Saturday ramblings

Given the way Gov. Sonny Perdue reacted to the headline the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran last Sunday morning over the Georgia-Tennessee game story, we shouldn’t be surprised if he sends national guard troops to various newspaper offices around the state today.
Perdue ripped the AJC last week because it topped its sports section with the head ‘‘Dogs get put in their place.’’
Perdue wrote in a letter to the editor that the newspaper must await ‘‘lousy news about all things Georgia and pounces with their poison pens’’ when it develops.
After Georgia’s 24-22 loss to Vanderbilt, I’ve decided to suggest some less incendiary, sure to be Sonny-approved headlines that might allow the gov to get back to the business of running the state.
* ‘‘Georgia tries really hard’’
* ‘‘Georgia lays egg Sonny side up’’
* ‘‘Dogs would have won if Vandy hadn’t paid off refs’’
* ‘‘Georgia loses game, tops Vandy in graduation rates’’ (Oops, never mind)
* ‘‘Hey, they didn’t lose by 18 this week’’
* ‘‘Dogs now second-best in Georgia, No. 1 in our hearts’’

Gotta play hurt
By the way, the feel good story in college football this year just might be Indiana coach Terry Hoeppner. I know people down this way don’t care about the goings on in Indiana since Bobby Knight quit throwing chairs.
Here’s why you should care about Hoeppner. The guy coached the Hoosiers to a 31-28 upset of No. 15 Iowa Saturday, the program’s first signature win in close to 20 years.
He’s coaching despite the fact that he underwent brain surgery for the second time in nine months only a few weeks. Let that marinate for a moment.
They cut his skull open to remove a tumor and he’s back coaching within a month. If you’re one of his players, it would be unconscionable to think about missing a game due to turf toe.