Like the Gators themselves, SNL doesn’t want to play the game today, but hopes to peak as the week goes on, and crescendo on Saturday at or near 3:30 p.m.
If the local fish-wrap and airwaves are fair indicators, and they usually are, SNL stands alone in his reluctance to begin hyping the UF-UGA rematch. SNL’s reticence notwithstanding, it seems only fair to offer a pearl or two before substantive analysis begins later in the week.
First, Georgia is the higher ranked team in the only poll that counts, the BCS. Second, Vegas, stoic in the face of the pollsters and computer dorks who promulgate the BCS, has installed UF as a 5.5-point favorite. Third, the UGA faithful, lamenting the injuries, arrests, and ass-kicking by the Tide only weeks ago, have been reconstituted by UGA’s thrashing of LSU last Saturday and the web is today rife with comments from prose-challenged UGA fans predicting Gator doom.
For those Gators inclined to escalate the matter by responding to the poorly articulated web-banter of the Dawg-backers, SNL would recommend a hot shower and a cognac, its going to be a long week.
-So Sayeth the Shepherd
