Facing the Hawkeyes
It may not have the glitz of the battle of the unbeatens in the Fiesta, but the Orange Bowl will be a great matchup of offense vs. defense: Tech’s o’s vs. Iowa’s x’s. Or is it the other way around?
Either way, it should be fun to watch.
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said that he couldn’t remember the last time he faced a team that uses this much option, and that trying to simulate it in practice will be quite a challenge.
The Hawkeyes’ offense isn’t flashy, but with a defense as stout as Iowa’s is, they don’t have to be. A couple of scores here and there is all they need. It’s kind of like Tech’s defense. It doesn’t have to stop everyone all the time, just a couple a game seem to work fine.
Anyway, it’s beena long day so I’ll open it up to your thoughts about the matchup.
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Louis Skolnick
December 7th, 2009
12:07 pm
not Charley Strong, not Bud Foster, not Kirby Smart, not Mickey Andrews, not Vangorder. I hear Joe Lee Dunn is out there…….
ivy
December 7th, 2009
12:07 pm
Whoever number 75 is on the front of the GT page on here looks like a toothless hobo standing next to Johnson
Booger
December 7th, 2009
12:08 pm
perhaps. They need something to prop them up before Christmas. Rickt will come through with a great name.
michael
December 7th, 2009
12:09 pm
funny how the tools are making fun of UGA for looking for a DC when everybody knows after next season PJ will be doing the exact same thing
Timbo C.
December 7th, 2009
12:11 pm
Booger – it doesn’t matter who we get as DC. He can’t be worse than Martinez. And, as everyone saw, Martinez pantsed the genius Paul Johnson at Historic Mark Richt Field.
Paul in RDU
December 7th, 2009
12:12 pm
Timbo C.
December 7th, 2009
11:51 am
Since you tech morons can’t seem to grasp this, I’ll speak slowly.
THE NCAA DOES NOT AWARD OR RECOGNIZE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS IN FOOTBALL.
Actually Timbo you are only half right – the NCAA does award NC’s in football – they just don’t do it in Div 1A (I refuse to call it FBS). BTW – Paul Johnson has 2 NC’s from the NCAA in football at the highest level that they award them (1AA).
Booger
December 7th, 2009
12:12 pm
we’re getting some good input here, Louis. lol
Tech82
December 7th, 2009
12:15 pm
Doug, why do you and others persist in reporting that Tech hasn’t been to a major bowl since 1967? We won a freakin’ national championship in 1990! How much more “major” do you want?
Paul in RDU
December 7th, 2009
12:17 pm
Timbo – Love your comment that GT claims a title when the country was embroiled in WW 1 (that would be the 1917 NC). You do realize that UGA claims the NC in 1942 right? Or don’t you recognize that one?
cynce
December 7th, 2009
12:20 pm
So Tech hasn’t been in a major bowl since 1967, yet they claim a national title since then? Hmmm……
moore
December 7th, 2009
12:22 pm
That’s the point Tech82. You leaches claim a title in 1990 without playing in a major bowl!!!
Paul in RDU
December 7th, 2009
12:22 pm
Tech82 – GT won in the Citrus Bowl in 1990. By “Major Bowls” the networks mean the Rose, Orange, Sugar and Fiesta/Cotton. Cotton used to be considered one of the Big 4, now the Fiesta is.
The ACC didn’t have a tie in with one of the Big 4 back then. In 1990 the tie ins were Rose Big10-PAC10, Sugar SEC-at large, Cotton SWC-at large, Orange Big Eight- at large. Just like today, it was all about the money.
Heck – BYU won the NC in 1982 playing in the Holiday Bowl.
Tech82
December 7th, 2009
12:32 pm
moore – NC’s are not claimed. They are awarded. Time for you to run along back to class. Recess is over.
dumb Tech fan
December 7th, 2009
12:34 pm
Penn State won it in ‘82
Paul in RDU
December 7th, 2009
12:37 pm
How could I forget Penn State winning in 1982 by stopping UGA and #34 in the Sugar Bowl
BYU won in 1984 – my mistake.
Booger
December 7th, 2009
12:39 pm
BYU was NC in 84. In the Holiday Bowl.
Dave R.
December 7th, 2009
12:40 pm
What’s your point macrotech? You come in here every day beating your NC drum. Until we manage to erase 45 years of mediocrity, all the pre-facemask NCs in the world won’t mean squat to anyone but you. If all those pre-modern era titles meant anything Princeton and Yale are the undisputed kings of college football.
cfb fan
December 7th, 2009
12:41 pm
BYU’s “championship” was just as shameful as GT’s half title in 1990. By default, being the only undefeated teams in the country, while both played high school schedules.
hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 7th, 2009
12:42 pm
Dave just pantsed macro, bent him over a barrel and beat him senseless with a 2X4!!! hahahahahahahahaahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GT fans lost in space
December 7th, 2009
12:42 pm
HOLY CRAP!! Caleb King just ran past my house! Let me go see if he scored…Whoa… there goes Ealy too! What in the heck is going on around here?
30-24!! Have a nice day
Elliot
December 7th, 2009
12:45 pm
difference being, the journalists voted on schedule in 1990, while the coaches gave their ballots to their assistants and they voted on record, regardless of competition.
trey
December 7th, 2009
12:52 pm
((( 30-24 ))))
hahahahahahahahahaha
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO HAWKEYES
macrotech
December 7th, 2009
12:54 pm
Dave R., it’s simple…..your pups are all bark and no bite! You fill your stadium, trash your campus and win a lot of games….for what? Your pups are a testimony in falling short….time and time again! After all these years, ya’ll have one NC and you want to call US irrelevant?! Hell?! If this is true….why are you on a blog about Tech?
Triple Option
December 7th, 2009
12:55 pm
30 – 24
macrotech
December 7th, 2009
12:55 pm
Dave R., by the way….1990 was AFTER the leather helmet days….for the record… we have a trophy and everything!
richard cranium
December 7th, 2009
12:56 pm
It appears that lots of bulldogs need to get a life…..
nams
December 7th, 2009
12:57 pm
hey macro, what’s the UGA/Tech series again? I can’t seem to remember
CHOP BLOCK U
December 7th, 2009
12:59 pm
why does Yech suck so badly?
Athens PD
December 7th, 2009
12:59 pm
When Ealy and King ran by your house were they carring a TV.
HawkeyeFan
December 7th, 2009
1:01 pm
Here’s the read on Iowa (since most of you GT fans seem to know very little): Iowa played a top-25 team that boasts to be one of the FASTEST in the Pac10 in Arizona. The hype going into that game coming from Zona fans was that Iowa was a “slow BigTen team” that couldn’t handle their “speedy athletes”. Iowa fans just kept quiet and sat back and watched Zona struggle to get past the Iowa D all game long. Yes, Arizona players were very fast (much like South Carolina’s in last year’s Outback Bowl), but it turned out that Iowa’s D was not only fast, but very SMART, STRONG and SKILLED.
There is a lot more to winning games then speed, so I do not agree that speed will be a factor. However, Iowa’s weakness at D this year has been stopping a strong running game. Michigan ran the ball consistently against Iowa and their style is similar to GTs in that they do a lot of “draw read” gimmicks to keep the D from committing to filling the gaps. I see GT doing the same thing and picking Iowa’s D apart 5-8 yards at a time. I see GT scoring around 30, similar to Michigan’s performance.
On the offensive side of the ball, I see that GT fans follow media hype more then the games themselves. Iowa’s offense has been banged up badly all year, but they definitely have weapons and are fully capable of putting up points. They will have a fully healthy QB and RBs, along with a near 100% o-line. I think you’re going to see a lot of aggressive play calling as KF knows we will have to be more aggressive than usual to put GT away. I look for the o-line to dominate, and when that happens Iowa’s offense is deadly. If GT can’t stop the run or pressure Stanzi, it’s game over.
Oh, and Iowa fans aren’t all that jazzed about getting GT either. If you look-up bowl stats and program accomplishments, GT is less marquee then Iowa… by far. But I could care less about big names, I like smash-mouth football and I think this match-up will provide PLENTY of that!
Iowa 38 – GT 31
GO HAWKS!!!
macrotech
December 7th, 2009
1:01 pm
nams, 4 to 1
syd
December 7th, 2009
1:01 pm
Nah, they were running trying to get out of Joey Hamilton’s way
addel
December 7th, 2009
1:02 pm
macro,
zero from the AP. Ouch……
kordall
December 7th, 2009
1:03 pm
wow, if CPJ loses to a bunch of slow white boys from the north playing with their backup QB he should just retire
macrotech
December 7th, 2009
1:04 pm
addel, 4 NC trophies to 1…..
jaws
December 7th, 2009
1:05 pm
4 to 1, what? asian dudes per chick at the Trade School?
Dead bulldog
December 7th, 2009
1:05 pm
Whats the over under on that new inbred mascots demise?
earth to macro
December 7th, 2009
1:06 pm
the Cherry Blossom Reader doesn’t count
macrotech
December 7th, 2009
1:07 pm
earth to macro, I know……your point?
Dave R.
December 7th, 2009
1:08 pm
No shi$ moron. macrotech go masturbate in front of the NC trophy case and when you____scream 4 NCs at the top of your lungs and see if it erases 30-24, 51-7, or 60-39. Those things get erased by winning in the here and now. We have to beat those mutts on the field and those NCs can’t jump out of the trophy case and do that, now can they.
HawkeyeFan
December 7th, 2009
1:10 pm
Iowa’s starting QB has been practicing since last week. The only player that will be questionable is G Dace Richardson, and we have plenty of quality o-linemen to fill in.
I love it when opposing fans label Iowa as “slow” before they have ever seen them play… I just hope GT players have the same misconception.
jeave
December 7th, 2009
1:11 pm
hey Macro, what constitutes a “national championship” worthy season for Tech? a top 10 finish or just a top 25?
Ghost of Erk Russell
December 7th, 2009
1:15 pm
All those NCs and still can’t fill a 55,000 seat stadium or beat your in state rival. That’s really sad. So macrotech, what exactly have those NCs done for you?
macrotech
December 7th, 2009
1:17 pm
Dave R., win the games that mean the most and then you can talk about masterbating in front of a trophy case. Do what ya gotta do!
Vols
December 7th, 2009
1:17 pm
How did 92,000 fan work out for you against us Erk. Are making up for some thing small.
macrotech
December 7th, 2009
1:21 pm
Ghost of Erk Russell, sorry…..kind of thought that was the ultimate goal….
Moving forward
December 7th, 2009
1:23 pm
Go Tech
My daddy use to tell me if you want to get ahead
look where you’re going not where you’ve been
So on we go to a BCS bowl
not looking back at those dog has-beens
fin
December 7th, 2009
1:24 pm
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((30-24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Ghost of Erk Russell
December 7th, 2009
1:29 pm
Hawkeye fan that “marquee” comment hits the Tech fans where they live. They are extremely sensitive about their low profile, below the radar program. Thus all the 4 NC blabber.
Left behind
December 7th, 2009
1:30 pm
This is just what CPJ was talking about. While we are winning a conference title and playing in a BCS game, the dogs are left with nothing to do but nip at our heels.