Q&A with Dwyer
Tim Tebow at Florida, Colt McCoy at Texas, Sam Bradford at Oklahoma and … Jonathan Dwyer at Georgia Tech.
The first three players are on most folk’s watch lists for the Heisman Trophy. Dwyer has popped up on some lists as a darkhorse candidate.
I got to sit down with Dwyer, last season’s ACC player of the year, for a few minutes last week for an abbreviated version of the Q&A’s we’ve been running this summer.
AJC: Which running backs do you like to watch?
JD: Growing up, as a kid, Walter Payton. But now, in this new era, Adrian Peterson of the Vikings and LaDainian Tomlinson.
AJC: What about those guys do you like watching?
JD: Adrian Peterson has a lot of style like Walter Payton. He’s powerful and once he touches the ball he’s going full speed at you the whole time. If youre in his way he’s going to run you over. If he can’t run you over he’s going to run around you and make somebody make a big play.
AJC: You are being mentioned as potential Heisman candidate this year. There are three quarterbacks that are everyone’s favorite right now. Have you practiced the Heisman pose in the mirror?
JD: No. Maybe as little kid growing up. I’ve never even thought about it. Just taking it slow and enjoying college and enjoying hanging out with these guys and having fun with them.
AJC: I don’t know if you look at ajc.com, I hope you do. We had a story that Phil Steele left Tech out of the top 25 all together, which surprised me considering the number of starters you have coming back. Why do you think that is?
JD: Everybody thinks that the offense isn’t going to work now because everybody’s been preparing for it. But I mean you still have to respect us like any other team. Each and every week anybody can have a good week.
That’s probably why. But we don’t keep contact with all that ranking stuff. I know coach Johnson definitely doesn’t. I think there’s time for us to look at and use motivation for the season.
AJC: Who hits hardest on y’all’s defense?
JD: It’s a tie between a lot of guys. This crew can lay the wood on anybody.
Defensive line, it’s Derrick Morgan.
Linebackers. A bunch of people, from gladiator, Brad Jefferson, Cedric Griffin, AT Barnes and Sylvester.
Secondary, Burnett, Reece and Tarrant.
Who knows what these young guys can do once the season and games start up.
AJC: In the ACC?
JD: Who is the hardest hitter I ever had in the ACC. I don’t know.
My freshman year it would probably be Chris Long. Besides him I would say some guys from Clemson.
AJC: What’s the dumbest question you’ve been asked by a reporter? And you can’t include any of these.
JD: Probably from high school, I guess what school I would go to, constantly over and over, repeatedly.
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Tommy Wildfire Rich
July 13th, 2009
8:47 am
Can we expect a “Know Your Jackets” segment on ajc.com this year?
Huh?
July 13th, 2009
9:21 am
Just stopping by to say hello to you nerds. By the way…did you know Tech will only win 5 games this year. I did! Did you also know that UGA will go undefeated? I’ll bet you didn’t. I can’t wait to see the looks on your faces when UGA beats you by 60 in Bobby Dodd.
GO DAWGS!
Saint Simons
July 13th, 2009
9:25 am
45-42!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahaahahahahahahahahaha
TDone
July 13th, 2009
9:27 am
Wildfire, you got to be kidding me. The AJC will do nothing to upset its Muttland fan base.
Pi$$onaDawg
July 13th, 2009
10:05 am
HUH, you are right. Let’s just put UGA and TEXAS in the BCS game on Sept. 1 and be done with the season. UGA ain’t that good. CJP ain’t Chan. CPJ will keep the kids in the game (see last year’s second half)and the blow out ain’t gonna happen. If J. COX is your QB after the 3rd game I will be so suprised. The season opener will be called forever the PROS vs Average JOE.
Stan
July 13th, 2009
10:08 am
The one thing we can always count on from uga is that (while they will always have high expectations) they will choke at some point
dbc
July 13th, 2009
10:19 am
What an absolutely useless article.
WADE
July 13th, 2009
10:24 am
IT’S NO WONDER TECH CAN’T STAND GEORGIA FANS.GA. CA’T EVEN COME WITH AN ORIGINAL FIGHT SONG WHICH IS USED BY SEVERAL SCHOOLS,COLORS ARE U.G.L.Y AND CAN’T SPELL DOGS CORRECTLY.P.S. 45-42!!SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER.
Saint Simons
July 13th, 2009
10:25 am
Funny thing is I’ve fooled even some of you “smart” nerds by going around saying:
45-42…HAHAHAHAHAHA
All these people on this board and the UGA boards actually think I’m a Tech fan but all I’m doing is trying to make you look bad. I know I should be bored by now but I’m not. It’s all too easy and you’re all too gulible. Good luck this year dorks. You’re gonna need it.
Go Dawgs!
Trouper
July 13th, 2009
10:51 am
Doug,
Good to see you back again. I was getting worried – everyday, between the UGA beat writer and the JY Blawg, there are articles on everything UGA. Last article I read on Tech was about Cink and his twittering. Anything we can do to help increase flow of Tech news?
Saint Simons
July 13th, 2009
10:54 am
Funny thing is I’ve fooled even some of you “smart” nerds by going around saying:
45-42…HAHAHAHAHAHA
All these people on this board and the UGA boards actually think I’m a Tech fan but all I’m doing is trying to make you look bad. I know I should be bored by now but I’m not. It’s all too easy and you’re all too gulible. Good luck this year dorks. You’re gonna need it.
Go Down Dawgs!
Tommy Wildfire Rich
July 13th, 2009
11:08 am
Fake Saint Simons- That was weak. Surely you can do better. Maybe not.
tech
July 13th, 2009
11:17 am
It’s funny he couldn’t name the hardest hitter in the ACC because he ran most of the guys in league over this year.
Tom Davis
July 13th, 2009
11:35 am
Dwyer = over rated
Ramble On!!
July 13th, 2009
11:40 am
We rock! I love being a nerd!
Tom Davis = retarded
July 13th, 2009
11:46 am
Dwyer:
ACC player of the year
unanimous 1st team selection as well as being the #1 rusher in the ACC had 1,328 yards rushing and 12 Touchdowns.
He also had 144 yards against your Dawgs. Dumbass.
Tommy Wildfire Rich
July 13th, 2009
11:46 am
Tom- on what do you base your opinion?
Huh?
July 13th, 2009
11:47 am
I hate my sad life trolling your blogs daily under different screen names…..I wish I had a girlfriend!
GO DAWGS!
Huh?
July 13th, 2009
11:53 am
Doug, it looks like Dwyer is pretty good at softball too.
GOJACKET5
July 13th, 2009
11:59 am
you know whats funny is calling Tech people nerds dosent bother us because we will be making the money when we graduate while u will be living in a trailer working for a plumbing company!!!
Hey Huh?
July 13th, 2009
12:00 pm
Why are you reading a blog about Jonathan Dwyer?
Tom Davis
July 13th, 2009
12:00 pm
Anyone who doesn’t play for UGA sux.
Anyone who doesn’t play for UGA is over rated.
Huh?
July 13th, 2009
12:02 pm
Leave me alone people! I am free to make comments on whatever I please. Quit ripping on UGA. They’re gonna be undefeated this year. Then what will you do? Probably cry!
45-42
July 13th, 2009
12:17 pm
Dwyer > No-Show Moreno
Engy
July 13th, 2009
12:31 pm
Wrecks go on the Dawg blawg and Mutts intervene on our blog. Such is the way of life.
But seriously, GO DWYER!
Big Bee
July 13th, 2009
12:39 pm
HEY HUH/ REVENGE OF THE NERDS, NOV.08, REVENGE OF THE NERDS II, NOV.09. So on and so on. Get my point? Don’t know how to make it any more simple, but I do realize you are a simple person!!!
Jacket
July 13th, 2009
12:57 pm
Tom Davis-
Matthew Stafford= OVER-RATED.
He is the worst number one pick i have ever seen. He may have an arm, but he will never make a good nfl quarterback
Sting 'em Buzz
July 13th, 2009
12:58 pm
Tech wins 5 games by game 7. UGA loses the undefeated season after game 1.
db
July 13th, 2009
1:01 pm
UGA will again not live up to their year-in and year-out top ranked recruiting classes. Also what happens to a UGA fan when given viagra? They get taller!
John aka JB
July 13th, 2009
1:21 pm
UGA is not going to go undefeated…. but i probably wasted my time saying that b/c its common sense. Jon Dwyer is a beast. Im no GT fan but he sure stomped all over UGA last year. I think the notion that Jon Dwyer is over-rated is a joke seeing is that he produced last year and the Dogs didnt.
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA
Jefferson
July 13th, 2009
1:38 pm
I won money several games last year bette JD would break one for 50+ yards. The offense will only get better.
Huh?
July 13th, 2009
1:49 pm
“Why are you reading a blog about Jonathan Dwyer?”
A blog about Jonathan Dwyer? What the hell are you talking about? I thought this was a blog about UGA judging by all the comments. Hardly anyone has said a word about Jonathan Dwyer. They only want to talk about UGA football, which is my favorite topic. THAT is why I am here Techie.
GT
July 13th, 2009
1:59 pm
I think Dwyer is a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate. He will put some numbers up with that offense and he has some magic in him. He is a threat every time he touches the ball. The trouble with Tech is that offense can make some not so good backs look good so when a legitimate one comes along like Dwyer he might not get the credit he deserves.
Hey Huh?
July 13th, 2009
2:38 pm
It’s a georgia tech blog about Jon Dwyer as your dumbass can plainly see if you look up your address bar:
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2009/07/13/qa-with-dwyer/
See how it says Georgia Tech Sports and Q&A with Dwyer. Hence you are reading and commenting on a Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Blog about Jonathan Dwyer. Does that make sense to you or do you need me to explain it some more?
“Huh?” Please answer these next few questions for me honestly…
1) Did you attend the University of Georgia?
2) Why do you frequent the Georgia Tech blog daily to talk with fans you “HATE”?
3) Are you attempting to get back at us because douchebags like “ramble on”, “m”, and “saint simons” invade the uga blog?
UGAGRAD02
July 13th, 2009
2:39 pm
Great running back, and of course Tech will do good when you play teams like Duke, Jacksonville State, and the ACC schedule.
Portland Dawg
July 13th, 2009
2:43 pm
This kid is a beast. Great RB. I have lots of respect for a guy that runs this hard. He will make a great NFL back. Here’s to hoping the Dawgs can lock it down this year. Good luck. The rivalry is back!
Piss on em!
July 13th, 2009
3:44 pm
Huh. You are the biggest dumbass, ignorant UGA fan. Your pathetic dogs will not be undefeated. Everything about UGA is overrated and continues to be overrated with your so-called god of a coach, Mark Richt, who still can’t get ya’ll a national championship. Guaranteed Tech will have a better record than the puppy dogs and we will beat ya’ll again in atlanta this year. Keep on living the dream with a pathetic college degree Huh. and TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!!!
I Agree UGAGRAD02
July 13th, 2009
3:46 pm
He is a great back!…. look at some of his numbers -
108 yds and 1 TD vs BC
109 yds vs Clemson
145 yds 2 TD’s vs FSU
157 yds 1 TD vs UNC
128 yds 2 TD’s vs MIAMI
and of course you recall…..
144 yds 2 TD’s vs UGA
I’m sure UGA will do good too when you play teams like georgia southern, arizona state or the almighty SEC power houses last year like kentucky, vandy, auburn, and tennessee….
SEC vs ACC – tied last year in the regular season head to head matchups
Huh? has no response
July 13th, 2009
3:47 pm
quick!…think of something clever!
Leigh Weathers
July 13th, 2009
4:03 pm
GO JACKETS!!!! I love this team…the Georgia Tech tradition will live on and on and on…
Sting, Stang, STUNG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOF
July 13th, 2009
4:08 pm
It’s about time the jackets came around. It was getting pretty boring at those games. FINALLY Tech has an outstanding coach and yes you spanked us last year so kudos to you. I love my DAWGS and we have a lot of work to do..But don’t think all of us are all redneck idoits..It won’t be such a cakewalk as you think!!!!!
Jae
July 13th, 2009
4:09 pm
I don’t usually read the comments because it’s pointless banter, but I did want to include some “evidence” for the guy who said Dwyer was overrated.
It’s a little blurry, but I think you’ll get it. Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYBeRifpsoI
Pi$$onaDawg
July 13th, 2009
4:10 pm
Can’y wait to see what Dwyer can do in the pros…with a pro-style offense! Go Tech
Sting 'em Buzz
July 13th, 2009
4:21 pm
Dwyer for Heisman…I like it…. here’s to a 1700 yard season!!!!
Tom Davis
July 13th, 2009
4:23 pm
Dwyer will never and I mean NEVER play a down in the NFL.
Not Disappointed
July 13th, 2009
4:24 pm
Dwyer is an excellent running back for college or at the next level. It doesn’t matter if you like the Jackets or the ga dogs, as a running back he want be denied! Name a better back on uga’s team? ………………………Waiting………..”I didn’t think so!” “Ramblin Wreck!”
Jaded Jacket
July 13th, 2009
4:26 pm
ATTENTION GT FANS: Single game tickets go on sale this Wednesday (7/15) at 8:30 for the first 5 home games (excludes the UGA game). Only season ticket holders can buy UGA tickets.
gtfanfrom1951
July 13th, 2009
4:30 pm
JD will make a good running back for an NFL team. But for now the Jackets need to play one game at a time if they win 11 they will be playing for that NC. Go JD
Huh?
July 13th, 2009
4:33 pm
“Huh?” Please answer these next few questions for me honestly…
1) Did you attend the University of Georgia?
Yes, I did. Don’t believe me? I don’t care. Next question…
2) Why do you frequent the Georgia Tech blog daily to talk with fans you “HATE”?
Because I want to. And why did you put hate in quotation marks? You act as if I do not really hate you, which couldn’t be further from the truth. Next question…
3) Are you attempting to get back at us because douchebags like “ramble on”, “m”, and “saint simons” invade the uga blog?
I am not attempting to “get back” at anyone. I have no reason for revenge on the Techies. Sure, losing to a second rate program like Georgia Tech hurts a great deal, but I hated you just as much before you beat us last year. In fact, I probably hated you more because you had absolutely no room to say anything bad about UGA but still ran your big fat mouths anyway. At least now you’ve finally got a recent win under your belt, albeit a total 3 point fluke that we basically gave you. Anyway, this has nothing to do with revenge Techie. It has everything to do with a complete lack of respect and general disdain for Georgia Tech football fans. You are the worst of the worst and, quite frankly, an embarrassment to the sport of football in this state. Like I’ve said before, nothing personal.
You wanted the truth and you got it. Good day to you sir.
Ricky Muse
July 13th, 2009
4:36 pm
I think Georgia Tech will Win their Division Easly this year. The georgia bulldogs are Overrated every year, and this year is no Different! Georgia Tech will Wipe the field up with the bulldogs this year since we’re playing at “Bobby Dodd Stadium”!!!!! I am DIE-HARD Georgia Tech and Proud of it!!!!
B
July 13th, 2009
4:43 pm
This guy couldn’t shine Morenos shoes.
Apathetic Tech fan
July 13th, 2009
4:51 pm
Doesn’t matter how good he is we will still only have about 30,000 fans at his home games unless it is against UGA or Clemson who bring their fans. I also don’t think he can beat CJ Spiller out for ACC player of the year much less Heisman.
Frank
July 13th, 2009
4:52 pm
THWGT!!!!!
Piss on em!
July 13th, 2009
4:53 pm
Huh again you are a dumbass. “losing to a second rate program,” don’t you know that tech has more national championships than UGA. We also were the first team to go to all four major bowl games. And we have 15 division titles to uga’s 12 division titles. There is nothing second rate about either tech or uga but it I think ya’ll are a little more second rate than us. Congrats about your seven years in a row, but I would get used to losing a lot more to paul johnson. We have the better coach and team in the state of Georgia right now. Go Jackets!!
Hey B
July 13th, 2009
4:57 pm
You’re a douchebag. He owned Moreno head to head in Athens. Remember? More yards and more touchdowns.
Howdy Apathetic Tech Fan
July 13th, 2009
4:59 pm
Kinda sad being a Dawg right now huh? The game was last november dude…might be time to wipe those tears and move on don’t ya think. Go talk on the UGA blog with all your douchebag brethren. Ok penis wrinkle?
Huh?
July 13th, 2009
5:00 pm
Doesn’t change my opinion one bit…
Joe Cox and UGA will kill you techies this year and they will win the National Championship. Mark it down NERDS! There’s no need to even play this season out. UGA has already won it all. Trust me.
Piss on em!
July 13th, 2009
5:01 pm
Huh you are still a dumbass. There isn’t a second rate thing about Georgia Tech. We have more national championships than UGA. We were the first team to go to all four major bowl games. We have more division titles in history than UGA. WE have 15 to yall’s 12. We have the better coach and team in the state of georgia. Ya’ll better get ready to lose to tech a lot more often because Paul Johnson will out coach your overrated Mark Richt, who still has done nothing big for ya”ll, and your year-end and year-out overrated football program. Great games last year against Bama and Tech. Ya’ll blew it, and ya’ll continue to blow yall’s opportunities. Go Jackets!!
Reality
July 13th, 2009
5:12 pm
Hay huh, what the hell you been smoking? Put the crack pipe down and come back to earth.You’re gonna have to face reality soon.
Jason
July 13th, 2009
5:18 pm
As a life-long and die-hard DAWG fan whose entire family are Georgia Grads, I must admit that I am in agreement with U.S. News and World Report in that GA Tech is the 8th best technical school in the WORLD. Only some very high tech schools beat it out and Tech is still climbing.
Takethis as a compliment, Techies: that is great and you guys should be proud. Forget football for a minute and think of what a ranking of that means to a school.
Jason (Damn right I’m a DAWG).
Native Atlantan
July 13th, 2009
5:18 pm
Wow!!! The Techies continue to be preoccupied with UGA. Why the comparisons of Dwyer to Moreno? Just be happy you have a good tailback in #21.
Moreno was so terrible he had to leave after playing just two seasons behind freshmen and sophomores on the OL and then had to settle for being selected in the first round (#12 overall) by the Broncos. Poor guy.
And that team Moreno played on was so terrible. Gosh, a lousy 11-2 season for 2007, a BCS bowl victory & a #2 final ranking while playing in the most competitive league. And then that terrible disappointing 2008 team going 10-3 and having another Top 10 finish in the USA Today/Coaches Poll.
This UGA team is just so lousy year after year. In 2002, they go 13-1 and finish #3 in the country and a BCS bowl win. In 2003, the team went 11-3 and finished #6 in the country. In 2004 these UGA bums went 10-2 and finished #6 in the country. In 2005 UGA goes 10-3 and has another Top 10 finish. In 2006, a down year…Dogs have to settle for a 9-4 record and win the Peach Bowl again over an ACC team. Oh, and they beat Tech again.
So for the last seven years, that lousy Georgia program had ten or more wins six of the seven seasons, a top 10 finish in six of seven seasons so I can really see where this program is overrated year after year.
It takes an ACC team eight years to finally beat a Mark Richt UGA team. Before that, Richt was 12-0 vs the ACC. Wow, I can’t believe all the tough years UGA has had to endure.
Four major Bowls?
July 13th, 2009
5:20 pm
Last I looked, you lost your last four bowls and I don’t think you can classify them as major! What’s funny is you have one victory in the last 8 years and now you are world beaters – and Saint Simons has NEVER had any response that wasn’t WEAK!
can't tackle, huh?
July 13th, 2009
5:22 pm
When it’s stinGTime in Atlanta, JD will get 100 or more!
db
July 13th, 2009
5:26 pm
huh reminds me of Ogre. NUUUUUUURDS—- awwwwwrrrrghhhhhh
Have a nice day.
third quarter fan
July 13th, 2009
5:27 pm
native, it took a Johnson only one year to defeat a richt
WILLIE AND BOBO CLOWN SHOW featuring Rick "the Butt Cut" Richt
July 13th, 2009
5:27 pm
I think cpj sees the need to tweak the “O” just a bit. uga has Joe Dix @ qb. really? uga spring game: 13-3. really? No stafford. No moreno. No more than 7 wins for uga.
Native Atlantan
July 13th, 2009
5:35 pm
Third Quarter, it took Richt only one year to beat Tech.
Let’s see what your boy CPJ does over a few more seasons. I think UGA will be a little more motivated for the game Thanksgiving Saturday, and let’s see how Tech does in the ACC this year. I think that league is going to be better than people think, and Tech is in a situation they are not used to being…having the bullseye on them.
If CPJ does continue to win averaging 8.5 to 9.0 wins over a few seasons, he’ll probably jump ship to another program. More and more programs are open minded to different offenses when looking at teams such as Florida and Utah. If Nebraska doesn’t find success pretty soon with Bo Pelini, I think the people in Lincoln would love to see an option attack back at NU.
You’ve got a pretty tough season coming up….good luck because you’ll need it.
San Francisco Dawg
July 13th, 2009
5:35 pm
Tech fans can brag all they want….when they fill their little stadium on a weekly basis…worst fans in the southeast…programs like Troy, Georgia Southern, Southern Miss, etc. have better fans and alumni..And speaking of stadiums (let’s call it a ball field) fix the freaky toilets in that dump with the three inches of piss on the floor…
Hmmm, now I know why they don’t have any fans…
Piss on em!
July 13th, 2009
5:37 pm
For Four Major Bowls? You also aren’t real bright are you? I wasn’t talking about the last 4 bowls we played in. Huh said that we were a second rate team. I was just enlightening him about how much history Tech has. WE were the first team to play in all four major bowl games. If you could read you would have understood that and not made some dumb comment.
Four major Bowls?
July 13th, 2009
5:42 pm
I’m bright enough to not have the word piss in my name!
third quarter fan
July 13th, 2009
5:43 pm
native, you sure are using kind words…unlike some dogs. Why are dogs concerned about Johnson leaving after success?
and, san fran, why do dogs continually bring up full stadiums? How did that work out in Athens last year?
Piss on em!
July 13th, 2009
5:48 pm
Wow good comeback! You really got me there, that was real offensive. I don’t even know what the heck that means. I must be a really dumb engineer because I used the word piss, thats a real unintelligent word isn’t it? You and huh’s responses have had nothing to do with mine because I win and ya’ll can’t think of a comeback because I am right. How bout them Dawgs? PISS on em!
WILLIE AND BOBO CLOWN SHOW featuring Rick "the Butt Cut" Richt
July 13th, 2009
5:52 pm
the fan base for tech is primarily older alumni. younger alumni are moving out of state to become rocket scientists and develop micro chips that some how are smaller than the balls of the avg uga fan. Tech fan base is small and we know it. It’s kinda nice. If I had to deal with 90k Ahole ga fans on game day I’d want to go to the pound get a bull dog dress it up in gold and white and kick it off a bridge. Thats right! I kick PUPPIES (hypothetically) !
Four major Bowls?
July 13th, 2009
5:53 pm
I seriously doubt you being an engineer, the dumb part I’ll go along with! You don’t really go to Tech, do you?
an observation
July 13th, 2009
6:03 pm
A chef uses a small amount of salt to magnify flavor. Too much spoils the stew.
Some of these blog gigs have enough “hate” to be fun, but some go way too far.
Native Atlantan
July 13th, 2009
6:08 pm
Third Quarter, one of my best friends who sits next to me at work is a Tech fan (not alum but his dad went there), and we usually make it to the Thursday night game and the conversations are always respectful. One of my favorite games was the 1991 game against UVA. I got to enjoy a NCAA game while watching other people stress out.
I’m a college football fan as much as a UGA fan/alum. I really enjoy good conversation with fans of other teams, and I love watching all the games. Saturdays are wonderful at the house with three tv’s lined up checking out most of the significant games.
I’m really curious about GT because the offense is difficult to prepare for, and they will play several good clubs in the ACC. My personal darkhorse for the league is UNC Chapel Hill. I think Davis is just sitting low and has been slowly but surely building up talent.
As for CPJ, maybe he’ll have success and like Atlanta and stay. Who knows.
As for UGA’s upcoming season, who knows? I knew last seasons #1 preseason ranking was not smart, but that is typical of the media. Not too many teams will finish in the Top 5 with freshmen and sophomores on the OL. Hopefully the bunch will stay healthy and give us a chance to win a few ballgames. Just hope the D can play with some emotion and motivation to tackle.
Fred Smith
July 13th, 2009
6:09 pm
Walter Payton retired in 1987. Dwyer was born in 1989.
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AlreadySheared
July 13th, 2009
6:19 pm
Y’all be cool with ‘huh’. He went to UGA so that when he graduated, he could become a mail man instead of a garbage man. And it’s clear that he learned to use a spell checker real good when he studied for his silver service exam..
Native Atlantan
July 13th, 2009
6:34 pm
Already Sheared, I went to a lasik appointment today, and the doctor was from the University of Georgia. I guess those types make an ok living.
Doug Ivestor is a UGA man and previously was the CEO of some company called Coca-Cola.
Remember the Olympics and that Billy Payne guy? You know, the Chairman of the committee…also executive of a major bank…yep, UGA.
There have been a few senators and governors who obtained their positions coming from UGA….eventhough we may not be too crazy about the job they do, those are prestigeous forms of employment. Hey, GT and Navy share one in Jimmy Carter…sure you want to claim him? Got to give Tech credit for Jeff Foxworthy…he’s pretty funny.
Just love the sterotyping you people do. Makes you look, uh…not too bright.
FL DAWG
July 13th, 2009
7:14 pm
Dwyer is a good back, I’ll hold back the higher accolades until he does it two seasons in row. GTs offense may be as good or better than last years, however the D will have a lot to prove. I see the season for tech as being very similar to last, with a loss to UGA in November.
W-J’ville state
L-Clemson
W-Miami
L-North Carolina
W-Miss St.
?-Fl State
L-Va. Tech
W-Va
L-Vanderbilt
W-Wake Forest
W-Duke
L-UGA
Another stellar 6-7 win season for the Jackets.
Defense will be the problem for GT in 09.
Young gun
July 13th, 2009
7:34 pm
10-2 is the final season record for GT next year. They will loose to Fl State and VA. Us loosing to Vandy….hahahaha. Us not beating UGA….hahaha. You UGA guys talk about how we are going to get are butts kicked next year. We might loose the first half but we now, unlike the Chan days, make adjustments at half time. We won 45-42, you guys gave up 16 unanswered points. It’s not a one time thing, it’s more like a “Get used to it UGA fans” type thing.
Piss on em!
July 13th, 2009
8:03 pm
Ya I do go to tech and I am an engineer…dumbass
pocket proctector
July 13th, 2009
8:08 pm
The jackets are starting a dynasty. 10-11 wins a year will be common. We will rule the ACC and beat down the dawgs to cap it off. No way we can be stopped.
nole
July 13th, 2009
8:12 pm
Just read where GT is busing to Nashville and Tally.
ROTFLMAO
I guess CPJ still thinks he is at GSU.
AlreadySheared
July 13th, 2009
9:04 pm
Native Atlantan – not my sentiments, but rather those of UGA’s lawyer. It’s an oldie, but a goodie.
“The administrators had conceded that athletes were often carried, and their lawyer argued that if an illiterate jock learned to read at Georgia and thus became a mail clerk instead of a garbage man, the university was doing its job”
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960700,00.html?iid=chix-sphere
dawg of ages
July 13th, 2009
10:40 pm
Dwyer is overated and we will beet you to a pup kase the dawgs rok. You wil sea kom Novimbir hoo has the bes teem! Go dawgs…wuf wuf
misterwax
July 13th, 2009
10:42 pm
If Dwyer is to have an outside shot at the Heisman trophy, then GT must be error proof, fumble proof and undefeated at the end of the season. Joe Hamilton got a lot of publicity and had a great season but when you lose to Wake Forest 10 years ago….no Heisman…GT has no credibility with the media….at 12-0, they will… and deservedly so. Otherwise, the trophy goes elsewhere…And by the way the use of the term as in a Southern vernacular, “you all” (second person plural) is contracted as y’all…..not yall, not ya’ll…….not yawl……simply y’all and as some cool comedian once said, the plural of y’all is “ALL Y’ALL”
Matt Winkeljohn
July 13th, 2009
11:01 pm
This is deep. As in, where are my waders? Ah, the dreary mid-summer blahs. Don’t miss ‘em.
BS Patrol
July 13th, 2009
11:38 pm
Sadly, the link to the Jan Kemp affair posted above is a blot on the athletic achievements of the ga school that can never be lived down. It is a blemish on the entire State. President Davidson’s remarks can only be described as an insult to any academic integrity. One wonders what must still be happening in the name of football even today.
The Truth
July 14th, 2009
12:30 am
Just want to remind you Tech fans that even though you won the game by three points….Georgia still owns youR A-S in football.You bee fans talk a big game ..but year in and year out you don’t even show up and sell out your home games to support your team.If you can’t sell out that cracker box stadium of yours no one will ever take your program seriously. You have a major inferiority complex towrds UGA and will always have one. UGA fans support their program you don’t. Why would any decent athlete that wants to play in the NFL want to go to Tech and play in a gimmic offense.Be prepared for another disappointing season and loss to UGA.
Big Dawg
July 14th, 2009
12:46 am
Dwyer is a good back – not a great back but a serviceable one. Wait ’til you Jackets see Caleb King though… he’s got twice the talent as Dwyer and works just as hard. He’ll be unstoppable for UGA this year and will be a key contributor to our first of two national championships…you heard me right…we’re beginning our march this year!
equal
July 14th, 2009
12:59 am
grow up both of you two teams, uga is overated n tech is basically all hyped after not gettin in to the acc championship. i like gt when they play but it evens out. stafford is overated and joe cox. dwyer is a great player, so is caleb king, jaybo and nesbitt can run and jaybo can throw good too. just go back to your beds, cry, suck your thumbs bc both of yall are going to atleast lose one game. oh and the winner for the heisman is either tebow or pryor. because BOTH are dual threats and play great schedules. im a geaux tiger and i say we all get mediocre bowl games
equal
July 14th, 2009
1:01 am
Oh and “big dawg” caleb king isnt going over 1,000. he’s going to share with washaun ealey who is the best back last year in high school
BS Patrol
July 14th, 2009
1:06 am
Big Dawg,
HeeHeeHehhehehHawHawHawHAWHAWHAWW
macrotech
July 14th, 2009
1:39 am
UGAGRAD02, don’t forget uga….
macrotech
July 14th, 2009
1:46 am
The Truth, “Why would any decent athlete that wants to play in the NFL want to go to Tech and play in a gimmic offense.”? Because, while your pups might be stacking up your little victories between Tech and the leg humpers; we’ve got a nice little collection of National Championship trophies as opposed to your one… your tradition of winning little victories mean little compared to the big ones that we’ve enjoyed Tech is well represented in the NFL… if they’re good enough, they’ll make it to the next level! GO TECH!!!
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July 14th, 2009
4:36 am
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BigTimeTECHFan
July 14th, 2009
8:08 am
Dwyer > Hershel
ashtoni
July 14th, 2009
8:28 am
The Dawgs are out rated /GOOOOOOOOOOOO Tech
GT1981
July 14th, 2009
8:45 am
Somebody said Huh needed a girlfriend. I think they missed the clues he’s been giving. He needs another boyfriend. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Or maybe his dawg died and he needs another one. I know that’s gotta hurt.