What to wear, what to wear
If you wear white to Thursday’s nationally televised game against Clemson, and you see someone else wearing a similar outfit, don’t panic and rush back to the car to change.
It’s a whiteout by design, meaning fans of the Institute are supposed to dress up like they are headed to Wimbledon.
During last year’s whiteout I thought it would have been cool to see Tech come out in the white helmets. I don’t know if it’ll happen this time.
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Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas said there was no big key to the 24-yard catch he made to beat Clemson, 21-17, last year in Death Valley:
“Get open. Get the corner to bite and get open. Catch the ball.”
He did, catching a pretty pass from Josh Nesbitt with 5 minutes, 22 seconds remaining. This after dropping one a bit earlier.
“I had dropped the ball earler in the game. I just wanted to come back and make the play,” said Thomas, who caught four passes for 101 yards in Saturday’s win against Jacksonville State.
Clemson running back C.J. Spiller, who missed last year’s game with a groin injury, said he and his teammates have talked about that game a little bit during the offseason, and that he’s used it to motivate the team’s defensive backs.
“Those guys know what they have to do on Thursday,” he said.
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Is it just me, or does it feel odd that Tech’s baseball team will start fall practice today?
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That was quite the thriller that Miami and FSU played against each other last night. But, does it show the potency of the offenses or the ineffectiveness of the defenses that they ran up 72 points? And what does this mean for Georgia Tech’s chances of winning the ACC?
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optionoffense
September 8th, 2009
1:33 pm
If UGA rolls up 42 on Tech’s defense it will be because Tech put up 65 and pulled the starters to rest them for the bowl game. Jackoff.
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
1:38 pm
optionoffense:
Better start resting them now. Maybe they won’t get embarrassed again in whatever POS bowl they play in if they’re even bowl eligible.
Polesmoker.
Doug Roberson
September 8th, 2009
1:52 pm
Ramblin wrecker, the three areas highlighted were special teams, passing efficiency and turnovers.
Special teams had more plusses than minuses, with Tarrant’s punt return for a TD. The kickoff return coverage was an area that was solid last year and statistically about the same on Saturday. Punt coverage was hard to say because the punts were so odd (more on that in Wednesday’s paper), and field goals, well, Blair missed another one from 40 yards or longer.
Turnovers, well, 5 fumbles and 3 lost. Can’t do that against a lot of teams.
Passing efficiency was much improved. Nesbitt’s line would have been much better had the dropsies not occurred. The overthrow to Peeples wasn’t Nesbitt’s fault, Peeples stumbled. The overthrow to Allen was on Nesbitt, but you are going to miss one every once in a while.
I’m a little curious about the polls, as well. UNC beats I-AA team and moves up two spots. Tech does and stays the same. Ohio State barely wins and barely falls.
It’s all a guessing game, for sure. BYU wins and rockets up the polls, Oklahoma drops 10 spots. Who knows?
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
1:52 pm
Look guys i’m a flaming h0m0. i’m hardly in my right frame of mind. its all pastels and throw pillows for this bulldawg boy.
optionoffense
September 8th, 2009
1:53 pm
You have real issues Paul’s Johnson. Real issues.
The Wreck
September 8th, 2009
1:55 pm
Anyone with a ticket to the game should know about the White Out. Its printed clearly on the front.
juvenal
September 8th, 2009
1:56 pm
okie state-53K in a 61 K stadium-did uga fill their allotment?-i only know 3 that went-these are the same folks that predicted #1 last year; & ablow-out of the ‘pokes-sorry about the lineman, he’s in my prayers, hope he makes a full recovery…
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
1:59 pm
It’s funny how you fairies hijack my handle and post boring, humorless drivel because you could’nt possibly come up with anything funny or football related to post on.
There are GT fans who post legitimate retorts but mostly it’s jobless flunkies.
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
2:02 pm
optionoffense:
It’s your BCS bowl aspirations that have “real issues”.
C’mon lighten up, I’m just having fun. You people take this stuff way too seriously.
optionoffense
September 8th, 2009
2:02 pm
Paul’s Johnson —-
Could you please report back to the drive thru window? Your break is up and we are getting a pretty long line of cars. Thanks.
optionoffense
September 8th, 2009
2:04 pm
It’s funny Paul’s Johnson…..
You guys took “this” real serious until you lost to OSU. By the way…I called that game over on ya’lls blogs….well I called it 31-20…..and got told I was a freaking idiot that knew nothing about BIG BOY FOOTBALL.
LOL
BobbyBrown
September 8th, 2009
2:07 pm
It is sad when UGA fans have to use words that cant be posted on AJC site and instead have to insert symbols and numbers instead. My grandfather once told me that if a man has to cuss in a conversation it says alot about his education and or lack of maturity. UGA fans instead of bashing our staduim and our location or how many pretty girls we have or dont have, how about bringing facts to the table and lets debate like educated human beings about football.
Jaded Jacket
September 8th, 2009
2:09 pm
Tech is 15 in AP and 13 in Coaches poll.
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
2:10 pm
optionoffense:
I drank alot of koolaid, same as last year.
Like I said, I’m a realist and I hope things improve throughout the season but history dictaes that this is probably gonna be an excruciating, long season for us. I can certainly relate to the excitement you guys have over the possibility of that “miracle” season.
Jaded Jacket
September 8th, 2009
2:21 pm
Dear Paul’s Johnson:
Sorry to your doggies lost. Losing sucks, huh!
Innocent Bystander
September 8th, 2009
2:22 pm
For the record, GT (#13) is now the highest ranked ACC team in the USA Today poll, just ahead of VT (#15), UNC (#19) and the U (#22). It’s a shame FSU dropped out, as last night’s game really could have gone either way.
Last night’s game did make me worry a bit about Miami, since apparently they are for real. Although FSU didn’t look very fired up (especially on 1st and goal from the 3). Tech might pull off a win down in Tallahassee later on this season.
Jaded Jacket
September 8th, 2009
2:22 pm
Dear Paul’s Johnson:
Sorry to hear that your doggies lost. Losing sucks, huh!
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
2:30 pm
Jaded Jacket:
Losing does suck.
Everybody thinks that I take all of this talk so seriously but the Dawgs have a tough schedule and if Bobo does’nt relinquish the playcalling duty and Richt does’nt crack the whip and demand some discipline, then we’re looking at the worst season in a long time for a team that has alot of talent. #21 in the AP poll….yeah, that’s about right.
optionoffense
September 8th, 2009
2:35 pm
Paul’s Johnson —-
I think the sentiment from the majority of Tech fans is that this isn’t about a “miracle” season. The excitment stems more from the fact of the foundation Paul Johnson is laying here. It’s about what season upon season turns into…not just this one. In fact, I’d say we aren’t ready yet…not for a top 10 finish. I would guess 9 wins this year…then the bowl for a chance at 10.
Next year…and the year after..and then year after…well, things should get better and better. Not just one “miracle” season.
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
2:51 pm
optionoffense:
You’re right. The foundation has been laid for GT and Coach Johnson will continue to build upon that and when I say “miracle season, I mean that in the sense that all of the hard work from the season before and spring and fall camps comes to fruition and everything seems to fall in place and before you know it, you are where you envisioned your team to be.
Dawgs fans are getting used to the house being knocked off of the foundation, last year was a prime example. True, UGA was overhyped and overrated to start the season, but when reality sets in you begin to wonder what it’s going to take to get to that next level. It raises alot of skepticism about what is going on within the organization and where we are headed.
optionoffense
September 8th, 2009
3:05 pm
Paul’s Johnson —–
Well we agree on something. As far as UGA…Coach Richt is a good coach..is he gonna hang around longer than he needs to though? Who knows…a fresh start is always good now and then. If I were UGA, I’d certainly keep a current number for that DC that is at Texas right now….
Tom
September 8th, 2009
3:07 pm
DON’T BE A YETMAN!! WEAR WHITE!!!
Buzzfan
September 8th, 2009
3:20 pm
I just watched the replay on ESPN360 since I couldn’t get it Saturday in Chicago, and it was great. I hope ESPN keeps it up so I can see all the games this year.
Tech had good luck with the white-out last year on ESPN so it’s a clever idea to repeat something that worked and try to build a winning tradition with it. I’m delighted Tech FINALLY got all the golds on the uniforms to match and I like the all white uniforms as a new look. They should be put Velcro or buttons to keep the side stripes on the jerseys and pants lined up with each other. I’m not crazy about the gold side stripes on the gold pants, however. They should put wide black borders on the stripes to give them contrast. Otherwise, it looks dumb to me. I’d like to see Tech occasionally wear the traditional home white jerseys and gold pants with the white stripe and black borders down the side as during the Joe Hamilton era and the 1990 National Championship way uniforms for big games either at home or away.
For those critical about Tech’s performance Saturday, esp. Dawg fans, keep in mind the following obvious points:
1. The game was pretty much over after the first play – the 74 yard TD run by All-American Dwyer,
2. Tech had over 300 yards of offense in the first half and led 31-7.
3. Nesbitt’s passing and the receivers looked good which is very important.
4. Dwyer did not play in the 2nd half.
5, Tech played nearly everyone on the bench in the 2nd half. Jax State’s last TD in the final minute of the game was against the water boys and cheerleaders.
6. Jax State is a good team with an impressive record last season.
7. Tech did not want injuries to key players so they played mostly the subs in the 2nd half.
8. Tech did not want to reveal too much for Clemson and Miami to see, so the play-calling was pretty conservative.
9. Roddy Jones didn’t play, although he could have.
GO JACKETS!! BEAT CLEMSON!!
MyWhiskeyClear
September 8th, 2009
3:20 pm
I think I’m with optionoffense on this one.
The Jackets (along with a few others in the ACC) are looking at changes for the better in terms of national relevance. Those who will retort that any team below the top 10 is nationally irrelevant and therefore the whole ACC sucks, etc., are failing to consider that there are 120 college football teams. To be in the top 25 and having ANY kind of bowl streak means your program does not suck. That said, Tech has spent too long stuck in third gear at around 7-9 wins a season. With CPJ and the better in-state recruiting we are looking at the possibility of 10 win seasons (yes plural) which means more exposure, championship opportunities and bowl money. That, if capitalized on, will mean our entire athletic department trends upward for at least the next three years or so. Additionally, this process can be supercharged if we beat the Dawgs a second time and begin convincing more recruits to come to the ATL instead of Clarke County.
So if we look hyped way too early, it’s because we are. But the possibility and opportunity is undeniably there…it’s simply a question of our alumni, AD and fans treating CPJ right ($$$) long enough to turn things around down here.
ACC Championship within 3 years, MNC game birth within 5 – it is more possible now than any time in the last 20 years.
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
3:23 pm
optionoffense:
I don’t want the Richt situation to turn into something akin to the Fulmer scenario where he refuses to change or grow in order to utilize the talent of the kids that are recruited and before long the players are’nt buying it.
I’m not so worried about the defense, I think they will be improved this year but it’s the playcalling that I’ve never been a fan of since Bobo took over. Too conservative and from what I’ve seen since last year, it’s stale and predictable.
Good luck against Clemson Thursday night.
Stinger
September 8th, 2009
4:14 pm
I have just the man for your OC position. Chan The Man Gailey
NORRIS
September 8th, 2009
4:47 pm
Just a matter of time before the fumbles start. Tech will lose by 10 this week. hahahahahaa.
NERDS NERDS NERDS…
superDawg
September 8th, 2009
5:11 pm
Wear white so the thugs over there no who you are.Of course you will not need to take cash with you the hot dogs are free.
superDawg
September 8th, 2009
5:12 pm
You know what I mean.
Clempson
September 8th, 2009
5:15 pm
Come get you some.
Pi$$onaDawg
September 8th, 2009
5:30 pm
superLEGhumper TECH is in a CITY (a real CITY) and the thugs know students are not allowed to carry guns on campus. So, all college students downtown become targets. If the UGA girls had the guts or were sober enough to remember. I think the DATE RAPE count at UGA would be through the roof. Back to the topic Wear White and be LOUD Thursday Night.
Louisiana Jacket
September 8th, 2009
5:32 pm
superDawg…I will take my free hotdog with a winning team rather than pay for a hotdog with a team headed for 0-2, and Since UGA is headed for maybe an 8-4 type season maybe you should start staying on your own blog unless you really start embarrassing yourself
Toe Meets Leather
September 8th, 2009
5:37 pm
http://www.stingtees.com
GA Tech Insider
September 8th, 2009
5:45 pm
To all GA Tech fans;
The kickoff against Clemson, this coming Thursday, is actually scheduled for 7:45, NOT 8 PM, as reported by the AJC.
Fans should arrive early so you can enjoy some festivities and avoid some parking issues.
Don’t forget, Tech fans, Pi$$onaDawg is right, the game is a scheduled “white out,” and Clemson is coming to town with a true freshman as their starting QB. Everyone should be at Bobby Dodd Stadium rocking from the start; it could make a huge difference for the Jackets beginning with the opening kick off.
It will also be a great time to make a statement to Miami that the Jackets will be ready for them the following Thursday, so let’s get the Team pumped up for prime time!
THWG
StingDoc
September 8th, 2009
5:48 pm
GT Koolaid Buzz posted: “The uniforms might be white but the panties underneath will still be pink.”
Koolaid,
Go buy some deodorant then take your trash-talking, foul mouth, redneck smelly body back to your trailer and get it on “dawgie style” with your cousin, Jeffro, while playing “Deliverance” music on your 45 record player after which you can console yourself by admiring your 6th Grade Diploma on the wall.
Trash-talking dawgs who try to mock,
Will be stung by me, StingDoc!!
Tony Yetman
September 8th, 2009
5:55 pm
I might wear white Thursday night if my magic 8-ball tells me to.
1Jacket7
September 8th, 2009
6:17 pm
Our Yellow Jackets are in such a great position right now it is scary. To all of those that feel that the offense is one that you can stop. Just take a look at Navy. They are running our system, have been for years and still almost beat Ohio State. The difference is they have all the tools to run the offense effectively. This is what frustrates CPJ. Better athletes in size and capability should produce better results. And it will!!! When it finally clicks in the minds of our players it will be scary good on the Flats. Anyone that thinks that you can stop this offense when run properly is fooling himself. It is 11 on 11 football and just like any other offense, execution is key. All eleven handle there responsibilities and the ball is in the endzone. There are many occasions when our backs don’t carry out ball fakes or miss a hole, or our QB makes the wrong read or waits to long to make the pitch. Our A-Backs miss a block or drop a pass. We should have had 62 pts on the board Saturday. So start there. What would our season record look like if we score 62 pts a game. The one thing I noticed at practices in spring and fall, no one stayed after practice to work on their weaknesses. So, if you don’t put the extra time in to get better than you won’t get better sooner than later. Our breakout game is coming and when it comes we will be a force to reckon with. And quite frankly a force that will produce multiple wins instead of loses.
NORRIS
September 8th, 2009
6:20 pm
GA TECH WILL NOT WIN 8 GAMES. HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
NORRIS
September 8th, 2009
6:23 pm
Just got to looking at tech’s schedule. You guys play nobody this year. You have maybe 3-4 hard games. (miami, georgia, FSU, and virginia tech)
UGA has a mammoth schedule. Looks to me like the dawgs enjoy playing good teams while tech is so used to stinking that they cant afford to schedule a hard schedule.
NORRIS
September 8th, 2009
6:26 pm
BREAKING NEWS:
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that is morse code for Tech sucks. hahahahaahaahaha
Pi$$onaDawg
September 8th, 2009
6:47 pm
Norris: we do play 3 of those big bad “we are better that everybody” SEC teams. Your UGA dogs schedule looks tuff now, that you see the crap you are putting on the field. OSU just got good. You guys thought they would be easy when you made the deal. USC plays you guys hard, but they ain’t that good. UT is all new coaches so, who knows and the same for Auburn. Kentucky, Vandy your are kidding right? Fla gonna get dat butt, along with Arkansas, LSU, and GT. Who is your OCC kitty cat? What was a tuff 3-4 games looks harder now. Make the call to the Bullpin and get Cox’s back-up ready.
NORRIS
September 8th, 2009
7:07 pm
hahahahaaha. make the excuses. ga tech is in for a big let down. maybe 8 wins will do ya. but that is a great season for the NERDS. hahahahaha
wasn't it bad about the dogs,
September 8th, 2009
7:07 pm
but what do you expect from a sick cox?
Pi$$onaDawg
September 8th, 2009
7:46 pm
Norris: what excuse did I make for TECH? AIN’T SKEERED. The dogs have been all over the blogs calling for CMR, Bobo, Willie, and Cox to be let go. The bulldogs are running from the ship and the are dog paddling for their lives just 1 game into the season.
Buckhead Bulldog
September 8th, 2009
8:14 pm
Some of you so called UGA fans on this GT blog need to shut the frick up. Enough with the high school barbs against GT. You sound like a couple of 12 year olds in your mom’s basement thinking up little poot-head comments. The HOPE scholarship increased the value of my degree from UGA. However, you bunch of UGA fantards are totally trashing it…good grief!
Good luck, Jackets!
Shane
September 8th, 2009
8:49 pm
No major conference endured a more humiliating opening weekend than the ACC, which went 4-6 in non-conference play despite the fact six of those games came against I-AA opponents. The league lost all four of its BCS-conference matchups (NC State fell to South Carolina, Virginia Tech to Alabama, Wake Forest to Baylor and Maryland to Cal), while Virginia (to William and Mary) and Duke (to Richmond) fell to I-AA foes. Mind you, many of the victims were picked near the bottom of the conference anyway, but it doesn’t make the idiot who said the league could be “poised for prominence” look very smart.
Booger
September 8th, 2009
8:50 pm
I see the pathetic jocksniffing dogg fans are bored with their team again. Rejects from the school of journalism tryin’ to wax eloquent.
GM
September 8th, 2009
8:59 pm
CJ Spiller’s rushing stats last time at Tech: 2 yards total on 9 carries.
Tokyo jacket
September 8th, 2009
9:23 pm
Bobby Brown, I kind of agree with you but Mark Twain also said “Profanity grants a certain relief denied even to prayer.” All UGA fans aren’t idiots, though some certainly act like it.
I think the Miami win could be good for us and good for the conference. Everyone has talked about needing a couple of elite teams in the ACC. IF, huge IF, Miami can beat Oklahoma the ACC would have some serious national prominence with probably three top 15 teams at that point. I said it on another blog and I’ll say it again. The Duke, UVA, and WF losses are going to be good for our conference. Parity is not what we need to get two teams to the BCS. That’s a distinct possibility this year, especially when FSU beats BYU.
GT-EE-'93
September 8th, 2009
9:38 pm
1Jacket7
Has it right, I think. Great post.
CPJ is a fantastic coach. And if given enough time, I think he pushes Mark Richt out of Athens.
The question is how long can we hold him?
He’s 51. No doubt he’s at Tech for 4 or 5.
Would one of the Big Boy’s offer a 56 year old head coach $4mil?
Ans. I don’t think so.
I think CPJ runs a decade of dominance over UGA, wins 4 or 5 ACC championships and maybe 1 NC!
He retires at Tech, second only to the late, great, Bobby Dodd.