Paul Johnson on uniqueness of 2011 offense
Greetings-
A few points from Paul Johnson’s news conference.
1. Johnson said he was thinking this morning about the nature of this year’s offense, and how it’s “kind of unique” because there isn’t a player that needs to have the ball like Jonathan Dwyer or Anthony Allen. The team is more athletic across the board, but Johnson doesn’t feel the need to scheme the offense to get one particular player a lot of touches.
“If they want to take away David Sims, then, O.K., we’ll give it to Orwin Smith,” he said. “If they want to take away Orwin, we’ll do whatever. It isn’t so much tweaking it to get the ball to certain individuals as it is kind of running the system.”
2. Johnson noted that Tony Zenon didn’t get many snaps Saturday against North Carolina, calling it an oversight.
“We need to get him in some,” he said.
3. In response to a question about the Russell Wilson situation over the summer that led him to transfer from N.C. State to Wisconsin, Johnson said he has had players who played for the baseball team (Roddy Jones played for the Tech baseball team in 2010) but never one who wanted to play minor league baseball over the summer. He said he didn’t know what he’d do if the situation arose.
“I’m not touching that one,” he said.
4. Johnson stressed that the team hasn’t accomplished anything yet, a message players I’m guessing players have heard.
“All they have to do is look and see we’ve played a third of the season,” he said. “You’d better have laser vision, tunnel vision, one game at a time. That’s the way you’ve got to play the game.”
5. Johnson said guard Omoregie Uzzi is moving better and is lighter than a year ago, but is also simply stronger, more mature and more knowledgeable in the offense.
6. Jeff Greene, who sat out Saturday’s game with an injury, practiced Monday and will play Saturday. The kickoff specialist spot between Chandler Anderson and Justin Moore will be determined again in practice this week. Johnson wasn’t happy with the kicking game in general, as well as the kickoff return team.
7. Johnson said quarterback Tevin Washington has played well and done a good job of distributing the ball. Johnson said that quarterbacks “very seldom” audible. They occasionally will change the direction of a play and sometimes have an “either-or” call. Said Johnson, “He’s dine a nice job on that.”
Johnson also pointed out that the offense hasn’t run the triple-option play much because defenses are geared to stop it.
Thanks for reading. I’ll post practice notes 9-ish.
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By Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech beat
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293 comments Add your comment
HelluvanEngineer
September 27th, 2011
12:26 pm
First?
hammerhead
September 27th, 2011
12:26 pm
I’m just surprised to read that CPJ would actually bother to try and get a guy like Ant Allen the ball more. I suppose it would just be to make the best use of him and not because he is worried about a star player getting grumpy.
Saban
September 27th, 2011
12:27 pm
Johnson is the best coach in America after me. Richt is a little girl.
dougmo2
September 27th, 2011
12:27 pm
FIRST-What do I win?
dougmo2
September 27th, 2011
12:28 pm
NEVERMIND
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
12:29 pm
Ken, you’re too much. Thanks.
Chan Gailey
September 27th, 2011
12:29 pm
Nice job as usual Ken. Hope we beat up on the Pack. One game at a time….
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
12:34 pm
I like the distribution of the ball. Having a balanced attack will reap better rewards than just having one guy with 1300 yds. Hill’s dropped pass kept him from leading the nation in receiving yards. Looking for Tech to put up big numbers on NCST.
Todd
September 27th, 2011
12:35 pm
Tevin is all QB and makes nice decisions. Nesbitt was a stud, but not really a QB fit for this offense. Now we’re seeing what happens when the right cog fits the machine…
Zenon
September 27th, 2011
12:35 pm
Glad coach admitted the oversight. Zenon had a heck of game two weekends ago.
True Tech
September 27th, 2011
12:35 pm
Exactly, we haven’t done anything yet. One game at a time. Stay humble and focused. Now let’s go!
Rduck
September 27th, 2011
12:39 pm
i was wondering what happened to Zenon. glad to hear it was just an oversight and not an injury or something. keep up the great work Jackets. it’s a long way to the ACCCG. one at a time. next, it’s time to lay the wood to the Pack after last years’ whoopin’. thanks for the updates Ken. you’re doing a great job. go Jackets!!!
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
12:43 pm
It’s nice to have the number of backs to use so the opponent can’t focuse on one man. And have a redshirt in Broderick Snoddy, who I’m sure, is dying to get on the field.
Big Macon DAWG
September 27th, 2011
12:48 pm
You haven’t played anybody worth a toot, yet.
I don’t even understand why you’re ranked.
Just know that by December 1, we will be ranked higher.
Chan Gailey
September 27th, 2011
12:54 pm
Macon DAWG, you already were ranked ahead of us and now look. You’re right, Tech is not a good teams. All FBS head coaches that voted Tech in the #21 do not know what they are talking about. Give me a break. Just know by October 2, you will be below .500 again.
Chan Gailey
September 27th, 2011
12:54 pm
*Team
Burdell
September 27th, 2011
12:55 pm
Thanks for the laugh Big Mac…I have a feeling there are a lot of things you don’t understand.
I love the way the offense has been executing this season. I was impressed by the way the OL handled the big boys…some future NFLers on that UNC DL.
Keep ‘em focused coach! GO JACKETS!!!
Stinger
September 27th, 2011
12:59 pm
The dawgs always start preseason ranked, but by the end of the 2nd week will never be ranked the rest of the year. LMAO!!!!!!!
It hurts to see us ranked 21st and climbing doesn’t it? TOP TEN BABY !!!!
When you say Budw...
September 27th, 2011
1:00 pm
Ken, “you said it all!!! GREAT JOB!!! Like the others, it is extremely helpful to know the team this deeply.
On another note, due to the lack of success of our kicking game, I’m surprised CPJ hasn’t gone with a classic “onside kick” to open the game or post-score KO… OR a fake punt / pooch kick – something creative to mask our incompetent skills.
IndyGT
September 27th, 2011
1:02 pm
@hammerhead.. I’m pretty sure CPJ meant that with a talented player like JD and AA, you want to feed them as much as you possibly can. I doubt if there’s a player who would say to CPJ – GIMME THE $@$ BALL!!.. and live to talk about it. Its playing up to the strengths of the group of players you have. We definitely don’t have a dominant B back like we have had in the past, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
BIG BEE
September 27th, 2011
1:03 pm
After looking at your upcoming games, I don’t understand how you could be ranked at all, even if you run the table(last game excluded of course).
is that the name of the hotdog you serve?
September 27th, 2011
1:11 pm
Big Macon DAWG….
ill have one a them along with an order of fries. chopchop
BIG BEE
September 27th, 2011
1:12 pm
We all know that the Dawgs have the better team. You bugs will be cryin after we are crowmed SEC chapions!
is that the truth or what....
September 27th, 2011
1:13 pm
+10
Thanks for the laugh Big Mac…I have a feeling there are a lot of things you don’t understand.
Chan Gailey
September 27th, 2011
1:14 pm
Big Macon DAWGGGGGGGGG, what year did you graduate from UGA? Did you even go to college? And Griffin Techincal Air Condition college does not count. Can I get fries with my order?
jjgrogan
September 27th, 2011
1:14 pm
Really enjoy and appreciate your posts Ken, THANKS!!! There is a great likely hood that the only way this team will lose is if it beats itself with turn overs. If we protect the ball I don’t see anybody stopping this very diverse offense. Tevin Washington is really coming into his own, and so we haven’t heard about Vad Lee lately. What a luxury to be able to red shirt him. Go JACKETS!! This team is so much fun to watch. No 5 star players (unlike UGA) but one helluva 5 star coach!!!
Freddy Blassie
September 27th, 2011
1:16 pm
Special message to Zenon:
It has been my experience as a player that PLAYING TIME IS MUCH TOO IMPORTANT TO BE LEFT TO THE COACHES. PUT YOURSELF IN THE GAME.
WreckIt
September 27th, 2011
1:18 pm
Ken (or anyone else on the board), does anyone do a statistical review of suspected play calling for our offense? If we were a pro-style-team that ran multiple offense with a thick playbook it would be an unreasonable thought. However, a breakdown of Pass, Play-Action Pass, Triple Option, Toss Sweep, QB Sneak, Counter, etc would be very revealing. Didn’t CPJ say we only ran 10 base plays? Is that a “From the Rumble Seat” type analysis we could talk those guys into doing?
RT in NC
September 27th, 2011
1:34 pm
Hey Dawgs,
Our schedule is in fact easy. You guys had a chance to slap an over-ranked-bound-to-be-undefeated team all the way back to Boise. You failed. That over ranked team was much better than you. So are the Jackets.
You’ll fail again in November against another undefeated and over-ranked team.
Even if we go undefeated, we don’t deserve to be ranked with LSU. But we still will be better than you. And that just makes my whole season a little bit better.
RT in NC
September 27th, 2011
1:36 pm
SEC champs? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
dawghater
September 27th, 2011
1:37 pm
You Dawg fans kill me with your literate comments (not) This team and coaching staff seem very focused and on course for a nice season while Georgia and their fans seem to be in constant turmoil and wanting to fire a great coach who will one day understand that it is not all about 5 star
ATHLETES, but guys who wanna play a TEAM game.
Ken Sugiura
September 27th, 2011
1:43 pm
hammerhead – IndyGT had it right. johnson elaborated that, for instance, when Jonathan Dwyer, he was such a home-run threat and a better option than other backs that it only made sense to give him as many opportunities as possible.
thanks, again, for the kind words. just trying to keep up.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
1:44 pm
GOOOO DOGS !!!! Mississippi State dogs, that is
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
1:46 pm
I wondered what happened with Zenon last weekend. Isn’t it nice to be able to “forget” one of your players. What an arsenal of talent CPJ has amassed now. I LOVE IT !!!!!
BIG BEE IS A BIG DUMMY
September 27th, 2011
1:47 pm
SEC CHAMPS!?!? I knew Dawg fans were a little slow by the way they spell Dawg but did you forget about the 6 other SEC teams that are way better? LOL
Aurelius
September 27th, 2011
1:51 pm
Kickoffs suck. I do not understand why Johnson will not go give a grant to one of the top 10 kickoff guys in the country. Two of the top defensive players on a team are the kickoff guy and the punter. Both should be top recruits with a full grant.
Heck he gave a grant to a long snapper this year. And so did UGA.
chan gailey
September 27th, 2011
1:54 pm
Hi to all my old buddies. Did you hear my tem beat tom brady and bill bilochek sunday. You just thought I was a bad coach
GT71
September 27th, 2011
1:54 pm
It has always been about ‘running the offense’. That’s what is so great about ‘the offense’. The only thing unique about it – and irreplaceable – is the Coach.
No cheat-sheets, no notes. I wonder why he even wears a headset. Probably so someone in the box can remind him how many timeouts are left and to remember to shake hands with the opposing coach after the game.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
1:57 pm
GT71, I like that last line. FUNNY!!!
Tom
September 27th, 2011
1:57 pm
CPJ got one thing right. Tech has not accomplished anythig yet. With techs schedule, I said 9 minumum, thats before KSU beat Miami and TEMPLE throttled marlyand.
The ACC is poor even for its standards this year.
BigTimeTechFan
September 27th, 2011
2:00 pm
UGA fan Before the UNC Game: Tech is finally playing a top team and will get killed
UGA fan after the UNC Game: Tech has not played anybody good
UGA fan Before the Boise St Game: Boise St is overranked and no way they can hang with our SEC Team
UGA fan After the Boise St Game: Boise St is top 5 team, they are awesome
Joshua Nesbitt for Heisman
September 27th, 2011
2:02 pm
Joshua Nesbitt ” most interesting player in college football”
. “I was just looking to boost the program. Whoever’s behind it, let them do their job. If they want to hype it up, I’ll let them do that and I’m just going out and playing.”
Ramblin Man
September 27th, 2011
2:19 pm
Aurelius,
I agree with you the KOs look awful, but CPJ did and has a scholarship kicker on the team.
Justin Moore
High School
Marist School… a two-time all-region selection… 2009 all-state, all-county and a member of the Atlanta Touchdown Club Metro All-Star Team… made 60 percent of his field goal attempts as a senior and 11-of-17 for his career… converted 88 of 89 career PAT attempts including 39-of-39 as a senior… had 48 touchbacks on kickoffs and averaged 42-plus yards punting… holds school record for the longest field goal (50 yards)… holds the school record for best punting average (41.4 ypa)… had 139 career kickoff attempts, including 78 that were touchbacks… earned a top 12 ranking from the prestigious Chris Sailer kicking camp in Las Vegas each of the last three years.
CPJ has also said it is an enigma as to why KOs in practice look good then go to crap come game time.
michael
September 27th, 2011
2:20 pm
tech belongs in the sec. hewitt and braine…..ruined the basketballl program.. $$$$$$$$$$$$$ between them. MOVE TO THE SEC AND SWAP VANDY TO THE ACC DUMB%$#@! IS IT ME????????????
Gorilla Biscuit
September 27th, 2011
2:22 pm
Tallest midgets in the ACC.
Chris
September 27th, 2011
2:23 pm
Ken, I just wanted to tell you I think you’re doing a fantastic job covering the Jackets. I appreciate that you inject just enough commentary and personal opinion, but not enough to leave out substance. You stick mostly with facts, quotes, stats, etc and that is appreciated.
Great job, keep up the good work! and go Jackets!!
Ramblin Man
September 27th, 2011
2:23 pm
Chan Gailey,
if you remember we always said you were a good fit for the NFL and not college. Keep up the good work and don’t forget to wear your parka it gets cold up there.
Gorilla Biscuit
September 27th, 2011
2:25 pm
Coach Paul “Fishfry” Johnson is an enigma. Is he a fat women in a man’s body or a fat man in a woman’s body?
GTRay
September 27th, 2011
2:25 pm
As I said last week before the UNC game, let’s not get too carried away by the first 3 games. UNC showed me exactly what I was afraid of. I am just as concerned about NC State. Yes, I know they don’t have Russell Wilson who killed us last year, but recently we really haven’t played well in away games. This is one I’d like to see us get out front early and play good D.
Ramblin Man
September 27th, 2011
2:30 pm
Gorilla Biscuit better to be the tallest midget in the ACC than a bottom dweller in the SEC. Talk all the trash you want about GT as the coach, players, and fans have no control over the rest of the conference. I understand it is easier to come on here and attempt to be funny and ridicule when the alternative is bragging about beating Ole Miss. Make it past your next three and then beat Fla. and you can then pound your chest until then you look foolish talking trash about anybody. Honestly I hope GT and UGA can win out come in ranked and have a great game.
Gorilla Biscuit
September 27th, 2011
2:31 pm
Fumble!!
Gorilla Biscuit
September 27th, 2011
2:34 pm
Hey Ramblin Man, don’t take it personal. Get your pointy-headed misanthropes from posting stupid drivel on the Dawgs blogs and I’ll quit posting stupid drivel on yours.
reebok
September 27th, 2011
2:37 pm
I think Miami is still a pretty good team…so they let down after the Ohio State game and lost to Kansas State…I’m pretty sure K-State has 80-something scholarhship players, a coaching staff, and scouting reports. I’m pretty sure they play in a BCS conference. Weaker teams sometimes updump stronger teams…happens every Saturday…that’s why they are called ‘upsets.’ MTSU over GT was plenty of people’s upset pick of the week in week 2, and Tech destroyed them…a couple of the ESPN talking heads picked UNC over Tech, and Tech was clearly the better team, although our mistakes kept it closer than it needed to be. But I like the way our schedule plays out…Miami is btetter than Virghinia, Clemson is better than Miami, and V-Tech is the best team we will play this year.
Max Sizemore
September 27th, 2011
2:39 pm
Johnson is being disingenuous when he says he’s not running the triple option as much this season because teams are geared to stop it. He simply doesn’t trust Washington to make the quick reads which are necessary (he did the same thing with Nesbitt, for the most part). The primary theory behind Johnson’s offense is, whatever the defense does, he has the antidote. So far this season, he’s trying to make Washington’s job as easy as possible.
FullMetalJacket
September 27th, 2011
2:39 pm
One of the things I like most about Coach Johnson is that he doesn’t mince words and speaks honestly and directly. It helps when you have a regular beat reporter (thanks, Ken) who knows the team and the sport, because CPJ doesn’t suffer journalistic fools nor does he tolerate reporters’ games. We’re lucky to have Coach and Ken, too.
Ken Sugiura
September 27th, 2011
2:41 pm
GT71 – for what it’s worth, i think he gets a good bit of help from his assistants in the press box, Buzz Preston, Brian Bohannon and Todd Spencer. they’re feeding him information on how the defense is reacting to certain plays, which helps him to know how to tweak or counter.
ha
September 27th, 2011
2:41 pm
Gorilla biscuit is just bored because he married a buffarilla and gets no sex without puking.
FullMetalJacket
September 27th, 2011
2:45 pm
Johnson isn’t running the as much because he hasn’t had to. Last time I looked Tech was 4-0, and for the most part hasn’t even been that closely contested. To say he is being “disingenuous” is simply incorrect. Washington has shown he can make the reads and get it right, though I would agree he’s kept it a couple of times when he should’ve pitched it. That’s the nature of the position in this offense. There is no evidence CPJ is protecting anyone, and the fact that we have better balance and play distribution than we’ve had in years proves the versatility of the scheme and the quality of athletes we’re getting.
Snellville Jacket
September 27th, 2011
2:49 pm
I really like this team. For one reason, its a TEAM. Sure i love having a star player here and there but this team gets it. They don’t have to have that 5 star recruit that gets the ball 100 times a game. I love the way the team is playing. Everyone is getting the ball when they are supposed to get it. And they are all playing super well. How about Stephen Hill? looking like Calvin Johnson out there. and smith and Sims are playing great and of course i love to see Roddy Jones break for a TD out on the edge. and the Defense has really stepped it up but they aren’t quite great yet but much better effort than last year. this team can do great things just depends on how far they want to go. GO JACKETS and Keep up the hard work!!
Ramblin Man
September 27th, 2011
2:57 pm
Gorilla my boredom is getting the better of me here. Taking it personnal would require me to fall to your level and call somebody names or blame other people for my actions. I heard some GT fans just jumped from the top of Sanford stadium so by using your logic head on over to Bobby Dodd and take flight.
BS Patrol
September 27th, 2011
2:57 pm
A Gorilla Biscuit is what you might find at the bottom of a primate cage. (Or the SEC)
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
2:59 pm
“CPJ has also said it is an enigma as to why KOs in practice look good then go to crap come game time.”
It’s the math. Once I started thinking about all of that “as x goes to infinity” stuff my senior year in high school, I could barely reach the 20 yardline. By the end of the season, the coach just had me kick it flat, and hopefully it would squirt by somebody.
harold
September 27th, 2011
3:01 pm
THE OLD GOLD IS BACK. GEORGIA TECH IS TOUGH MAN. WHAT A GREAT JOB JOHNSON IS DOING! A GREAT PLACE TO GO TO COLLEGE AND PLAY BIG TIME FOOTBALL!
Spike 80DF
September 27th, 2011
3:02 pm
Wow, who told CPJ you’re allowed to actually THROW the ball? It only took him 2 full seasons to figure it out. Now if he can recruit some talent they might beat the Dawgs more than 1 of the last 10 games played. Can some smart tech guys can help me figure out the winning percentage for 1 out of 10 games?
beebee
September 27th, 2011
3:04 pm
Ahhhh!
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
3:05 pm
One out of ten. Why ten?
BS Patrol
September 27th, 2011
3:05 pm
CPJ,
We need to put that lob shot onsides kick (a la Auburn) in the playbook. It could could come in very handy.
NorthGaJacket
September 27th, 2011
3:07 pm
we have a score to settle with nc state. ONE game at a time. thanks for the great updates, ken!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:08 pm
Gorilla Biscuit is an enigma…..Is she a blonde in a monkey suit or a monkey dressed up like a blonde? Either way she obviously is just another dumb blonde.
KB
September 27th, 2011
3:09 pm
How long is Johnson’s contract? What would UGA fans think of their trying to steal him away?
JM
September 27th, 2011
3:10 pm
Great Job Jackets. Keep up the hard work. People continue to notice what you are doing and the opponents are all worried.
Jack Flash
September 27th, 2011
3:12 pm
This offense has a certian WOW factor! GO JACKETS!!!
Big Dog 98
September 27th, 2011
3:13 pm
UGA RULES this State.
The SEC is FIRST Class.
GT and the ACC is second class at best.
Bulldawg78
September 27th, 2011
3:15 pm
GT plays in the ACC which is about the same as Georgia High School 5A.
Yellow Jacket 89
September 27th, 2011
3:17 pm
GT will never be as good as UGA
Golden Tornado
September 27th, 2011
3:18 pm
I saw the NC State- Cincinnati game on TV. NC State played a bad game, but Glennon, their quarterback, threw a pass for 87 yards and a TD. I’m hoping they won’t suddenly get as tough at home as they were weak in Cincinnati.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:20 pm
I guess the trolls have gotten tired of trashing Richt, so they come on here and trash a team they say is irrelevant. Funny how such irrelevancy breeds such obsession.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:21 pm
Golden Tornado, unless the Cincinnati game was a fluke, NC State can not stop the run AT ALL.
GT Dude
September 27th, 2011
3:21 pm
Ken,
Nice recap, Keep em coming!
Much better coverage than I can ever remember.
and
Big Dog 98 you better get off the computer and get back to sweeping the floor, the librarian is coming over to see what you are doing…
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
3:29 pm
Maybe half of the SEC is first class. The rest are in middle seats between 2 fat guys.
headley lamar
September 27th, 2011
3:36 pm
Its a gimmick offense.
Plain and simple.
Its actually the best thing for Tech. They will never have the talent to line up and beat good teams str8 up.
So its in their interest to run trick plays and have a gimmick offense.
Sort of levels the playing field considering the obvious lack of talent.
Hey if you cant beat em. Trick em.
headley lamar
September 27th, 2011
3:37 pm
Can some smart tech guys can help me figure out the winning percentage for 1 out of 10 games?
Its .100 or 10 %
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
3:38 pm
Ramblin Man & “Chan Gailey” it gets worse than cold up there & the snow gets chin deep on a giraffe—been there in the winter & it is no place for a southern boy—hope
joshua Nesbitt does well with the Bills but I don’t envy having to live there–if he’s still on the practice squad
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
3:38 pm
I’ll ask again: One out of ten. Why ten?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:43 pm
headley ALL offenses rely on some kind of “gimmicks” or tricks. That’s what the game is all about—-trying to trick the other team into not making the appropriate play on defense to stop you. And if the “trick” doesn’t work, then it usually boils down to a battle of wills, agility, speed, and power. For instance UGA “tricked” Boise State on the TD run by Boynton (or whatever his name is) and then he turned on the speed to finish it off.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
3:43 pm
GEORGIA TECH leads the nation in total offense. Hill’s dropped pass kept him from leading the nation in receiving yardage. When does UGA start playing? ” ROCK ON JACKETS “
311GTFan
September 27th, 2011
3:44 pm
Headless lamer – go back to your crib…don’t foregt your rattle.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
3:46 pm
I have found from living through a total of 9 winters in northern Illinois, Massachusetts, and northern New Jersey that people stay indoors a lot when it is cold, and wear parkas and stuff outdoors. Sometimes we would get out and ice skate, ride snowmobiles and watch iceboat racing.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
3:47 pm
GEORGIA TECH leads the nation in total yards rushing. Is UGA playing ,yet?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:48 pm
Delbert, you seem to have lived all over the place. Are you back in Georgia now?
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
3:50 pm
It’s sad for UGA to turn out like this. I bet Dooley is turning over in his grave. ” LET’S ROLL JACKETS “
Stinger 2
September 27th, 2011
3:51 pm
Ken: I tought you were going to ban those who post comments like Gorilla Biscuit made about CPJ at 2:25.
Since Bobby Dodd Retired
September 27th, 2011
3:51 pm
Unique in the fact that it has yet to play a decent defense, Virginia had 470 yards offense against UNC in Chapel Hill.
headley lamar
September 27th, 2011
3:52 pm
When does UGA start playing? ” ROCK ON JACKETS “
In November. When we beat you. … again.
Amazing how you nerds take a little success in the ACC and think its some sort of big deal.
Then when you have to play an SEC team ( UGA ) or a bowl team with time to prepare for the gimmick ( Iowa ) you get an unholy beat down.
Enjoy your success in the minor leagues of football.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:53 pm
GIVE ME…..Dooley isn’t in the grave………YET. CMR may put him there though, especially after little Vince beats the mutts.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
3:54 pm
Super – Yes, home based again back here since Jan.1, 1980. I stilled traveled on extended assignments a lot, including a 6 month stint of November-May in the East Midlands in England. I kept a thermometer on the nightstand because my frugal landlord controlled the flow to the radiators. I woke up one morning and it was 44 degrees. Usually, it was in the more moderate low to mid-50s, ideal for English room-temperature beer.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:55 pm
headley, although Iowa definitely had the discipline on D to beat us, it wasn’t because of the time to prepare. They would probably have done the same with only one week off. They had the best overall defense of any team Tech has played since CPJ arrived. The deal with the “time enough to prepare” though is hogwash. The problem with too much time between games is that the offense loses their rhythm. This offense thrives on continuity and too much time off destroys that.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
3:56 pm
They must have put computers in the Athens jail.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:56 pm
Delbert, do you remember mentioning Hazel O last week. I tried to post something to you about her, but it never got through the filters. I’m going to try again, because I think you will get a kick out of it.
She came to the plant for some kind of tour while I was still working there. In one of the labs, an operator while demonstrating something to her mentioned the male to female connection. She went ballistic, saying she never wanted to hear sexist terminology like that again. And she was the Secretary of Energy!!! PATHETIC!!!
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
3:57 pm
Super, he probably wishes he was.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:57 pm
Delbert, 44 degrees in your room???? O M G !!!! I sure hope you had a thick down comforter
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
3:58 pm
Super – Some other places I’ve lived were in the more temperate zones: coastal South Carolina for 2 years, SF Bay area and Napa County for 2 years, Hawaii for a year, and of course 3 stints in Aiken.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:59 pm
Delbert, do you go to the games? I am trying to meet as many of us regular bloggers as possible. So far, I have met macrotech, 5150 UOAD, and btgt69
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:00 pm
She wouldn’t want to be around a pipe fitter.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:02 pm
LMAO @ GIVE ME……..
I couldn’t stand the woman before she came for that visit. But after that, well, what can I say. The news of that one incident was all over the plant in no time at all, and it’s a BIG BIG plant.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:03 pm
Oh, wait a minute, I had it wrong…..it wasn’t the male to female thing……It was a master – slave robotics thing, and she thought it was racist.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:04 pm
She apparently really blew up about it too.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:05 pm
Delbert D. @ 3:54 – “I stilled “. No, I didn’t do the hard stuff, although some of my relatives in the North Georgia mountains probably did. I was once offered a milk jug of local shine for 50 cents by an old patron at the Dixie Cafe in Dahlonega several decades ago, but I passed on that. I have legally homebrewed beer, but my son picked up that responsibility a few years ago.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:05 pm
Watching Tech on CSS.
headley lamar
September 27th, 2011
4:06 pm
The problem with too much time between games is that the offense loses their rhythm. This offense thrives on continuity and too much time off destroys that.
Add another one to the Tech excuse playbook.
Geez.
GT
September 27th, 2011
4:09 pm
Tracy Ham is just now getting into the Georgia Southern Hall of Fame? Who is better?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:10 pm
headley, why is that an excuse? You already provided an “excuse” by saying that defenses with time to prepare can stop us. I’m saying that’s not the case; it’s the loss of rhythm by the Tech offense.
Add another to your book of stupid comments.
Geez
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:11 pm
Super – “Delbert, do you go to the games?”
The filter ate my response, so i’ll abbreviate it. What is D-Rad’s email? I couldn’t find it on the web.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:12 pm
GIVE ME…… Dammit, why did you have to tell us that the Tech game was on CSS. Now I will be stuck at the TV for the next 2+ hours
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:13 pm
Super – Your post about Secretary O’Leary’s visit did finally make it through last week and I got a huge laugh out of that.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:13 pm
Delbert, what has D-Rad’s email got to do with my question? At any rate, I emailed him a few weeks ago and didn’t even get an acknowledgement, which I have at least received in the past. So I don’t know that I had the right address. What I used though, I got from the ramblinwreck.com website
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:15 pm
Delbert, it did??? It never appeared on my screen. Anyway, did you see my correction above? It wasn’t male to female but master – slave, and she said it was racist.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:16 pm
Super – The “master – slave robotics” robotics is even funnier!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:17 pm
Delbert, I agree. It’s just hard to believe that someone in a position as (supposedly) important as Secretary of Energy could be so ignorant.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:17 pm
DRadakovich@at.gtaa.gatech.edu I e-mailed several times and got replys.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:17 pm
Super – I wanted to give D-Rad some ideas about putting people in seats in these times of tough economics and declining income for us old boys.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:19 pm
Delbert, I tried to do the same thing. I still don’t know if it went through or not
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:19 pm
@ GIVE ME…. Thanks. I don’t think that’s the one I used.
Jack G
September 27th, 2011
4:20 pm
Delbert
I was born and raised in Atlanta in the 20’s on up and some of the houses we lived in had heat in only one room, and that was not the bedroom. 44 degrees would have been welcome.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:21 pm
Replies.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:21 pm
IMHO, what has really hurt Tech season ticket sales is that required contribution in order to buy seats. Lots of people disappeared in my section and the one next to it the year he instituted that policy. What they need to realize is that every other school in the country has a similar policy and has had it for years. I don’t like it, but it hasn’t stopped me from buying season tickets.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:23 pm
Floor furnace in the hall. Those were the good old days.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:24 pm
Jack G, in the 20’s??? I mean this respectfully and not as disrespectfully as it MIGHT appear…..That would mean you are in your 90s now. WOW!! I am impressed. I bet you have a lot of tales to tell.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:30 pm
Thanks for the address, I just sent an email to him.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:33 pm
Delbert, care to share your thoughts?
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:34 pm
Jack G – When I was young, we had a coal stove in the living room. I used to get irritated with my father for pouring a bucket of coal in the thing just when “Superman” was coming on the TV. We later got an oil heater with the 50-gallon drum out back and finally gas heat in the old house.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:38 pm
Super – Yes; I asked him about some discounts for the Gray areas on the seating chart that never seem to be occupied for older citizens, and perhaps issuing passes that could be exchanged for unclaimed seats at halftime. I’d be willing to wait for that. Not like the old days, when I could get in Georgia games for $1 high school admission (I grew up near Athens). My next door neighbor in high school years was a Tech grad, and I would get to attend a game every year with him.
Paddy
September 27th, 2011
4:40 pm
headley lamar…..I have watched CPJ for years and his play book is not composed of trick plays. Where did you get that idea? he has a very difficult offense to defend but he does not rely on trick plays.
Go Dawgs
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:43 pm
Delbert, I know the mutt trolls thrive on making fun of this, but I wish he would re-institute the “family package” deal. One of my nieces here in Augusta took advantage of that several times in the past; with a family of 4, adding in the expense of driving up from Augusta, it’s just impossible for her, her husband, and their two kids to attend games. They are BIG Tech fans, but that just doesn’t fit into their budget. They did decide to bite the bullet for the UGA game this year though. I ordered them tickets on Sunday—-$324.00 total. I guess I won’t be getting a Christmas present from them this year. LOL
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:45 pm
Paddy – CPJ’s idea of a “trick play” is when he told Embry Peeples on the sideline last season, “Remember that play we ran the last time you were in when you went to block the safety in the middle? Run to the same place, and we’ll throw the ball to you.”
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:47 pm
I just wish the band would play something else at half time besides Spiderman. We laugh everytime they play it.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:48 pm
Super – Well, there was the 3-game package for $99 for a seat this year, but I’d have to cancel cable TV/internet for a month. I’d be fine with that, but the rest of the family wouldn’t.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:49 pm
Well, at least they got rid of that TERRIBLE announcer the band has had for years. I HATED hearing him screaming, “the YELLOW JACKETS MAAAAAAAAARCHIIIIIIIIIIIIING BAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD”
The announcer they have now doesn’t resort to that garbage, and he’s good.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:50 pm
Maybe the new Spiderman movie coming out next year will have different theme music.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:52 pm
I also wish they would show more scores and stats during the game.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:52 pm
Delbert, that really is a good deal, but again for a young family of 4 (like my niece’s), that would mean 400 dollars. They were willing to spend almost that much for the UGA game, but that’s sort of different. I am thrilled that their kids (age 16 and 13) are going to get to see that one. I never saw ANY Tech game in person till I was a freshman at Tech.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:53 pm
As Tech gets better, I hope they’ll schedule better teams.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:54 pm
They don’t even always show scores at halftime. I don’t understand that. I am in the upper east, and it’s really nice to be able to look across at all the game stats on the front of the upper west stands. Do they have that on the front of the upper east too?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:55 pm
GIVE ME….. with the expansion of the ACC, we will probably start playing FSU every year, although we might lose VT. FSU will sell more tickets than VT does though.
fan of shorter passes & longer runs
September 27th, 2011
4:57 pm
Jack G…did you like that option Sat?
ps..was stationed for a while overseas in an old German POW camp barracks.
Water would freeze at night in a bottle…the boiler was at the other end of the barracks. I knew guys that fought in Korea where it was so cold both sides quit fighting for a while.
Vanilla Rice
September 27th, 2011
4:57 pm
Techs offense looks very impressive. The defense looks very average. If you could give tech Bamas offense they would never get beat.
Vanilla Rice
September 27th, 2011
4:58 pm
correction-Bamas defense not offense
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:58 pm
Alabama was on the schedule for a home and home, but those games were deferred until later in the decade so ‘Bama could play one of the neutral site season openers.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:00 pm
Tech needs to work Ga. State in. That would be a nice pay day for them. Ga. Southern would be a fun game. I think.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
5:00 pm
Delbert D. I read your post about ’shine & Dahlonega. Are you from that part of Georgia? My Dad grew up in that area & we would go to “dinner on the grounds” at Liberty Church & he would show us boys our ancestors grave sites & tell us what he knew about them.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
5:05 pm
They just showed the Sweeting hit on the CSS replay. There WAS helmet-to-helmet contact, but it looked like the UNC receiver is the one who lowered his head. Does the penalty always go against the defender even if the offensive player actually caused it to happen?
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:10 pm
Probably always.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
5:11 pm
That stinks
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:12 pm
1 4GT – My paternal grandfather and his family were from there; he was a gold miner. His family moved out of Dahlonega in th late ’30s, but my great-uncle and his descendants were still there in the ’60s. I’d go with my dad and grandfather to see them a couple of times a year.The family home was a big white house with a blacksmith shed at the back of the property adjacent to an alley. The house and shed were still there as of a couple of years ago when I drove through the town, but with some younger residents.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
5:12 pm
Sort of like some of those blocks in the back, when the player being blocked actually turns himself so that he does get hit in the back. BOGUS
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:12 pm
When you see what happened to Toledo, it’s best to keep the officials out of the game.
GT71
September 27th, 2011
5:13 pm
High praise from the ‘SUPER’ one.
But I was half serious…
Idiot Savant
September 27th, 2011
5:17 pm
So then… What Paul is saying, in a nutshell, is that he has options with this offense?
Whodathunkit???
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
5:17 pm
What happened to Toledo?
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:18 pm
Look for Zenon to have a big game after being overlooked for NC.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:19 pm
Someday there will be invisible dots on the football and uniforms and lasers on the boundary lines, goal line, posts, and movable chain-sticks. Complete 3-D coverage of the whole field. I’m not to keen on the Buzz Lightyear one-piece helmet and shoulder pads, though.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
5:20 pm
Supersize–I saw the same thing on the game replays. Yes, it goes against the defender for h2h hits even though the opponent lowers his head too. I guess they assume he being self-defensive.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:22 pm
Super – The nytimes site has a description of the Syracuse-Toledo finish headlined on the sports-college football page. I saw the replays on TV, and the ball definitely glanced to the left off the upright.
GT71
September 27th, 2011
5:23 pm
From our seats, the ‘50′ about 20 rows up, the H2H looked legit. I always record games and I ran it over and over and Sweets LED with hisshoulder pads and the receiver, seeing him coming, LOWERED his head to take the hit / give it back. It was football – both of them.
Don’t penalize, praise them both for being true football palyers. Which I’m sure Coach Groh did to Sweets at some point.
But I would recommend an alternate PINK flag for refs to use when they have an urge to play PC with football.
GT71
September 27th, 2011
5:24 pm
SUPER – Toledo got robbed worse than us – it cost them the game…Scuse PAT got called good after even replay showed it missed.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:25 pm
One of the offensive assistants must be in charge of the A-back shuttle lineup during the game. I imagine CPJ who is going to join the rotation, based on his comments that Ken reported.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
5:26 pm
Delbert D. I would like to be able to have a sit down & compare notes some time. My Dad had a Grand Uncle that was a 49′er. He had an article from the Dahlonega newspaper about how he struck it rich. but according to my Dad he it spent on cards, whiskey & women on his return trip to Ga.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:27 pm
Syracuse was awarded an extra point that clearly missed. Even after a review the officials said it was good. Toledo kicks a field goal that ties the game, but should have been the winning field goal. They go to OT and Syracuse kicks winning field goal. Officials admit the mistake but will not overturn. I hope I got it right.
GT71
September 27th, 2011
5:28 pm
BREAK – dead on.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:29 pm
GT71 – The head-to-head contact penalty is unworkable, both in college and pro football. There has to be some other solution. In the NFL, fines have been handed out even though no penalty was calle don the play. Short of playing without helmets, there has to be some technical solution.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:30 pm
Ouch, it still hurts to see Hill drop the ball.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
5:30 pm
I just saw the video, and the PAT was definitely not good. That is disgraceful that they reviewed it and still gave it to them. WOW
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
5:31 pm
GT 71. Good analysis. That’s exactly the way I saw on TV. Really not a good call, but I understand the reasoning in trying to reduce the number of brain rattling hits.
macrotech
September 27th, 2011
5:36 pm
I believe that they vacated the win….I saw the AD for Toledo talking about moving on….something like that.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:39 pm
When I played, the hard-plastic shell Riddell helmets had a 4-vertical strap webbing design, with a circumferential strap around the forehead and back of the head. Other than leather around the ears, there was no other padding. The strap system simply distributed the shock of impact and hardly lessened it. The internal padding is completely different today, but the problem is shock absorption. Motorcycle helmets (I wear the hull helmet with flip-up visor) are designed to crush on impact, which absorbs most of the shock. Football may eventually have to adopt a similar helmet design to protect against concussions, which cause brain injury.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:41 pm
macrotech – In the report in the Times, Toledo petitioned for the game to be vacated, but it was refused. I haven’t checked to see if that has changed, however.
Mike S
September 27th, 2011
5:44 pm
Tracy Ham is entering the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Already in The Georgia Southern HOF.
Who is better? Nobody has ever run the triple option like him in this state. And he could throw too. Won MVP in the CFL, won a Grey Cup. Some idiot Dawg fans will say…”The CFL? Who cares? The SEC is better than the CFL.”, but thirty years ago the CFL had high caliber talent as there was no NFL Europe (now defunct) or “practice squads”. Also, Tracy was drafted in the third round by what was then the Los Angeles Rams, but they wanted him to play RB or safety. He chose to play QB in a different league.
The Dream
September 27th, 2011
5:46 pm
Nobody has bragged on the offensive line, but this is where it all starts. They have been doing great so far and I hope Ken talks about them more. As a unit, we wouldn’t accomplish any of the things we have done so far without them. Go Jackets !! And keep kicking butt (I mean Mutt) on that offensive line.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
5:46 pm
Delbert D. It was the same when I played. I have wondered if those type helmets wouldn’t be more protective in lessening the concussive impacts.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:48 pm
” GOON SQUAD ” They handed it to NC.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
5:48 pm
To whomever—-KEN——I sure am getting fed up with having to log off and back on to see any postings after I make my comments.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:51 pm
14GT, will it refresh at top of screen.
GT71
September 27th, 2011
5:53 pm
Yeah! You have to click away to notice your typos…
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
5:54 pm
It sometimes even takes forever for the screen to refresh. I don’t know if it’s my connection, my browser, or the fault of the ajc.
GT71
September 27th, 2011
5:54 pm
Until that one….what gives?
BUt like they say, it’s electrons and not even Heisenberg can tell you where one of them little fellers is from moment to moment..
Tech joke – sorry.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
5:56 pm
GT71, that sounds like something one of my physics profs would actually have said in a lecture
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:56 pm
It’s usually the IP. I have to restart when signal gets weak. I have ATT, probably should use Comcast.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:56 pm
1 4 GT – When I first started practicing with the HS team, there were a couple of old-style ’50s helmets in the locker room. They were padded using strips of leather all over the insides surrounding some softer stuff, probably flax or some material, that absorbed some of the shock. Those Riddells were painful when you got hit. As an end on defense and offense, I took a pounding on offense in practice. Out initial defensive move in the 5-4 DE position was to deliver a direct shot to the helmet of the offensive player using the heel of both hands to “disorient” him. I’ll say it was disorienting; I’d feel it all the way down the neck. It would not only be 15 yards today, but disqualification as well.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:57 pm
Way over my head.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
5:58 pm
GT71 – “not even Heisenberg can tell you where one of them little fellers is from moment to moment.”
Are you certain about that?
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:58 pm
GT won again.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
6:00 pm
I’m on Comcast, and I have the same problem. It looks like the server stacks up sometimes and then a flood of messages come out.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
6:01 pm
GIVE ME A BREAK—thkx for the refresh tip—I haven’t even been seeing any new postings at all after I log on the 1st time, Refreshing seems to work on that. I”ll give it a try after this post. I too use ATT & I have read the signal weakens as it gets further from the signal source.
Sarge1
September 27th, 2011
6:06 pm
If you think this season holds a lot of promise…..if you think Tevin is such a good QB, then wait until next year when Vad Lee beats him out for the QB spot. He will light it up and bring to mind an older PJ QB – Tracey Ham.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
6:07 pm
Enter your comments here1 4 GT – Do you have a wireless connection from your machine to the router or modem? Wireless signal strength will decrease with distance per the inverse square law of radiation, but using digital modulation, it means a slowdown due to rebroadcasting for error correction.
GT71
September 27th, 2011
6:08 pm
It’s the principle of the thing…
okokok, no more ’science’ jokes.
2006 jacket grad
September 27th, 2011
6:09 pm
Hey fellow fans. H2H is a serious issue — its not the concussions that is the problem. It’s the axial load caused by lower the head and causing huge compression forces on the cervical spine (NECK). This is really the only way you can break your neck playing football. LOWERING your head is a BAD thing not because of concussions but because it could make you a quadriplegic. I don’t think that call was right, shoulder definitively hit first — but I understand the rule.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
6:09 pm
It’s nice to Vad and Broderick in a redshirt. The offense should have them excited about next year. Things are looking up.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
6:11 pm
Lee and Washington are the same size, but Washington will have had a year and a half of starting experience over Lee (assuming no injury this year). I can’t see CPJ turning the keys over to Lee, rather working him in as a freshman with Washington, who will be the senior.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
6:12 pm
Poor helmet position knocked me out twice. You learn from your mistakes.
GT71
September 27th, 2011
6:14 pm
No one is saying H2H isn’t serious – we all know it is. What we’re saying is it was a very bad call. I didn’t play college ball, but you know right away when an INTENTIONAL H2H happens – and that should be a penalty and ejection, maybe suspension. But in the heat of the moment, lot’s of stuff just happns and the refs should be good enough to know the difference and react – or not. This particular play happened within a few feet of the guy. He had the best view – and he just got it wrong.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
6:19 pm
2006 jacket grad – It’s both. Repeated concussion brain injuries can eventually cause early-onset dementia, Parkinson’s-like symptoms, depression and other disorders. The compression of the spine is the immediately disabling injury, certainly. There has to be some change in the technology. My full-face motorcycle helmet protects against both, to some extent, since it not does the shell crush on impact, the shoulder muscles (and my padded jacket) help reduce the axial compression load on the spine.
There surely must be multiple studies and experimentation ongoing with the problems. NASCAR adopted the HANS devices for all of their race cars, and it has been effective.
Paddy
September 27th, 2011
6:20 pm
Delbert D…….you are right. He may draw plays in the dirt like Blanton Collier used to do but they are not trick plays. He sees the whole field and reacts. Not a Tech fan but his teams are fun to watch.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
6:25 pm
Correcting my previous post – “since it not does the shell crush on impact” should have read “since not only does the shell crush on impact”
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
6:27 pm
Guys—I too played starting in the 5th grade and as I recall our helmets were much the same in HS. Suspension webbing with semi soft rubber padding the edges and the ear holes. We were not coached to head slap like Deacon Jones did. NFL even made a penalty for it to “honor” Deacon. I played O & D tackle & had to stop in my sophomore year due to injury. I had 2 dreams–to play for Bobby Dodd or be a “Chinese Bandit” for Paul Dietzel.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
6:32 pm
The only times I’ve been KO’d was a head-to-head collision at 1st base in a Pony League and being thrown from a bicycle down the side of an elevated road where my forehead met a very large rock. The most serious (so far) injury from football was having my head forced down in a head-to-head collision which injured my neck at the top of the spine. Still have problems with that. I had a spinal tap and brain CT scans about 25 years ago for it.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
6:34 pm
1 4 GT – The White Team, the Go Team and the Chinese Bandits! Paul Deitzel was brilliant with those moves during the limited substitution days.
George Stein
September 27th, 2011
6:36 pm
Can headley please explain to us all what exactly constitutes a “gimmick offense” and why exactly it’s so derogatory?
superDawg
September 27th, 2011
6:40 pm
I wish UGA played gt every saturday!
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
6:41 pm
The only time I was KO’ed was a concussion from my face/head making the windshield look a 1/2 a basketball from the inside in a wreck in a Corvette. The front end was destroyed. A police “expert” accident investigator told me I probably would not have lived thru it in a metal car. I was only going about 45mph.& it took them an hour to get me out of the car. I have wondered if they couldn’t make a football helmet that would do something similar or maybe be like the safer barrier at the NASCAR tracks.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
6:47 pm
Delbert D. Yeah he was. I listened to “the Game” Halloween night when Billy Cannon returned a punt very late for a TD at a family friends house who later after my injury stopped my playing that he had brought Bobby Dodd to see me as a sophomore, they were big friends & big hunting & fishing partners. I’ thinking you, & maybe some of the others here know what game I’m speaking of.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
6:53 pm
1 4 GT – You bet.That was one of the most famous plays in college football. I heard it on the radio as well. They said back then that Cannon ran the 100 yard dash in 9.6 seconds in football cleats.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
6:58 pm
Delbert G. I wasn’t aware of the speed. I saw an old film of it a few years back, on ESPN I’m sure, and it was quite a run back. He was a terrific college ballplayer. Don’t I recall him winning the Heisman that year?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:00 pm
George, headley can’t explain anything. That’s why he always disappears when confronted with facts or questions that require intelligent answers
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:01 pm
I THINK I heard that play live on the radio too. But it’s been so many years ago, it may just be that I heard about it. Regardless, like Delbert said, it is one of the most famous plays in college football history.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:02 pm
He di win the Heisman his senior year. He was the #1 pick by the NFL and the new AFL, and him signing with the Oilers gave the league immediate credibility. Houston became my favorite team for those pre-merger years.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:04 pm
Why it was just the other day—1959
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:06 pm
LSU had some great teams back then. They had Jim Taylor at Fullback, and he was the top pick for the Packers in 1958, I think. Taylor was the only player in the NFL other than Jim Brown to lead the league in rushing, one year, during the time Brown was playing.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:07 pm
I actually remember listening to the 1956 Tech – Tennessee game, which for a long time was considered one of the greatest college football games ever played
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:10 pm
That,s right—I loved the pack back when & Hornung played. I could all 22 starters then. I loved seeing the Packers play the Colts. Do ya’ll recall Hornung winning the Heisman as a QB for ND with a 2-7 record?
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:11 pm
left out he
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:11 pm
a sometimers moment
ANTHONY
September 27th, 2011
7:15 pm
Was anybody at the game last week? The kicking game sucks….real bad. Our pass defense isn’t much better. Offense is top 10….Kicking game is about 110th. pass defense is about 65, punt return is about 115th. We couldn’t run a punt back if the other team ran off the field. Our coverage teams don’t have clue about what they are suppose to be doing. We have players who don’t know weather to down the ball or block on plays or return the ball. Remember..Blewet…his teams couldn’t get the ball in bounds. This team can’t do special teams in any way. The ACC is really a weak conference vs the SEC in football. Look at Georgia, their National Champions….opps…they suck…year after year after year after year. Their supporters actually think they are going to win their division or the national championship every year. If Tech wins 8 games it will be a good season…. 9 games will be exceptional. I just think that special team play will cost us games against good teams.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:16 pm
Supersize – At night, especially in the fall and winter, the stations that could be picked up in the evening were what is is now called “clear channel” stations, who were authorized to run high power at night. Absorption of AM radio frequencies are absorbed by the lowest level of the ionosphere during the day, and it disappears at night. WSB was one, and WLS in Chicago, and WOR in NY, and several other regional stations. New Orleans had one, but I don’t recall the call letters; WLW, maybe. During the day on Saturdays, I used to take my little transistor radio out to the telephone pole in the front yard and hold it next to the steel guy cable to pick up Tech games on WGST. Georgia games were no problem, since they ran high power night and day on WSB.
Brian
September 27th, 2011
7:17 pm
The morons matt and chuck don’t even acknowledge gt’s passing this year. They think it’s just the same run attack. the fluke drop by hill gives us a 14 point win. We are just getting started. By the time we play clemson and vt, the d will be much improved. I think this team can win out.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:19 pm
1 4 GT – I do remember Horning winning it, and him winning is the subject of controversy these days. So much media coverage with instant access. Joe Bellino won it for Navy in 1960. The writers tended to go with nationally-recognized teams in many cases.
19
September 27th, 2011
7:21 pm
I’m looking forward to another win and revenge for last year. Stay focused Jackets! 5-0! Go Tech!
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:21 pm
The filter on the blog ate a post I made on radio stations back in the ’50s and ’60s. Too many 3 letter capitalized “words”, I guess.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:23 pm
BTW—in an earlier post I saw something about some kind of up front fee to be allowed the privilege of buying season tickets. Who can maybe tell me how much that fee is. I am planning on getting some tix next year.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:26 pm
Brian – For the most part, I like to listen to the afternoon guys on 680thefan, Belue and Kincaid as well as Chuck and Chernoff. Matt Chernoff had Paul Johnson on live awhile back, and he kept trying to get him to give a different answer to the same question over and over. I think it was about the “committment” issue. Chernoff wanted Johnson to say he employed a double standard. As you might imagine, Johnson didn’t play along and terminated the interview.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:29 pm
1 4 GT, the fee depends on the section. I am in Section 225 (upper east between the 40s), and I pay $125.00 per seat. Other sections (particularly the west side) are much higher.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:30 pm
1 4 GT – It’s on the Georgia Tech Athletics web site under the “tickets” tab. I believe they started that with basketball back in the ’80s. My good friend and boss at the time had season tickets for basketball, and he had to donate something like a thousand dollars to the Alexander-Tharpe fund. I accompanied him to several games in the early Cremins era.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:32 pm
1 4 GT, I was wrong, I pay $275.00 per seat. It cost me $1250.00 to attend Tech games this year. OUCH !!!!
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:33 pm
Delbert D. Pardon me for this, but his name is spelled Hornung. I Googled him that their spelling & I learned there is an award named for now. The Paul Hornung Award for the most versatile major college football player.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:34 pm
Until last year I also bought basketball season tickets and I had to pay $125.00 per seat for those. I just can’t afford that anymore, especially since I have to add in the travel expenses in getting to Atlanta from Augusta.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:35 pm
Darn I’ve got to stop leaving out words makes me look like a thuga buttsniffer slow down & proofread 1st
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:39 pm
I just went upstairs to my treasure chest and found some old ticket stubs. The seating designations were different back in 1990:
2 tickets to Ga. Tech vs. Virginia Lower West Aisle 31 Sec 3 Row 12 $15 each
1 ticket to Ga. Tech vs. Clemson Upper East Aisle G Sec 44 Row 12 $12
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:42 pm
Delbert, those were the days, huh? lol
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:43 pm
However, you didn’t pay 12 bucks apiece to see Tech play Virginia in 1990, because that’s the year we beat them in Charlottesville and went ahead to win it all.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:44 pm
14 – That’s right, Hornung was a kicker, among his other abilities. I watched a game between the Packers and the Bears, I believe, and it is the only time I’ve ever seen the NFL “Free Kick” rule applied. With less than a minute left in the 1st half, Chicago was backed up near their goal line and punted. The Packers fielded the punt with a fair catch around the Bears 45. They elected to free kick, and Hornung set the ball on the kicking tee, backed up several yards, and he made it for a field goal.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:45 pm
Thanks all for the ticket info. I looked on line last year when I could still walk pretty good and saw ticket prices, but didn’t go any further. Just wanted to try to avoid sticker shock next spring. I had tickets for the Falcons their 1st few years and went to several Tech games Hawks & Braves. Tech & Falcons were 6$ per seat.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:46 pm
1 4 GT, hate to be nosey, but what do you mean by when you could still walk pretty good?
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:51 pm
Super – you are right, of course. I had 2 tickets I was looking at for 1990, the other being Tech vs. Temple in basketball in January 1990 face value $12. My friend had that one as part of his season ticket pair.
The Tech vs. Virginia football tickets were 1985. I’m surprised I didn’t catch that error, since UVA was #1 the year when the game was played in 1990. I bought a pair of tickets for the Va.Tech final ACC game that year, and my wife and I sat in the drizzle to watch the Jackets pull it out 6-3 on a FG.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:54 pm
Yeah, Delbert another Scott Sisson win for the Jackets. I was there too. Also went to Chapel Hill that year (UGH!!!!) and Athens (SWEET!!!!). Capped it off by going to Orlando with several friends and family members—-AWESOME trip, to say the least.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
7:54 pm
Don’t apologize—you’re not nosey at all. Life has finally caught up with me. Back surgery April, 2010, right hip replacement April this year, defective from birth aortic valve replacement May this year & left hip replacement coming October 6, Thursday week. Been tough sledding, but I am still better off than so many others & God has blessed me mightily in other ways. Was pretty healthy through my adult working most productive years, Drink coffee on nice mornings overlooking the lake & don’t owe anyone a single dime.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm
The 1990 UNC and VT games were typical of way too many Tech teams—-playing down to the competition and keeping us all on edge. Even the game in Athens that year started out very slowly, before the Jackets finally took care of business. I hope CPJ can keep the players’ heads screwed on tightly for all the games this year. We need to take it to whomever we are playing from the time toe meets leather on the opening kickoff and never let up.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm
I found 2 stubs for the 1986 NCAA Southeast Regional in the Omni, March 20, Admission $18.
Also from when 2 was living in southern new Jersey, 2 tickets for the 1977 NLCS at the Vet in Philadelphia. Face value, $7 each. I was able to get those because I had 2 seats in a 13-game season ticket package.
Somewhere, I have the really old stuff, probably with my baseball and football cards.
EX GEORGIA FAN
September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm
“Johnson also pointed out that the offense hasn’t run the triple-option play much because defenses are geared to stop it”.
“It isn’t so much tweaking it to get the ball to certain individuals as it is kind of running the system.”
Paul Jonson has single handedly evened the playing field with the university of Georgia. His first 3 games with them have been decided by a TD or less. I CAN NOT wait to see the game in November!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
8:01 pm
Good for you, 1 4 GT. I gather you, Delbert, and I are all relatively close to the same ages. I am still in great health, but I DO owe a few dimes….LOL. Are you completely ambulatory now, or do you require wheelchair or crutches. Not trying to be even nosier, but thought you might like to know about handicap access for the games, if you need it. I take a wheelchair bound friend to some of the games. He doesn’t mind at all “climbing” up to my seats on row 26, so we don’t bother with the handicap seating areas. But we do use the handicap parking spaces over by the student center. In the past they have provided free shuttle service with golf-carts. This year they have buses with wheelchair lifts, and they run them to gates 1 and 10, free to all who need them and for whoever is with them…..VERY VERY good arrangement. Parking in that area, like just about every other place, is 20 bucks, although they offer a season parking pass which may be cheaper per game.
Stephen CC
September 27th, 2011
8:01 pm
Great attitude, 1 4 GT! Wish you all the best!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm
Delbert, you sound like a pack rat like me. If I had only saved all my old Masters Tournament badges which date back to 1956, I would be a wealthy man today. It’s amazing what people will pay for those old badges. BTW, I was there for that Regional at the OMNI too.
Alan
September 27th, 2011
8:04 pm
i went to the unc gt 90 game. talk about a boring game. ended in a tie. we win that and we win the nc outright. of course we should have anyway since colorado got 5 downs against missou. can’t believe people voted for them knowing that happened. that would never happen today.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm
Alan, back in those days, we NEVER won in Chapel Hill. It was like some kind of jinx against us. I remember going there once when Curry was coaching, and we were in the red zone like 10 times and got only 3 points out of it. Obviously we lost the game. I HATE that place. LOL
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm
Best wishes for you, 14 GT. I donated a kidney to science in June (the Big C), but everything looks good. Super, you’re 2 years older than me. I also owe a few dimes, since that thing cost quite a bit out of pocket. So much for redoing the yard with Zoysia sod
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
8:08 pm
Supersize—see your comment about 1990. We were the only unbeaten team in the country that year-1 tie with UNC only blemish-13 to 13?–ND/Colorado bowl game when ND was robbed of a game winning TD on a clip that had no effect on the play because it was so far behind & the blockee? turned his back–Rocket Ishmael? & sports writers Colorado a share of the NC making it a split with us
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
8:09 pm
I fortunately live on a mostly-wooded lot, so I don’t have yard care to worry about. But because of all the trees, I have plenty of squirrel damage to my cedar sided house. And I was checking today, and I have some moisture damage in a lot of places too that has accumulated over the past few years. I put a call in to a house repair man today to come give me an estimate on repair work. I guess I’ll be owing a few more dimes pretty soon.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm
Super – To this day, the games I really get tense about are North Carolina and Virginia.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm
1 4 GT, I watched that HORRIBLE clipping call from my hotel in Orlando after the Tech game. It was a SHAMEFUL call and it totally robbed Tech of the undisputed title. Of course, it shouldn’t have been disputed to begin with, since the refs had also GIVEN Colorado the win over Missouri.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm
Delbert, me too. It sickens me to think about the TERRIBLE games we have played AT UVA since 1990, and it scares me to think about what MIGHT happen up there this year. I think having Groh on our side now will be a big plus though
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm
Supersize. I mostly just go to the store now and use a walker to get around and an electric buggy in the store. I expect to be fully ambulatory after the next hip job. The repair on the right hip worked great. Woke up with no pain in that side and have good mobility there. Folks have been very kind and thoughtful. I have actually had some young fellas come up and ask me to let them put the groceries in my truck–10-12 yrs old. Thanks to all for the good thoughts. I will soon be like a restored antique car and be running another 30 or more years.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
8:18 pm
1 4 GT, remember those restored antique cars are priceless and beautiful to see. Hope you can say the same thing about yourself
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm
We just had the last pine tree removed from the yard a week ago. Very big, too close to the front of the house. The job was amazing. The big truck with the hydraulic extension lifted it, cut off at the ground with a chain saw, swung it about 120 degrees out to the street, and they fed the whole thing into a shredder. They had this handy-dandy “tank” that had an attachment for a grappling thingy that pulled the tree at an angle so it could be eaten by the shredder, and a smaller remote-controlled tank with stump grinder and dozer/front end loader attachments.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm
OK, guys, I need to step away from this computer for awhile. I’ll probably be back around 10PM, and I will scroll through the posts to see if anything really interesting has been said. Until then, or whenever, have fun, guys, and GO JACKETS !!!!
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm
Heck, I say that now. The only complaint I have is I was’t ready to retire, at bleast in my heart & brain, but my body said otherwise. I enjoyed my job too much and it was very rewarding in all ways.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
8:23 pm
I wonder what Ken is going to think when he looks over all this. More hits, job security, I’d say. Could hardly find a better blog, too.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
8:26 pm
Catch you later on in the week, Super. I’ll be going upstairs to read a bit.
1 4 GT – Very pleased to meet you, sir. I feel like I’m 30 years old inside, looking out, but then I’m surprised by the face in the mirror! Such is life. Please join us again.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm
I hadn’t thought about that aspect of it. Made me laugh and it hurts. Oh well. They need to set this up like a chat room.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
8:31 pm
To All. Like I said earlier last week? I have thoroughly enjoyed the time spent on here exchanging thoughts with like minded souls. I am looking forward to next year with more vim & vigor and this has brightened my days considerably. Maybe I can meet some of fellows at some of the games next year. Best wishes to all, even the mutts that come on here stirring kaka.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
8:33 pm
Stirring kaka sometimes brings bad karma. G’night!
Joshua Barlowe
September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm
So what about not beating anybody yet, BigMacon Dawg? – Boise State hasn’t beaten anybody either and they’re ranked #4 in the nation.
Alan
September 27th, 2011
9:04 pm
The game was at grant field supersize
Alan
September 27th, 2011
9:05 pm
Don’t worry. Tom Osborne said himself the toughest team he played that year was GT and not Colorado.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
9:10 pm
Just stopping by for a second. Alan, what game was at Grant Field?
Alan
September 27th, 2011
9:28 pm
The game against unc in 1990. The one I was referring to that we tied. You said it was tough to play at unc back then but the game was here.
Not Disappointed
September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm
Keep winning Jackets!
Jack G
September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm
Supersize—-Not in my 90’s yet. only 87—-born 1924.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm
Alan, sorry, you’re not correct. The UNC game (the tie) was in Chapel Hill; I was there. Check the records. We would have beat them easily in Atlanta
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm
Jack G, that’s still awesome. I bow to you
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm
Alan, it was on October 20, 1990.
Alan
September 27th, 2011
10:00 pm
Yeah you’re right. I guess 21 years is enough to make one forget. I am thinking of the Virgina Tech game that year that we barely won and was low scoring. I think it was 9-3.
Alan
September 27th, 2011
10:01 pm
I guess I also got confused because of how we played @ Uva that year and assumed the Unc game was home but it was now I recall against Vt.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
10:08 pm
Yeah, the VT game was definitely in Atlanta
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
10:09 pm
I think it was 6-3. I know that Sisson won it on a FG late in the game
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
10:09 pm
Sisson was our GO TO guy that year. LOL
OldSchoolTechFanatic
September 28th, 2011
12:07 am
Zenon does look like he is going to be a great player but as long as we are winning we don’t have to push him. He will show his worth before the season is over !!!
Go Tech
September 28th, 2011
10:05 am
football team is as good or better than expected. Comment about the article on missing “T’s” on campus. Reference the 1960’s incident was about the “Whistle’s” disappearance for a period of time not missing “T’s”.
albanyfan
September 28th, 2011
10:06 am
Headley, lets ee …we beat you 1 out the last three(shoulda won them all)..beat Auburn the last two times, beat Miss State the last two times….beat vandy the last time……….so our recent record vs the SEC is at least as good as UGAG’s.
patience
September 28th, 2011
1:29 pm
Where’s WnE?
gt4ever
September 28th, 2011
3:26 pm
oversight……….. Hmmmmmm , I am really hoping that’s not the case…….
William Casey
September 28th, 2011
4:33 pm
Ken, you do an excellent job of covering the Jackets but there are more inane posts on this blog than I’ve ever seen. BORING. Guess I just need to quit reading the comments. Did 1/3 way through today.
threetrone
September 28th, 2011
7:25 pm
I think I’m gonna drop out of watching Tech football for the rest of the season. Any Tech team that would change the color of their jersey numbers I don’t want to give the time of day to. What they decided to do is dorky for Tech. I cannot accept colors of numbers on jerseys changing as leaves do in the Fall. I also don’t agree with the hiring of a basketball coach other than Mark price, so I don’t think I’ll watch Tech basketball under Brian Gregory. Tech is not the same as when I was going there. I think they make lousy sports decisions, such as the decision to create “Buzz” w/o asking the opinions of all alumni about this. I still will retain an education from there though.
threetrone
September 28th, 2011
7:26 pm
Price
19
September 28th, 2011
9:04 pm
Now that sounds like headley lamar, can I get a hrrprr? If you are not headley then you are the same type of person. Anyway, and please remember this, Go Tech!