Last Saturday, the University of Georgia club lacrosse team’s run in the SELC tournament came to a disappointing end. Despite this setback, the Bulldog laxers were able to post an impressive 13-3-1 record for the season*. The success of the club team’s 2012 campaign, coupled with the sport’s rapid expansion at the high school level throughout the state, has led me to believe that now is the time to make lacrosse the University of Georgia’s 20th varsity sport. I understand that there are issues with the athletic department funding another nonrevenue sport, and there is always the looming presence of Title IX with which to contend. However, those are discussions for another day. I only wish to write about the merits of the game.

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Yesterday, I was listening to the podcast Ludakit posted just so I could hear someone who was as upset about the sorry state of Georgia's football program as I was, when something caught my ear. Ludakit mentioned giving up Krystals if the Dawgs beat South Carolina. That struck me as a wonderful idea, and, never being one leave any good idea unstolen, I decided give up things I enjoy for every big win as well.

I love Krystal as much as the next guy, but I live in Oxford, Mississippi, and the nearest Krystal is in Tupelo. Giving up Krystals in exchange for a victory against South Carolina would be too easy. I wanted to give up something I would have a really tough time living without. So, I decided to give up Chick-fil-A for the rest of the season if we can pull it out on Saturday. In addition to giving up the heaven on a bun that is Chick-fil-A in exchange for a victory, I've compiled a list of everything I plan on giving up after each big win. Y'all should join in on the fun. Maybe it can reverse Georgia's fortunes. I mean, if a single Bama fan confessing to his unmanly activities resulted in an incredibly humiliating defeat that eventually sent the Dawgs into a downward spiral from which they have not yet recovered such a resounding victory for the Tide, think of the effect we can all have if we each agree to give up something we enjoy for a victory. Apparently, goat roasts aren't working, so why not?

Without any further ado, here is my list of sacrifices for the season...

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There has been a lot of talk about whether the 2009 edition of the Georgia Bulldogs are more like their predecessors from 2006 or 2007. Of course, the optimists will tell you that this is just like 2007. The 'Dawgs are going to bounce back from this heart wrenching defeat and curb stomp everyone remaining on the schedule including the hated Gators and their sainted quarterback. Then, there are those who believe this is 2006 all over again. We have some average Joe lining up behind center, we're undisciplined, but we're young and, gosh darn it, we sure have shown some heart. Unfortunately, even the latter scenario is too optimistic for me, and I fall into a third camp.

When A.J. Green scored with 1:09 left on the clock, I said to myself, "we have to get the 2pt. conversion, and we have to stick them on the kickoff. There's way too much time left." To me, the waning moments of Saturday's game played out like a Greek tragedy. The stage was set for the hero to take a huge fall due to his tragic flaw. Only in our case this flaw wasn't hubris or narcissism, but it was really awful kickoff coverage.

A visual aid for those of you who don't know what hubris is

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From the moment Walsh teed it up for the final time, I had a sinking feeling that we were going to find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I knew I had felt this feeling before, but it wasn't until I was walking home from the stadium and LSU fans were waving corn dogs in my face (I really wish this wasn't true) that I was able to put my finger on why this all felt so familiar. Watching this team is just like watching a team from the Donnan era.

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