Georgia Tech-Maryland gets noon start
The ACC has given Georgia Tech’s Oct. 8 home game against Maryland a noon kickoff. ESPNU will televise the game.
Including Maryland, Tech will have had three consecutive noon starts, starting with Kansas and North Carolina. The 3:30 p.m. feature game for that week is Miami at Virginia Tech. While Georgia Tech could enter the game with a 5-0 record, Maryland does not appear to be much of a draw, aside from its uniforms. The Terrapins are 1-2 and lost 38-7 to Temple on Saturday.
By Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech beat
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Jackets 2011
September 26th, 2011
2:46 pm
We can’t complain about the refs for the UNC game.
They fortunately overlooked some pushing and shoving and let Stephen and their DBs play (meaning he usually won).
Except for the one hard hit.
Since there is hightened concern about concussions, they may have erred on the side of safety.
I can live with that.
juvenal
September 26th, 2011
2:47 pm
if you win, makes for a long, pleasant saturday afternoon……another good thing about a dauug loss-don’t see many comments for a while…..
Jackets 2011
September 26th, 2011
2:47 pm
I’ll learn one day to ignore them.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 26th, 2011
2:48 pm
Problem on that play, 2011, was that it was nowhere close to helmet-to-helmet. That was just a bad call. But overall, I guess I will agree: officiating was ok.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 26th, 2011
2:49 pm
sometimes hard to ignore them, 2011. They tend to bring out the worst in us, I guess. lol
Jackets 2011
September 26th, 2011
2:49 pm
It wasn’t all Paul Roberson’s fault (the losing season was a downer) but everyone is a lot happier to have Ken working the Tech beat.
Jackets 2011
September 26th, 2011
2:51 pm
The refs did overlook some after play pushing that I fear will draw a flag on the road.
Got to walk away guys and make them pay on the next play.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 26th, 2011
2:51 pm
It’s Doug Roberson, but yes, I think we are all happier with Ken I am off to the gym. Anybody posting under the name Supersize between now and about 4:30 will NOT BE ME!!!! And I will be proudly wearing my Ga Tech t-shirt at the gym, so all the dawg fans there today can cringe the way I do when I see them in their Georgia shirts. LOL
Jackets 2011
September 26th, 2011
3:04 pm
Have a good one.
Luke
September 26th, 2011
3:18 pm
“The ACC must really hate Tech. First we get noon kickoffs at home then they send Ron Cherry to officiate our games.”
Personal foul on Ron Cherry! He was given him the business!
Tech Guy
September 26th, 2011
3:47 pm
Ken. many thanks for the great coverage, but don’t you mean three consecutive noon starts at home – or have we dropped NCSU at 2:30 (central) next week for lack of interest?
GT81
September 26th, 2011
3:49 pm
yeah uga has had the upper hand the past 8-10 years over Tech. There are a lot of variables at the root of that. The Tide is about to turn as it’s clear uga is on the downturn and Tech is on the uptick. if the dawg fans would put their biases away for a minute, they’d see that
GTodd
September 26th, 2011
3:56 pm
“…three consecutive noon starts, starting with Kansas and North Carolina.”
What about the 3:30 this week against NC State?
reebok
September 26th, 2011
4:03 pm
i enjoy bantering with several regular dog bloggers, both over here and on the UGA blogs…and the others i just ignore. there are trolls posting their garbage from all sides, sadly…
The Dude
September 26th, 2011
4:24 pm
@GTodd,
Home starts. Three consecutive noon home starts.
Ken Sugiura
September 26th, 2011
4:38 pm
thanks for the editing help. i did indeed mean three consecutive noon home starts. i’ve since corrected.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 26th, 2011
4:44 pm
Ken, you do a great job; I think it’s a little unreasonable for us to expect perfection.
gt_blume
September 26th, 2011
5:44 pm
Wouldn’t be 3 consecutive noon starts because NC St. is a 3:30 start.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 26th, 2011
5:56 pm
3 consecutive HOME noon starts, assuming you call 12:30 noon—definitely close enough to noon
19
September 26th, 2011
6:31 pm
gtyj had a very good post earlier (diiferent blog) . Plus, I think we can find a deep kicker on scholarship (if not in the student body). Go Georgia Tech!
Brent
September 26th, 2011
8:55 pm
Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t the NCST game this weekend start at 3:30pm? Two noon games, a 3:30 game, and then another noon game does not make three consecutive starts.
GT Ticket Office
September 26th, 2011
8:58 pm
The ACC is killing GT ticket sales with three consecutive noon starts at home. Everybody knows that’s the most difficult kickoff time to sell tickets for, and those games historically are impossible to sell out at Tech. Maybe if we could get more favorable scheduling, we’d be able to fill up Bobby Dodd.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 26th, 2011
10:43 pm
GT Ticket Office, you are right. I drive over from Augusta, and I will continue to do it, but I HATE noon starts. I am sure that most Tech fans from even further away hate it even more than I do. That being said, however, I met a guy who posts on here who drives over from Columbia, SC, which adds an hour more to the time it takes me. He made fun of me for complaining, so I guess I should shut up. LOL
ATLER (Ramblin Wreck)
September 26th, 2011
11:11 pm
Who care what the mutts have to say!!!!
ATLER (Ramblin Wreck)
September 26th, 2011
11:12 pm
@19 CPJ won’t give a kicker a scholarship.
Alex
September 26th, 2011
11:36 pm
Crap! Another game my family will miss because of conflicts with the kids fall ball schedule! I hate noon games! Really GT? Not a happy season ticket holder.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 26th, 2011
11:49 pm
Alex, don’t blame Tech. It’s ESPN who calls the shots.
GTFan
September 27th, 2011
10:25 am
Typical Dawgs fans, they need to be worrying about their own team instead of Tech.
Alex,
You are truly not a worthy season ticket holder then!
Alex
September 29th, 2011
5:53 pm
Really GTFan? Family comes first and this is a family event we do every year and they love it.