Hey everyone. It was a swell night for me at Opryland, where dreams come true and a Diet Coke costs $2.50. We ate dinner last night in a resty called "Aquarium," where we dined with the fishes.The above photo illustrates that point.
Here's my basic schedule today. I'll be arriving at the stadium around 2:30 p.m., filming until 3:30 or so, then heading up to the press box to build another fine pre-game video. This ought to be interesting: Vanderbilt buzzing over football.
STORIES FROM TODAY'S EDITIONS OF THE ADVERTISER:
10/4: My weekly "First and 10" column
10/4: Auburn-Vandy more dandy than usual
Photo credit: Madison Tate
Questions? Comments? Post directly to the blog below or email me at jgtate@gannett.com.
Jay G ... if you get downtown around lunchtime ... you should walk over to the San Antonio Taco Co. for lunch. real cool place. about two blocks down from the stadium heading toward downtown.
ReplyDeleteI need something good over by Opryland!
ReplyDeleteO-land is an island to itself. Not much cool over there. You should just load everybody up and head on downtown. Lots to do down there.
ReplyDeleteThe proper way to break things in on a Saturday would be blaring 'Isn't She Lovely' by the legend.
ReplyDeleteNext in line should be 'The Duke'.
Then you're ready. And so is Brad Lester.
Jay,
ReplyDeleteRestaraunt looked....how can I say....touristy?
Hope it was good though!
Motown and underground rock. Quite the combo.
ReplyDeleteI hate working at a desk on Saturdays, which is why I have been on here since around 7:00.
It was touristy.
ReplyDeleteIt also was lame in the sense that my sea bass was served in soup. Couldn't make that up. Served IN the soup.
I like my fish moist, but that was ridiculous.
I retro-posted a thing about a pre-game Campfire. Are any of you all interested?
ReplyDeleteIf there's any interest, we can make that happen.
Everyone is jumping on Vandy. According the ESPN America favors them with 51.5% of the vote.
ReplyDeleteThat 4.5-point line ... if I had money to wager, I'd drop a WHOLE LOT on this game.
ReplyDeleteBased strictly upon the ESPN College Gameday Sliding Sign Scale: Vanderbilt fans are less witty than Auburn or Georgia fans.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to be smart and witty. Only the few and proud like Jay G can do both.
ReplyDeleteI saw one sign early this morning that said "I got my GED at Auburn."
ReplyDeleteI don't get it. Do you?
My fav was: "You are blocking the Library".
ReplyDeleteyea, it's hard to "talk trash" when you are not even exactly sure what that means.
ReplyDeleteyou remember the "wasssssuuuupppp" commercials. later they spoofed them with Ivy League types calling each other with "what are yoooouu doing?" "no, no ... what are YOOOUUUU doing?"
That's what it reminded me of. Those folks are like fish out of water.
Yeah, Vandy needs to get a bit more creative with their signs.
ReplyDelete"Slaw Burn"
Feel me flow, please.
ReplyDeleteAU 38
Vandy 10
UK 21
UAT 20
This game means a whole lot in what happens for the rest of the season. Auburn should be able to do what it wants on offense, and if we can't tony franklin is going to replace "Hell, i'd boo me" with "Hell, i'd throw rocks through my windows and slash my tires."
ReplyDeleteI don't buy Chris Nickson being a capable quarterback for one second. We are going to get Vanderbilt's best shot but i think that will only last through the first couple of drives. Barring any crazy voodoo magic trick plays or huge blown coverages their offense shouldn't score more than 10 points.
Auburn 24
Vanderbilt 9
isnt it weird we are worried about this game and the two teams are similar in personnel as last year and in that contest the halftime score was 28-0 with our sluggish offense!
ReplyDeleteProbably will be close
AU 20 - 10
Alabama 34
ReplyDeleteJay's team 13
I'm with crudup on the UAT/UK score
ReplyDeleteUpsetters 21
Finebaum Nation 20
Auburn 27
Vandy 10
In the grand scheme of things, do we really want that to happen?
ReplyDeleteCampfire sounds good....been unable to join one as of yet...say 5ish....should be having my first tottie
ReplyDeleteI think at the end of the season, I'll host a real campfire up at the farm. I'll cook steaks and y'all can drink beer.
ReplyDeleteRemind me that I said this.
Jay G. Tate was on The Gridiron Breakdown this morning.
ReplyDeleteIf you missed it, here is the clip.
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Enjoy and thanks to JGT!
Phred,
ReplyDeleteWhile at AU me and a bunch of my frat pledge bros camped near hope hull....pretty fun stuff.
that's the idea.
ReplyDeletePhred,
ReplyDeleteI'm down and will even help with the meat/cooking.
I'm still trying to figure out how Kenny "the coconut cowboy" Chesney made it up to the game day booth. Weird.
ReplyDeleteLots of Auburn fans at Opryland.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that stadium today will be 50% Auburn fans ...
Chesney is a fraud, I mean he goes to the tanning bed.....long live Alabama (the group), George Strait, Conway Twitty, etc
ReplyDeleteGeez, I bet ESPN is glad they will be getting these Big 10 games off their station.....
ReplyDeleteI heard Alabama the other day on Sirius' "Outlaw Country."
ReplyDeleteIf I'm in the mood for that music, Alabama (peppy) and Hank Williams Sr. (trippin') get the job done.
I'm so lo-oh-oh-oh-onesone.
I've got the Lovesick Blues!
(Not that I ever do. Dude can sing it, though.)
"Auburn -4.5 is cash money....I mean 'free money.'"
ReplyDelete--Jay G, on "Hatin' With Jay G.," 10/2/08
Yep.
ReplyDeleteI've missed a few in my day -- and maybe this will be one of them -- but this seems like an easy one to call.
Vandy offense = Roseanne Barr/Arnold.
Vandy defense = Sandra Bernhard.
Auburn defense = Jenna Fischer
Auburn offense = Alicia Silverstone (hot one minute, skanky for a while, then hot again)
"Vandy defense = Sandra Bernhard.
ReplyDeleteAuburn defense = Jenna Fischer"
Are you saying you want to see some HLA between those two?
my dad saw a sign that read "#1 in the sec, #1 in the sats". that's not bad. won't be true after today, though. apparently, a bunch of the auburn rvs got rolled and egged overnight. wouldn't have expected that from vandy.
ReplyDeleteVandy, 2008 : Catching up in football and hostility.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be opposed ... if Jenna and Alicia are magic friends.
ReplyDeleteNice Buffy reference JGT.
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