Driving back from Athens (and the less said about that trip, the better) to Atlanta on a sunny Saturday, on a day when the Falcons were getting ready for a playoff game, there was only one topic — the Georgia Bulldogs.
"The most important game in Georgia history" was repeated often, even though it isn’t the first time that the Bulldogs have been in a game with national championship implications. After all, the 1980 Bulldogs played [...]
Driving back from Athens (and the less said about that trip, the better) to Atlanta on a sunny Saturday, on a day when the Falcons were getting ready for a playoff game, there was only one topic — the Georgia Bulldogs.
“The most important game in Georgia history” was repeated often, even though it isn’t the first time that the Bulldogs have been in a game with national championship implications. After all, the 1980 Bulldogs played in a de facto national title game, beating Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl behind a freshman running back named Herschel Walker. There was even a president in attendance, with Jimmy Carter squeezing in as a lame duck.
All that seems awfully important and historic: Herschel! Notre Dame! Then, two years later, Walker had Georgia ranked No. 1 again, back in the Sugar Bowl against No. 2 Penn State in as close to a championship game as the old bowl system could produce. The Nittany Lions ended up winning and Walker moved on to the USFL where he eventually wound up playing with the New Jersey Generals under a personal services contract with Donald Trump. Never forget that this is a small world.
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