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It’s a slow time of the year. Tech is in finals so there’s no practices this week. They will resume next week, so I’ll be back with the blog then.
In the meantime, I thought I’d open the floor to you. I’d like to know who you think the team’s offensive MVP, defensive MVP, biggest surprise were this season.
Surprise can be player, play, game, moment….anything.
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college football fan
December 10th, 2009
10:43 am
Right or wrong, the SEC is perceived as being world beaters. They are the only conference that can have a 2 loss team contend for the national championship. While teams in the Big 10, ACC and Pac 10 have to not only be undefeated, but win every game in impressive fashion. It wouldn’t make much sense for AD’s of SEC teams to schedule difficult out of conference games while the voters perceive the SEC as being so dominate. So for UT and UGA to schedule difficult games out of the SEC should be admired, since technically they really don’t have to.
Louise
December 10th, 2009
10:46 am
That 5 loss team beat the best Tech team they’ve had since 1990, without their best player, yes??
Those “middle of the road” SEC teams put a whoopin’ on the ACC’s two best teams this year, yes?
Ahh yes, the ACC did send 10 teams to bowl games last year. Care to enlighten me on the record for their bowl games?
I didn’t think so. Thanks for playing though
2-9 in BCS games
December 10th, 2009
10:48 am
UGA has as many BCS wins as the entire ACC combined!!! hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The irony of SEC fans digging on the ACC
December 10th, 2009
10:56 am
college football fan,
Thank you for showing up in this blog, not as a troll like most, but to actually expel a breathe of rationality to this barren wasteland of long lost IQ points. I also applaud Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama for trying to play some big games (Alabama has scheduled Tech for a home and away in a couple of years).
Billy
December 10th, 2009
10:58 am
Lake Lanier,
I’m sorry, I didn’t realize that winning the COACHES POLL (you know, the one that counts for the BCS) in 1990 was “claiming” a title that Colorado “earned” (you know, with a 5th down against Missouri). “Soulless sewer rats”? Wow. You people have issues.
You realize that this is a Tech blog, right? Maybe you should go to the UGA blog and discuss how beautiful Shreveport is this time of year. Or maybe get off your mom’s computer and head for your job bagging groceries.
Not Disappointed
December 10th, 2009
10:59 am
It should be a nice holiday for the Jackets with a little sunshine in the first week of the New Year! God williing, the family and I will be there. Blog on my friends! Blog on!
Rambling Wreck!
Lake Lanier
December 10th, 2009
11:03 am
The AP W-I-T-H-D-R-E-W themselves from the BCS, just so you know. Yeah, the COACHES POLL never has controversy for being biased, at all, EVER!!! There’s never jokes made about the pathetic end of the year votes cast by coaches that have nothing better to do than sit around and watch every team in the nation play, right? You’re not very bright.
So you’re saying Tech has never benefited from horrible officiating, really? Colorado played 4 conference champs in 1990. How many did Tech play?
I’m off today. Your boy Joey Hamilton picked up my shift
grunge
December 10th, 2009
11:05 am
Ahh yes, nothing like sunshine, bullets and switchblades to begin the new year in beautiful northern Miami right smack in the hood!!!!
tim
December 10th, 2009
11:07 am
Another Tech student stabbed. What a surprise. When will they destroy that slaughter house they call a campus over there?
Tech76
December 10th, 2009
11:11 am
Years it took to reach conference championship game:
UGA – 11
GT – 2
Number of times in conference championship game:
UGA – 3 (2-1)
GT – 2 (1-1)
Point of these stats: It will be another 11 years before UGA plays for another SEC championhip. Alabama is back and Florida has never gone away. UGA just get ready to be a middle of the pack SEC team for along time to come. GT has just started thier run under Johnson.
college football fan
December 10th, 2009
11:12 am
I’m always on the look out for interesting blogs and forums to discuss football. I believe it’ll take the SEC sliding (possibly losing 2 out of their next 3 national title games) for the armor to fall off for the media to stop the slobber fest. Maybe then they’ll be more inclined to schedule OOC games with good teams. But they’ve earned the love affair for the time being. Definitely a lot more than the Big 10 during the late 90’s and early 2000’s. The media is very much in the bag for the Big 10 and are looking for any excuse to put them back on top. At least the SEC has earned it on the field.
The Truth
December 10th, 2009
11:16 am
Hey Lake Lanier…go jump in yourself! LMAO!
Smith
December 10th, 2009
11:16 am
Tech76,
Your stats are skewed, to put it mildly. The SEC is far more difficult to win than the ACC. That is an understatement. Notice how you’re pointing out the big dogs of the SEC (who also happen to be the big dogs for the nation) while the ACC has nobody to reference. It’s really pathetic that Tech only has 2 and a half ACC titles in the weakest BCS conference there is.
GT Fan
December 10th, 2009
11:17 am
What a surprise, another disppointing year for ugag fans and all they can come up with is the SEC this SEC that. They can’t claim anything good about their season so they have to claim how good the sec is, which is average at best.
neddles
December 10th, 2009
11:18 am
Who’s pumped about the Orange Bowl!??!!?!? LOL!!!! You have the “top” team from the worst BCS conference, paired up against the second “best” team from the second worst BCS conference. EXCITING!!!!!
GT Fan = crack user
December 10th, 2009
11:19 am
The SEC is average, yet they’re going for their 5th title this decade? lol, what a dingleberry!!!
Ekim
December 10th, 2009
11:20 am
This particular blog never had a chance, as evidenced by the first dozen or so postings. There actually can be good information and entertaining posts. And then there’s other “stuff” like the content here (and most everywhere else of late).
It’s kind of sad, no matter which side of Good Old Fashioned Hate you’re on. I wonder how much a journalism intern would cost to edit these things, remove irrevalent posts, etc. The people with something to say are being drowned out by the crap.
GT Fan
December 10th, 2009
11:20 am
Hey neddles, you sound a little jealous. Have fun at the toilet bowl this year. You guys should fit right in with those rednecks! Just rember to use that toilet to sh%t in instead of using the grass.
Stown Dawg
December 10th, 2009
11:21 am
so if the SEC average, and two of their middle of the road teams a$$kicked the two best ACC teams, what does that say about the ACC?? Just curious…….
RamblinGT
December 10th, 2009
11:22 am
SEC Fans: Yes my team sucks but my conference is better then yours! I guess when you run out of excuses for your team then the next step is to ride the coattails of Florida and Alabama.
GT Fan
December 10th, 2009
11:23 am
“GT Fan=crack-user” It is not about the sec. How many title has ugag won this decade. Quit living through other teams success. Oh yeah, that’s right you have to because ugag sucks!
veals
December 10th, 2009
11:23 am
I wonder if Vegas will make a wager to see which location has more stabbings for the day. The Orange Bowl or Tech campus?
8-1
December 10th, 2009
11:24 am
If UGA sucks then what does that say for the YellowPhaggots?
buzznsc
December 10th, 2009
11:24 am
hey dawgs, i saw where your intramural basketball team lost last night. what a joke
GT Fan
December 10th, 2009
11:25 am
Stown Dawg,
It means nothing about the sec. I wouldn’t call winning by six points and hanging on at the end a$$ kicking.
r0dDy JoNeS
December 10th, 2009
11:25 am
NeZ t0lD mE I sHuD cHeK dIs Bl0g 0uT. It sEeMz TiTe!!! WaRe aLl mAh GuRlLiEz aT?!?!?!
The Truth
December 10th, 2009
11:25 am
Who’s pumped about SHREVEPORT? Say it with me…SHREVEPORT…SHREVEPORT…SHREVEPORT…SHREVEPORT!
Stown Town
December 10th, 2009
11:27 am
So the SEC is average, but they’re going to win their 5th title in a decade? I’m still not understanding your logic.
That 6 point victory was done without the best player in the stadium being on the field and in your house while you had two weeks to prepare. Still stings, doesn’t it???
buzznsc
December 10th, 2009
11:28 am
i just pissed on uga vii
stew
December 10th, 2009
11:29 am
Hey RamblinGT,
Funny, since little girls like you have been hiding behind UF for two decades now since you can’t beat the Dawgs. Your hypocrisy is laughable, but predictable.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 10th, 2009
11:30 am
Lake Lanier, would you care to explain how Michigan State and Colorado “earned” national championships? Colorado took five downs to win against Missouri and were GIVEN the OB win against Notre Dame because of a bogus clipping call against the Irish. AND they lost to an 8-4 Illinois team. Tech was 11-0-1, with the tie coming against UNC. Even Tom Osborne, the Nebraska coach at the time, and not one know for petty behavior, voted for Tech over Colorado, having played us both. In 1952 Michigan State played only 9 games having played only 3 conference teams and not going to the Rose Bowl nor, as far as I can tell, any bowl game; Tech played 12 games WITH a Sugar Bowl game win against Ole Miss for a 12-0 record. So please tell me just how Colorado and Michigan State EARNED anything, regardless of what mindless pollsters GAVE them. And whoever pointed out that Tech has only won 2 1/2 ACC titles in 50 years should realize that Tech has only been in the ACC since the 80s; that doesn’t make for 50 years. How many SEC titles has UGAG won since the 80s? Three, I believe…not a bad comparison. And, I might add, that since conference affiliations began in 1896, Tech has won 16 conference championships, and UGAG has only won 13, and that includes the 68 years when Tech and UGAG were in the same conference (first the SAIA, then the Southern, and finally the SEC). You mutts need to get your facts straight before you go claiming to know history.
RamblinGT
December 10th, 2009
11:30 am
As said earlier, if the ACC sucks then the SEC had no quality out of conference wins this season. Which doesnt look good for the SEC at all. If the ACC is so terrible then start scheduling more Pac 10, and Big 12 teams (like that would ever happen).
stop it now
December 10th, 2009
11:31 am
Whomever is lying about Joey H. please stop it now. He’s not bagging any groceries. He’s actually panhandling outside of the ESPN Sports Zone off Peachtree. I gave him some change the other night. Nice guy.
RamblinGT
December 10th, 2009
11:33 am
Stew
I could care less who wins the UF – UGA game every year. It doesnt concern me or my team at all. It is kinda ironic though that UGA fans hate UF so much but will praise them so their conference looks better. Its pathetic.
The irony of SEC fans digging on the ACC
December 10th, 2009
11:33 am
“Never argue with an idiot or he will lower you to his level and beat you with experience.” That being said, I’m out. And UGA trolls, go on the Junkyard blawg and see how far you have to scroll down to find a tech poster. The first 6 postings on this blog were Tech haters, and you make fun of “tech nerds” for not having lives…
que
December 10th, 2009
11:33 am
RamblinGT,
You’re making the argument against yourself. Who is claiming the SEC even had any big OOC wins? You’re the only one making that claim so you’re basically arguing with yourself.
You Techies sure are weird…..
RamblinGT = lying douchebag
December 10th, 2009
11:35 am
Of course you care who wins that game because you know good and well you can’t brag about your thugs beating UGA, so you need for UF to continue their dominance over UGA just to make yourself feel better. You’re fooling no one.
ACC is a joke
December 10th, 2009
11:36 am
Half the conference is .500 or worse. No wonder this is the one year the Yechers could compete!!! LOL!!!!
The Truth
December 10th, 2009
11:40 am
When will dawg nation appreciate the early Christmas present of only having Nesbit on the field for 2.5 quarters.
Why all the talk about A.J. not playing? The reality is, he wouldn’t have been on the field anyway with the success of the running plays. In fact, if ugag had passed more, it would have allowed GT’s offence more time on the field, in which case ugag would have been used as a floor mop. Lest ye forget how close GT was to the first down on the final drive? That’s right GT beat GT…ugag was the benefactor.
Think…it may be a new experience.
RamblinGT
December 10th, 2009
11:40 am
I dont care at all about UF beating UGA. I dont brag to anyone about UF beating UGA. UF beats most teams they play every year. UGA just happens to be on the schedule. If UGA beats Florida the next 50 years it makes zero difference in my life whatsoever. Im not a fan of either team.
RamblinGT
December 10th, 2009
11:43 am
que
Im saying that if you look at the SEC’s biggest wins this season they are against these supposedly terrible ACC teams. If you guys want to be looked at as the best conference then I would think you would want those wins to look better then you are making them look.
The Truth
December 10th, 2009
11:44 am
I suppose having 4 teams in GT’s division of the ACC in the top 25 at the end of the season is of no consequence? Yeah, the ACC is weak…how many divisions in the SEC had 4 teams in the top 25 at the same time this year?
That’s what I thought.
The excuses keep coming
December 10th, 2009
11:46 am
Nesbitt missed only TWO series. UGA did him a favor actually by controlling the ball so long and gave him plenty of time to come back, which he did.
balls
December 10th, 2009
11:47 am
Wow, miserable Tech fans are now throwing BeBe “stonehands” Thomas under the bus. CLASSIC!!!
Ramblin Wrecker
December 10th, 2009
11:49 am
Defensive MVP is a no brainer…Derrick Morgan. Our defense has been of the “ole” variety all season, but in those absolute, have to have a stop moments, it has always been Morgan making a sack or pressure to get it done. Two games were essentially won on plays by Morgan, against Wake Forest to force OT and at the end of the ACC championship game against Clemson. He’s a force and I’m sorry to say the Orange Bowl will be his last game at GT. But he’ll make some NFL team very happy next year (perhaps the Falcons might luck up and get him).
Offensive MVP has to be Josh Nesbitt. Don’t get me wrong, I love Jon Dwyer and we don’t win the ACC without him. But the difference between 9-4 last year and 11-2 this year was absolutely Nesbitt. When defenses were stopping Dwyer, Nesbitt willed GT to gain yards and score TD’s and win games. He made the passing game work much more efficiently this year, taking advantage of Demaryius Thomas’ physical advantage. He was as tough as any player in the nation. That play against FSU where the pitch was fumbled and picked up by FSU only to have Nesbitt rip the ball back was the stuff legends are made of. Gaining that yard in OT on 4th down against WF is also a highlight GT fans won’t forget for a long time. He’s a gamer and all you need to do to know how valuable he was to this season is to watch the 2nd Quarter against UGA when he was out of the game where just one more TD would have made it a win for GT. If he plays all those series instead of Jaybo (who to be fair had no significant action until that game), who knows how that game turns out.
My biggest surprise is how god awful the defense has been. I know Michael Johnson, Daryl Richard and Vance Walker were great players, but GT returned enough guys including All-Conference players like Morgan Burnett and Derrick Morgan and all their starters other than those three DL guys. The secondary should have been a strength, but it hasn’t panned out that way. Injury has played a role, losing Cooper Taylor for the year and Dominique Reese for a long stretch, but they should have done better. I wonder if a better defensive coordinator is out there that they could bring in.
The Truth
December 10th, 2009
11:50 am
What’s classic is SHREVEPORT and a five loss season…
ville
December 10th, 2009
11:51 am
Get real. Of course Richt would have thrown to the best receiver in the nation against one of the worst secondaries in the nation if he was available.
The Truth
December 10th, 2009
11:54 am
CMR’s game plan was ball control (executed well, I must say). There is not much room for pass plays with a ball control scheme. AJ sits.
Henry Ford
December 10th, 2009
11:54 am
A floor mop? Looks like UGA’s D was using that high school offense as their “floor mop.”
Nebitt – 19 carries for 41 yards
Dwyer – 14 carries for 33 yards
Jones – 5 carries for 37 yards
Allen – 4 carries for 29 yards
OUCH!!!!! That’s called OWNERSHIP!!!
The Truth
December 10th, 2009
11:56 am
…kinda like uga owning SHREVEPORT with five losses…