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Bulldogs' Program
Has Identity Crisis?
I am really proud to be a
Georgia Southern Golden Eagle
fan. Year after year, they man-
age to win. I'm also proud to be
a Georgia Bulldog fan, but I'm a
bit upset with the program right
now.
I've been a Georgia fan for as
long as I can remember. There
have been good years and bad
years, but lately the Bulldogs
appear to be having an identity
crisis. At some times during the
season the Bulldogs looked like
a contender, then they would sud-
denly look like the whipping boys
on the corner. Last week against
Georgia Tech, they looked like
the whipping boys on the corner.
I told my son on Thursday the
Bulldogs would be handed a good
old-fashioned attitude adjust-
ment by the Yellow Jackets and
it happened. At one point, I almost
started cheering for Georgia
Tech just to get the fiasco over
with.
"Just keep on pounding away,"
I shouted as ff the Yellow Jackets
or the Bulldogs could hear me.
Adjustments have not been a
strong point for the Georgia
coaching tfj[lir season. ,The
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has looked pretty good all season,
that is, until they met the Yellow
Jackets. The offense has looked
weak all season and they looked
even weaker against the Yellow
Jackets.
ESPN quoted Vince Dooley a
few weeks ago as saying the pro-
gram was not looking for a head
coach because Jim Dorman had
posted consistent winning sea-
sons• That's great, but the Podunk
Bowl doesn't look good to me.
This is the second season in a
row that the Bulldogs have lost
three of their last four games and
finished at 7-4. Donnan now falls
to 2-3 against Georgia Tech. News
flash..• Georgia fans won't accept
that very long.
OK, we all know Georgia had
some injuries this past season,
but so did Tech. When the Yellow
Jackets lost quarterback Joe
Hamilton everyone said their sea-
son was in jeopardy, but the
Jackets answered the call. As a
matter of fact, Jacket quarter-
back George Godsey had 222
yards passing against the Dawgs.
While injuries play a key role,
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so does coaching and motivation.
It appears to me, at least in the
past couple of years, the Georgia
Bulldogs have lacked the killer
instinct. Motivation has little to
do with talent, but a great deal to
do with coaching.
GEORGIA FANS might want
to consider becoming a Georgia
Southern Golden Eagle fan.
Although they suffer injuries just
like everyone else, they always
find a way to have a winning sea-
son, they are a sistent playoff
contender and they have pretty
good coaching. For instance, the
Eagles were trailing McNeese
State by a score of 17-14 at the
end of the half in the first-round
of the playoffs Saturday, but they
turned it up a notch in the second
half to take a 42-17 win. That is
not only the mark of a champion,
but a coaching staff that can make
adjustments.
LET'S FACE IT, in Georgia we
are not blessed with many good
teams. We have the Falcons who
have made the Super Bowl once,
but since have not managed a win-
ning season and are at the bottom
of the NFL right now with a great
3-10 record, We have the Hawks,
who almost never make the play-
offs and so far this season have
been able to win two games.
We are blessed with the
Braves, who dominated profes-
sional baseball during the '90s.
The question is, does it take
good coaching or great talent to
win? The answer is, it takes both.
Think I'm wrong? Tell the South
Carolina Gamecocks and Lou
Holtz that.
We gladly welcome
letters to the editor!
Those Mysterious Classified
I was glancing through the
paper the other day and I came
across the personal ads in the clas-
sified section.
Ever read those ads? They're
much more interesting than read-
ing the soybean futures on the
financial pages, and I lost inter-
est in Dick Tracy years ago.
One ad read, "GWM wants to
meet GWM for travel and inti-
mate relationship. Must be non-
smoker."
After some thinking (I'm also.
brilliant on the Jumble word
game, having gotten "UTIGRA"
-- guitar -- in 15 seconds), I fig-
ured out what the capital letters
in the ads stood for.
"GWM," of course, is a "gay
white male," and I'm thinking
here's this gay guy who wants to
travel and become intimate with
another gay guy and he's got to
know the facts about AIDS, but
what he's concerned about is
breathing secondhand smoke
from his lover's cigarette.
Another ad read, "SWF wants
SWM who's into jazz, the classics,
vintage wines, and hiking."
"SWF" and "SWM," I figure,
has to stand for "single white
female" and "single white male."
"Straight" is possible, too, but
let's not get overly immersed in
detail, and just who does this SWF
think she's kidding here?
Any single white female who
has to resort to taking out an ad
to find a boyfriend would take a
SWM who's into yodeling, Hustler
magazine, Ripple, and robbing
convenience stores.
Still another ad read: "SBM,
handsome, athletic, financially
secure, wants SBF, 20s, who will
be his princess."
If I were a SBF (single black
female) I would want to know how
this narcissist got his money, and
if being his princess meant I'd
have to be tied up or do anything
involving animals.
I don't think I'd ever put an
ad in the personal section, but if
I ever did resort to such a thing, :
I'm afraid I'd have a difficult time
getting all I wanted to say about
myself in a few capital letters.
I'm a "DWM," a divorced
white male (okay, an oft-SWM).
On top of that I'm a "MAODWM,"
a "Middle-aged-often divorced-
white-male," and I don't smoke,
which makes me a "MAOD-
WMNS."
I'd also like for prospective
companions to know I'm a
Protestant, a college graduate, a
If my social life
desperate point, I can
after the "SWHWs."
Single Waffle House
resses. They're around
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wiches in town.
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"...I'm afraid I'd
have a difficult time
getting all I wanted to
say about myself in a
few capital letters."
14 handicap golfer, and I snore,
which now has me up to being a
"MAODWMNSPCG 14HGWS."
Naturally, I'd also want to
point out I'm a dog lover who
brushes his teeth regularly, still
has his hair, loves egg sandwich-
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all that in a classified ad? NATIONWIDE.
Georgia Race Was Preview for U.S.
(Editor's note: Georgia once
found itself in a dilemma simi-
lar to that now facing the nation.
The General Election of 1966
failed to produce a clear-cut
winner for governor. Republican
candidate Howard (Bo)
Callaway of Harris County led
Democrat Lester Maddox in
popular votes by more than
3,000, but nearly 60,000 write-
in votes for Ellis Arna pr-
vented CalIaway from having h
clear majority of all votes count-
ed, then required in Georgia. As
in the presidential election,
there was no provision for a
runoff in Georgia at that time,
and the state constitution stip-
ulated that the election be set-
tled in the General Assembly.
Callaway supporters car-
ried a challenge to the consti-
tutional provision all the way to
the U.S. Supreme Court, which
ruled by one-vote - 5-4 - that the
General Assembly should
choose between the two front-
runners. In mid-January, the
heavily Democratic Assembly
selected Maddox.
• In the following column,
which first appeared in The
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer on
Nov. 20, 1966, Millard Grimes,
then its editor, warned how the
nation could end up with an
indecisive presidential election
under the Electoral College
method of selection.
Now, 35 years later,
Grimes' warning seems rele-
vant, although he foresaw a d4f-
ferent type of dilemma. Grimes
is now president and CEO of the
Manchester Star-Mercury.)
THE REST OF the nation
may be chuckling over
Georgia's no-governor dilem-
ma, but it is entirely possible
that the nation could end up in
the same dilemma after the 1968
presidential election. And that
would be no laughing matter for
anyone.
The U.S. Constitution pro-
vides that in the event no can-
didate for President receives a
majority of the electoral votes,
the selection of President will
be made by the incoming House
of Representatives. Courts have
no jurisdiction over this provi-
sion.
Twice in U.S. history, the
House has been called on to
make the selection, in 1800 and
in 1824. But in the more com-
plicated world of today, uncer-
tainty at the national level
which corresponded to the pre-
sent uncertainty in Georgia
would have dangerous conse-
quences.
Even in 1800 and in 1824,
the.. selection by Congress
plunged the nation into tempo-
rary crisis.
THE 1800 ELECTION
involved Thomas Jefferson and
Aaron Burr. By a freak loophole
in the electoral college, they had
received the same number of
electoral votes, although
Jefferson was running for pres-
ident and Burr was running for
vice president. The loophole
was corrected by the 12th
amendment.
Nevertheless, the 1800
choice went to the House, and
Jefferson was selected only
because his great antagonist,
Alexander Hamilton, the
Federalist leader, gave him his
support. Hamilton stood against
Jefferson's philosophy of gov-
ernment, but he considered
Burr an unprincipled
scoundrel.
This action by Hamilton
eventually resulted in a pistol
duel with Burr in which
Hamilton was shot to death.
Burr then became a hunted
criminal, and even attempted to
organize an armed revolt
against the Washington govern-
ment.
IN 1824, four candidates
split the electoral vote. Andrew
Jackson led in the popular vote,
but Henry Clay, who finished
third, supported John Quincy
Adams, the runnerup, and suc-
ceeded in throwing the House
election to Adams.
There were no political par-
ties as we know them at that
time.
Jackson never forgave
Clay, and although the episode
did not lead to a duel as in the
case of Hamilton and Burr, it
did result in Clay's founding of
the Whig party to oppose
Jackson.
In !968, the nation could
easily find itself in another cri-
sis, with no candidate receiving
a majority of electoral votes.
Indeed, that is the stated
goal Of Alabama's Gov. George
Wallace, who proposes to run as
a third party candidate, in hopes
of capturing enough electoral
votes to deny either the
Democratic or Republican can-
didate a clear majority.
Can he do it?
Obviously, the possibility
exists. The outcome would
depend on how close the mar-
gin is between the two major
contenders.
LET'S SAY THAT Wallace
received the most popular votes
in just three states - Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana. That
would give him 27 electoral
votes, a modest total to be sure,
but as large, percentagewise,
as the 58,000 popular votes
which Ellis Arnall,s write-in col-
lected in Georgia. (Editor's
note: Wallace actually carried
five states, including
but Richard Nixon
won a majority of the
votes.)
If the contest betweeO
Democratic nominee and
Republican nominee was
those 27 votes could
either from getting the
toral votes needed for a
ity.
Well, ,you sa
would put Gov.
strong bargaining position.
But would it? The
tution sends the choice to
House of Re
selection between the two
candidates, and Gov.
would be in l
only if he controlled the
gressmen of the states
ried, which is an
prospect.
Most f these con
men will be
they'll have the choice
ing for the Democratic
dential nominee or for
Republican nominee.
If Republicans
majority of House
the Ret
undoubtedly be selected.
If the Democrats
majority, the southern
bers would probably hold
deciding vote, but it's
envision them deserting
Democratic nominee no
ter what their
They've stuck by the
every organizational vote,
few congressmen or
have strayed from the fold l
presidential election.
Wallace might
point - as the Arnall
movement did - but he
also create a crisis of
dence in the elective
just as has happened in
If he does run, and
some electoral votes, the
nation may look
Georgia's predicament
bit more understanding
sympathy.
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Let Us All Keep Christ in Christmas
Someone has made the state-
ment, "He who has not
Christmas in his heart will never
find it under a tree." The sea-
son is definitely upon us. The
turkeys that were stuffed have
now stuffed us, the pies that
were filled with apples now fill
us and now our attention has
been drawn to the festive
Christmas season. During this
time of year many things beg
our time and attention. Things
such as Christmas parties and
dinners, Christmas plays and
special services, family get-
togethers and company parties
all call for some portion of our
time. Just as it is easy for the
child's eye to be turned to the
bright lights and decorated
trees, it is easy for adults to get
sidetracked as well. As enjoy-
able as the season is and the
things that traditionally accom-
pany it, if you do not have
Christmas in your heart, it will
not be found under a tree or in
a beautifully wrapped package.
My wife has a pin she wears
during this time of year, maybe
some of you have the same pin.
It reads, "Jesus is the reason for
the season." May we all realize
the only way we can enjoy a sea-
son as festive as this is solely
• because of Jesus. This world
offers many substitutes for
Jesus, but the bottom line is,
there is no substitute. If it
weren't for a babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, there would
be no reason for beautifully
wrapped packages. If there
wasn't any suffering on the
cross of Calvary, there could be
no "Joy to the World." The point
is, how can we leave Jesus out
of Christmas since without:
there could be no (
Although most scholars
ably not the most
for Christ's birth, I see
wrong of setting aside
honor the coming
Kings to the earth. I
could say as the song
is the birthday of a
is the time we
birthday of Jesus, then
why is it so
out of his own
can be no real Peace oo
and Joy to the World
Christ.
