ForeverGator

Oh look, another season where Georgia has an easy SOS.

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Gambling addiction is so pathetic

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It’s the dopamine effects after winning that keeps them going. No different than a lot of addictions.

It’s not easy to avoid when it’s on your phone.

What’s scary now is them adding slot machine and table games to these apps. It’s only going to get worse.

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actually, none of it is true. Your theory has already been disproved by multiple people.

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“Disproved by multiple random people on the internet with no actual facts or evidence.”

I thought you were an attorney. You’re putting too much into what random people on the internet say. Oof.

Will Wade was still canned. Sorry I hurt your feelings.

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you called them draft dodgers and unpatriotic cowards, so yeah I think you did mean it as a knock

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Eh, I am not going to research every person on those squads, but I am sure some of this is true.

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you know who else fielded teams?

Army and Navy. THE two service academies fielded teams yet you think it was "bad optics" for state universities to do the same because some others chose not to? You realize it wasn't out of some deference to the war effort some colleges chose not to play right? It was that they didn't want to deal with the roster issues the war caused so they just said frick it. Others didn't. It's not that deep.

You may also want to educate yourself that the 1943 season had 59 teams comprised solely of people in active military service that competed against other college football teams.

The entire Big 10 played. The Big 6 played, most of the independents played, the Southern Conference played. Notre Dame played. USC played. UCLA played.

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No one should have played. I am aware there were many teams that played that year. I was talking about the SEC.

I am more praising the 7 SEC schools that decided not to field teams (they could have done the same thing as Georgia, LSU, and Vandy, but decided not to, to your own point).

For those players that eventually wound up going into service, great.

This is mostly a bash to Georgia for having their upperclassmen the year before and winning a national title that they gladly claim, while other schools suffered the same issues in 1942 that they faced in 1943.

To your point, it's not that deep nor an actual knock to the players that wound up going into service anyway.

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The 1942 UGA team included:
George Poschner at End, he served in the United States Army in World War II, where he received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Distinguished Service Cross.[5] On January 8, 1945, Poschner participated as a lieutenant in the Battle of the Bulge. While advancing into enemy territory, he was severely injured by machine-gun fire and did not receive medical treatment until two days later.[1] Poschner lost both legs and several fingers as a result of his injuries.

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I never said there weren't war heroes out there. Every school had war heroes and we remember them for it.

We're talking about the SCHOOL fielding a FOOTBALL team while there was a WAR going on. It's bad optics. Period.

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All the teams that played did so with people either too young for or unfit for service.

Many of the too young players would later serve as they grew older, some dying in the war and you are here calling them draft dodgers.

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This does not look good for Georgia then.

In 1942, Georgia fielded upperclassmen while other teams (to your point about those not fit or unable to be drafted) fielded younger men to field a team. Georgia went on to go 11-1 and win a "national championship" due to this.

7 of those SEC teams decided after 1942 that it would be best to not field a team for 1943.

Georgia, LSU, and Vandy decided to not follow suit.

And I am sure Georgia claims 1942 proudly.

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Florida football players have been dodging the draft for the last few years.

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There was a player drafted in every round this draft. We've had quite a number of players drafted, even during the Napier era. That wasn't an issue.

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I would laugh, but we're both going to be eating at the bottom of the trough. Only one more year before this shite ends for us.

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Maybe Billy D sits out next season and joins UK finally.

Or, Todd Golden leaves for the NBA after winning another natty and we get Billy D.

Next offseason won't be short of entertaining.