Georgia Tech, the ACC and the polls
OK, raise your hand if you think Virginia Tech is the sixth best team in the country right now.
I know, it’s not really a fair question.
Who the heck knows who should be in the top 25 this year. Even Florida now has issues should Tim Tebow have to miss the Gators’ next game in two weeks.
And is Georgia Tech, which has played one bad game, two good ones, and one average one, be ranked no higher than 25th?
But here’s the bigger issue, one the ACC just can’t seem to avoid: it once again doesn’t have a lead dog, a team that can legitimately say it’s within the ballpark of Florida, Texas or Alabama right now.
Had Miami taken care of things in Blacksburg, it potentially could have been that team. Florida State sure isn’t, and it doesn’t appear like it will be anytime soon.
Clemson lost its chance, even after its loss to Georgia Tech, by losing to TCU on Saturday.
Could it be the Hokies? It has been them for the past few years, but I can’t get over the offense, or lack of passing game, specifically. And please don’t say that Georgia Tech is the last team to talk about another team’s passing game.
But Virginia Tech’s defense and special teams are more than proven, while Georgia Tech’s this season have had ups and downs.
So, whichever team in the Coastal runs the table would seem to have the best chance at achieving lead-dog status. VT’s path is much easier than GT’s, simply because the Hokies are already sixth, while GT is 25th, with only two games against teams that are currently ranked remaining (VT and UGA). Miami could still get back in the mix, as well. I doubt they will play another game in a monsoon, as they did Saturday. A win against Oklahoma on Saturday will move them right back up to the top 10.
It’s all still a guessing game right now. But I’d love to hear your thoughts on what Georgia Tech and the ACC needs to happen to get a team in the national championship picture.
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Stinger
September 27th, 2009
9:54 pm
Virginia Tech definately deserves to be in the top 6. The game against Miami might have been different under dry conditions, but that is part of the game. Miami can still and probably will be a top 10 team before the season is over. Who has Florida beat to deserve their ranking this year? They play a very easy schedule and certainly are not unbeatable. I think Miami will beat Oklahoma. Georgia Tech will get better each week. We just have to win one game at a time and by the time we play VT, it will be very interesting.
gojckts1
September 27th, 2009
10:00 pm
Who cares if the ACC doesn’t have a team in the “national championship picture” right now. First of all, by definition VA Tech IS that team right now, because ranked 6th, I would safely assume you’re within striking distance of the BCS title (if you win and watch the others fall, which over the past few years has happened). Second of all, even if the media doesn’t portray it, there ARE very good football teams in this conference, and one of them is in ATL. VT, GT, Mia, UNC are the class of the conference, and Clem, Wake, BC, NCSt are all pretty good teams as well. if the media is so igorant that there has to be a FLA in every conference that bowls over each and every team in the league then let them have it, i don’t want it that way. Where’s the competitive passion in that??
macrotech
September 27th, 2009
10:01 pm
Polls are proving to be the least scientific measure of a team. Even the people defending their standings sound like a bunch of politicians selling beach front property in Colorado. The ACC needs to see someone step up in a big way. Truly, it’s not that big of a deal….Tech just needs to keep on winning and let the polls do whatever their going to do….twas a NICE turn around from last week, though! GO TECH!!!
gojckts1
September 27th, 2009
10:02 pm
And by the way, the game that decides the ACC Coastal will be played Oct 17th in Atlanta so get ur butts out to bobby Dodd and support this team!
A. Young
September 27th, 2009
10:03 pm
I watched that game and the whole time I looked it was raining on both teams so don’t use that as an excuse. Miami just got the hell beat out of them fair and square. I never could understand why Miami was favored to win at Blacksburg and I certainly am not a Va. Tech. fan. Miami was jumped up there based on one game the way they beat Ga. Tech. Tech had a bad game and Miami had a good one. The polls are a joke.
StraightJacket
September 27th, 2009
10:18 pm
Do a preseason poll – just for fun and conversation.
Then DON’T vote again until AFTER the 3rd week of October. The BCS doesn’t come out until then, and if these other goofy polls would wait until then, I think you’d have less of the ‘ole die-hard pattern of voters doing “relative” voting from week-to-week.
You know: Like voting Cal at Number 19 just ONE DAY AFTER they got KILLED by Oregon, 42-3 (NOT a typo; 42-3!). Oh, … and Oregon is ranked 25 in the coaches poll … 7 spots BELOW CAL!
Yes, that’s a joke, if not criminal. Voting credentials and man cards should be revoked for such nonsense.
-SJ
Slick Willard
September 27th, 2009
10:31 pm
Stinker (or was that Stinger?), you are absolutely right. GT ought to be No. 1 and Florida ought to be No. 25 based on your comment. Apparently, not many poll voters agree with you about the Gators though. GT is a team of pretenders. At least the Gators have won two of the last 2 NC’s and have a decent shot at another this year. How is Tech doing now?
Slick Willard
September 27th, 2009
10:32 pm
Two of the last 3 NC’s I meant to say. Sorry.
FB Observer
September 27th, 2009
10:51 pm
“Had Miami taken care of things in Blacksburg, it potentially could have been that team.” Miami didn’t take care of things. VT did and so VT is “that” team.
Hey Dogtards
September 27th, 2009
11:22 pm
GT has beaten tough UNC & Clemson teams and lost (although not in a very respectable way) to a well rested and pretty solid Miami team on the road. It amazes me that teams like uog can be ranked so high a) without a quality win and b) without looking good in their victories. Not that uog doesn’t deserve to be ranked (because they do), but they certainly haven’t shown me they deserve to be in the top 14. Not that Tech does either, although that unc game was a better four quarters of anything uog has put together this season.
Not to pick on uog, but I’ve seen all of their games. I’m sure there are plenty of other teams with uninspiring wins and mediocre losses that are ranked.
The Dude (Andrew Sherwin)
September 27th, 2009
11:27 pm
There are a couple things this Jacket fan thinks that could help when trying to judge the talent of teams against teams they have not played or will not play. The first thing I would do is eliminate playing FCS schools, period. Tech, is guilty of this, I know. The second thing I think would help would be to take a page from the ACC/Big Ten Basketball challenge… For those who don’t know what that is, the conferences match their teams top to bottom for bragging rights (1 plays 1, 2 and 2, and so on based on conference finishing order from the year before). Do that with at least two non-conference games and you’ve got a real measuring stick. The last thing (I know couple is normally reserved for two things, but I’m on a roll), for remaining non-conference games, remove the institution’s negotiating rights, as far as paying a school to come play them at home, etc. Give those rights to the conference to which they belong and allow the Conferences to negotiate match-ups. It will still be a little corrupt, but not quite like Florida playing Charleston Southern. Oh, and Notre Dame, sorry honey. You’ll need to join the Big “Ten” West and give that conference some new found legitimacy with a championship game in the RCA Dome, or whatever they call that thing now where the Colts play.
Wreckbone Fan
September 27th, 2009
11:38 pm
We will see first hand how tough the SEC is when we pla miss st. The power conference teams are overrated as always. We get embarrases ans drop 15 20 spots. DA U gets embarrassed and drops 9. But that’s ok, notice that if e beat uga then it helps us a lot and if there is 3 way tie for costal and div recors equa I think rank plats into it (why we would have won last year if miami beat nc state) so the ranking can help s if we beat UGA also
Why doent our beat writer have. Link on the sports page but even uga’s fan blgger has one?
Doug you need to keep up the greatcoverage for basketball too. We are gonna have a natioally ranked team and need the coverage to be complete.
Ever notice when we do poorly bradly and schultz write articles (more than 1 a piece about how we don’t belong on the fielf with DA U) but we beat someone well and we never hear a word. Awe
mtraininjax
September 27th, 2009
11:45 pm
The answer lies in 3rd down conversions. Tech as 10-19 against UNC, while UNC was 1-11. That 1-11 was the same as Tech the week before in Miami. You have to convert on 3rd down, and Tech did that against UNC, but failed against Miami. You can roll up as many yards as you want, but you have to convert on 3rd down and stop your opponent when you have the opportunity to do so.
Golden Isles
September 27th, 2009
11:46 pm
play every game like the last one ….with the same results….come year end …we should be on top…yeah, I think that would do it.
Jay
September 27th, 2009
11:57 pm
Well, we know who has the best coach out of these teams listed in the article. PJ would kick everyone’s a$$ just on intensity alone. He is a fighter and a winner. Just take a look at his reaction to a blown call by the ref.s at the end of the second half against NC. That is a winner’s reaction my friends. Its all on the up and up on N. Avenue.
Toe Meets Leather
September 27th, 2009
11:59 pm
There’s no better way to remember Tech’s last national championship run in 1990 than buying “Toe Meets Leather”, a depiction of Scott Sisson’s field goal to beat then-#1 Virginia. Now available at http://www.stingtees.com !
StingerSplash
September 28th, 2009
12:03 am
Alabama manhandled Va. Tech. They’re top six like Boise State is top five.
So what happens if Va. Tech, Miami and Georgia Tech all wind up tied with one loss atop the division? Who goes to the ACC championship game?
Aand P
September 28th, 2009
12:10 am
polls are for winners,see how that works.Oh I forgot who I was talking to.
Cuttysark
September 28th, 2009
12:19 am
Polls are good to keep the interest in college football going year round. But they are useless as the season progresses. The Cal rating is a joke, as are lots of others. The only poll that matters is the last one of the season. Right now Georgia Tech is getting no respect, and that should keep the chip in their shoulder as the season progresses. Looking for higher rankings as the season goes forward. We’ll get our shot at Virginia Tech in a few weeks.
Go to http://isportsweb.com for more Georgia Tech articles and previews and reports of all games.
Homer
September 28th, 2009
12:23 am
The polls have turned college football into gymnastics. A bunch of people with all their biases judging which team performed a 10, and which performed a 5.
Tokyo jacket
September 28th, 2009
2:30 am
Wreckbone, are you drunk dude? Generally, polls are crap. VT and BSU are ranked too high and GT is ranked too low. But, that is a huge upset win if GT beats VT in two weeks. So, I’ll take the disparity for now.
Actually, the game against VT will tell us a lot. If we win that game, it will be the biggest win on the Flats since a 1998 victory over UVA (then ranked #7) in my mind.
Not Disappointed
September 28th, 2009
3:44 am
Lets play some Focus Football and screw the Polls for now. It should take care of it’s self as the season progress.
Ramblin Wreck!
m
September 28th, 2009
3:57 am
The polls have been total BS all year.
Why do you write about the polls like that they matter?
The polls are what is wrong with college football.
Sam
September 28th, 2009
4:04 am
There won’t be a 3 way tie StingerSplash. GT will lose 2 more ACC games this year.
Baba O'Riley
September 28th, 2009
6:45 am
That Cal ranking is a joke. There is no way in he11 they should be ranked. I also don’t think LSU should be in the Top 5. They haven’t played a solid game yet. It looks like Boise State has a good chance of sliding into the NC game, and they’ve played no one. There shouldn’t be any polls out yet. All they are good for is discussion.
GT Rich
September 28th, 2009
7:06 am
Four reasons that polls are useless, in the coaches’ poll: Cal loses to Oregon and is ranked higher, Oklahoma loses to BYU and is ranked higher, Ok State loses to Houston and is ranked higher, Penn State loses to Iowa and is ranked higher.
GTfan04
September 28th, 2009
7:07 am
How about a discussion comparing the divisions of the ACC? The Coastal has emerged as the unquestionably dominant half of the division.
Is it safe to assume that the Atlantic will forever be doomed to secondary status?
Baba O'Riley
September 28th, 2009
7:09 am
Rich- The Cal-Oregon game was domination. If I were an Oregon fan, I’d be pi$$ed
snapshot
September 28th, 2009
7:37 am
Polls do not mean anything until the end of the season. Tech is exactly where they need to be. They can control their on destiny.
George P
September 28th, 2009
7:43 am
The polls are just opinions with little supporting data. They always have been. The whole BCS system is built on a foundation of unsupported assumptions.
All we really know are who wins the games. I love college football, and that’s good enough for me.
At best all this emphasis on the polls and the BCS championship is a waste of time. At worst it diminishing what really counts: the individual games.
Tokyo jacket
September 28th, 2009
7:45 am
Snapshot, no, we do not control our own destiny. If we win out and Miami wins out, we’d be in a two way tie with them having the tiebreaker. If GT, UM, and VT all win out, I’m not sure how we’d break that three-way tie. Fortunately, I don’t think that’s going to be the case.
NYJacket
September 28th, 2009
7:54 am
Georgia Tech has a really, really, good football team. People forget how young this team is. Tech will keep playing well and the polls will take care of themselves.
An ACC championship and BCS bowl are still within reach.
SatchelBuzz
September 28th, 2009
7:55 am
What a joke,…Boise State in the top 5. By all rights,..they’re no better than 18-20. We should be 12-14.
THWG!!!
Stinger
September 28th, 2009
8:22 am
Slick Willard or is it Slick Willie – We are talking about this year, not last year or the year before or 10 yrs. ago. If Tech played the pansies that Flordia plays they would be undefeated too. The Gators don’t want any part of playing us. Ask Urban Myer if he wants to play Tech!!! You may beat up on the Dawgs, but try to do it to us.
CatsFly
September 28th, 2009
8:34 am
I agree that Alabama proved to be better than VaTech, but not “that” much better. As I remember it, they (VaTech) was ahead in the 4th quarter. Tony, it’s irresponsible to say VaTech isn’t even in the same ball park as Alabama. Statements like that make it hard for me to place much credence in what you say.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
8:34 am
SatchelBuz validate your “opinion”. Your team got totally beat down by Miami and quit in the process. Your offense has underachieved since the UGA game. Your defense is abysmal You can’t pass your way past a high school team and you GT fans think you’re all that? You think you should be ranked higher than UGA but have no solid reason as to why. They do everything you don’t. They can play from behind. They play with more heart. They make the plays when they count. Their yardage equates to points, and they can light teams up with their passing game. They are better than you in every category that defines the word team. All you have is that “opinion”.
And Stinger, please! Florida would hang 60 on you. You have absolutely nothing to validate that you could stay on the field with Florida. That delusion is why you Tech fans live 99% of your lives pissed off about how things always seem to wash out with your team when it all said and done. Is that the end result of 40 years of football futility?
Cleveland, OH jacket
September 28th, 2009
8:52 am
FootballFan. It’s funny when you talk about people’s opinions only to lay down your own OPINIONS with no supporting facts…just blanket statements that have little merit.
So are you saying that UGA’s offense didn’t underachieve vs ASU? Pretty sure both teams played good defenses this week. How did your team do? How did ours?
What has UGA done THIS YEAR to merit #18, let alone #14. South Carolina is your only good win and even that game to the USC QB having to make the wrong decision on who to throw to in the waning seconds of the game. Had he thrown to the wide open wheel route, you would be sitting at 2-2.
No heart? I’m pretty sure they showed heart in the 4th qtr of Clemson, when they let 24 point lead turn to a 3 point deficit and had 140 total yards of offense in that qtr to pull of the victory.
Pretty sure the defense showed heart this last week after getting their butts handed to them the last couple weeks to only allow 154 total yards (granted UNC’s offense seems inept…but 154 yards is a great defensive performance).
Don’t come here and act like UGA is so high and mighty this year because they haven’t done squat. You’ll be lucky to be within a touchdown of LSU this week. UGA is lucky not to be 1-3, but I’ll give them that good teams find a way to win.
They are way overrated and your year is going to come crashing down after you have 3-4 more losses. Btw, UGA talking about another team’s defense is laughable.
chad
September 28th, 2009
9:03 am
Footballfan,
Plaease validate your OPINION. What has ugay done? LOST to a ok OSU team all be it on the road, but you still LOST. Barely beat a unranked USC (backed into that one), a unranked ASU (lucky again) oh yeah these games were at HOME. Lets see ugay barely beat unranked Arkansas at HOME. I think Alabama just beat the hell out of them, shut them down while ugay gave up over 400 yds of passing offense. You need to shut up while you can because your OPINION is just like every other nutt licker worthless. Facts are not opinions by the way and the facts are both teams have a ways to go, but your defense flat sucks and the shameful thing is ugay has all the world class players, I don’t get it;but any way I like Tech’s chances better. Turn over machine Cox is going to get you beat. Everyone has seen ugay’s best already this year, but you haven’t seen Tech at it’s best. when it happens guess ugay is going to be saying “we have our #1 recruiting class coming next year, Arron what ever his name is playing qb and just wait we will not loooooooooooose to you again for a third year.” Chew on that for a while arse sniffer.
GT Professor
September 28th, 2009
9:07 am
Once again someone shows their incompetence in college football history. Tech’s latest national championship – 1990, UGA last national championship – 1980? Tech has had an average team in the 00’s; we fielded a pretty good team during the days when Joe Hamilton was QB, and a even better team during the early 90’s. With a great coach now, Tech will even have better days in football.
GT Professor
September 28th, 2009
9:09 am
My comments were directed to FootballFan’s comments of “That delusion is why you Tech fans live 99% of your lives pissed off about how things always seem to wash out with your team when it all said and done. Is that the end result of 40 years of football futility?”
Gt4ever
September 28th, 2009
9:46 am
40 years of utility???? That’s a stretch football fan. We have more football history than you will ever have! I would assume that you are a UGAG fan, which would validate your incompetence. I would agree that we are NOT a top 15 team, but our coach, if he can recruit will bring this football program back to the prominence of the 50’s. We will finally become competitive and beat your team more than just once in eight years. If he can’t recruit then we will still have the finest academic institution in the state of Georgia!
Sautee Dawg
September 28th, 2009
9:53 am
Not only are Teams overrated but the polls are also. Lots of teams left out that should be in, lots of teams in that should be left out.
Penn St. Ohio St. Notre Dame, just to mention a few, ranked according to their history. and shouldn’t be.
Boise st. should get a schedule that plays some stronger opponents. Strength of schedule should keep them below Ga. Tech and UGA.
Keep winning and you’ll eventually get noticed, Unless Notre Dame wins a couple more and then everybody will be overlooked. (Even Tebow)
cltgtfan
September 28th, 2009
10:08 am
The focus should be on Miss State next week. Who cares what the polls say?
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
10:14 am
I agree – I’m not sure if LSU is just ‘that’ bad or if Miss St is ‘that’ good
It will be interesting to see how UGA does against LSU and we fair against Miss St
One thing is for sure, we need the win
GT83
September 28th, 2009
10:22 am
Who cares about rankings anyway. They don’t mean a thing. And it seems to me GT doesn’t do too well when ranked decently. Only the top 5 or so matter…….at the end of the season!
Tech82
September 28th, 2009
10:29 am
cltgtfan – Well said. It’s useless to be looking ahead at where we might be ranked. We need to look no further ahead than this coming Saturday when we play a team that took LSU to the brink.
So far, we have beaten only one team convincingly (the Jax St win doesn’t count). By my way of thinking, that merits a ranking of around #25 – right where we are. If we continue to play with consistency, our ranking will take care of itself.
What amazes me is how UGA, who fields an eighth grade defense week in and week out, can manage to get ranked as high as they do. They are (and have been for quite some time) the most overrated team in div 1.
TD tommy
September 28th, 2009
10:32 am
Tokyo You cant use the if miami gt vt win out comment because gt still plays vt. for gt to get to the champ game, they will need miami to lose again OR they will need to win out and hope for a 3 way tie if miami doesn’t lose another acc game. if there’s a 3 way tie, with all losses coming from the same division, then it would go to the highest bcs ranking. so the ga game may have even bigger implications.
T.O.S.S.
September 28th, 2009
10:39 am
Nice game.
TechTony
September 28th, 2009
10:47 am
Hopefully the Tech coaches and players are spending less time debating their position in the polls than we are because it’s another big game for the Jackets come Saturday. There’s nothing that Mississippi State does on either side of the ball that Tech can’t find a way to limit but we have to bear in mind that it is very difficult to play an out of conference game (and on the road no less)after 3 straight league affairs. Ask Georgia how hard it can be to play nonconference after a couple of league games. Even though I’m far from convinced that the other Bulldogs are a good team (beating Vandy and playing LSU tough are feathers in their caps however), it’s going to take a solid effort to win in Starkville so hopefully that’s what we’ll see.
collegeballfan
September 28th, 2009
10:52 am
Looking at the Johnson year & 4 games. 12 and 5. The problem in judging Tech is that they have only played one truly quality team – LSU in the bowl. Everyone else on their schedule has been average at best. And I include VT in that average at best. LSU was a quality team & just beat up Tech. So I will say Tech is average at best, just like their opponents to date.
And because of the OL & DL I do not believe Tech is as good this year as last year.
raoul75
September 28th, 2009
11:06 am
It seems to me that rankings have become even more biased and subjective since the un-holy alliance of ESPN and the SEC. ESPN spent a bundle to show SEC games and naturally, they now promote the conference at every opportunity. Every Gameday and Sportscenter seem like an infomercial for the conference that ESPN needs to be successful. So, the source of information for most coaches and writers to formulate their votes comes from what they get hear and see from ESPN – the SEC channel How else could you have four teams in the top ten? Ole Miss was exposed by a undistinguished USC. Mighty UF beats an unranked UT team in the swamp, but not that impressively. LSU ekes out a win at unranked MSU. BAMA looks like the real deal but time will tell. The point is, ESPN desperately needs to hype the SEC to protect their investment and must prop them up. The next time you watch a College Gameday or Sportscenter, listen for the whine of their SEC propaganda machine. ESPN wants to have as many SEC teams ranked as highly as they can to insure they will have SEC representative in the BCS.
Tie-Rod
September 28th, 2009
11:09 am
Da U is back with its “unstoppable” offense.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
11:22 am
What will redneck ga fans be saying when we beat Miss st with lsu nearly losing to them. Lsu should have lost. How many times did they have the ball for a td at the goal line? 6? Watch the excuse making come from ga fans when we go to miss st and win and lsu goes to athens and dominates the girly team.
Nate
September 28th, 2009
11:25 am
Someone please tell me why BC and FSU are college gameday this coming weekend (two unranked teams)? Tech better get Gameday for VT or UGA. Seriously, what’s up with them?
Cleveland, OH jacket
September 28th, 2009
11:32 am
It’s in honor of Herzlich (sp?). That’s very classy.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
11:33 am
Funny thing GT is favored by 4 1/2. Yep that acc is so weak to be favored over miss st who almost and should have beaten the #4 ranked team in the country.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
11:35 am
Is that true? that is a joke. BC sucks. Should be ga lsu this week.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
11:52 am
One thing I can agree on, even with a teck fan, is the rankings below the top 5 don’t mean much and will continue to change throughout this season.
What we won’t agree on is Alabama spanked VT and it could have been worse. VT is the best team in the ACC but that ain’t saying much. North Carolina looked terrible against teck. The ACC in general is about as bad as it has ever been. Clemson losing to TCU and Florida State losing to South Florida at home. You’ve got to be kidding. Oh, and Florida doesn’t want any part of teck? What are you smoking Stinger. Florida would beat teck at least as bad as Miami did if not worse. Remember the LSU game? Get back on your meds.
As for the Mississippi State game? LSU is no good? That is the same LSU team that beat you guys 38 to 3. You best not run your mouth till you beat Mississippi State. Maybe LSU was looking beyond Miss. St. to the UGA game. Maybe Mississippi State is better than last year. You’ll find out on Saturday.
Teck is not ranked any higher because they get no respect. They get no respect because they have no tradition and because they play in a weak conference. You should be used to it by now.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
11:56 am
Danky, rankings are not based on “almost and should have and points are not awarded for yardage.” The sooner you teck idiots learn that the more you’ll understand the game.
wr-jacket
September 28th, 2009
12:00 pm
“So what happens if Va. Tech, Miami and Georgia Tech all wind up tied with one loss atop the division? Who goes to the ACC championship game?”
If loses are in the same division then I think the next tie breaker would be over all record.
If we beat VT and OKla beats UM and we run the table, we would be the victor. BIG ifs there.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
12:12 pm
Stupid…If you knew anything about college football, you’d know that S fla was ranked in the top 10 last year and get no respect and have a very good team. They would crush your crap ga team if they played. TCU is RANKED you idiot. They were FAVORED in the game moron. Thus, them winning is no SHOCK. What is a SHOCK is your crap ga team is ranked 14th. They are terrible and belong no where near the top 20. That will show this weekend.
Why are you basing your opinion on LAST YEARs game? If I use your logic, then GA is even worse cause they got blown out by Bama. And don’t give me we came back and made it close. You barely beat a middle of the conf pac 10 team at home.
The acc is Not weak. And if you followed college football other than your team, you would know that VT always starts out slow. They lost to E caro last year first game. If they played bama next week, they might win. So stfu with your absurb comments. You make yourself look like an ignorant redneck. Perhaps that is all you are.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
12:14 pm
The only game besides va tech that concerns me is fsu. b/c you don’t know which team will show up. we will run the table on the overrated sec. ga is a joke and we will kill them this year. can’t wait for the redneck beatdown
Tech75
September 28th, 2009
12:25 pm
Doug, why not a discussion of recruiting requirements, something like, “given this offense, what’s a 5-star center/tackle/guard look like?”
I’ve heard CPJ say that he needs quickness and good technique, but after having seen our O-Line get manhandled by LSU, Clemson and Miami, do you think maybe CPJ is revising his opinion about what kind of linemen he wants?
Or is the issue that his recruits are still too young, and the leftovers just don’t have that fire and aggressiveness he wants?
GTman
September 28th, 2009
12:27 pm
There are only 3 solid football teams in the country right now – UF, TU, and AL. After those three, there is not a lot of difference between #4 and #40 (see LSU v Miss St.?). GT just needs to keep worrying about getting better as a football team and winning games – forget about the polls. We are not good enough right now to worry about where the polls put us.
I was encouraged by the play of the defense, but let’s face it TJ Yates was terrible.
The play calling on the first drive looked creative and kept the NC defense off balance. After that is was back to the same old predictable plain vanilla play calling – very frustrating to watch.
Nesbitt still looks like he is predetermined on the option. He is not reading the defense and making the correct reads. Sometimes he gets lucky.. sometimes he or Dwyer get killed.
I will agree with Johnson that Nesbitt did play with a lot of heart and courage which in this game were enough to make up for his lack of execution.
THWG and Go Jackets!
Brad
September 28th, 2009
12:31 pm
I think I’ve just read one of the dumbest statements ESPN needs to “prop up the SEC” to protect their investment, you my friend are insane. I won’t even go into a spill here, I think you should be able to figure it out on your own.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
12:31 pm
Dank, the more you explain the dumber you sound. South Florida was ranked last year? What does that have to do with Florida State losing to them at home? Are they ranked this year. Did you know they were playing with their second string quarterback? Are you that stupid?
Virginia Teck already lost to Alabama. It they played again they might win? Yea, they might get beat again too. Another stupid point.
UGA is ranked higher than teck because they get more respect. They get more respect because they have more tradition and play in a tougher conference and they have not been blown out by a team that has been blown out. The ACC is pitiful this year and you are in pure denial if you can’t see it.
So Stanky, go take your medicine and stay of the blogs if you don’t know what you are talking about.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
12:45 pm
test
Danky
September 28th, 2009
12:47 pm
dumb a$$
did you know that s fla’s back up was recruited by all the fla schools including the gators and he chose usf because they allowed him to play bball? of course not.
your crap team is ranked higher becase you haven’t lost since week 1 moron. that’s about to change though and by next week s fla will be ranked higher than your crap team.
you’re the typical ignorant redneck ga fan.why are you even on this blog loser? go back among your ignorant braindead loser fan base.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
12:50 pm
and i wouldn;t say gt doesn;t get respect from the poll voters. we started the year ahead of your crap team. and when we run all over you again this year, you’ll be nowhere near the top 25. it’s going to be fun watching us beat miss st and you lose to lsu. cause then your acc bashing will be thrown out the window.
VegasGT
September 28th, 2009
12:50 pm
There are no other games to discuss other than Miss St. One season at a time gentlemen.
FOCUS and EXECUTION.
Rankings will take care of themselves. The only thing a team can control is how they perform on any given game day.
Trying to say that LSU has been the only quality opponent and we got beaten, therefore GT is average is also labeling UGA as average. Each game for GT has been won or lost under very different scenarios, especially the losses. Loss to UNC last year primarily due to turnovers, loss the VT last year thanks to the refs bogus calls, loss to LSU after digging our own hole with special teams/turnovers. The loss to Miami this year was a complete loss with utter and total domination by Miami. I agree with the above comment that not only did Miami have a gret gams, but we had a terrible one.
Let’s just hope that the team does indeed improve week after week.
FOCUS and EXECUTION. MSU is our season this week.
superDawg
September 28th, 2009
12:58 pm
danky you must be young because you only see what you want to see.Almost Competetive Conference is just that.LIVE WITH IT before you have a stroke.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
1:02 pm
superDawg
True…..but outside of Florida and Alabama, so is the SEC
and if you deny that, you are delusional
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
1:04 pm
Stanky, you gonna blow a gasget? Relax, I drop by this blog because lots of GT fans comment on UGA blogs. Just want to return the favor. You sure have a trashy mouth. Lots of name calling. Can’t make your point otherwise?
Hey, if you beat Miss St. and UGA loses to LSU it won’t make the ACC any better. Mississippi State is the worst team in the SEC. They have already lost to Auburn and LSU. So it won’t say much if you beat them but it will say a lot if you lose to them. If you do lose to Miss St. I bet I won’t see you on any blog next week will I? Not under the same name at least.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
1:05 pm
super..what an oxymoron…why come on here talking bs? it’s going to be funny when you run out of excuses when gt goes 3-0 versus your wonderful powerful sec. you are one team. fla. without them you are the acc. and with superman hurt, you’re equal to the acc. LIVE WITH IT loooosa.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
1:07 pm
To all the rednecks who come on here. It was good to see you finally cleaned up after yourselves this week. Oh wait. The storms that came through probably just washed it all away making the clean up crew think you used a trash can. You can take a redneck out of trailer park, but you can;t take the trailer park out of the redneck.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
1:11 pm
stupid man you really are a moron? what is a gasget? is that what you had to go during the bama game last year when you ran out of petrol? gasget. done conversing with someone as ignorant as you after this post. typical ga idiot. can’t even spell simple words. go back to high school idiot.
how are they they worse team when they beat vandy and should have beaten lsu? please explain that logic? and guess what dope. by the end of the season you will have a lot in common with miss st. you will also have losses to lsu and auburn along with gt. enjoy the next 5 weeks. it’s going to be fugly for you redneck losers.
oh and it’s spelled gasket idiot.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
1:12 pm
GT Q, you do remember the LSU game don’t you? So far this year the ACC is 0 and 2 vs the SEC and has losses to Richmond, William and Mary and South Florida. Maryland was crushed by Cal and barely beat James Madison. Duke lost to some nobody team too. And North Carolina looked as about as bad as it gets vs teck. Their quarterback was abysmal.The ACC is pitiful and is not even close to the SEC at any level.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
1:19 pm
Stanky thanks for the spelling lesson. Mississippi State did not beat LSU. Almost doesn’t count except at GT. They got blown out by Auburn. They are not ranked. It means nothing if Teck beats them. It’s like UGA beating Duke. So what. So keep trying to make them sound as good as you can so when you lose to them you can make your excuses.
One other thing, you really need to work on your insults. You only know moron and redneck. Can’t you be a little more original? What year did you graduate from teck? Kennesaw St. maybe?
Ron
September 28th, 2009
1:24 pm
We were also 0-2 at this time last year vs the sec. And finished the reg season 6-4. 2 of the losses were to uf. You don’t judge a conf by 3 games by the 3 worst teams. The secs bottom teams will have it’s ugly ooc games in time.
superDawg
September 28th, 2009
1:27 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID.Man these tekies will never get it.Like I said they only see what they want to if it makes them look better.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
1:29 pm
So LSU is ranked #4, should have lost and that’s no big deal to you? Are you insane? Duke would not be in a game with lsu idiot. Duke is not miss st. Either LSU is way overrated or miss st is way underrated. Probalby both. But when you lose to lsu badly, and you will, and gt beats miss st easily, and they will, you will have nothing to say. and that will be fine with me. btw, i have friends who are ga fans who actually graduated. you are nothing like them. you are probabaly going to gwinnett tech and live in duluth in your momma’s house.
At least I can spell. Gasget. What a imbecile. You’re fans are redneck white trash. I’ve been to your stadium and it’s half filled with white trash rednecks from around the state. you don’t even pick up garbage. that says it all.
Blue Fox
September 28th, 2009
1:47 pm
The polls are just bearing out Johnson’s opining at the start of the season that they should only be taken after the 4th week of the season, with everything prior to that guessing.
SWBUZZMAN
September 28th, 2009
2:17 pm
Enter your comments here
FootBallFan, we are all that bad at everything, yet, let me see, oh yeah, 45-42 bitch. And a UGAG fan shouldnt talk about anyones defense, and you have played one good team, and lost,so suck on it!
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
2:19 pm
Stanky, white trash and imbicile. Wow, two new insults. Your vocabulary is growing. What year did you graduate from teck? You forgot to answer that one.
Stanky, your logic is still terrible. LSU was not ranked at all when they beat Tech 38 to 3 last year. You do remember that don’t you? LSU was not ranked #4 when they beat Miss. St. last week. They got ranked # 4 after they beat Miss St. and a bunch of other teams lost. Miss. St. is 2 and 2 and not ranked. If Teck beats them they beat a 2 and 2 unranked team. So what? But on the other hand, if teck loses to a 2 and 2 unranked SEC bottom dweller what will that say about teck and the ACC? You best pray teck doesn’t lose cause if they do you’ll probably all of a sudden become a Miami fan.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
2:21 pm
SWBUZZMAN, you are so living on one win in 7 years. You are the one sucking on it. Suck on that one win cause it’s all you got.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
2:37 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
How did the SEC start off against the ACC last year? Even better question for you, how did the big bad SEC finish against the ACC in head-to-head competition?
I’ll spare you the suspense because like all irrational SEC fans, you just make sensational statements without ANY fact.
THE SEC WITH 4-6 VERSUS THE ACC IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND ENDED UP 6-6 VERSUS THE ACC AFTER THE BOWL GAMES
And if you want to call out OOC SNAFU’s……Does overrate Okie State ring a bell? No? How about UCLA in the largest SEC stadium? No? How about LSU darn near losing to 2008 0-12 Washington?
Like I said….there’s Florida and Alabama and then the rest of US
US = 10 other SEC schools and the ACC
macrotech
September 28th, 2009
2:41 pm
superDawg, I’m LOVING that you keep saying, “they only see what they want to if it makes them look better”! One could go on any blog and find that you’re QUITE guilty of this. Hit and run posts…no substance. You can just look on this blog and your M.O. is apparent.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID, you’re right! Why live off of last years record? But, wait! You keep referring to the lsu vs. Tech game and uga’s seven game win streak…. perhaps you should consider the name “HYPOCRISY, ARE YOU THAT STUPID”. In THIS season, who has uga beaten?
1Jacket7
September 28th, 2009
2:46 pm
“Ok here is the Problem. Everyone and I mean everyone is jaded about what is truly important in college football” 1) Polls are important and meaningful, because if you are in the Top 25 your school gets ongoing press all throughout the week and Saturday which is great for the program in regards to recruiting and rankings. The more people hear your name the more they want to talk about you. Talk is great, that is why blogs are so hot. I understand that the position in which teams are ranked show just how little the AP and Coaches that don’t watch the games know. All of you have mentioned in so many ways the uneducated voting that is going on week to week. If you can’t vote a team higher in the polls when that team beats the other team, and in the same breathe say we don’t need a playoff. You are then eliminating all credibility to the Polls. The only purpose for being in the Top 25 is free press. The top ten gets more press and the Top 3 gets the most.
2) Tech always gets the short end of the stick when it comes to polls, because its a popularity contest. We can fix it by winning consistently on an annual basis. But, why should we base a Teams value on the year before. It’s stupid, every year you have to play the games.
3) What happened to just winning. Now teams need style points. A blogger earlier said UGA was better than Tech by using style point examples. Is that what the game of football has become. Nonsense or is it? Look at this, if Fla wins out and Ala the same. Who will be #1. Fla. why? Preconceived impression. But Ala, has the tougher schedule. Utah beat Ala, would have probably beat Fla. Will never know. But style points or bias puts Fla #1.
So, forget about the Polls and the NC. It is nice to have but it will never respresent a true #1 until a playoff is instituted. Oh, 2010 preseason poll, Fla win or lose will be in the top 5 so will Ala, USC, Texas and Oklahoma. Why? Nonsense.
1Jacket7
September 28th, 2009
2:46 pm
**Ok here is the Problem. Everyone and I mean everyone is jaded about what is truly important in college football** 1) Polls are important and meaningful, because if you are in the Top 25 your school gets ongoing press all throughout the week and Saturday which is great for the program in regards to recruiting and rankings. The more people hear your name the more they want to talk about you. Talk is great, that is why blogs are so hot. I understand that the position in which teams are ranked show just how little the AP and Coaches that don’t watch the games know. All of you have mentioned in so many ways the uneducated voting that is going on week to week. If you can’t vote a team higher in the polls when that team beats the other team, and in the same breathe say we don’t need a playoff. You are then eliminating all credibility to the Polls. The only purpose for being in the Top 25 is free press. The top ten gets more press and the Top 3 gets the most.
2) Tech always gets the short end of the stick when it comes to polls, because its a popularity contest. We can fix it by winning consistently on an annual basis. But, why should we base a Teams value on the year before. It’s stupid, every year you have to play the games.
3) What happened to just winning. Now teams need style points. A blogger earlier said UGA was better than Tech by using style point examples. Is that what the game of football has become. Nonsense or is it? Look at this, if Fla wins out and Ala the same. Who will be #1. Fla. why? Preconceived impression. But Ala, has the tougher schedule. Utah beat Ala, would have probably beat Fla. Will never know. But style points or bias puts Fla #1.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
LSU managed to beat the hell out of GT Que ball. When is the last time the ACC won a BCS bowl. Why does a much higher ranked ACC team always get matched against a lower ranked SEC team. Why is that Que?
1Jacket7
September 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
StingerSplash: Tech Beats Va. Tech and Va. Tech and Miami all end up with a tie. Tech wins the Coastal. Even though we lost to Miami, Miami lost to Va. Tech so we beat Va. Tech we win division. We will also have to have the best or tie for the best record in all ACC play.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
And while you’re at it Que ball, why is it that the rest of the football universe think the ACC is no better than the 5th rated conference in this country? In the words of commentator Spencer Tillman as he gave Saturday’s scores, “another embarrassing week for the ACC”.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
GT Q, close but no cigar. Oklahoma State has lost one game to #13 Houston. UCLA is undefeated. Washington beat #3 USC.
Now the ACC: Virginia loses to William and Mary, TCU and Southern Miss. Maryland is crushed by Cal, barely beats James Madison and loses to Middle Tennessee and Rutgers; Duke loses to Richmond; Florida State loses to South Florida and Wake Forrest loses to Baylor. These are supposed to be their cupcakes. The ACC is the only conference where they look forward to playing each other because they are all so bad.
Last year’s ACC vs SEC record is skewed because 50% of the ACC wins vs the SEC were against Vanderbilt and Mississippi State. The ACC schedules the worst two teams in the SEC then brags about beating them.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
1Jacket& it is impossible for Alabama and Florida to both win out. One of them has to lose the SEC title game. So there goes your whole so that analogy just got rendered null and void.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
3:12 pm
Macro, you are welcome to suck that teat too. You have nothing else to point to. No ACC championships, no BCS bowls ever, no 10 win seasons, no top ten rankings. Nothing. One win over UGA in 7 years and you suck it hard cause you got nothing else.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:12 pm
When MSU ambushes GT in Starkville Saturday night they’ll be trying to dodge MSU in the future. This MSU team can score.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:14 pm
What was the ACC’s record against all conferences in the bowls last season. I do believe it was absolutely pitiful.
1Jacket7
September 28th, 2009
3:16 pm
Football Fan, schedules are made years in advance, know one knows who will be on top when they play. Just a few years ago, Ala. was not a top team. Auburn used to be and now they aren’t. Miss wasn’t but this year they were considered to be. UF doesn’t play Ala, or Miss this year so how will you measure their success.
STUPID
September 28th, 2009
3:19 pm
Last year’s ACC vs SEC record is skewed because 50% of the ACC wins vs the SEC were against Vanderbilt and Mississippi State. The ACC schedules the worst two teams in the SEC then brags about beating them.
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Well don’t cherry pick the ACC’s worst teams’ records when making your arguments and we’ll call it even.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:20 pm
Oh really? FSU and Miami last year were higher ranked than Fla? That was 2 of your wins last year.
The acc is the sec except you have fla. Take away tebow next year and they become equal.
1Jacket7
September 28th, 2009
3:20 pm
Football Fan, You missed my point. Not based on record. It was to let you know that Fla will win the popularity vote should they both end up tied.
Sautee Dawg
September 28th, 2009
3:24 pm
Raoul75
In case you didn’t notice ESPN gameday this past saturday was at PENN ST.
And the outcome couldn’t have been any better.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:25 pm
GT4ever says return to the prominence of the 50s. LMAO! You just made my point for me guy.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:34 pm
50% against miss st and vandy. that is a flat out lie. you dawg fans sure suck at math. expected.
vandy played 2 acc teams. miss st one. tech.
clemson beat sc. we beat your crap team and will again. this is why you come on here and are so defefensive. only 2 more months to talk your crap until it happens over again.
again, when we beat miss st and you lose to lsu, well let’s just say you have nothing to stand on at that point til we meet.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:38 pm
1Jacket7 it’s not rocket science to know that MSU and Vandy are historically weak when doing those schedules now is it? Just their circumstances make them a pretty safe opponent. Every now and then an exception occurs. That is the unknown factor. MSU was pretty good under Jackie Sherrill and now are playing better under Dan Mullen. But when GT scheduled MSU and Vandy no way you can say that Tech’s AD was thinking anything but cupcake. They are in the situation that GT was in when Dave Braine made the famous “expectations” statement and more recently what Drad said when hiring Paul Johnson. Wasn’t it words to the effect that Tech couldn’t compete doing what everybody else does therefore the PJ hire? MSU and Vandy in a way are Tech. Tech just wins one or two more games a year historically than MSU and Vandy.
superDawg
September 28th, 2009
3:44 pm
like I said here we go again.this week will tell a lot about UGA and gt football,the only difference is UGA is playing #4LSU and gt is playing 2and2 Miss.St.UGA 4-1. gt 3-2.macro you heard it here first.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:46 pm
Okay so an sec fan admits the sec has at least two cupcakes. it’s really 3 when you add ky. a team that you should have lost to last year. At least miss st has made it to the sec champ game. miss sc ky and vandy can’t say the same thing. was the tech ad thinking cupcake when we scheduled auburn and nd earlier this decade? we went 3-1 against them.
tech plays bama home and away pretty soon. also ole miss and sc. so what happens when we play and beat them. same ol excuse. they are down you scheduled them knowing they would be down. you can’t win with a ga idiot. they are irrational like someone with bi polar disorder. in fact, most of the ga posters on this blog are delusional and show signs of bi polar.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:47 pm
1Jacket7 it’s impossible for them to end up tied. UF is in the East, Bama in the West. If both are undefeated at the end of the regular season that will be taken care of in the SEC title game. Somebody has to lose. The winner of that game goes on to play in the NC more than likely. Now if you said Bama or UF ranked #1 over Say Texas at #2 it still gets settled onthe field. Now had you said al the big boys have 1 loss, THEN your beauty contest could definately occur. In fact did that not happen in 07?
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
3:48 pm
Danky, check your math. The ACC won 6 games vs the SEC. 3 of those games were against Vanderbilt and Miss. St. 3 divided by 6 =50%. Now I know you didn’t go to Tech. You just embarrassed every teck fan on this blog. Gwinette tech maybe. Carrol Tech maybe.
Also, defensive is not spelled (defefensive). You need spell check as bad as I do.
Let’s talk after you beat Miss St and UGA loses to LSU. Neither has happened yet.
Tech Losers
September 28th, 2009
3:48 pm
UGA may or may not be overrated. We’ll see this weekend. Putting that to the side, you guys are the biggest whiners in the nation. You were HUMILIATED on national TV on a Thursday, so there were no other games to watch. You are lucky to be in the top 25 because Miami’s FSU win and their VT loss don’t make you look any better.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:49 pm
yeah and only you and lsu think they are the 4th best team in the country. it’s a joke how contradictory you morons are. you talk trash about tech playing miss st yet your opponenet this week nearly lost to them. you idiots are a freaking joke just like your team. no NC since 1980. now that is funny.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:50 pm
But I do get what you are getting at. Florida certainly gets some advantage because of the Meyer/Tebow love fest with the media types. Without Tebow UF is not the best team in the country. Alabama most likely is. But Bama will have to beat UF on the field most likely to get their props.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:53 pm
No moron. my math is right. the acc went 1-1 vs vandy you schmuck. remember duke, putrid duke beat vandy. so they got 2 wins out of 6 from vandy and miss st.
there’s a difference between a TYPO and just not knowing how to spell a word dumba$$. you spelled gasket gasget. cause you are an ignorant piece of trash.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:53 pm
Danky your IQ is obviously not even room temperature. Play the game. GT might just kick their azz but Saturday will give us that answer. Until then stop embarrassing yourself Jethro Bodine. You sound like a genuine double naught dumbazz.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:55 pm
Do you GT guys actually claim this Danky cretin as one of yours?
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:55 pm
and houston dominating ok state doesn’t make you look any better either. what team are you watching. ga has looked awful. you guys are the biggest excuse making bunch of homers there are. ask any legic rational ga fan, and i have, and they will say they have big problems and will be lucky to get 9 wins. they see 8 as likely and 7 possible. but you idiots are clueless redneck retards.
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
3:56 pm
Houston also beat Texas Tech Jethro….I mean Danky. You get dumber every post.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:56 pm
Nice one poster posing as 3 or 4. What are you even doing on here? get lose loser.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:57 pm
yep that big 12 sure is weak like you said before you played okie state.
Tech Losers
September 28th, 2009
3:58 pm
Danky,
Tech’s pants were pulled down and their little ‘danky’ was hanging out on national TV. UGA was always in the OKSt game but didn’t come through in the end. No one respects you.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
3:59 pm
change your id back to stupid. so obvious you are the same poster. what a loser you are. must live in mom’s basement. no job no life. do something produtctive and quit leeching off the taxpayers you schmuck.
Tech Losers
September 28th, 2009
4:01 pm
Does anyone else think Danky is having a blog arguement with himself? Scary.
Danky
September 28th, 2009
4:02 pm
Hey now he goes by tech losers. you are a real piece of trash. what a loser life you must have.
yes just like tech did to miami last year on nat tv right…you were not in that game from the 2nd qtr on. it was obvious little cox wasn’t capable of doing anything. you got lucky calls against sc and ark and your offense was horrendous against az state. enjoy weeks of futility going forward. i know big words like that probably give you a headache. maybe you can call your uncle to graduated from college for help.
Tech Losers
September 28th, 2009
4:05 pm
You got out of prison today didn’t you Danky? See ya, all of you tech losers!
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
4:05 pm
Danky annd GT Que are one and the same. Can’t be 2 human beings on the same blog that are that damn stupid.
t
September 28th, 2009
4:05 pm
I’m mad. I want to be ranked higher!
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
4:08 pm
Tech Losers & FootBallFan & Danky
GT and UGA are both 3-1 and both lost on the road to overrated teams (GT by 16, UGA by 14).
GT and UGA are both favored to win on Sat and BOTH could EASILY be 3-2 at the close of the day
Both teams suck on defense – Neither team (or fan base) has the right to critique the other because at the end of the day, Florida and Bama and Texas are MILES ahead of both teams
AlabamaJack
September 28th, 2009
4:10 pm
For ARE YOU THAT STUPID? No tradition? You are obviously a dumba$$ dawg fan whose only contact with tradition is trashing the home campus and woofing at the moon.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
4:11 pm
FootBallFan
Jealousy is a weak emotion. You’re going to have to learn how to over come it
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
4:14 pm
GT Que/Danky your mother is calling you.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
4:15 pm
FootBallFan
Seriously man, guys shouldn’t be jealous, it’s a female trait
FootBallFan
September 28th, 2009
4:17 pm
produtctive Danky? Just how many times did you fail 2nd grade?
Kindergarten Cop
September 28th, 2009
4:19 pm
Danky how many hours a day do they let you juvies blog in that YDC?
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
4:21 pm
Danky, I am not using two names but I have been LMAO watching Tech losers tear you a new one. You know you get really ugly when you can’t win an argument. You resort to name calling which pretty much shows how much class you have. Oh and futility is a big word but we won’t call our uncle (to) graduated from college for help???? LOL
What is a legic rational uga fan? Did you mean legit? Also, opponent is not spelled opponenet. You really shouldn’t be giving spelling or logic lessons.
You never have said what year you graduated from tech. I can tell by your posts you probably barely finished high school. Maybe GED.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
4:25 pm
AlabamaJack… please tell me the last time teck won the ACC, had a 10 win season, went to a BCS bowl, was ranked in the top 10 at the end of the year and won a bowl game?
Then we can talk about tradition. 59/39/5. 13 times in the last 44 years. I am sure you are familiar with those stats.
macrotech
September 28th, 2009
4:28 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID, “You have nothing else to point to. No ACC championships, no BCS bowls ever, no 10 win seasons, no top ten rankings”….make up your mind. Are we going to talk about the past or the present? You can’t seem to make up your mind. You’re everywhere in this regard on this blog. You trashed one poster because they referred to the past and THEN you reply with questions regarding the past? Here’s some answers for you:
1. Tech has 4 National Championships (Pretty certain we were in the ‘Top 10′ those years
2. Tech has 15 Conference Championships…two of which are ACC
3. Since the BCS, we haven’t been above average….but, we’re working on that….don’t believe me? You wouldn’t be on here talking smack about Tech if you weren’t concerned by their winning ways.
4. Nice seven game win streak….we have THE streak at eight.
I appreciate your kind invitation to ’sucking on that teat’, but decline your offer and choose to leave the ’sucking’ to you.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
4:28 pm
GT Q, now there is one comment I can’t argue with except I can’t believe UGA is favored although I haven’t check the line.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
4:30 pm
Macrotech, how about in the lat decade or since you were born dumbass. You have to go back to 1917? LMAO!!!!!!!!!
FootballFan
September 28th, 2009
4:31 pm
GT should beat MSU. But if they go in there with their heads blown all out of proportion this is just the kind of trap game that can ruin their season. Tech’s defense has to stand and deliver. MSU has some big linemen and big backs that can test Tech’s D.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
4:33 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
You’ve won the SEC twice in 20 years. You’ve only beaten Florida 3 times since 1990.
We beat you guys last year and we may do it again this year – You’re tenure under Richt has been good (not nearly as good as you think it is) but as it stands now, you’re 3-1 and so is GT
Get over yourself and your undisciplined team of 5 star recruits that St Richt cannot get to reach their potential
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
4:34 pm
your*
macrotech
September 28th, 2009
4:35 pm
I was there in 1990…were YOU born before 1980? Sorry to reduce you to name calling.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
4:35 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
Yeah; if you guys play a disciplined game, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t beat LSU – You guys have to stop turning the ball over and making costly penalties
FootballFan
September 28th, 2009
4:36 pm
We all know what the “Que” stands for, so can you please stop trolling for your next boyfriend on this blog GT Que? Maybe your better half Danky should take over now.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
4:37 pm
FootballFan = Weak Jealousy
Kindergarten Cop
September 28th, 2009
4:45 pm
Juvie alert on GT Que! Another truant middle school kiddie trying to play with the adults.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
4:53 pm
Kindergarten Cop/FootballFan
I know that rejection letter from GT still stings a bit
Give it a little time, you’ll get through it.
Don’t worry, everyone that goes to uga doesn’t necessarily have to be a clerk at wal-mart. Look at Dave Pollack, he made all the way to press booth. Chin-up kid, your UGA isn’t as worthless as my fellow alum’s have told you
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
5:00 pm
GT Q, we have won the SEC twice in the last 9 years and played in the Championship game 3 times. We have won 10 games 6 out of the last eight years, finished in the top 10, 6 out of the last 8 years, #3 in 2002, and # 2 in 2007. We have won 6 out of 8 bowl games in the last 8 years, two being BCS bowl games. We have winning records vs all SEC teams except Florida in the last 8 years and we have beaten Georgia Tech 7 out of the last 8 years. The program is dominant to Tech in every way. I know that is impossible for you to admit but your denial doesn’t change the facts. Tech getting better will only force us to get better.
Kindergarten Cop
September 28th, 2009
5:12 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID you can’t argue with an 8th grader like GT Que. At that age they know everything.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
5:15 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
I’ve already conceeded to you that under Richt’s tenure, you have experienced some success, however, facts are facts. You won the SEC in 2005 and 2002 and the last time you won it prior to that was in 1982 – so techically, you have won the SEC twice in the past 27 years. That’s not exacly stellar. You have been dominated by your division rival so much so where many UF fans and ESPN commentators pencil in a ‘W’ for UF in that game at the beginning of every season.
UGA has beated GT soundly for 7 straight years prior to 2008 and for that GT fans must pay homage….BUT we did beat you on your home field with a new offense and coaching staff. GT has won the ACC twice in the past 27 years like UGA, but somehow that little fact gets overlooked. I’m not going to get into the leather-helmet stats, but the fact remains that we have a much more recent NC that UGA.
Now where does all of that leave us?
GT 3-1
UGA 3-1
Both favored to win on Sat.
Kindergarten Cop
September 28th, 2009
5:17 pm
And while we’re at it, since they can’t possibly argue with the facts you just presented ARE YOU THAT STUPID, get ready. Here come all those leather helmet and pre face mask NCs.
superDawg
September 28th, 2009
5:18 pm
HOT DAMN.macro chill he’s winning.Truth hurts.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
5:20 pm
Kindergarten Cop, are you still here? Hanging around a GT blog, isn’t going to change the decision on the rejection letter
Now is not the time to be jealous. Go put a few extra hours in at wal-mart, take a kaplan pre-course and retake the SAT. You may can get your app submitted by this spring.
macrotech
September 28th, 2009
5:27 pm
superDawg, your idea of ‘winning’ is weak and based on nothing but bias. Last week, your prediction of Tech losing to the Heels fell short…..by a long shot! Now, you’re predicting Tech to lose to Miss. St. and uga defeating lsu? I KNOW you’re not hearing it here first, but you’re crystal ball has a crack in it. IF that’s your idea of ‘winning’, then you keep it and get your crack checked.
Dan Drury
September 28th, 2009
5:27 pm
GT Que is my neighbors 9th grade kid. My kid beat him so bad on Wii that he pitched the controller against the wall and hasn’t been allowed to come back. Unfortunately he is grounded and has all this time now to show his talents off on this blog. When are you off restriction Que?
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
5:29 pm
As the ole saying goes there are lies, damn lies and statistics. I’ll take the UGA stats. In business as in sports the theme is “what have you done for me lately.” Lately, we been getting it done and Tech hasn’t. One win in 7 years is a big deal for GT because it is a rare thing. Like Halley’s comet.
Looks like Danky’s mother made him get off the computer.
GT Que
September 28th, 2009
5:35 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
I have conceeded all of those facts to you (i.e., your success under richt and your 7 year streak)
but since you beg the question “what have you done for me lately?”….GT won 9 games and beat UGA @ UGA
and again, I ask you this….where does this leave us?
GT 3-1
UGA 3-1
both favored to win on Sat
Danky
September 28th, 2009
6:08 pm
Que
You are arguing with a demented myrmidon. You’ve been cordial and busted him with the facts. Just ignore the loser. If his team was any good, he wouldn’t be spending so much time here. He’s here for a reason. Jealously is just the start.
Nate
September 28th, 2009
6:44 pm
No point in bringing up the past UGA fans, Tech has some momentum going under Paul Johnson and you guys know it. Let the teams play it out this weekend and in the meantime let it be.
Booger
September 28th, 2009
6:46 pm
this blog is the best I’ve read in a long long long long time (sorry Larry). I can’t wait til Nov.28th when the cryin’ begins.
SwimtrunkDawg
September 28th, 2009
7:57 pm
Is Larry Munson dead yet?
Stupid is as STUPID does
September 28th, 2009
8:09 pm
Well at least STUPID knows what he is… a Dawg fan! It’s nice to see Dawgs admitting that they’re STUPID! What an idiot.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 28th, 2009
8:16 pm
Ok, so I’m pissed off at UGA and I’m over here causing some trouble. So, what’s the big deal? Seems like you guys have something to post about now at least. The way I figure it, my team sucks but your team isn’t any better either, so there. That’s my logic.
Booger
September 28th, 2009
8:18 pm
Just remember the Dawgs will be cryin’ on Nov. 28th.
SwimtrunkDawg
September 28th, 2009
8:19 pm
Sorry for my tasteless comment previously. If you were a Dawg fan you would understand.
joetgt
September 28th, 2009
8:22 pm
this blog is sopposed to be about gt ga fans we dont need you here.you are all bandwagon fans coming this november when we beat you ga again you will be calling for coach richt to be fired
joetgt
September 28th, 2009
8:25 pm
if gt offense executes properly gt will go no worse than 10-2 this year
joetgt
September 28th, 2009
8:30 pm
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maroonathon
September 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
VT has the ability to beat Alabama. But they are inconsistent, which is why 6 is a good ranking for them. On what turned out to be a Bama home game, the Hokies held the lead into the 4th quarter. They wound up with very few offensive plays due to special teams errors, and did very little with those plays, due to amateur play calling from an offensive coordinator who really is only figuring things out on his first coordinator job ever. In order to beat Virginia Tech, you have to hope they mess up a lot, and hope you play a great game. Because if you mess up just a little, they will win. Ask Nebraska. There are not more than five teams that can consistently perform better than Virginia Tech, especially not if they keep using the running back. #6 is right where they should be.
Buzzfan
September 28th, 2009
9:09 pm
Enter your comments here
StingDoc
September 28th, 2009
9:14 pm
StingerSplash said “Alabama manhandled Va. Tech.”
Actually, I recall that V. Tech played well until Bama pulled away in the 4th Qtr.
FootBallFan, I do know that the ACC won 6 of 10 regular season games last year against the SEC and was the only conference with a winning record against the SEC.
To You ARE that Stupid: 45-42! Tech has more National Championships than Georgia! Bobby Dodd still holds the record with 8 straight wins over the dawgs. Sniff that, dawgie!
The Jackets are ranked too low. They are 1-1 against ranked teams and beat a good Clemson team that some predicted would win the ACC. The polls do matter. On the up side, this should make the team hungrier & eager to prove they deserve a higher ranking. They need to beat the Hokies and pull for someone to beat Miami. Tech barely lost to V. Tech in Blacksburg so I predict that we will beat them at our Homecoming. The Jackets need to be up for the game Sat. night against the other Bulldogs and for all the rest of the games to make up for their lapse at Miami.
GO JACKETS!!
JB
September 30th, 2009
6:36 pm
Tech should be fine against MSU. Tech has a problem with teams that are equal in talent. When the going gets tough, they spit the bit like cheap claiming horses. Reference- Miami and Peach Bowl (LSU).
Mark
October 6th, 2009
1:17 pm
The ACC has this current problem. The top three teams seem to be Va Tech / Miami / Ga Tech. These three teams are in the same sub-conference, meaning they play one another for sure before the conference championship.
Alabama and Florida do not play one another until the Championship game. Last year, FL and AL were 15-1 against the rest of the SEC. So, add in 4 easier games (Al verses Clemson or Va Tech, or FL vs verses FSU not withstanding) then you have a great match-up for a conference championship game that spring boards the winner to the BCS Championship game.
Ga Tech, Va Tech, Miami have to knock on each other, winner goes to a lack luster championship game because the other side is not as strong, and the game does not propel the winner to the BCS.
In order for the ACC to take the spot-light, FSU has got to beat FL and/or VA Tech or some other ACC team to take out another top SEC team. The ACC actually was 6-1 against bottom ten SEC teams last season. But the discussion NOW is about the top.
I do find the argument funny that when FSU (pre-Miami and Va Tech entry to the ACC) was indeed that national contending team, the ACC got the wrap that the “rest of the conference” was weak. Now that the average play (top to bottom) has risen to be perhaps the best in all of college ball, the knock is “where is that dominant team”.
Hhmm????