Volume 1, Issue 2 | 10/20/11 - 11/10/11 | www.theblacksheeponline.com
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year Riley Humes wrote this
It’s October, which means for you, me, and the rest of the University of Georgia, it’s holiday season! If you’ve been living under a rock for the last few semesters, wake up and smell the college football game of the year because it’s Georgia/Florida month. If you’re still lost, UGA plays UF at the end of every October in Jacksonville, and UGA kids treat this fall break like it might be their last football game ever. Every UGA student knows that the actual football game is only one aspect of the weekend as the Friday before brings more excitement than any event in the world. It’s basically the college equivalent of Christmas Eve. Road tripping to Saint Simon’s Island, partying on the beach, and seriously overstepping the line of where all hell breaks loose is the only goal for this weekend. So happy holidays, because these are the reasons that Georgia/ Florida is better than Christmas:
THE ATTIRE: Coat and tie not required at this holiday event. Georgia/Florida’s beach party has some of the best dressed folks you’ll ever see. Girls are literally half naked, while pledges are running around in whatever Halloween costume their brothers see fit. Imagine the circus mixed with an episode of Star Trek mixed with The Wizard of Oz and you might be able to generate a close concept of the madness that ensues. Little Bo Peep, the Cookie Monster, and several pregnant maids are just a few of the characters that have made appearances over the past couple years, and every year everyone looks forward to more church-inappropriate outfits. It’s probably the one day out of the year where you can wear whatever the hell you want with no questions... Just ask the girl in the sequin hot pants, frat tank, and backwards neon fitted cap. Now we don our gay apparel... fa la la, la la la GA FLAH.
THE GIFTS: I would like Christmas at my house a hell of a lot more if I got stockings full of Doritos, Easy Mac, and liters of tequila. Only at Georgia/Florida is it acceptable to pack up every obnoxiously frat-painted cooler that you have with Taaka, Evan Williams, and as many Busch Lights as you can fit and then bring it onto a public beach. Based on just the sheer liquid volume of the alcohol that makes an appearance on the shore, I would say that every liquor store from Athens all the way to Saint Simon’s probably has their highest revenue quarter of the year—it’s like Toys-R-Us during the holidays, but way more fun. Deck the halls with boughs of salt and limes, because Santa is bringing Jose Cuervo this year.
THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IN PUBLIC: This is the highlight of why Georgia/Florida is better than any holiday, especially Christmas. Everyone’s family has that one Christmas nightmare story where “your Uncle Dan got severely out of line” and “your Aunt DeDe was not pleased.” Screw that, this is one weekend where truly anything is appropriate. Simply put, it’s just not real life. So drink the whole handle yourself. Throw up off the balcony of a room that isn’t yours at the King and Prince hotel. Pee your pants and blame it on a mermaid. Talk shit to people at the Landing if the Dawgs win. Talk shit to people at the Landing if the Dawgs lose. Hell, do whatever you want, just get so out of control that you don’t remember anything besides the pictures, which will definitely make a great Christmas card this year.
THE WEATHER: Saint Simon’s Island is a beautiful, picturesque, family-oriented island 51 weekends out of the year. However, over the last weekend in October, you should probably warn your grandmother to steer clear. The Friday before the game, East Beach, nicknamed “Frat Beach” by UGA students (and alumni, because let’s be real, I’m never giving this up), is a literal shitshow of drunk Dawgs fans thrown into sun, sand, and water. There are few more enjoyable experiences than day drinking on a beach with three thousand of your closest friends, so don’t get so drunk that you think you’re drowning and have to have a pledge pull you out of nine inch deep water.
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So, little elves, get to work packing your coolers, booking your hotel rooms, and finding the largest Tervis Tumbler you can to bring with, ‘cause this weekend goes way past a little eggnog... We’re leaving out FourLoko for the reindeer this year. Put your sunglasses on and get ready for the weekend of your life. Season’s greetings, y’all.
05: Stephen Garcia, A Bulldog
Why we should stroke this Cock’s ego so he’ll explode all over Athens.
06: Fall Fashion Frugality
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