The Red and Black

Issue date: 10/16/07 Section: Opinions

Let's have a chat

Despite recent criticism, we support Georgia football's No. 1 man.

In the last week, we've received several letters and anti-Richt e-mails criticizing the coach's performance during the past few football games. We've read opinions suggesting that Richt has softened up as a coach.

We would like to emphasize our support for the Georgia Bulldog's head coach by saying we stand behind Mark Richt 100 percent.

The Bulldogs may have squeezed in a narrow win against the Vanderbilt Commodores thanks to Brandon Coutu who kicked the game-winning field goal. But leave it to Mark Richt to remind us that football isn't just about winning or losing - we need to be the bigger man, the respectful winner.

As the Georgia football team rushed the field to stomp atop the Vandy star, it was Mark Richt who shoved his players off the field and berated them for unsportsmanlike conduct.

He subsequently apologized to the Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson and expressed disapproval of his players' unnecessary celebration.

"That is not the Georgia way," Richt said.

Anyone who saw the brief postgame confrontation between team and coach probably will agree Richt lost his cool for a good reason, and it was oddly uplifting.

Richt may make a few errors now and then, but he is a man of athletic class and integrity.


- Jacquelyn Greenwood for the editorial board.

Spoooooky spots

Forget the haunted houses. Some of the scariest places are the most mundane.

As Halloween draws near, we weighted in on the places that scare us most.

The scariest place of all? The dentist's office. Every part of the experience is horrifying: sounds of children crying intermixed with the waiting room Muzak, sharp implements dully glowing in the office light and the plaque-removal procedure that involves pushing your gums back half an inch all around. And when you leave there is the assurance you'll be back again in six months to do it all over again.

Other purely petrifying experiences are reunions with folks you'd rather not see. Go back home or to a high school football game. Remember that person you couldn't stand back in high school? They've gotten worse. Soon you'll be thankful for your tight circle of friends at college.

On campus, the Boyd and Journalism buildings equally give us the jitters. The windowless, fluorescent, cinder-block hallways are a bit too reminiscent of the first "Saw" movie for our liking. Come on, University planners. Would it be that hard to put in carpets and windows and paint the walls?

And there's just no help for night route buses. Even if they tried to add cheerful, easy-listening music (think "Collide" by Howie Day) it wouldn't be any better. Although carnival music would be flat-out freaky. This October, if you're like us and want to stay safe and sound, we recommend stocking up on food, getting a big screen TV and locking yourself in your bedroom. See you in November.


- Matt Brandenburgh for the editorial board.

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