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2012 Dawg Sports Football Season In Review: Kentucky

Ben Paramor — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:18:56 +0000

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The Dawg Sports staff is looking back at the 2012 season. Today we’ll look at game 7 against Kentucky. You can find the previous installments here (Buffalo), here (Mizzou), here (FAU), here (Vandy), here (Tennessee) and here (REDACTED).

I’ve said many times on the podcast that this 2012 UGA team reminded me so much of the 2007 UGA team which I have said is the best all-around Bulldog team I’ve ever personally witnessed. What was so key for that 2007 team was a late fumble against Vanderbilt that gave the Bulldogs the ball and the opportunity to kick a game-winning field goal.

Ryder Cup stars boost European Tour’s flagship PGA Championship event

Ben Paramor — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:33:47 +0000

Ian Poulter competes in the Volvo World Match Play Championship at Thracian Cliffs in Kavarna, Bulgaria. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images

A nod towards the not-so distant past is not only inevitable but a tangible boost as the European Tour prepares to host its flagship tournament. The BMW PGA Championship starts at Wentworth on Thursday with 12 key competitors in the field – the members of last year’s successful European Ryder Cup team. The circumstances of their glorious victory over the United States in Medinah adds to the sense of anticipation as top-level golf returns to England.

“It is an enormous boost, to have all 12 playing,” says George O’Grady, the European Tour’s chief executive. “

Trio including Garcia and Woods share lead at Sawgrass

Ben Paramor — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:39:37 +0000

Lingmerth was two shots clear when darkness halted play on Saturday following an earlier delay of almost two hours due to the threat of lightning.

However, the PGA Tour rookie returned to Sawgrass at 7:10am on Sunday with just the daunting 18th hole to play and ran up a bogey five to card a 69 and set the clubhouse target on 11 under par.

Garcia bogeyed the 15th when play resumed but then birdied the 16th and 17th and saved par with an excellent pitch from 40 yards short of the green on the last to complete a 72.

Woods carded just his second birdie of the round on the 16th to return a 71 as he seeks a fourth win of the season but only his second as a professional at Sawgrass.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, the 2009 champion, and American duo Casey Wittenberg and Ryan Palmer are a shot off the lead on 10 under, with 49-year-old Jeff Maggert another stroke back after a 66 which was completed on Saturday.

England’s David Lynn is three off the pacesetters on eight under with compatriot Lee Westwood a shot behind after a 74 that included an air-shot on his opening hole.

How to Pick Your Golf Clothes

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:48:33 +0000

Golf etiquette states that you have to appear presentable on the green, so suitable clothes are essential. The majority of private golf courses have dress codes, and adhering to these demonstrates respect for the other club members. It would take an entire book to detail the entire history of golf clothes. Golf fashions have been extremely diverse, from Function 18 golf trousers and jackets, to colourful brash tee shirts. Read more…

Luke Donald hoping his usual May surge can help him lift off the 2013 season at Players Championship

Ben Paramor — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:20:43 +0000

Unlike another member of the world’s top five, who goes by the name of Rory McIlroy, Donald has come alive in the fifth month of the year in recent years. Here at Sawgrass, he has finished fourth and sixth in 2010 and 2011 respectively, while at the BMW PGA Championship in a fortnight’s time, Donald will be going for three wins in succession.

Contrast this with McIlroy’s three missed cuts in a row here and a similarly lamentable record since finishing fifth at Wentworth in 2009.

“Yeah, May has actually been a great month in recent years,” Donald said. “I like playing this course – I came close when Fred Funk won in 2005 – and Wentworth has been very good for me. I do believe it’s horses for courses. You do feel comfo

Standoff over anchored putters rages on

Ben Paramor — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:36:43 +0000

R&A chief Peter Dawson sounded more desperate than distinguished with his comments reported in several media outlets last week about the debate over anchored putting and the division it has caused in the game.

The PGA Tour is one influential group that has opposed the proposed ban, introduced last fall by the R&A and USGA.

“I’m disappointed at the way that campaign was conducted. It put rule-making on to the negotiating table,” Dawson said.

“People have taken positions that they will now have to back off from or maintain. The negotiating table is no place for rule-making. Obviously, feelings are strong. We shall have to see where it goes,” he said. It has be

It’s Getting Drafty: Dawg Sports Picks The 2013 NFL Draft.

Ben Paramor — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:58:59 +0000

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The 2013 NFL Draft will kick off Thursday night, and the Bulldogs have at least half a dozen players likely to hear their names called over the course of the next three days. One day I am going to correctly project what happens after the first three to five picks of the NFL Draft. Today is not likely to be that day, but it won’t stop me from trying.

A consensus appears to have formed that the Kansas City Chiefs will select Texas A&M offensive tackle Luke Joeckel with the first selection. But past there things get dicey.

Adam Scott’s Masters win moves long-putter debate up the agenda | Ewan Murray

Ben Paramor — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:19:33 +0000

Adam Scott celebrates after sinking a 20ft birdie putt at the 18th to move to nine under. Momentarily, the Australian later admitted, he thought it had won him the tournament. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Rule-makers at the Royal & Ancient and the United States Golf Association had cause to pray Angel Cabrera saw off Adam Scott in Sunday evening’s Masters play-off. Instead the Australian’s win has brought back to prominence the debate over whether long putters should be allowed.

Since the end of a consultation period over a ban on anchored putting strokes six weeks ago nothing has been said by either of the governing bodies which proposed it, or the PGA Tour, which is against its implementation from 2016.

Rory McIlroy turns things around to stay in the hunt at Augusta

Ben Paramor — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:29:38 +0000

He had been labouring up the front nine for around two hours, as the heavens opened and the wind began to swirl. After a 5-5-5 start, he was at two over par and in serious danger of missing the cut. Then he reached the 8th hole.

Call it pathetic fallacy if you like, but as McIlroy lined up his approach into the 570-yard par 5, the squally lunchtime storm had subsided and the sun had just started to come out. His girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki had emerged from beneath her umbrella and was standing just the other side of the rope. McIlroy had left himself in perfect position, 275 yards from the flag.

McIlroy sized up the shot. Pin towards the back. Trouble to the left. H

The Masters 2013: Condoleezza Rice shows that she is no token female member at Augusta

Ben Paramor — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:25:29 +0000

“She’s a phenomenal putter,” Mickelson said after Rice holed her 20-footer on the 18th. “She’s one of my favourite people. She kept asking me about the course and I kept asking her about countries.”

It is not difficult to parody the conversation.

“Phil, tell me about the par-three 12th?”

“Wow, you can come unstuck there. It looks so straightforward, but there’s bunkers and you can find yourself right in the creek. There’s hazards everywhere. Man, you think you can just get in an out and look the hero, but it’s so much more complex than that. So Condi, tell me about Iraq …”

From flak jacket to Green Jacket. Except having the honour of wearing a piece of cloth is not a job, or a calling. And neither is it a platf

Injured Mike Weir unsure for Masters

Ben Paramor — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:24:06 +0000

Mike Weir addressed a storied past and an uncertain future during a conference call Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of his Masters victory.

There was plenty of looking back to that magical moment in Canadian golf on a late Sunday afternoon in April at Augusta in 2003, and rightly so. But there will be plenty of time for that in the two-week run-up to golf’s rite of Spring — especially with a documentary Four Days in April: The Mike Weir Story airing in the days preceding the Masters.

The pressing question is whether or not the first Canadian and left-handed player to win the storied Masters will be able to mark the anniversary of his watershed moment by actually playing in it.

NBA Betting Free Play: Denver Nuggets at Brookyn Nets

Ben Paramor — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:55:06 +0000

Brooklyn at Denver -6.5 O/U 203.5
Recommendation: Denver

The Nets are fat and happy right now, winners of four out of five on their season long eight-game road trip including each of their last two. The Nuggets are on the other end of the spectrum, hungry and focused after losing back-to-back games following their franchise record 15 game winning streak.

Put those two factors together with this very reasonable pointspread and the case for Denver is perfectly clear. The Read more…

Georgia Gym Dogs Meet Expectations, Finish Fourth in the SEC Championship Meet

Ben Paramor — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:32:32 +0000

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Danna’s Dawgs came into the SEC Gymnastics Championship meet ranked as the 4th-best team in the conference and riding high off of a recent run of excellent performances. And, honestly, they did perform very well on the night, but had just too many small errors to win the SEC Championship.

And make no mistake, winning the SEC championship is just as difficult as winning the national championship. The SEC has 4 of the top 6 gymnastics programs in the country, according to the current rankings.

Tiger Woods finds his form – and his fans – once more | Brad Kane

Ben Paramor — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:59:36 +0000

Sweet spot: Tiger Woods ‘feels good’ after winning WGC-Cadillac Championship. Photograph: Chris Condon/US PGA TOUR

You don’t have to strain very hard to hear it, the sound of sports fans telling him it’s all OK now.

Tiger Woods, we love you, we forgive you.

Sports fans speak with their television remotes, so consider the US TV ratings when Woods is in contention at a PGA Tour event on a Sunday versus when he’s not.

His most recent win, at last week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship, near Miami, earned a 4.4 rating during the final round.

McDowell’s mind guru can save you five shots

Ben Paramor — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:42:03 +0000

His ‘McMeltdown’ at the Honda Classic is well documented, but a closing 65 and a tied-eighth finish in the WGC Cadillac Championship last weekend brings the promise of better things to come for the young maestro.

By contrast, Graeme McDowell rarely shows his disappointments publicly and grinds away steadily.

One reason for that is the guy’s stoic and competitive temperament, and another is the maintenance work he carries out on the mental side of the game.

McDowell’s mind coach Karl Morris has been pleased with the early season form of the player who finished joint third in the Cadillac Championship.

“I was over a couple of times in the States with Graeme last year and I spent a week with him in Lake Nona in January.