Here we go again...

So I was sitting in the Richmond International Airport enjoying a few brews by my lonesome while I waited for my delayed flight to take off and I realized that August was only hours away. So clearly I decided it was time for me and my colleagues to fire up the engine on the old blog again.

We've suffered like you have suffered. We've endured like you've endured. We continue to anticipate like...well, you get the picture.

Anyways, I've resorted--like many college football fans--to searches of youtube and scrolls through sports channels in search of anything college football to quench my obsessive thirst until I can watch a live game in a few weeks.

As we know you're in need of some action much like we are at DawgsOnTop, we're going to provide a series of lists for you to read, analyze and respond to over the next few lists in order to distract you from your withdrawals for even a few moments.

Today we offer up a list of 10 things we can't wait to see this fall...:

10) A perfectly executed option...it's not only for the video games.

Even if it is Georgia Tech... but a Logan Gray-Knowshon hook-up to change the pace of a game would be nice. Super nice.

9) Notre Dame's first loss...anyone else think it will be early?

Watch closely to the ClausenGate... if he gets a suspension, the Irish's luck will be sorely affected.

8) College GameDay...never is a daytime television show more welcomed.

Now lets hope Mark May chills out his hate... but thats unlikely.

7) A Knowshon Moreno cutback and/or spin move...

Pick up your jock? or your TV remote for those at home?

6) The first meaningful Thursday night game...helps tide us over until the real game(s) on Saturday.

Anyone else find it interesting that a traditional SEC school like Auburn has elected to play a few days early?

5) Rivalries. They define college football.

Army-Navy. Notre Dame-USC. Oklahoma-Texas. Ohio State-Michigan. Get the idea?

4) Alabama v. Clemson...love them or hate them these teams meet early in the year and are both programs full of big names, pride and tradition.

Some other great out of conference match-ups include Ohio State v. Southern Cal, Auburn v. West Virginia, Oklahoma v. Washington, and of course Georgia v. Arizona State.

3) Heisman darkhorses

Noel Devine, anyone?

2) Uga VII...a tradition continues.

VII should be as fierce and feisty as ever.

1) The Battle Hymn solo in Sanford Stadium. If you don't know about it, learn.

Just thinking about it sends chills.




Man who else is ready?

Not The Time To Be a Sports Fan.

The ESPYs are on TV. The Braves are losing the the Washington Nationals what seems like daily. Pool and Poker are dominating my ESPNs. This is miserable.

The only relief I find is in the occasional college football replay on TV and the thought of First Friday and the Dawgs leaving the tunnel for the first time this fall.

Dawgs On Top has been slacking recently but so has the sports world. Let's face it, we're all chomping at the bit for fall Saturdays to return.

They can't come soon enough.

Tech's Summer Blues Continue

This time, it's not news of another transfer, but it may turn out to be one...

Redshirt freshman cornerback Jerrard Tarrant of Carrolton, Georgia has been suspended indefinitely by Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson. Tarrant is facing rape charges following an incident in April in the Tech dorms. Coach Johnson is awaiting word from the judicial system until he makes his final decision.

Tarrant was in contention for not just time on the field as a special teamer, but a starting position on defense. Obviously this is a blow to the Tech program, but in light of recent events, its just the next incident of the week.

What's next for the Techies? A loss to Perriloux and the 'Cocks of Jacksonville State? I’ll bet something happens before that.