Paul Johnson transcript
Courtesy of the fine folks in Georgia Tech’s sports information department, a transcript of portions of Paul Johnson’s press conference on Tuesday.
Opening Statement:
“We’re back into conference play this week against Wake Forest, who is a good football team. Anyone that had the chance to watch their last game with Miami saw that they kind of dominated the game. It was a tough way for them to lose. They’ve had a few games this year where the ballgame came down to similar situations. The Boston College game, they fought back and got the game into overtime, and then on first and goal from the two-yard line, they dropped the ball and ended up losing the ballgame. Against Navy, they played in a driving rainstorm and had some chances. Then last week, they probably should’ve been able to win the game. They’ve got a good team. The game is really important on both sides. Wake Forest is fighting to become bowl eligible and to get back in their race and we’re fighting to stay alive in our race. So, we’ll see what happens.”
On concerns of the health of the offensive line:
“It’s a concern. Anytime you play 11 straight games, it’s going to be tough. We’re working on our tenth game this week without a break and we have a lot of guys that are banged up and beat up. So, it’s definitely a concern. We met this morning and we’re trying to piece together two units on the offensive line for practice. We are going to have to move some guys around. We’ll know later in the week if any of those guys will be missing the game.”
On the health of Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner:
“Well, he’s been in the game for them most of the time this year. Riley Skinner is a tremendous player and a great competitor. I was impressed with [Ryan] McManus when he came into the game last week with his arm strength. It’s not like he’s a freshman, he’s a senior. With that, we’re getting ready to play Riley Skinner. We fully expect him to play in the game. They’ve said that he’s not had any symptoms. It sounds like he came out of it ok.”
On success in the second half this season:
“I think our guys compete. I wasn’t happy at halftime on Saturday and I don’t think any of the other coaches were extremely happy. The bottom line is, in the second half, we didn’t give up as many big plays. In the first half, they killed us with big plays and all except for one was against man coverage. In the second half, other than one tipped ball, we eliminated the big plays, which forced them to drive down the field more and allow our defense to make some plays. The offense was about the same in both halves.”
On being ranked in the Top 10 in two major polls this week (USA Today Coaches/BCS):
“We still have to finish out. I tell the guys everyday, we haven’t accomplished anything yet. You have to finish, just like a drill in practice. Our main goal this week has to be to beat Wake Forest and if we do that, then we’ll be closer to finishing. It’s still way too early for all of that to make a difference.”
On challenges of keeping players focused from week-to-week:
“We talk about keeping focused everyday, I hope they don’t look ahead. We tell them every week you’re as good as your last game. As soon as you lose, everybody that had jumped on the bandwagon jumps off. So, you have to take things one game at a time. It’s a one game schedule right now. You can’t worry about some team you’re going to play down the road. You have to take care of what’s at hand.”
On the up-and-down season Wake Forest is having:
“I think a lot of it can be attributed to just bad luck. The last drive against Miami, Miami converted a fourth and seventeen and the guy from Miami made a great play. Against Boston College, it was kind of a freak thing. If you go back and watch what happened, I think they busted the play on offense and [Riley] Skinner turned around and the defender was right there and slapped the ball out of his hands. Sometimes those things happen. Just like us last week, in the first series of the second half, the ball was tipped a couple of times and their [Vanderbilt] guy ended up with the ball. Sometimes, it just happens and that’s what happened to them.”
On the team’s confidence at the moment:
“There’s no question that winning breeds winning. When you have some success, your expectation level should rise and you should expect to do things. I don’t know if we’re at that point yet. Certainty at the other two places I coached [Georgia Southern and Navy] the kids expected to win games. I think these kids expect to win every time they go out there. If you don’t think you’re going to win, you’re probably not going to.”
On the best time in a season to have a bye week:
“It varies, I don’t know when the best time is to have it [a bye week]. I think you would like to have it sometime in the middle of the year, but sometimes you gain momentum and you have it and you tell yourself, “oh man, I wish we didn’t have that off week.” You don’t ever know when the best time is, but you never really want it at the end of the season. At Georgia Southern, we used to have it at the end. We played an 11 game schedule and we would have it after our 11th game because we knew that we’d be getting ready for the playoffs and it gave us a chance to rest up. What we’ve done now is cut practice back. When you get to this point of the season, you have to do that.”
On if the fact that Wake Forest played Navy earlier in the season will help in game preparation:
“Well, they’ve played Navy like three times in 10 months. They have seen the offense pretty good. They’ll have an idea of where their weak and where they need to shore up things. So, it’s probably a trade-off, it helps them as well. It’s good to be able to look at it.”
On what jersey Georgia Tech will wear on Saturday:
“Well, we’ll be wearing one. Honestly, I can care less; I’ll let the players decide. It’s either going to be gold or blue, that’s all we’ve got. Normally we’d wear white at home, and the opposing team has to agree to allow you to do that. Every team on our schedule had agreed to that except Wake Forest. That’s certainly within their right to do that, so we’ll just go pick another one.”
On if it has been surprising that the Yellow Jackets has found success in his second season as head coach:
“I haven’t really given any thought to that at all. I know, it sounds like a cliché, but all I think about is the next game. People always ask me that I don’t seem that emotional after a game and I guess that’s just my nature. I’m always worried about the next team we have to play. I think that being able to compete is what keeps you going. If you’re losing, it’s embarrassing, but if you’re winning, it becomes bigger each week. I never said if we can be x and x by our second year, then that will be good. We can still be a lot better. I said before the season that we could have a better team, but a worse record. You get ready each week, go out and play and evaluate it after it’s over.
“When I came to Georgia Tech, I though there were good people here. It’s a place that we wanted to get back to live. I had a great job at Navy and worked with some great kids. But, to me it was a chance to come back. Also, when someone tells me I can’t do something, I want to do it. That’s why I went to Navy. I loved coaching at Georgia Southern, but when Navy came up, everyone said that you couldn’t win there and going up there would be a career ender. Every time someone said that, it made me want to go more. The thing I saw at Georgia Tech was it had a great tradition and location. You play great high school football in the state, so you have a recruiting base. You have a school to sell. So, I felt you can come here, win some games and compete at a high level. Had I not thought we could compete, I wouldn’t have come.”
On Jonathan Dwyer’s case for ACC Player of the Year honors:
“Certainly, he’s a top player and one of the hardest players in the league to defend. I think part of the reason Jon got so much more publicity last year is because there weren’t so many more guys around him with the kind of numbers that they have. Josh Nesbitt had gotten hurt and missed three or four games; Demaryius Thomas had good numbers, but not as good as this year. If you flipped Roddy Jones and Anthony Allen, they would be fairly similar. The first three games, he didn’t start off with as big of a blast. In the Jacksonville State game he played a little more than a half, against Clemson he probably had 60 or 70 yards and they did a pretty good job containing him and against Miami, he got hurt and had seven yards on national TV. So, everyone just wrote him off. He’s kind of been plugging along since then and if you remember last year, he got better as the season went on. You can make the case for two or three players on our team if we can finish this thing off. There are a lot of great offensive players in this league. I’ll let the media guys figure that out, but I don’t think anyone would have to do that much explaining if Jonathan wins again. He’s that great of a player.”
Opening Statement:
“We’re back into conference play this week against Wake Forest, who is a good football team. Anyone that had the chance to watch their last game with Miami saw that they kind of dominated the game. It was a tough way for them to lose. They’ve had a few games this year where the ballgame came down to similar situations. The Boston College game, they fought back and got the game into overtime, and then on first and goal from the two-yard line, they dropped the ball and ended up losing the ballgame. Against Navy, they played in a driving rainstorm and had some chances. Then last week, they probably should’ve been able to win the game. They’ve got a good team. The game is really important on both sides. Wake Forest is fighting to become bowl eligible and to get back in their race and we’re fighting to stay alive in our race. So, we’ll see what happens.”
On concerns of the health of the offensive line:
“It’s a concern. Anytime you play 11 straight games, it’s going to be tough. We’re working on our tenth game this week without a break and we have a lot of guys that are banged up and beat up. So, it’s definitely a concern. We met this morning and we’re trying to piece together two units on the offensive line for practice. We are going to have to move some guys around. We’ll know later in the week if any of those guys will be missing the game.”
On the health of Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner:
“Well, he’s been in the game for them most of the time this year. Riley Skinner is a tremendous player and a great competitor. I was impressed with [Ryan] McManus when he came into the game last week with his arm strength. It’s not like he’s a freshman, he’s a senior. With that, we’re getting ready to play Riley Skinner. We fully expect him to play in the game. They’ve said that he’s not had any symptoms. It sounds like he came out of it ok.”
On success in the second half this season:
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“I think our guys compete. I wasn’t happy at halftime on Saturday and I don’t think any of the other coaches were extremely happy. The bottom line is, in the second half, we didn’t give up as many big plays. In the first half, they killed us with big plays and all except for one was against man coverage. In the second half, other than one tipped ball, we eliminated the big plays, which forced them to drive down the field more and allow our defense to make some plays. The offense was about the same in both halves.”
On being ranked in the Top 10 in two major polls this week (USA Today Coaches/BCS):
“We still have to finish out. I tell the guys everyday, we haven’t accomplished anything yet. You have to finish, just like a drill in practice. Our main goal this week has to be to beat Wake Forest and if we do that, then we’ll be closer to finishing. It’s still way too early for all of that to make a difference.”
On challenges of keeping players focused from week-to-week:
“We talk about keeping focused everyday, I hope they don’t look ahead. We tell them every week you’re as good as your last game. As soon as you lose, everybody that had jumped on the bandwagon jumps off. So, you have to take things one game at a time. It’s a one game schedule right now. You can’t worry about some team you’re going to play down the road. You have to take care of what’s at hand.”
On the up-and-down season Wake Forest is having:
“I think a lot of it can be attributed to just bad luck. The last drive against Miami, Miami converted a fourth and seventeen and the guy from Miami made a great play. Against Boston College, it was kind of a freak thing. If you go back and watch what happened, I think they busted the play on offense and [Riley] Skinner turned around and the defender was right there and slapped the ball out of his hands. Sometimes those things happen. Just like us last week, in the first series of the second half, the ball was tipped a couple of times and their [Vanderbilt] guy ended up with the ball. Sometimes, it just happens and that’s what happened to them.”
On the team’s confidence at the moment:
“There’s no question that winning breeds winning. When you have some success, your expectation level should rise and you should expect to do things. I don’t know if we’re at that point yet. Certainty at the other two places I coached [Georgia Southern and Navy] the kids expected to win games. I think these kids expect to win every time they go out there. If you don’t think you’re going to win, you’re probably not going to.”
On the best time in a season to have a bye week:
“It varies, I don’t know when the best time is to have it [a bye week]. I think you would like to have it sometime in the middle of the year, but sometimes you gain momentum and you have it and you tell yourself, “oh man, I wish we didn’t have that off week.” You don’t ever know when the best time is, but you never really want it at the end of the season. At Georgia Southern, we used to have it at the end. We played an 11 game schedule and we would have it after our 11th game because we knew that we’d be getting ready for the playoffs and it gave us a chance to rest up. What we’ve done now is cut practice back. When you get to this point of the season, you have to do that.”
On if the fact that Wake Forest played Navy earlier in the season will help in game preparation:
“Well, they’ve played Navy like three times in 10 months. They have seen the offense pretty good. They’ll have an idea of where their weak and where they need to shore up things. So, it’s probably a trade-off, it helps them as well. It’s good to be able to look at it.”
On what jersey Georgia Tech will wear on Saturday:
“Well, we’ll be wearing one. Honestly, I can care less; I’ll let the players decide. It’s either going to be gold or blue, that’s all we’ve got. Normally we’d wear white at home, and the opposing team has to agree to allow you to do that. Every team on our schedule had agreed to that except Wake Forest. That’s certainly within their right to do that, so we’ll just go pick another one.”
On if it has been surprising that the Yellow Jackets has found success in his second season as head coach:
“I haven’t really given any thought to that at all. I know, it sounds like a cliché, but all I think about is the next game. People always ask me that I don’t seem that emotional after a game and I guess that’s just my nature. I’m always worried about the next team we have to play. I think that being able to compete is what keeps you going. If you’re losing, it’s embarrassing, but if you’re winning, it becomes bigger each week. I never said if we can be x and x by our second year, then that will be good. We can still be a lot better. I said before the season that we could have a better team, but a worse record. You get ready each week, go out and play and evaluate it after it’s over.
“When I came to Georgia Tech, I though there were good people here. It’s a place that we wanted to get back to live. I had a great job at Navy and worked with some great kids. But, to me it was a chance to come back. Also, when someone tells me I can’t do something, I want to do it. That’s why I went to Navy. I loved coaching at Georgia Southern, but when Navy came up, everyone said that you couldn’t win there and going up there would be a career ender. Every time someone said that, it made me want to go more. The thing I saw at Georgia Tech was it had a great tradition and location. You play great high school football in the state, so you have a recruiting base. You have a school to sell. So, I felt you can come here, win some games and compete at a high level. Had I not thought we could compete, I wouldn’t have come.”
On Jonathan Dwyer’s case for ACC Player of the Year honors:
“Certainly, he’s a top player and one of the hardest players in the league to defend. I think part of the reason Jon got so much more publicity last year is because there weren’t so many more guys around him with the kind of numbers that they have. Josh Nesbitt had gotten hurt and missed three or four games; Demaryius Thomas had good numbers, but not as good as this year. If you flipped Roddy Jones and Anthony Allen, they would be fairly similar. The first three games, he didn’t start off with as big of a blast. In the Jacksonville State game he played a little more than a half, against Clemson he probably had 60 or 70 yards and they did a pretty good job containing him and against Miami, he got hurt and had seven yards on national TV. So, everyone just wrote him off. He’s kind of been plugging along since then and if you remember last year, he got better as the season went on. You can make the case for two or three players on our team if we can finish this thing off. There are a lot of great offensive players in this league. I’ll let the media guys figure that out, but I don’t think anyone would have to do that much explaining if Jonathan wins again. He’s that great of a player.”
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GT90
November 3rd, 2009
4:21 pm
For Bulldawg or any other UGA fans ready to jump in here because nobody has any reason to read the “Junkyard Blog” these days:
45-42
41-17
You stink. Ha.
juvenal
November 3rd, 2009
4:24 pm
so refreshing, this straight- shooter in a world of baloney coachspeak-let’s leave the drama to wf, isn’t that what their student-atheletes mostly major in?
GT4Ever
November 3rd, 2009
4:31 pm
CPJ’s qoute fromanother artice, “And, we’re (Georgia Tech) talented, but we’ve got to get the dig down and fight part.”
That’s the problem with GT. We need that kller instinct. I believe we’re slowly moving in that direction.
SWFLJacket
November 3rd, 2009
4:35 pm
Jackets need to take the Deacs to the woodshed!
jacketbacker
November 3rd, 2009
4:37 pm
Its amazing to see what the vision and confidence of one man can do to a program….DRad deserves alot of credit for hiring CPJ when the “experts” said he could not win at this level with his offense……As always, I’m proud to be a Yellow Jacket!!!
Support Coach Johnson
November 3rd, 2009
4:41 pm
Show your support for Coach!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coach-Paul-Johnson/167728506195?ref=mf
WreckIt
November 3rd, 2009
4:43 pm
If he is so strongly motivated by people telling him he can’t do something, then we need to all make a pact to NEVER, NOT EVER, NEVER-EVER EVER say, “that offense won’t work in the NFL” again.
Cuttysark
November 3rd, 2009
4:49 pm
This is exactly why everyone appreciates Coach Paul Johnson so much. He tells it like it is, and doesn’t resort to talking nonsense “spin” to make everything look better than it is. We will play better on defense and get this thing fixed for the rest of the season.
Go to http://isportsweb.com for more Georgia Tech Football articles. Go Jackets!
GO TECH
November 3rd, 2009
4:54 pm
To every offensive line player. THANK YOU!
Andrew Sherwin (The Dude)
November 3rd, 2009
5:03 pm
“GT90″, we don’t need your kind. Exit stage left.
Tell them how it is, Paul. Because that’s what you do.
GT9
November 3rd, 2009
5:46 pm
You can’t beat Wake Forest, Paul Johnson.
up with White and Gold
November 3rd, 2009
5:49 pm
I have always been a fan of GT football but even in the good years I do not think I wake up thinking about each game like I do now. This offense just dazzles me..Dwyer is the best but I have to tell you Anthony Allen is incredible as well. It has never been so exciting but at the same time so worried about the next opponent when so much can be achieved. I do hope the UGA and naysayers keep it up with “CPJ can never win a NC at GT”..that will just make CPJ that much more determined to prove them wrong.
JacketFan
November 3rd, 2009
6:12 pm
Another straight-forward, honest press conference from CPJ. With that, let me say that I am worried about the offensive line and about maintaining the intensity. As I told a fellow fan the other night, I just keep remembering the Tech teams of old – waiting for that inexplicable loss that we were “supposed to” win. Every game I feel better about this team, but I just can’t shake those old demons.
Go Jackets!
To Hell With Georgia!
GT_Billy
November 3rd, 2009
6:24 pm
Wonder if Chan or Dave.B. still believe we can’t win 10 or 11 games.
jacket3
November 3rd, 2009
6:31 pm
Great Coach and Great AD.
NO ONE thought that GT would do this at this level….impossible they said…well here they are 8-1 in the TOP TEN headed towards the division championship and BCS bowl bid…IN JUST TWO YEARS.
Let ‘em eat crow as the dogs bark. (Dogs mostly wag their tails anyway.)
Been a long time coming….and it gets better every week,
Thank you CPJ for the no nonsense approach and thank you Dan Radakovich for the foresight and inspiration.
Jackette
November 3rd, 2009
6:46 pm
Coach Paul Johnson and this football team excites me so much that I am going back on ESPN360 to watch all the TD’s again, all the way back to the Clemson game. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I know you guys are tired and need a break but OMG your are so close to achieving something so awesome…..Keep up the good work and do not let the Demon Deacs deceive you. They want this win bad but hell no, we want it worse!
collegeballfan
November 3rd, 2009
6:51 pm
Wake is the biggest game GT has played since 1990.
Defense really needs to step up.
I don’t like the words about OL injury problems. Those guys are really playing well last few games.
TechMD
November 3rd, 2009
7:11 pm
Hey coach Johnson. Great job, great attitude. Bet you can’t make that offense work at Tech for the next twenty years! heh,heh,heh
The Truth
November 3rd, 2009
8:17 pm
I’ll bet that CPJ can’t inspire the defence to hold Wake to less than 10 points…
bubba collins
November 3rd, 2009
8:22 pm
As I said, last year at the beginning, and an old follower of Johnson, he will beat all of them. He is the best Coach in football. I watched him at Ga. Southern, and you just wait until he gets the type players, that he wants for the option. How he has coached Gailey’s bunch into buying in his system is remarkable. He will also fix the defense, because he will get more better players to come to Tech, that at Navy and Southern, which means the best won’t all be on offense. Georgia could fire Richt or hire Houdini, but it won’t help. Coach Johnson will beat them all! He might not finish undefeated every year, but when it’d over, his record will shine|
GT FAN UP NORTH
November 3rd, 2009
8:33 pm
Very refreshing to see a straight forward coach making comments like these- Tech has a winner in CPJ- Go Jackets!!!
Alabama Jack
November 3rd, 2009
8:34 pm
Whack Wake.
Stinger
November 3rd, 2009
8:35 pm
We’re so good now that anything less than 11 wins per season is disappointing. The bulldawgs now consider 6 wins a good season.
67Cheers
November 3rd, 2009
8:44 pm
Bubba…..well said. You make a believer out of me. I believe that you speak the truth. Everybody listen to Bubba and be proud of our Jackets! To Hell With Georgia. [UGA women...not meant to include ya'll]
Stumpknocker
November 3rd, 2009
8:46 pm
Once again, Full steam ahead with the offense and don’t look back. The defense is starting to have fun and it will only get better. Let’s knock-em down one at a time.
Dave from GT
November 3rd, 2009
8:53 pm
Ditto on the UGA women, they probably are looking for some real men about now!
Tom
November 3rd, 2009
9:05 pm
Nice graph……..
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Picture-8.png
Savannah Fan
November 3rd, 2009
9:15 pm
Thank you CPJ-a WINNER IN EVERY RESPECT
GT9
November 3rd, 2009
9:42 pm
That was cool, Tom. Thanks.
gtech
November 3rd, 2009
9:56 pm
Every time I see CPJ coach, or hear him speak, I realize how great of a man he is, and what a great decision DRad made for us. Thank you CPJ and DRad. And let’s stomp Wake! We owe them from the ACCCG and also for not beating UM!
Tokyo jacket
November 3rd, 2009
10:11 pm
CPJ is just a winner. I think he could actually win using someone else’s system. He’s going to get labeled a “system guy.” But, he’s so much more than that. His players want to play for him and want to win for him and for themselves.
If Richt inspired that, they’d be beating at least some of the UF, OkSt, and Tenn crowd. I do hope UGA can figure that piece of this thing out (just not the last game in November).
the good word
November 3rd, 2009
10:13 pm
what’s the deal with Wake and wearing white jerseys? Nice “manners” to the home team
Tokyo jacket
November 3rd, 2009
10:16 pm
Tom, that is the coolest (and most accurate) graph I’ve ever seen! Everybody should look at that. I just emailed it to my friends.
Tokyo jacket
November 3rd, 2009
10:21 pm
FYI – ESPN says that we’re one of the two best one-loss teams in the country (w/ Oregon). Not bad for the ol’ North Ave Trade School
Trade School Junkie
November 3rd, 2009
10:51 pm
CPJ is BAAAAAAAAADDDD Man.
Stinger
November 3rd, 2009
10:52 pm
CPJ is a Bad Azz.
We definitely hired the right guy.
GA Tech Insider
November 3rd, 2009
11:09 pm
The best part of the whole conversation was omitted from this blog. Paul was asked after Oregon’s win over Southern Cal Saturday night, whether they were a better one loss team than GA Tech.
Paraphrasing his response, Coach Johnson said that when he got back from Nashville, he went straight to watch the Wake Forest films and never bothered to watch any of the game so he wasn’t qualified to answer. In fact, Coach Johnson went on to say that doesn’t vote on the coaches poll because he doesn’t have time to watch any other teams play and he doesn’t think it was quite right to try to rank a team if he didn’t see them play.
GA Tech Insider
November 3rd, 2009
11:15 pm
And I read this somewhere else – The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets WON 5 games in the MONTH of October in FIVE DIFFERENT States – Starkville, MS.; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Charlottesville, VA; and Nashville, TN. I don’t think any other team in the country can make that claim.
GTMike
November 3rd, 2009
11:34 pm
I was just watching that a little while ago, Tokyo Jacket… Jesse Palmer first brought up Oregon, but then Eric started talking about us and I noticed how Jesse agreed. Love the respect that they’re giving us (and not giving teams that don’t deserve it like USC).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-iq0ODhH9Y
Speak Easy
November 3rd, 2009
11:43 pm
GA Tech Insider- Actually the reason that Paul Johnson does not vote in the coaches poll is one reason. He stated a while back, “How am I going to coach my team to be the best in the nation and tell them I believe they are if I vote for someone else?” Personally I think that’s great.
N Carolina Jacket
November 3rd, 2009
11:59 pm
The biggest game of the year is the “next one”. Folks are overlooking DOOK and they are a top 25 team in my opinion. Let’s not all get too excited IF we beat Wake. That Duke game in Durham is our national title game b/c of the ramifications. Honestly, its our only shot at a BCS game b/c of the teams ahead of us. UGA has to win until our game and so does Duke. If we can beat a top 25 Duke team and a top 35 UGA team, then our BCS hopes increase. Otherwise, its really up to winning the ACC Championship game. Next year..we’ll start out in the top 10 and have a legit chance of a better start up the BCS ladder.
Cuttysark
November 4th, 2009
4:47 am
Jim Grobe of Wake Forest says NO to Georgia Tech wearing their home white uniforms.
Read more about Coach Grobe’s refusal in the preview of the upcoming Georgia Tech game against Wake Forest on http://isportsweb.com. Go Jackets!
GA Tech Insider
November 4th, 2009
6:17 am
Speak Easy; Yesterday, Paul said he doesn’t vote in the Coaches Poll because he doesn’t any have time to watch any teams play (and there was another comment thrown in there about how he wasn’t sure how any other coach would have time either, it was kind of funny, actually).
GT Rich
November 4th, 2009
8:02 am
I’d like to see us bring out the throwback uniforms from three years ago. Gold shirts with white helmets…
Squeezebox
November 4th, 2009
8:33 am
OK, it’s time to start using some of those Chuck Norris statements with CPJ: CPJ CAN believe it’s not butter….
Squeezebox
November 4th, 2009
8:37 am
CPJ can slam a revolving door
Old Gold Britches
November 4th, 2009
8:56 am
Bring on the Old Gold Britches. Old Gold Jerseys and White helmets!
AMG
November 4th, 2009
9:02 am
Thank you Paul Johnson, we really enjoy having you here in Atlanta and we can only hope you stay a long, long time.
Gt4ever
November 4th, 2009
9:05 am
Bring on the Defense of old, 50’s, bring on the blackwatch of the 90’s. Hell, just bring some defense period! The wins will take care of themselves….. Go Jackets.
Unsung Heroes
November 4th, 2009
9:12 am
How about a little love for QB/B-backs coach Brian Bohannon? Sure he played for Georgia but the job he’s done in helping Josh Nesbitt transform himself into an option quarterback is nothing short of amazing.
BartBuzz
November 4th, 2009
9:30 am
GT football is fun to watch again. Having a real Coach who really cares about winning is such a refreshing change. CPJ will never be satisfied because he’s always looking to win the next game. With this Coach we’ll never have to worry about “what have you done for me lately.”
Go Jackets! Focus on Wake Forest and the rest will follow. Up with the White and Gold. Oh yeah….THWG!
ZamBonE
November 4th, 2009
9:44 am
I didn’t even realize the 5 wins in 5 different states in October until now. That really is impressive. The fact that we have won 6 straight, with 4 coming on the road, and 2 of which at SEC schools, speaks volumes of CPJ’s ability to lead, motivate, and prepare our team mentally and physically for the next game. We may have come out flat in a couple of areas in a couple of games, but overall, the win streak speaks for itself. Even if we are down at half or playing sloppy, we finally have the confidence to put teams away in the end. I have seen us lose games to teams we should beat and that will always be in the back of my mind come game time. But finally we have confidence that CPJ will have our boys ready to play every down, every game, All The Way Turnt Up.
Go Jackets…Beat Wake
GTJuggernaut
November 4th, 2009
9:55 am
I just get chills reading bubba collins’ post above as I think about the future of CPJ’s teams down at The Flats. Always love hearing from seasoned CPJ fans. But as we are in the here and now, all that matters is beating up on some evil preachers from tobacco road. I can only hope that every able-bodied person in this blog that is within a four-hour drive of BDS@HGF will be there on Saturday. Go TECH!!!
GotOut07
November 4th, 2009
10:01 am
I hope CPJ keeps up the good work in terms of getting everyone focused on the next game. The media keeps trying to sell the rest of our season as a joke, but truth be told Wake is an incredibly dangerous team and Duke is actually in control of its destiny in the Coastal. And UGA, of course, is a talented team looking to use us to salvage their season. If the Jackets lose focus we could definitely lose a game or even two before the end of the season.
richard cranium
November 4th, 2009
11:57 am
We haven’t reached the summit – but we’re getting there…
MalibuGT
November 4th, 2009
12:30 pm
the more i hear from CPJ the more i like. wouldn’t trade him for anyone. see y’all saturday at the game!
Hayseed Dixie
November 4th, 2009
12:49 pm
Andrew Sherwin (The Dude)
November 3rd, 2009
5:03 pm
“GT90″, we don’t need your kind. Exit stage left.”
C’mon, any legit Jacket fan has earned his moment of smack talk. Saying “You stink” is about as mild as it gets, sweetheart.
How about you look the other way?
Personally, I’ve had enough f-bombs, beverages, food, smack-talk thrown my way by the mutts in and around Bobby Dodd to look the other way, especially when it’s on the internet.
GTcoaches
November 4th, 2009
1:17 pm
Much has been written about the accomplishments of CPJ these 2 years but let’s not forget that the coach is only as good as his players. True, CPJ has maximized the output from these young men and taught them to focus and a winning attitude. Kudos to all these guys especially Nesbit, Dwyer, Jones, Allen, Thomas, the offensive line and all the fine defensive guys. Now that we are the front runner don’t forget that we have a target on our backs and Wake, Duke and the Dawgs will be gunning for us. Let’s go and run the table.Great job CPJ , coaches and players, turnt all the way up!! Win big on Saturday. Great if Dwyer and Nesbitt get their 1000 yds in rushing and passing respectively.
Jacketman
November 4th, 2009
1:43 pm
This is one helluva Coach. We’re glad you are here Coach Johnson!!!!! I have never seen—EVER—-a Coach that is so good at making changes DURING the game. Awesome!
Stinger
November 4th, 2009
3:33 pm
The PRIDE festival was awesome coupled with Tech’s win and an incredible tickle pile at Piedmont.
sooo, GTCoaches
November 4th, 2009
4:37 pm
Was that a slam to Johnson or a compliment?
GTcoaches
November 4th, 2009
4:59 pm
sooo, No, not slam, just a reminder that we must not forget that behind coach Johnson’s success are the players. CPJ is great and I ‘m grateful that he is coaching at the flats.
Stinger
November 4th, 2009
5:36 pm
Dawgs want Cincy coach , but will settle for Gailey. Cincy coach not interested in Dawgs job; however Chan Gailey has expressed interest in the job. Chan believes that he can win 5 to 7 games per year @ UGA and soon have them in the Dalton Carpet bowl or the Wedowee weed eater bowl.
Stinger
November 4th, 2009
5:38 pm
It’s great to see all the idiot dawg fans that ran their mouth earlier ashamed to post with their own handle. They don’t have anything to say, so they post as one of us.
Stinger
November 4th, 2009
5:40 pm
Bulldawg don’t jump. It’s not worth it. Of all the idiots who post here you are the most likely to commit suicide based upon your nonsense rambling post.
Dave from GT
November 4th, 2009
5:41 pm
I still think those women could use some real men from GT!
superDawg
November 4th, 2009
6:37 pm
Be carefull stinger we said the same about coach richt.
superDawg
November 4th, 2009
6:39 pm
By the way you are still a nerd and nothing will change that.NERD!
superDawg
November 4th, 2009
6:42 pm
REAL WHAT NERD.
BumbleBeeTuna
November 4th, 2009
6:52 pm
Guys I really don’t think we should be beating our chests just yet. We haven’t accomplished anything thus far. We can only hope Paul Johnson sticks around and keeps us at the top level. Like it or not, UGA and Mark Richt have shown what it takes to get a program to the top and keep it there. Granted, they are having an off year so far, but they are the scariest matchup left on our schedule. I think we will still only have one loss with the mutts roll into town, but I’m afraid we will have two when they walk out of the flats in a few weeks….
BumbleBeeTuna
November 4th, 2009
6:54 pm
Not knocking our team, cause I’m behind them all the way. I just think UGA will play the spoiler and they will be ready, come Thanksgiving.
Stinger
November 4th, 2009
7:00 pm
Super Dawg,
You guys may actually win one this weekend. Don’t count on winning against the real Tech though.
Stinger
November 4th, 2009
7:03 pm
Coach Grobe will get a royal ass whippin for holding firm on the jersey color. Who gives a crap what color jersey we wear against them. It will be the winning color.
BumbleBeeTuna
November 4th, 2009
7:57 pm
Stinger, your irony is dripping with foolishness. First you claim to give them an “ass whippin” for not letting us wear the jerseys we want….then you go on to say “who gives a crap about what jersey we wear….”
You, Sir, make Tech look retarded, along with many of the other Tech faithful. Yes, we beat UGA last year, and are on track to do it again this year. But in my time I have witnessed over 20 whippings from the boys in Athens. I respect their team and their program. I guess there are bad fans for every team though, right?
Gtcoaches
November 5th, 2009
8:27 am
Evans is supportive of Richt- for now, but I wonder if he will still be after the Dawgs drop their final 3 games to go 5-7 and bowl-less. Will the Dawg nation allow Richt to come back next year or will they send him packing back to FSU. Maryland may be looking for a coach, will he end up in the ACC???
Starring Peter Graves as Capt. Over
November 5th, 2009
10:21 am
GT4ever: The Black Watch was in the 80’s when Curry was the HC. Pat (Sack Man) Swilling & Ted Roof were the bellcows from that time.
Stinger
November 5th, 2009
10:55 am
BumbleBeeTuna,
You are either a die hard dawg fan or the most idiotic Tech fan on the face of the earth. You are a piece of crap and can’t stand up for your team. If you are a dawg fan you are too ashamed to admit. If you are a Tech fan you are not a loyal fan.
Stinger
November 5th, 2009
12:19 pm
Bumble bee tuna,
There is a difference between Yellow Jackets and Bumble Bees which you obviously don’t understand. You Madam, are a Dirt Dobber. No Yellow Jacket would use Bumble Bee as a handle. You are a Stupid Mutt fan that is trying to stir the pot, you loser.
Stinger
November 5th, 2009
12:22 pm
Duke and Wake would absolutely stomp the Dawgs this year. The Dawgs are the easiest team remaining on our schedule. They will struggle with Tenn Tech this weekend.
Stinger
November 5th, 2009
1:52 pm
Bumble Bee tuna is Super Dawg and they both suck !!!
BumbleeBeeTuna
November 5th, 2009
3:19 pm
lol at Stinger….
Yea, that’s right…I didn’t graduate from Tech with a degree that has provided me and my family for the last 18 years….sure thing buck-o. I’m neither a die hard dawg or an idiotic tech fan….. Glad you obviously know so much about me, retard. See, it’s comments like these from you that make me feel bad to be a Tech fan. The first time in a blue moon that we have something to be proud of, and you go off and show your ass like we’ve already been crowned national champs. I guess you were one of the ones that pushed for us to get rings made after beating UGA last year, right? What a slap in the face! We get freaking rings made for beating one team? What a joke! You and a vast majority of these Tech fans make me ashamed to be an Alum of this school.
I am standing up for my team, yet not blinded by pure homerism of a good start to this season.We still have not done ONE SINGLE THING. I don’t know what else to tell you bud, but you obviously have no class, and for that, I am embarrassed that you call yourself a Tech fan. My name here has nothing to do with the team I root for, thank you very much. Perhaps it is a line from my sons all-time favorite movie…thanks again for your lack of class and the negative outlook it casts upon those of us who actually attended the Institute. It is people like you that prove that GT is second rate compared to UGA when it comes to football as of the last 20 years.
Call me when you start wearing big boy britches. Until then, I guess you will continue to try and one-up the UGA fans….but it’s not working. They have owned us in every sense of the word for the last 2 decades. Try having just a tid bit of class….I promise it will get you further in life than your 12 year old tactics will.
Stinger
November 5th, 2009
4:47 pm
You’re so smart you can’t even spell bumble bee. I arrest my case you 12 yr old idiot UGA redneck fan.
Stinger
November 5th, 2009
7:07 pm
Bumble Bee tuna you are so pathetic. You are ashamed to admit that you are a UGA fan, (probably didn’t go to school there). You are ashamed of your sorry ass team and you are a Jacket wantabee; however we refuse to allow you into our Jacket Nation. Go back to your Hound dawg blogs.
BumbleBeeTuna
November 5th, 2009
8:17 pm
Kid I graduated from the Institute in 1991. Glad to see you so supportive of your Alum….It makes me so proud to donate my hard earned money to a program with followers like yourself.
And you “arrest” your case??? Who’s the dumbass now? You obviously didn’t attend Tech with that nice grammar. Let me guess….Perimeter College? Or Kennesaw State? Hmm….looks like we know who the “wannabe” is now. Please, for the sake of the good Tech fans, give your mommy the computer back.
And believe me, if I WAS a UGA fan, I would not be ashamed of my team, and I damn sure wouldn’t be a Tech “wannabe”…..we haven’t done squat to compare with them for the last decade. Oh wait, I forgot, you were the one who wanted rings made for beating them. Jackass.
BumbleBeeTuna
November 5th, 2009
10:54 pm
I’m gay !!! I like men. I had a great weekend at the Gay Pride parade last week. I love Men with big Stingers.
Stinger
November 5th, 2009
10:59 pm
BumbleBeeTuna,
Are you really gay? I know you’re a dawg fan now. No way in hell you went to Tech you dumb ass pervert!! You are not worthy of being a part of the Jacket Nation.
BumbleBeeTuna
November 6th, 2009
10:08 am
Wow, that’s clever. So, are you 12? Sure seems like it to me. Anybody else ashamed of this douche-bag? Believe me little fella, I have a GT degree and it has served me well over the course of my life. Go back to Perimeter College and continue to be a tag-a-long to the Tech program. Dumbass can’t even get into Tech…..
Stinger
November 6th, 2009
6:59 pm
Dirt Dobber, You are the dumbest piece of crap to ever post these blogs. You probably didn’t even graduate from high school. You are a dawg fan and you hate that I called you out on the carpet. You can’t take it and now you are trying to pretend that you are a Tech fan. LOL !!!!!!! All you have talked about is how UGA has dominated Tech. You never went to school at Tech or UGA. You’re too stupid for college. You are one punk dumb ass that hides behind the computer so you don’t get your ass whipped. You are a french poodle who isn’t even man enough to be a bulldog. Tell your wife I said hello. She appreciates a real man.
BumbleBeeTuna
November 6th, 2009
11:43 pm
Ignorance is bliss. And thanks for bringing up my wife. She passed 3 years ago in a car accident. Unbelievable.
Stinger
November 7th, 2009
10:57 am
Learn to choose your battles or get out of the kitchen little boy. I don’t believe a word you say. You are a dawg fan. There can’t be a Tech fan as stupid as you. You started all this and now you can’t take the heat.