How bout them black jerseys? I have to admit, I had a pretty strong feeling this black jersey thing was coming this week. And then I found out on the field before the game that, sure enough, it was. So I stayed down on the field until the players ran out to watch. It was pretty crazy.
Turns out, they've been planning it since this summer and the seniors all knew. Richt told them on a Sunday meeting at his house and they had to keep the secret. The underclassmen didn't know about it until they went through their little team ritual before the game. They turn down the lights in the dressing room and say a prayer. When they turned the lights back on, the black jerseys were everywhere.
Here's Rennie Curran's retelling of the moment:
"It felt like Christmas. You wake up and you’ve got presents and all that stuff. It just rose all our emotions. Everybody was going crazy. I almost got knocked over."
I talked to several of the other players, but haven't transcribed most of it yet. I'm sure you'll read more than you ever wanted to know about black jerseys in the next few days. But here's what Fernando Velasco had to say:
"We went to coach Richt’s house one Sunday and he told the seniors that we were gonna wear black jerseys for the Auburn game, just because of the way the schedule fell. He didn’t want us to wear black jerseys the first couple of games (because of the heat)."
"It’s just real amazing how the seniors were able to keep this secret. The underclassmen had no idea. Even a lot of the fans, they speculated. A lot of my classmates were coming up and asking me if we were wearing black jerseys. I think we had everybody fooled. Even when the captains went out in the red, everybody was still fooled."
So there's that. You'll probably see those things again sometime. Richt said the players are already lobbying to keep them:
"The guys are already trying to work on me. They’re like, ‘We’re 1-0 in black.’ So I’m sure they’ll want to wear them again. I don’t know if we’ll wear them next week or not. I’m sure that’ll be a discussion, but I doubt we’ll wear them."
That's all for tonight. More tomorrow.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
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6 comments:
I think it was great, but I don't think they should wear them next week. Keep it special.
agreed, keep it special. i've just printed a few bumper stickers for the victory. they say 'back in black' and have the score. i think they look nice. they are up on ebay if anyone is interested and you can find them by searching 'georgia auburn sticker.'
knowshon really came into his own tonight... he put another tremenedous game on top of the florida game.
nice to have the second punch of thomas brown and stafford played very well. always kind of felt that the dawgs would pull this one out... thought auburn was outclassed and only hung for the first half becuase of some real mistakes we made and some that may have been bad calls.
i wish i was in athens.
I've got to agree. Keep the black out a special occasion. Tough home games that fall late in the season. Maybe next year we can play in black in our upcoming National Title game appearance?
Old Chinese Proverb:
“Only wear black to someone else’s funeral”
I agree with the other commenters here… keep the black for special occasions.
I thought it was the BEST DAMN UGA game in my 15+ years of going. The energy was unbelievable. And I almost always sit on the South side and I cant ever remember the South side standing for 4 quarters, but we did last night. Hell, I don't even think we sat down for halftime!!! Absolutely awesome, keep the black jerseys, but keep 'em for special occasions, like once per year. But now, if SOMEHOW we can get to the dome this year, we gotta do a blackout in the dome!!!!
yes , I was in the student section and everyone was into every play , wow the way the game just started and the players having so much fun ..... saturday in athens , man that one was one for the history books but the books will never tell the true story , that game was something special
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