Georgia's Blackout Is Already Boring

On Saturday, two top-10 teams, both from the nation's top conference, will go head to head under the lights at Georgia's Sanford Stadium in a contest that has the potential to be the best game of the season. Yet all anyone seems to be capable of talking about is what the teams are going to be wearing.

Don't misunderstand me -- I'm not making value judgments about the blackout itself. If Georgia wants to wear some sweet-looking black jerseys and convince their fans to buy some new clothes, more power to 'em, but should that really the central storyline?

I'm looking forward to seeing of John Parker Wilson can continue to avoid the stupid decisions that plagued his 2007 campaigns against one of the top teams in the nation. I want to see if A.J. Green can repeat his break-out performance from last week. I want to see Julio Jones face his first real secondary. And, of course, I want to see if The Legend of Terrence Cody can stop the already legendary Knowshon Moreno.

But the thing that seems to be on everyone's lips is the blackout. Seriously?
Listen, this is college football not What Not To Wear.

I don't care what color shirt Nick Saban wears to a press conference or the frequency with which laundry gets done around his house. I don't care that Alabama (almost) never changes their uniforms in gimmicky ways to sell apparel (but thanks for sharing, Mike). I don't care that an Alabama assistant mentioned the blackout while trying to pump his guys up at practice.

That the blackout seems to be the first question in every interview and press conference is more than a little absurd.

I like that Georgia is donning the black jerseys because it will make the atmosphere in Athens that much more electric on Saturday night, but it's just decoration, and it has already been run into the ground.

Note to bloggers and reporters everywhere: we get it. Georgia's going to be wearing black jerseys and that's, like, totally a big deal because, like, what color shoes are they going to wear with that? And how can Alabama even possibly beat them -- they're 2-0 in those jerseys, y'all!

We understand. Really. Now can we talk about football?

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-28-2008 @ 12:13AM

deborah gibson said...

Who care what color of jersey s georgia wears we still; want a 5-0 victory Saturday!! ROLL TIDE ROLLL BEAT THEM DAWGS....

9-25-2008 @ 9:45AM

Robert Cavin said...

Really? "Run into the ground"? they have only worn them twice, once in the regular season last year, and in their bowl game. You also just wrote an article talking about the Jerseys. Talk about calling the kettle black. Come up with something better to criticize or analyze. The reason things get repeated so much in the media is they talk about the easy topics, or the obvious topics. Blame people like yourself who write articles on it.

9-25-2008 @ 3:14PM

This coming from an author who recently wrote "Idaho Cheerleaders' Uniforms Too Provocative". Who is it that is focusing on erroneous subjects?

9-25-2008 @ 10:10AM

uga student said...

wow great job checking your spelling of Knowshon. See what I did there? I actually spelled his name correctly. Thanks for taking the time to proofread your article.

9-25-2008 @ 10:46AM

Skapanza said...

Look, Pete can't be bothered to do things like spell properly or not be a hypocrite when the pride of the tide is at stake. See: Alabama recruiting-gate debate.

9-25-2008 @ 10:58AM

Pete Holiday said...

No need to bother when I know some super-clever guy like you is going to come do it for me, right? Thanks!

9-25-2008 @ 1:36PM

Will said...

Dude, it's not for the Tide or anyone else; it's for the Dawgs and their fans. It's a freaking compliment to any team it's done against: if the Dawgs wear black jerseys against you, you know that they consider you an important opponent. You may find it boring, but it's going to crank up the excitement in what promises to be a much bigger game than USC/OSU turned out to be.

9-25-2008 @ 4:54PM

Patrick said...

Whoa Pete... you sound a little touchy there in your response to having your article proof-read. UGA fans could care less if you're excited or not toolbelt... It's not a gimic for ESPN or anyone else. UGA will feed off of the electricity from the fans, and that's all that matters to us Bulldog faithful. Go back to your hole.

9-26-2008 @ 3:22AM

SEC Fan said...

Seems this was bound to happen. Just when everyone was convienced that USC was the "Mother of all College Football Teams",they would find a way to prove just how flawed the idea of a Pac-10 team being #1 is. Everyone knew that the "west-10" was soft...well... anyone with a real knowledge of the college football game that is. Maybe all those bandwagon pollsters will realize that Football is more than a Flashy school with a big rep and a weak schedual. Football is and will always be an SEC game and championship to lose. Just not for now ...but for anytime in the near future. Catch up all you Big-10's,Pac-10's,who-ever 12's and any other pretenders. The SEC is by far the BEST College Division there is for football in America. Watch and learn. BTW....Good Game Oregon State.

9-26-2008 @ 11:56PM

whatever said...

The blackout is so gay...

9-27-2008 @ 11:05AM

Really? The blackout derives sexual gratification from engaging in intercourse with other coordinated gameday dress gimmicks? Who knew?

Grow up, and get a thesaurus.