Georgia Tech will open with a Thursday-nighter
Georgia Tech will open its 2011 football schedule with a Thursday night game against Western Carolina on Sept. 1, according to WCU. The rest of the ACC’s football schedule may be coming out this week. Georgia Tech’s opponents are already known:
2011
- ACC Home: Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia Tech
- ACC Away: NC State, Virginia, Miami, Duke
- Nonconference Home: Kansas, Western Carolina, Georgia
- Nonconference Away: Middle Tennessee State
The Catamounts went 2-9 overall, 1-7 in the tough Southern Conference last season. They averaged 16.5 points and allowed a whopping 34.5. The rushing attack was led by Decatur native Michael Johnson (611 yards), who will be a junior. The team was quarterbacked by Zac Brindise, a transfer from South Carolina. He passed for 1,405 yards and seven touchdowns as a junior. After the season, coach Dennis Wagner fired offensive coordinator Keith Heckendorf and tabbed himself as the play-caller.
Tech coach Paul Johnson is a WCU alum (class of ‘79). The Catamounts are 0-4 against Tech, losing their last meeting in 1994.
Tech has won four consecutive season-opening games. It last lost to Notre Dame 14-10 in 2006 at Bobby Dodd.
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Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
1:11 pm
I agree, NorthAvenue
Debbie Downer
February 7th, 2011
1:27 pm
As a Georgia State fan this stinks. We got 30K fans at our first Thursday game last year but averaged less then 15K in all other games. The best solution is for Tech to host GSU in future Thursday night openers.
b
February 7th, 2011
1:32 pm
What a pathetic schedule.
Should be a minimum of nine wins.
ed
February 7th, 2011
1:37 pm
am I missing something?? if this game is not on espn there is no reason to play on thursday night.
Buzzboy
February 7th, 2011
1:38 pm
Love the Thursday Night opener. We need a huge crowd for this one and get the season started on the right note. The rest of the games make for a dynamite home schedule.
Turnt_Up!
February 7th, 2011
1:39 pm
I don’t think we can afford to let Vad sit out a year, he will have to learn on the run.
UGA QB question: What ever happened to the sure thing David Greene?
404
February 7th, 2011
1:47 pm
Is UGAG the pre-season #1 for the 2011 Fulmer Cup ??
Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
1:55 pm
404, I believe THUGa is the permanent home for it. They have no competition, so it was decided to leave it there full time.
Reality Boy
February 7th, 2011
1:56 pm
The biggest “patsy” on UGA’s schedule every year is the one on thanksgiving weekend. As the record shows..
DawginLex
February 7th, 2011
2:01 pm
the sure thing David Greene?
David was a 3 star coming out of high school and redshirted, then overachieved at UGA. Never was considered NFL material but he sure won a lot of games in college.
Coach(sic) Paul Johnson
February 7th, 2011
2:16 pm
I love spending all day searching for new tech blogs to post on. And look how witty I am. Too bad I couldn’t get laid even if I fell out of a chickens azz.
Not Ridin' the M-Train
February 7th, 2011
2:28 pm
Awesome, I love Thursday nite games.
Usually when I leave the library late at nite, I worry about getting assaulted. But with the late games there is always a crowd around so I don’t get as scared.
Kenny
February 7th, 2011
2:29 pm
To all of you Tech Fans. The biggest “patsy” on UGA’s schedule every year is the one when they play ” TECH “. Look at the last 10 seasons: UGA 9 Tech 1. Now when you all grow up maybe you can carry on a good conversation.
DawginLex
February 7th, 2011
2:34 pm
Kenny,
Not all the Tech folks are like supersize and “404″.
Don’t feed the trolls and they usually go away.
I have had to limit and beat down my inner redneck that still hangs around. It is really difficult not to get into a contest with them.
I save my best shots for yellow fuzz because he truly is a douche.
usjacket
February 7th, 2011
2:40 pm
Thursday Night against WCU. Guarantee to have a lot of empty seats! Out of towners will stay away…Way to go Athletic Dept! One Thursday night game a year is enough, should have been a Sautrday night game.
Only a couple of notes here
February 7th, 2011
2:42 pm
Whether a college QB, say one from UGA, or GT or Alabama ever, ever, ever plays a down of NFL ball is of no concern to 100% of that school’s graduates. Allow me to repat that: no cnoncernt to the school’s alumni. None. To use this so called NFL comp as a player standard is dumb. Sort of like saying a pilot for Delta is certainly good enough to go right into navigating a moon launch. Dumb.
Now, by the time of the Western, SE by SW NC game, maybe Stephon Tuitt will have come to his senses and come back to GT.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
CSS TV here in Atlanta said the “2011 GT result in recruiting was disamal, as none of the so called D linemen is a true NG”. Another dismal ACC year for GT because the sad ACC IS better. NC is much improved and Clemson and Miami and Va Tech and FSU. GT will be again in a minor, minor bowl.
Joshua Barlowe
February 7th, 2011
2:43 pm
I love how thUGA fans talk about crime in Atlanta, but there was yet ANOTHER rape at UGA last week. Of course, their crime stats would drop if they didn’t have a football team.
Some knowns
February 7th, 2011
2:45 pm
UGa is lousy. CMR is a lousy coach. UGA palyers are worthless. Did I cover it all?
If true ………….. then, um, ah, where does that leave GT with 1 win in 10 tries and soon to be one win in 11 tries??????
This result says it all.
Oh, yeah. To lose by 8 IS WORSE than to lose by 1.
Another assault?
February 7th, 2011
2:47 pm
The APD will be talking soon to GT’s # 37. He IS KNOWN for that type of thing.
Yet one more valid comp for GT and UGA
February 7th, 2011
2:52 pm
CPJ is a graduate of Western Carolina. His teams reflect that talent level too.
UGA’s Mark Richt is a graduate of THE U. UGA has a winning tradition similar to the U but UGA’s is much, much deeper, spanning nearly 100 years.
CPJ coaches like he is competing with Elon College and Davidson and College of Charleston.
Now we know why.
Tonybarnheart
February 7th, 2011
2:56 pm
At least this gives some of those recruits that Tech took away from Western Carolina a chance to play against the team they almost signed with till they got a D-1 ? offer. And to those who signed anyway with WCar, they will be able to show out to CPJ
OhReally?
February 7th, 2011
3:00 pm
Oh Really Mr Bar-Low- There may have been another rape in Athens last week but it wasn’t by a football player. The only team with a player accused of Rape plays at Grant Field in front of 35,000 on a good day.
Ramblin Man
February 7th, 2011
3:04 pm
Damn I like thursday night games but I will find it hard to take off work for two days and drive 5 1/2 hours for the is one.
Kenny,
If GT is your biggest patsy then that would explain why you have a lack of NCs being as UGA struggles to beat GT most years.
Ramblin Man
February 7th, 2011
3:07 pm
This has been beat to death but here goes. Tarrant was cleared because it was PROVEN the girl lied. On another note Tarrant is not even in Atlanta he left early and is trying out at camps but don’t let anything like the truth get in the way of your idiotic posts.
Ramblin Man
February 7th, 2011
3:09 pm
You will also note that GT fans are not pointing out that all the rape accusations going around UGA seem to be cleared away pretty quick with little to no investigation.
Neal
February 7th, 2011
3:09 pm
Nice Non Conf
Miami has OSU. K State, Bethune Cookman, USF…butch up GT..no wonder UGA laughs at you…PJ is destroying your team…the gimmick is over
Ramblin Man
February 7th, 2011
3:10 pm
Neal give me a break did Miami not play Charleston Southern just a year or so ago.
OhReally?
February 7th, 2011
3:12 pm
Typical Bamblin Man. He was accused ( never said he was convicted) and the fact he left early has no bearing on whose team had someone accused of rape. So who is letting the truth get in the way. Oh Really?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
February 7th, 2011
3:12 pm
The funniest thing I have read on here all day is the “gentleman” up at the top of this page wanting to talk smack about David Greene.
Here are some numbers to prove David Greene was “quite alright”
31-17
51-7 (ouch!!)
34-17
19-13
Yeah. David Greene was alright
Reality Boy
February 7th, 2011
3:14 pm
How bout geting facts straight when you bring up something serious like rape charges. Check again Barlowe, you ignorant d bag, and you’ll see that there is no charges at all in that incident because it was a false claim.
Nice try though.
PS- good basketball team.
PPS- Try winning against UGA in something. (please please please bring up the fluke of ‘08 to prove your sorriness…)
GStateBen
February 7th, 2011
3:17 pm
Are there seriously Tech fans that believe you’ll win 9 games this Fall?
•ACC Home: Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia Tech – 1-3 at best there.
•ACC Away: NC State, Virginia, Miami, Duke – Should go 2-2
•Nonconference Home: Kansas, Western Carolina, Georgia – 2-1 is very likely.
•Nonconference Away: Middle Tennessee State – Better be a win.
That’s 6 wins people. A bowl game will get you a possibility at a 7th win.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
3:19 pm
DawginLex, why did you single me out in your 2:34 post? I guess to some exent I should be honored, but for the most part I only post silly (and yes, I know they are silly) things in response to the absurd posts of some of your redneck brethren. Actually, you seem to post mostly balanced comments, although with an occasional (sometimes funny) slam, and I usually appreciate at least some of what you have to say.
Ramblin Man
February 7th, 2011
3:22 pm
oh really,
Does the name Brandon Willaim ring a bell or does gang rape accusayions not count in your book? And the leaving early remark I left was directed at the idiot that posted about the APD looking to talk with #37. But plaese continue to try and make me look like the one that does not know what I’m talking about and lacks the facts.
Kenny
February 7th, 2011
3:22 pm
@Ramblin Man, As you put it UGA may struggle to beat Tech but in the end they do win.
Just a thought for you: If UGA is so bad and the SEC Conference is so bad, how many champions have come from the ACC in the 13 years of the BCS? Let me help you out: SEC is 7-0 in the BCS where is TECH at and why did TECH leave the SEC back in the day? Could it be they could not stand the heat and got out of the kitchen?
Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
3:24 pm
It’s true that a win is a win, no matter the score, and a loss hurts, no matter how close the game. BUT, all of you mutts bragging about 9-1 against the Jackets need to realize that 8 of those 9 games COULD have gone either way. They were all close enough to be considered very competitive matchups. Sometimes luck, 4 years a lousy QB, sometimes just not quite enough effort accounted for those losses to the mutts. And those games were against THUGa teams with some of their best players every. But like I said, a loss is a loss, and all of us Tech fans concede that fact.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
3:28 pm
Kenny, Dodd pulled Tech out of the SEC for two reasons—-misguided greed, thinking Tech could become the Notre Dame of the south, but MORE IMPORTANTLY because of the practice among othe SEC schools of dropping kids from scholarship simply because they wanted to give a scholarship to somebody else. Dodd NEVER revoked scholarships. When Tech left the SEC, we had winning records against ever school in the conference except Bama and UT, so it sure wasn’t a fear of competition.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
February 7th, 2011
3:28 pm
“Where are UGA’s NC’s??”
You nerds fail to mention that we play in the SEC, where our recruiting class is NEVER the top recruiting class in the conference. We get beat by teams that are expected t beat us. We beat you, like we are expected to.
The fluke of 08′ happened….. But it was just that. A fluke. You play ANY two teams head to head 10 times, the little brother will usually win at least 1. And that’s all you got. 1.
9-1
Mark Richt OWNS you.
GTBob
February 7th, 2011
3:30 pm
@GStateBen,
That’s why they play the games. Maybe your 6 win prediction is right. I’m guessing not. We will see. Either way i’m pretty excited to see our young players get a chance to play this year. It should bring a spark to the team that was missing last year. If nothing else maybe our team won’t sleepwalk through every game this year.
Ramblin Man
February 7th, 2011
3:30 pm
Kenny I said nothing comparing SEC and ACC fact is UGA should blow GT out of the water considering how each recruits and yet they fail to do so. I would get into the debate on why GT left the SEC, but that topic has been beat to death and meaningless to the topic. I was simply pointing out that to say GT is UGAs patsy game is stupid and you tried to turn it into an SEC vs ACC thing.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
3:30 pm
Bwhaha, that’s about the stupidest post I have seen yet. Must be tough being so dumb.
OhReally?
February 7th, 2011
3:32 pm
Ramblin, Never heard of Brandon Willaim. No Brandon Willaim ever played at UGA. Ramble on but you do not want to get into the severity of charges against the players in our respective programs. IE pot selling, drug overdosing (tragic) vrs driving with an open beer or going the wrong way on a 1 way street or speeding. Big deal
Ramblin Man
February 7th, 2011
3:34 pm
Supersize,
I guess the O’leary years were a fluke under that idiots way of thinking as well. I also laugh that he just said that UGA should loss to any team that out recruits UGA.
Ramblin Man
February 7th, 2011
3:36 pm
ohreally I apoligize it was Brandon Williams and look it up and I hope you really are not saying that UGA players have not been arrested for serious felony charges. Or are you just talking of the past three years and still I would say you really need to get facts straight?
Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
3:37 pm
Ramblin Man, you do remember, don’t you, that they made excuses every year O’Leary’s teams won….bad calls, too many injuries….yada yada yada. They have never been known for simply accepting the fact that they got beat. We got beat 9 out of 10 times; I admit it, and it hurts. But the facts are the facts.
DawginLex
February 7th, 2011
3:38 pm
supersize,
As I stated, I have to de-channel my inner redneck when I see things like:
mutts
UGAG
inbred
trailer park
leg humpers
Fulmer Cup
That’s all. Plus your blog handle implies we all work at McDonald’s.
That’s all. No harm, no foul.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
February 7th, 2011
3:42 pm
I’m making fun of you morons logic.
Every 11th post or so on a Tech blog has to do with “with all those 4-5 star recruits, where are the National Championships??”
So I am proving your logic to be right.
I am making fun of YOU. You are just too one-sided to figure that out.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
3:42 pm
DawginLex, are those terms any worse than nerds, constant references to Dragon Con (or whatever it is), “Joke by Coke”….I could go on and on. I know you don’t ALL work at McDonald’s; there are plenty of good doctors and lawyers (well, probably a few crooked lawyers) who graduated from THUGa (sorry, just can’t resist that). But I doubt that any of them post on here, so I use my ID to stoop to the level of most of those who do post here.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 7th, 2011
3:44 pm
Bwhaha, you are just too one-sided to figure out that everything you say, no matter in what context you THINK you are saying it, comes out as stupid
DawginLex
February 7th, 2011
3:46 pm
I’m not a lawyer, crooked or otherwise. Not a doctor either. Don’t flip burgers either.
I just enjoy blogging about college football and especially UGA.
Lots of misconceptions about both fan bases.
Later, gotta go back to work
the fries are burning………….
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
February 7th, 2011
3:47 pm
Well, I mean…..
ONLY an Engineering or “Management” degre will get you anywhere in life, DawginLex. I thought you knew this.
Obviously anybody who graduates with a UGA degree who aspires to be a Teacher, Lawyer, Businessman, Politician, Veterinarian, Journalist, Advertising Exec, etc. etc. etc……….. IS A FAILURE!!!!!!
Silly DawginLex….LOL