not thereby make me pull for Florida, and nothing short of a direct order from the Pope (or strategic rooting to serve some Big 12 advantage for Texas) could make me pull for Oklahoma.
Keep fantasizing.
Now, Joel, you know the truth is that Georgia’s poor first-half performance arose from the announcement of Larry Munson’s retirement. Naturally we just wanted to show him how we’d have played all along, if it had not been for his constant encourangement and spirit guiding us all these years.
Certainly the Mighty Bulldogs will have a harder time in the future, without that gentlemen to buoy their hearts and sharpen their spirits. Yet they will learn to soldier on, with time.
I love how Mr. Morton so easily dismisses his earlier trash talking.
Victor,
The crucial difference between your earlier bellowing and Muhammad Ali is that whenMuhammad Ali said he was going to do something he delivered. It aint bragging if you can do it and Georgia must certainly DID NOT DO IT.
Grim,
While I am certainly sorry to see Mr. Munson leave the reason Georgia got blanked in the first half was due the superiority of the TIDE!
when Muhammad Ali said he was going to do something he delivered.
Not always, Joe Frazier.
And I primarily cited Ali to rebut your point that there’s something inherently unbecoming about pre-game talk. There ain’t. And if there is, the “lack of manners” would not be excused by game success.
Victor,
There is nothing wrong with pre-game talk, within reason. When it is done in good taste with a little humor it can actually be entertaining. However, since you went overboard, going so far as to call me a wuss (and in light of Bama’s victory), I thought you rated a strong response.
Why do I hear “Glory Days” playing in the background while I read these comments?
Is it really “trash talking” when its bragging about someone else’s achievements?