That first “aloha” means goodbye, unfortunately. The second one means “hello.”
When BabyCenter.com told us that our baby is the size of a pineapple this week, I didn’t realize it was a sign of things to come for the Bulldogs.
Yes sports fans, Georgia is not playing in the national title game this year. Instead, it’s LSU facing off against Ohio State. To stay with my SEC loyalty, I suppose I’ll be rooting for LSU. I’m just not a huge Les Miles fan, for reasons I don’t fully understand.
Georgia’s consolation prize — the Sugar Bowl, where we’ve been several times already. Our opponent: The unbeaten Hawaii Warriors of the Western Athletic Conference, or WAC.
Truth be told, this is about as close as it gets to a worst-case scenario for the Dawgs — at least in my opinion. Hawaii is an unknown, and they’ve got their whole state behind them. What’s worse, they’ll have all of the commentators behind them. It’s pretty much the same situation that OU was in last year against Boise State (another WAC team, by the way). It’s David vs. Goliath, and Georgia, unfortunately, will be portrayed as Goliath.
If we win, no one's impressed. If we lose, upset of the century. Great.
It’s not too dissimilar to when Georgia lost to West Virginia in the Sugar Bowl a couple of years ago, come to think of it. It might have been nice to have a rematch, but I’m kinda’ glad we don’t have to play them again. Nope, OU gets that honor!
Sugar Bowl: Go Dawgs! Beat Warriors!
Fiesta Bowl: Go Sooners! Beat W Va.!
Rose Bowl: Go USC! Illinois shouldn’t be there! (Should be Missouri)
Orange Bowl: Go Kansas! Beat Va. Tech! (Got some friends who are Kansas fans, so why not?)
National title game: Go … (sigh) Wildcats. I mean Tigers, or whatever they are.
P.S. -- That's the University of Hawaii's old logo at the top of the page, by the way. Yes indeed, their full name is the Rainbow Warriors. A few years ago they changed their team logo.
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