Sugar Bowl News

So I just plunked down a big chunk of non-refundable money to go to this game. Wooooooooo!!!! Now I just gotta ask my boss for the time off. Woops. Oh man, but that's okay, it's the biggest game in UH football history and I just have to go support the Warriors and the rest of the fans making the trek up. New Years in New Orleans, Hawaii vs Georgia, David vs Goliath, gonna be a crazy experience. Be there!

UHBows uploaded video of Fox's BCS selection show, visiting the fans, band, Colt and June in the Stan Sheriff Center earlier today:



In this AP article by Charles Odum, Georgia coaches and players expressed a little disappointment over not getting to play in a national championship. But further down the article... did Georgia just call dibs on wearing black unis?

After the Sugar Bowl announcement, Richt told his players they will wear the black jerseys they unveiled in an emotional win over Auburn.

Richt also called on Georgia fans to again wear black.

"Let's see if we can relive a little of that excitement," Richt said.

Richt said the Georgia players celebrated the announcement about the black jerseys.

"We're excited obviously to get to play in those," said quarterback Matthew Stafford. "It's going to be fun, but it really boils down to us playing a great football team."

Are they the home team? Is that why? Oh well, would've been cool to see UH in their home uniforms... Then again, UH has had a lot of great wins in their road unis.

Here's another AP article covering the selection of both teams.

"Sugar is definitely sweet," Brennan said. "We're going to do it Hawaiian style."

And Chip Towers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution takes a look at the matchup.

Matchup that worries Hawaii? Stopping Knowshon Moreno and Georgia's running game. The Rainbows are better than you might think against the run. They rank 39th nationally in rush defense, 33rd in total defense and 40th in scoring defense. Their linebackers are fast and physical, and they hit hard. But they haven't encountered the kind of rushing attack they'll see from the Bulldogs, who undoubtedly will lean on it more than usual in an attempt to keep Hawaii's offense on the sideline. Loading up to stop the run will make Matthew Stafford's play-action game even more lethal.