Making the Grade for UGA, Georgia Tech recruits
Georgia Tech's Paul Johnson (AJC)
It’s one thing to sign a heralded recruiting class. It’s another to see if they all make it through college admissions to football practice in the summer.
Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson feels really good about his 21 recruits, led by Flowery Branch’s Izaan Cross. ”As long as everybody finishes with the grades they have now, I think everybody is good,” Johnson said last week. “As long as they maintain in school what they have and get there. It’s a sliding scale with test scores and GPAs, as far as NCAA qualifiers go. If everybody we have stays with what they have, then we should be OK.”
UGA wrapped up its 2009 class with recruit No. 20, tight end Orson Charles of Tampa. At least six Georgia recruits have told reporters over the last few months that they were “close to meeting college entrance requirements,” with the biggest names being ECI teammates Washaun Ealey and Dexter Moody, along with defensive end Montez Robinson of Avon, Ind.
Georgia coach Mark Richt talked about his team’s academic standing on signing day. “Technically, no one is qualified until they graduate from high school. When we sign these young men, we have every intention of them making it.”
Record-breaking RB Washaun Ealey says he's close (AJC)
“Every once in a while, a guy has to go the prep-school route … but I don’t foresee that [with any of our recruits] right now. We feel like everyone has an outstanding shot of qualifying and being with us next year.”
With national team rankings for the 2009 recruiting classes, Rivals has Georgia at No. 6 and Georgia Tech at No. 49. With Scout, Georgia is ranked No. 4 and Georgia Tech is at No. 32.
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RAMBLE ON!!!
March 12th, 2009
2:25 pm
Once you get that alphabet down Washaun, it’s all down hill from there.
Flyin' Dawg
March 12th, 2009
2:39 pm
Hey techies, how many Valedictorians are in your signing class?
ATLJacket
March 12th, 2009
2:41 pm
miltondawg, you would be from milton you inbred
GATORZONE
March 12th, 2009
2:45 pm
Ramble on…
NOW THAT’S FUNNY!
OsamaBinBuzz
March 12th, 2009
2:50 pm
Ramble On! some things never change. You are still a babbling idiot and like to pretend you are such a BA. Still waiting for that invite to your tailgate party, this year would be nice when Georgia b**ch slaps some revenge on the bugs! In case you forgot:
Over the course of five interviews in March 2006, Ahmed admitted traveling to Washington to take “casing videos” that were sent to “jihadi brothers” overseas.
He also said that when he visited Pakistan in 2005, he hoped to be recruited into a jihadi training camp to learn how to fight against Muslim oppressors. During a trip to Canada the same year, Ahmed told agents, he met with “brothers” and discussed attacking oil refineries, a military base or the satellite system that controls the global positioning system.
About 11 hours of tape recordings of the interviews were played during hearings early this year. They portray Ahmed as an impressionable, soft-spoken student transfixed by Internet sites and chat rooms that were popular with extremists and promoted the annihilation of the enemies of Islam.
In one sobering exchange, Ahmed told agents he had thought about committing a terrorist act here.
“My intentions were to do something in America,” he said. “Yes, attack.”
Nice school you got there!
I’m a ramblin’ wreck from terrorist tech and hell of an infidel!
Shut your pie hole and get back to your computer games dork!
Sautee Dawg
March 12th, 2009
2:51 pm
Ramble On
See if you can pick these 3 letters out of the alphabet, LSU
GATORZONE
March 12th, 2009
2:53 pm
Osamabinbuzz…
I’m a ramblin’ wreck from terrorist tech and hell of an infidel!
THAT TOO IS FUNNY!!!
Huh?
March 12th, 2009
2:59 pm
It will be interesting to see how many of Georgia Tech’s recruits end up with Joe Hamilton, Reggie Ball, and Stephon Marbury on the International Space Station.
David
March 12th, 2009
3:02 pm
It is AMAZING to me what a joke Tech fans are. I actually like Tech football and Paul Johnson but their fans are a joke. Tech wins one out of 7 games and like 4 or 5 out of 20 and they go crazy, even when they still win nothing. At least when GA wins it’s once a decade game against UF they win the SEC and play in a BCS. Not that their defense didn’t give up a crap load of points against GA and then get waxed by LSU who GA rolled over AT LSU. Amazing. Their fans are why Bobby Ross left and Johnson will do the same. The good thing about GA losing last year in a somewhat meaningless year (once they were out of the SEC race) is that GA kids finally realize they need to take Tech serious. It is hard to when they hadn’t lost since they were in the 5th grade. Not anymore.
TechBuzz
March 12th, 2009
3:05 pm
UGA is hoping all these thugs in their recruiting class somehow stay eligible for the big games. I’m sure the coaches can come up with enough mickey mouse classes to get them Cs and Ds to stay eligible.
1eyedJack
March 12th, 2009
3:10 pm
Just how many GT players are in actual engineering programs?
Atlanta Jackets
March 12th, 2009
3:12 pm
Add Derrick Favors to this class and Tech is an A+.
Here’s a grade for the doggies: F
Get use to it.
MinnesotaJacket
March 12th, 2009
3:15 pm
Since you want to talk about pathetic Tech fans lets talk about Pathetic Georgia fans. At least with Tech fans we admit we lost and take it but with Georgia fans they start pulling out “history” “the past” and all those other good things. Don’t worry I am an actual Tech fan so I know no matter WHAT I say or HOW TRUE it could be it would not faze a hardcore retarded Georgia fan…so instead I think I will discuss the fact that out of this blog it states 6 UGA players who are BARELY GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL…now yes I know they will go onto majoring in golf turf management and sports development (BOTH MAJOR’S AT UGA) so in reality they don’t have to be smart. So go ahead UGA fans lay it on me tell me all the things I don’t know about UGA but BY THE WAY I only want to listen to people who attended the university so NONE of you are can say anything!
Go Jackets
CJ Dawgster
March 12th, 2009
3:17 pm
TechDud is some little pale faced glass wearing nerd that never played, couldn’t play and goes home every night to some other pale faced woman that won’t shave her pits or her legs and loves those book reading clubs. He wouldn’t say crap to a dawg fans face for all the money in the world. Drives some hybrid jap car and won’t let his kids play outside because they get picked on. He loves to wear those open toed sandals and talk about American Idol. He’s a wimp, a geek and probably wouldn’t go to war but run to Canada like the kerr dog he is.
SavannahDawg
March 12th, 2009
3:22 pm
I love it when tech fans get their collective panties in a wad and start talking smack. It is truly a highlight of my day. Y’all are just pi$$ed we own your sorry a$$ and tap it regularly. See you in November…when there are more UGA fans in your own stadium.
TechMan91
March 12th, 2009
3:23 pm
MinnesotaJacket, watch it. You’re treading on thin ice. I got into some serious trouble on here when I dared to differentiate between Tech family and the sidewalk lot. When you say you only want to hear from Georgia grads, you are getting yourself into that same position. A lot of members of the Tech Family ripped me for doing that.
With that said, I stand by my belief. Tech Family first.
Carry on with your little discussions.
M Anthony
March 12th, 2009
3:25 pm
Always good to see so many adults ragging on these kids before they have stepped one foot in school. Are you folks that jealous of these kids?
SavannahDawg
March 12th, 2009
3:27 pm
Oh and Minnesota Jacket , the “actual tech fan.” Do US all a favor and go screw your flesh light in your mama and daddy’s basement.
David
March 12th, 2009
3:28 pm
MinnJacket…..you make a bunch of comments and talk about HOW TRUE and all that BS and yet the one thing you pull out is 6 recruits who are struggling in HS. Do you think I give a rats a– about kids who aren’t even at GA yet. And if they are struggling, do I really care? Kids struggle. A large % of college athletes struggle. It is not as though I buy a ticket for a football or basketball game to go watch them take a test. Do I care if they graduate? Absolutely. But a state school in one of the worst states in the US for hish schools, recruiting athletes that may not otherwise go to college…and giving them a chance…i could care less what their GPA is. I could care less what their major is. GA players you accuse of bringing up “history” and the “past” but GT fans (all 8 of them) always pull out the “we are smarter than you’ card. The bottom line is who has the better football program and the FACT is GA. It is now and always will be regardless of how many times Maggotts post 45-42. Another FACT: Johnson will leave within 5 years because Tech will always be an inferior program. And they act that way.
Brandon
March 12th, 2009
3:42 pm
“Golf turf management” isn’t as easy as you think it is, buddy. But if think it’s all pie and cake, why don’t you waltz down to your local CC and ask the superintendent for a chance to help out. You’ll be begging for mercy within an hour of the 4:30 a.m. wake-up call.
Brandon
March 12th, 2009
3:42 pm
Has anyone noticed that all of Floridas recurits normally qualify? Something fishy is going on down in Gainesville.
JustCallMeChamp
March 12th, 2009
3:47 pm
Gators have had ONE(!) non qualifier under Meyer and he is now on campus. His name is Dee Finley from Alabama and beware UGA ’cause this guy will JAX you up! If you don’t believe me, ask a certain Julio Jones who still remembers that hit in the Under Armour game!
USMC DAWG
March 12th, 2009
3:47 pm
Let me guess. Most of GT’s signees will be in “Management”?
Huh?
March 12th, 2009
4:01 pm
You’ve got to be one thick headed dolt to not qualify at Florida as a football player. No offense to Dee Finly but good grief. That guy probably can’t screw in a lightbulb.
GATORZONE
March 12th, 2009
4:02 pm
Yeah Brandon, and most recruits also enroll in the spring to get ahead of their academics and be there for spring practice.
Fishy indeed! They should investigate why Meyer recruits people like that instead of so many non qualifiers.
GATORZONE
March 12th, 2009
4:08 pm
Oh, and Finley will be strapping it up for the Gators this year, now that he is enrolled!
Reggie Nelson #2!!!!
Michael Carvell
March 12th, 2009
4:18 pm
UGA will not be able to confirm until June whether or not all of the members of its 2009 recruiting class have met college entrance requirements. The recruits have to finish up high school classes, and have three mores time to take the SAT (March 14, May 2, June 6) and twice with the ACT (April 4, June 13)
JustCallMeChamp
March 12th, 2009
4:28 pm
Huh? I think your moniker says it all. By the way pal, go pick up an issue of “U.S. News and World Reports” list of best colleges. Huh? if YOU can read you will see that UF is one of the top universities both in teaching and research and is renowned in many medical fields. They are second only to Vandy in the SEC, yet unlike Vandy, they are an athletic power as well. Thats what they call the Best of Both Worlds, son. Huh???
The General Feeling
March 12th, 2009
4:49 pm
Does Saint Richt pray for graduation, as well?
Huh?
March 12th, 2009
4:51 pm
Yes, Florida is a great school. But they, like Georgia, let in football players that wouldn’t get in if they were not football players. Based on what I’ve heard and read, it seems that Florida’s standards are the lowest of all. I personally have no problem with this practice as long as they can stay in school. There are over 30,000 students at UGA. If 50 football players get in that couldn’t get in otherwise it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. I could care less. Loser programs like Georgia Tech make a mountain of of a mole hill with things like that.
Buzzn PE
March 12th, 2009
4:52 pm
Seems that some of the dawgy fans here haev lost sight of the topic of the artical. Funny, how that happens.
I wonder why the AJC didn’t go into detail on what the qualifing requirements are for UGA and for GT…..hmmmmm
Hay Minnesota Jacket…dont forget if they can’t graduate with a degree in cutting grass they can always go for a degree in dance. …ROTFLMAO
Just a Fan
March 12th, 2009
5:07 pm
“Management” is actually ranked higher than Terry now. Tech football players are actually smarter than regular ugay students. Plus, it goes boths ways on the banter when one team wins and the other doesn’t. I hope all the students graduate and are able to get an education playing football. That’s what college sports are all about.
FLDAWG
March 12th, 2009
5:19 pm
Tech does one thing well, Engineering and they bring it up all the time. I would like to know how many of the Tech FB players are actually in an engineering program. I give credit to Tech where it is due, they are a good engineering school. Techsters hate to admit when UGA is good at anything. There are exceptions but, in general FB players and athletes as a whole get some preferential treatment when enrolling at any school. To the athletes that actually make the grade, this was not directed at you and you should be proud of your accomplishments. To all the recruits, I hope you make it into your school of choice. This is the chance of a lifetime to play college ball and earn a degree. Don’t waste it. Good luck to all of you…even the Tech recruits.
The Big Bug
March 12th, 2009
5:32 pm
Come on Fans! You know that after a year or two at Hargrave these UGA signees will easily be able to match wits with the majority of electric toasters!
Raleigh
March 12th, 2009
5:37 pm
Are you idiots really arguing over who has the smarter football players?
Maddog
March 12th, 2009
5:38 pm
FWIW I’d like for everyone to drop the arguments about who has the best school, the highest rating in US News, etc. Let’s face it, students can get a pretty good education at most every ACC and SEC school.
It’s ridiculous to compare incoming freshman average SAT scores when the argument is about football players. Whether or not you want to admit it, ALL D1 colleges who offer athletic scholarships will bend the rules slightly for incoming athletes. It happens at UGA, GT, UF et al. Don’t even try to convince me that ALL incoming student athletes are within mere points of the average SAT.
I’ll be the first to admit that the average SAT score of all incoming freshman students at GT is higher than UGA. But to think this is representative of incoming athletes is just plain naive. Here’s some interesting info dated December 1008 from the AJC (yes, I know it’s the AJC, but anyway….):
Georgia Tech’s football players average SAT score is 1028 of a possible 1600. But Tech’s football players still scored 315 SAT points lower on average than their classmates.
The University of Georgia’s SAT average for football players was 949, which is 239 points behind the average for an undergraduate student at Georgia — and 79 points behind Tech’s football average.
Nationwide, coaches who would never offer a scholarship to a player who was 6 inches shorter or half a second slower than other prospects routinely recruit players whose standardized test scores suggest they’re at a competitive disadvantage in the classroom.
The data from the University of Georgia are for the freshman classes of 1997, 1998 and 1999. The university does not have more recent information, athletics department spokesman Claude Felton said. The data from Georgia Tech are for the freshman classes of 2003, 2004 and 2005.
We really need to drop the childish charade of “smarter athletes than yours” because the facts just don’t bear it out. I’m not knocking these kids. Rather, I’m somewhat put out with adults who routinely use their “averageness” or “weakness” to bash others and mysteriously make themselves feel better.
SuperDAWG
March 12th, 2009
7:25 pm
hello ladies.when these DAWGS step on the waste land in atlanta make sure you have the right bus schedule so you all can see the butt whipping that will happen there.hey gaytur whats up your rear end it must be big turdnerd.DAWGS will spank spank yes spank that a$$.
Boston Williams
March 12th, 2009
7:42 pm
Two questions: Does the SEC deserve an automatic berth in the NCAA BB Tourney? Would it be possible for UGA to play football in DIV I, and play BB in DIV II? (They are already playing at a DIV II level.)
Jerry
March 12th, 2009
8:10 pm
45 -42 read and weep you pansies! More butt kicking coming at you in 2009!
GeoffDawg
March 12th, 2009
8:26 pm
In response to Just a Fan, I’m a graduate of Terry and the day that some tech “management” major like Joe Hamilton is smarter than me is the day Reggie Ball can memorize Pi to 27 digits. Besides, doesn’t tech’s management school just basically only offer management? I’m sure they do it well, but that’s by far the easiest of the business disciplines available.
Techrules
March 12th, 2009
9:20 pm
Tech will beat georgia like a rented mule in Atlanta this year—bank it. Paul Johnson is just a better coach than richt, even with less talent.
Panama City Pete
March 12th, 2009
9:47 pm
Just keep bringin’ in the brothas, Mark Richt. Who says we have to field a team even remotely reflective of the student body?
Tom
March 12th, 2009
9:53 pm
LOL…..Geoff, take your Terry degree….add an extra lab science, tougher math requirements and a more-limited selection of harder electives and voila…..you have a Bachelor of Science in Management from The Institute.
Maybe that’s why Tech’s CoM (as well as their MBA program) are rated above Terry?
acc
March 12th, 2009
10:08 pm
Each year UGA has to send 5-6 of their ” big-name ” players to either Hargrove or Middle Ga. Same this year.
UGA man
March 12th, 2009
10:10 pm
During recruiting did UGA show the recruits the library and the only book there? No study or grade problems here.
Tech sucks
March 12th, 2009
10:45 pm
lol @ the Nerds talking trash.
BigMike
March 12th, 2009
10:48 pm
DawgNation, Why do you even bother with the inbreeds at Tech? There pathetic, and a bunch of pocket pal, grecin formula, ramen noodle eating wimps. They play in the ACC[ALL CHUMP CONFERENCE] with the likes of Duke, Wake Forest, and Probation State U [FSU]. Please for the sake of DawgNation don’t allow yourself to get in a cyber altercation.When it comes to Tech they are who we thought they were.Lucky! Also to the inbreed that wont’s to respond to this, please be a little more original than 45-42, it’s a little old now.
Hargrave Coach
March 12th, 2009
10:49 pm
Thanks again UGA. You send us 5 guys to complete our team every year, and we couldn’t compete without them.
UGA fan
March 12th, 2009
10:51 pm
Dem dawgs will whip the nerds azz next year. Joe Tereshinski…i mean Joe cox rulz! Caleb King is the next Knowshon
godogs
March 12th, 2009
10:56 pm
Ramble On,
Get back to work, the fries are burning!
Georgia guy
March 12th, 2009
11:51 pm
hey “acc an hargrave coach” who were those 5 0r 6 guys? In the 2007 recuiting class all qualified, 2008 only one did not. so who are the 5 or 6 guys and why do you feel you have to make stuff up? Most of your team is playing for you because 1. Georgia did not offer. 2. It was close to home. 3. No other D1 school wanted then. It is not for the academics, it is to play football.
k martin
March 13th, 2009
1:16 am
in the 2008 GT media guide, I could only find about 15 jackets who were not majoring in Management – out of probably 75 players. They didn’t give a major for freshmen.
most of the 15 were aerospace, electrical, or civil engineering. So roughly 20% of the team was not management
larry
March 13th, 2009
1:21 am
so maddog,
your math suggests that the UGA average student has a 1188 SAT and the average GT football player is 1028? pretty close!
k martin
March 13th, 2009
1:33 am
i looked at the UGA media guide for 2008… not as impressive I will objectively say – of the 100 or so listed, at least 20 of the players listed “Housing” as their major. Many of those were the hargraves transfers. lots of pre-business majors, only 2 engineers listed. so – interpret as you wish
Michael Carvell
March 13th, 2009
1:50 am
Maddog: I always make sure to read your comments, along with many others in here. It will be interesting to see how some of the veteran Georgia Tech posters respond to your post above. As always, thanks Maddog and everybody for sharing your thoughts.
DBCOOPER
March 13th, 2009
3:22 am
Good post Maddog
Sad little men sit in their Grandmothers basement and blog about their obvious confusion about “Bigtime” college football and academics. If you want to talk school quality or academic issues involving your school of preference? That’s fine. But don’t attempt to include athletic or football programs into the discussion. Each school Tech and Georgia have made the decision to compete in the world of national 1A football. IF either wants to compete nationally they will recruit players that have shown the ability to compete at a that level. Most (not all) of these players may be marginal students. This is not unique to Georgia schools.
If academics was the only pressures on 1A coaches, people like Lloyd Carr would still be coaching at Michigan. He was replaced by a coach from a school that has a much different academic record. So which do you think won out? Hundreds of other examples of the same are out there.
If we want to talk football rivalry that’s one thing. But to confuse college football and academics is crazy. Wise up people.
tdawg
March 13th, 2009
7:29 am
tech fans are calling uga players thugs but there player was busted for selling drugs a couple of years ago.
Maddog
March 13th, 2009
7:32 am
terry
So you continue to want to take shots at UGA based on SAT scores? As stated in my original post, Tech football players average 79 points higher than UGA’s. It doesn’t compare like years, but I’ll accept the 79 point spread as being indicative of the current class.
Let me pose a question to you. If you had two children and one scored 79 points higher on their SAT, would you be willing to post on a blog that the child with higher SAT score is “smarter” than you other child? Based on their SAT scores, for crying out loud? Would you publicly insult your other child because of this?
I have 4 children, but I’ll draw a comparison between the two closest in age. They are less than 2 years apart and both are boys. While both are straight A students, one child consistently scores a higher numerical grade (98 average -highest in class- versus 94 average last year) while the other consistently scores higher on standardized tests (ITBS, CRCTs, etc). So in your world, which child is smarter? Is the other one dumb?
These people you seem to disdain and mock are humans first, athletes second. I believe you need to fine tune your focus on life.
Mr. Skynyrd
March 13th, 2009
7:36 am
Ramble On, that was funny, I don’t care who you are.
DB Cooper is right.
Each school has had plenty of football players that aren’t representative of the schools in general. Let’s not forget Quincy and Odell. But Tech’s had their share too.
They’re both pretty good schools, it just depends on what you’re majoring in.
Thomas
March 13th, 2009
8:22 am
Q: Are you idiots really arguing over who has the smarter football players?
A: Yes.
GeoffDawg
March 13th, 2009
8:31 am
BW – The SEC is more deserving an NCAA BB berth than the ACC is of an automatic BCS berth. At least the SEC occassionally wins some tournament games.
Tom – I think you need to go back and re-read my previous post. Maybe you missed something in your translation to Klingon.
Steve Superior
March 13th, 2009
8:40 am
In August the puppies were National Champs, In January their best win was by LSU in a game the pups didn’t even play in. In February they have the best recruiting class in the country in September 5 recruits don’t qualify (5 more have been arrested for public drunk, dui, vandalism of a hospital……….)
I think the pups are always the best team in the off season, because injuries, weather, officials, off weeks, schedules…………
always work against them and never have an effect on anyone else. Why do recruits go to GA, cause if they went anywhere else there would be no chance of injury and the weather would always be sunny and 70 and the officals would always cheat for you….
Even from Columbia, Athens is a trash dump.
stingmyselffeelohsogoodtome
March 13th, 2009
8:45 am
ok big boyz please stop talkin such violence and come play with my widdle stinger. i be a ramblin wreck over all this. all dem boys that play ball down here on n avenue is my types of mens ifin you knowz what my widdle stinger needs
Maddog
March 13th, 2009
8:46 am
A South Carolina fan talking trash about football??
GeoffDawg
March 13th, 2009
8:50 am
Steveo there is most likely a techie in disguise. It’s the only way he can denigrate a quality win at LSU given their obvious shortcomings.
Comin' Down The Track
March 13th, 2009
9:03 am
Well, we all took the bait didn’t we? Kudos to you Michael for kicking the hornets (jackets?) nest right in the jimmies. I expected the Techsters to bite hook, line and stinker [sic], but I thought we Dawgs were going to be able to avoid falling into this trap. Selah! I was wrong Oh, and, Maddog, there’s no reasoning with a chicken. They are as bereft of any logical apparatus as a lower beast can be. Why a friend of mine even considers them vegetarian. “How so?” you may ask. He considers them “tomatoes with wings.”
Comin' Down The Track
March 13th, 2009
9:07 am
For what it’s worth, it turns out that my first comment was posted as number sixty-nine… It’s going to be a good day.
PTC DAWG
March 13th, 2009
10:15 am
I’ve got a different take than the jerks on either side.
Best of luck to all the Kids…get your Degree…
bill_in_atl
March 13th, 2009
10:27 am
Am I the only one who noticed the Paul Johnson is simply going by the NCAA’s sliding scale in terms of getting his recruits in school? Here is his quote:
“As long as they maintain in school what they have and get there. It’s a sliding scale with test scores and GPAs, as far as NCAA qualifiers go. If everybody we have stays with what they have, then we should be OK.”
I would accept that Tech’s average SAT score for football players might be higher than UGA’s, but at this point we really don’t know since the latest numbers from UGA are from 10 years ago. Plus I don’t know if that includes walk-ons for both teams or just the scholarship players. Even if the premise is true, the statement by Johnson reveals what we have long known, that Tech is recruiting the same players that UGA is recruiting and there is NOTHING special about the requirement levels that are hindering Tech in terms of who they can recruit.
The funny thing about it is the fact that UGA actually might have a a higher standard than the NCAA minimum. How many cases have we seen where a kid that is denied by UGA signs with another BCS school and is admitted right away? And look at what Michael Bowman said only a few months ago, “Georgia is where I want to be, it always has been,” Bowman said. “However, I’m not going to prep school. If Georgia didn’t take me, then I’d go to Auburn or LSU.”
I do not pretend to know the truth, but the evidence leads me to believe that UGA has a higher basement for getting a kid in school than Tech. That being said I think Tech is a great school, as is UGA.
joe
March 13th, 2009
10:59 am
Lane Kiffin says UGA players will be pumping gas for the rest of their lives after flunking out of school, per an article just posted on ESPN.
Atlanta Jackets
March 13th, 2009
11:04 am
I love sports, but I’m fine with the majority of Tech athletes being in management. I don’t need them in my classes. To be honest, while they are great players, they sometimes disrupt the classroom. Even the walk-ons can be a bit pushy. LOL!
cknowshonrun
March 13th, 2009
11:18 am
OK as far as I can tell the Dawgs are hangin their hat on being the best football school while the nerds are hangin it on being the best academically. (by the way I did graduate from UGA in 04)
You nerds like numbers, so I went out and actually found some stats before popping off at the mouth. Lets start with the schools!
as ranked by U.S News (the most consistent source I could find)
UGA GT
Overall 58 35
Comp Sci NR 9
Earth Sci 67 55
Biology 58 68
Physics 76 36
Math 55 36
Pub Aff 4 51
Psych 89 77
Business 49 29
Sociology 55 NR
Fine Arts 37 NR
Poly Sci 54 NR
History 51 NR
English 61 NR
Pharmacy 24 NR
Vet Med 12 NR
Law 32 NR
There you go Techies argue all you want but the evidence is there. You’re good at what you do (comp sci, engineering, business) but your compared to only a few schools in the nation (cal poly, MIT, Va tech, Clemson, ect). UGA and Tech are two completely different types of schools and both are excellent institutions, the difference is Techies (for the most part) don’t give UGA the academic credit it deserves.
Now for the UGA argument: FOOTBALL
Here are both schools year ending AP standings since 02 (thats as far back as ESPN goes)
UGA GT
08 13 22
07 2 NR
06 23 NR
05 10 NR
04 7 NR
03 7 NR
02 3 NR
During that time GT compiled a record of 52-37 in the ACC (which has been a joke the entire time) while UGA went 74-18 in the best conference in America. Head to head UGA was 6-1 while GT went 1-6. Yea you got us this year, and I’ll concede the point that right now, for the moment the maggots are on top, but we all know who the big brother is and has been for over 100 years. Just wait til next year and everything will get back to normal, the way it should be.
Now as far as the credentials for incoming freshman. Why don’t you all just shut up because none of you know what your talking about. The academic standards for football players at either school are almost identical. And I hate to say it but every school (yes even you high and mighty nerds) has some majors that are easier than others. All we do is get the guys in school, pick out the dummies, put them in those majors, and tutor the hell out of them. Some make it, some don’t. The way I look at it for those who dont, at least the program gave you a chance.
SuperDAWG
March 13th, 2009
11:31 am
headlines all uga games sold out.tech tickets available all games.dawg fans everywhere lets have a tech pity day and go to a tech game.free admission if you wear your PJ’s.
Michael Carvell
March 13th, 2009
11:47 am
Hey bill_in_atl: I read your post above. I was wondering when someone was FINALLY going to say something about that. Thanks for bringing that issue up. Thanks everyone for posting.
Boss Hogg
March 13th, 2009
11:55 am
David: When did UGA beat the Gators & win the SEC? Not in 2004 or 2007. You idiot, it has not happened since 1983. Get your facts straight. Typical UGA spouting off & not knowing what they are talking about.
Huh?
March 13th, 2009
12:41 pm
As you can see, once the truth starts coming out the Techies are nowhere to be found. They’ve got to keep the myth alive and ignorance is bliss. Don’t waste your time people. They only hear what they want to hear.
Atlanta Jackets
March 13th, 2009
1:21 pm
I post things and then they vanish. Does anyone else notice that? Not my posts vanishing LOL! but your posts? Now I’ve confused myself.
How proud are the TarHeels that they have Anoop representing them on American Idol?
Atlanta Jackets
March 13th, 2009
1:23 pm
Nevermind. I think maybe I posted something on another internet blog and then I expected to see it here. I feel like a mutt. LOL!
Pago Flyer
March 13th, 2009
10:31 pm
Yet another Top Ten recruiting class…so?
captain kurk
March 14th, 2009
1:19 am
Beam me up scotty the tekies are getting churpy.
Thomas Brown
March 14th, 2009
2:03 am
8 years in a Row, UGA has been HIGHER RANKED than Georgia Tech in the Final AP Poll Top 25.
8.
Consecutive.
Recruiting ?
UGA Number 6 and Georgia Tech Number 49.
Georgia Tech is Number 49 every year.
UGA is Number 6 every year.
It never changes.
Attendance, UGA Number 6 and Georgia Tech Number 48.
Noticing any trend here ?
NFL Players, UGA 44 Tech 23.
951 Georgia Tech Football Multiyear APR 2008 for Georgia Tech Academic Progress Rate.
http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/apr2007/255_2007_apr.pdf
965 UGA Football APR 2008 Multiyear Academic Progress Rate.
http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/apr2007/257_2007_apr.pdf
The facts are that the University of Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Recruits are BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER, BETTER, MORE SUCCESSFUL, BETTER LOVED, and A HELL OF LOT SMARTER than Georgia Institute of Technology.
brick
March 17th, 2009
10:13 pm
Its amazing a Tech fan wants to talk about UGA kids taking easy classes to stay eligible. At Tech it doesn’t matter if you are eligible to play or not, you still play. So it isn’t just a saying, Tech does lie and cheat.
Tech Student
March 25th, 2009
2:55 pm
Look, I wish that Tech would become more like Georgia in terms of offering a greater amount of majors by expanding their liberal arts majors and such. I agree that while Tech is very good at what they do, UGA is very good at what they do as well.
It all depends on what you want to study, both are great schools, and obviously Tech has the edge in national rankings academically, but they still don’t offer all that UGA does.
And on the subject of football (which this was intended to be) UGA always has and most likely always will have better recruiting classes than Tech, but I see Tech gaining ground in the next few years if 2008 was any indication. I would say that UGA recruiting will typically be in the top 10 and GT will, hopefully in the future, be somewhere in the top 25.
Either way, I like both schools (parents went to UGA, I go to Tech), except of course on Thanksgiving or any other time we play them.
GO JACKETS