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Turkey Tracks: Unpopular Beliefs Edition

A couple of things have me thinking about the Alabama game today. First and foremost, I'm in The ATL right now for a convention, where I'll be again in 80 days for the big game. It can't get here quick enough. Second, I received an E-mail today about applying for press credentials for the game.

I don't plan on applying. It's not because I don't think I'd get one. It's because I wouldn't take one if it were offered to me. I've gone down that route. I've covered football games (including the 2005 Sugar Bowl) from the press box before and it just ain't me.

Some bloggers feel we should push for the ability to get into the press box and cover the games like mainstream journalists. I don't want any part of that. This blog is catharsis for me and if it ever felt even remotely like a job I would shut it down with a quickness.

So I won't be blogging from the Georgia Dome press box 80 days from now. I'll be among my people, probably hammered (OK, definitely hammered) and having the time of my life. The way I feel it should be.

(Ed. Note: Someone pleeeeeeease help me find a new and better name for these cheap linktastic posts.)

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Hokies

- Ranking VT's most important defensive players. (VT Fan)
- The 2010 class is very deep in Virginia. (Tech Sideline)
- I thought I made this clear. No rooting for UVa. None. (The A-Line)

ACC and Opponents

- Helluva read: A top-to-bottom autopsy of the 2008 ACC season. (StateFans Nation)
One VT moment on this list. The others are probably forgettable for them. (Blogger So Dear)
- Never believe media guides. (Tomahawk Nation)
- Why GT shouldn't expect more wins in 2009. (The Legacyx4)
- Start hating Greivis now, before the rush. (Turtle Waxing)

Stuff Only I Care About

- Smart Football gets all existential on us. (Smart Football)
- Here's one writer not pressing the panic button on Matsuzaka. (Over the Monster)
Draft (North) American. (Sabretooth's House)

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Not only will I give you a title for the post: Bourbon Shots, but a byline as well: The links that go down smooth.

by collegegameballs on Jun 17, 2009 7:56 PM EDT reply actions  

winna winna

chicken dinna

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by furrer4heisman on Jun 18, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

“So I won’t be blogging from the Georgia Dome press box 80 days from now. I’ll be among my people, probably hammered (OK, definitely hammered) and having the time of my life. The way I feel it should be.”

Amen to this man. So much truth in this.

by SJPhillyVT on Jun 18, 2009 10:16 AM EDT reply actions  

Oh Snap! CGB just dropped an awesome name son!

by Winfield Featherston on Jun 18, 2009 12:43 PM EDT reply actions  

How goes the drink-a-thon?

by collegegameballs on Jun 18, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

hung.over.

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by furrer4heisman on Jun 18, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

F4H gets toasted lightning quick.

by Winfield Featherston on Jun 19, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions  

beer that is greater than 3.2 percent is foreign to me. and like i said, no night ends well when “…and then we did shots of jager” can be included in the story.

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by furrer4heisman on Jun 19, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

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