Ranking all of the ACC games
Summertime, and the choosin’s easy.
Actually, it wasn’t.
Last week, Berry Tramel of the Oklahoman ranked the games in the Big 12 this season, from 1 on down.
So, since there’s nothing new under the sun, I thought it’d be fun to rank this year’s ACC games, from one on down.
The criteria was fairly simple: which games would be the most exciting, and have something important riding on them, for the division, the conference, the school’s psyche, the conference’s rep, etc.
You’ll notice the top 10, heck the top 20, are a bit top heavy with games featuring the ACC’s big five: Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina and Virginia Tech.
It’s also no coincidence that three of those teams: Both Techs and the Heels, are expected to compete for the ACC championship this season.
Don’t give up reading after the first 20. The bottom 10 are also ranked. Couple of Duke games in there.
So, without further adieu, my pick for the game of the year in the ACC is:
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech Saturday, October 17. It may be heresy to not put Georgia Tech vs. Georgia here, but this game will likely decide the Coastal Division rep in the championship game. I guess the question for Tech fans, beat the Tar Heels and have a chance to play for a conference title and a spot in a BCS game, or beat your rival? And, for this exercise, there aren’t any co-No. 1s.
The rest of the top 10:
Georgia at Georgia Tech Saturday, November 28. No explanation needed.
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech (Ga. Dome) Saturday, September 5. Is it fair to have the Hokies or Jackets dominate the top six? Who cares? These games are going to rock.
Nebraska at Virginia Tech Saturday, September 19. Huskers vs. Hokies. Always about alliteration.
Georgia Tech at Florida State Saturday, October 10. Division implications a plenty.
Florida State at Florida Saturday, November 28. The nation’s last hope for UF to get tripped up before the SEC title game.
North Carolina at Virginia Tech, ESPN Thursday, October 29. Coastal ramifications. Blacksburg will be rocking.
Georgia Tech at Miami, ESPN Thursday, September 17. See next comment.
North Carolina at Georgia Tech Saturday, September 26. Another in a brutal start for the Jackets.
Maryland at California Saturday, September 5. A barometer game for the ACC. If the Terps win, and the Hokies beat ‘Bama, the ACC suddenly looks really good.
The top 10 honorable mentions, or 11-20, however you prefer:
Florida State at BYU Saturday, September 19. Lots o’ points. Lots of em.
Miami at Virginia Tech Saturday, September 26
Florida State at North Carolina, ESPN Thursday, October 22
Miami at Florida State, ESPN Monday, September 7. Kind of sad this game is all the way down here, but…
Clemson at Georgia Tech, ESPN Thursday, September 10
Pittsburgh at NC State Saturday, September 26. Benchmark game for the ‘Pack.
Oklahoma at Miami Saturday, October 3. Why is this one so low? Cuz it’ll likely be a blowout.
Boston College at Notre Dame Saturday, October 24
TCU at Virginia Saturday, September 12. TCU is Top-25 worthy this year. Another benchmark game for the ACC. Let’s hope the Cavs do a bit better than last year’s butt-whipping by USC.
Clemson at South Carolina Saturday, November 28.
The rest, well the rest except for the 10 worst, which are at the bottom. I tried to put the top and the bottom of the list in order. The middle, well, I did my best:
TCU at Clemson Saturday, September 26
Miami at North Carolina Saturday, November 14
Florida State at Wake Forest Saturday, November 14. It’s no secret the Noles have lots of troubles with Wake.
South Carolina at NC State, ESPN Thursday, September 3
Baylor at Wake Forest Saturday, September 5
South Florida at Florida State Saturday, September 26
Clemson at Miami Saturday, October 24
East Carolina at North Carolina Saturday, September 19. Watch out Tar Heels. Trap game.
Florida State at Clemson Saturday, November 7
North Carolina at Connecticut Saturday, September 12
Miami at South Florida Saturday, November 28
Coastal Carolina at Clemson Saturday, October 31
North Carolina at NC State Saturday, November 28
Virginia Tech at East Carolina, ESPN Thursday, November 5
Stanford at Wake Forest Saturday, September 12
Boston College at Clemson Saturday, September 19
Wake Forest at Navy Saturday, October 24
Duke at Kansas Saturday, September 19
Wake Forest at Boston College Saturday, September 26
NC State at Boston College Saturday, October 17
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech Saturday, November 7
Wake Forest at Clemson Saturday, October 17
Rutgers at Maryland Saturday, September 26
Florida State at Boston College Saturday, October 3
Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt Saturday, October 31
NC State at Virginia Tech Saturday, November 21
Clemson at Maryland Saturday, October 3
Miami at Wake Forest Saturday, October 31
Georgia Tech at Mississippi State Saturday, October 3. If this were most any other SEC team, this game would have been in the top 20. Same goes for Vanderbilt matchup.
Virginia at North Carolina Saturday, October 3
Virginia Tech at Virginia Saturday, November 28
NC State at Wake Forest Saturday, October 3
Boston College at Virginia Tech Saturday, October 10
Maryland at Wake Forest Saturday, October 10
Virginia at Maryland Saturday, October 17
North Carolina at Boston College Saturday, November 21
Miami at Central Florida Saturday, October 17
Maryland at Duke Saturday, October 24
Georgia Tech at Virginia Saturday, October 24
Central Michigan at Boston College Saturday, October 31
NC State at Florida State Saturday, October 31
Virginia at Clemson Saturday, November 21
Maryland at Florida State Saturday, November 21
Duke at North Carolina Saturday, November 7
Maryland at NC State Saturday, November 7
Virginia at Miami Saturday, November 7
Boston College at Virginia Saturday, November 14
Clemson at NC State Saturday, November 14
Virginia Tech at Maryland Saturday, November 14
Duke at NC State Saturday, October 10
Boston College at Maryland Saturday, November 28
Wake Forest at Duke Saturday, November 28
Virginia Tech at Duke Saturday, October 3
Georgia Southern at North Carolina Saturday, October 10
James Madison at Maryland Saturday, September 12
Gardner-Webb at NC State Saturday, September 19
Georgia Tech at Duke Saturday, November 14
Virginia at Southern Miss Saturday, September 19
Elon at Wake Forest Saturday, September 19
Duke at Virginia Saturday, October 31
Richmond at Duke Saturday, September 5. This could be embarrassing for the Dookies.
Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech Saturday, September 5
Duke at Miami Saturday, November 21
The Citadel at North Carolina Saturday, September 5
William & Mary at Virginia Saturday, September 5
Jacksonville State at Florida State Saturday, September 12
The worst of the worst:
Duke at Army Saturday, September 12
Murray State at NC State Saturday, September 12
Middle Tennessee at Maryland Saturday, September 19
Northeastern at Boston College Saturday, September 5
Marshall at Virginia Tech Saturday, September 12
Florida A&M at Miami Saturday, October 10
Kent State at Boston College Saturday, September 12
Indiana at Virginia Saturday, October 10
Middle Tennessee at Clemson Saturday, September 5
And, the worst game in the ACC this year will be:
North Carolina Central at Duke Saturday, September 26. Central is an independent that is returning a whole bunch of starters. But really, scheduling North Carolina Central? Why?
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125 comments Add your comment
gt_blume
June 7th, 2009
10:31 pm
Interesting to take the time to think about EVERY game that an ACC team will play this season. I hope you get paid by the hour.
TechDan
June 7th, 2009
11:27 pm
Interesting picks, and I agree with most of them, and the ones I don’t agree with are really only by the smallest of margins.
Sugar HillDawg
June 8th, 2009
7:31 am
This guy just lost ALL credibility when he said that Tech was in the running for the conference championship. I stopped reading after that.
ACC Football=SEC Basketball
June 8th, 2009
8:15 am
Typical neck dawg fan. Where is Huh?
Don't Tase Me Bro
June 8th, 2009
8:19 am
Why doesn’t the ACC just play all of their games on Thursday night?
And as far as the worst game of the year, with no doubt it will be the ACC championship game. If FSU or Miami isn’t in the game, they will be lucky to draw 10k.
ramblinCody
June 8th, 2009
8:20 am
Go read a UGA post. Dawg. thwg
Go Gators
June 8th, 2009
8:46 am
Huh is changing the grease in the deep fryer at his job, it’s Monday that have to use new grease for the fries. He is head fry guy.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
9:12 am
GT/UNC game will be the toughest and most important game. VT is a close 2nd.
The schedule is brutal, but thats life in the ACC. We need more SEC cupcakes like UGAg and Vandy.
old gold engineer
June 8th, 2009
9:18 am
Wow, Doug, quite an undertaking. Considering Middle Tennessee beat Maryland last year, I don’t think I would have listed that game in the bottom 10. I think it’s also interesting that you list UNC in the ACC’s big five but not Clemson.
Doug Roberson
June 8th, 2009
9:25 am
Old Gold, no I’m not quite sold on Clemson this year. New coach (well slightly new), unsettled QB situation, and I’m not sold that Spiller is an every-down running back. He gives you one big play, and then a whole bunch of nothing plays.
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
9:26 am
None of these games are important. Only game that is important is the National Championship. That’s where my Dawgs will be while y’all are playing on the smurf turf. That’s right…mark it down.
2009 National Champs – Georgia Bulldogs
superDawg
June 8th, 2009
9:39 am
Huh is right none of these games are important.I think its funny that gt-jacksonville st. game is not on worst of the worst list,but hey gt thinks they will win the acc.Hell they think they are going to beat Duke man now thats really funny.
Not Disappointed
June 8th, 2009
9:42 am
Just ready for college Football to begin! Enough said, “Ramblin Wreck!”
pizzamutt
June 8th, 2009
9:50 am
Be careful tekies I could be the one delivering your pissa.NO TIP REQUIRED. Thats true and funny hahahahahahahahah! saint simons told me how to do it. you know how big his mouth is he can eat more pissa than anybody.
Doug Roberson
June 8th, 2009
9:56 am
Jacksonville State is actually supposed to be pretty good this year, which is why I didn’t include them in the list of worst. Same for Elon, William and Mary and some of the other I-AA teams.
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
9:59 am
2009 National Champs – Georgia Bulldogs
Deal with it Jackets!
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
10:13 am
This is a football blog Huh?
not equestrian!!!
go and make mommy happy and clean your room like a good boy.
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
10:29 am
Ok Ramble – Let me rephrase that so even you can understand…
Joe Cox will lead the Georgia Bulldogs Football Team to a…
2009 National Championship
While’st you Techies rot in the Smurf Turf Bowl.
superDawg
June 8th, 2009
10:32 am
Doug I think you are underrating ga.south.to.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
10:47 am
BHWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
10:51 am
Exactly the response I suspected.
I hate Tech.
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
11:00 am
Georgia will beat Tech by 40
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
11:02 am
So does this mean after OSU beats you by 20 points, you will mercifully disappear and unfortunately reappear under another stupid handle?
Umm, Yes.
Hey I don’t have any love for UGAg either. You just made me spit coffee all over my computer screen.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
11:04 am
Again, stay on topic Huh? we don’t have an equestrian team.
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
11:14 am
UGA is the greatest school in the country….
You Techies are just jealous.
Have you ever even been to Athens?
jabster
June 8th, 2009
11:23 am
Huh?: The ACC isn’t going to the Humanitarian Bowl anymore. Get your facts straight.
I’d put GT-UNC ahead of GT-FSU, for the criteria you stated. Not that GT-FSU will be a good game, but GT would win the ACCC, even if they lose in Tally, if they sweep the ACCC. It’s possible that both GT and VT will lose an ACCC game and GT wins the head-to-head, which is where GT-UNC comes into play. Methinks GT-VT will be easier than GT-FSU.
As long as we’re including nonconf games, the bottom of the list should consist of all of the I-AA games. Period.
BS Patrol
June 8th, 2009
11:31 am
The doggies just can’t stand the fact that Tech will be a contender & ga won’t even contend for their division!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
superDawg
June 8th, 2009
11:33 am
GT WILL LOSE TO 2 SEC TEAMS THIS YEAR.COULD BE 3. MAYBE 4 IF YOU CAN MUSTER UP A TRIP TO THE CHICKEN BOWL.FREE HOT DOGS WON’T HELP YOU THERE. YOUR BLOGS WILL BE VERY WEAK IN 2010! RAMBLE NO WILL BE YOUR NEW VOICE IN THE FUTURE.I HAVE A SEAT FOR ANY TEKIE WHO WANT’S TO COME SEE ANY UGA HOME GAME.IT WOULD BE MY HONOR TO HAVE YOU AS A GUEST.
SlimG
June 8th, 2009
11:46 am
Vtech plays bama and nebraska? Now that’s a good out of conference schedule. Who does tech play? Nobody besides uga. Real tough huh Ramble?
BS Patrol
June 8th, 2009
11:55 am
Attn. All Techies! We are all jealous of ga.
Angelina Jolie is also jealous of Rosie O’Donnel.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
12:00 pm
You’re right SlimG…3 SEC teams…they sux.
BLAZER
June 8th, 2009
12:15 pm
SECOND IN THE SEC EAST WAITS ONCE AGAIN!!
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
12:20 pm
You are jealous of Georgia. We win 10 games and win New Year’s Day bowl games in down years. You win 9 games and get punk slapped by 5 touchdowns in your bowl games in up years. If you are not jealous you certainly should be, unless you think 9 games and a Chicken Bowl appearance is all Georgia Tech can ever hope for. If so that is fine by me. More laughs for me.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
12:38 pm
And Paul McCartney is jealous of Sanjaya
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
12:50 pm
You Techies are jealous of our women, our bars in athens, our music, and all of our sports teams. I didn’t go to Georgia but that doesn’t stop me from being the biggest Dawg fan on the planet. I happen to know many Techies who tell me all the time they wish they had what we had.
You will also be jealous when we:
WIN THE 2009/10 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOOTBALL!
Jaded Jacket
June 8th, 2009
1:00 pm
I like Huh?. He’s another amusing Jethro from UGA. His moronic comments are always good for a laugh or two. But then I start to pity his lack of intelligence and I feel sorry for him in the end. Poor man.
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
1:14 pm
Hey Jaded….what’s it like to lose 7 outta the last 8 games to the superior Dawgs?!
AMG
June 8th, 2009
1:31 pm
UGA is picked to finish 4th in there division of the SEC. That equals a very sad bowl if they do only lose 4 games. I pick them to lose 7 and not even go to a bowl this year. Face it UGA fans, your day has come and gone. Best you can wish for is 8 wins. So, HUH lets see, will you wear a GT tee shirt and run through UGA campus screeming how great GT is if you don’t win 8 games this year…. Willing to bet something….You won’t bet for real, you know Joe Cox sux on , well what was his last name..
Rusty Squidbillie
June 8th, 2009
1:54 pm
I’m a’bettin’ my 1980 championship six-pack that my doggies wins more than 4 games this year!
BS Patrol
June 8th, 2009
1:58 pm
Huh? thinks the only things in life are Wal-Mart & ga football.
Trade School Junkie
June 8th, 2009
2:08 pm
The most important ACC games:
1. USC at NCSt: First game of the year, and the outcome will start the SEC vs ACC smack talk going. In 2008, USC struggled until the 4th Qtr, and Star NCSt QB Wilson left the game in 1st Qtr. I think odds favor a NCSt win in Raleigh.
2. Bama vs VT: This is the most important game for the ACC in 2009. If VT wins, it will be THE BENCHMARK by which ALL SEC vs ACC match-ups will be compared for the rest of 2009. If VT wins, it would make ACC 2-0 vs. SEC to start the 2009 season. If NCSt & VT win, ACC will probably run the table vs. SEC in 2009.
3. GT at UVA: GT will be coming off back-to-back games: at FSU, and home vs. VT. Will GT be healthy enough and have enough left in the tank after FSU & VT to win in Charlottesville, where GT has not won since 1990? It’ll be a real test with those 3 games, all in a row, but I think GT will win the ACC.
4. Nebraska at VT: VT won last year on the road in Bo Peilini’s first year. If VT manages to beat both Bama and Nebraska, the ACC can claim to have beaten both SEC and Big 12 in head-to-head competition.
5. GA at GT: GT proves 2008 was no fluke, and rolls up 600 yards of total offense. GT wins 56-18.
Other noteworthy non-ACC games:
1. GA vs OKSt: SEC vs Big 12, conference match-ups the fans want to see. The winning conference has bragging rights until bowl season. Mutts get smoked badly in Stillwater. Any thought of this dawgs team winning ion Stillwater this year is plain delusional. Zac Robinson: mutts will remeber this name for a long time.
2. USC vs GA: If GA loses this one, right after OKSt loss, then the 2009 season is officially over. With still facing Ark, LSU, Tenn, FL, Ky, Auburn, and GT, a 7-5 season is looking likely.
Jaded Jacket
June 8th, 2009
2:26 pm
Huh?, can we call you Jethro instead? You are the stereotype of a typical UGA fan. UGA Jethros are narrow minded, dim-witted fools with vacant eyes that cast blank stares of bewilderment. UGA Jethros are often mistaken for products of inbreeding and are always gentically inferior. I’ll keep you in my prayers, Huh?. You poor fella
Diamondback Blogs | We’re talking ’bout schedules…
June 8th, 2009
2:58 pm
[...] when the Terps finish home-and-home series with Cal and Rutgers before ACC play. That Cal game was recently ranked as the No. 10 best ACC game of the year by the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Doug [...]
AMG
June 8th, 2009
3:15 pm
Rusty, your 1980s six pack is almost thirty years old. Tech has won a NC more recently than you guys. Also, look at your schedule. If you still had the same team as last year I would say you had a chance, but with Joe Cox and company 5 wins would be pretty good. Name 6 teams on your schedule you think you will win… 5-7 this year mark my words.
North Ave Dude
June 8th, 2009
3:27 pm
If the Wolfpack and Hokies win to start the season, then the ACC is going to OWN the SEC this year.
SlimG
June 8th, 2009
3:51 pm
Let’s see Ramble, bottom feeders do sux. Try and schedule some real competition so the lower tier bowl teams want be such a shooker. Yeah, LSU was bad last year, really bad. But hey, Gardner Webb and Jax State make you guys look real good. Should pad your ranking until late in the season. Then we all know the consequences.
macrotech
June 8th, 2009
3:53 pm
Huh?, you nailed it…. we are jealous of uga. The bars, women and 10 wins seasons make us green with envy! Bars, music and women?! How in the hell does ANY of that win championships?! We could ONLY wish we had ALL of that and ONLY one national championship to show for all those years of competition! Why can’t we have a mascot that looks like it didn’t see the break lights of the car in front of it?! A mascot that eats it’s own turds?! Why can’t our team underachieve year after year….ESPECIALLY with a preseason #1 ranking?! I assure you, you DO NOT have any Tech friends that wish they had what you mutts have! Ours is a program that is on the way up with a gimmick offense and a tradition rich history and a brighter future on the near horizon! The pups had their chance and they blew it! You got pushed aside in your own stadium and it’s OUR turn to represent Georgia! If you’re gonna run with the big dogs, you’ve GOT to stop pissin’ like puppies! GO TECH!!!
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
3:54 pm
As much as I don’t like UGAg, I wouldn’t call them a bottom feeder SlimG.
I’d call them a lot of other things, but not bottom feeders.
VoTech
June 8th, 2009
3:58 pm
Other games to watch:
1. Navy vs Ohio State: CPJ’s Navy Option offense against Tressel and the Buckeyes. Why important? CPJ & GA Southern (Triple Option) beat Tressel & Youngstown State for the Division 1-AA championship several years ago.
2. LSU vs Washington: PAC-10 vs SEC.
3. UCLA vs Tenn: Pac-10 vs SEC
4. GA at Ark: Petrino is a better coach than Richt
5. Tenn at Florida: Monte Kiffin’s Tampa-2 defense vs. Urban’s offense.
6. Tx AM vs. Ark: Big 12 vs SEC
7. Bama vs. Ole Miss: for the SEC-West crown
8. GA at Tenn: GA neets Tenn’s Tampa-2 defense. Tenn wins with 4 INTs.
9. Navy at SMU: the Triple Option offense vs. the Run & Shoot offense. Navy wins.
10. USC vs ND: One more Trojan beatdown before Weis finally gets canned.
11. GA vs FL: Moving vans arrive at Martinez’s house.
12. Navy vs. ND: Navy makes it two in a row. ND calls Urban Meter.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 8th, 2009
3:59 pm
how bout bottom sniffers?
SlimG
June 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
Broken clock is right twice a day
ACC Football=SEC Basketball
June 8th, 2009
4:30 pm
Don’t pay attention to Huh? He knows not what he’s talking about. He’s the master of misinformation. BTW, didn’t we hear this pablum last year about UGA 2008 National Champions. Same crap, different year.
spider
June 8th, 2009
5:01 pm
gee just a couple of hours ago in the AJC i read that mark richt was crying about how touch his non conf sked is with ok st, arizona, & ga tech, sounds like there is confustion between mark richt and his fans..
spider
June 8th, 2009
5:02 pm
so who is right about ga tech, mark richt or HUH??
Bo Williams
June 8th, 2009
5:26 pm
SEC fans underestimate the interest in football by ACC fans. Just let UNC and NCState have good teams (and they are both going to build power houses because of heir coaches) and you will see them pack the stands. When both of these two squads are good, the rivalry and interest is every bit as high as between UGa and Fl and UGa and Tech. If you don’t believe it, go to one of their games. Until you do, you don’t have a vote, just a loud voice.
Jeff Grady
June 8th, 2009
5:34 pm
Does anyone out there not think that the passion that will be exuded over the NCState/SC game played on the first Thursday night of the football season will not rival that surrounding the other so-called big games, any of then! If you think not, then you don’t follow the game closely.
macrotech
June 8th, 2009
6:56 pm
Bo Williams, I agree with you COMPLETELY, with one exception…. more like a whimper than a loud voice. There is fear in those whimpers!
ShutUpMutt
June 8th, 2009
8:45 pm
Reality. Deal with it Huh?!
Georgia will lose at least 3 games this year and that will include Georgia Tech. No more Moreno, Masseqouioioiu, or Stafford.
Of course, you are out of your mind if you think UGA is getting anywhere near the NC. The last time (and only time) you got there, was with Hershel Walker.
ShutUpMutt
June 8th, 2009
8:49 pm
Hey mutts,
when your 5-star players can stop Tech from putting over 400 yards of rushing and 45 points on you…
You will have my permission to take that foot out of your mouth.
ShutUpMutt
June 8th, 2009
8:50 pm
And Huh? is probably a florida or tech fan making fun of a UGA fan. There’s no way Huh? is really that stupid.
GTbooster
June 8th, 2009
9:31 pm
Is it Huh or just Duh?
gtg991z
June 8th, 2009
10:45 pm
Georgia fans are so funny sometimes. They think they’re entitled to a shot at the NC every year when they consistently show they’re not ready for it. Furthermore, to say GT isn’t capable of a conference championship is just a public display of ignorance. It’s one thing to blindly support your team (even if you never went to the school like over half of the UGA fans) but to just make asinine comments on WreckBlogs is pathetic.
Months and months of smack talk about CPJ’s offense culminated in an addition to the “L” column in their own houses, yet the Bulldogs can’t face facts. I respect our in-state rivals, but the lack of class (on both sides occasionally) is a slap in the face to “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate”.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 9th, 2009
12:00 am
Doug, you should show some love to WF. I’m afraid if you don’t Jim Grobe will smack some folks in the face.
Playing them will not be an easy win, if it is one.
Alabama Jack
June 9th, 2009
6:48 am
In general, dawg fans suck. Have you notice thwg rhymes with thug, which you can’t have without UGA?
wes
June 9th, 2009
9:11 am
Tech has won 4 out of the last 5 games vs Georgia when CHAN GAILEY was not on the sidelines.
On that note, looking forward to another good game this year in Atlanta.
As for the ACC games, GEORGIA TECH @ VIRGINIA should be higher up on the list. Tech has not won there since they won it all in 1990. Can Paul Johnson end yet another streak for us Tech fans?
I think so…
wes
June 9th, 2009
9:15 am
Ramble On is correct about Wake vs GA TECH. Wake will have already faced the option attack when they visit Navy on October 24th.
Two weeks later, they come to BDS. Watch out for that game, Jackets!
DawginLex
June 9th, 2009
9:45 am
I’m gonna frame these predictions about Petrino being a better coach than Richt and the moving van to WM’s house. The one about GT/UGA 56-18 is really special.
Hey, Rambler, I just nominated you to be the sideline reporter/color guy for UGA broadcasts over on the other blog. Of course, I get the gig at Tech. Punch lines aplenty………………..
DawginLex
June 9th, 2009
9:48 am
Hey shutupmutt,
It’s Herschel, not Hershel. What do you call 13-1 in 2002 and finishing 3rd in the country? Only because of the national media love affair with OSU prevented UGA from playing for the title that year. That’s a little more recent than 1980 Einstein.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 9th, 2009
10:11 am
Thanks DawginLex, I’ll decline though, the mutt Nation can’t handle the truth.
I’m a truth machine.
I wouldn’t get to carried away with the Petrino thing though. Just becasue Petrino is a Punk, doesn’t mean he can’t coach some college football. They were looking pretty good towards the end of the year. They could hand the mutts a L on the way to your 6-6 year.
G-Spot Boyz
June 9th, 2009
10:36 am
Open up and say ahhhhh dawginlex & huh. Be good boyz now.
GTsince62
June 9th, 2009
11:27 am
Huh? is smoking a joint laced with crack and PCP.
Huh?
June 9th, 2009
11:34 am
Dawgs beat Tech by 40 this year and go on to win the National Championship.
Mark it down NERDS!
DawginLex
June 9th, 2009
12:06 pm
Do you honestly think a Mark richt coached team is going to go 5-7 or 6-6?
I know ya’ll hate us but the guy averages 10+ wins a year. He is not Gomer Gailey or Loser O’Liary. He is also not Ray Goff.
Irish-Heel
June 9th, 2009
12:45 pm
Definitely the big game is UNC at Va. Tech. The bees will underachieve. Heels will roll at arguably the worst football stadium in Division-I. UGA has consistently underachieved. This year the Dogs will drop at least three games.
Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Florida.
The Tech game is a tossup. Chances are it will be just for pride
gtforever
June 9th, 2009
12:49 pm
I’m going to say it again… For all you HOMER GT fans out there that RUN your mouth…. UGA will be better in 2009. Count on it, there line of scrimmage on both sides will control almost everyone on their schedule. If the dawgs stay healthy, we will be lucky to beat them in Atlanta…. If our defense doesn’t show up we could very easily lose 4 to 5 games. If you must TRASH talk, please wait until we prove year in year out that we belong in the same league as UGA! We are NOT there yet, and if Coach doesn’t recruit better we may never get to their level….. Win of LOSE GO JACKETS!
Kyle
June 9th, 2009
12:57 pm
Huh? How can you say “we” when the only affiliation you have with UGA is the T-shirt you bought at K-mart?
BS Patrol
June 9th, 2009
12:58 pm
Don’t forget doggies, you had the 3 best QB’s ever to take a snap for you during that 10-win string. Whole new ballgame now. This year we’ll see what kind of coach Richt REALLY is!
BS Patrol
June 9th, 2009
1:03 pm
Actung!! gtforever is a butt sniffer! Sidewalk at that!
Got 12?
June 9th, 2009
1:16 pm
I am a Bama grad and fan. As an Atlanta resident, I also support Tech by attending a couple of games a year.
Does anyone know how or if the SEC’s new television contract will affect which stations broadcast ACC games? Or the kickoff times of ACC games?
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 9th, 2009
1:21 pm
BS Patrol doing another outstanding job. Keep up the good work.
He’s a butt sniffer.
gtforever
June 9th, 2009
3:16 pm
NO, I have just played the game, and can look at the situation realistically. You idiots that keep running your mouth make ALL the real fans look BAD!
gtforever
June 9th, 2009
3:19 pm
REAL GT fans….. BS and Ramble will probably need the concept of a REAL fan EXPLAINED…
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 9th, 2009
3:50 pm
REAL fans would never, ever say: “please wait until we prove year in year out that we belong in the same league as UGA!”
…sorry, maybe you’re a butt sniffer and don’t know it, but, you’re a butt sniffer.
BS Patrol
June 9th, 2009
3:50 pm
gtforever is the one who needs REAL fan explained to him. Go back to the butt sniffer blog.
gtforever
June 9th, 2009
4:08 pm
Funny, YOU guys are part of the reason we DON”T sell out our stadium…. It’s that feeling of SUPERIOR intelligence… YIKES! I defer to your obvious superior intellect………. and your SUPERIOR football knowledge….. GOOD GRIEF… I GIVE!
BS Patrol
June 9th, 2009
4:11 pm
My guess is gtforever rode the pine for the Willacoochie Middle School Grasscutters.
gtforever
June 9th, 2009
4:18 pm
Best damn middle school team in the country…… I was proud to ride that bench!
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 9th, 2009
4:26 pm
Yup, all my fault.
Maybe not a butt sniffer, but an Obama Apologist, indeed. Can you can go to Athens and apologize for us and covert some sidewalk mutts to help fill our stadium?
It sure is working with Iran and N. Korea.
…on second thought, never mind.
JimC
June 9th, 2009
7:58 pm
As much as I hope you’re right, I’m not sure that Tech will be strong enough to seriously compete for the ACC title this year. I think the offense will be very good, but defense is the big question mark. That and learning how to play 60 minutes every game.
JimC
June 9th, 2009
8:02 pm
And by the way, one reason that Tech doesn’t fill up the stadium like UGAy is that Tech alums have CAREERS, and they often WORK on the weekends. They also have real lives that don’t revolve around what a group of kids do on Saturday afternoons.
Think about that the next time a UGAy grad asks if you want fries with your burger!
Selah.
BS Patrol
June 9th, 2009
8:42 pm
I wish Tech were playing Bama in the Kick Off Classic. When Tech was in the SEC that rivalry was so rabid they had to quit scheduling it. Literally. VPI has no history W/Bama, does it? It would be great exposure.
UGASlobberknocker
June 10th, 2009
8:30 am
The problem with this ranking is that the ACC is awful. To rank the top 10 games in the ACC is like ranking the top 10 best looking women on the Tech campus..impossible since there arent 10 of either. The only games worth watching are those against SEC competition.
ACC = Always Crappy Conference
p.s. BS Patrol..the Alabama series against Tech was halted when Alabama players were assaulted and abused by thrown bottles, eggs etc by the Tech fans on every trip to Atlanta. The same thing happ with No Dame at Tech in the 1970s, with added insults shouted about their Catholicism. What a shock: Tech fans with no class
Too Easy
June 10th, 2009
8:34 am
JimC: I’ve heard all the excuses now, that gt can’t fill their stadium because its alums have to work on the weekends. Please. Even your brethren should pound you on this one.
Hey UGA Slobber
June 10th, 2009
9:24 am
If your conference is so great you must have beaten your rival in the ACC right?….wait…oh you didnt? wow!
If your conference is so great you should have had a better record head to head vs the ACC…wait…oh you didnt? wow!
If you can’t stand tech and the acc so much maybe you shouldn’t spend so much time reading and writing about tech in their blog….
ok douchebag?
Richy Rich
June 10th, 2009
9:45 am
Sugarhill, mutts, leghumpers, et. al.,
Tech wasn’t the conference champion last year, and may barely miss again.
But state champion was nice (45-42) and I look forward to another quiet year from Athens after Tech wups the fleabags again in 2009.
Nuf said.
GoodWord
June 10th, 2009
10:25 am
JimC, please go away with your sorry excuses about Tech folks working on the weekend. It’s pansies like you that make the true fans look bad. Don’t make excuses! Just bring friends with you and let’s fill the stadium.
I think VT has some pretty important games as far as how the ACC will be viewed on a national level. Everyone was jumping on the ACC’s back last year after Clemson got stomped. I will certainly be pulling for Beamer’s sqaud in the beginning of the season. NC State will help the cause also.
Sunshine
June 10th, 2009
12:01 pm
Kansas baby! I like adding some real opponents, instead of the weak SEC.
BS Patrol
June 10th, 2009
12:31 pm
Yeah that’s right Slobber, I said it was a spirited rivalry. I don’t think they like Tech much. Witness the Curry flap.
As far as ND is concerned, I would still throw fish at them if I had the chance. You probably like them because they rolled over for you in the 1980 NC game.
SlimG
June 10th, 2009
1:45 pm
Newsflash Sunshine, Kansas is a basketball school. Give there coach some credit, but they are not a national power by any stretch. If that’s a real opponent, the delusional theory is alive and well.
Too Easy
June 10th, 2009
1:58 pm
Looks like you’ll be needing to keep your free hot dogs, pizza and cokes to supply Mangino.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 10th, 2009
2:04 pm
UGA is a Gynmastics School, but it’s still fun beating them in football.
What’s your point there SlimG?
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 10th, 2009
2:11 pm
whoops, Gymnastics
Achmed
June 10th, 2009
6:03 pm
I have lost my schedule for my PE class. Does anyone know the time of Waterboarding 102.
Raj Muhammed Habibi
June 10th, 2009
6:06 pm
Why don’t the Tech women wear the traditional hijab, It would stop them from scaring small children.
Raj Muhammed Habibi the 2nd
June 10th, 2009
10:57 pm
UGA will lose to OK State by 3 touchdowns
Dumbest poll question ever!
June 11th, 2009
1:51 am
Will GT’s offense take a step back in ‘09? That is seriously the dumbest poll question that I have ever heard. Who at the AJC comes up with these polls? And who in their right mind would think that GT’s offense would take a step back after a year under CPJ? Does that even seem logical??? Pathetic question…
Don't make excuses JimC
June 11th, 2009
1:59 am
Jim C: Seriously, you’re embarrassing yourself…I’m a Tech grad and not all of us have to “work” on weekends. If you think that watching what “a group of kids” do on a Saturday afternoon is a waste of time, then you’re obviously not a true Tech Fan. We don’t need fans like you supporting our program. Yeah, go and enjoy your “real life” working your weekends away…
SlimG
June 11th, 2009
9:25 am
Point is why hate on uga? Is it because you feel inferior? Just support your team and check your ego at the door or in this case login.
Tech had a decent season in ‘08, can’t take that away. Even though the standards are lower at tech and the competition in the ACC is weaker. You know and I know that uga will always be tech’s top goal while florida will always be uga’s top goal. Just get used to it. Been that way for years.
Scheduling weak opponents is a necessary evil in today’s game, but you can’t get all chest thumping about a matchup with Kansas. You know they are second tier at best. Try playing a ranked team other than uga once in a while and then we can talk apples and apples.
MyBigOldHairyButt
June 11th, 2009
9:53 am
But I have the biggest BALLS of them all, don’t you know.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 11th, 2009
10:14 am
Oh gotcha SlimG… I forgot Auburn was a bottom feeder. Ole Miss/UCLA backing out, was us begging them too. Miss St.? (Of course we knew they were going to suck when we scheduled them, AND we are counting on Bama being on probation when we play them). Norte Dame…who knew.
Yes SlimG that is a forest behind all those trees.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 11th, 2009
10:48 am
Sorry SlimG, to answer your question, all the hate on UGAg is due to the ignorance of the fleabag nation illustrated quite well in your last post.
Inferior? My math is getting a little fuzzy, but I’m still sure 45 is > than 42.
Dear SlimG
June 11th, 2009
11:12 am
Why hate on the Dawgs? I’d say from the constant Dawg fans obsessed with talking trash on the TECH BLOG it’s hard not to hate on them. Quit acting like the SEC was so powerful. They were tied head to head with the ACC in the regular season. Ole Miss beat the National Champs. Ole Miss also lost to Wake. We understand you see everything from red colored glasses but try and look at it from an outsiders perspective. You don’t really have much say in scheduling tough out of conference oponenets do you? With all the western kentucky’s and central michigans these past 10 years I was amazed when you guys actually set something up with OK State (by the way…horrible idea there as you will start the season 0 and 1). Ramble On…quit saying 45-42….it’s not that great of a score to be proud of…we won by 3 points.. Calm down…let’s win two and a row and then start talking some trash…
Hey "Dawg" Roberson
June 11th, 2009
11:14 am
Thanks for all the recent updates…How cool is it that you get paid to write a couple paragraphs every 4 or 5 days to call yourself a “beat writer”.
Honest question for you….Did you go to UGA games when you went to school there? Being a sports fan you must have. So did you root for the Dawgs?
Ramblinwreck1378
June 11th, 2009
11:42 am
Slim G: It’s very hypocritical of you to say that Tech has scheduled weak non-conference opponents in the past years. In 2004, your non-conference schedule (besides Georgia Tech) consisted of Georgia Southern and Marshall. In 2006, Western Kentucky, UAB, and Colorado. Excluding the past year, Georgia is perennially known to schedule and easy non-conference, and this year, we are one of 3 teams to have 3 non-conference games against FBS opponents. So I’d say our scheduling is just fine, with Alabama waiting in the wings in the upcoming years.
And the SEC is OVERRATED! There are 6 teams in the SEC that are “marginal” at best. In my opinion last season, and potentially this season, the ACC was/could be the most balanced conference in the nation. As someone stated earlier, the ACC tied the SEC in head to head matchups last season, with Georgia Tech being perfect against the beloved SEC. So don’t get so high and mighty now, read some articles, look at some statistics. You might be surprised.
Reality Check GT
June 11th, 2009
1:42 pm
Ramblinwreck… Please go back and look at the bowl records for each conference and the teams that each conference played. It is pretty one-sided.
ACC
Wake win over MIGHTY Navy!
UNC loss to WVU
FSU win over Wisconsin
Miami loss to Cal
NC State falls to powerhouse Rutgers
Maryland squeaks one out over Nevada, WOW
ACC #2 BC loses to Vandy. Powerhouse #2 team there
GT loss to LSU. We all know about that blowout!
Clemson loss to Nebraska
VT beat Cincy. WOW. Big win for the Hokies.
4-6 nice bowl season
SEC
Vandy wins
LSU wins
South Carolina loss in a game they never should have made
GA over Mich St
Ole Miss over TT
Kentucky over ECU, who beat VT
Bama loss to Utah
Florida beats Oklahoma to win it all
When you look at that and the sorry A** bowls you guys played in… Is there an argument against how pointless the ACC is?
OK Reality Check GT
June 11th, 2009
1:51 pm
You got us bud….
UGA is the greatest team in the country.
The SEC is god and should never be talked bad about again…
Tech Sucks…
Is that what you were looking for? Does that vidicate anything for yourself? Is that what you are on the GEORGIA TECH BLOG for or do you just like to argue? I mean, you probably want to win your arguements don’t you. You disagree with anything Pro tech or pro ACC so why should we even try to talk back to you about your beloved dawgs or your beloved sec when all we will end up being is WRONG?
Reality Check GT
June 11th, 2009
2:33 pm
UGA will win the National Championship this year while Tech is in the smurf turf bowl….haha!
Reality Check GT
June 11th, 2009
2:39 pm
We hear the same things on our blog! I just can’t sit around and listen to how good the ACC is. It is funny because you can’t argue that can you? All the talk about how the ACC is balanced is BS, look at the numbers.
Huh?/Reality Check GT
June 11th, 2009
4:04 pm
You actually hear things when you read a blog? The only things most dog fans lack are an education and any sense of reality. “UGA will win the National Championship this year .haha!” You make me laugh! Thanks! I needed that!
Duh?
June 11th, 2009
4:34 pm
dogs lost (state championship) to an ACC team….remember?
What is you point? Some of the SEC may be better than some in the ACC and…..some in the ACC are certainly better than some in the SEC!
Ramblinwreck1378
June 11th, 2009
4:44 pm
Reality Check: I was speaking in terms of the regular season. Duke beat Vandy, Clemson beat South Carolina, Wake beat Vandy and Ole Miss, and Georgia Tech beat Mississippi St. and someone else, I can’t really remember right now. But anyway, that puts the ACC in the regular season at 6-4 against the SEC in some pretty evenly matched games. And the ACC was VERY young last year, and will only get better. But there’s really no point in arguing with you. I know you’re on your computer every second at home looking up statistics. Obama talks about there being no jobs, but that’s not true. I’m a sophomore at Georgia Tech and I have a job. The problem is that there are dumb idiots like you who are too stupid/unqualified to get a job. Have a nice day you subservient loser.
Jeff Grady
June 11th, 2009
5:59 pm
If you think UNC will not escape mediocrity, why? Looks to me like they have a great school, football coach, and are recruiting top-notch players. I also believe kids love to go there if they can get in.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 11th, 2009
6:39 pm
Jeff, UNC will be a force no doubt about it. They have all the tools…damn, I was hoping Bunting would never leave.
They will receive revenge from GT this year though.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 14th, 2009
1:42 pm
UGASlobber, the Tech – Bama series was cancelled BY Tech as a result of the assault by Bama’s Darwin Holt on Tech’s Chick Granning during the 1961 game in Birmingham, coupled with Dodd’s decision to leave the SEC. If anything was thrown at Bama players or fans during those final years of the rivalry, I sure didn’t see it, and I was there. There were such incidents at the Tech – Notre Dame games, however, and regardless of the ironic humor of throwing fish, it was still not something to be proud of, and the throwing of liquor bottles at Dan Divine was reprehensable. Nevertheless, and back to the point, it was Bama’s (and Bryant’s) behavior that led to Tech cancelling that series.
SlimG
June 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
1378, is that your locker combo? Why no mention of last year and this year? Doesn’t support you theory does it? Vandy and MissSt. would be considered off weeks over in Athens. At tech it’s a chance to prove they belong. Seems like uga’s schedule is stacked with real games against opponents fans can recognize. Maybe that’s why the admin. can charge a fee just to have the right to buy tickets and no need to advertise or hire an outside agency. Hope you like them spending your tech fund money on that bs.