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2008 Sugar Bowl Champions: My Georgia Bulldogs

The Georgia Bulldogs are the 2008 Sugar Bowl Champions after beating the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 41-10 on Tuesday night. However, there is a lot of controversy surrounding not only their win, but also their rightful place in the BCS.

The truth is this win should have been taking place in the National Championship, but at least we can say we’re champions! Georgia, who was projected by all of the so called ‘experts’ to either be upset by Hawaii or to only win by 3-5 points solidly hammered the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors by 31 points.

A little over a month ago Georgia was leaped by three teams in the final polls. It was not the computers that pushed them out of contention for the BCS National Championship, it was the other coaches, all for a rule that does not exist. Many say the Bulldogs had to win their division to be in the National Championship, however there is no rule that a team has to win their division to go to the National Championship. Georgia was ranked #4 behind the #3 Ohio State team when #1 Missouri lost to Oklahoma and #2 West Virginia lost to Pitt in their final week. In all previous cases in the BCS no top 5 team has been leaped by another team, much less by three teams.

A lot of thanks goes to arrogant coaches like Bob Stoops of Oklahoma who voted the #4 Bulldogs at #10 in the final polls before the bowl selections trying to give his team a shot at the National Championship, other coaches voted Georgia in places like #9 and #12 and some even worst. Bob Stoops, who helped vote his team into the previous spot that Georgia held at #4 got a taste of the game he voted himself into when he was hammered by West Virginia last night, losing by 20 points (48-28). The Sooners had no answer for Pat White and the West Virginia offense and really their defense. So, I believe it is rightfully so that Georgia fans are calling for a split National Championship. The AP could very well set the record straight by voting Georgia as #1 at the end of the season. If you watch college football, you are very aware of what happened to the Bulldogs and it wasn’t right.

However, Georgia’s Sugar Bowl win over Hawaii was a lose/lose/lose for them. I called it about a month ago on the ESPN forums and the Foxsports Forums. People are already saying the things that I thought they would hours after Georgia was victorious. The first loss for Georgia would be if they smoked Hawaii, as they did, then it would be said that it was no challenge for the Bulldogs and that Hawaii did not deserve to be in the Sugar Bowl. (Listen you may be able to hear Mark May saying it now.) The second loss for the Bulldogs would be if they barely won, in this case it would have been said that Georgia was not as good as they or their fans said they were and did not deserve a shot at the National Championship afterall. The final loss for the Bulldogs would have been if they lost to Hawaii. The experts would have hailed and praised the Rainbow Warriors and would have said once again that Georgia did not deserve a shot at the National Title and that their coaches and players were confused about how good they really are. Georgia has barely received the credit they deserve, as is, for shutting down the #1 scoring offense and the only undefeated regular season team in the Sugar Bowl.

The experts who are now saying that Hawaii did not deserve to be in the Sugar Bowl are the same ones that said they would upset Georgia, or that if Georgia pulled out a win it would only be by 3-5 points. Funny how the success of one team will change a story. Thank you West Virginia! You solidified that a smaller team can beat a larger team. You proved that a smaller team can be just as fast and carry just as much talent as the bigger schools. With your solid win over Oklahoma, it proves one point for UGA. They are as good as they say they are and their play over their past 7 games is for real. Hawaii could have won if they were better than the Bulldogs, if they came out with passion as did the Mountaineers, but they didn’t and they could not overcome Georgia’s defense, so does Georgia deserve to be in the National Championship? Yes! As does USC. No one in the country wants to play these two teams, and without a playoff they don’t have to, but Georgia should have never been leaped over by 3 teams. #4 Oklahoma (a division champion) already lost, #3 Virginia Tech (a Division Champion very well could lose tonight) and #2 LSU (a Division Champion) may lose as well. If all 3 division champs lose, what will everyone say then about Georgia having to win their division? The point is invalid, and the BCS is a joke!

All that to say, Georgia is the 2008 Nokia Sugar Bowl Champions and National Champs in my mind!

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Georgia PDYM Community Lunch

Hey Georgia PDYM Community members…our community lunch is this Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Email me (under my picture) for all the details! I can’t wait to see you!

Nick

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Bye Bye Andrew Jones

I know the Braves said they were not going to negotiate with Andrew Jones for 2008, but everyone can live in denial. Well today it all was finalized. Andrew Jones is going to play for the Dodgers for 2008 & 2009. Bye Bye Andrew…we will miss you!
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Porn vs. Social Networking

According to a recent article in Time Magazine, Social Networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook rule the internet when it comes to website hits from 18-24 year olds in comparison to “adult entertainment” sites, better known as porn. Here’s a quote from the article:

“Here’s a shocker: Porn is not No. 1. I’ve actually been puzzled by the decrease in visits to the Adult Entertainment category over the last two years. Visits to porn sites have dropped from 16.9% of all site visits in the U.S. in October 2005 to 11.9% as of last week, a 33% decline. Currently, for web users over the age of 25, Adult Entertainment still ranks high in popularity, coming in second, after search engines. Not so for 18- to 24-year-olds, for whom social networks rank first, followed by search engines, then web-based e-mail — with porn sites lagging behind in fourth.” [Entire Article]

The secular columnist gives credit to the idea that the social networking sites do two things:
#1 They draw the interest of this age group more than porn sites, stating that 18-24 year olds would rather talk with friends online than look at skin.
#2 They say that the social networking sites take up so much of the time of the 18-24 year old that they have no extra time to surf porn sites.

I however, believe this gives more validity to the Biblical world view that a lot of the more modern churches have been sharing for several years now. That view being that we were created to connect in authentic community. Is Facebook and Myspace authentic community? Some may say no, but I would bet that those individuals are from a less tech-friendly generation. If you were to ask a majority of high school students who it was that made up their friends list, I am sure an overwhelming majority of them would be friends from school, church, and social groups or clubs that they are doing life with outside of the virtual world. The next highest number of friends on their lists most likely comes from bands and movie stars. We all know that students are not having long conversations with movie stars and band members. These young adults are spending time with their friends.

Social Networking sites do connect us with people around the world, but through examining the profiles and comments of students you will see that their time is being spent with those that they are doing life together with, outside of the virtual world. Porn does not do this. Yes it gives cheap thrills and a limited amount of pleasure, but I believe that Generation Y as well as the Mosaic Generation is finding that they are more satisfied with real life connections. The principle that we were created to connect, is transferable to life outside of the computer box, and into our relationships. Porn does not provide a genuine connection with people, therefore it does not meet the need to connect.

This proof of a Biblical principle relates to premarital sex as well. Most students enter into a sexual relationship looking for an emotional bond with another person, they desire to connect and they desire to feel and be loved. They take the natural desire that God has given us to connect with one another and they combine it with what our secular society teaches about sex, and it ultimately becomes destructive for a majority of young people. While groups like Planned Parent Hood discourage and disagree with teaching on Abstinence, I believe the church and the home need to increase their efforts in teaching God’s plan for marriage, dating, and connecting in community. We have all heard negativity of the social networking sites, but it is always good news to hear that less people are visiting porn sites.

Nick