Tech No. 7 in BCS
A few tidbits so far today:
Tech is up to No. 7 in the BCS, AP and coaches poll. The Associated Press crowns its own champion. The coaches’ poll is a component of the BCS standings.
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Saturday’s game against Duke will kick off at noon.
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Heather Dinich of ESPN.com is picking Clemson to beat Georgia Tech in the ACC championship game. I know this, it’s going to be a heck of a game.
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There’s still a shot Tech could play in national title game.
Florida would have to beat Alabama in SEC championship game. Texas would have to lose, likely to Texas A&M. Cincinnati could lose to either West Virginia or Pittsburgh.
Then, Tech would have to hope that wins over Duke, Georgia and Clemson would give it enough points to leapfrog unbeatens TCU and Boise State.
And beating Clemson again will be no easy task.
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GT Tom
November 8th, 2009
4:29 pm
First?
SOOHSO
November 8th, 2009
4:35 pm
Second!!!
collegeballfan
November 8th, 2009
4:35 pm
First things first – we must win at Duke.
CW
November 8th, 2009
4:38 pm
Before we go worrying about any conference championship game, I believe we have a game next Saturday that is pretty important.
There is no question that Tech should win, but Wallace-Wade stadium will be 3/4 empty for a noon kickoff next week. There is typically no energy in the stadium and it is not unheard of for teams to struggle getting fired up to play because the atmosphere is so laid back.
Let’s worry about the ACC championship in a couple of weeks.
As for Heather Dinich, she has consistently underrated Georgia Tech all season. She seems like a very dedicated reporter and I don’t think it is a personal bias, but she just doesn’t seem like she thinks Dwyer, Nesbitt and company are legit. Apparently, Tech is going to have to win their next four games before she believes this team is capable.
Booger
November 8th, 2009
4:42 pm
maybe if she actually came to a game.
Pee pee on a dawg
November 8th, 2009
4:45 pm
Duke has scared the hell out me for the last month and a half. Their passing attack could exploit our defensive weakness as as much as any team in the country. We should be able to rack enough points to win in a shoot out, but you can’t under estimate just how badly we need a week off.
Alabama Jack
November 8th, 2009
4:53 pm
Beat Duke.
Talk about anything else next Sunday
RT in NC
November 8th, 2009
4:56 pm
Maybe we shouldn’t be in the NC hunt because we were embarrassed against Miami. However, we’ll be in GREAT shape for next year with a high ranking early.
Chicken farmer
November 8th, 2009
4:56 pm
Enter your comments hereThe BCS poll I’ve been looking at in the AJC, shows that our Jackets moved up to number 10 from last weeks 11th spot. Either the AJC hasn’t updated their poll or we are only number 10 in the BCS this week…………………………………..
GaTech69
November 8th, 2009
5:02 pm
I can’t see Tech losing to a team that itself lost to a team (Maryland) with only 2 wins this season. Has Ms. Dinich ever seen a Tech game?
GTRich
November 8th, 2009
5:04 pm
In golf it’s call getting a read, in football we have tapes and we have the tape of NC doing a number on Lewis and the Duke offense.We should win but the Wake game has dimmed my exuberance. I’ll settle for just a win. we’ll worry about UGA and the ACC game later..The bye week will give our beaten up defense a chance to heal.
Joe Schmoe
November 8th, 2009
5:05 pm
Whats with Clemson and all the Media love. You would think they are world beaters, and many major Sports outlets have them beating us in a possible rematch in the ACCCG.
GTealeaves
November 8th, 2009
5:10 pm
GT69 – ESPN always has an anti Tech bias. Remember in 1990 even up to the half time and with Tech leading, the announcers were still calling for a UVa victory. They don’t know what they are talking about so I’d just ignore them. After the UGA game I will consult my tea leaves and give you a better prediction.
Chicken farmer
November 8th, 2009
5:10 pm
I feel the media’s infatuation with Clempson has something to do with them wearing Home Depot Orange just like their beloved Florida………………………..
jacket3
November 8th, 2009
5:19 pm
Make Dinch choke on her words. Just finish the drill..one game at a time.
And no she probably has no idea where Bobby Dodd or John Heisman made their marks on football lore.
nebraska jacket
November 8th, 2009
5:26 pm
im assuming we will beat duke this weekend (knock on wood) so lets look ahead…
clemson scares me. It would be a huge letdown to lose the ACCCG and not make a BCS game. They’re the only team so far in the ACC that both years have really given our offense trouble (although CPJ has still beaten them both times). We got a couple breaks to win the first time in bobby dodd so it will be tough.
UGA will probably be similar to last year but i think we win this one by 10 instead of 3 as we did last year
killerJ
November 8th, 2009
5:58 pm
Can Anybody Tell Me Where This Chick Graduated From,It Would probably Tell Me What I Would Need To Know.It was bad enough having to listen to that WHOA-Man on ABC,s Telecast.THWG,ROLL WRECK!!!!!
Have some faith
November 8th, 2009
5:59 pm
All season Heather Dinich has gone against Georgia Tech. She LOVES C.J. Spiller and thinks that Tech is just getting lucky week, after week, after week. I’m slowly losing faith in her and ESPN’s ACC blog. Tech is 9-1 last time I checked and Dwyer has better numbers too
SFK
November 8th, 2009
6:15 pm
Love Tech but the defense just isn’t there yet to contend for a national title. Let Paul Johnson build up the team one more year and let’s see what happens. Go Jackets! Thanks for a great season and something for Jackets fans to hang their hat on.
CRAZYTRADEMAN
November 8th, 2009
6:31 pm
RT in NC……Maybe we shouldn’t be in the NC hunt because we were embarrassed against Miami.
Miami is 15th in the BCS thats not that bad of a loss.
calvin
November 8th, 2009
6:38 pm
To GTealeaves: Tech was trailing Virginia by at least two touchdowns
at the half in 1990.
champdawg
November 8th, 2009
6:54 pm
Oregon never thought Stanford could pull the upset so there is a chance the blue devils take a duke on the nerds this weekend go blue
That chick don't know crap!
November 8th, 2009
7:08 pm
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juvenal
November 8th, 2009
7:30 pm
for all the folks still griping about this and that, this YEAR II! i bet michigan would be happy if rr had won 9 games each year..people in the media are paid to get folks attention, best to just ignore them, like rude bloggers…
Cuttysark
November 8th, 2009
7:35 pm
One game at a time, and up next are the Duke Blue Devils. The Yellow Jackets are playing winning football at this point of the season, and doing it with several back-up players. Give them and Coach Paul Johnson lots of credit.
Go to http://isportsweb.com for more Georgia Tech Football articles and a review of the OT win against Wake Forest on Monday. Go Jackets!
Jonhnny Test
November 8th, 2009
7:36 pm
Big Dawg fan here. As much as it hurts to say it the Jackets have earned their #7 ranking and I have a ton of respect for CPJ going for it on 4th down. Best wishes the balence of the year exept of course for the UGA game. That will be our bowl game and a chance at redemption although I don’t think we have a chance in hell to win that game. I can still dream though. We stink but we’ll be back.
joe
November 8th, 2009
7:37 pm
jacket3… uhh Heisman started his career at Clemson. It was his success at Clemson that led to his hiring at Tech.
Tokyo jacket
November 8th, 2009
7:59 pm
Yellow Fuzz, way to keep good records man!
I don’t know what the he!! Dinnich is smoking. I really don’t like the fact that she rails on GT so much. Every week it’s the same old same old – someone else is going to beat us. I think she is an x’s / o’s or level of talent kind of reporter. As such, she thinks Clemson has a chance (assuming we beat Duke). She doesn’t realize that CPJ and this GT team are just simply winners. Knowing how to win is probably more important than knowing how to pass. Some teams just have it. UF hasn’t really played a great game all year, yet they’ve won every game. That’s what makes teams special.
GA Tech Insider
November 8th, 2009
8:00 pm
I just saw this posted on one of the GA Tech boards:
Starting with GA Tech’s game against Mississippi State, when the defense gave up 14 points in the second half after giving up 17 in the first half, our defense began to make some clear improvements, for the most part, in every game the Jackets have played in the second half of every game since then.
Against FSU, the defense only gave up 10 points in the second half of the game after giving up 34 in the first half.
Against Virginia, the defense gave up 3 points in the second half after giving up 6 in the first half.
Against Vanderbilt, the defense gave up 3 points in the second half after giving up 28 in the first half.
Against Wake Forest, the defense gave up 7 points in regulation after giving up 17 in the first half.
The only exception is the game against Virginia Tech, which scored 20 points in the second half after scoring 3 in the first half.
They threw in some National statistics of some of the teams GA Tech has played that I found interesting:
Passing Offense
Florida State is ranked 10th
Wake Forest is ranked 27th
Miami is ranked 28th
Passing Efficiency
Miami is Ranked 15th
Florida State is ranked 23rd
Wake Forest is ranked 25th
Virginia Tech is ranked 27th
Rushing Offense
Mississippi State is 12th
Virginia Tech is ranked 21st
Scoring Offense
Miami is ranked 21st
Clemson is ranked 25th
Florida State is ranked 29th
Total Offense
Florida State is ranked 20th
The point was that GA Tech’s defense has been playing some pretty “decent” offenses so far, in particular, in the passing game, and that the second half adjustments seem to really helped out..
GTfan11
November 8th, 2009
8:03 pm
We seem to forget how porous our defense has been at least against the pass. Duke and ga seem fairly proficient in that. If either muster up a defensive stop or 2 we could be looking at 11-2 or God forbid 9-3 and no trip to the ACC championship. I think playing against Florida is a REAL stretch. Let’s be realistic
juvenal
November 8th, 2009
8:16 pm
daugs-beat au, we need your bcs to be as good as possible…our defense is playing GREAT considering it’s the same what, 15 or so guys? #51 6 play what, 90% of the time, i hope #40 is back soon..it is CPJ’s 2nd year, the modern whiny americans out there who want caviar in their champagne, leave the guy alone, he is a genius!(some of you Tech folks ran into a few)-the U won because JD got hurt, that’s option #1, you’uns better appreciate THIS YEAR, cuz #21` is gonna be a hard jersey to fill next year…
Gailey Can't Coach
November 8th, 2009
8:30 pm
For everyone who keeps saying, “Tech has no defense or special teams” and “Wake moved the ball at will against GT”, you need to look at the numbers:
WF – 28 yards on 25 rushes yesterday.
WF – The BEST PASSER in WF school history was 26 of 40 for 263 yds.
WF – 28 Return Yards in 4 quarters.
Check the FACTS before you make assumptions…Those are pretty decent stats!!
Starring Peter Graves as Capt. Clarence Over
November 8th, 2009
9:39 pm
Who cares about what Heather Douche has to say? Maybe she’s been hanging around Corso.
Atlanta Truth is probably in a tickle pile with Bill King, Roger Dawg & Kam Fong as Chin Ho.
UGAIsSoLastYear
November 8th, 2009
10:02 pm
PS: Clemson is tied with BC. They are not a shoe-in.
Houn
November 8th, 2009
10:13 pm
GT is 7 in all the polls except Legends which just came out with GT at 6 in front of Boise.
Biff Pocoroba
November 8th, 2009
10:16 pm
I’d hate to see what Heather says about the basketball team. Even with so much talent, Paul Hewitt coached them down again and we will be lucky to make the NIT. If they play like they did tonight, Hewitt will be gone in March.
mash the bug
November 8th, 2009
10:45 pm
hahhahahaha,,,,tech in the national championship,,, what a joke… they got out of the wake forest game by the skin of their stinger…..lmao!!!
mash the bug
November 8th, 2009
10:53 pm
the nerd national championship will be played at stone mountain this year…. oponent tbd…. tighten your chin straps tech…. its the only national championship you will be playing in….lmao
Andrew Sherwin (The Dude)
November 8th, 2009
10:57 pm
Optimism and Realism should come in equal doses. Every good team is a bad loss away from being mediocre. Perhaps we (Yellow Jacket Nation) should take to heart what HD says, and try to prove her wrong on the field. After all, she is pretty cute.
Andrew Sherwin (The Dude)
November 8th, 2009
11:00 pm
“mash the bug”… it’s pretty tough being on the other side, huh?
Dave from GT
November 8th, 2009
11:02 pm
You heard of “Toe meets Leather”?
This year it will be “Toe meets Heather” !!!
CRAZYTRADEMAN
November 8th, 2009
11:11 pm
mash the bug……
I can only assume that you are a UGA fan because they are the only fans with penis envy enough to get on a GT blog and hate on the jackets.
Things are not that bad in Athens you should be celebrating you thrilling victory over Tenn Tech. It might move you up from 51 in the 119 team rankings to some where in the 40’s. That’s a big jump. If you guys can beat AU you might just break in the top 40. Big props to Willy and BOBO for that great game plan yesterday.
nasir
November 9th, 2009
1:18 am
Fashion as King is sometimes a very stupid ruler.
http://twurl.nl/r81on7
Cuttysark
November 9th, 2009
1:55 am
Hey killerJ, Heather Dinich is a graduate of Indiana University. She is from the same conference that gives us Slowhio State. Indiana has done nothing in football for the past 100 years. But for some reason she loves every team in the ACC except Georgia Tech.
Not Disappointed
November 9th, 2009
3:27 am
Why are we “The Jackets” considered to be a Joke by some? We beat Miss St by a larger spread than Florida and also Vandy! Don’t get me wrong Florida deserves to be number 1, but alot of haters belittle our wins, stats, etc. Maybe it’s not us, but the HATERS who need to look within themselves. “Sorry your team isn’t doing as well. Maybe next year? Want a cookie?” Oy!
I guess we Jackets need to keep winning and let Dr. Phil deal with Mr. & Mrs. Self-Absorbed. Ramblin Wreck!
Big G
November 9th, 2009
6:14 am
Mash the Bug;
Let us enjoy or recent rise in popularity and well deserved ranking. I know it pains you and all uga followers, so get use to it. Until Richt cleans house, uga will continue to be an average team at best. The rivalry is back!
bb
November 9th, 2009
7:03 am
Must be hard for the ugag fans. They talk about contending for the national championship in August (seems like every year), whereas the GT fan base can legitimately talk about GT’s chances in November. It may still be a long shot but GT is still in the conversation in the middle of November. That must really hurt.
AMG
November 9th, 2009
7:51 am
Tech will continue to be in the discussion for years to come. Sorry UGA fans and other haters, but CPJ is the real deal and this train is just starting to roll.
GA Tech Insider
November 9th, 2009
8:04 am
I would also like to add to all of you slamming the GA Tech defense:
Wake Forest put up 555 yards of total offense against Miami the week before they played GA Tech this past weekend, and that was with Riley Skinner getting hurt I might add, and when they left Atlanta after playing our Jacket defense, they had only put up about 290 yards of total offense, with Skinner playing the entire game, INCLUDING overtime.
Now I’m not so much good with numbers any more, but I’d say that our defense holding Wake’s offense to 290 yards is just under twice as good as Miami’s defense, which everyone seems to think is so much superior to the Jacket’s right now.
In fact, as the season is wearing on, outside the first half against Vanderbilt (and let’s take away the kickoff return for the touchdown), the defense seems to be improving. Saturday afternoon’s game against Duke will be tough, with their prolific passing game, averaging over 300 yards per game; but knowing that Duke only rushes for about 70 yards per game can help the defense prepare for a more one dimensional game plan, like they did the second half against FSU, Virginia, Vandy, and Wake Forest.
I can assure you that Paul Johnson, his coaching staff, and the team aren’t taking the Duke Blue Devils lightly this coming weekend, and as many of you may have heard, the mantra has been, the most important game of the year is the next one. One of the main goals of the season is within reach – the Coastal Division crown. That’s all the guys are focused on right now. If they can get by Duke, they’ll finally get a well deserved break in their schedule before they have to play the Georgia Bulldogs. But that break won’t come until after 4 PM on Saturday afternoon in Durham.
Angus
November 9th, 2009
8:05 am
Funny thing about HD on ESPN, she picked GT to lose to VT and to UVA. Then last week she (on an ACC blog, not a Pac10 blog mind you) went to great lengths to prove Oregon was the best one-loss team, not GT.
I suppose it’s best for GT if HD keeps up her doubting – seems to be working out OK.