Georgia-Florida Weekend

It's almost Georgia/Florida weekend. In the LeSage family, that is really a big deal. It's ironic, sort of, that my wife is the Georgia fan and she has to deal with the constant stigma of losing to the Gators. They are like the Yankees to the Red Sox, which is a burden I have to bear most years! Ha!

Back to the good stuff...each year we travel downtown on game day with our friends the Furlong's and the Ford's (my-in-laws). We put up a tent and cook food out among all the revelers who one would think are heading into the game eventually. Come to find out that there are THOUSANDS of people downtown doing the same thing we are: using the atmosphere but not actually attending the game. There are typically two BIIIIGGGGG screens set up in a large grass area just outside the stadium. There you can see the game and be among the rowdy fans, all without having to sell a kidney to afford a ticket. (Though honestly, if we thought the Dawgs stood more of a chance of winning once in a while, I might be ebaying an organ to get a ticket for my wife.)

The Furlongs are major Gator fans that we manage to love anyway. :-) They keep it spicy yet aren't ugly when they eventually win each year. They are the type to tease us by getting all orange and blue M&M's to eat but at least they soften the blow by actually letting me have a bunch of M&M's to gorge myself on. So it's really a wash.

My in-laws are both Georgia fans by default of sorts, since she is an FSU fan and he is a South Carolina fan. The fellowship is good and it has become something we all look forward to.

In the future, this weekend will become even more fun once the Bulldogs get the monkey off their backs. Right now, it's fun and jovial until just before kickoff and then the tension rises. The impending doom is too much sometimes to bear. I feel so badly for my wife who loves the Dawgs to death but yearly has to suffer at the games conclusion.

How deep is that UGA love? She has an English Bulldog on her wish list and we even joined the Bulldog Fan Club of Jacksonville just to have the opportunity to see the UGA version of Tebow. No not Stafford but Eric Zeir. Wow, who is this woman with the short hair cut? :-)