Spring practice No. 13
Good morning, all-
Apologies. Thought I’d posted at 7, but actually didn’t.
Got some notes from Tuesday’s practice and the long-awaited update on the kicking game.
- “Wolf” linebacker Cooper Taylor did some light running with a sleeve on his left knee
- With the Monday practice moved to Tuesday, I’d guess about 50 players made it to practice. The rest missed because of classes, as Larry wrote in the notebook. Linebacker Brad Jefferson, B-back Jonathan Dwyer, safeties Morgan Burnett and Dominique Reese were among those who arrived late or didn’t make it at all. It was so light, in fact, that when the quarterbacks split up to do drills with the wide receivers or the backs, quarterbacks coach Brian Bohannon had to take some reps.
- After injuring his left shoulder Saturday, quarterback Josh Nesbittt had a gold jersey on, meaning that he wasn’t to be hit.
- The defense worked on adjusting defensive fronts when offenses use motion, and some blitzes. It’s an interesting drill. The coaches set up five garbage cans, representing offensive linemen, and then have extra players pose as backs and receivers, and defensive coordinator Dave Wommack is the quarterback. The players line up in various spots or go in motion, and the defense has to adjust accordingly. Then, at the snap, the defensive linemen rush through the different gaps between the garbage cans according to how the different line stunts are called.
- Paul Johnson said that in the T-Day Game, it’ll be No. 1 offense and No. 2 defense vs. No. 2 offense and No. 1 defense, so the first teams will go against the first teams and the second teams will do likewise. There will be field goals and extra points with no rush and punts with fair catches.
So onto the kicking game. I’ll caution that I’m not sure there’s a ton I can say as far as “Scott Blair has been kicking the tar out of the ball” or “Chandler Anderson’s hang time is up by at least .2 seconds.” The team hasn’t really done much work on live field goal work. Mostly, Blair, Anderson and the other kickers/punters have been left to themselves except for when they’ve participated in the kickoff and punt return drills, which Tech has worked on a good bit. On the occasions I’ve watched Blair, he looks like he’s been kicking it pretty well. Mike Sewak, the o-line coach who oversees kicks, punts and snappers, noted that he has the most explosion, the most height and the most distance of any of the kickers.
I talked to Blair Tuesday – it’s in the notebook – and he gave some insight into how things were going.
“Going into spring, I was pretty well prepared. I was actually kicking really well, punting really well, just being real competitive in practice, trying to kick further, I got in a little slump in the middle of spring practice, and I’m starting to get out of it now,” he said.
He also said he was mostly working on kicks between the 30 and 40 and was starting to focus on his kicks in the low 40’s.
I imagine it might be a little unsatisfying to some of you that he’s limiting his kicks – about 20 per day, he said – when you might think the answer would be to practice until his leg fell off, given that he was 12 for 19 last season. But I’ll say this about Blair. He’s not an excuse maker and I think he knows his game and his leg a bit better than I do and, I assume, better than you do, as well.
It sounds like Tech will bring in preferred walk-ons to challenge Blair in the fall, which it sounds like when the competition will start. Brady Biggers, a kicker/punter from Walton who was named to the Touchdown Club of Atlanta’s all-metro team, will be among them.
(You may wonder why Tech didn’t offer a scholarship to any kickers. The answer is that few schools do. First, the supply of kickers is so great that coaches don’t see a need to do so. Further, like other positions, good kickers in high school don’t always translate to good college kickers, so coaches don’t like using a scholarship on a kicker if he turns out to be a bust, because then he’s on your hands for four years. Generally, teams will wait to see who pans out and then put him on scholarship.)
Blair said he also knew of a punter from Florida.
Said Blair, “If he beats me out, he beats me out. It’ll be really good competition.”
I’d imagine that coaches probably wouldn’t mind it if someone beat out Blair for either kickoffs, field goals or punts. As I quoted Sewak as saying in the notebook, “[Blair] might be really superior if you let him do one or two (instead of all three).”
Not related to football
Tech beat Georgia in baseball in Athens Tuesday night.
Derrick Favors will sign his letter of intent this afternoon at 1 p.m. at South Atlanta High School. Larry will be there and should have something up online in the afternoon.
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EEJacket
April 15th, 2009
9:40 am
Woot first! Good article, answered a lot of my questions about the kicking game. Its good to know that Blair is focusing on the low 40’s. Sucks that practice is so small, but what are you gonna do, this isn’t an SEC where classes would be canceled instead of practice!
EEJacket
April 15th, 2009
9:40 am
an SEC school*
Big B CH 99
April 15th, 2009
9:58 am
In the SEC, the coaches would talk all of the player’s Profs into canceling class so that they can all practice.
MinnesotaJacket
April 15th, 2009
10:03 am
EE…just classes no no…the entire school would be excused from classes (have to make it fair to everyone haha)…
I like that he is working the 40’s and I do hope that he just takes kickoff and field goal this year because I think that will help make him a better well rounded kicker, with some other walk on taking care of punt duties. This not only allows Blair to focus more on one part of a game, but also helps him gain confidence which I believe is a key aspect.
Ken what is the drill for today just shells? Also is there anyway your or larry can do an active blog during the T-Day game?
MinnesotaJacket
April 15th, 2009
10:10 am
Does anyone else remember how athens cancelled all their schools because of teachers leaving for the Florida vs. UGA game…I mean no offense but what does that say about the academics in Athens…ooo thats right it doesn’t exist my bad
ratatouille
April 15th, 2009
10:23 am
If Tech is such a great academic institution, how come my friend’s (who are both Duke grads, father is an IT wiz, mom is a MBA/CPA) daughter who went to Woodward Academy was NOT accepted by UGA but was accepted to, and currently attends, Tech?
We all know that Tech abides by ACC standards for admission of its athletes; UGA athletes are held to higher than SEC standards for admission, and SEC standards are the same as ACC standards. Granted, it is more difficult for athletes to remain at Tech (due to the math requirements) than it is for athletes to remain at UGA, but you guys and girls are just deluding yourselves regarding the jokes about cancelling classes, etc. If CPJ really wanted his players there he would have scheduled the practice at night, just like CPH and Bernadette have to do.
But, hey, 45 – 42, 11 – 6, and victories in basketball (men and women) is great for you! But the jokes about academic inequities, though somewhat true, are not as great as you still like to think!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
10:24 am
Where are all the mutts today after their darling diamond dawgs got taken to the cleaners last night? That’s football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, hockey, and now baseball all in the victory column for the Jackets this year. Did I miss anything? Let’s face it, in 2008-2009, Tech OWNS (I repeat O W N S ) the mutts from cowtown. You got to love it !!!
RAMBLE ON!!!
April 15th, 2009
10:28 am
FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL…what else you got, Fleabags?
How bout a game of titley winks?
I was thinking chess, but please, like somebody in Athens knows how to play that.
DawginLex
April 15th, 2009
10:29 am
Regular season losses only prepare UGA for the real games in the regionals. You do remember those don’t you?
18-6???????????????????????????????????
ratatouille
April 15th, 2009
10:39 am
I know, I know – it should have read “are great” – my bad. And, it is “tiddlywinks” but the way things are going UGA would probably lose that, too! You really have our number this year!!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
10:46 am
And to think, the poor puppies were once ranked number 1 in baseball too. AWWW, SO SAD !!!
MinnesotaJacket
April 15th, 2009
10:46 am
Ratatouille…I can start since you want to talk about academics…with number one do you know how much easier it is being a girl to get into tech than it is being a male?…I mean I go to Tech I KNOW the ratio and I know a lot of girls who got in JUST because they were girls… not saying that girl isn’t smart but it is a lot easier being a female to get into Tech because GT NEEDS a stronger female base to lessen the ratio…also UGA is harder to get into because in the 90’s and early 2000-2002 ANYBODY could get into UGA and they maxed out class capacity’s and living space because of their overacceptance. So for you to sit here and compare the two is hilarious because number one UGA students can major in GRASS TURF Managment or Sports Recreation….do you know what the EASIEST program at Tech is??? the 75th best management and business program in the nation…..soo please keep talking about academics because though I might agree that the standards to get in are somewhat standard the standards to STAY IN are not even comparable!
MinnesotaJacket
April 15th, 2009
10:47 am
Supersize but this time they weren’t pre-ranked number one so I am sure there was some mistake to put them there at all for the time…
Volman
April 15th, 2009
10:48 am
Ratatouille, I actually go to Tech currently. I was accepted by the only three schools I applied to (Tennessee, UGA, and Georgia Tech) but I chose Georgia Tech because OBVIOUSLY it was the better choice for my future than the other two.
The reason UGA is “so hard” to get into is because it is the state school and it is where people can go “hang out in college” with their friends from high school and not have to work as hard. Trust me, I’ve experienced what UGA has to offer, and outside of its bars, it is not much.
Volman
April 15th, 2009
10:53 am
Minnesota Jacket, I actually just looked up the rankings and Georgia Tech is #29 out of business schools, not 75. Just wanted to let you know.
BergMoo
April 15th, 2009
10:54 am
2 seconds seems like a huge improvement in hang time. Is this just because there was plenty of room for improvement or is Anderson going to become a viable option at punter?
Huh?
April 15th, 2009
11:13 am
Tech fans, if your school is so great why are you so dumb? Serious question.
Atlanta Jackets
April 15th, 2009
11:21 am
The mutts just got burned again!! LOL! Baseball, football, basketball. Burn. Burn. Burn! ROTFLAMO!
I applied and was accepted by Tech, MIT and Stanford, the only three schools I applied to. I’m at Tech because it’s on par with the other two and it’s cheaper. That matters too! LOL! But I would never apply to UGAg. Please. Even the bars over there are overrated. I’ve been out in Athens several times and the girls are so stuck up it’s crazy.
What sport should we crush the mutts in next?
RAMBLE ON!!!
April 15th, 2009
11:21 am
whoops, tiddlywinks…thanks ratatouille.
How bout a game of tiddlywinks, Huh?
Kicker(s) needed ...
April 15th, 2009
11:22 am
Wow, Blair is doing all THREE kicking positions. I say if he’s a better FG kicker than punter then eliminate punting totally.
Kick-off and FG are similar. Throw-in punting, and I can see where a guy could have problems with the cross-over in terms of form, kicking style, and preperation. Let him focus on the kicking style he’s BEST at, and I could become a believer with what Sewak is saying.
Ken (or anyone who might know) …… I know he excelled in high school as a DB but I haven’t heard anything on his move. What’s the progress report on Corey Earls move from WR to DB?
wth
April 15th, 2009
11:24 am
Uh, volman, you did read the article right? If you’re quoting the Newsweek article, you know that’s not a factual report; it’s an opinion based poll…
“corporate recruiters at more than 500 of the companies that hire the most graduate business students were asked to provide their opinions on which schools produce the strongest graduates”
FYI
Ken Sugiura
April 15th, 2009
11:37 am
Minnesota Jacket – they’re going to be in full pads today, then take Thursday and Friday off before the T-Day Game. I’m not sure about live blogging the game. I’ll have to ask a decision-maker about that.
BergMoo – I was making the stuff up about Blair kicking the tar out of the ball or Anderson improving his hang time. I said I couldn’t draw those observations because the field goal and punt teams haven’t gotten any live work this spring, so it’s mostly judgments from watching them work indivdually.
I commend Ratatouille on being a remarkably good sport.
I keep thinking it would be interesting to see where Georgia and Tech stand this year in all sports head-to-head, and if it might be Tech’s best year in awhile.
Stinger
April 15th, 2009
11:54 am
Will the Dawgs ever beat Tech in any sport again? We absolutely own them! I guess we need to start looking at Georgia State or Georgia Southern as our big rival. Beating the Dawgs is getting too easy.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
12:04 pm
Huh? If you think you’re so smart (and obviously you are not), then why are you posting on a Tech blog instead of a UGAG one where others of your ilk belong, especially after the mutts lost yet ANOTHER game to the Jackets. In 2008-2009, the Jackets OWN the puny pups.
Chris
April 15th, 2009
12:07 pm
Ask and you shall receive. After a little research, I’ve compiled a list of all sports in which the teams have competed against each other. This isn’t taking into account the club sports as they aren’t NCAA-sanctioned events.
Tech
Men’s Football
Men’s Baseball
Women’s Volleyball
Men’s Basketball
UGA
Men’s Cross Country (Dual Meet)
Men’s Golf
Men’s Swimming & Diving (based on finish at Nationals)
Men’s Tennis (Dual Match)
Men’s Track and Field (Dual Meet)
Women’s Cross Country (Dual Meet)
Women’s Softball (April 8 – UGA wins 7-5)
Women’s Swimming & Diving (based on finish at Nationals)
Women’s Tennis (Dual match)
Women’s Track and Field
Still to be played
Men’s Baseball (May 12)
PTC Jacket
April 15th, 2009
12:14 pm
Let’s not get big heads here and say that we will “own” UGA forever. Seriously, I went to the UGA v Tech basketball game, and we barely beat them. We barely beat them in football too, but we pretty much dominated them in baseball. Yes, we beat them, but we didn’t “own” them.
Ratatouille: Woodward? Whoop-de-do. It’s obviously easier for girls to get in Tech than UGA, regardless of what school they attended. This is what most people say: It’s impressive to get in UGA, but it’s impressive to graduate Tech. That’s just the way it is.
who cares
April 15th, 2009
12:18 pm
Trash cans are the only thing Tech’s pathetic defensive front will be running through this season. Tech fans are so retarded, to think that the defensive line they have can compete in a major conference. Tech’s 2 deep d.l. might be a little better and a little bigger than Ga.Southern’s d.l. I would take Ga.Southern’s front 4 over Tech’s. Johnson was lucky that he inherited some good d.l. talent last year. They saved his pathetic offense all year, until they played 2 sec teams, that both manhandled tech’s d.l. Tech fans, after losing your top 3 defensive tackles, and one of your 2 top defensive ends, you had better hope your offense can average 40 pts per game, because your defense wont be able to stop any average offense. But i forgot, their aren’t any average offenses in the ACC, only below average. U have powerhouse offenses like Clemson,Fl.State, and oops WakeForest and Duke. What a joke of a conference. What is it now, no BCS wins in a bowl game in 8 years running.
PTC Jacket
April 15th, 2009
12:22 pm
Who cares:
Um…ACC won the Orange Bowl last season. Get your facts right.
And you’re talking about a conference that has a winning record against yours last year? Give me a break. We didn’t have powerhouses in our conference last year, but we’re definitely tough throughout the ACC.
You better brag now.
April 15th, 2009
12:29 pm
Hey Chris,
You forgot the Jackets won the state spelling bee contest this year too. Oh yeah..and the Calculus Festival. It kills me when you see these guys win a couple of games and they think they are the kings of the world.
Just remember Gnats…its so much more of a big deal for you to beat Georgia than for Georgia to beat you. Why? We’re used to it. Thats something the Jackets will just always have to live with.
Jacket59
April 15th, 2009
12:31 pm
Hey Ken,
Is that kicker from Walton the same one that kicked a 60 something yard field goal a couple years ago?
Not Disappointed
April 15th, 2009
12:34 pm
Ken, thanks as usual about the update. How do you see special teams as a whole coming up to spring game?
Ken is right about ratatouille being a good sport. Now, back to work ratatouille, the curb is filling up. I want to dogs and some strings. Not rings!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
12:35 pm
You want to talk about powerhouse offenses? Well, what about Miss State. Vandy; and (last year) Auburn? Real world-beaters there, huh? Even South Carolina under Spurrier, of all people, couldn’t mount a consistent offense last year. Tech’s defense last year may have been spotty (or worse), but they seem to have come through most times when it counted, e.g. FSU, and enough of the game in Athens to hold on. UGAG’s defense on the other hand sucked all year long, and they will continue to suck as long as Martinez (GOD BLESS HIM) is still there.
Not Disappointed
April 15th, 2009
12:37 pm
excuse the spelling…. LOL! That’s two dogs!!
Not Disappointed
April 15th, 2009
12:39 pm
ugag’s Martinez! We love him the way ugag loved reggie ball. LOL!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
12:42 pm
You better brag now, if it doesn’t mean all that much to the mutts to beat Tech, then why are you on a Tech blog posting inane comments? (Inane means stupid and worthless, by the way) Admit it. You can’t stand the fact that Tech beat you last year and has the coaching and talent to do it again next November too. It hurts BAD, doesn’t it?
45 – 42, 67 – 62, 57 – 42, 3 – 1 (Volleyball), and 11 – 6
THWG
gtg7831j
April 15th, 2009
12:44 pm
GT will go 3-0 vs. the SEC this year. Since they will be undefeatd in the SEC, does that mean they should play for the national championship? or maybe play in the sugar bowl against utah or the powerhouse hawaii. I wonder what UGA’s preseason national championship rings look like?
gtg7831j
April 15th, 2009
12:47 pm
Just wondering, how many UGA grads are CEO’s of fortune 500 companies? The CEO’s of Wal-Mart and Coca Cola Enterprises are Tech grads and retired CEO of Dollar General was a GT grad, until DG went private again.
You better brag now.
April 15th, 2009
1:01 pm
Actually…I came over here to read how you guys football spring was shaping up this year. After reading the article on Wayshaun Ealey and seeing ALL the Gnats posting about that and how great they were going to be this year and how they owned UGA in everything now, I figured i would check it out. Its all exactly what i thought though. Alot of huffing and puffing about nothing. Face it…UGA is Tech’s NC game EVERY year. To us….Its just a game we SHOULD win. Everynow and then though Tech breaks through. It happens to the best of them. What …you guys have beat us 12 times in the past 40 years? Enjoy it. Brag while you can.
MinnesotaJacket
April 15th, 2009
1:04 pm
gtg…well played very well played
….
PTC Jacket
April 15th, 2009
1:04 pm
You better brag now:
Sooo….why do Dawg fans get excited for the UGA v. Florida game? I think it’s the same situation…
MinnesotaJacket
April 15th, 2009
1:05 pm
Not Dissapointed…I really don’t think special teams are really going to be known how good they are until the fall, or at least that is what it sounds like so far from what Ken has been saying, but in general I can say it can only be better in considering how bad it was last year…
Who Cares cares a lot
April 15th, 2009
1:05 pm
LET THE BIG DAWG READ!!! 45-42, Scrote. With the QB’s & RB’s you have I’d be worried too. You could never compete in the ACC. Get ready for another trampling in Nov.
fleming
April 15th, 2009
1:05 pm
They used trash cans to simulate UGA’s offensive line
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
1:07 pm
So, You better brag now, do you go on the Gators’ website to read how their football spring is shaping up? And if you do, do you huff and puff there about how you rank against them? I DOUBT IT !! When Tech has had good coaches over the past 40 years, Tech has won their share against UGAG. Hell, even under Gailey, and with Ball at QB 4 of those years, the games were close enough to scare you guys, The exception, of course, was Gailey’s first year. Well, Tech once again has a good coach, so get used to struggling and losing at least half of the time, and probably more.
ratatouille
April 15th, 2009
1:14 pm
Thanks for the props about being a good sport – that is only because I did not go to UGA or Tech, so I have no dog (so to speak) in the hunt re: the better academic institution. And, yes, I know it is easier for women to be accepted at Tech due to the need for gender equity.
If you want to talk academic trash, try this on – I went to Davidson, which is where the guys who could not get into Duke go. When I was in school there Tech was where all my GA friends transferred to AFTER they flunked out of Davidson!
If you guys would have read and comprehended my original post you would also realize that I said that Tech was harder to remain in as a student – we were talking about athletes, but I digressed when I brought up my friend’s daughter. I have a nephew who went to Tech; he said he had no problem getting in, and, as PTC pointed out,it was getting out (i.e. graduating) that caused him problems! So, yes, Tech is the better academic institution, but it is not that far different from UGA – it all depends upon what you want to study. Everybody knows Tech is great for engineering and has built a very, very good business school – and you continue to close the gap athletically, like it was in the hey day of the Tech/UGA rivalry.
Here’s hoping the rivalry continues and doesn’t get too one sided, again!
You better brag now.
April 15th, 2009
1:15 pm
I’m glad you are that confident SuperSize. Yeah…you have a helluva coach. I’ll admit that. Also..PTC Jacket..It is EXACTLY the same situation. Even though we have an edge on Florida in the career series..They have owned us the last 20 years and UGA fans hate them for it. I think Florida looks at us alot like UGA looks at Tech. Also…Supersize..after reading your last blog(maybe it just comes accross this way) Are you comparing yourselves to Florida??? Lets not get crazy my friend. Tech may climb to greatness again but i don’t think you are quite on that level right now. Win a BCS Bowl and then we can talk.
STUCK IN SC
April 15th, 2009
1:15 pm
1 win in 8 years and Nerds, you still suck.
Huh?
April 15th, 2009
1:16 pm
9-4 and on top of the world!!!!
That’s Georgia Tech football. What an absolute joke. I have never seen anything more sad in my entire life.
lakerat
April 15th, 2009
1:18 pm
The most important CEO of all is the CEO of Augusta National Golf Club -who again is that, and where did he go to school?
LOL
April 15th, 2009
1:21 pm
Great comment fleming…I have to say this is the only time I have laughed all week…
THWG!
Stranded in NYC
April 15th, 2009
1:33 pm
Is there anywhere we’ll be able to watch the T-Game online? or on TV?
MiltonDawg
April 15th, 2009
1:35 pm
PTC Jacket, thank you for being reasonable. I respect GT and think they have a great program going. That offense last year was solid, but teams will figure it out (see LSU 38-3). While it’s great for GT to beat UGA first time in 8 years, it’s kind of sad to see so many fans who think 45-42 is a beat down. I mean seriously?? ACC was very weak last year, but GT has a shot. And for “who cares a lot”, are you high? UGA could never compete in the ACC? Seriously?? One final note, who cares where this CEO or that COO went to school? This is like a playground argument. Talk about football.
MinnesotaJacket
April 15th, 2009
2:01 pm
Milton…LSU didn’t figure out the offense…all it did was run its offense down our throats and force mistakes on special games…have you looked at the time of possession for that game?? I am trying to be reasonable but frankly when the common theme from UGA fans is IT WILL BE FIGURED OUT…look at all the experts because would they not agree with this, because not a single one sais that.
As for the ACC being weak please explain to me how you say that when in the regular season the ACC had a better winning percentage against out of conference teams than any other? Yes we did not have a front runner like a Florida, Texas, or Oklahoma instead the ACC boasted a conference in which was very well rounded from top to bottom.
Hey "Huh?"
April 15th, 2009
2:01 pm
I’ll tell you what’s sad….
45-42
67-62
11-6
and after every one of those losses I see your screen name pop up to talk trash?!?!? you must love pain and misery…..why else would you talk trash after every time your team loses again….freakin moron
Dawgilama
April 15th, 2009
2:18 pm
Don’t forget the most important of them all. Techies own the Dawgs in tickle piles!
MiltonDawg
April 15th, 2009
2:23 pm
MinnesotaJKT: How many teams in NCAA DIV 1 are running that style of offense as of today? Teams do figure it out eventually. I did look at the box score for the LSU game..stats are almost completely identical, with the exception of GT having 2 fumbles lost. GT could not convert 3rd or 4th downs (3/15, 2/6). LSU’s defense figured it out. As far as the ACC comment is concerned, that was directed towards another tech blogger who stated UGA couldn’t compete in the ACC. Your out of conference games were against Miss St, Gardner Webb, J’ville St, & UGA. ACC was down last year. The best team had a 10-4 record (VA tech)..everyone else just beat each other up.
MiltonDawg
April 15th, 2009
2:25 pm
MinnJKT: Please check out the ACC schedule for last year and look at every team and their out of conference teams they played. It is a laughing stock..McNeese St, Kent State, Furman, Charleston Southern, etc etc. There are high schools here in GA that could easily beat those teams.
Baba O'Riley
April 15th, 2009
2:42 pm
You forgot to include UGA in the ACC’s OOC schedule.
macrotech
April 15th, 2009
2:45 pm
lakerat, you’re boasting about a ceo of one of the MOST racist clubs in the country…. might want to rethink THAT one. Makes for easy bantor, regarding stereo-types. I think that both schools offer great academic opportunities for their respective students. Their respective programs are different. This, like MiltonDawg stated, is a playground argument. Huh?, from all the frustration that you’ve been spreading throughout Tech’s blogs…I’d say that your saddest moment was realizing that your beloved pups just got beat by the Yellow Jackets. Help yourself to a hanky! The longest streak belongs to Tech! Yet again, the pups came up short….seems to be a pattern. Stuck in SC, that would mean that your team got beat by a team that ’sucks’! BRILLIANT! GO TECH!!!
gtg7831j
April 15th, 2009
2:54 pm
lakerat, lets see, does Augusta National Golf Club have a market cap of $200B?………didn’t think so good try. He is not even the CEO, he is the Chairman, but, being a UGA fan you wouldn’t know the difference.
JB
April 15th, 2009
3:02 pm
Well, good to see our baseball team tell UGAY to eat a dugan last night. we hit 3 bombs and pounded them early. They were #1 again and 17-3 at home. STUNG BY THE BEES AGAIN! I have my broom ready on standby, one more shot for the dogs in may at turner field to tie the season series. You jokes still have gymnastics…so i will give you that! UGAY must be on suicide watch since they lost in football,basketball and saw the #1 team in ATHENS AGAIN, get spanked! I mean tech came out hitting rockets last night off chase hawkins who had a great college era of 2.88 coming in, Tech threw brandly who was 1-2 and a era of 4.61 coming in to last nights game. I LOVE IT!!!!!! You guys just stick to what your good at, thats sniffing butts and eating your own sh**! I’m gonna say its a fluke when you guys beat us at anything, since you seem to have forgotten how to do it! UGAY SUCKS!!!!!!! Enjoy being 2nd tier in all 3 major sports, becuase with our hoops class coming in{#4 nationally} and football{19 starters back}…i really can’t see too much success for you leghumpers in the near future!!!
THWG
gtg7831j
April 15th, 2009
3:02 pm
Miltondawg, I forgot UGA out of conference schedule was so hard too, Central Michigan, GA Southern, GT (Pre-Season #80). UGA had a bye week before the Tech game and still couldn’t figure it out. It is not hard to figure out, you either hand the ball off, pitch it or run it. It takes a real genius to figure out CPJ’s great secret. It is so much of a secert that fall camp was open to the public.
lakerat
April 15th, 2009
3:11 pm
gtg -
Put together the fortunes of the members, and the companies directed by the members at Augusta National, and I bet they add up to significantly more than $200B, and Billy gets to tell them all what to do. And, you do know, don’t you, that the chairmanship at Augusta National is way more important than any CEO of which Tech may want to brag.
macrotech, Augusta National is NOT the most racist as they have non-white members; that distinction belongs to Shoal Creek in AL.
Gordon
April 15th, 2009
3:12 pm
lakerat,
Ever heard of a Georgia Tech graduate named Bobby Jones? I may be mistaken, but I think he was associated with the Masters. In fact, he is the “Chairman in Perpetuity.” Go ask Billy Payne if you don’t believe me.
MiltonDawg
April 15th, 2009
3:12 pm
Gtg7831j: Don’t forget about Ariz St and playing in toughest conference in college football. UGA had one of the hardest schedules last year..and obviously we had a hard time. UGA’s problem was not studying the offense as much and poor tackling. CPJ is a great coach, but it’s no secret. While were on this conversation, let’s look at 09 schedule. GT opens w/ J’ville St, @ Miss St, @ Vandy, and UGA at home. UGA opens @ OK St, Ariz St at home, and Tenn Tech. So, yeah, i would say UGA’s schedule is a lot harder than GT’s.
rainman
April 15th, 2009
3:21 pm
Ken, thanks for the update on the kicking game. I guess it will be a while before we know if there will be much improvement.
SugarHillDawg
April 15th, 2009
3:24 pm
JB, are you off or on your medication? You and EVERY Tech Nerd on this board knows that the best you LOSERS will EVER do is beat UGA about like what you are now–1 in 8 or 9 tries. I guess you are trying to convince yourself but you sure ain’t convincing RATIONAL people.
Area Sports Fan
April 15th, 2009
3:24 pm
University of Georgia graduates founded Synovus, Cousins Properties, Build-A-Bear, Nalley Automotive, Gold Kist, just to name a few.
Georgia CEOs? AFLAC, Georgia-Pacific, Primerica come to mind.
Milton is a moron
April 15th, 2009
3:25 pm
MILTONDAWG, you are an idiot to talk about our schedule! You guys play one weak ooc schedule yourself. We have added alabama and the vols to our schedule and tried to get the gators but meyer said does not want to play our system. That comment was in the ajc for all to read!! wow, you added colorado next year, well it’s only been about 20 years since they were worth a crap, tough add-on there… let me tell you. I find it intresting that the sagarin rating that came out at the end of the season had the acc as the best conference from top to bottom in the nation. Acc had 9 teams win 7 games or more. Our bottom feeder wake forest, beat ole miss…which BEAT FLORIDA, so what does that say?? The acc spanked the sec in the regular season and sec tied it 6-6 after showing up during the bowl games! The sec had 4 good teams and the rest stunk! Good teams beat up on each other, not like having 3 teams dominate the entire sec? 3 OR 4 TEAMS DON’T MAKE AN ENTIRE CONFERENCE JERKOFF! Its balance that determines the strength, the ACC has plenty of balance and if the acc is so bad, then i guess since uga lost to Tech, that makes you guys about what, 4th or 5th best in the ACC behind our 3rd in the overall???
SugarHillDawg
April 15th, 2009
3:26 pm
Oh yeah BTW, you sure you aren’t related mentally to Ramble On and M?????
MiltonDawg
April 15th, 2009
3:34 pm
Well somebody had some poopy in the cereal this morning. Call me what you want to make yourself look better, i’ll be the more classy/mature man. Do me a favor, go to yahoo.com, look at GT’s schedule and every other ACC team from last year and this year. Then look at the SEC’s. NC champs belong to SEC for the past 3 years. Come back to the blogs when you have knowledge that actually goes outside of North Ave.
MiltonDawg
April 15th, 2009
3:35 pm
Oh and Kudos to you for being so tough and smart to not even post a real name. Definetly speaks volumes about the individuals on here.
Dawgilama
April 15th, 2009
3:41 pm
Everyday, my company requires it’s employees to participate in a 30 minute tickle pile. Does that mean a Techie is probably calling the shots around here?
MinnesotaJacket
April 15th, 2009
3:42 pm
Milton really??? I am pretty sure everyone here has talked about the top teams in the ACC all THREE OF THEM, so your last comment is stupid, and when UGA fans start talking about good they are through another team that sounds pretty pathetic. I will go look at the schedules and then I will see what the experts SAY about the schedule…congrats you had one of the hardest PRE-SEASON schedules…but hey you know all about the PRE-SEASON RINGS and championships right???
JB
April 15th, 2009
3:51 pm
SugarHillDawg, perhaps you should lay-off the kool-aid. When you want to bring up history and live in the past, since you can’t live in the present {45-42}….I point to our 4 national championships to your 1!! Football has been around since before hoover was president and you could muster but 1? Come talk to me when you put more of the real TROPHIES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT IN YOUR GLASS CASE, until then, you can’t say sh**!!
Better yet, how about when you even pass us in bowl winning percentage!! Since the existence of college football, YOU ARE 2ND TIER TO GEORGIA TECH IN BOTH! All teams lineup for a national championship’s on saturday’s, so quit running your mouth on this thread and join the rest of criminal u in athens on your own blog! YOU DON’T MEASURE ON THIS BLOG, COME BACK WHEN YOU GOT SOMETHING BETTER TO SAY THAN BRINGING UP LAST THE 7 YEARS, BECAUSE ALL I GOT TO SAY IS 4 TO 1…….AND 45-42! Feel free to live in the present day, and remember we can throw this in your face when you want to stroll down memory lane!
Now before you go bail a uga football player out of jail, jump on ebay and buy yourself one of those sugar bowl rings and have a GREAT DAY!
45-42, 67-61, 11-6…..Great to be a yellowjacket!
BLAZER
April 15th, 2009
3:52 pm
WHY DISCUSS CONFERENCES AND SCHEDULES AND STUFF WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE?
STILL 45-42!
PTC Jacket
April 15th, 2009
3:55 pm
MiltonDawg:
Why don’t you get three more NC’s and then talk to us. Sound good?
DDT=dumbdogturd
April 15th, 2009
4:01 pm
Auburn, Tenn, UK, SC, Miss St, Arkansas, Vandy were all terrible for most of the season last year, give me a break. Duke…i repeat DUKE came into Vandy and beat them. SEC was seriously down last year, you are a moronic homer if you believe otherwise. The ACC had no top team, but no teams were nearly as bad as Tenn, Auburn, Miss St, UK
JB
April 15th, 2009
4:03 pm
YAWN
Dawgilama
April 15th, 2009
4:31 pm
We’ve actually got 2 National Championships, but whatever. I’m not your average Dawg fan. I could care less about a win or loss against Tech. That loss didn’t make or break our season…That would’ve been the Florida and Bama games. We finished Top 15 and had a “bad” season by our standards. I actually enjoyed watching this past season’s game…in the rain…which definitely played into Tech’s favor. Sure, you guys beat us fair and square, but anyone with any sense can compare the recent success between the two programs. It’s just not close. AND, it’s just the opposite when it comes to basketball. Tech has a much better basketball program, but UGA beats Tech occasionally. Sure, we have the better “overall” record against UF, but they have owned us more recently….No different than how we own Tech. I can’t even remember the score when we beat UF, because it really doesn’t matter.
Sucks to be a nerd!
RAMBLE ON!!!
April 15th, 2009
4:32 pm
Don’t forget our CEO who happens to own the fleabags favorite spot for Thanksgiving and Easter dinners. WAFFLE HOUSE!!!
Dawgilama
April 15th, 2009
4:45 pm
and your governor?
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
4:51 pm
Since when does the CHAIRMAN (NOT CEO) of a private club rank up there with Fortune 500 CEO’s? I have the upmost respect for Billy Payne, even though he did graduate from UGAG, but his job is certainly not one of the most important or significant positions of leadership in this country. As far as the Augusta National being racist, that is pure BS. There are several non-white members and have been for years. And since that position seems so important to whoever posted that comment, I need to remind you that the Augusta National and the Masters Tournament were founded by Bobby Jones, the greatest golfer of all time, who graduated from Georgia Tech.
RAMBLE ON!!!
April 15th, 2009
4:53 pm
At least our Governor is smart enough to send his kid to GT.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
4:59 pm
Sorry, Dawgilama, Georgia only has ONE recognized National Championship in football. Check the following link for proof:
http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/football/college/collegechampionship.htm
That link lists 3 for Tech (1917, 1928, and 1990). The 4th one which Tech claims (and was awarded by some polls) was in 1952, when for whatever reason, a Michigan State team who went 9-0 with NO bowl game was awarded the championship over Tech who went 12-0 WITH a bowl game. The ONLY ONE listed for Georgia is 1980
Dawgilama
April 15th, 2009
5:09 pm
So, me claiming 2 is no different than JB claiming 4, and I was merely responding to JB saying “4 to 1″. Either way, it doesn’t really matter. Yale, Harvard, and Princeton have us both beat.
RAMBLE ON!!!, OK, our Governor is smart enough to send his son to Tech, but he’s also smart enough to be your Governor. How bout the previous Governor? Take a guess.
Tickle Pile on 2, on 2. Down set hut…hut!
RAMBLE ON!!!
April 15th, 2009
5:17 pm
tickle, tickle.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_aBun-fJmULo/Rjn63vBwcsI/AAAAAAAAAII/3dZKDBhm2Nc/s1600-h/Pic__3__Stafford_and_Cox__of_course_Cox_is_on_the_ground_.jpg
Supersize that order, mutt
April 15th, 2009
5:48 pm
Dawgilama, I posted this once, but it still hasn’t appeared, so I will try again. Check the following link for a comprehensive look at ALL the “claimed” national championships for all teams. You will find Tech listed 6 times and Georgia 5 times. Most of those additional championships were awarded by very obscure polling services. In fact in 1967, Georgia was awarded the championship by one service, and they had an 8-2-1 record. Ohio State was the consensus champion with a 10-0 record. Regardless, however, Tech still has more championships in its history than does Georgia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A_national_football_championship
Hey Dawgilima
April 15th, 2009
6:03 pm
Be honest with me…how do these numbers make you feel right about now?
45-42 (football)
67-62 (basketball)
11-6 (baseball)
There’s a reason this blog is packed with Dawg fans. You hate us so much when you lose and you just lost again last night……
BS Patrol
April 15th, 2009
6:25 pm
Doggielama, The “overall” record you refer to reduces to 3-2. You call that “owning”? You own Carson, Fulcher,Curry & Lewis. I’ll give you that one. But the AD’s that hired those bums should have their nads run over by a steamroller. They dug Tech a hole vs. Ga that will take a while to erase.
BS Patrol
April 15th, 2009
6:36 pm
I left out Gailey.
Sudheer
April 15th, 2009
7:00 pm
Did someone say that UGA actually used their admissions requirements for athletes. 94% of UGA football players were admitted on “special admission requirements” from 1999-2004 and almost 80% were admitted this year on special admissions. Geogia Tech only admits 10% of its athletes in all sports on special admissions. and 9% in football. UGA might turn down more “nonathletes” students than Tech, but that is because they get ten times more applications. So ratatouille, you are wrong there.
JB
April 15th, 2009
8:55 pm
MiltonDawg, i just don’t understand why you guys don’t understand bragging rights? YOU got beat this past season and it is a year to year boasting! Get over it and patrol your own blogs with you own fans. I have never in my life ever got on a uga thread! I don’t care to….When we lose i don’t see every excuse in the book pulled out. We got beat bad by lsu and it was not a good showing for us. Niether was bama and uf on national tv for you guys! You didn’t compete in either game and we stunk it up against lsu. This blog is for tech fans to chat about our team and players but then you ugay fans come on talk down the acc and talk about 7 straight….blah blah blah! You really can’t talk about the past to tech fans unless you want to hear the entire history and we can throw our accomplishments in your face which to be honest, are a bit more stout than yours. It’s all about the championships!
Uga has had a good run under cmr, and now i believe we have a coach who will put us on the map as well! A good thing doesn’t last forever, and i think the tide will change in this series! If you guys want to keep this within current times, then 45-42 is what your dealt with and we hope to see you in atlanta for a great game! Just stop with the excuses, and learn to accept the winning with the losing, victory and defeat! Heck, i want you guys to roll into atlanta without a loss!
Gooooooo jackets!!!
Hal Vernon
April 15th, 2009
10:25 pm
Let me get this straight. Someone posting as Milton Dog is hazing someone for not posting under a real name? I can’t make this stuff up! What a moron!
Empty Bleachers
April 15th, 2009
10:41 pm
Wow! What a fund raising team we’ve got at Tech! Our alumni don’t contribute enough money nor buy enough season tickets, so our marketing department decided to make up for it by price gouging the UGA fans for the Georgia game. Once again we are gonna be carried by Georgia Football.
I hope we can round up at least a thousand people to watch the game this Saturday. By the way, history doesn’t favor the option attack after year one in the modern era. So we have two guys who would be fourth string in Athens at WR? Plus a bunch of walk-ons? Don’t look now but I think the only passing we’re gonna see is the pitch and shuttle variety.
I think CPJ needs to drop some random drug tests…some of the guys are chanting “National Champs” at practices. Looks like our boys are going the Joe Hamilton route…why does our campus have to be the highest in crack head per capita ratio? We are helluva engineers, we should be able to engineer athletes without drugs and class skipping, let alone a helluva remedial program.
macrotech
April 16th, 2009
2:38 am
lakerat, I said, “one of the most racist”. This makes room for other clubs. The Augusta National ONLY permitted a person of color to join it’s membership when the Olympics were in Atlanta and they were trying to get them to permit golf as an event. Obviously, the National would have been the premier choice of courses. No way was this going to happen unless the members relented on their long history of all white membership. No way, in this day and age, could they go back to ‘the good ole days’… It was only a few years ago that the Augusta National stopped mandating that all golfers had use their caddies…..guess what color THEY were? Racism is racism… any measure! For the record, I am a caucasion. I’m a Tech fan! AND, we won!!!! GO TECH! AGAIN!
SugarHillDawg
April 16th, 2009
7:38 am
Wow, I didn’t know it was THAT dominating.12 times in 40 years and 3 or 4 of those wins Tech had involved them using ineligible players so it looks even worse for the NERDS! Big B Ch99, I guess that’s your excuse for the ACC being second rate huh??
snapshot
April 16th, 2009
8:03 am
mutt fans are annoyed for sure. They got a Yellow Jacket Nest under their double wide.
The GT Phoenix is rising
April 17th, 2009
9:10 pm
So let me set this record spinning… I grew up ALWAYS going for Tech. Georgia has definitely run up a good streak on us, after all numbers dont lie… National Championships(recognized) GT-4 UGA-1, Win-Loss VS. 59-39-5 UGA over TECH. This is a new era for both programs now though and the fire is definitely on UGA’s feet after last years loss. While it does feel great to have the “W” next to the schedule we have to remember one thing at that game… ALL BETS ARE OFF!!!!
Next season looks to be very promising, but lets just wait until our favorite saturday of the year in 2009! Georgia should thank GT every time they play them being that GT was a Charter member of the SEC.