Day 10 in the books, in its entirety
Alright, first off I hope that I’ve made some progress in efforts to clean up the blog a bit. I don’t mind a bit of trash talking, but it was devolving into something that was neither entertaining nor useful. I realize the few bad apples thing….
Now, on to football.
Wait, I lied. On to Sports Illustrated. I don’t know who was on the cover of yours this week, but mine featured Ole Miss as the cover story for the College Football Preview section. SI likes to do regional coverages, but I’m not sure what Ole Miss has to do with Atlanta.
Anyway, it ranks Georgia Tech 12th and predicts the Jackets to to go 9-3, 6-2. It predicts Virginia Tech to defeat FSU for the ACC championship. Of course this was written before Darren Evans was ruled out for the season with a torn ACL.
Other ACC teams in SI’s top 20: Virginia Tech (5), FSU (16) and North Carolina (20).
On to Wednesday’s wrap up. The team finished with an 11-on-11 drill that didn’t seem as crisp as others. The offensive line still seems to be searching for its mojo when it comes to pass protection. However, there were several nice plays made iby either side in other drills, some of which I documented in the notebook that my friends in digital have already posted on ajc.com, so please sneak a peek-a-loo.
Practices will be closed starting Monday, so I won’t be able to tell you the good and bad from each day. However, I’m sure Coach Johnson will fill us in, and his opinion carries a little more weight than mine.
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Apparently there’s a bit of a misconception that the Clemson game on Thursday, Sept. 10 has been sold out. It has not. There are seats available.
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In basketball news, Rivals just ranked Tech’s class as the fourth-best in the country, for what it’s worth.
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In tennis, sophomore Kevin King defeated the No. 1 juniors player in the country, Alexander Domijan, 6-7 (0), 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the fourth round of the USTA National Championships Wednesday in Kalamazoo, Mich.
I’m pretty good at Wii tennis, but that’s about it.
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SI’s theme is teams that can crash the BCS party. Tell me who you think will crash the ACC party this year, and why? It’s no secret that Virginia Tech has ruled the roost the past few years. Is this the year that N.C. State, led by QB Russell Wilson, cracks the title game? What about Dabo and Clemson? Will Tech win it?
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73 comments Add your comment
Paul Johnson
August 13th, 2009
2:27 pm
I figured I’d be back
juvenal
August 13th, 2009
2:48 pm
1/2 blablablag-MB thinks LSU-uga will be different with the new LSU QB,i just wish we would play somebody home & home the 1st game so we can go somewhere labor day weekend
1-800-TECH-TIX
August 13th, 2009
3:07 pm
Over 30,000 tickets left for the opener! Come see the Jackets get mauled again. LSU style!!
(((((((((((((38-3)))))))))))))))))))))))
Losers!!!!!!
staff fan now
August 13th, 2009
3:52 pm
Czech said yesterday he had departed the Tech blogs.
MEB IE 1960
August 13th, 2009
3:57 pm
Ole Miss is on the cover because they are in the SEC and expected to be giant killers this year. Florida is already on top. LSU might warrant the cover.
Here in the Southwest Region the cover has the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Why not Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, etc? The Cowboys are fresh, like
Ole Miss.
GT would do as much for circulation as Ole Miss, or more. Also, GT
is somewhat fresh.
The Big 12 and SEC are the real power conferences, some believe.
That’s the way things are, right?
abrooks2010
August 13th, 2009
4:05 pm
I like how the GT fans overwhelmingly say that they are the favorite to win the Coastal now that VT’s Evans is gone for the season. Don’t forget VT’s RB position is also stacked. Keep that overconfidence coming. The more the better…
VTHokie2012
August 13th, 2009
4:12 pm
Doug really?
“Anyway, it ranks Georgia Tech 12th and predicts the Jackets to to go 9-3, 6-2. It predicts Virginia Tech to defeat FSU for the ACC championship. Of course this was written before Darren Evans was ruled out for the season with a torn ACL. ”
What does Darren Evans tearing his ACL have anything to do with the rankings. We have more than one running back. Some of you GT fans kill me cheering that Evans got hurt. That’s absurd. Plus, our running game isn’t the only thing to watch out for this season either. If GT thinks VT will be a cakewalk you are delusional.
Reality Check
August 13th, 2009
5:40 pm
Staff fan now…. when Stinger, M, god and greyhound, dawghater, Ramble On, Trade School Junkie and yellow fuzz and Saint Simons stay off Ga blogs I’ll get off this blog. Those guys give all tech fans a bad name. One win in 8 years is not a lot to brag about especially after a 38 to 3 shelling in a nationally televised bowl game. I know it is a big deal for Tech to beat Ga. but the ensuing insults can’t go unanswered. Have a work with those punks if you will please.
Toh3llwithgeorgia
August 13th, 2009
5:46 pm
Clemson’s a WHITE-OUT, tell two friends to tell two friends. And sell it out.
Keep up the good work Doug.
Remember, go Jackets and to hell with Georgia.
Never Ever
August 13th, 2009
6:13 pm
GT would do as much for circulation as Ole Miss, or more. Also, GT
is somewhat fresh.
Fresh?????
Smells like someone farted to me. One of them rotten egg farts.
BANDWAGON
August 13th, 2009
6:38 pm
Lets go boys seats almost full.FREE HOT DOGS.TALIBAN EXPRESS
Joe Friday
August 13th, 2009
6:48 pm
VTHokie- You must be new here. That is a UGA fan posing as a GT fan that “celebrated” the injury to Evans.
Go Tech
August 13th, 2009
6:55 pm
All I know is CPJ is the MAN for eviscerating two reviled streaks that Gailey could do nothing about: UGA and FSU. And he will take care of another bad streak this year: UVA. He is doing a lot of cleanup work right now.
Toh3llwithgeorgia
August 13th, 2009
6:56 pm
Hey, I wonder what uga fans will say when we smuther their faces in cow s*#t every year. 38-3? What dou you think Tech fans? Fluke? 7 years? Idk Reality Check fill us in you seem to be a good mutt fan. Oh wait your not beacuse most of the other hunks of pure peices of s#*# just take the beatings that real fans dish out and dont b***h to their mommys and come on the Tech blog and say dumb stuff. If you can’t take the heat of a rivalry stay out of the kitchen, cmon man have some pride for yourself grow a pair. (if thats possible without a brain of course)
And I don’t want to hear “your being un-classy” because Georgia fans are no better.
Remember, go Jackets and to Hell with Georgia
staff fan now
August 13th, 2009
8:00 pm
Don’t be too hard on Reality Czech. He is the son of a Tech grad. He attended Embry-Riddle Aero Univ but decided to become a dog fan during the lean years after Dodd. If the current trend continues as planned, he’ll probably be back as a Tech fan…he likes winners.
superDawg
August 13th, 2009
8:05 pm
cash for clunkers boy you guys should get double for your wreck.
Toh3llwithgeorgia
August 13th, 2009
9:08 pm
I guess your right staff fan now, there should be a lot of people like that, soon to come.
And superDOUSHE um shouldn’t that bail out plan be helping you out? Don’t you need money from the unemployment line? I mean can you even afford a car? And to any Tech fans struggling it will pick up for you, your a jacket, you can do anything.
Remember, go Jackets and to Hell with Georgia.
Savy Steve
August 13th, 2009
9:09 pm
gt SUCKS Dawgs own the gnats!!!
Reality Check
August 13th, 2009
9:18 pm
h3llwith….If you think you got a pair because you can spew incoherant blather behind a pen name then it is no wonder your perception of reality is so distorted. UGA ownes Tech. CPJ = Chan Gailey + 1 win ove UGA. Shows you how important UGA is to Tech’s existance and self esteem. Your payback beatdown is coming and then you can crawl back in the hole you’ve been in for the last 7 years. Your 2009 team has no OL and no DL and when you lose to VT, Fla State, Vandy and UGA. I will be here to remind you so keep on spewing.
I can tell by your post that you not only didn’t go to Tech but most likely any college.
staff fan now
August 13th, 2009
9:47 pm
Can that be proven empirically?
Toh3llwithgeorgia
August 13th, 2009
10:43 pm
Hey Reality Check I think it’s time you got one. I’m currently at Tech. Chan Gailey is gone. So far you haven’t beaten Johnson. And last time I checked we have one of the best depths at both sides of the line in the ACC. Your predictions mean nothing to me. The 7 years before 2008 don’t matter anymore mostly because um… WE BEAT YOU LAST YEAR!!!! Come back to that hick.
Remember kids, GO JACKETS AND TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!!!!!!!!
Lady Luck
August 14th, 2009
12:23 am
boys will be boys. And men will step up and take the challenge. Lets face it, GT doesn’t have the facility or the fan base of UGA but they stepped up and got it done last year under a new and bright young coach and will continue to step up. You notice the theme of coach johnson? He wants to make men out of boys and no matter the score, MAN UP! 2009 might not live up the hype but after he’s done molding the Nesbitt, Dwyer class, 2010 could be very special.
PS: The devil lives down in Georgia and he wears black and red.
Ethel Fleming
August 17th, 2009
5:51 pm
More on nick claytor please. And could we have some pictures of him and with the teams in those cars?