Updated: Tech’s P. Smith suspended for first two games
Greetings-
These are the notes filed for the paper. Paul Johnson was not a happy guy this afternoon. Practice apparently didn’t go so well…
Georgia Tech offensive tackle Phil Smith will be suspended for the first two games of the season for violating team rules, coach Paul Johnson said Wednesday. Johnson would not specify the rules that Smith, a returning starter, broke.
Smith is expected to regain his starting position after serving the suspension. His likely replacement for Tech’s games against Western Carolina Sept. 1 and Middle Tennessee State Sept. 10 is either Catlin Alford or Ray Beno. Alford is a redshirt freshman; Beno played three games as a redshirt freshman last season.
The suspension further hampers the line’s objective to build cohesion after an injury-filled spring practice. Alford and Beno have received many of the first-team practice repetitions in Smith’s place. Further, starting guard Will Jackson missed his second day in a row of practice along with backup tackle Morgan Bailey with injuries. Backup guard J.C. Lanier is likely out at least three weeks with a stress fracture.
“Certainly, when you don’t have a group working together, it’s a big deal,” Johnson said. “It’s been an issue this spring and now.”
The injuries and the suspension are revealing Tech’s lack of depth. With the injuries, true freshman Trey Braun has been working with the first team at guard and fellow true freshmen Errin Joe and Shaq Mason have been the second-team guards.
No other players are suspended.
Practice report
After a series of encouraging practices, the Yellow Jackets hit a wall Wednesday, which left Johnson in a sour state. The team practiced twice, working in shoulder pads in the morning and full pads in the afternoon.
“I guess it was less than stellar,” Johnson said. “I thought at the end of the practice this afternoon, the defense had a good period. They kicked the fool out of the offense. Other than that, it was just so-so.”
Asked to clarify which parts of practice had disappointed him, Johnson replied “the whole thing” and said intensity and effort were lacking.
Holton making a run
Safety Fred Holton is making a push for a starting job, Johnson said. Holton, one of the strongest and hardest-working players on the team, is behind Isaiah Johnson on the depth chart. Asked about second-string players challenging for starting jobs, Johnson mentioned one other beside Holton, outside linebacker Brandon Watts, who is behind Steven Sylvester.
Said Johnson, “The guys who are making most of the plays are the guys who are playing, (inside linebacker) Julian Burnett, guys like that, (defensive end) Jason Peters.”
Days struggling
Judging from comments made by coaches, it is becoming evident that backup quarterback Synjyn Days is not having the best camp. Tuesday, quarterbacks and B-backs coach Brian Bohannon praised Days’ running ability but said that he sometimes has mental lapses and a lack of focus, which lead to negative plays. Wednesday, Johnson said his hope for Days for Saturday’s scrimmage is that he “run the offense and execute at a higher level than he has so far.”
Days is the No. 2 quarterback behind starter Tevin Washington.
Schedule
Tech will have single practices Thursday and Friday followed by the first of two scrimmages Saturday morning. It will be the first time the team uses Bobby Dodd Stadium since the field was re-sodded at the end of June. Johnson plans to run more than 100 plays.
I’m not sure what camp-related stuff I’ll post Thursday, as only Johnson was available Wednesday, but I did talk to a few former Tech guys in NFL camps this week to get their thoughts on rookie life.
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By Ken Sugiura, AJC
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177 comments Add your comment
fan of shorter passes
August 10th, 2011
7:32 pm
one reason you start with directionals…
sasquatch
August 10th, 2011
7:34 pm
phil – don’t be stupid, son.
reebok
August 10th, 2011
7:36 pm
glad we start w/ 2 soft games. phil – grow up fast.
Giff Smith
August 10th, 2011
7:44 pm
sounds like a urine test failure
michael
August 10th, 2011
7:45 pm
late for practice, missed work out, forgot to register for school???? WHAT????????
MTSU
August 10th, 2011
7:46 pm
Don’t kid yourself not a big talent gap between GT and MTSU.
Ken Sugiura
August 10th, 2011
7:50 pm
michael – don’t know, but it’s probably not any of your three suggestions.
Buzz
August 10th, 2011
7:50 pm
Not a big talent gap? Did you watch last years game? I believe MTSU’s star qb threw 4 interception.
joe schmoe
August 10th, 2011
7:52 pm
Mtsu = GA troll
Tech Fan Since 1950
August 10th, 2011
7:52 pm
I agree MTSU. Tech cannot take any team for granted. MTSU has some talent and it is at there place. Tech, unfortunately, is not a stranger to being overconfident. Does Kansas come to mind? Come on Phil and guys. Stay focused. It is only four or five years of your lives and you will regret it if you do not make the most of it. But again, college is a learning time and it is not just about books. So learn something!
Chuck Allison
August 10th, 2011
8:00 pm
I am a Tech fan, but there is no way Tech fans should criticize anyone else’s passing game. We haven’t had a passing game for three years and there is no reason we should expect one this year. However, we can hope!
Stinger 2
August 10th, 2011
8:01 pm
Giff Smith: What showed up in the urine test he failed?
Stinger 2
August 10th, 2011
8:03 pm
Chuck Allison: You are so right. We can always hope but not have great expectations as long as CPJ is the coach.
Burdell
August 10th, 2011
8:10 pm
Who criticized someone’s passing game, Chuck? It is a fact that “The Gambler” threw a bunch of INTs in last season’s game. He talked a whole bunch of trash leading up to the game too. I remember JT taking one to the house.
GO JACKETS!!
But yes, internal discipline of 2 games…usually equals failed sample…not of the Drummond variety.
Outside Observer
August 10th, 2011
8:16 pm
I read the title, thought they were talking about Orwin Smith. Phil is certainly a loss, but the O-line is constantly getting adjustments. Come on Phil, don’t be stupid. Come back with a chip on your shoulder and play your heart out.
Goldenrod
August 10th, 2011
8:17 pm
No big whup, we still gonna finish undefeated, win the ACC and stomp the leghumpers in November.
Ramblin Man
August 10th, 2011
8:25 pm
First off do not just say Smith in the headline since you had to know all the fans would think Orwin Smith. Shame on you Ken.
I could care less that the first two games are what some would call cupcakes. It’s game experience he will miss with a line that needs to work on its timing. Hope the kid gets his act together this line can’t take to many hits.
MTSU
August 10th, 2011
8:31 pm
No UGA fan and last year was our qb first game back from suspension. It was 14-7 at the half. Plus it’s in Murfreesboro, we beat Maryland two straight seasons and from looking at Tech roster you don’t look much better than Maryland.
@MTSU
August 10th, 2011
9:08 pm
I don’t like to plan my meals 3 weeks in advance but maybe you do. What side items do you eat with Crow?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 10th, 2011
9:14 pm
Just don’t go up there and overlook them. Stranger things have happened
BigTimeTECHFan
August 10th, 2011
9:22 pm
MTSU: it’s cool, I agree Tech should not take MTSU as a give-me win, glad to see your supporting your team.
you guys got a nice QB in Tim Byerly, won state title in GA, 1st team all state in GA. win at all cost type QB.
M. B.
August 10th, 2011
9:26 pm
I take NO team for granted. Remember losses to Army, Duke, AND Furman. And I NEVER EVER predict a win over the Pups!
USMC DAWG
August 10th, 2011
9:30 pm
Holy crap, first GT gets an ACC title revoked, now player suspensions. What kind of thug program if Johnson running over there anyway? That’s all you hear anytime a UGA player jaywalks…
BG
August 10th, 2011
9:35 pm
Funny! The guy is suspended for the first 2 cupcake games.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 10th, 2011
9:35 pm
M.B. it’s not you and I who shouldn’t take a team for granted; it’s the players on the team. I don’t want to see another Gardner-Webb debacle, and certainly not another Kansas screw-up.
Worm
August 10th, 2011
9:37 pm
If they’re counting on Alford and Bailey, they’re in BIG trouble…But, they are playing two sisters of the poor the first two.
Randy
August 10th, 2011
9:52 pm
What did you expect BG? To suspend him the 6th and 7th games of the season? Idiot.
sports
August 10th, 2011
10:00 pm
very typical of the techies here…they still need a warden.
Who cares
August 10th, 2011
10:02 pm
@USMC DAWG. If you truly are a Marine you should have enough since to understand the difference between suspension for breaking a rule and breaking the law. I know when I was in we understood when someone did something that was dumb you don’t treat it as if they broke the law. By the way it is “What kind of thug program is Johnson running….”.
Go Jackets!!! USMC Original
Supersize that order, mutt
August 10th, 2011
10:03 pm
With all the mutts suspended, kicked off the team, arrested, flunking out, etc, etc, the mutt trolls on here have a helluva lot of room to talk.
dap01
August 10th, 2011
10:04 pm
Can you imagine the headlines if this was a payer from UGA? I assure that it would be SLANTED differently.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 10th, 2011
10:06 pm
dap01, for one thing they would put the whole name and not leave it to the readers to wonder which player with the same last name it actually was. I can’t believe Ken didn’t say “PHIL SMITH” in the headline
GSUStud
August 10th, 2011
10:12 pm
State could beat Tech this year if they weren’t afraid to schedule us.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 10th, 2011
10:27 pm
As if ignorant redneck trolls from THUGa were not enough, now we have STUPID GSU trolls. But I guess I needed a good laugh.
final score > total rushing yards
August 10th, 2011
10:31 pm
What the heck kind of program are you nerds running over there??
NCAA violations and probation for the second time in a very short span, suspensions, academic ineligibilities,…..
Aren’t these all things that (except for NCAA probation) that you attempt to declare UGA a “cesspool” over?? TROUBLE IN ATLANTA
LIARS AND CHEATERS!!!!
final score > total rushing yards
August 10th, 2011
10:34 pm
Stephen Hill and Mario Edwards get “special tutoring” yet???
Buzzy
August 10th, 2011
10:46 pm
what is going on here? the program is in big trouble. first we are caught for our lieing and cheating & have our title and games stipped from us in the most embarrasing scandal in years in our state and now our thugs are getting suspended after we paid good money to get them to play in the ghetto.
Also I have a big beef with you ooky guys at the ajc for reporting this story in the first place. I know for a fact we spend lots of cash for “advertising” at your paper just to make sure bad and highly embarassing stories like this are killed before anyone finds out about it.
Surely your highly trained staff of bloggers could have “created” another story about those mean old dogs to cover our misdeeds. God knows you have done this often enough in the past. Why stop now?
Lee Purdy
August 10th, 2011
10:47 pm
Ken -
Can you tell me what time is curfew? What time is lights out? Who does the bed checks during this time at the hotel? Maybe this is what happened to Phil Smith.
Thanks
Jacket93-Panther98
August 10th, 2011
10:49 pm
Looking forward to the home openers of BOTH my Alma maters GT &GSU. Bill Curry is awesome and the Panthers look great!! Get your tickets and c’mon down to the dome.
GO JACKETS!
GO PANTHERS!!
No techies on Paris Island
August 10th, 2011
10:54 pm
@ who cares
By the way it is sense, not since. Nothing more pathetic than making a spelling error when you are correcting someone else. Well any tech fan is more pathetic but they set the bar for pathetic.
Ken Sugiura
August 10th, 2011
11:15 pm
lee – it’s not something that happened recently, so I don’t think it was a curfew matter.
for those who think i should have indicated it was Phil Smith and not Orwin Smith, I apologize. Typically, headlines don’t include first names but, regardless of which Smith it was, a distinction should have been made. Thanks.
No techies – it’s Parris Island, not “Paris” Island.
Ramblin Man
August 10th, 2011
11:18 pm
No Techies on Paris Island. I beg to differ
Bill Goodhew, IM 61, of Atlanta, vice president of Intelligent Systems Corp. He is a past chair of the Alumni Association board of trustees and the Roll Call Leadership Circle gift club. He has served on the Georgia Tech Foundation board of trustees, the Georgia Tech Research Corp. advisory board, the Alexander-Tharpe Fund board and the Georgia Tech campaign steering committee. In 1995 Goodhew was inducted into the Georgia Technology Hall of Fame. The Southeastern Software Association has named him Entrepreneur of the Year and Software Executive of the Decade. He also served in the Marine Corps.
Jacket Man
August 10th, 2011
11:19 pm
Paul Johnson has immediately stepped up and suspended a starter for two games for his 1st team violation by his player.
Just because Mark Richt may, or may not, give his players a few breaks before he takes action against them has no relevance to the Yellow Jackets either.
Let’s stay on task, people, and try to get ready for our own teams. There’s plenty to keep us occupied with the new season upon us.
Tech Fan
August 10th, 2011
11:19 pm
Ken, I am going to keep asking, what is the status of Jabari Hunt Days? He was our biggest recruit under Vad Lee, how is he doing?
Ramblin Man
August 10th, 2011
11:24 pm
GSUstud,
You do understand that most schedules are made a year or two in advance so how exactly would GT have scheduled to play GSU this season? I think GT has a opening for non-conference in 2013 so who knows. No offense though but I hope GT has the depth problem fixed and a set of starters by 2013 and would look to shedule a stronger team if one is available. Not a hit on GSU as I hope they can build a strong program I would just like to see GT schedule the likes of a ND or Auburn again.
Ramblin Man
August 10th, 2011
11:33 pm
Jacket Man probably more of a mandatory thing compared to steping up. That and GT is walking on REALLY thin ice right now.
On a completely different note what is up with the new celebration/taunting penalty? Talk about a joke and leaving room for way to much discretion? So say in a huge game or rivalry a kid makes a 90 yard pick 6 and dares to do something the ref feels is taunting before reaching the end zone the TD is recalled and a 15 yard penalty from the spot of the foul. STUPID.
#SearchingForLeaders
August 10th, 2011
11:38 pm
P. Smith what were you thinking? Do you not know the rules? Do you not care about team chemistry and team success?
#aimatnothingandyouwillhitit
AugustaBuzz
August 10th, 2011
11:41 pm
“No techies on Paris Island”, General Raymond Davis.
Ken Sugiura
August 10th, 2011
11:43 pm
Tech Fan – I asked CPJ about the freshman linebackers this afternoon: “I don’t know. They hardly ever play. I haven’t seem them do a whole lot.”
If Jabari Hunt-Days has stood out: “Not really. He’s like everybody else. He’s learning.”
It wasn’t the most clear answer. I was going to look into it again next week.
BigTimeTECHFan
August 10th, 2011
11:59 pm
“No techies on Paris Island”
Coach Joe Speed
BigTimeTechFan
Richard Cranium
August 11th, 2011
12:01 am
The big story pretty soon will be Vad Lee.
I think this kid is so good, he’s going to tempt Coach Johnson to burn his red-shirt…
Excuses excuses...
August 11th, 2011
12:26 am
Schedules are made a few years out…yeah, and GSU played Alabama last year, and again this year. Are you seriously saying you have less schedule flexibility than Alabama? You bugs know you can’t handle GSU. You are already used to being second fiddle in the state, better get used to being second fiddle in your own city too!!!
macrotech
August 11th, 2011
12:34 am
Excuses excuses…are you serious? You FINALLY went and put together a football team over there…good job! Scheduling isn’t as simple as saying, “Hey, we want to play your team”. How many seasons do ya’ll have under your belt? It was luck that Alabama had an open spot…good job donating the win to them! Tech is ALREADY playing Western Carolina AND Middle Tennessee State…we’re not interested in your donation. You’ll have to get in line like everyone else…now, behave or we’ll make you go back to the end of the line!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
1:56 am
hey, macro, are you still here?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
1:56 am
Augusta Buzz, are you still here? Augusta here too
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
1:57 am
I love that Ken called that guy on the spelling of Parris Island. It’s obvious the troll is no marine
Paddy
August 11th, 2011
6:24 am
BG……Of course Smith is sitting out the first 2 games! What games do you think a kid sits for a team rule violation in Aug; games 11 & 12?
Cmon man
August 11th, 2011
7:07 am
@macrotech bama also had an open spot to play tech in the chick fil a game in 2013 but some team on north ave didnt have the balls to step up to the challenge! Oh yea I forgot they didnt want to give up a home game against elon. Thanks alot tech now we are stuck with bama vs va tech AGAIN! On second thought the way tech fumbled that investigation you might not want them to make last minute changes to the schedule
Who cares (the original)
August 11th, 2011
7:46 am
@No techies on Paris Island
You are correct it is sense, not since. It is also Parris Island.
Go Jackets!!!
Just for kicks. I once read “Nothing more pathetic than making a spelling error when you are correcting someone else” Do you know who came up with that quote.
Nash
August 11th, 2011
7:58 am
Did he beat some women like Bobby Ross’ trash did in the late 80’s?
hahahahha!!!
August 11th, 2011
8:23 am
Wow, Coach Moobs really showed him!!! Forcing him to miss games against Walton High School and the Decatur School for the Blind!!!
TC Tech
August 11th, 2011
8:37 am
Thank you Ken, Good job!!
MTSU
August 11th, 2011
9:10 am
It may well be a closer game than you guys expect, we do recruit many of the same players. Much easier for us to get them into school. You guys took a few we wanted last year in Mason,Waller,Snoddy and Milton.
Pull My Finger
August 11th, 2011
9:12 am
Wow…..suspended for two youth league games…….harsh. That Johnson is such the disciplinarian!
biscuit
August 11th, 2011
9:12 am
I wonder how this positions Tech with the NCAA in their appeal? Makes them look like they’re doing a better job of housekeeping perhaps? Agreed that MTSU is going to be a tough game early and away.
gtfanfrom1951
August 11th, 2011
9:13 am
Georgia Southern is my school and GT is my football team but if we lose to MTSU heads should roll.
who cares (the original)
August 11th, 2011
9:19 am
Meant not paris island in the shovels
who cares (the original)
August 11th, 2011
9:20 am
Above
sam
August 11th, 2011
9:22 am
If tech doesn’t handle MTSU, oh my
headley lamar
August 11th, 2011
9:33 am
Another day another Tech scandal.
Get it together guys.
DawginLex
August 11th, 2011
9:33 am
What did i say to not get throught the sensors?
DawginLex
August 11th, 2011
9:34 am
through
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
9:42 am
DawginLex, that seems to happen a lot lately. I don’t know what’s going on there
BG
August 11th, 2011
9:44 am
Smith probably failed a drug test.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
9:44 am
Cmon man, you are partially correct. The Tech Bama game was a home and home for two years, not at the Georgia Dome. And yes, Tech did cancel for reasons still not divulged, although it was said to have been done by “mutual agreement.” I think most Tech fans were really looking forward to it. But Ole Miss similarly cancelled their home-and-home with Tech, and that’s why we played Kansas last year and again this year. I’m not sure who we substituted for Bama.
Lewis
August 11th, 2011
10:01 am
Love GT’s home schedule this and it doesn’t hurt that CPJ wins 72% of his games at home. We will surprise some people this year IMO. Here is a good look at CPJ’s body of work (heard about this site on Barnhart & Durham show last week).
http://coachesbythenumbers.com/coach-profile/?coach=Paul+Johnson
Harvey D. Pooka
August 11th, 2011
10:05 am
Why are so many of you folks assuming it was failed drug test? Unless you are a member of the inner circle and have accurate knowledge of this, keep quiet. If you are a member of the inner circle, you should keep quiet as you have not been given permission to speak of it.
Born2Buzz
August 11th, 2011
10:14 am
Ken, well done in slapping down “Paris Island”.
The OL is worrisome. Sadly my dream tandem of Kidney & Beno next to each other might come to fruition earlier than I would like.
juvenal
August 11th, 2011
10:15 am
unlike a lot of bloggers, hate being redundant, but it’s a new season, so i repeat-i bet college football players get in less trouble than the kids they went to highschool with……
Ken Sugiura
August 11th, 2011
10:22 am
Thanks MTSU, aka “Hokie,” “vaunted SEC” and “Blue Devil.” (among others) you obviously know your stuff – just stick with one name. no one’s going to bite you.
DawginLex – i’m not sure what the problem is. it seems to be happening a lot. i’ll ask our web gurus today.
for those critical of CPJ for suspending Smith for two games, i find it a little premature, given that we don’t know what the violation was. i’m not speaking, unfortunately, with knowledge of the rule he broke, but it seems a bit premature. and, as others have said, i don’t know that i’ve ever heard of a coach delaying a player’s suspension for more “meaningful” games. if it’s happened, i’d be interested to hear it.
Ken Sugiura
August 11th, 2011
10:23 am
born2buzz – you gotta find better things to dream about…
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
10:27 am
Ken, you’re getting more feisty lately…..I LOVE it. But what I really like is the good info you have provided us lately. Keep up the good work!!!
Same ol', same ol'
August 11th, 2011
10:44 am
NCAA has asked Yech to vacate wins twice within a 10 year period and now this? Looks like that death penalty will be coming sooner rather than later. And rightfully so. Maybe then Ga. State can use that glorified high school stadium and actually sell out a game that doesn’t involve UGA.
Food for thought
no leghumpers at NASA
August 11th, 2011
10:48 am
Former UGA valedictorians cleaning the toilets at NASA don’t count.
Lendon
August 11th, 2011
10:52 am
Wow, you mean one of Tech’s thugs finally broke through their steel trap lockdown on hiding all their criminals from the media? I guess they felt like they had to throw them a bone since it’s beyond obvious the Joke by Coke is the dirtiest program in America.
Mark
August 11th, 2011
10:55 am
Given the fact that NASA is no more, I think it’s safe to say the handful of Tech graduates that brought down the space program’s demise isn’t much to brag about.
I will gladly keep counting our Rhode Scholars.
Red Panty Alert
August 11th, 2011
11:00 am
Hey all you muttz, at least Cynthia Tucher isn’t bring her sense and sensabilities to North Avenue. She is your new Jan Kemp.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
11:19 am
Red Panty Alert, what’s America coming to when someone with her agenda gets hired to teach the youth of America? By the way, I guess it’s forbidden to actually write her name here, since I did, and it didn’t go through. I wondered why you misspelled it; I guess I know why now. Censorship at work, huh?
juvenal
August 11th, 2011
11:28 am
smartmoney gives us the #1 that matters….
capt-ATL
August 11th, 2011
11:36 am
Actually Mark, you may need to go back to school!! There is no such thing as a Rhode Scholars, Actually it is Rhodes Scholar. You see, Cecil Rhodes was never named Cecil Rhode. Also, NASA is not shut down clown!! The Shuttle Program is shut down. To think we mush share our oxygen with the likes of Mark. I’m sure your mama is proud of you and loves you despite your ignorance.
GT Fan
August 11th, 2011
11:38 am
Phil Smith’s got lots of potential. Already a pretty good, athletic OL, but he can be better. He’s got size/frame (6′5″ 287) and plenty of room to grown for the next level … is he so dumb that he doesn’t realize suspensions and other character traits are taken into consideration if/when the NFL comes calling? He tends to get lots of false starts too.
Get your head out of your arse Phil!
aztec
August 11th, 2011
11:39 am
once again gt folks let me warn you about your trip to byu in a couple of years…they will cheat you every way they can..those people out there claim they are some kind of christians…bull sh……t. bunch of cheating hipocrits is what they are..make sure you take acc officials out there with you and make sure you have your independent people in the replay booth.
How many Tech students have been mugged this week?
August 11th, 2011
11:45 am
Hey Capt-ATL -
You know you lost the argument when you break out the ever lame grammar police badge. Get a life.
And yes, shutting down the space program is essentially shutting down NASA, you tool.
Tec Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
11:53 am
Not sure about Marines, But Tech has two Medal of honor recipents and at least 1 Rhodes Scholar. Tech also has 1 alumni President of the USA. What does Uga have? Maybe more Rhodes Scholars, but none of the above. UGA admit it; the only thing you have that is better than Tech is your football team. And lately you team seems to be about equal to ours.
capt-ATL
August 11th, 2011
11:54 am
Just for the record, here is a link speaking to the companies they will rent spacecrafts from in order to continue thier experiments and exploration. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44092425/ns/technology_and_science-space/
Cecil Rhodes
August 11th, 2011
11:57 am
Me thinks that Tech has more Rhodes Scholars than UGA. Can someone check on this?
How many Tech students have been mugged this week?
August 11th, 2011
11:58 am
Tech fan 76
Only an incompetent Tech fan would be stupid enough to claim the worst President of all time, before Obama of course.
Cap- ATL
You really arent very bright are you? They are paying the PRIVATE SECTOR you freaking idiot.
Justin
August 11th, 2011
12:03 pm
“Maybe more Rhodes Scholars???” Yeah, try 20 more genius.
hahahaha!!!!
August 11th, 2011
12:05 pm
You cheats are right about one thing, Jimmy Carter is all you!!! Lol! Congrats!!!
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:05 pm
Tech has at least three Rhodes Scholars and two Nobel prize winners. UGA not so much! UGA once again fails to measure up to Tech!
Xeries
August 11th, 2011
12:08 pm
Yechies showing how truly dumb they are yet again. UGA has almost as many more Rhodes scholars as wins vs. the thugs from North Ave.
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:08 pm
Ok, UGA has more but not 20 more. Idiot!
Pi man
August 11th, 2011
12:10 pm
Hey @MTSU, I’d like some Chess pie with my corw. WHere’s a good place to get some in Murfreesboro?
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:10 pm
Your the idiot! No way UGA has more than 18. I guess your math is no better than your IQ.
Facts
August 11th, 2011
12:13 pm
UGA = 21 Rhodes scholars
Joke by Coke = 2 Rhodes scholars
Tech fails to measure up as usual
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:15 pm
After all of these years I still can not understand why UGA idiots are so obsessed with Tech. They claim that we are not relevant in football so why all of the attention? Just plain flat out envy!
hahahahaa!!!!
August 11th, 2011
12:16 pm
Tech Fan 76 cant handle the reality Tech sucks!!!
21 >2
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:17 pm
Facts: Your facts are wrong!
hahahahaa!!!!
August 11th, 2011
12:19 pm
Yea Tech fan 76, UGA envies your laughable 2 Rhodes scholars and your 26 less victories head -to-head. Lol!!!
Facts
August 11th, 2011
12:20 pm
Look it up. It is all over the internet. Nothing more funny than a jealous bug fan.
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:22 pm
Ha Ha! West Georgia U has more nobel prize winners that UGA!
Facts
August 11th, 2011
12:23 pm
Ooops, Tech fan 76 you are correct. My mistake. I am wrong. Last year Tracy Wang was named one as well, UGA actually has 22.
Thank you for pointing that out.
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:25 pm
Talking to an idiot. I should know better. Facts you fact are wrong. Again, UGA has no more than 18 RS. That is 18 not 21.
hahahaha!!!!
August 11th, 2011
12:26 pm
Lol!!
Facts, you are toying with this Yech tool making him look like a fool!!! Lol!! Love it!!!
Reese
August 11th, 2011
12:28 pm
He was wrong. UGA has 22
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:30 pm
UGA people: You don’t get it! You have just been jerked around and don’t even know it. Did you guys have fun on Wiki?
Tech Fan 76
August 11th, 2011
12:34 pm
I don’t care if you have 100 RS. You are still rated about 40 places lower than Tech academically. You guys make less, have less influence nationally and only have a pitiful memory of a great football team that has crashed to the ground. Hey, football is great fun but means little in life.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
12:56 pm
Tech Fan 76, not disputing your point, but I thought that Rhodes Scholars only came from liberal arts schools.
And to the 11:45 mutt who posted, the space program has not been shut down—-only the shuttle program. Don’t you read the news? A new spacecraft was just launched last week towards deep space; that program has not ended. There may not be any new astronauts in NASA, but there are still plenty of engineers working for NASA, and I guarantee you there are quite a few from Tech, seeing as how one of the top aerospace engineering schools in the country is at Tech
EEstudent
August 11th, 2011
1:03 pm
Rhodes Scholarships are definitely more geared towards journalism and other literary/liberal arts majors, NOT engineers. So it’s not really relevant to compare RS between GT and UGA.
It makes more sense to compare RS to NSF scholarships which are both highly esteemed fellowships in our respective academic expertises and are worth about the same amount in the end. GT had 38 NSF recipients….last year.
No competition. UGA will NEVER match GT in academics. Nice try with that engineering program hoax last year!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
1:05 pm
I think a more pertinent comparison would be that Tech apparently has had 3, Cal Tech 6, and MIT 33. I guess I was wrong in thinking that Rhodes Scholars only came from liberal arts programs, but Tech compares favorably with Cal Tech, and neither Tech NOT THUGa compare well at all with MIT.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
1:07 pm
EEstudent, adding an engineering curriculum in Athens is just another example of wasteful use of tax money. But I guess, if some dummy can’t get into a real engineering school, he might as well settle for a lowest possible tier one.
EEstudent
August 11th, 2011
1:11 pm
The past 3 MIT Rhodes Scholars were double majoring in engineering/science and someting else like literature, economics, psychology, or political science.
So engineers can win it, but only if they are involved in literary/liberal arts academics as well
EEstudent
August 11th, 2011
1:12 pm
Supersize, I completely agree.
Even UGA fans should admit that they don’t want UGA students building the bridges they drive across and the buildings they work in.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
1:13 pm
EEstudent, thanks for the clarification. Of course, now that actual facts are being presented, the trolls go back into hiding, just like a dog when it thunders.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
1:15 pm
EEstudent, the TRUE UGA fans would agree with that. But the trolls who post on here have don’t have enough common sense to know any better.
EEstudent
August 11th, 2011
1:19 pm
heck, my girlfriend goes to UGA, and she agrees with me. Proof!
Ken Sugiura
August 11th, 2011
1:24 pm
i see the plan to ignore the trolls is working out well. carry on…
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
1:25 pm
LOL @ Ken. Sometimes you just have to fight back a little
gt4ever
August 11th, 2011
2:06 pm
@MTSU
It could happen, but NOT likely….. I don’t believe we are better than Maryland this year, as I have picked GT to lose the Maryland game… I’ll say this, if CPJ takes a team up to MTSU and loses, this will be a very LONG year…
Good day
August 11th, 2011
2:32 pm
Nothing gets the Tech shut-ins riled up with rage like facts.
MIT – 33 RS
UGA – 22 RS
Trade School – 2 RS
I would say UGA compares just fine to MIT. Definitely more so than Tech.ever will.
gt4ever
August 11th, 2011
2:45 pm
Why are we talking academics on a football blog….?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
2:49 pm
Seeing as how Rhodes Scholars are only named from liberal arts studies, and since Tech has MUCH less than MIT and THUGa has MUCH MUCH more in that area, then I would say Tech looks better than THUGa in comparison to MIT. And Tech has 3, not 2.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
2:53 pm
Because some ignorant mutt thinks that because Tech has less Rhodes scholars than THUGa means Tech is not academically significant, never giving any thought whatsoever to the fact that Tech has no liberal arts majors. The only way someone from Tech can be named a Rhodes Scholar is by — well, I guess I don’t know exactly how. But pure engineers do not qualify for Rhodes Scholarships.
gt4ever
August 11th, 2011
3:16 pm
Super,
There is NO question which school in Georgia ranks TOP in Academic excellence…. UGA has NO programs that rank in the Top 20….. NONE. However, they still beat our arse every year where it counts. On the Football field the MUTTS are number one! In Georgia….
The shutins are fuming!!
August 11th, 2011
3:23 pm
Supertroll, your own brethern told you engineering schools can and do recieve Rhodes scholars, as MIT proves, but Tech’s just arent smart enough. 22 to 2??? Ouch!!
Hilarious lie gt4ever. You may even be more dishonest and shameless than supertroll.
Academic argument over
August 11th, 2011
3:25 pm
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public
Georgia Tech is #7, UGA is #18. Deal with it.
The implosion continues
August 11th, 2011
3:28 pm
UGA owns Yech on the field, Rhodes scholars and soon in engineering as well. Making the trade school 100% irrelevant!! Love it!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
3:40 pm
gt4ever, I will let you feed the trolls today. I am going back to ignoring them. They’re not worth my time.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
3:41 pm
HOWEVER, before I go…..Nobel Prize winners…..Tech 3, THUGa a BIG FAT ZERO !!!
Last time I looked Nobel Prize winners were more significant than Rhodes Scholars.
fez
August 11th, 2011
3:42 pm
I think the one idiot troll said it best when he said GT is the home of Jimmy Carter. Nuff said.
fez
August 11th, 2011
3:46 pm
Nobel prizes are a joke and you are a fool to think otherwise. Only pro liberal/socialist/communist anti-America kooks win that “award.” No wonder a Nazi tech troll would think so highly of it.
Zairs
August 11th, 2011
3:49 pm
Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore and Obama have all won the Nobel. Further evidence supersize is a braindead liberal sheep. No wonder he is a Techie.
Beachwood Dawg
August 11th, 2011
3:54 pm
Another day of bioootch slapping nerds with facts and realities on the blog I see.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
3:55 pm
Nobel PEACE Prizes are a joke, yes, and I am not proud in the least that Jimmy Carter is one of Tech’s 3. HOWEVER, the other two winners were NOT Peace Prize winners, and those prizes DO hold validity. I also noticed that both Ole Miss and Bama have more Rhodes Scholars to their credit than does THUGa. Just another indicator of just how irrelevant THUGa is in the SEC. Hell, even the University of the South, in Suwanee, TN, has more Rhodes Scholars than THUGa. Since the vast majority of Rhodes scholars come from exclusively liberal arts universities, and NOT engineering schools, THUGa doesn’t rank very highly at all.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
4:02 pm
So TWO Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry from Tech — NO Nobel Prize winners in ANYTHING from THUGa. How are those for FACTS???
juvenal
August 11th, 2011
4:16 pm
bill clinton was a rhodes scholar….
juvenal
August 11th, 2011
4:18 pm
winner of last nobel peace prize dropping bombs in at least 6 countries we are not even at war with……
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
4:27 pm
Like I said, Nobel Peace Prizes a joke. Nobel Prizes in the fields of science valid and important.
The implosion continues
August 11th, 2011
4:33 pm
Nobel prizes are more political than Oscars which is why no one cares about them. And Yech only has 2. I swear supertroll cannot go a minute without lying.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
4:36 pm
I said that Tech has 2 Nobel prize winners in Chemistry, and that’s no lie, and those prizes are not political. That is not a lie. And even though I DESPISE Jimmy Carter, his Peace Prize was for his work with Anwar Sadat in the Egyptian – Israeli peace accords, which actually were productive. So that Peace Prize was actually pretty well deserved. That was probably the only good thing the man has ever done.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
4:44 pm
You want names, implosion? Kary B. Mullis and Paul J. Crutzen, although Crutzen was an adjunct professor and not an alumnus. However, his affiliation with Tech is listed in his Nobel credentials.
hahahaha!!!
August 11th, 2011
4:48 pm
Super, you really are a Yech grad arent you? You are about as sharp as a spoon. Carter despises Israel. He has spoken and written against the Jews for years.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
4:54 pm
I know he is anti-Israel now, but his work in bringing about those accords IS worthy of admiration, even if nothing else he has ever done or said does. I have NEVER defended Jimmy Carter, and never will, but there is some good in even the worst people, and he DID do good on that one issue.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
4:56 pm
“is” not “does”
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
4:57 pm
By the way, get back to me about screwed up representatives of your school after Cynthia T. f*s up some young minds with her socialist garbage
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
5:01 pm
Regardless of whether you mutts like it or not, Tech is always listed among the top 20, and usually the top 10, public colleges academically in the country, and has NEVER ranked lower than the cow college. It’s also in the top 50 highest endowed schools in the country. THUGa is not even in the top 100.
hahahaha!!!
August 11th, 2011
5:25 pm
UGA is a top 50-55 college year in and year out. We do not need terrorist money from overseas. Speakinh of which, how many of your future terrorists in training have set off bombs on campus this summer? Everything about Yech is digusting. Your defense for a Pro-Nazi Yech grad like Cater sums you up perfectly.
headley lamar
August 11th, 2011
5:32 pm
If techies are soo smart why cant they read a rule book and follow it.
2 Major probation’s in ten years, Players selling weed, DUI from Matt Skole, Professors looking at kiddie porn, muggings daily, and now a player suspended for two games.
Whats going on at Tech? Dodd must be spinning in his grave.
GDBurdell
August 11th, 2011
7:03 pm
tek won’t win more than 5 freaking games this season, when they lose the first three this year *JUST WATCH* nerds will come out of the woodwork with inane excuses.
Cheat
Lie
Break the rules
that’s the triple option!!!
230gr Full Metal Jacket
August 11th, 2011
7:04 pm
“No techies on Paris Island”, General Raymond Davis”
Who was not only a Marine, but Commandant of the Marine Corp AND more importantly than any on that, A Congressional Medal of Honor recipient!! I had the honor of attending church in Conyers with General Davis for many years and got to know him very well. He could easily go toe-to-toe with ANYONE who has ever served in the military, in ANY branch! I have a copy of his commendation for the CMOH at home. If you ever read it, you would realize just how large a set of cojones General Davis had!! They don’t build ‘em like that anymore!!!!!
Mora
August 11th, 2011
7:29 pm
Sometimes I think those UGA alumni that conceived, financed and founded GT did so just so we coukl laugh at their own misery. They created an eternal punching bag for UGA.
230gr Full Metal Jacket
August 11th, 2011
7:32 pm
I can only assume that day-care let out early today, judging from the number of UGA self-affiliated trolls on here.
You know guys, if you spent as much effort on schoolwork as you do on getting drunk and posting ignorant , juvenile commentary on another teams blog then you might actually get admitted into UGA!!! Wouldn’t THAT be a novel concept? Fans who actually attended the school they pull for!!! (as opposed to fans who pull for whoever had the cheapest hats and T-shirts at Wal-Mart). But I have to admit that some of ya’ll are amusing at times, so please carry on!!!!!
EEstudent
August 11th, 2011
7:37 pm
Actually, those founders have probably been cursing in their graves ever since GT passed UGA in academics; what both schools were founded for….
Bemused Tech Student
August 11th, 2011
8:56 pm
For anyone who cares, here is a list of number of winners by school of the Rhodes Scholarship in the United States, from the Rhodes Scholarship Site. http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/PDF/2010/Institutions_for_Website_6_29_10.pdf UGA is listed at 21, Tech at 3, congratulations bullpuppies. It should be noted that HARVARD, YALE, and PRINCETON combine for over 600 recipients between them, and that over 7000 have been given worldwide. That makes the two Chemistry Nobels from Tech much more impressive in comparison. Another thing, once again from the Rhodes’ site:
Mr. Rhodes’ Will contains four criteria by which prospective Rhodes Scholars are to be selected:
literary and scholastic attainments;
energy to use one’s talents to the full, as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports;
truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship;
moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one’s fellow beings.
I think both Tech and UGA students, can when they decide to get off their respective high horses match these traits in an exemplary manner. That being said, I should expect UGA to have more, they possess a criteria that is better suited for study at Oxford (a renowned Liberal Arts School) than the Engineering (and sometimes GPA killing) focused majors at Tech. Tech produces engineers of the highest quality, but that doesn’t mean that our pure science or communication degrees are of quite as high a quality. Therefore its not surprising that GT produces fewer Rhodes Scholars, while MIT (a school renowned not for engineering, but for pure science) produces many more (their Harvard connections don’t hurt either). Anyway, just my 2 cents. I’ll see you puppies in November (just like I did last year) and this time I’ll walk away with more than the satisfaction that in the last Tech drive you could hear a pin drop in that cesspool of a field you call a stadium.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 11th, 2011
9:17 pm
Great post, Bemused
EEstudent
August 11th, 2011
9:23 pm
Thanks, Bemused. Classy response with facts and logic to back it up.
Bemused Tech Student
August 11th, 2011
9:25 pm
Thank you gentlemen.
EEstudent
August 11th, 2011
9:30 pm
Bemused, you brought up a good last point that I’ve noticed:
So I went to all GT home games and 2 UGA home games last year. Mutts bark and bark about our “high school stadium” compared to their 90,000, when their stadium is barely as loud as ours and probably the quietest in all the SEC, excluding Vandy. I guess that’s what happens when half the fans are wannabe dawg bandwagoners that got duped into donating to a school they have no relation to in order to get their season tickets.
Bemused Tech Student
August 11th, 2011
9:51 pm
EEstudent, As loud as they were after that score where our guys literally turned and walked away, as it dawned on them that we could still drive and tie that stadium got quiet. (It wasn’t loud to begin with, I grew up going to Neyland Stadium, and you couldn’t hear yourself think in those games in the upper decks). That stadium remained near silent as Tevin marched us down the field, until he unfortunately made a bad pass, but shutting up the puppies was worth that final score.
Bemused Tech Student
August 11th, 2011
10:20 pm
The final UGA touchdown, not the final score of the game.
gtg
August 11th, 2011
11:22 pm
@hahahaha!!!
I find your fixation on terrorism and liberalism to be very amusing. Very indicative of a UGA fan… The key thing here is that you sound like a UGA fan and NOT a UGA student. I’m a Tech undergrad, and I have many friends over at UGA. Quite frankly, the (relatively few) people I’ve met over there are very nice. This could be because I only really know Foundation Fellows at UGA, but I don’t have a terrible opinion of UGA students in general. Foundation Fellows are probably the smartest individuals at UGA and even they ask me how I manage to get good grades in such a hard program at Tech. The majority of UGA “fans” are not nearly intelligent enough to get accepted to UGA, and they are especially not intelligent enough to get accepted to Tech. Have a little respect. And stop bringing topics like terrorism or liberalism into every discussion. At least racism is much less pervasive among liberals.
Paddy
August 12th, 2011
6:52 am
Hello…..Hello out there. Anybody want to talk football? Hello, can you hear me?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 12th, 2011
9:34 am
James, the official Rhodes Scholar webpage shows UGA at 21, less than both Bama and Ole Miss in the SEC and FAR FAR less than almost all of the other major liberal arts universities in the country
Actually
August 12th, 2011
7:30 pm
Another lie about supertroll.
UGA has 22 Rhodes Scholar, as you can find on the OFFICIAL Rhode Scholar website. How incomplete and worthless is your life that you feel the need to constantly lie? What a tool.
Bemused Tech Student
August 13th, 2011
4:00 pm
James and Actually,
Yes you are correct, UGA currently has 22. The list I linked (from the OFFICIAL Rhodes Scholar Website Actually) was current through 2010, there was another announcement for the 2011 winners which I missed. James, if you are going to try and troll someone, don’t admit to not reading the entirety of the post, it makes you look foolish.
GDBurdell
August 14th, 2011
3:36 pm
Bemused tek student:
which tek rhodes scholar designed the midtown bridge that fell apart sunday morning?
GDBurdell
August 14th, 2011
3:39 pm
btw sorry to hear you’re at tek, thats gotta suck