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30th anniversary Georgia 26- Clemson 23 OMG!
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:45 pm
I was at this game.
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Didn't even know it was televised.
Back then, they didn't televise every game
Oh Boy. Watch this game.
Kevin Butler kicked a 60.5 yard field goal with 11 seconds left.
Georgia was down 20-6 at halftime. Rumour has it that Dooley was so pissed he threw a chair.
I'm really getting into this youtube videoe. I drank a big bottle of white wine on an empty stomach. You should see how exciting it is for Georgia to get back into the game with a 3rd down 20 yard pass for a td in the 3rd quarter.
Watch it while listening to to Deep Purple play Tokyo Woman.
Yeah!
LINK
Didn't even know it was televised.
Back then, they didn't televise every game
Oh Boy. Watch this game.
Kevin Butler kicked a 60.5 yard field goal with 11 seconds left.
Georgia was down 20-6 at halftime. Rumour has it that Dooley was so pissed he threw a chair.
I'm really getting into this youtube videoe. I drank a big bottle of white wine on an empty stomach. You should see how exciting it is for Georgia to get back into the game with a 3rd down 20 yard pass for a td in the 3rd quarter.
Watch it while listening to to Deep Purple play Tokyo Woman.
Yeah!
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:59 pm to samson'sseed
Wish I was alive to see that
Richt needs to throw chairs apparently
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:00 pm to dawgfan24348
have never seen that kick from behind Butler he smashed it
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:50 pm to samson'sseed
It wasn't televised (live)...I believe Clemson was on probation and had TV sanctions as part of their punishment...nobody gets banned from TV these days no matter how severe the infractions.
One of my all time favorite games @ UGA...a crazy celebration in Athens that day and night.
One of my all time favorite games @ UGA...a crazy celebration in Athens that day and night.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:45 pm to RD Dawg
If CO could block or Fred could catch Butler would have never had that shot.
Imagine if Clemson's D line was in shape and played all three quarters like the first?
Imagine if Clemson's D line was in shape and played all three quarters like the first?
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:03 pm to Peter Buck
Good lord,I remember our first couple of offensive series and the o-line getting blown up on almost every down...yes, thank God for the hot weather and 1:00 kickoff.
Too bad students now can't experience a big victory after 1:00 game with no TV timeouts...way too much fun
Too bad students now can't experience a big victory after 1:00 game with no TV timeouts...way too much fun
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:50 am to RD Dawg
quote:Fo sho... 1:00 games were often over at 3:30...
Too bad students now can't experience a big victory after 1:00 game with no TV timeouts...way too much fun
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:22 pm to samson'sseed
Jeff Sanchez with a pick and a forced fumble. Methinks he got his carrot wet that night.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:26 pm to HinesvilleThrill
To my Son, if I ever have one:
Kid, I am writing this on September 3, 1984. I have just returned from Athens, where I spent Saturday watching the University of Georgia, your old dad’s alma matter, play football against Clemson.
While the events of the day were still fresh on my mind, I wanted to recount them so if you are ever born, you can read this and perhaps be able to share one of the great moments in your father’s life.
Saturday was a wonderful day on the Georgia campus.
We are talking blue, cloudless sky, a gentle breeze and a temperature suggesting summer’s end and autumn’s approach.
I said the blessing before we had lunch. I thanked the Lord for three things: fried chicken, potato salad and for the fact he had allowed me the privilege of being a Bulldog.
“And , Dear Lord,” I prayed, “bless all those not as fortunate as I.”
Imagine my son, 82,000 people, most whom were garbed in red, gathered together gazing down on a lush valley of hedge and grass where soon historic sporting combat would be launched.
Clemson was ranked number 2 in the nation, and Georgia, feared too young to compete with the veterans from beyond the river, could only dream, the smart money said, of emerging three hours hence victorious.
They had us 20-6 at the half, son. A man sitting in front of me said, “I just hope we don’t get embarrassed.”
My boy, I had never seen such a thing as came to pass in the second half. Todd Williams threw one long and high, and Herman Archie caught it in the end zone, and it was now 20-13.
Georgia got the ball again and scored again, and it was now 20-20, and my mouth was dry, and my hands were shaking, and this Clemson fan who had been running his mouth the whole ballgame suddenly shut his fat face.
Son, we got ahead 23-20, and the ground trembled and shook, and many were taken by fainting spells.
Clemson’s kicker, Donald Igwebuike, tied it 23-23 and this sacred place became the center of the universe.
Only seconds were left when Georgia’s kicker, Kevin Butler, stood poised in concentration. The ball rushed toward him, and it was placed upon the tee a heartbeat before his right foot launched it heavenward.
A lifetime later, the officials threw their arms aloft. From 60 yards away, Kevin Butler had been true, and Georgia led and would win 26-23.
I hugged perfect strangers and kissed a fat lady on the mouth. Grown men wept. Lightening flashed. Thunder rolled. Stars fell, and joy swept through, fetched by a hurricane of unleashed emotions.
When Georgia beat Alabama 18-17 in 1965, it was a staggering victory. When we came back against Georgia Tech and won 29-28 in1978, the Chapel bell rang all night. When we beat Florida 26-21 in the last seconds in 1980, we called it a miracle. And when we beat Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl that same year for the national championship, a woman pulled up her skirt and showed the world the Bulldog she had sewn on her underbritches.
But Saturday may have been even better than any of those.
Saturday in Athens was a religious experience.
I give this to you, son. Read it and re-read it, and keep it next to your heart. And when people want to know how you wound up with the name “Kevin” let them read it, and then they will know.
-Lewis Grizzard
Kid, I am writing this on September 3, 1984. I have just returned from Athens, where I spent Saturday watching the University of Georgia, your old dad’s alma matter, play football against Clemson.
While the events of the day were still fresh on my mind, I wanted to recount them so if you are ever born, you can read this and perhaps be able to share one of the great moments in your father’s life.
Saturday was a wonderful day on the Georgia campus.
We are talking blue, cloudless sky, a gentle breeze and a temperature suggesting summer’s end and autumn’s approach.
I said the blessing before we had lunch. I thanked the Lord for three things: fried chicken, potato salad and for the fact he had allowed me the privilege of being a Bulldog.
“And , Dear Lord,” I prayed, “bless all those not as fortunate as I.”
Imagine my son, 82,000 people, most whom were garbed in red, gathered together gazing down on a lush valley of hedge and grass where soon historic sporting combat would be launched.
Clemson was ranked number 2 in the nation, and Georgia, feared too young to compete with the veterans from beyond the river, could only dream, the smart money said, of emerging three hours hence victorious.
They had us 20-6 at the half, son. A man sitting in front of me said, “I just hope we don’t get embarrassed.”
My boy, I had never seen such a thing as came to pass in the second half. Todd Williams threw one long and high, and Herman Archie caught it in the end zone, and it was now 20-13.
Georgia got the ball again and scored again, and it was now 20-20, and my mouth was dry, and my hands were shaking, and this Clemson fan who had been running his mouth the whole ballgame suddenly shut his fat face.
Son, we got ahead 23-20, and the ground trembled and shook, and many were taken by fainting spells.
Clemson’s kicker, Donald Igwebuike, tied it 23-23 and this sacred place became the center of the universe.
Only seconds were left when Georgia’s kicker, Kevin Butler, stood poised in concentration. The ball rushed toward him, and it was placed upon the tee a heartbeat before his right foot launched it heavenward.
A lifetime later, the officials threw their arms aloft. From 60 yards away, Kevin Butler had been true, and Georgia led and would win 26-23.
I hugged perfect strangers and kissed a fat lady on the mouth. Grown men wept. Lightening flashed. Thunder rolled. Stars fell, and joy swept through, fetched by a hurricane of unleashed emotions.
When Georgia beat Alabama 18-17 in 1965, it was a staggering victory. When we came back against Georgia Tech and won 29-28 in1978, the Chapel bell rang all night. When we beat Florida 26-21 in the last seconds in 1980, we called it a miracle. And when we beat Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl that same year for the national championship, a woman pulled up her skirt and showed the world the Bulldog she had sewn on her underbritches.
But Saturday may have been even better than any of those.
Saturday in Athens was a religious experience.
I give this to you, son. Read it and re-read it, and keep it next to your heart. And when people want to know how you wound up with the name “Kevin” let them read it, and then they will know.
-Lewis Grizzard
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:27 pm to dawgfan24348
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Munson's Call
Lord, how I miss that man. Listening to him call a Dawg game was one of the joys of my life. I wish I had a recording of every one.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 8:01 pm to WhopperDawg
Amen brother, amen. Grew up listening when only a couple of games a year were on tv. He's like Herschel, there'll never be another Munson.
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