South Deck Dawgs!: Tenn (home) won

Last updated 10/1/12
South Carolina Game is at 7:00 pm
The season of night games...

**We are 50 hits away from 7,000.... another 1,000 hits this week**

UGA 51

TN 44

September 29, 2012 Kick Off at 3:30 ET in Sanford Stadium
The game will be aired on CBS

Record: 4-0
SEC Record: 2-0
Rank: No. 5
(schools that need to lose : Alabama, Oregon, LSU & FSU)
LSU moved down one spot...they barely beat Auburn. The score was 10-12.

Coach Richt has asked for everyone to dress in red for the Tennessee game. It's a "RED OUT" instead of a blackout this year.

Weather Report: Cloudy early, Scattered thunderstorms developing later in the day. High 81F. Winds at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
7am - 64 degrees, 10% chance of rain
Noon - 77 degrees,  30% chance of rain
3 pm -  80 degrees, 30% chance of rain
7 pm - 74 degrees,  40% chance of rain

Well... it never rained. I felt a few drops at the tailgate but it was nothing.

I know everyone will be at this game! We all will be wearing our red shirts except Amanda, Jason & Tom Hughes and Terrance. Just remember, if anyone wants to pick on Amanda, she and Lee are the ones who picked up our pig, so be nice to our Tennessee fan. The other TN fans are a fair target! Wallace is bringing his Tennessee friend who is a former player. Now the Knights are bringing their son-in-law, Jason, who is a Tennessee fan and his father, Tom. This will be a fun mix.

Please remember for each couple to bring $15 each to help pay for the pig.

Who's coming:
2 - Byron Jordan & Ben
2 - Jimmy & Mary Jordan
2 - Jamie Jordan & Jon Hogan
2 - Kerry Jordan & Tony Allen
2 - Ed & Alane Waddell
4 - 5 Johnny & Caroline & Jake Griffin, Benjy & friends
2 - Ashley Griffin & Marshall
2 - Lee & Amanda Lineberger
6 - Jay & Robin Knight, daughter & her husband (another Tennessee fan). Marissa & Jason Hughes.
Jason's parents - Tom & Wendy Hughes
5 - Shane McAdams & Kellee Firth + a few friends
2 - Wallace & Lisa Green Looking for an Ole Miss Ticket
2 - Billy & April Wendt
2 - Jim & Suzanne Bryan
4 - Neil & Tara Dyer and granddaughters, Maggie & Hannah Morris
2 - Allyson & Parker Morgan
3 - Skip & Dianne Talbert & daughter, Carolyn
1 - Susie Pound

Visitors:
2.5 - Andy, Trish and sweet Cooper Hogan (Jon's brother, sister-in-law and niece)
3 - Wallace's guests: Helman and Jeanie and Terrance. Apparently, Terrance is a former Tenn. football player. Amanda, you will have a friend to hang out with.
4 - Ricky and Beverly Veal & Ricky's Parents
6 - Friends of Parker and Allyson Morgan
2 - Andy & Sheryl Hahn (college friend of Suzanne)
2 - Laura Ambrose and Ryan Bakker (friends of Jamie and Jon)
5- Kim, Leon, Julia & Taylor Echols & Julia's friend, Michael - Julia is turning 21 and we will be celebrating her birthday & Taylor just found out he made the UGA basketball team! What an exciting weekend for the Echols family!!
2 - Jill & Steve - friends of Kim & Leon
4 - Mike, "Splash", Ansley & Avery Prosperi & his friend Ed
2 - Lisa & Tom maybe (Neil's daughter & son-in-law)
2 - Richard Pierce & Vonda
5 - Big Kat Talbert (Skip's brother) Melissa & Trevor Stelson & children, Miles & Georgia (Big Kat's daughter & family)
2 - Debra & Randy Gilman (Mville friends of Billy and April)
5 Kerry had several friends.... the ones I saw Caroline & Laura Pruit, Caroline's boyfriend, Bailey & Elizabeth Craig. Who else Kerry?

Total Head Count: 94.5

Won't Make the Game:
Jim Noltimier - going to a game out West.
Rob Lineberger & Ada Smithmeier - Ada's granddaughter is getting married.
Buzz & Ashley Brady - Grandmom Kay (the sitter) is out of town.
Amy Thomson - had to work

Menu

Meat

100 Pound PIG! (Picked up by Lee & Amanda and kept warm by Coach and Jake) Thanks for all your work!

BBQ Sauce Bar

Billy Wendt (will it be in it's bourbon bottle?)
Neil Dyer (last year it was in the Mason Jar)
Parker Morgan is bringing his awesome sauce!
Caroline Griffin (I hope it is in its famous ketchup bottle?)
Lee & Amanda are bringing 10 different sauces. I think we are covered.
Jason Hughes (the TN fan) Jay said he makes good sauce. Well, we never got to try the sauce. It had a little spill on arrival.... Maybe next year.

We need a contest for most creative container....

Side Dishes

Brunswick Stew (Ed)
Potato Salad (Robin & Jay)
Asian Slaw (Jamie and Jon)
Mac & Cheese (Alane)
Pasta Salad (Parker and Allyson)
Regular Cole Slaw (Caroline)
Pasta Salad (Beverly)
Bakes Beans (Kim & Leon)
2 loaves of white bread and jar of dill pickles (April)
2 Packages of Slider Buns (Neil & Tara)
2 loaves of white bread (Jay & Robin)
3 packages of Hamburger Buns (Alane)
Zaxby's Chicken Fingers (Mike & Neil)
Deviled Eggs (Suzanne)
KFC Chicken
Pumpkin Bread (Benjy)

Snacks

Corn Dip and chips (Wallace)
Super Duper Veggie Tray (Mary)
Buffalo Chicken Dip & Corn Chips (Mary)
Caroline's Famous Pimento Cheese Sandwiches (Caroline)
Large Cheese Platter with crackers & other goodies (April)
Ham and cheese sliders (Allyson and Parker)
A variety of dips and chips (Allyson and Parker)
Pickle Tray (Kim & Leon)
Sober Fruit (Shane & Kellee)
Ham Rolls (Tara)
Chips & Dip ("Big Kat" Talbert)
Roasted Pecans (Ricky's parent's) they came from her yard and were great!
Banana Bread (Ricky's parents)
Cheese Tray & Fruit (Andy & Sheryl)
Boiled Peanuts (Ed & Beverly)

Desserts

10 Layer Chocolate Cake (Dianne & Skip) Dianne, this cake was amazing! I took some home to my daughter and she was very happy!
2 Pies (Marisa & Jason Hughes - The Knight's daughter)
Cookies (Allyson and Parker)
Birthday Cake for Julia & the Crowd (Kim & Leon)

Bar Area

2 bags of Ice (Jamie and Jon)
Ice (Robin & Jay)
2 Bloody Mary Mixes & Condiments (Billy)
Southern Pink Lemonade (Neil & Tara) It is coming with a strong warning that it packs a punch.... Be Careful! Tara, this is my new favorite drink... I hope we see it again!
1.25 liter of Coke, Sprite & Diet Coke (Alane)
Orange Juice (Alane)
I bet Byron will bring his famous Margaritas
3 sliced limes (Alane)
3 sliced limes (April)
1 jar of roasted peanuts (April)
Rum Fruit (Shane) back by high demand! It was missed last week.

Misc

Table Skirts (Caroline)
Grill & Grilling supplies (Coach)
UGA Apron for Lee to wear (Billy) I thought that Lee looked good in his leather jacket picking off the pig last year...

We Need an official Tailgate Crew Name and Here are Suggestions So Far:

Dumpsters Dawgs
South Deck Dawgs
SDD's
South Deck Party Dawgs (the winner so far!)
The Dawgs of South Deck

Keep sending suggestions or if you like one of these add your vote.

Game Day Section
Wow! What a tailgate and what a game! I can't even begin to guess how many people showed up to our tailgate but I feel safe to say it was more than what was confirmed. Then I believe we had enough food to feed all the homeless people in Athens. Next time we either need less food or more tables. We were very lucky on the weather. I think I felt a few raindrops but never real rain. Thank goodness... it could have messed up our Pig!
Then our our Dawgs kept us on our toes during the game but they gave us another Win.
I am excited and nervous about next week. The South Carolina is going to be huge for us.
What a fun day!!!

What ESPN posted about our Bulldogs:

Georgia freshman tailbacks Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall -- dubbed "Gurshall" by UGA fans in reference to 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker -- combined to run for 294 yards and five touchdowns in the Bulldogs' closer-than-expected victory over the Volunteers. The teams combined for 1,038 yards of offense and 46 first downs in the fifth-highest-scoring game for a non-overtime contest in SEC history.

All photos are posted unless you have some to share.
Just email them to athenstailgate@gmail.com

Byron, Mary, Jimmy & Ben
This is Ben's last game... He's moving soon!

Brotherly Love...

Lauren, Wes, Johnny & Caroline & Benjy
Benjy made some yummy pumpkin bread!

Ben playing with his bubbles.

The grill before the
pig arrived.

I guess some people watched the TV
What is Worm doing? I know the photo is out of focus butt...

More bubbles!

Suzanne's "Jar" dish... it was very "Martha Stewart"
before the table was too full.

Mike & Darlene Prosperi and Neil & Tara Dyer

Tara Dyer & Maggie Morris

Suzanne, Andy & Sheryl
College Friends

Billy dressing Lee with the official apron so he can start cutting the Pig.

It took a crew to get the Pig ready to eat.

Susie telling Johnny how much she enjoyed his ribs last week.

Amanda decorated our flowers
with a touch of orange.

The pig when it arrived.
It fed us all!

Shane getting ready to pickup
his tickets at the Tate Center.

Good Friends...

This was over our tailgate
Did anyone notice?

Ben found some friends

The crowd kept growing!

Wow, Ben! Have you ever seen anything like that?

Ben's playground

Billy approves!

Ed, Ricky & Worm
"The Three Stooges"

Boys Playing!

Marisa & Jason Hughes
(Jay & Robin's daughter & son in law)
Apple Moonshine....
Yes, I tried it and it's
stronger than the Rum Fruit!

Mom & Daughter
Robin Knight & Marisa Hughes

Here comes the Pig!

Our men working hard and tricking people into
thinking they stayed up all night grilling!

It doesn't take much to impress us!

It doesn't look like much but it fed our crowd!
And that's A LOT!

You can tell this is before the game because
Amanda is still smiling!

The fire is burning and Pig is warming up!

Lee the "Official Meat Picker"

Cornhole Time with Kerry and friends

Lee finally got his second glove because he was burning himself.

This group looks too young to be sitting!

Amanda and Bryon

Siblings
Ed & Susie

Susie, Ed and Alane
Usually my eyes are closed! Thanks Susie!

I wonder what channel this will be on?

Is this "Big Kat" or "Tab"?
I know the answer....

Jake & Caroline Griffin
Our Groom and Mother of the Groom

Wallace and Lisa

What a crowd we had....

Kerry & Jimmy Jordan

Kellee & Allyson
Good Friends

Ed, April, Amanda & Billy

Beverly Veal, Debbie & Randy Gilman

Someone is raising their Dawg right!

Go Dawgs!

Mrs. Morgan Parker
or just Allyson

Suzanne & Beverly catching up

"Big Kat" or "Tab"s" Grand children
Georgia and Miles

Can you find both the Pruitt's?

Our scraps...We ate the whole thing!

Who's talking? Looks interesting...

Daddy (Leon) cutting Julia's 21st
Birthday Cake!

Happy Birthday, Julia!

It's always fun getting gifts!

Julia, Kim & Mary

Ed & Sheryl
Looks like they are singing...

Rhett, Tara and Maggie

Maggie Morris
Neil's granddaughter

Leon laughing at Worm.
Why am I not surprised?

Jamie & Jimmy Jordan

Break Time

Leon, Richard & Vonda

Sara Hosch & Allyson Parker
"Sorority Sisters"

Alane is saying....
" Coach Griffin, I love you so much for being our Grill Master!"
Wallace, I think all the men in our group should get
a matching shirt then take a group photo.

Warner Robins friends catching up...

Girl Talk...

Carolyn & Skip
Sweet Daddy & Daughter

Mom & Daughter
Kim & 21 year old Julia

Jordan Crew Plus Jon and Minus Kerry

The Veal's

Caroline and Laura Pruitt

"The Tennessee Cheering Section"
Tom & Jason Hughes & Amanda.
(The Knight's son in law & Jason's Dad)
Amanda, you found some friends!

Billy & April's friends
Debbie & Randy Gilman... nice folks.

"Sea of Tailgating"

Jordan Crew with boyfriends. :-)
Jon, Jamie, Jimmy, Mary, Kerry & Tony

Some of our special BBQ Sauce was
dropped on delivery. Not a good
start for our visiting TN Fan!
Robin you're great a cleaning the floor.
Will you come to my house? :-)