Bulldogs on the Clock: Can Cowboys Break the Draft Curse?
The Georgia Bulldogs stand on the brink of ending a nearly 15-year NFL Draft drought with a single hopeful pick: the Dallas Cowboys. Since 2012’s seventh-round pick Shaun Chapas, no Bulldog has heard their name called in Big D—let alone in Round 1. Yet the Cowboys’ recent starring role for former Bulldog George Pickens (1,400+ yards, nine TDs in 2025) and the league-wide appetite for Georgia talent from franchises like the Eagles, Falcons, Steelers and Raiders hint that Jerry Jones might finally break tradition. All eyes will be glued to April 23–25, when the NFL Draft unfolds on NFL Network, ABC and ESPN.
The NFL Draft: America’s finest reality show where grown men sob into Santa hats, and NFL execs pretend they care deeply about “character concerns.” Watching the Cowboys draft a Bulldog after this many years feels like waiting for your ex to text you back just to discover they’ve married your high school nemesis. If Jerry Jones actually picks a Georgia player, we’ll treat it like Halley’s Comet sightings—rare, intense, and probably followed by some catastrophic solar storm. But hey, miracles happen—just ask any Auburn fan who believes this will finally be their year.
Bracket Watch: Will the Dawgs Dodge Madness Mayhem?
Selection Sunday looms as the Georgia Bulldogs await their fate in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. After winning five of six to close the regular season and bowing out in the SEC quarterfinals to Ole Miss, Georgia is teetering between a No. 7 and No. 8 seed. ESPN projects them as an eight, slated to face Saint Louis in the Round 1 and potentially the top‐seeded Michigan Wolverines (or a 16‐seed) in Round 2. A first NCAA victory since 2002 and back-to-back appearances mark progress under coach Mike White, but the Dawgs’ tournament ghosts still linger.
March Madness: the only time of year when 68 teams pretend they can win a national title before promptly embarrassing themselves in front of millions. Georgia fans clutch their brackets like life vests, hoping this is the year they don’t get dunked on in the first round. If they draw Saint Louis, they’ll nervously sip overpriced coffee; if they draw Michigan, they’ll pass out mid‐anthem. Either way, expect every local bar to erupt or implode at the final buzzer, because nothing says “we tolerate each other” like shared misery over blown free throws.
Weekend Series Showdown: Bulldogs vs. Volunteers Finale
Georgia and Tennessee head into Sunday’s series decider knotted at 1–1 after Tennessee’s opening win and Georgia’s 4–2 bounce-back victory Saturday. Two-way ace Kenny Ishikawa returns from a foot injury, boasting eight strikeouts and zero runs in 4.1 innings during his lone 2026 start. Offensively, Georgia leads the nation in homers—powered Saturday by a two-run blast from Ryan Black and a solo shot by Michael O’Shaughnessy. With SEC play heating up, the Bulldogs hope to ride that long-ball momentum at Foley Field before taking on The Citadel midweek and heading to College Station for their next conference series.
Nothing says “riveting drama” like SEC baseball when your top storyline is “foot’s better, he pitches.” Fans will gather in Athens to sip lukewarm coffee and pretend that the eighth inning rally is more gripping than reality TV. The long ball leads the nation because Georgia apparently treats every at-bat like it’s a home‐run derby. If Ishikawa can strike out half the Volunteers before tripping over his own shoelaces, the Bulldogs might just unify their two other fans in applause. Sunday’s the big one—so dust off those rally towels and pray you don’t fall asleep by the fourth inning.
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