Can't believe a damne d dawg can write that well:-) Oh well, we have a damned dawg as our coach...so I guess it's possible!!!
On 12/13/10, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Will Muschamp is now dead to me; Coach of Florida? > > > Tinyby Jwnelson <http://www.sbnation.com/users/Jwnelson> on Dec > <http://www.dawgsports.com/2010/12/11/1870697/will-muschamp-is-now-dead-to-m > e-coach-of-florida> 11, 2010 10:09 PM EST > > > News outlets, including ESPN, are reporting that > <http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5910011> Will Muschamp will be > the next head coach at the University of Florida. Considering some reports > already pegged Bob Stoops as the next coach and in the process of finalizing > a contract, leading to Mr. > <http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/12/oklahoma > -bob-stoops-florida-job/1> Stoops denying the rumors, it may pay to wait > for the news conference. Still, ESPN , USAToday, and others tend to do > better fact checking than Fan Blogs like 'Gator County.' In fact, > Muschamp's Wikipedia page already declares him as the head coach of the > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Muschamp> University of Florida. > > Which means that Will Muschamp, Dawg that he was, is now dead to me. > > Star-divide > > Every Bulldog fan has different feelings about the Big Four rivals: Auburn, > Tech, Florida, and Tennessee. The feelings have arisen differently based > upon the time periods in which those fans first became Bulldogs. I became a > fan of the Bulldogs in the late 1990s. For this reason the greatest evil in > the world-college sports-wise-is, to me, the Florida > <http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/florida-gators> Gators. > > I hate them with a passion. Three years of Georgia-Florida games-2000, > 2001, and 2002-will do that to you. Having family living in Florida to see > how Florida fans behave in their natural environment with others of like > minds will also do that to you. (Hint: They don't change. They're still > arrogant, ignorant, swaggering and rude fools.) > > To give you the idea of the depths of my dislike for the university located > in Gainesville consider this: I love my daughter with all my heart, but if > she, heaven forbid, chose to attend said university for anything (undergrad, > grad school, etc), I would kiss her good luck and tell her I hope she > received some good student loans. No dime of mine will be paid to that > University. (I even declined an extra copy of an article of mine published > in one of their law journals on this principal.) > > Which leads to Will Muschamp being dead to me. > > Mr. Muschamp was a damn good Dawg. He walked on and fought hard on our > defense. He played for the University and did well enough. He fought for > the University's honor on the football field and, for that reason, deserve > my respect. For all time I shall give that respect to Mr. Muschamp. > > Because he's dead to me. > > He dies to me the moment he works for Florida. I cannot and willfully chose > not to reconcile a Bulldog working for that school as a coach. I will see > them no more. They are something beyond what they once were; they are dead > to me. > > So it is with a heavy heart that I remember a damn good Dawg who is now dead > to me. Tomorrow at dinner I shall silently raise a glass in honor of the > memories of Mr. Muschamp, the once and former Bulldog. Who is dead to me. > And my wife shall look at me as she oft does, wondering most likely in > silence (although potentially out-loud) what the heck her husband is doing, > and then go back to her own meal. > > Oddly, someone can come back to life once they quit working for Florida. > Steve Spurrier is one example. He is no longer dead to me. I enjoy his > witty banter and amusing jabs. I cheered heartily for his South Carolina > team against Florida and then Auburn. Mr. Spurrier, unlike Mr. Muschamp, is > not dead to me. > > Similarly, Mr. McGarity is no longer dead to me. A Bulldog come back home, > someone saved from the taint of death and brought back to the land of the > living. Unlike Mr. Muschamp, Mr. McGarity is not dead to me. > > Auburn delenda est? No dear Brother King; Florida delenda est! And we > shall plow salt into the ground so no living thing shall grow ever again. I > have already purchased the salt futures for this endeavor. > > Which leads me to this closing question: > > Does anyone else have 'dead to me' acts? If someone works for a rival, does > that person become dead to me? Does a fumble on the goal line make a player > dead to you? Does a Bulldog fan willfully wearing a rival's gear make them > dead to you? Permanently? Temporarily? > > And, finally, I ask my fellow Bulldogs to raise a glass to toast Will > Muschamp, a damn good Dawg who is dead to me and, I hope, to many of you. > > > > > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Bob Parks Realty > > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > > Gallatin TN 37066 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Fax: 615-822-2027 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > > > > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- Sent from my mobile device -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
