Trap game?
OK, Georgia Tech has a non-conference road game this week against a team it destroyed last year. And it’s at night, which few like.
Next week, a huge ACC road game, again at night.
The week after that, an even bigger ACC home game, which I would guess will also be at night.
It would be easy to say that this week’s venture to Starkville to take on Mississippi State is what is often called a “trap” game.
[that was sarcasm]
Tech coach Paul Johnson said this game isn’t dangerous because of what’s coming with FSU, followed by Virginia Tech.
It’s dangerous because the Bulldogs are a good team, so sayeth the coach.
LSU defeated MSU, but the Bulldogs held them to 30 yards rushing, and 263 yards overall.
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Scott Blair said last week was a just a bad week, and he’s going to be better. Johnson said he wants him to stop thinking, and start kicking. More on that in the story in the print ajc.
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Sean Bedford, honored by the ACC this week as co-offensive lineman, said that even though they rushed for more than 300 yards against North Carolina, they still have lots of room to improve. He said stopping penetration by the defensive line is a place to start.
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GT Que
September 29th, 2009
11:13 am
superDawg
Some people on both sides of the State (GT & UGA) lose sight of that fact
Now as far as your prediction about Miss St…..have to disagree
I believe we have a better shot of winning that game on the road than you have of beating LSU at home
But like the Zen Master in his infinite wisdom says…..we’ll see
1Jacket7
September 29th, 2009
11:16 am
This is not a Trap game. We will not be looking ahead. The success we had last week spoke volumes to the Team as a whole. The adjustments that were made really helped with the confidence and now Tech has a game plan to work on and improve. The letdown factor left for good in Miami. You will see a different Team for the rest of the season. The Team we all thought we would see coming out the gates. After watching the UNC game again, I’ve noticed a drastic improvement in the blocking schemes. The better we get the better we will be. That comes with experience. Several players were missing blocks because of poor technique or a lack of aggressiveness and know I see CPJ has found that out too and is putting people in place that are willing to put there nose in someones face. MSU is a much improved team and it will be a good game. But, quiet as it will be kept. It will be the best opponent that we could go up against at this point in the schedule to prepare us for the run we need to win the conference. I pray both teams come out of this game healthy. TECH needs two things to help them win the remainder of their there games. More aggressiveness and more game experience against the pass. They will get that Saturday. TECH will win, but they will do it because they will step up the level of their play and CPJ will keep the intensity elevated and minds sharp. GO JACKETS!!!
blazer
September 29th, 2009
11:34 am
Enter your comments here SHOULD THEY BE WORRIED ABOUT LSU?
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 29th, 2009
11:37 am
GT Q, I think Jeff likes to stirr the pot and watch the Tech/Ga. fans go after each other. He’s probably LHAO… As far as his prediction I think it is still to early to say. Both teams have looked inconsistent and have probably not played up to their potential. Continued improvement or not/injuries and just who wants it the most will have everything to do with who wins in Nov. It will be a war and I think it will be close and won by the team that makes the fewest mistakes. At this point that would probably be Tech but hopefully the Dawgs will jell in the next 8 weeks.
GT Que
September 29th, 2009
11:55 am
I agree with your comment about Jeff
As far as Nov is concerned….GT and UGA have different teams that show up. If the GT that played vs Miami shows up in Nov, then the Dawgs roll. If the UGA that showed up vs Ari State (more so noting Cox’s int’s and the penalties, the defense looked ok), then the jackets may win
either way it will be a good one and there is A TON of f-ball to be played inbetween now and then
Stinger
September 29th, 2009
12:03 pm
YOU ARE THAT STUPID. You would like to forget the score between Tech and UGAY wouldn’t you AZZ wipe. 45-42. It’ll be much worse this year. As I said before Missy St is the best SUC team that we play this year. Vandy will even be tougher than UGAY. LSU will stomp your sorry AZZ team this weekend and they aren’t worth two cents this year.
DawginLex
September 29th, 2009
12:05 pm
m,
What do the following have in common?
Bill and Mary(it did take both of them- LOL)
Richmond
MTSU
TCU
USF
USM
Baylor
South Caroliner
Alabammer
They all beat ACC schools. Why don’t you check back into the rehab facility and get back on your meds and stop defending something that can’t be defended.
The UGA and the Tech folks would all appreciate it. The Tech folks pride themselves on their intellect and educational prowess. You bring it down several notches every time you comment.
mowreck
September 29th, 2009
12:59 pm
Tech won’t win unless we play some good defense against the pass AND run. Don’t forget guys their head coach was the Florida offensive coordinator the last four years. We need to get nasty this weekend. GO JACKETS!
GTpak
September 29th, 2009
1:16 pm
Jackets better come to play hard physical football. MSU will be out for revenge and have a coach that has obviously figured out how to best utilize their talent.
Jackets, bring your A game, or it could be a long afternoon and a longer trip home!
LOL
September 29th, 2009
1:35 pm
Miss St. doesn’t stand a chance in hell.
Is there any TV coverage other than ESPN360 for this game?
What?
September 29th, 2009
1:36 pm
Miss St doesn;t stand a chance in hell. Is there any TV coverage for this game other than ESPN 360?
mtraininjax
September 29th, 2009
1:38 pm
FSU lost by 10 to USF, was almost beaten by Jax State. The FSU game is more of a trap game, before VT, than the MSU game.
I’d like to see Tech flex its killer instinct or have it show up.
DawgnLex
September 29th, 2009
1:38 pm
UGA is horrible and so is the SEC.
DawgnLex
September 29th, 2009
1:40 pm
I have been crying ever since that 45-42 loss :*(
George P Burdell
September 29th, 2009
1:46 pm
We will win easily here.
From the "you cannot make this stuff up department...
September 29th, 2009
1:48 pm
“Laughed at Rick Reilly’s piece on the written test given to the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, in which he posed some of the questions to players. Here’;s an exchange with Keith Brooking. “Reilly: List three lean proteins.” Brooking: “Like, foods?” Reilly: Uh, yes, foods. Brooking: “Tuna fish. I don’t know, man.” Didn’t he go to Georgia Tech?”
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 29th, 2009
2:24 pm
Stinger, you pervert. You best suck on that 45 to 42 as long as you can cause you don’t get to very often. I am looking forward to you disappearing after losing to the worst team in the SEC.
George P Burdell
September 29th, 2009
2:31 pm
CPJ 1…CMR 0…..
DawginLex
September 29th, 2009
2:52 pm
Ah, the highest compliment in blog world. Someone trying to steal my blog handle and post.
TOO BAD YOU ARE TOO STUPID TO REALIZE YOU LEFT OUT THE “i”
It’s DAWGINLEX, not DAWGNLEX
nice try though.
Ah, yes...
September 29th, 2009
3:18 pm
CPJ – 1 CMR – 0 BUT, CMR – 7 G.I.T. – 1
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 29th, 2009
3:18 pm
Burdell, you are a horned rimmed idiot… Is CPJ the only coach teck ever had? You’d like to run from that history of teck being a mediocre program wouldn’t you? I would to if I were a yeck fan. Hopefully your wife will find out you been playing on the computer and make you stop. You are the king of the nerds.
Get Real
September 29th, 2009
3:41 pm
I was listening to Collin Cowherd this morning and really liked a bit he did on pro football teams. One had to describe a team in Six words or less. So here are a few of mine:
UGA: Excellent coach, good team, under achieving.
GT: Coach overrated, average team, Terrible kicker.
Miami: Good coach, excellent team, under achieving.
VT: Excellent coach, excellent team, ACC Champs
UF: Excellent coach, Tim Tebow, SEC Champs
Nate
September 29th, 2009
4:03 pm
UGA: Undisciplined, Terrible defense, horrible Def Coordinator
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2009
4:09 pm
Paul Johnson doesn’t lose to no stinking bulldogs, period.
DawginLex, welcome to the club.
WhiteandGold
September 29th, 2009
4:14 pm
I like to eat pickles at The Eagle:)
TechDan
September 29th, 2009
4:15 pm
LOL @ “ARE YOU THAT STUPID”
Our Coaches include legends like Heisman, Dodd, and Alexander. GT has more National Titles and conference titles than the Bullpups of Athens. Even when we were in the same conference, Georgia Tech had more conference titles than UGAg. Doesn’t seem like a history of mediocrity to me. One bad coach does not define a program.
Danky
September 29th, 2009
4:17 pm
Line now up to 6. Same team LSU barely beat. Sure makes you wonder.
Danky
September 29th, 2009
4:18 pm
I see the ga loser bunch is still posting on the tech blogs. no life at all. guess if i had your crap team, i would be afraid of tech too.
WhiteandGold
September 29th, 2009
4:26 pm
Hey Danky, are you coming to the tickle pile party Friday?
Mark Richt
September 29th, 2009
4:29 pm
WhiteandGold
I’ll be there – i’ll bring the chaps
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 29th, 2009
5:23 pm
TechDan.. Tech’s been irrelavant since 1960. Dodd quit cause he couldn’t beat Dooley. Tech has been through 7 coaches since Dodd retired not counting CPJ. Tech has won 15 times since 1960. That’s 15 wins in the last 48 years. I’d say Tech’s best tradition is losing to UGA.
TexasBuzz
September 29th, 2009
5:36 pm
Doug:
One of the other AJC stories indicated that Robert Hall was having surgery on his knee in 4 weeks. Why would he wait 4 weeks if he has any chance of returning this year?
Danky
September 29th, 2009
5:51 pm
I see stupid is still here with his pathetic grammar and all. Hey stupid how long has it been since your last Nat champ? 1980. Almost 30 years. That’s what I would call IRRELEVANT. Also your record against fla since 90. Man can you say futile. You are to the gators what Vandy is to you. Now that is funny.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 29th, 2009
5:55 pm
Danky, I can’t believe you are back. Your mom must have gone to the grocery store and left you at home with the computer. What year did you say you graduated from Tech? Tech is to Florida State what Tech is to UGA. Always losing to them.
johnny weissmuller
September 29th, 2009
5:57 pm
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
If GT has been irrelevant since 1960 but GT has a more recent National Championship than UGA, then what does that make UGA?
I guess you really are that stupid
Danky
September 29th, 2009
6:03 pm
Really? we beat them last year pinhead. unlike your pathetic team against fla. . how many points did you give up? like 38 or more 5 times? even worse this year.
Danky
September 29th, 2009
6:04 pm
johnny
it makes uga and their fans the laughing stock of college football. they talk so much trash and they are no better than miss state.
Greg
September 29th, 2009
6:07 pm
This isn’t a trap game. Lsu nearly lost to them. Plus we are favored by 6. We will win as many games against the sec than lowly ga does this year.
Pi$$onaDawg
September 29th, 2009
6:10 pm
WHO is HIGHER? GT beating unc or Miss State having their coach lose a game against lsu? zMiss will still be a loser. If miss st can’t beat lsu when the game was in hand, then I don’t fear the other weak bullpups either. LSU walked away from that game thinking that they were really a top 10 team. HAHAHAH. Will LSU & Miss St swap their game so TECH cam play LSU this week?
Pi$$onaDawg
September 29th, 2009
6:18 pm
This just in: JOE COX thinks he will be a 1st round pick and make Stafford money. DJ SHOCKLEY told him so.
Pi$$onaDawg
September 29th, 2009
6:22 pm
UGA VII left the field in the 3rd qtr to the confines of his HOUZE. UGA VII couldn’t believe the team was that bad to let ASU still be in the game. UGA VII is wearing dippers so the LSU tigers wont leave SCRACH marks on his A$$ this week.
ARE YOU THAT STUPID
September 29th, 2009
6:22 pm
Gotta go dumbazzez…Can’t wait till Miss St spanks tha insect azz. Worst team in the SEC beats Tech. That will be a beautiful thing. By the way Danky, last year was the first year Tech beat Fla St. since they have been in the ACC. Tech is Fla St. and UGA’s bitch. And an ugly one at that. What year did you graduate from Carroll Tech. ROTFALMAO!!!!!
Pi$$onaDawg
September 29th, 2009
6:25 pm
I heard CMR said willie’s D did a good job. He then told the UGA grass cutting majors to find a way to wet the field for every home game.
joetgt
September 29th, 2009
6:42 pm
1 miss state is much improved from last year but if gt executes the offense properly i see tech dominating this game keeping their defense off the field. tech win not overlook anyone this season. tech wins 35-17
TechCrybaby
September 29th, 2009
7:02 pm
Enter your comments here
I think “Tech Forever” is right, inasmuch as he predicts this will be a tough, hard-fought game in Starkville. Tech has a better than 1-in-4 chance of coming out with a victory, though. Call it even. This is a “trap,” basically because Tech could be looking ahead to the old tormenter, Florida State.
What about Blair? Yank him for the rest of the game if he denies Tech three points, by missing a field goal, but especially if he flubs a kickoff by kicking out of bounds. We can’t gift MSU or anybody else with a short field.
TechCrybaby
September 29th, 2009
7:05 pm
UGA, at home in Athens, will lose to LSU. So, whatever happens in Starkville, it will be great Saturday!
Pooh Bear
September 29th, 2009
8:10 pm
Nice grammar, Danky! You are so cute when you get flustered. Wink…wink, my sweet little pudding meat.
superDawg
September 29th, 2009
8:28 pm
PI— ON dAWG THAT WAS FUNNY.
superDawg
September 29th, 2009
8:30 pm
TEK STILL LOSE TO miss.state.
superDawg
September 29th, 2009
8:42 pm
GT que you get it.GO DAWGS and GO DAWGS. This is the only weekend I can say that.GO DAWGS!