So, will it be 5-for-5 against the Canes?
I was doing a radio show for a station in Central Florida Wednesday afternoon and the host asked me why I thought Georgia Tech has beaten Miami four consecutive times.
I really had no idea (I know, that’s not uncommon).
Last year’s reason was obvious: Miami had no idea how to stop the option. No idea. But, as has been reported this week, the Canes have made some fundamental differences with how they will line up (closer to the line), and how they’ll attack the line.
But, as for the other four wins, I wasn’t around for those. But you were. If you have a theory, post it below.
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Here are the injury reports for tonight’s game:
Tech
Out: Jaybo Shaw, So., QB (broken collarbone)
Kyle Jackson, r-So., LB (foot)
Doubtful: Tyler Melton, So., WR (knee)
Questionable: Preston Lyons, r-Jr., BB (shoulder)
Richard Watson, r-Fr., BB (hamstring)
Miami
Probable: DE Eric Moncur (lower extremity)
Questionable: WR Aldarius Johnson (lower extremity)
Doubtful: OL Ben Jones (illness)
RB Damien Berry (illness)
Out: DE Adewale Ojomo (jaw)
OL Cory White (lower extremity)
LB Levi Paalua (upper extremity)
DB DeMarcus Van Dyke (head)
DB JoJo Nicolas (illness)
I’m not sure what the difference is between an upper extremity and a head. But there you go.
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Lastly, the radio host asked if I thought Tech would make it 5-for-5. I said I didn’t see why not. Running for 400-plus yards on someone isn’t an accident. I’ll be surprised if Tech doesn’t play its most complete game of the year.
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GT4Ever
September 17th, 2009
11:24 am
Funny how UM fans talk about how we let Parker throw at will against us. That he’s just a Frosh and we let a Frosh do that to us. Well, Harris is just a Soph with very little experience and now he’s the second coming of Kosar. After only one game. Granted Harris is a good QB but when any QB has all day to throw like he did against FSU then of course he’s going to put up big numbers. I guess your mind tells you what you want to hear, huh? Parker is going to be a stud and even UM fans have to admit that.
Trade School Junkie…Your right, JN was pissed off with himself after that near INT and he did play much better the rest of the way. He carried GT when we needed him the most and that is a sign of a great QB and leader.
Granted UM has players but if they think their going to light us up then they crazy. GT is not FSU. Their delusional if they’ve bought into all the hype. One win does not overshadow the last 5 years of bad football.
One last thing. CPJ will not let this game get away from GT. Sure UM will come out all hyped up but that only last a little while. GT will stay with their game plan and make adjustments accordingly. We may not score big at first but we will wear them down and then boom, the big play.
Trade School Junkie
September 17th, 2009
11:31 am
Agree with darin; looks like a baaaaaad weekend for the ACC.
GT beats Miami (which makes Miami & FSU “LOOK” over-rated)
Nebraska beats VT (which makes VT look over-rated)
BYU crushes FSU (which “CONFIRMS” that both Miami & FSU ARE over-rated)
Looks like the ACC’s rep this weekend could come down to:
1. Wake vs. Gardner-Webb, or
2. NCSt vs. Elon
I hope there’s some Saint or guardian angel out there for the ACC.
GT4Ever
September 17th, 2009
11:34 am
Darindawg you’re right. It’s all about confidence with these young guys. If we let him gain that then we might be in trouble. If we can put pressure on him then there goes the confidence. CPJ as well as any other coach believes stop the run and you’ve got a great chance. We have to make Harris beat us with his arm. See how this kid can handle the pressure. He’s a soph with little experience so I think he can get rattled. Once rattled he’ll more than likely try to do too much and that may spell disaster for them. Fingers crossed. It’s going to be a good one. Man, I’m nervous but that’s evry game.
stifler's mom
September 17th, 2009
11:37 am
Richard Cranium, what time are we meeting for the tickle pile and what color thong are you wearing?
WhiteAndGold
September 17th, 2009
11:41 am
BankerDawg… Thank you! I can not explain how much I appreciate the civilized and informative comment.
m
September 17th, 2009
11:41 am
Tickle piles 4ever.
BuzztheKiller
September 17th, 2009
11:45 am
I said it before, if Tech holds onto the ball and Josh sticks with short, accurate passes out in the flat to Dywer or Allen, Tech wins. I think Harris gets hit early by Morgan and gets rattled. Just remember, who does UM have behind Harris? A true freshman(or redshirt?), Alonzo Highsmith’s kid. Imagine the pressure on him coming into an nationally televised game against our defense…
1Jacket7
September 17th, 2009
11:47 am
The first thing I would suggest for Tech fans is to stop depending on sports articles to determine how well we will play a game or whether or not we will win. Go to the games, watch the games and really pay attention to the talent we have and execution of our players. This will help when stating things like the U has better athletes. Tech has great athletes and it shows every week. We can play with anybody. As JD has said in the past we are our own worst enemy. We we execute and play up to our potential we do very well and win games. So, tonight we face Miami and we will do it with CPJ at the helm. It is Thursday night and we have a goal of winning the ACC with players that just missed that opportunity last year. So, our offense will be better tonight because we learn from our mistakes, it doesn’t matter what defense we go up against it only matters how well we read it and attack it. We win because we make the right decisions tonight and you can say all you want about talent and 5stars. That crap goes out the window when the whistle blows and toe meets leather. Look for our defense to step up tonight. Look for Josh making better throws, Look for the DB’s to have 3 INTs tonight. Look for Morgan to have 2 sacks and 10 tackles and look for our LB’s to reck havoc all over the field. We will score 40pts tonights. Jackets win. 5 in a row.
WhiteandGold
September 17th, 2009
11:47 am
What defense. We stink as evidenced by Dabadabadoo’s offense moving the ball at will.
1Jacket7
September 17th, 2009
11:54 am
WhiteandGold, if we play like we did last week, yes we have a defense problem. But our defense made poor decisions on those big plays because they knew it was coming and they misplayed it. Take away the big plays and our defense played well. You learn from your mistakes and if we do we will have a great defensive night because we have the players to make it happen. If we don’t it will be a long night. I chose to believe we will step it up. And in just the 3rd game of the year we gel and become a more cohesive unit.
GT Que
September 17th, 2009
11:56 am
WhiteandGold
whenever you have Derrick Morgan with 2 sacks and your secondary with 2 int’s all in the same game, then it shows we just made some bad decisions and had a bad TOTAL defensive game. Our defense will not make the same mistakes again tonight
go tech
September 17th, 2009
11:57 am
TSJ-
Thanks for the good points, I was starting to fall into some of the hype over UM and be worried about the game.
While certain aspects of UM look good, I gotta believe CPJ will find a way to win this one.
And I hope the ACC officials aren’t coming into this biased toward getting UM back on top for the good of the conference. We need to win it solidly to take the officials out of the decision.
1Jacket7
September 17th, 2009
12:12 pm
Los Huracanes ganaran! Tanto habler y lo que les espera es un huevo de cisne para la ofensiva de GT. La defensiva de Mia se vengara.
The Hurricanes won! Both talk and what awaits them is a swan’s egg for the GT offense. Mia’s defense would take revenge.
Translation: NOT!!!
WhiteandGold
September 17th, 2009
12:12 pm
Is anyone else going to the tickle pile at Piedmont?
WhiteandGold
September 17th, 2009
12:44 pm
a mi casa.
Tech Losers
September 17th, 2009
12:55 pm
You know you have a pathetic program when most of the talk about this game is the excitement about the other team’s injuries. Have you ever seen a bigger group of geeks than the one on ESPN last Thursday? I would be ashamed to be associated with tech. The U
Stinger
September 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
It’s official Dave Schitz predicts the U over us; therefore it’s a done deal. Tech will roll. 38-17.
WhiteandGold
September 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
I don’t know Stinger. You should come to my tickle pile party just in case.
BuzztheKiller
September 17th, 2009
1:23 pm
The “U”. What a joke. The top major- “Hospitality Management”. I guess a degree from the “U” gets you a job at the Best Western at least.
Pi$$onaDawg
September 17th, 2009
1:24 pm
Tech won in all those game because of better execution. Gailey had players and Nix just got the lead while Tenuda kept it for him. CPJ just confused the U’s D and we have better running backs. This year we have more speed on the outside and more people to throw to. The WR and backs have to just catch the ball. Diesel and Allen will make their plays, but Nesbitt needs to make the throws and the recievers have to make the catches.
flapjacket
September 17th, 2009
1:24 pm
So funny to see Miami fans on here talking about Tech players getting in trouble and Atlanta being so dangerous. Miami is known as Thug U for a reason – players shooting people, getting shot, acting like complete classless idiots (see Peach Bowl). And last I checked, Miami is a lot more crime ridden that Atlanta. Maybe that’s why you’re playing in a stadium that’s 30 miles from your campus named after some Johnny Come Lately beer. My predicition is that there are more empty seats tonight than full becuase no Miami fans actually went to school there and the rest are the biggest fair weather fans in all of sports.
Oh yeah, Jackets roll.
macrotech
September 17th, 2009
1:35 pm
BankerDawg, DawginLex and DarinDawg…. what the heck?! What’s with all this civil crap?! I jest…it is appreciated and valued. Tech is going to have their hands full with this athletic team! They’ve got all kinds of things they can use to drive a defense crazy! I believe in our defense, but would be amazed if we don’t give up a couple of big plays to these guys. Miami’s speed could, if they lack discipline, equate a 200+ night for Dwyer as they over persue lanes….if disciplined; they keep Dwyer around 100 yrds and the rushing yards get spread out among the many other backs. If Nesbitt gets some assemblance of a passing game on track, look for two or three backs with 10+ yards! No pressure on the cane quarterback will make this game closer than the Clemson game… not sure my heart could handle that! GO TECH!!!
WhiteandGold
September 17th, 2009
1:36 pm
We don’t have a chance.
GTBOOK
September 17th, 2009
1:39 pm
Ive been hearing the experts all week talk about how Tech is goin to loose and how this Miami team is so different! Unless im mistaken, the experts have said this the past few years and it has made no difference in the outcome of the game. Noone can deny that Miami has tons of talent, but what u fail to realize is talent alone wont win games! In highschool we always were more talanted then our opponents, but that didnt always end in a victory! A TEAM will always beat a team full of individual talent! Miami just doesnt have the focus to maintain their assignments for 4 quarters, especially when they are tired! I see a high scoring game but I still see Tech winning by 7 to 10! We have a much better secondary that FSU has, and im banking on the fact that Tech will never let 1 or 2 players beat them like what almost happened with Clemson! We are the better team and we should be 3 and 0 at midnight!
Go Jackets!!!!
reebok
September 17th, 2009
1:40 pm
To the Dog fans who have weighed in with intelligent commentary, this Tech fan thanks you…I think Tech and Georgia will both win…and I like VT’s chances against Nebraska as well.
WhiteandGold
September 17th, 2009
2:04 pm
We suck.
Ed-Covington
September 17th, 2009
2:18 pm
Both Mell Kiper & Todd McShay(?)of ESPN pick Miami (tho’ Mel admits Tech is the better team?) because they don’t see how Duh “U” can’t help but respond to the beat-down they got last year. Under this philosophy, Florida International should beat the Gators every other year. NOT!!
Ed-Covington
September 17th, 2009
2:29 pm
GTBOOK:
How right! Every year: MIAMI’s BACK! NO!! Why do they get so much love from the Nat. Media? FSU, too. They were rated in the top 25, yet should have lost to Jax. State. Yet you would have thought from the hype that the FSU-Miami game was the game of the year! Duh “U” gets exposed tonight the way FSU was Saturday. Tech wins big.
VT beats Nebraska, BYU crushes FSU. Upset alert: Aburn over WV big.
Da U
September 17th, 2009
2:40 pm
flapjacket – Quit flapping you mouth because U don’t know what your talkin about!
“And last I checked, Miami is a lot more crime ridden that Atlanta”
Not! Out of 369 cities where does Atlanta rank?
OVERALL: (369 cities)
MOST DANGEROUS:
1 Camden, NJ
2 Detroit, MI
3 St. Louis, MO
4 Flint, MI
5 Richmond, VA
6 Baltimore, MD
7 Atlanta, GA
8 New Orleans, LA
Maybe someday you will learn how to study at GT, but until you do leave crime out of a FB argument!
Da U
September 17th, 2009
2:46 pm
Ed-Covington
September 17th, 2009
2:29 pm
GTBOOK:
How right! Every year: MIAMI’s BACK! NO!! Why do they get so much love from the Nat. Media? FSU, too. They were rated in the top 25, yet should have lost to Jax. State. Yet you would have thought from the hype that the FSU-Miami game was the game of the year! Duh “U” gets exposed tonight the way FSU was Saturday. Tech wins big.
VT beats Nebraska, BYU crushes FSU. Upset alert: Aburn over WV big.
Why do they get so much Love? Because they have the top 5 highest rated games ever on ESPN, this years game against Fl ST. was 2nd. And I’m sure U were watching.
Tech Loses
FSU wins
Mark my word, it’ all about the U:)
Louisiana Jacket
September 17th, 2009
2:55 pm
So DA U its not actually about winning and losing its actually about how many people watch you? Really I didn’t know that…Heck I guess you might as well give UGA their NC right now because they are watched by every hick in the nation.
Just because you have a past doesn’t mean you should be ranked, Miami goes in the same catergory as Michigan and Notre Dame because if any of ya’ll win 2 in a row in any given season no matter how bad the competition is, you will be ranked. Only to play a better team in weak 3 and look embarrassed.
JB
September 17th, 2009
3:10 pm
Good luck tonight……from ya’lls buddy JB
Ed-Covington
September 17th, 2009
3:21 pm
Da U:
Thanks for the list of most dangerous cities.
Corresponds exactly to cities with highest population of Duh “U” fans outside of Miami.
Born a Hurricane Fan
September 17th, 2009
3:23 pm
Enter yoYou guys are crazy if you think Nix has anything to do with this year. Hell, Whipple put up more yards after 1 game, than Nix could have done in two years with the U. You guys have every right to talk shyt, and that’s the motivation for this team tonight, to cease it, forever…
Your safety might be your downfall, but I would really look at the matchup between your outside LBs and the RBs, cause since you pretty stated your going to blitz the hell out of Jacory, the quick passes will be there.
Swagger, we coined the term, that’s what happens when you when 5 national championship om 27 years. Maybe, if your program had that kind of success, you would understand, but you will never undertand….It’s a U thing, and it’s all about the U.
Either way, again, it’s going to be a good game, and I will come back on here to either talk shyt or take my lumps, promise. Good look in the ACC, but just not tonight.
ur comments here
Ed-Covington
September 17th, 2009
3:24 pm
BTW:
When I went to the Miami news site, all the links were ” Coral Gables student stabbed” & “Coral Gables student arrested”.
Ed-Covington
September 17th, 2009
3:28 pm
“when you when 5 national championship om 27 years” Obviously “U” were concentrating too much on “WHENNING” to learn to spell (or type?).
BuzztheKiller
September 17th, 2009
3:31 pm
The national media keeps expecting UM to be “back”. Maybe, just maybe the run they had in the 80s and early 90s was the exception, not the norm. They also were in the much weaker Big East back then. Playing Temple and Rutgers every year would make anyone look good…
juvenal
September 17th, 2009
3:40 pm
why can’t we show some respect; we are all in the same conference..perhaps the academics are a little different now?if so, that’s a gud ting(take that, grammrnazis!)…Enter your comments here
BuzztheKiller
September 17th, 2009
3:41 pm
“Da U” going to meet “Da Diesel” again tonight…though I am sure they remember him from last year….
Gt-03
September 17th, 2009
4:15 pm
Do Miami fans call themselves the “U” because they are too stupid to actually spell M-I-A-M-I?
1st and goal Tech
September 17th, 2009
4:17 pm
Anyone notice the line went from 5 1/2 yesterday to now 4? Hmmm
Da U
September 17th, 2009
4:22 pm
Gt-03 Do Miami fans call themselves the “U” because they are too stupid to actually spell M-I-A-M-I?
They are called the U because all NFL coaches go there to get the best talent in the world, just take a look at the NFL which Miami has lead in players for over 10 years!
After reviewing the GT schedule I predict a 3 – 4 start to the season.
Get ready for the WHOOPIN tonight!
collegeballfan
September 17th, 2009
4:25 pm
I don’t think so – Miami takes this one.
In their last 4 games the Tech defense has given up: 42 points, 38 points, 17 points & 27 points. The Georgia Tech offense scored 7 points from scrimmage against Clemsson.
Not this year.
F. Sinkwich
September 17th, 2009
8:05 pm
Don’t look good for the bugs……
Tech Losers
September 17th, 2009
8:46 pm
Paul Johnson’s checklist almost halfway through the Miami game… National Title, not this year… ACC title, nopers… Most dominant offence in nation, strike that one… Heisman winner, not a chance… Job for 2010, Notre Dame will be looking for a coach.
Athens Dawg
September 17th, 2009
9:19 pm
Ouch, Offense looks solid and the D is getting shredded…
Athens Dawg
September 17th, 2009
9:22 pm
Try the lonesome end play again, or the return off a pooch punt, or an 80 yd toss fluke to the predator…
D&D fan
September 17th, 2009
9:38 pm
3-24 in the third hahahahahaha hahahahah haahahahahaha ahahahahahahah ahahahahahaha ahahahahahahahaha ahahahahahahaha ahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahah
and that tech passing attack is as ugly as the pee colored unis tech wears lol hahahah ahahahahahah ahhhhhha haahahahahahaha
BIOMASS
September 17th, 2009
9:41 pm
Well, this is no fun. Fire X…..Hire X…..Bench X…..Play X.
GDmit.
D&D fan
September 17th, 2009
9:42 pm
national title, yea LOSERS!
ACC title, yea CHUMPS!
Most dominant offence in nation, if you play AAAAA! LOL!
Heisman winner, Heisman is rolling in his grave laughing!
Job for 2010, yep, coaching the nerd herd to another 7-5 season and trip to the Blue rug Bowl!