The Blue Workhorse

The Blue Workhorse 2009 Outlook:

AND…more…including why the Hometown feels…The Chicago White Sox WILL win the World Series…

imbibition \im-buh-BISH-un\, noun;

1. the act or action of drinking or taking in liquid

Usage

It would take the imbibition of many straight shots to think the Georgia basketball team is set to repeat last year’s miraculous run through the SEC Tournament.
CONTEST:

In order to win, your job is to come up with the funniest example sentence(s) using the day’s word. Therefore, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your example sentence.

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beseech \bi-SEECH\, verb;

1. to ask earnestly; implore
2. to make urgent appeal

Usage

There are many Georgia Bulldogs’ fans beseeching athletic director Damon Evans to hire legendary coach Bobby Knight to fill the vacant men’s basketball position. However, I’m here to tell these fans not to get their hopes up.
CONTEST:

In order to win, your job is to come up with the funniest example sentence(s) using the day’s word. Therefore, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your example sentence.

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When the Georgia Bulldogs basketball team lost at Florida by 26 last month, it was their 7th consecutive loss; they allowed Nick Calathes to post a triple-double (20 pts, 13 rebs, 10 asts); and their head coach, Dennis Felton, was fired the following day. For Florida, it was their 12th win in 13 games and their 5-1 conference start gave them the early SEC East lead.

Since then?

Well, Georgia continued losing. They pushed their losing streak to 11, including three losses of 18+ points.

And Florida? The Gators lost 3 of 4, including losses to Kentucky and Tennessee, their top competitors for the SEC East crown. However, traveling to Georgia, Florida readily expected to get back on the winning path given the Bulldogs apathetic 9-15 play.

But what Florida got was the biggest upset in the SEC and possibly the nation’s biggest upset of the season.

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In January of 1947, Charles Bidwell, owner of the NFL’s Chicago Cardinals, signed former University of Georgia star running back Charlie Trippi to the biggest contract the NFL had yet seen (4-year, $100,000).

The signing helped Bidwell create his “million-dollar backfield,” or “Dream Backfield” as it was most commonly referred. The Cardinals’ “Dream Backfield” consisted of Trippi (#62), Pat Harder (#34), Marshall Goldberg (#99), and quarterback Paul Christman (#44).

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Barring winning the lottery or getting blown by a porn star, recovering from SFD takes more than one happening or occurrence (much like the beginning of SFD). And that’s how it was for me.

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It took me a little while to get over my sports fan depression, but I was finally able to make a full recovery and write my first post of the new year last Saturday.

Did he just say “sports fan depression?” Yea. That’s what I said.

Oh? You’ve never heard of SFD?

You may not have heard of it, but you’ve seen or even experienced it.

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Since we went live on January 22, we’ve learned the blogging ropes, met a lot of cool people, have had a small bit of success, and have hopefully spread some insight and knowledge along the way.

So you have what this season has brought, and now I’ll take you through the top 10 most popular posts (in chronological order) on this site from the year that was 2008:

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