Finally...........UGA......Makes a Statement

Blow out in the Bayou........

52-38

This is the game the "Bulldog Nation" has been waiting for .........

52-38

As in scoring a half a hundred....plus 2..........against the defending national champions...on their home field....(Death Valley)........in Baton Rouge.......

52-38

Georgia has made a statement. The "Dawgs" soundly beat LSU Saturday on the road. This is what the pre-season #1.......was supposed to be.

After getting slammed by Alabama a month ago........the Bulldogs........with a make shift offensive line........dominated the Tigers...

Knowshon Moreno rushed for 163 yards.......scored a 68 yard touchdown.......And Matthew Stafford and the defense did the rest.

Next up? Florida..........The Gators tuned up by dismantling Kentucky, 63-5........I think that score got Georgia's attention.

So here we are..........Georgia - Florida..........again.......With the winner almost guaranteed to play in Atlanta for the SEC Championship.

The worlds largest "Outdoor Cocktail Party"......In Jacksonville......

A "neutral" game........though Florida takes a bus..........and UGA has to book a flight.....

Yes, UGA has made a statement.....

Saturday is a new day........

But this past Saturday........these "Dawgs" showed why they were so highly ranked..........

52-38

Now.....go finish the drill.

Friday Picks

Wall Street....or Vegas?

We ask because......historically one could always depend on both of them. Lately though, Wall Street and the stock market have been taking a severe beating.

Not unlike the beating Vegas gave us last week.

The two are very similar .....Wall street has "bulls" and "bears".....Vegas has "favorites" and "underdogs".

It's.......where you put ..."your"..... money.......that counts.

Anyway..........another Friday is upon us......and with that.....our "Friday Picks":

Last Week: 1-4

Season: 19-16


Wake Forest (+2 1/2 ) over Miami......

The Demon Deacons were embarrassed by Maryland last week, 29-0. They will rebound this week against a Miami team that's still a year or two away from contending again in the ACC. Take the points....and Wake.

Arkansas (+ 5) over Mississippi....

Intriguing match-up featuring former Arkansas coach, Houston Nutt, returning to Fayetteville as the head coach of the Rebels. As much as I dislike Razorback coach Bobby Petrino.....facts are facts. Arkansas is due...... They are playing at home.....and Nutt's welcome back party will not be pleasant. Arkansas by a touchdown.....late.

Penn State (-2 1/2) over Ohio State....

So I sipped some of the Nittany Lion cool-aid....... Why not? This team has been dominating from the start of the season. Playing on the road? At night? No problem.....Penn State continues to roll.

Philadelphia (-9 ) over Atlanta.......

Not a good match-up for the Falcons...... The last two truly physical defenses they faced ....destroyed them (Tampa Bay and Carolina, by the identical score, 24-9). Both teams had a bye week last Sunday and the Eagles are now getting healthy. This could get ugly.

San Diego (-3 ) over New Orleans.....

This game is unfair to both teams....This is the annual "London" game.....played across the pond known as the Atlantic Ocean. Both teams are 3-4....and have been disappointing. The Saints, however, lost a huge chuck of their offense when Reggie Bush injured a knee last week and is out for at least 4 weeks. The Charger defense will carry them enough to lay the points and cover.

So there..........another vain attempt to beat the boys in Vegas........

You think it would be easier on Wall Street?

Desperate Times....Lead to Desperate Acts...

Desperation among republicans?????

We did warn our readers that these last two weeks before the presidential election would be indeed interesting.....

Well........it has turned to the.....bizaarre.....and then some.

Thanks to Jason Cherkis of the "Washington City Paper".....we give you this:

McCain Camp Has Its Own Tawana Brawley

Posted by Jason Cherkis on Oct. 24, 2008, at 2:32 pm

OK. The headline was a little harsh. Via TPM:

“By now you’ve all heard about Ashley Todd, the 20-year-old McCain volunteer who claimed that she was assaulted in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night by an attacker who scratched a ‘B’ in her cheek after learning that she was for McCain.

The story was flacked madly last night by Drudge, even though few if any details had been established or independently confirmed.”

Well. The woman made it all up. The AP is reporting that police found her story just didn’t add up. Here’s more of the details:

“A McCain campaign volunteer who reported that a tall black man robbed her and then cut a “B” onto her cheek after seeing a McCain bumper sticker on her car has been given a polygraph test because of ‘inconsistencies’ in her story, police said.

Among other things, police said photos and bank card information from an automated teller machine where the college student claimed she was robbed do not show her using the machine at the time, police said.”

Yesterday, Todd became a mini Joe The Plumber. According to HuffPo: “The report of the attack Thursday prompted the Republican presidential candidate and his running mate, Sarah Palin, to call Todd expressing their concern. Barack Obama’s campaign also issued a statement wishing Todd well and hoping the attacker would be swiftly brought to justice.”

I guess Todd won’t be making any appearances on Fox News. And I guess McCain will not be citing her in any campaign rallies or using her as some sort of campaign theme.

I keep looking at her face........this took a lot of work...with Halloween just around the corner...she created quite a costume .....

What's next?

We shall see......

Hump Day News & Views

If it's Wednesday....it must be Hump Day....

In this southern college town, the leaves are turning, the temperatures are dropping, and fall is in the air. Feels kind of nice.

The election....the most important election in our life time so far....is less than two weeks away.

Stories we are following:

Meet the Rays.....

As in the Tampa Bay (Devil-less) Rays. Who are these guys? And where did they come from? Well, first off....they play in St. Petersburg(across the bridge from Tampa).....in a stadium called Tropicana Field.

The Rays first season was in 1998, after years of unsuccessfully trying to lure other teams to Tampa, Major League Baseball finally granted the city an expansion team.

It has been ugly thus far. But finishing in last place for virtually their entire existence, has meant a ton of number one draft picks......and the Rays have used them wisely.

For years these Rays have been a laughing stock of baseball. Even we here a 5 on Five have stated major league baseball has no business being anywhere in Florida. We were wrong....who's laughing now?


Going hunting in the Bayou .....for a tiger.....

This Saturday, the University of Georgia will go down deep inside the Louisiana bayou.....to hunt, fight, and try to kill a tiger. As in the LSU Tiger football team. The dawgs of Athens are a 2 1/2 point underdog. Georgia is ranked 9th.....LSU 11th. LSU is the defending NCAA National Champions.

The winner will still have a shot at the title..........the loser? The season is all but lost. Two weeks ago, LSU lost to Florida by 30 points. Three weeks ago, Georgia got blasted by Alabama.

Both teams are big and fast..........Both play in the rugged SEC......Should be a knock down drag out .....old fashioned slug-fest down in the bayou....

We say the dogs of Georgia will find a way to win. Say ........23-20?


Happy trails.....Pete Van Wieren....


As part of the Atlanta Braves broadcast team for 33 years.....Van Wieren announced today....he is retiring.

We will miss you .......Pete (the professor) Van Wieren....



Happy trails.......Rudy Ray Moore....

During the '70's ..........Rudy Ray Moore was "Dolemite".........and "Dolemite".....was the bomb. Moore died at the age of 81.




Things I think I think......

If I see one more political TV ad........I just might puke.

I think Matt Drudge........and his Drudge Report.......both have run their course...and are becoming increasingly a non factor.

This roller coaster known as the stock market is getting bleaker by the minute.

I bank with Wachovia..........they just announced a loss of $23.9 billion....should I be worried?

My home page is Yahoo.com........they just laid off 1400 workers....again.....should I be worried?

Aaaahhh........this world in which we live.......can I just find a deserted island....or an uninhabited mountain ....to live the rest of my life?

Have a great Hump Day.

Michael Vick Update.......

Michael Vick.....will never go away.....

And we really don't want him to simply go away.......

Michael Vick ready to plead guilty on Va. charges

SURRY, Va. (AP)—Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick plans to plead guilty to state dogfighting charges, a step that could allow him to qualify for an early release from federal prison and into a halfway house, court papers show.

In a motion filed Oct. 15 in Surry County Circuit Court, Vick’s attorneys asked to have him enter his plea by video teleconference. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for Oct. 30, Surry County Circuit Court administrator Sally Neblett said Tuesday.

The court papers note that allowing Vick to appear on two-way video would save the government the considerable expense of transporting him from prison in Leavenworth, Kan., to Surry County. His guilty plea would also allow him to pursue a halfway house program.

Under federal rules, Vick is ineligible to be released to a Residential Re-entry Center in the federal system until any pending charges against him are resolved.

In a statement, Vick attorneys Billy Martin and Lawrence Woodward said their client “is committed to taking responsibility for his actions. He is hopeful that, through this motion, the trial court will allow him to finally resolve these matters and put the charges behind him so that he can begin to focus on his future and to prepare to be reunited with his family.”

The plea deal, if approved, also would satisfy the county’s need to hold him accountable for the grisly crimes he bankrolled and participated in at a rural house he owned there.

“I’m not trying to make him suffer,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald Poindexter said in a telephone interview. “I’m just trying to make him account for what he’s done.”

Vick pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges tied to the dogfighting operation last summer and is serving a 23-month term. Three convicted co-defendants also face local charges. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lists Vick’s projected release date as July 20, 2009.

Vick will have three years of federal probation upon his release from prison, and the deal offered by Poindexter would tack on an unspecified jail sentence, which would be suspended, and an additional year of probation in the county, he said.

Poindexter said he’s not sure how quickly the judge would rule on the motion.

If permitted by a judge, Vick’s video participation in the plea hearing would not be the first time he has participated electronically. Prison officials in Kansas have allowed the former Atlanta Falcons star to listen via telephone line to each of his several bankruptcy hearings in recent months.

Associated Press sports writer Hank Kurz Jr. contributed to this report from Richmond, Va.

Let's Get.......Political!!!!

Not to be confused....with "Let's get physical".......


We here at 5 on Five are of the "non-violent" persuasion .....

The election for the presidency of the United States........and ruler of the free world is a mere 2 weeks away.

Are you registered? Will you vote?

Today, I received my new voter registration card from this great state of Georgia. All I had requested was a change of address ..........and this took a startling 3 weeks!

Remember folks.....in order to vote....you must be registered.

And ..........if you don't vote.....you don't matter.

Race.......does matter.....

Regardless of what you have heard, read, or seen.......The fact that this race pits a white man versus a black man..... race matters. ......

Think about it .......both Barack Obama and John McCain are US senators..........both want to give us tax breaks........both want to distance themselves from the present Bush administration....

So.......what gives?

We think it is simple........

Barack Obama is the most presidential .......the most intellectual ...........the most communicative ..........the most compelling candidate since JFK.....

But........he's a black man..... his ancestors were slaves.......

Some of white America.......especially those who get their only news .....from FOX News and Rush Limbaugh.......see him as a threat.

They..........are just not ready for a black man to lead the free world. They are still stuck in the 1950's and '60's.......Where is was okay for a black man to "shine your shoes"......but never be in a position of power.

There is history to be made here.....but.....

We urge all of you.......White.....Black........Hispanic.......Asian....."non of the above"..........to reach into your inter self.......and research the issues ..........make a decision........and vote.

Rush Limbaugh and Fox News prey upon the uneducated white voters in America..........For they believe whatever Fox and Rush tell them......Obama's an Arab.....he has ties with terrorist....etc.

All in an orchestrated effort.......to keep a black man down......

And you thought they hated Hillary?

The true meaning of hate will be illustrated....in the next two weeks........

Are you ready?

How Not to Eat Grits

Sometimes.....stories just get dumped on our laps.......

Such is the case of University of Georgia gymnastics coach, Suzanne Yoculan . Seems Yoculan made micro-wave grits ( a sin in itself to southerners).

And when she ate them.......or tried to .......the grits burned her esophagus to the point of her being hospitalized for 3 days.

She must have been mighty hungry. Has she never heard .....you "blow" on your grits.....before putting that fork full into your mouth?

Or........you put a lot of cold butter on your hot grits........to neutralize the situation. Obviously, Ms. Yoculan is no true southerner.......and a miss-informed outsider.....who has not mastered the art of eating that "Georgia Ice Cream".....we all know .....as grits.

From the "Athens Banner-Herald":

Yoculan released from hospital

By Jennifer Iannone | Athens Banner-Herald | Story updated at 11:09 pm on 10/16/2008

Georgia gymnastics coach Suzanne Yoculan was released from the hospital Thursday after being treated for burns to her esophagus.

Yoculan was admitted to Athens Regional Hospital for three days after ingesting a spoonful of grits just out of the microwave. The grits burned eight inches of her esophagus.

"I couldn't breathe or swallow or drink," Yoculan said. "It was really painful. I was on morphine for three days."

Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Friday, October 17, 2008