Couple of bits of information
It appears that special teams coordinator and A-backs coach Jeff Monken will help coach Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
Monken recently accepted the head coaching position at Georgia Southern. He and the university held a press conference yesterday. It appears he may be splitting some time between Statesboro. The story on Southern’s website said that he has begun his duties for the Eagles.
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Item No. 2:
There’s going to be another Georgia Tech golfer on the PGA Tour: Cameron Tringale. He tied for 19th place at the tour Qualifying School with a 10-under par 422. He went 8-under in the event’s last two rounds.
He will join alumni Stewart Cink, Matt Kuchar, Troy Matteson, Bryce Molder and Nicholas Thompson (123rd) on the Tour in 2010.
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poor Joe
December 8th, 2009
12:21 pm
This isn’t 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon. GT directly lost to UGA. Clemson directly lost to SC. Case closed
GT Joe
December 8th, 2009
12:22 pm
Hey Elliot:
SEC: 3 top 15 teams
ACC: 3 top 15 teams
11-2
December 8th, 2009
12:22 pm
Elliot
What’s your team’s record? Why are you depending on LSU, UF, and Bama to make you look good?
GT Joe
December 8th, 2009
12:24 pm
poor joe: In case you didn’t know, the best team doesn’t always win. Nice UPSET win over GT. It was an UPSET. We were 7.5 point favorites.
Not to mention, I think the BCS rankings show we are better than you. And BCS rankings are all that matters. Ask Texas and Bama.
GT Joe
December 8th, 2009
12:25 pm
PS: I hope you UGA fans get ESPN2, cause on the flagship ESPN station, they are showing back to back repeats of Gilad’s Bodies in Motion from 1998.
11-2
December 8th, 2009
12:25 pm
poor Joe
UGA lost directly to GT last year and USCe lost directly to Clem last year, so following your logic, the ACC was stronger than the SEC then
Lift some dad gum weights!!!!!!!
December 8th, 2009
12:39 pm
After contemplating the situation, I’ve come to the conclusion that our problem is not just the fact that UGA recruits better athletes, it’s that we need a new S&C program. After rewatching the game, it was obvious that our lines (D&O) were overpowered. UGA’s linemen were just knocking our guys out of the way like they were’nt even there. Their center (Jones) and that guard (Glen), or whatever his name is, was just bulldozing our DTs. Those guys looked like they were 350 lbs each and move pretty good for big men. There’s been alot of comments from Dawgie fans on here that UGA is upgrading their facilities and that is only going to exacerbate the problem. It doesn’t matter what kind of O or D scheme you run when your opponent is bigger and stronger and faster and more conditioned. You are going to get overpowered most of the time. We either need to look at our S&C program, get new S&C coaches or…SOMETHING! If not, we are going to have more than just this year to get ripped day in and day out by the mutts.
GT Anchorage
December 8th, 2009
12:43 pm
Its kind of retarded that when ACC teams beat SEC teams that no one says anything about how the ACC is better, but when an SEC team beats an ACC, the ACC is a terrible conference. We can talk about who beat who all we want, but that just turns into circular logic. I do agree that the SEC is a better conference, but just because uga and usc beat GT and CU, respectively, doesn’t mean that they are winner and runner up in the SEC. If you use that logic than Ole Miss should have won the national championship last year.
And to that moron that said dark times are coming for GT, I believe that there are great times coming for GT. We are 11-2 and going to a BCS game, I think that this program is here to stay, as much as it might scare you.
Alabama Jack
December 8th, 2009
1:02 pm
You can’t respond to dawgs with logic. You can’t respond to dawgs with emotion. Best thing is to not respond to dawgs at all, for they are irrelevant.
VegasGT
December 8th, 2009
1:11 pm
The only reason the UGA fans are on here is jealously, plain and simple. If they had any class or maturity, they either would not be here or would post in a more meaningful, substantive manner. The same goes for those immature GT fans that want to troll over on UGA’s blogs.
I really got a good laugh out of a “Tarheel” posting on here. That person is lost, maybe even bitter about losing to UK in bball.
I really with there was a way to block those users who you really did not care to read anything more from. It would certainly clean up the blog.
The matchup with Iowa should be an entertaining game to watch and looks to be one of the harder/closer ones to predict. For those of you that like to say GT is going to get killed, I think the “experts” have us a slight favorite, by about as much as we were favored against Clemson.
As far as the defense goes, GT is pretty thin on the line (goes for the OL too). There are quite a few guys just waiting for next year. I would like to see a list of all the injured players, including who might find their way back into the Orange Bowl.
As far as which conference is better, who cares. The only play a team can control is their own, no matter what conference they are in. But, if you UGA fans just have to make comparisons, what was they margin of victory in the Alabama/UF game as compared to the Alabama/VT game? Who beat VT this year? So by all your logic, GT should be second in the SEC. Do you see just how stupid these comparisons are? Any team can beat any other team on any given Saturday. Consistency is what makes champions. Oh, and a bit of luck.
VegasGT
December 8th, 2009
1:12 pm
OK, that “with” in the third paragraph should be “wish”.
Wreckbone
December 8th, 2009
1:16 pm
Hey tarheel, we’re gonna smoke your azz on the hardcourt as well this year. And if we play each other in the ACC Tournament, Ill be that Tech fan talkin smack and irritating you, just like I did a group of recent UNC grads in 2004. You got to the same bowl this year becuase the other teams in the ACC suck, and that includes UNC. WE beat all the good teams in the ACC and the 2nd best twice.
Yeah Dog fans you beat us, but take that bowl payout of yours and add a zero at the end and that will equal ours. Just wait, Richt will be 0-2 against CPJ coaching Tech at Sanford stadium after next year’s game. If Dwyer is gone or not……. We would be right behind Fla in the SEC east so this mid-tier SEC crap is just that. There was an Auburn fan at the Friday’s where I watched the ACC Championship game talking that smack. I reminded him that Auburn was 0-2 against us in the 2000’s and other SEC teams will not play us. We’ll see next decade as we have Bama, Ole Miss (Tenn won’t agree to a game) At least UGA plays us each year which will help us moving forward.
The fact people fail to mention is that CPJ shut down practice last year during this week for 9 days so the football teaam could concentrate on finals. I’m sure LSU was on the field during that time. I’m glad we have a coach who is balanced and trust me, finals at Ga Tech are much harder than 80-90% of other schools. Well, I’ll bet he decided to 86 that idea and have his team ready to compete for OUR BCS BOWL!! TheBCS bowls will always put the 7 or 8 programs that are top draws in the big games. If we would ahve taken care of business this year and beat UGA we still would have had Cincy or TCU or Boise or Iowa because of the alignment. But that’s OK…Can’t wait until we have a playoff and hope CPJ is still here. I’d love to see Ohio State, USC, some SEC team other than UGA in the playoffs. It will be fun…….
I love Ga Tech! Get to be excited about Football and Baskeball and can back it up this year in both (unlike tarheel poster here) We had the strongest ACC schedule played this year hands down and went 7-1 and Tech is going to compete year in and year out in the ACC…..just like the rest of the conference is sick of Roy Williams and Coach K, you will be sick of Paul Johnson, steamrolling you year after year.
BS Patrol
December 8th, 2009
1:27 pm
No Tarheel would come here to diss Tech. You are blogging w/ a doggie poser, fans, Most likely BuLLsh**t. Use your brain!
GTfan11
December 8th, 2009
1:51 pm
Shreveport? That’s like the armpit of Louisiana. Wasn’t this a weedeater bowl. Seems appropriate for all of the lawncare workers that were invited. Have you ever noticed that on a rainy day you get a higher infux of UG morons on a Tech comment page. I guess they don’t have any lawns to mow, so they read the Tech message boards (watch their lips move when they read) and wait on the little woman to come home to the trailer with a case of PBR (it was on sale). She can check his spelling after she shaves his back.
GT_THWG
December 8th, 2009
1:54 pm
UGA fans talking trash – okay, their team earned it. They beat us and they’ve actually been good in recent history.
UNC fans talking trash? wow…I guess it’s finally basketball season, so you got your confidence back…UNC football though, really?
george
December 8th, 2009
1:57 pm
anchorage,
It’s really not difficult to understand. SEC leading teams never lose to an ACC team. ACC leading teams lose to SEC teams every year.
TarHeel in ATL
December 8th, 2009
1:58 pm
Tech has always been the laughing stock of the ACC, and south in general, in every sport imaginable.
8-1
December 8th, 2009
2:00 pm
11-2,
You tool fans are so pathetic even your spin doesn’t even make any sense
juvenal
December 8th, 2009
2:04 pm
reality-the ACC does not have pe programs, or take nq’s, a potential recruiting disadvantage-however, the higher academics(US News & WR)mean a more affluent alumni(note appropriate use of plural)(payscale.com), so just give more money, buy more tickets(blocks make good ops for company events) 7, please, Dukies, you have more $ than the rest of us,BUILD A REAL STADIUM!!(you can even afford to hire folks to go)after, the #1 competition in sports these days is the $…hence the b(c)s…
SEC World
December 8th, 2009
2:04 pm
GT Joe –
SEC: 2 top 5 teams
ACC: 0 top 5 teams
vean
December 8th, 2009
2:06 pm
juvenal,
Judging from your grammar and writing skills, you must be a proud ACC graduate
MariettaDawg
December 8th, 2009
2:09 pm
Tech fans are missing the point. Most logical UGA fans are glad we’re in Shreveport. They did it to themselves and deserve that bowl. Coach Richt has tried every way possible to send the message not to make bone head penalties, to tackle, not to turn the ball over, etc. What better way to send the message than to be in Shreveport!!! It turned it around for Bama going back to last year, so no reason it couldn’t work for Richt.
Historic Mark Richt Field
December 8th, 2009
2:15 pm
Take care of Coach Richt’s Field in your high school stadium for the next couple of seasons. You don’t want to make the ACC slayer mad!!!!!
superDawg
December 8th, 2009
2:21 pm
Hey wreckbone UGA plays your jack its every year how does that work out for you.
macrotech
December 8th, 2009
2:24 pm
MariettaDawg, ……hope so! Best of luck!
Alabama Jack
December 8th, 2009
2:35 pm
Wow, the title sponsor for the dawgs bowl is a combination of Amway and Ameridebt. A match made in trailer park heaven.
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Pathetic UGA Fans
December 8th, 2009
2:42 pm
Most of you UGA fans are simply pathetic. Spending all of your time on our blog and trying to make yourselves feet better about your poor season. The win against Tech was an upset – they happen every year all across the country. Yes, as a Tech fan I hate losing to Georgia anytime, but would take 11-2 and a conference championship every year over 7-5 and a win over Georgia. Enjoy your win against Tech – all fine and good and well deserved, but to take it to some of these levels that you do just shows your lack of class and graciousness – and probably your age as well. Both teams will be improved next year and should lead to two good seasons. Enjoy your bowl game – seriously, and we will enjoy ours.
Pathetic Tech Fans
December 8th, 2009
2:49 pm
How is it an upset when you can count on one hand the number of times Tech has beaten UGA over the past 20 years? And that includes the 3 years you cheated to end the ’90’s. Just curious….
Pathetic UGA Fans
December 8th, 2009
3:02 pm
Past history does not define an upset. Just because a team won the year before or has won a multitude of times in the past does not make them the favorite every year. How can you not see this logic??? Unbelievable – but then again it just proves the point further – you are obviously one of the fans I was speaking of earlier. If Georgia goes into the game next year against Florida ranked #1 in the country and Florida is just above .500 then Georgia will be the favorite and if they lose it will be considered an upset regardless of the fact that Florida has won the vast majority of past meetings. Hopefully this basic explanation has cured your curiosity – but I highly doubt it.
JACKET3322
December 8th, 2009
3:14 pm
GT Joe that toothless house wife is better known as “Please Help Me” or any of the other numerous alias’ that the UGAY idiot uses to post here!! He knows he likes to get passed around all the rednecks in the mobile home park right up to the illegal mexican’ts at back of the park, makes him feel wanted and appreciated to be a used scum bag!!! And my how bitter the Tarheel in Atl is guess it would suck to be a adult male and still have to wear baby blue but let’s shed some light on his ignorance and dispel some of his rumors shall we!! First off he wants to mouth off about ACC fans being content with GT being the champions, well of course fans of the others conf schools are not content with it you idiot, if they were then they would be Tech fans, I know I wouldn’t be happy and content if Virginia Tech, FSU, Clemson or any other school won the championship but if you are content that teams other than UNC win then you my friend are a dumba##. Secondly you want to bring up ACC championships and say Tech is near the bottom-granted we haven’t been in the ACC as long as say UNC has yet UNC only has 5 championships (63,71,72,77,80) and the 63 was shared with NC State, while we have 3 already (90,98,09) and the 98 was shared with FSU. So in summary it looks like UNC is ahead 5-3 yet UNC hasn’t won anything since 1980 while we have won 2 of our 3 in the last 10-11 years so who’s program seems to be getting better? Certainly not UNC, as a matter of fact when it comes to ACC titles they have even been punked by NC State 7-5 so tarheel in atl go suck on dean smith some more and spit out another roy williams cause all you will ever have in baby blue is basketball..and by the way when it comes to National Championships each and every person on this board knows even if they are to stupid to admit it that if thier team is recognized by any of the legitimate and actual agencies in place to name a champion names thier team then they count it as legit. College Football used to be different in the old days and yes there were several legitimate sources that voted on and declared national champions and just as today’s headline on this very paper’s website declares it may not have always been the correct voting procedure however it is what they had to work with. Oh and by the way for you UGAY fans who fail to actually read anything to do with sports it was a story about how bowden voted for richt and the puppies to be 25th in the poll because he loves richt and remembers all those times cmr was on his knees under his desk. People vote for who they like not necessarily who the best team is and that is human nature so what who cares big deal GT has 3 national championships and no matter what any UGAY fan thinks or how hard they laugh the NCAA officially recognizes these championships. I don’t care if the AP ever voted us number 1 or not could be just because they don’t like tech because maybe Heisman kicked some AP reporters a@@ one day and they blackballed us who cares we still have our 3-one more recently than UGAY. AND BY THE WAY BABYBLUE TARBABY I FAILED TO SEE UNC ANYWHERE ON THE LIST OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Pathetic Tech Fans
December 8th, 2009
3:32 pm
How ironic. Pathetic Tech Fans calling UGA fans pathetic. Hmm…….
Demon wakehead
December 8th, 2009
3:35 pm
Tech fans are amusing. They thump their chests louder than anyone yet have nothing to show for it. Yes, Tech won some titles back when women and blacks couldn’t vote. Congrats
JACKET3322 = loser
December 8th, 2009
3:37 pm
Do you think anyone really wasted their time reading that garbage? You’re probably really TECH and enjoy attacking underage children in public restrooms, you perv
Lewis Buzzard
December 8th, 2009
3:50 pm
Coaching rings around means going 1-1 against the Dawgs, who have out recruited just about everyone in the southeast for the last several years. Is it coaching or poor evaluation of talent?
Pathetic UGA Fans
December 8th, 2009
3:57 pm
Hmmm?? Nothing else to say? You argue with no logic and just make senseless posts. You are pathetic because of how you act not because you’re a dawg fan. I enjoy posting with the majority of UGA fans – because they are intelligent and make sound arguments and points. It is those like yourself that give fans of any school a bad name. Continue to tear people down when they’re up, build yourself up when you’re down and enjoy your obvious superiority.
hahahahaha!!!!!!
December 8th, 2009
4:05 pm
Now UGA has out-recruited LSU, UF, Bama, Miami and Tennessee every single year. Before it’s over, the tools are going to have us convinced that Richt hasn’t had below the 2nd best recruiting class since he’s been in Athens!!! LOL!!!!
Pathetic Tech Fans
December 8th, 2009
4:07 pm
wow, you are one lonely, jealous and envious dude
Tool Nation = Al Gore
December 8th, 2009
4:12 pm
You know how Al Gore has twisted the Global Warming myth to where they have both ends of the argument? If it’s too hot, it’s Global Warming. If it’s too cold, it’s Global Warming.
Desperate kooks like Lewis are trying to convince us if UGA wins, so what, they’re supposed to. If they lose, they’re the worst team in America. So either way, according to Yechers, they win either way.
Just yet another example of how Tool fans are similar to the crazies of the country
Tom
December 8th, 2009
4:28 pm
“Georgia fans are passionate, but let’s face it – they’re not the brightest fans. Passionate, but not bright.” – Eric Zeier, November 21, 2001
juvenal
December 8th, 2009
4:39 pm
dear grammer nazis, math sat>verbal, people in my job not expected to be legible, so old had to take shop(only girls allowed to take typing!),&, in hurry, ‘posed to be WORKING!(tho i’m boss)actually blog to help with typing, gov’t planning to electrify my job-glad 4 – feedback, tryingto get better & even silly advice can help(sometimes mad, need to work on that too)-it’s grate inglish can still be ezily understood from context becuz wer’e forced to cuz it aint fonetic…merry Xmas! i’m so glad there are a few bloggers from all sides that feel sports with sportsmanship is just business-appreciate folks like JB & BankerDawg,happy new year as well..
RamblinGT
December 8th, 2009
4:39 pm
Its good to see UGA fans so upset by the GT success this year. Every blog about GT success is filled with UGA fans trying to bring it down. Its hilarious.
juvenal
December 8th, 2009
4:41 pm
see..meant sports withOUT sportsmanship
Stan
December 8th, 2009
4:44 pm
“Coaches come to Tech to master their craft and then move on. If you want to win championships, have great facilities and fans, Georgia Tech is not where you want to be.” – Bobby Ross, August 11, 2002
Pathetic UGA Fans
December 8th, 2009
4:47 pm
I’m not the one on the opposing team’s blog -DUDE (wow in itself). I have no problem admitting that I hate losing to Georgia, especially this year. But like I said before I would always take an 11-2 season with a conference championship over a 7-5 or even better than that record with no conference title and a win over Georgia. Obviously both would be even better but it didn’t happen so we will try again next year. Get over yourself and quit acting like an ignorant jerk and grow up a little – DUDE.
Pathetic Tech Fans
December 8th, 2009
4:49 pm
Tech fans still pretending like the UGA lose doesn’t make them sad every single day. Classic, but oh so lovely
dawgfan here
December 8th, 2009
5:01 pm
Try to read a little about Tech- the whole blog is jokes and kids- or buffoons- talkin stupid. Same on dawg blog, espn- yahoo- likewise. Anybody ever found a football site with a decent amount of football talk? Anyhoo, good yeat Tech- beat clemson. Go dawgs.
Tech - never #1 in the AP
December 8th, 2009
5:04 pm
Wow, the Yechers can’t stop their misery knowing UGA will forever dominate them
techfan here
December 8th, 2009
5:06 pm
I have a small peepee and I like men
Dawghater
December 8th, 2009
5:07 pm
How times have changed
It used to be:
- Winning you conference was the key objective
- Gaining a spot in a BCS bowl was a key objective
- Being ranked in the Top 10 was a key objective
Well, that was Tech’s objectives for this season.
Now, for the UGA goals
-Beat Ga Tech as our #1 defining moment of the season
-Finish the year with more wins than loses
-Get a bowl berth in any bowl that will take you. Yep, Shreveport is lovely this time of a year.
Nice Acheivements UGA. How times have changed! UGA doesn’t take Nesbitt under the pile and twist his leg after the play was over and you’d not even have your “signature” win you so like to claim. And for all you SEC elitists. Miss State whipped up on Mississippi who is going to the Cotton Bowl and started the season #4. Well, GT went to Starkville and ran all over Miss State. Any given Saturday!
AMG
December 8th, 2009
5:08 pm
Fire Wommack and we will be the Number 1 team in the nation next year. Hell we would have been this year. There is no excuse for letting a mutt run loose, you need to go all Vick on em to teach them their place. I do not care what Wommack says about this year or last. We beat UGA 45-42 last year. THAT SUCKS as far as defense is considered. We allowed a less than good UGA team to rush for over 300 yards this year. We have NO defense at all. The defense was full of great players last year and still did not shine. Get rid of him. ANYONE will do better than he will.