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Athens band earns
national exposure
By IOC WILLIAMS
The Rep & Black
Once the adrenaline rush of
carefully scribbling in that last
Scantron bubble wears ofT and
the culmination of four or more
years of undergraduate studies
comes to a screeching finale
what’s nerft?
Sign a record deal and play at
Summerfest, the world’s largest
11-day music festival in
Milwaukee, of course.
“I don’t think we’ve really
stopped and thought about it,
you know?” said Parker Gispert,
lead singer and founding mem
ber of The Whigs. “Wie took our
last college exam, drove to
Atlanta and we signed our record
deal and kept driving to
Wisconsin to play a festival.”
The festival not only marked
The Whigs’ official entrance to
life outside the Classic City; it
was the first time the band
shared a stage with radio favor
ites Kings of Leon, with whom
the band has built a strong rela
tionship.
“We’ve hung out a lot,”
Gispert said. “It’s probably one
of the reasons they asked us to
tour with them. We get along
with them really well. For Us, too,
to be out on the road as much as
we are, you’ve gotta like the peo
ple you surround yourself with.”
Fburth&Rirever
The only prediction that actually matters. Kind of.
Editor’s note: It is war
between sports and vari
ety.
The rules are simple:
each week we will flip a
coin to designate who will
represent our beautiful
University of Georgia
Passing Yards- 27?
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Passing touchdowns: 2
Rushing touchdowns: 2
3rd Ocwn Conversions: 7-10
Players of the Game
UGA: Washaun Ealey, 15 carries, UT: Tauren Poote. 32 carries, 271
84 yards, 2 TO yards. 3 TD
Variety Editor's Take
Georgia
Take a moment and
glance at that handsome
fellow just to the right of
these words.
No, really. Take a peek
he won’t bite.
After a few seconds of
appreciating that gor
geous beard, look at the
two little numbers sepa
rated by a brief hyphen.
2-4. Ouch.
I went into this game a
tad too cocky the flesh
and-bone Bulldogs might
be as reliable as Georgia
weather, but surely my vir
tual powerhouse team
could slaughter the pitiful
Volunteers, right?
No such luck.
What hurts the most is
the fact any chances of my
winning were stripped
from me by the hand of
Aaron Murray.
Let me paint a little
picture for you there’s
under two minutes left in
the game, I’m down 8
points, and the Bulldogs
are staging a magnificent
fourth-quarter comeback.
I hike the ball, sweep to
my left and quickly realize
my wide receivers are
nowhere to be found.
What do I do?
Attempt to throw the
ball out of bounds. I even
took my index finger and
ever so gracefully tapped
“LB.”
Did Murray throw the
ball?
Nope. He choked.
With Dillard's defensive
line sprinting forth like a
group of fiat boys in heat,
my cowardly redshirt
freshman buckled at his
knees and took the pound
ing blow.
4th and 20.
That’s all she wrote.
The fact my potential
victory was stripped of me
due to my quarterback
holding on to the ball is
gut wrenching.
What’s worse is having
to then sit across from the
jerk who increased his
lead in the series by two
and hear about his boyish
charm and chiseled body.
I really wish I under
stood the correlation
between the two.
I don’t know if it has
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Gispert, a 2006 graduate of
the University, waffled between
majoring in business and drop
ping out to pursue a record deal
before finally deciding to finish
school and major in philosophy.
“I just realty liked all the pro
fessors I had in the philosophy
department and I felt like I was
getting smarter in those classes,”
Gispert said. “I didn’t realty
know what exactly it was appli
cable to at the time, but I just
knew my brain was being more
challenged in those classes. I
also sucked at things like
accounting.”
In 2005, the band recorded
their first album, “Give ’Em All a
Big Fat Lip,” in an empty frater
nity house, using equipment that
was purchased on eßay and later
resold to help pay back the costs.
In only a year’s time, the band
signed with ATO Records
founded in 2000 by jam-band
icon Dave Matthews —• after
being hailed as “perhaps the best
unsigned band in America” by
Rolling Stone magazine.
Fast forward to the present,
and the band is on top of the
world in terms of Athens music.
university in NCAA 2011.
Seven-minute quarters
and updated roster chang
es will set the table for our
epic full-season battle.
Though it may seem the
two editors are disguising
STATS
Tennessee
Passing Yards: 121
Rushing Yards: 273
Total Offense: 394
Turnovers: 0
Passing touchdowns: 1
Rushing touchdowns; 3
3rd Down Converscr©: 4-10
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ever been explicitly stated,
but Dillard and I don’t see
what each other writes
until the paper is printed
on Friday morning.
But since I have a fairly
good grasp on the type of
guy that Dillard is, I’m
going to make a little pre
diction.
You see, when I
stomped him last week
and had him shivering in
his panties at halftime
49-3, if you do recall I
didn’t so much as attack
him a single time.
Instead, I talked about
the game.
I gave Dillard the bene
fit of the doubt and
refrained from rubbing in
the fact he threw his con
troller on the ground after
every play and stomped
his wittle feet in frustra
tion.
As for my prediction, I
think it’s safe to say Dillard
will return to bashing me.
Why, you ask?
For the same reason he
kisses men, I imagine.
It just feels right.
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A On the last day of classes In 2006, lead singer and guitarist Parker Gispert of The
Whigs left the University and drove to Atlanta to sign a record deal with his band.
They have three successful
albums under their belts, have
garnered immense national
attention via television perfor
mances including “Late Night
with Conan O’Brien” and “Late
Show with David Letterman”
and have toured with the likes of
the Kings, Drive-By Truckers
and Tokyo Police Club.
their friendship with a
false bravado of hatred
they are not. It is all true.
Stay tuned each Friday
for the latest installment
of the virtual bloodbath
between the hedges.
Sports Editor’s Take
. Tennessee
Poor sportsmanship
comes in a variety of
forms.
There is refusing to
speak to your opponent
after your loss and there is
sulking for days and weeks
thereafter.
There is making outra
geous excuses for your
shortcomings and there is
not shaking the opposing
coach’s hand post-game.
There is attempting to
gouge an opponent’s eyes
out and there is headbut
ting your opponent in the
chest as the game is com
ing to a conclusion.
It is one thing to be a
poor sport —but it is
worse to be Joe Williams.
Following the most
competitive game in the
brief history of Fourth &
Forever; our variety editor
was a little perturbed at
the score. His Georgia
Bulldogs had come fatally
close to reality again, fall
ing 34-28 to the Tennessee
Volunteers controlled by
yours truly.
I regarded his tempera
ment as him just getting
caught up in the rivalry, a
brief spell he would recov
er from if given space
away from the world.
The matter was not
given a second thought.
Big mistake.
Little did anyone at the
office know, but Mr.
Williams was not recover
ing from the game he
was brooding over it.
Joseph Williams was
pissed. Joseph Williams
was scheming.
The devious plan was
underway before there was
one hint of a warning.
Sitting on the edge of a
desk, carrying out one of
the many sacred and piv-
“We still all get really excited
for TV," Gispert said. “Being on
national television is just really a
thrill. You’ve got like three and a
half minutes to perform your
song and people are usually half
asleep on their couch. It’s an
interesting challenge.”
Although the band members
have been nearly swept off their
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Tennessee 34,
Georgia 28
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Dillard
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otal duties bestowed upon
me as the sports editor, an
unnecessary attack head
ed straight for me.
Distracted by my priori
ties, I paid the steaming
mad variety editor no
mind as he stomped in my
direction. This would be
one of the biggest mis
takes of my life, certainly
of this week.
With malice in his mind
and self-depreciation in
his heart, Joe Williams
swung a weapon at my
unprotected face and
committed the most hei
nous unsportsmanlike
conduct penalty in virtual
sports history.
I was stabbed in the
face the nose, to be
exact.
As the realization hit
that I had been assaulted
with a deadly weapon by
my arch-nemesis, the
thought came to mind that
this battle between our
two sections had gone too
far. Lives were in danger.
But it occurred to me
that the best way to get
revenge was not to walk
away, but simply continue
my winning ways. In spite
of the pain shooting down
my nose, the campus still
needs this public service.
So it is now a personal
goal to win big every game
from here on out.
And while I will refrain
from calling Jimmy
Williamson’s office to press
charges, my nose being
cruelly punctured with a
tack will not be taken
lightly around this office.
It still hurts.
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Volleyball faces off
with SEC foe Ole Miss
By CHRIS D’ANIELLO
The Red & Black
The Georgia volleyball
team is struggling to
regain its team unity.
And the players must
act fast to repair it as they
are in the middle of a four-
game SEC road
trip.
The Bulldogs
<lO-8, 2-5 SEC)
gained some atten
tion two weekends
ago by defeating
No. 20 Tennessee
and just barely
losing 2-3 to No. 24
Kentucky. But
since then, the
team has strug-
gled to play up to that
potential.
According to head
coach Joel McCartney,
these struggles are due to
some disconnection in
team chemistry.
“We have been a little
disconnected following
the Tennessee and
Kentucky weekend,” he
said. “And it is time to
glue this back together.
We will get back to what
we do best and build our
unity and connection as a
team through tough train
ing."
McCartney added that
“team chemistry will be
the greatest determining
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feet with national exposure, The
Whigs are more than prepared
for their future.
“It’s obviously exciting, but
you’re not really looking at it like,
‘how did this happen?”’ Gispert
said. “You’re working towards
these thing they’re goals. It
definitely feels good to achieve
them.”
factor in our future suc
cess.”
McCartney hopes his
players will learn from
their experiences and will
be capable of battling
when faced with these
types of “pressuring
moments” in the future.
The Bulldogs are
sure to face such
moments in the
immediate future,
with SEC road
matches coming up
next week at South
Carolina and No. 2
Florida following
this Sunday’s match
at Ole Miss.
The Ole Miss
Rebels (10-5, 4-2
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SEC) are coming off of an
impressive 3-0 road win at
Kentucky on Sunday.
They have also won
eight of their last 10
matches, with their only
two losses coming on the
road to ranked teams in
then No. 3 Florida and No.
23 Tennessee.
Coach McCartney still
likes his team’s chances at
Ole Miss.
“I expect us to match
up very well with a good
Ole Miss program," he
said. “But the key to our
performance will be com
ing together to battle
them hard enough on the
very tough SEC road.”
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