Who's actually seen Jake Fromm play live a lot? This guy

            Not long after Jacob Eason’s clumsy post-push stumble out of bounds, the analysis started.

            The Jake Fromm experts got busy, moreso as he came off the Georgia bench and looked like somebody who probably shouldn’t be on the bench.

            And it’s continued, daily and hourly proclamations and speculations and discussions and confident postulation of a player few actually saw in a game situation at all or more than a little.

            Games are a wee bit different than a highlight or video or offseason camp, yes?

            Hmmm.

            As it goes, pretty much everything said is still on point.

What do I have in common with Mark Richt, James Comey, a bunch of ESPN folks recently, among others?

            Those people were, in simple terms, fired.

            Other variations for other situations: laid off, involuntary separation, downsizing, restructuring.

            And another one.

            "... As a result, I need to tell you your position is being eliminated."

            It started here on Aug. 10, 1998, and the announced end came at 3:04 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, 2017.

            Yessir. Indeedy. Alllllllrightythen. Wish I'd have worn a cup to that meeting.

            Thus ending a stint that included some Super Bowls, some NCAA Final Fours, scores of state high school championship games and events, my first trip to Starkville, Mercer beating Duke in the NCAA Tournament, and probably around 4,500 game stories, features, notebooks and columns.