UGA BLOG: Random thoughts on the Oklahoma State game

So the college football season has officially begun. Everybody break out your grill set, pull out your jerseys and dust off your flags before you proudly hang them on the front patio. As you should well know I am a rabid Georgia Bulldog fan (still after living in sunny-Cali for almost 5 years now) and I have waited about 8 long months for this season because last season was, *cringe* well.....let's just say....it sucked flying over 2,ooo miles to Athens just to see us get beat at our own homecoming by Vanderbilt. So on this past Saturday, excited about a sophomore quarterback who has hopefully been officially broken in, I sat in front of my tele to watch some Bulldog football.
Imagine my surprise (actually disdain) as I turned the t.v. to ESPN2 just to find that the Illinois/Missouri game was going long. In Georgia and Oklahoma the station had already transitioned to the Georgia game but one of the penalties I pay for living in the state of California is that I get to watch the long painful closing minutes of two J.V. teams (who have NO chance of winning their respective conference titles for at least the next millenium) "battle" it out until the very last miserable second. Let's just say that this experience tested my sanctification a bit and I'll just leave it there!
Finally when the game started for those of us who wanted to watch out here in California the score was all tied up at 7. All-in-all I enjoyed watching this game and here are some observations I made:
1. Matt Stafford looked good! He seems to have really grown into a confident leader over the off season. Hopefully Coach Richt and Mike Bobo are really pouring into this guy! He'll definitely need the poise and focus he was exhibiting as he begins to face SEC defenses with their spectacular man coverages and quick blitzes by Defensive ends who eat children and shards of glass for breakfast.
2. That new freshman runningback Moreno looked spectacular! He spins faster than a tornado in a north Texas trailer park! Hopefully he stays healthy, fast & smart!
3. Thomas Brown, that son of a preacher-man we all love, looked amazing! Give that guy the ball at least 25 times against South Carolina this week!!
4. Brannan Southerland is the best fullback in the country because he's cash money every time we're within 5 yards of the end zone!
5. Our young offensive line gives me the jitters but they did a great job against Oklahoma State. I just hope they can hold up against the South Carolina's, Auburn's, Alabama's and Florida's of the world!
6. Coach Martinez did a stinking amazing job prepping the boys on our Defense for Oklahoma State's offense!
So with a score of 35 to 14 I don't have a lot to complain about! Now we have Steve Spurrier to look forward to this week (who I like about as much as the weird reddish nodule on the bottom of my right big toe). GO DAWGS! Sic' Em!!