{"id":998,"date":"2007-07-21T21:05:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-22T01:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/07\/21\/glory-to-old-georgia-campus-legend\/"},"modified":"2007-07-21T21:05:38","modified_gmt":"2007-07-22T01:05:38","slug":"glory-to-old-georgia-campus-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/07\/21\/glory-to-old-georgia-campus-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Glory to Old Georgia!  (Campus Legend)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/sports\/college\/logos\/uga_logo.gif\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"UGA logo\"\/>I guess it is about that time of year again.  I load up on football annuals, and then along comes a new version of NCAA Football.  And the waiting and anticipating begins.  Thankfully, this year\u2019s NCAA Football 08 Campus Legend mode gives me a way to hold steady until September 1, when the Cowboys from Oklahoma State come a calling.  I am getting ahead of myself.<\/p>\n<p>I started a Campus Legend as a speedy HB at Shaw High School (Columbus, GA for those keeping score at home).  After each of my first three wins I was rated as a 4-star recruit, but after having a decent championship game, as a 5-star recruit, I was presented with a meal ticket to pretty much any school in the country.  Decisions, decisions.  Go to Texas as the third-string HB, or stay in state at that little school in Athens, GA as the fifth-string HB.  I realize my lifetime dream of becoming a Georgia Bulldog.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Glory, glory to old Georgia!<br \/>\nGlory, glory to old Georgia!<br \/>\nGlory, glory to old Georgia!<br \/>\nG-E-O-R-G-I-A.<br \/>\nGlory, glory to old Georgia!<br \/>\nGlory, glory to old Georgia!<br \/>\nGlory, glory to old Georgia!<br \/>\nG-E-O-R-G-I-A.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am not really that great a video games; never have been, and going down hill quickly with age.  I only had to overcome 10 points to become fourth-string, and 10 more points to become third-string.  I have 128 to make up if I want to be second string.  Kregg Lumpkin, Thomas Brown, Knowshon Moreno; I want your job.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia fans better divert their eyes.  Oklahoma State pulls off a 28-25 upset, followed by a 39-13 spanking from South Carolina.  Ouch.  Double ouch.  I did not see any action in the first two games.  That has to be the reason for our early struggles.  What a disaster of a season.  One of the things that is really great about Campus Legend mode is that you do not get to call plays or pick your role; the CPU does all the handy work.<\/p>\n<p>Our next game was against Podunk State (or some such 1AA or Bowl Division school).  After we went up 30-0 at the half, I finally got my moment to shine.  Georgia tallies up a 68-0 thrashing of this opponent, behind my 128 rushing yards and 3 TDs (and a receiving TD).  I am feeling it baby, I am feeling it!<\/p>\n<p>Go Dawgs!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guess it is about that time of year again. I load up on football annuals, and then along comes a new version of NCAA Football. And the waiting and anticipating begins. 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