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I can’t believe I’m having to write yet another story like this, but here goes…

Backup Georgia offensive lineman Jonathan Owens was arrested yesterday for driving a motorcycle without a license. 

That makes him the THIRD Bulldog to be arrested over a driver’s license issue since October 13th.

Last month, Mark Richt said he was “highly frustrated” by these type of incidents.  “We’ve got to make sure we’re monitoring these things so we don’t have these things blow up on us.”

In Georgia, some small motorcycles do not require a license and that might have caused some confusion for Owens.

That said, it’s probably time for Richt to tell his guys the obvious — if you sit on something with a motor… make sure you have an up-to-date legal license.

It’s really not that hard.

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We start in Georgia where fans are mourning the death of 4-year-old UGA VII.

Fans outside of Athens, get ready to watch a strange play unfold.  I am an animal lover myself, but even I was amazed by the funeral services, memorials, and hysteria tied to UGA VI’s death two years ago. 

Believe me, I’ll be linking to stories about this dog — and his replacement — for days to come.

Matter of fact, let’s start with UGA VII:

1.  It looks like the English bulldog “succumbed to heart problems.”

2.  Mark Richt said, “I was sad to hear about UGA VII.  You never think something like that can happen that quickly, and I’m sad we won’t have him on the sideline anymore.”

3.  Mark Bradley of The AJC understands the sense of loss felt by fans.

4.  There will be a fill-in mascot for the final two games of the season, but this weekend against Kentucky, Georgia will have no bulldog on the sideline.

Now, on to sports news:

5.  Rich Brooks says that if UK is going to “have any chance against Georgia” the Cats will have to throw the ball more.

6.  Richt says the Bulldogs have prepared all week for Randall Cobb.

7.  Center Ben Jones has become a vocal leader for the Dawgs.

8.  AJ Green has had such a great year that he could miss Georgia’s final two regular season games and STILL lead the SEC in catches and receiving yards per game.

9.  Week after week it seems that Georgia has to dig out of an early hole.

10.  Here’s a quick preview of tomorrow’s UGA-UK game.

11.  Georgia will lose a lot of defensive linemen this year, but they’ll return many O-linemen.  Might there be some position switches coming next spring?

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1.  Mark Richt says some games are “shake-your-hand games” and some games are “hug games.”  Auburn was a hug game.

2.  Freshman tight end Orson Charles has become Georgia’s third-leading receiver.

3.  Mike Bobo says his current offensive line has “been very consistent on assignments.”

4.  Junior safety Reshad Jones will seek an evaluation from the NFL of his draft stock.

5.  Jones said he’s currently “50-50″ on leaving school early.

6.  Richt says Kentucky’s Randall Cobb “might be the most talented player in the Southeastern Conference today.”

7.  Richt has told his team that a win over Kentucky might land the Dawgs in Tampa… and a loss could land them in Shreveport.

(Sidenote — The city of Shreveport must like the cash it brings in from the Independence Bowl, because every year the city becomes the town that no one wants to visit for the holidays.  Seriously.  Does the bad pub not cancel out the cash?  That game must mean more for the local economy than most folks think.)

8.  Finally, Israel Troupe wasn’t even supposed to be on the field when he scored on a 50-yard touchdown pass against Auburn.

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* “We had a full pads practice yesterday that probably wasn’t good enough to beat Kentucky.”  Georgia won’t have AJ Green or Bacarri Rambo for Saturday’s game.

* Richt says coaches don’t do a real good job of taking care of themselves — hours-wise — but he doesn’t think it’s worse now.  Richt wasn’t aware that Arkansas’ Willy Robinson had been rushed to the hospital last week.

* Richt says after Alabama and Florida everybody in the SEC is “banging around” on each other. 

* Georgia’s run game began to improve four or five games ago when the coaches made some changes on the Bulldogs’ offensive line.  The current line communicates better with each other and therefore there are fewer missed assignments.  “I think our young backs are getting better and we’re definitely blocking a little bit better, too.”

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1.  Georgia will see one of the SEC’s most dangerous players when they face Randall Cobb on Saturday.

2.  UGA’s offensive line deserves credit for an improved running game.

3.  Linebacker Rennie Curran — who has a daughter to support — is mulling an early entry into the NFL.

4.  If he decides to go, Saturday’s game with Kentucky would be his last at Sanford Stadium.

5.  Bacarri Rambo was knocked cold against Auburn, but his teammates say he’s already back to normal.

6.  Georgia will have to beat UK without offensive star AJ Green.

7.  This writer believes that Georgia has turned a corner and become the team coach’s expected to see in August.

8.  Tough noogies, according to this writer who feels Mark Richt needs to make changes to his program based on the season’s start, not it’s finish. 

9.  In basketball news, Georgia’s 60-57 loss to Wofford provides a learning opportunity for Mark Fox’s team.

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1.  Georgia’s bowl picture is still murky with two games left to play.

2.  Here’s another look at UGA’s bowl prospects.

3.  And still another.

4.  Here’s what Dawg fans need to know about Kentucky.

5.  The Wildcats’ ground game has carried the team to a 6-4 record this year.

6.  This year’s finale with Georgia Tech will have a nighttime kickoff.  That’s might be a good thing for the Dawgs who are 4-0 in night games this year… just 2-4 in day games.

7.  In basketball news, forward Drazen Zlovaric might play a bigger role when the 1-0 Bulldogs host Wofford tonight.

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1.  Safety Bacari Rambo was out of the hospital yesterday after being knocked unconscious during Saturday’s game with Auburn.  He has passed every test and has shown no symptoms of any lingering injuries.  But he still won’t play against Kentucky on Saturday.

2.  Star receiver AJ Green injured his shoulder and he’s out indefinitely, which is a huge blow to Georgia’s offense.

3.  The writer of this recap of UGA’s win over Auburn believes the Dawgs played their best football of the year on Saturday.

4.  This writer — who has wanted defensive coordinator Willie Martinez fired all season — wonders if his unit’s good game against Auburn might have saved his job.

5.  The same writer also believe Georgia Tech will wallop the Bulldogs in two weeks.


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ATHENS, Ga. — There were cheers followed by silence followed by elation.
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ATHENS, Ga. — Auburn’s plan is to move quickly and put the pressure on Georgia’s defense. Georgia’s defense has struggled during the past two seasons recognizing and adjusting to plays.
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1.  Georgia hasn’t faced an offense like Auburn’s all season.

2.  Gus Malzahn’s offense has helped to “reinvent” Auburn football.

3.  Rodney Garner knows that his defensive linemen can’t wear out tomorrow.

4.  Georgia’s tight ends are lighting up the stat sheets.

5.  According to this notes column, Rennie Curran is having to decide whether to return to Athens or head to the NFL.

6.  The Mark Fox era begins tonight against the New Orleans Privateers.

7.  Trey Thompkins is ready for a bigger role this year.

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1.  Georgia quarterback Joe Cox almost went to play for Auburn defensive coordinator Ted Roof when he was the head coach at Duke.

2.  Freshman Montez Robinson is settling in as a defensive end in Athens.

3.  But the return of Justin Houston will eat into some of Robinson’s playing time.

4.  As a means of rubbing salt into Georgia fans’ wounds, this writer looks at where the Dawgs would finish if they were in the ACC.

5.  Here, let’s cheer the UGA fans back up with a look at the 10 biggest wins the Bulldogs have recorded over Auburn.

6.  Georgia native Darvin Adams has earned the nickname “Smooth” as a Tiger receiver.

7.  Georgia receiver AJ Green is anxious to get back to work this weekend.

8.  This weekend’s Auburn game is a big one for recruiting.

9.  On the basketball front, here’s a quickie preview of Mark Fox’s first team.

10.  Cady Lalanne is the first signee of the Fox era, though that name sounds like it should belong to a female porn star, not a 6-8 power forward.

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Notes from Mark Richt’s teleconference:

* Asked how different Georgia’s season might be if the celebration call against AJ Green had not been made in the LSU game, Richt said: “If we would have held and won the game there’d be a different feel to it.”  “The bottom line is you’ve got to learn to win the close games.”  Richt wouldn’t cry about officials.

* He was then asked if that call had led to an emotional letdown the next week against Tennessee.  “They really took it to us. … We’re not gonna make any excuse.  We just got beat.”

* Richt bragged on LSU’s Chad Jones and Trindon Holliday.

* Richt has not been surprised by the play of Waushaun Ealey.  “He’s been running the ball well and he’s been improving rapidly in pass protection and route-running.”  “He’s a ball player.”

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1.  Georgia is looking for their first four-game win streak over Auburn in 50 years.

2.  This writer points out that it’s a down year for the South’s oldest rivalry.

3.  Blair Walsh has turned into one of Georgia’s best-ever kickers.

4.  Both of UGA’s kickers have been bright spots in a disappointing year.

5.  Joe Cox had to readjust his goals as the season has worn on.

6.  Freshman Branden Smith is running Mark Richt’s “Wild Dawg” package.

7.  Here’s more on the option package.

8.  AJ Green says he’s 100% healthy and ready to go against Auburn.

9.  Tailback Ben Tate is the man who makes things go in the Tigers’ offense.

10.  Richt is so fed up with penalties that he plans to pull players who commit them against #25 Auburn.

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1.  Waushaun Ealey has helped revive Georgia’s run game.

2.  Here’s a quick preview of the Auburn Tigers.

3.  Two of the best placekickers in the country will face each other on Saturday.  (And fans will be riveted!)

4.  Here’s how Blair Walsh solidified his hold on the Dawgs’ kicking duties.

5.  Auburn quarterback Chris Todd has had a rollercoaster season.

6.  According to this notes column, freshman defensive end Montez Robinson has avoided hitting the dreaded freshman wall.

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1.  If Georgia wants to reach Nashville, Memphis or Shreveport — pause — they need to beat Auburn and secure their sixth win on Saturday.

2.  Joe Cox and the Bulldogs want to finish the season strong “because we’ve worked hard enough to deserve that.” 

To quote “Unforgiven,” “Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.”

3.  Mark Bradley of The AJC writes that Mark Richt’s program is in decline, therefore he must win against Auburn to fend off their recruiting invasion of the Peach State.

4.  About 7,000 to 10,000 folks didn’t show up for Georgia’s win over Tennessee Tech.

5.  Georgia’s running game has finally shown signs of life in recent weeks.

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ATHENS — After a devastating loss to Florida that essentially extinguished even the most faint flickers of Georgia’s preseason goals, the outcry from disgruntled fans demanded Mark Richt look to the future.
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ATHENS — Mark Richt is a man of faith. It’s a source of pride and inspiration that he believes strongly in things he can’t completely understand. The important thing is that he believes.
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Bill King, who does an excellent job with his Junkyard Blawg for The AJC, has had quite enough of media guys (like me) talking about Mark Richt being on the hot seat.

In his view, there’s no way Richt will be fired this year, “So let’s can all this ‘hot seat’ talk.”

Fair enough.  Saying someone is on the hot seat can mean a couple of different things:

a)  The man on the hot seat is about to be fired

b)  The man on the hot seat is facing a whole lot of pressure, more than anyone else.

I, for one, don’t think there’s any way that Richt will be fired, either.  In fact, I think the amount of panic going on inside the state of Georgia over a 4-4 team that lost two mega-stars early to the pros is downright amazing.

However, there are some ways to tell if your coach is on the hot seat:

a)  If you do a Google search of your coach’s name and the words “hot seat” and “fire” appear in numerous entries… your coach might be on the hot seat.

b)  If something as silly as your coach’s demeanor is becoming a major negative for him… your coach might be on the hot seat.

c)  If the athletic director of your school has to make TWO statements of support for your coach during the season… your coach might be on the hot seat.

d)  If fans and media believe the coach will HAVE to fire one or more assistants from his staff in the offseason… your coach might be on the hot seat.

e)  If your coach has to remind angry fans on his radio show of his excellent resume and record… your coach might be on the hot seat.

So let’s see… a, b, c, d, e… yep, Richt is on the hot seat.

Or put it another way: What SEC coach is taking more guff and facing more fan anger than Richt right now?

That would be no one.

Richt won’t be fired this year.  (He shouldn’t even be in trouble, if you ask me.)  But he’ll need to have a good year next year.

And that’s the definition of a hot seat.

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1.  Georgia’s defense has managed to collect just six takeaways this year… the lowest total of all 120 FBS schools.

2.  The Bulldogs’ strength and conditioning coach is hot over TV analyst Randy Cross’ decision to say Georgia players look “weak.”  Indeed, Dave Van Halanger has been in Athens since 2001 and no one has complained about their strength until now.

3.  Mark Richt says Georgia works hard to keep up to date on the latest strength and conditioning techniques.

4.  Richt is happy to be back between the hedges this week…

5.  But that doesn’t mean he’ll see a full house of happy faces for UGA’s homecoming game with Tennessee Tech.

6.  In basketball news, the Mark Fox era tips off tonight in an exhibition game against North Georgia.

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1.  Athletic director Damon Evans had to come to the defense of Mark Richt yesterday.  (Good thing he’s not on the hot seat, eh, Dawg fans?) 

“… Our head coach is very good at what he does, and I have the utmost confidence Mark Richt will continue to lead us in the right direction. … I know (Richt) will evaluate his program at the end of the season, as he always does.”

2.  Mark Bradley of The AJC interprets Evans’ comments to mean, “I’m with you, Coach, but I also want action.”

3.  At least one Georgia player thinks criticism of Richt’s calm demeanor is silly.

4.  Former UGA quarterback Buck Belue took on the Georgia fanbase yesterday. 

“How do you leave early, when the LSU-Georgia game outcome hangs in the balance?  What’s up with the showing up tardy?  How lame is all that garbage that was left behind by tailgaters?  Embarrassing.  Have another 6-pack and scream about firing (Willie) Martinez and (Mike) Bobo some more.”

Wow.

5.  Will Tavarres King or Rantavious Wooten be able to replace AJ Green’s numbers in Georgia’s offense this weekend?  (Against Tennessee Tech, will it matter?)

6.  Wooten will actually be filling the position left open by Green’s lung injury.

7.  This writer believes punter Drew Butler could earn All-American honors.

8.  Richt thinks he might have the best punter and the best placekicker in the nation.

9.  The Bulldogs are baffled by their own on-field mistakes.

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Notes from Mark Richt’s teleconference:

* AJ Green will be out this weekend.  Justin Houston is nicked up, too.

* Richt was asked about the SEC’s freshman of the year award.  He said he didn’t know if his team had a candidate for that award, though he did say he had some guys who might make the all-freshman team.

* Nationally, defenses are doing better this year than they did last year.

* Asked about the frustration of dealing with questions regarding his program, Richt said, “If you don’t think it’s gonna happen you’ve got your head in the sand.  What separates us from any other league is the rabidness of our fanbases.  When they’re team doesn’t do well some get sad, some get mad and some ask questions about how to fix it.  When you add the multiple, multiple media outlets and internet chatrooms then all of a sudden you add a dimension of fans who can spew things out without any accountability.  But that’s what happens when things don’t go the way you want them to go.  We do need to learn how to handle adversity.  Our job as coaches is to educate these plays in how to handle adversity in life,” so they need to show them right now just how to do that.

* Only two people had questions for Richt today… Mike Herndon of The Mobile Press-Register and myself.

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1.  Joe Cox was nervous as he waited to find out if he would still be the starting quarterback this week.  “When I walked in, Coach (Mark) Richt was like, ‘You sweating on the way over here?’  He told me that I was the guy and I was who they wanted to be under center.”

2.  Georgia’s two freshman quarterbacks didn’t “earn” the right to replace Cox.

3.  Richt had to defend his record yesterday — against imbeciles who are up in arms over a single disappointing season.  “Let’s face it, we’ve had the best winning percentage in the history of Georgia football.  We’ve done pretty well.  This year we have not, okay.  So we’re averaging 10 wins a year and won the SEC twice and they hadn’t won one in 20 years.  It’s not like we’ve just been floudering around.  This year we have been, let’s face it.  And I don’t like it.”

4.  Jeff Schultz of The AJC — who is apparently in full-blown panic mode right along with many Bulldog fans — writes that Richt’s “methods have to change.  Everything that might affect direction and atmosphere has to change.”

Yep.  A season that looks 7-5ish but could still wind up 9-4 is a clear call to blow up everything at Georgia but Sanford Stadium’s hedges. 

Certainly, coaches must adapt and change with the times, but the overreaction from Mr. Schultz and the Georgia fanbase is amazing. 

Personally, I think it would be good to see Richt put himself on the open market and the leave the Dawgs searching for a new coach.  Richt would be the first coach hired this offseason.  But you have to wonder what coach would come running to Athens… if Richt’s stellar record wasn’t viewed as satisfactory.

5.  Allow me to mention once again — before posting the next link — that I was absolutely bombarded by angry Georgia fans last summer when I said that Richt would be on the hot seat if he had a bad season this year. 

Now, here’s what former Dawg quarterback Buck Belue had to say yesterday: “It’s tough to tell who’s having a worse year, the team or the fans.  It’s gotten really ugly as far as the fans go — the ‘fire everybody” stuff.  It sort of compares to the penalties and the turnovers you see from the team.”

6.  As we told you yesterday, Waushaun Ealey doesn’t believe Brandon Spikes should have been suspended for his eye-poke on Saturday..  “I had my eyes closed.  He really didn’t gouge my eyes.”

7.  One analyst believes the biggest issue at Georgia is the team’s defensive coordinator, not recruiting.

8.  Georgia’s bowl prospects aren’t looking too great right now.

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Despite the fact that some Bulldog fans have been howling for Joe Cox to move to the bench, Mark Richt is staying with his interception-prone signal-caller.

That shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone.  Not even the columnists who want to see true freshman Aaron Murray get a shot.

The idea is for Richt to start building for next year.  “This 4-4 year is a washout, so let’s move on.”

Richt has said he won’t do that because the focus must remain on winning games this year.  He has seniors who have spent their entire careers building toward this season and those guys don’t want — or deserve — to have their stretch run turned into a lengthy 2010 preseason camp.

But there are other reasons for this move that have surely gone through Richt’s mind.

For one, when the fans are complaining this loudly after ONE bad year, it’s not really the time to start letting losses pile up.

Former UGA quarterback Eric Zeier even came to Richt’s defense this week asking fans to be patient.  “I think what’s surprising a little bit is in a year when you lost Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno and a lot of other guys that were good (that) the criticism is as loud as it is.”

So, would upset Dawg fans — and columnists — cut Richt a break if he went with Murray at quarterback the rest of the way?  You know the answer.

If Georgia went to the freshman and dropped two of their final four to finish 6-6 everyone would be using that record against Richt.  He’d get no free pass for “building toward next year.”

And while it’s possible that UGA could also finish 6-6 with Cox, the coaches clearly feel he gives them their best chance for winning.

That’s just as important for Richt’s staff as it is for Richt.  The farther south the 2009 campaign goes, the more likely you’ll see big changes on the 2010 coaching staff.  Those assistants aren’t interested in throwing in the towel on ‘09 if it means some of them might not be back in ‘10.

There are other considerations, too:

* If Georgia goes to a freshman and stumbles badly as they look ahead to next year, what impact will that have on this year’s recruiting class?  Think negative recruiting from other schools wouldn’t be easier if the Dawgs had truly bad season.  It’s still possible for Richt to keep his 8-wins-a-year streak alive, after all.

* If the Bulldogs win out, they can still go all the way to the Outback Bowl in Tampa.  Do you think AD Damon Evans wants to get the biggest bowl check he can… or do you think he’s good with pulling the plug on 2009?  Money talks.

* Finally, the worse this year’s record is, the more heat Richt himself will feel going into next season.  I’m guessing he’s not interested in hearing what the expectations would be if he drops to 6-6 this year.

That, of course, is a calculated risk.  While Richt might be able to avoid a total drop-off and finish as strong as 9-4 with a bowl win this season, he would still need to have his team prepared for the start of the 2010 season.

And once again, he’ll be breaking in a brand new quarterback.

The heat will be on during Murray’s (or Zach Mettenberger’s) learning curve anyway.  There will be no “get out of jail free” card for having to play a first-time quarterback… whenever Richt elects to do it.

He should realize that based on the level of heat he’s feeling this year in what is his first bad season in Athens.

(Apologies to fans at Vanderbilt, Kentucky, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Arkansas who think a possible 9-4 campaign would look pretty darn good.)

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1.  In a move sure to upset fans and columnists, Mark Richt has decided to stay with Joe Cox at quarterback.  “It was unanimous among our staff that Joe gives us the best chance to win and that’s where our focus needs to be.”

2.  Therefore, it looks like Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger are still on track to redshirt.

3.  Richt’s players want to go with the QB who gives them the best chance to win now.

4.  AJ Green will NOT play against Tennessee Tech after sustaining a bruised lung against Florida last weekend.

5.  Caleb King “will probably start” at tailback due to concerns about Waushaun Ealey’s ability to pass protect.
 

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Black jerseys.  Black pants.  Black helmets. 

We had a whole wave of new black fashion in the SEC on Saturday.  And it all started two years ago.

In 2007, Mark Richt broke out black jerseys for a nationally televised game against Auburn.  The Bulldogs took the Tigers behind the woodshed for a 45-20 victory.

Players loved the black duds.  Fans loved the black duds.

So Georgia pulled the jerseys out again for a Sugar Bowl dismantling of Hawaii to close that season.

Ah, but then came Georgia’s 2008 blowout loss to Alabama in a “blackout” game at Sanford Stadium.  Suddenly, the black look wasn’t so popular anymore.  It had become a jinx.

So on Saturday in Jacksonville, Richt went in another direction to inspire his team: black pants and black helmets.  Both looked somewhat cheap, if you asked me.  The Dawgs were throttled.  And now folks across the Peach State (including Tony Barnhart of The AJC) are asking UGA to ditch the black attire altogether.

Win = black is good.

Lose = black is bad.

Up the road from Athens, Tennessee pulled out black jerseys for the first time since the 1920s for their Halloween game with South Carolina.

Athletic director Mike Hamilton had said black jerseys would be a no-no on his watch, but he just couldn’t tell his new coach and two football players “no” when they asked for the duds this week.

Tennessee rolled to victory in their new uniforms, 31-13.

Not surprisingly, Vol fans loved the look by a 10-1 margin according to most media polls, though in my opinion, the jerseys looked like a cross between Vanderbilt practice jerseys and Burt Reynolds’ old Mean Machine unis from “The Longest Yard.”

Win = black is good.

Lose = black is bad.

Now, after Hamilton said on Saturday that the black uniform was a one-time deal (yeah, right), basketball coach Bruce Pearl says he’s eyeballing some black uniforms for his Tennessee basketball team. 

Apparently once you go black, it’s tough to go back.

Could it be that Pearl had asked about black unis in the past only to be rebuffed by Hamilton?  Now, seeing that UT’s new football coach got his way, could Pearl be taking his push for black unis to the media and fans?

It’s possible.

Either way, it’s safe to say that Volunteer fans will like black uniforms… right up until the point their team loses in black uniforms.  Just like Georgia fans.

Tennessee fans have been down this road before, after all.  With orange shoes.

Back in 1986, Tennessee broke out orange shoes for their annual battle with Alabama.  Following a 56-28 home beatdown by the Tide, the shoes were boxed up and shelved.  Four years later they were sent to a group trying to start American-style football in Russia.

While other seems to be embracing the black look, Rich Brooks said before last week’s Kentucky game that his team would NOT come out dressed in black.  According to Brooks — a self-proclaimed traditionalist — black isn’t one of Kentucky’s official colors and therefore would not be featured prominently on a jersey.  (UK did wear some hideous black basketball uniforms last year and look where that got Billy Gillispie.)

Had the Cats worn black on Saturday, their 31-24 loss to MSU would have no doubt resulted in those new black jerseys being trashed or burned.  That’s how it goes with faddish uniforms.  They’re great.  Until you lose in them.

(Now if someone can just talk Brooks out of wearing those full-body blueberry threads that he likes so much.  The all-blue Wildcats look like they need to be rolled to Willy Wonka’s juicing room.)

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