O’Brien, London on Georgia Tech triple option
Greetings-
Hope you’re well. I was on the ACC coaches teleconference earlier today and asked a few questions that I thought you all might be interested in. I’ve written a little bit about quarterback Tevin Washington and how Maryland tried to make him keep the ball on triple option and option plays, which resulted in his career-high 32 carries. Anyway, I asked N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien about what his team did (Washington led the team in carries in that game, also, as well as the North Carolina game before it), and then someone else picked up the thread when Virginia coach Mike London came on the line right after it.
Part of me hopes (or at least would find it funny) that someone tells Washington about all this fascination over this scheming – which I’m sure he sees in practice every day – and he thinks to himself, “Why is everyone talking about me?”
O’Brien
Q. If I can take you back to the Georgia Tech game, Maryland after they played Tech, it looked like, and certainly coaches thought that they were trying to make Tevin Washington hold onto the ball on the triple option and option plays. Was that part of your plan, also?
O’Brien: You have to choose your poison against them. First thing you have to do is tackle the fullback. Then you have to make a determination on the perimeter who you want to carry the football. If you want it pitched into the perimeter or if you want the quarterback to carry the ball and take shots at him.
To us — I don’t know what Maryland’s plan was — but that’s the way it worked out in our game.
Certainly if a quarterback, the more shots he takes, the less effective he is throwing the ball and doing a lot of different things. So that’s maybe the preferred way to play them.
London
Q. I don’t know if you were listening in on Coach O’Brien, the last question he got was about Georgia Tech, and he said you have to pick your poison with Georgia Tech. I’m curious, did you hear what he said, and, two, what do you think about that strategy that he just mentioned?
London: I caught the tail end of that and not the specifics of it. You’re dealing with the triple option, and actually you add one more element of it and that is the ability to throw the ball as well as they run the ball. As well as you try to dictate or try to create a game plan as to who you want to carry the ball, you have to be cognizant of the fact that as much as you do that, they do an excellent job of throwing the ball behind you because you get perimeter people involved and you get certain linebackers and do certain stunts, you play man coverages.
There is a game-planning element to it that you try to come up with some things to address the three aspects, the dive, the quarterback, and the pitch, and you try to be as multiple as possible, if you can, to try to change those different looks, because the quarterback has to make his particular reads. So there is a lot of validity to that. That’s part of what we did a couple practices last week, but particularly the last couple practices here this week.
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Q. Going back to the question about the option. I’m sure you saw the thing Maryland did with Washington. They had number 11 faking on the drive, and then taking the quarterback on the pitch. Is that something you guys could do?
London: When you watch all the different types of teams — whether it’s 3-4 or 4-3 or lined up, to head-up twos, two techniques at slant and angle — there are all kinds of techniques the defensive coaches have tried to devise in order to change the different reads of the quarterback.
So what Maryland did, I’m quite sure N.C. State did, I’m quite sure some of the other teams have played against Georgia Tech or have played against that offense. So there is nothing that is exclusive to what one team does versus what they do. It’s just that whatever you play, in terms of who you want to carry the ball the most, how you want to change up the looks, who do you want to play the pitch on the perimeter whether it’s a corner, or safety, or rolled up corner, those are all parts of the elements of trying to defend this style of attack.
You look at a lot of game film, of a lot of defenses who tried to defend this, and you’ll see various techniques. I would say all techniques are on the table for us, and we take into account who we have ourselves and our capabilities of showing different coverages or running line stunts or whatever it may be. What you saw was something that other teams have done also.
That’s it. I’ll have notes up later. Thanks for reading.
A note from my colleague Doug Roberson: Georgia Tech won’t host Georgia until Nov. 26. But that doesn’t mean you aren’t already thinking about the game. Tell us your favorite play in the rivalry, and the AJC will try to track down the players involved and tell you what they remember about that game and what they are doing now. Please send your favorite (just one, please) and why to Doug Roberson to droberson@ajc.com.
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If do right, no can defense
October 12th, 2011
4:43 pm
first?
If do right, no can defense
October 12th, 2011
4:44 pm
wohoo, that’s my 2nd ever.
If do right, no can defense
October 12th, 2011
4:47 pm
Well, I’ve been following GT football only since ‘09, but in those three games, my favorite play was let-’em-score-so-we-can-have-the-ball-back called by Johnson in the final minutes of last year’s game.
Outcoached, Richt was.
Bugzie
October 12th, 2011
4:53 pm
“Outcoached, Richt was.” … he sure was, so outcoached he ended up winning the game still.
OLD TECH FAN
October 12th, 2011
4:53 pm
It’s nice to have some insight as to what other coaches are trying to do against our Offense. However, I’m sure Coach Johnson has pretty much seen it all. As he says, it doesn’t matter what type of Offense you have, the players must run it correctly in order to win.
Full Speed Ahead
October 12th, 2011
4:53 pm
Favorite play was RUN RODDY RUN all over Sanford on that final Touchdown drive. Getting to hear the Georgia radio call ” we didn’t knock him out of bonds?”
Bad bad Leroy brown
October 12th, 2011
4:53 pm
But like always tech lost
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
October 12th, 2011
4:54 pm
Is it just me, or would these coaches also make excellent politicians? I’m sure there was an answer somewhere amidst all the verbiage, but I’ve yet to find it.
Tech 1998
October 12th, 2011
4:54 pm
For me it’s the field goal kick in ‘98 to end the 7 year streak in the 90s. Of course there are plenty more
Gorilla Biscuit
October 12th, 2011
4:59 pm
Hopefully Coach Johnson will outsmart himself again this year.
Bugzie
October 12th, 2011
5:02 pm
Tevin’s weak arm will get a heavy dose of Bacarri Rambo and Brandon Boykin this year; as long as he is upright and not on his back anyway.
Spanky
October 12th, 2011
5:07 pm
Outcoached?……Who won?
TECHREDNECK
October 12th, 2011
5:12 pm
I love that they are winning, however I can’t get too excited because of the competition thus far. Va. will be a test, but Clemson will be a bigger test. Miami, I don’t know. They’ve have some poblems. And then we get to see the big bad dogs. I would love to see them go down in defeat.
If do right, no can defense
October 12th, 2011
5:13 pm
Hey, Mr. Richt admitted as much. We lost because of poor execution on defense, and an inexperienced qb who couldn’t pass. And I was referring to that specific play, not the entire game.
If do right, no can defense
October 12th, 2011
5:17 pm
Bradley hits the nail right on the head here:
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/11/28/a-canny-loss-to-uga-leaves-tech-fans-giddy-about-their-coach/
Born2Buzz
October 12th, 2011
5:19 pm
My favorite play in a UGA game wasn’t in the game at all. It was during the ‘99 game that we won with the recovered blocked punt in OT and the mystery fumble by Jasper Sanks at the end of regulation, both of which could be on the list..anyway, in the aisle way right next to my seats stood John Davis (’86) and Larry Morris (’52) as they had just come back up from the field where they were honoring All American Centers at half-time. A woofin dawg fan had wayyy to much to drink and started to talk trash with Davis, who stands 6′7″ and about 300 lbs. Davis said something to the guy and being almost blind drunk the guy actually started to go after Davis. Thankfully his buddies pulled him away, so John turns to continue his conversation with Larry Morris (no small man himself). The drunken doggie breaks free from his buddies and starts to jump Davis from behind, but before he could get to him, Morris (who has to be 69-70 years old but still looked to be in great shape) calmly steps forward and plants his large fist right in the guys kisser, dropping him like a rock. His buddies gather him up and drag him away, and Morris and Davis calmly go back to their conversation. The two 13 year old boys in front of me went crazy, “did you see that!! that old man just flattened that guy!! that was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!!!!”
I had to admit, it was pretty cool. And what a game that was, lots of scoring, controversy, overtime, a bizarre finishing play, and a fight in the stands between a GT legend and a drunken dawg fan. And we won the game. It doesn’t get any better than that.
carolinajacket
October 12th, 2011
5:21 pm
I’ll go back a good many years. Charlie Dudish fumbles the snap, then picks it up and dives in for the game winning td, right before my eyes, when I was a kid.
Born2Buzz
October 12th, 2011
5:21 pm
Sorry, recovered blocked FG attempt. That’s why you kick em on 3rd down when possible.
Mole
October 12th, 2011
5:21 pm
I’m very well, thank you for asking.
clemsongirl
October 12th, 2011
5:26 pm
Little early to be thinking about the UGA game . . . Tech still has a lot of football to play. Love it, can’t get through half the season and already looking ahead and obsessing with UGA . . . keep looking!
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
5:26 pm
Bugzie
October 12th, 2011
5:00 pm
I can’t see us beating Clemson, and even VT may bring us some problems. And then we get to face a fast and physical UGA defense. Dreams season start, but won’t have a pretty ending.
Bugzie did you actually think we think you are a TECH fan? We knew on the last Article. Now go hump your mom’s leg and sniff your sis’s butt.
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
5:28 pm
Bugzie
October 12th, 2011
5:00 pm
I can’t see us beating Clemson, and even VT may bring us some problems. And then we get to face a fast and physical UGA defense. Dreams season start, but won’t have a pretty ending.
Bugzie you said you were a Tech fan on the last blog! Wow in less than 2 hours you became a dawg. Like we didn’t know you are a MUTT
St. Simons Old Timer
October 12th, 2011
5:28 pm
Favorite Play back in 1963, if memory serves: Alabama came into Grant Field heavily favored and ranked #1. Namath at quarterback and the Bear along the sidelines. Tech scores in the first half and leads 7 to 0 for a long time. Then in the 4th quarter, Bama marches to score a touchdown with less than four minutes remaining, and to their credit, go for two to win the game. The extra point is a handoff to the Alabama halfback for a run around right end. Then just two players meet at the two yard line with no one else around. Man vs. Man. Sorry I don’t remember the names, but Tech’s guy was an undersized walk-on linebacker who stood up the runner and planted him on the two. Tech wins 7 to 6 to seal the upset and erase a good deal of heartache after being not too good for several years before. After all this time, that is still the most memorable play I’ve ever seen.
AlabamaRamblinwreck
October 12th, 2011
5:30 pm
Ken: Is Attaochu going to play Saturday? Thanks.
TampaDawg
October 12th, 2011
5:32 pm
ClemsonGirl is right on target there. BUZZards could have 2 losses by the time they get the usual whoopin by the Dawgs
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
5:33 pm
Tampa we know UGA does already and will probably have 1 or 2 more by time the mutts come to the Big City.
St. Richt
October 12th, 2011
5:34 pm
clemsongirl, don’t kid yourself. We’re not looking past anyone, especially Clemson. We’ve had that date circled for over a year now, after you finally beat Paul Johnson for the first time last year.
Born2Buzz
October 12th, 2011
5:35 pm
TECHREDNECK, get excited. They are playing some good ball, last Saturday’s game wasn’t as pretty as some of the earlier ones but it still was fun, and intense. We have 3 more home games and I’m sure they are all going to be exciting. Come on out and enjoy them.
And Ken, I would love to hear if John Davis remembers that incident in ‘99.
tech 63
October 12th, 2011
5:35 pm
Sorry St.Simons Old Timer…….the game was fall of 62 and it was a pass intercepted in the end zone by Don Toner.
Ramblin Man
October 12th, 2011
5:36 pm
Not sure if it is my all time favorite but I did really like the “Goose is loose”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MivZ0jw-g&feature=related
Jacket Man
October 12th, 2011
5:38 pm
As Paul Johnson has been saying for years, there’s been over twenty years worth of tapes on his offense, and it still seems to be working as long as the team is executing properly. Will they win every game? Does any team win every game? Dumb question, isn’t it? Bad weather, turnovers, injuries, these unexpected events all factor into the outcome of games. Emotion, experience, and coaching are also factors. There are obviously more athletic teams than others, and that also comes into play. Add all this together, and that’s College football.
How this has has gotten into a debate about Georgia-Georgia Tech is beyond me. UGA has nothing to do with this blog; why are they a part of this discussion?
Ramblin Man
October 12th, 2011
5:38 pm
This one is also nice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNCuHt4rEs&feature=related
Bring Back Jim Donnan
October 12th, 2011
5:38 pm
I was in Sanford Stadium in 1974 in a 35 degree pouring rain. Tech won the coin toss and Pepper Rogers elected to KICK! The Dawgie kickoff returner muffed, Tech recovered, scored and went on to win 34-14. After the half, there was more white and gold in the stadium than red and black. Nearly froze to death, but it was the most exciting game I ever attended.
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
5:40 pm
People just send your comments on the UGA games to Doug and save the blog for UVa.
Tech owns mediocre teams!!
October 12th, 2011
5:43 pm
Tech’s offense has proved nothing this year. Sure they run up big numbers against inferior competition with inferior defensive talent. That’s all there is in the ACC. The ACC has some of the worst defeneses in college football. If Tech played in the SEC, their offensive numbers would be average at best. Would love to see this high school offense run up against Bama or LSU. Would be more embarrassing than the Iowa ass whipping in the Orange Bowl. Tenn. is another team like Tech. Tenn. ran up amazing Offensive stats against 3 inferior opponents, then when they ran up against 2 top ten defenses in Fl. and UGA, they wet their pants. Tech only plays one decent defense in the ACC, that being Clemson, and we will see how Tech handles that game. Tech has yet to beat a team with a .500 record in the ACC, and yet the AJC is raving about them being 6-0. My God, They only play 2 decent teams all year, that being Clemson and UGA, and they will probably get their asses handed to them in both games. They might beat clemson,but UGA will make it 9 out of the last 10, even if UGA has another medicre team. Tech is a joke, always has been and always will be, and for this arrogant coach, it couldn’t happen to a better person. If this clown ever beats a ranked team with this offense, then maybe this paper can brag about Tech then. Until then, Tech is just another team that looks good against mediocre talent.
Bugs
October 12th, 2011
5:51 pm
Tech upset Ga in the mid 80’s on a kickoff return.It was a high scoring game and the Dawgs scored late to seal the win.The jackets return man had fielded the previous kickoffs and run to the far side of the field on all of them for short returns. This time he took one step right and took off straight up the field like a bat out of hell and the entire Ga. team was on the other side of the field.He scored the winning touchdown with no one near him.I can’t remember his name.
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
5:53 pm
9 of 34 post from TROLLS. Dawgs must be scared.
TECHREDNECK
October 12th, 2011
5:53 pm
SHUT UP JAWJA FANS. GET OFF OUR BLOGS!
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
5:58 pm
No Dawgs commenting on the concluded the Cam and Auburn investigation.
Dawgs don’t get their Beat Down at the hands of Cam and Auburn overturned.
Go ahead and whine. But I’m not sure how you can fault the NCAA on this. There is little question the NCAA, for all of the criticism it has received, would have nailed Auburn or Newton if it could have. There’s simply no evidence of it.
gt fan#1
October 12th, 2011
6:06 pm
tech owns mediocre teams,,, georiga defense has got throttled by the only 2 good teams they played their defense padded their stat against bottom feeding sec team… lol you are a joke of a fan im a gt fan and i know we havent played great competition yet but its coming miami, clemso,vt, ga
19
October 12th, 2011
6:09 pm
@mediocrity, it took all of that to get your point across. You don’t like Tech. We get it. Now, go away.
Go Jackets!!!
gt fan#1
October 12th, 2011
6:09 pm
tech owns mediocre teams- and north carolina is 5-1… if your gonna talk like you know what your talking about at least get your facts straight
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2011
6:09 pm
Bugz, that player was Gary Lee, and that kickoff return is my favorite play from the series.
GT Fan
October 12th, 2011
6:14 pm
Ken,
Here’s why Heather Dinich sucks, and steals money from ESPN:
Of her 3 upset alerts for this week this was her summation on why FSU is on alert vs. DUKE
…3. Florida State at Duke: At the very least, the Blue Devils will keep this interesting. Don’t forget they were in a position to beat Stanford earlier this year. And Florida State is no Stanford. Duke is similar to Wake Forest in that it depends heavily on its passing game. FSU can’t afford another five-turnover game and expect to win….
SHE SAID DUKE WAS IN POSITION TO BEAT STANFORD!
Here’s how the Stanford-Duke game went (b/c I bet the OVER, 59, on the game).
Stanford 7-0 after 1st Q.
Stanford 10-0 in 2nd Q
Stanford driving for 17-0 lead with 2+ mins to go in the half, Duke has 76 yd INT return (of a tipped pass) 10-7 Stanford
Stanford scores with 30 secs to go for 17-7 halftime lead
3rd Q
Stanford goes up 24-7, then 31-7 … OOPS 30-7 (missed PAT – cost me a over/under LOSS).
4th Q
Stanford goes up 37-7, then 44-7. DUKE scores with under a minute remaining to make the final 44-14 ……. 58 total (lost my 59 OVER bet).
WHERE IN THIS GAME WAS DUKE, ON THE VERGE OF, BEATING STANFORD?
HD is a JooooooKE.
Old Fashioned
October 12th, 2011
6:15 pm
My memory of the 7-6 win over Alabama is a bit different from above post. (I recognize that my memory is truly suspect for my 78 years.) I think the Alabama back was the great Bobby Morrow and the Tech tackler was a 140 pounder (they were much smaller then),named Jake Rudolph—-I think a defensive back on scholarship. Any other oldtimers who can set the record straight?
GT Fan
October 12th, 2011
6:16 pm
or IN POSITION to beat Stanford?
fan of shorter passes & longer runs
October 12th, 2011
6:21 pm
So London did not answer the question…probably because he does not know what he will do…perhaps? And we for sure do not know what Johnson will throw (or run) at them.
19
October 12th, 2011
6:23 pm
Did not see it, but from what’ve read the 7-6 GT win to beat Bear/Bama at Grant Field.
Go Jackets!
19
October 12th, 2011
6:31 pm
GT/GA= It’s UP! it’s Good!
Go Jackets!!!
Hey there Tech Owns...
October 12th, 2011
6:43 pm
Dear Tech Owns,
Funny how you mention “if” GT played LSU and Bama. Really brave from a UGA fan who doesn’t play them this year either….
Look at the stats – UGA has the easiest schedule in the SEC – Does not have to face LSU, Bama, or Arkysaw. So fight it out in the “tough” SEC against Ole Miss, Miss St, KY, Vandy… scary schedule for sure.
And for the mention that Tech has yet to beat a team with a .500 record in the ACC – are we skewing facts – Who has UGA beat with a .500 record in the SEC …. NO ONE.
Tech is a joke? It is only by another lucky break that the Dawggies beat Tech last year… missed extra point…. This “joke” throttled UGA for over 400 yards on the ground alone – every team we played in the ACC last year had a better rush defense than that…
Jokes on you…. you must be scared….. better get off the blogs and join your beloved UGA QB for some more ballet lessons
Hey there Tech Owns...
October 12th, 2011
6:46 pm
So are you saying UGA plays Bama and LSU? You Don’t
Are you saying you have beat an SEC team with a .500 conf record? You have not.
UGA held GT to lowest rushing yard total compared to ACC teams? You didn’t (In fact GT put up more rushing yards (400+) against UGA than any ACC defense… UGA < Entire ACC. Who is the joke now?
Paul in NH (formerly RDU)
October 12th, 2011
6:51 pm
I remember the Gary Lee run back for a TD. That was the game played in the fog. The UGA fans probably remember GTs 13 man defense preventing UGA from scoring on the last play of the 1st half.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2011
6:54 pm
Old Fashioned, Jake Rudolph played for Tech in the early 50s. He was in on the so-called “million dollar tackle”, when he stopped Bama’s Bobby Marlowe on the 4 yard line to clinch a 7 – 3 Tech win over Bama in 1952
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
6:56 pm
I remember that one back then, but I will SEND it to Doug. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2011
7:02 pm
Riiiiiiiiiiiight, UOAD. LOL
Uh, what?
October 12th, 2011
7:02 pm
I certainly liked Richt’s first game in the series…a 51-7 shelacking of the Nerds. In fact GT has one just 1 of the last 10. Also, any of the 3 games in which Herschel played. He had about 600 yards and 7 TD’s in 3 games!!! How about Calvin Johnson getting shut down every year by Paul Oliver? Mike Bobo’s winning toss at the Joke when Goff kicked everybodies tail on the field? Buck to Lindsey in ‘81 for 80 yards on the game’s first play?
If do right, no can defense
October 12th, 2011
7:08 pm
“It’s GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD…”
St. Simons Old Timer
October 12th, 2011
7:16 pm
tech 63. About the Tech-Bama 7 to 6 game. I looked it up in my Blueprint pub from 1963, and you were right. The game was in the fall of 1962 and the decisive play was an interception by Don Toner on a tipped pass. So apologies for a faulty memory. But I do remember a play like I described, but it must have been another time and place.
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
7:17 pm
Cam newton just Scored on the Dawgs again. LMAO
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GT9
October 12th, 2011
7:22 pm
clemsongirl,
Congrats on having a fantastic season. Your Tigers should be #3 in the nation. Hope you guys stomp the Terps.
Old Fashioned
October 12th, 2011
7:28 pm
Thanks,Supersize,for setting me straight. Both victories over Bama were great. I best remember the 7-3 win.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2011
7:29 pm
Old Fashioned, I was a freshman in ‘62, so I am very familiar with that game. It was the most intense football game I have ever been to. I would imagine the ‘52 one was pretty intense too, but that one didn’t have the revenge factor like the ‘62 one did.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 12th, 2011
7:33 pm
St Simons Old Timer, you had many of the details right. I think the missed 2-point conversion was a little earlier in the game, but the decisive play WAS the interception by Toner. Bear could have gone for a FG, but wanted a little better field position and went for it and lost because of the interception.
tech 63
October 12th, 2011
7:38 pm
I was a Sr. at Tech,,,,it was Nov of 62.Namath threw a pass that went off the hands of one of his receivers and was intercepted by Don Toner…..I can remember it like it was yesterday.After the game he ended up at the Chi Phi house he was cocky with long hair but not a bad guy.
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
I am a punk and a loser. I have to live through Auburn’s one win over Georgia (out of the last 6 years) because Tech cannot beat Georgia. Apologies for my inferiority complex.
GT-UT
October 12th, 2011
8:00 pm
My favorite play was Dwyer running for a TD to win the ACC Championship!
Go O-line and B-backs!!
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2011
8:02 pm
Wasn’t the guy who intercepted Namath’s pass in the end zone Don Toner?
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2011
8:03 pm
Never mind; I hadn’t caught up to the latest posts.
Buzz 2011
October 12th, 2011
8:07 pm
6 – 0 (#12) 4 – 2 (#120)
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2011
8:08 pm
Take a look at the “Report this comment” link. I just used it to block a troll.
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2011
8:09 pm
Super – chk mail
19
October 12th, 2011
8:21 pm
Ken, 7:45pm is hijacking 5150’s screen name.
Go Jackets!!!
Yellow Fuzz
October 12th, 2011
8:24 pm
Bad bad Leroy brown
October 12th, 2011
4:53 pm
But like always tech lost
SORRY LITTLE MAN. TECH WON THAT WON 45-42. IT WAS THE BITCH SLAPPINGS OF BITCH SLAPPINGS. I WAS THERE. YOUR CONCRETE JUNGLE WAS SILENT THE ENTIRE 4TH QUARTER. WHEN THE FINAL HORN BLEW THERE WAS MORE GOLD AND BLACK IN THE STANDS THAN RED. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH…HAHAHAHAHA TO THIS DAY IT WAS ONE OF THE TOP 10 MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.
Birmingham Jacket
October 12th, 2011
8:27 pm
Replace Walls in the middle, and defense is exponentially better.
Love the kid. He’s a Jacket.
Just not a baller.
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
8:33 pm
WOW somebody is posting me still? I really must take them to dinner or something. LOL
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
8:34 pm
posting as me…….sorry
Birmingham Jacket
October 12th, 2011
8:34 pm
PS. Washington needs to change his “Reggie Ball-Ball Hog” too.
Wake up, it’s called a “pitch”.
Damn stupid kids…
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2011
8:36 pm
51 – He is jealous of your celebrity status. Who wouldn’t be?
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
8:36 pm
fake 5150 I am just laughing that AUBUR beat the dawgs and Not Guilty of Cheating. I know that is KILLING the mutt fans. Y’all were so sure the game wouldn’t count. It Does and Auburn has a MNC and Richt doesn’t LMAO still.
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
8:41 pm
Fake5150 UGA is actually 4-2 in the last 6 games against Auburn.
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2011
8:46 pm
Is there a prize for that?
Birmingham Jacket
October 12th, 2011
8:49 pm
5150 UOAD
Get on board, and talk about something except UGA.
I’m a Jacket. But 9/10 is STFU.
19
October 12th, 2011
8:50 pm
Well, maybe Scott Sisson’s kick to beat #1 UVA in 1990. Spring board for that season!
I wish Al Ciraldo would post…
Go Jackets!!!
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
8:53 pm
19 I don’t think Al would even know how to post. LOL
Eddie Lee Ivory’s 356 against Air Force in 78 was my favorite game of any game.
Dr. C
October 12th, 2011
8:54 pm
I enjoyed the play that never happened… in 1974, GT kicked butt 34-14 without throwing a pass. Ran them into the ground with the wishbone in the rain.
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2011
9:18 pm
I missed the ’70s. I was, in order: under water/3 time zones away/6 time zones away/in NJ where the game of the week featured Temple or Rutgers or Ivy League. Missed all of the Pepper Rogers era. Read about Ivery in the paper.
5150 UOAD
October 12th, 2011
9:21 pm
It was crazy running on his feet and hands in the snow and ice. it was crazy.
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2011
9:24 pm
Call me a heretic if you will, but I preferred Jack Hurst as announcer and Ciraldo as the color guy on radio back in the early ’60s. When I came back to Georgia in the ’80s, I never got used to Ciraldo’s style or voice as the play-by-play guy.
gt45
October 12th, 2011
9:26 pm
Folks, I believe we can win every game on the schedule!
The Truth
October 12th, 2011
9:36 pm
Said Richt: “We didn’t coach very good there. We got outcoached right there. It was good strategy by Coach Johnson. I thought [when it happened], ‘He got us there. He got me.’ ”
gtfanfrom1951
October 12th, 2011
9:37 pm
I can see the Dawg fans are drinking the kool-Aid again.
19
October 12th, 2011
9:37 pm
I remember Eddie Lee Ivory and Robert Lavette burning it up!
Go Jackets!
macrotech
October 12th, 2011
10:29 pm
In short….they don’t know HOW to stop the triple option!
BS Patrol
October 12th, 2011
10:41 pm
Some of you have worse memories than me and for that you have my sympathy. The topic is Tech-ga, not Alabama.
I too was at the ‘74 game soaked & frozen to the bone while Myers, Sims & Ivery ran wild in the mud. I had a bottle of Tennessee’s finest. The colder I got the more I drank & vice versa. When I left I was certifiably soused. The headline next day read ” Tech has Field Day in the Rain.”
A day like that would kill me now.
Realist
October 12th, 2011
10:46 pm
There were so many great plays in the 51 to 7 loss when UGA kicked our butts and our team quit that it would be difficult to choose just one.
Dave from GT
October 12th, 2011
11:05 pm
Ken, you are doing the best job of anyone covering GT. If you did not go to Tech, we should make you an honorary Jacket. I look forward to reading your articles and blog entries. They are very good. This last one was pretty gutsy, asking the opponent how they are going to try to defend our offense.
Of course, they will not be successful. Keep up the great work. Will put in a word with your big boss for you.
cewbee
October 12th, 2011
11:11 pm
BS Patrol – actually Ivery did not come to the flats until 75! Get your facts straight. Then the mutts piled on Eddie Lee in the ‘78 game in Athens and ruined his ankle. THWG!
indianajacket
October 12th, 2011
11:13 pm
I love how the dawgs always talk about owning us in football, i say let em brag, its the only sport they come close to beating us regularly in and half of em are just pissed cuz they didnt have the smarts to make it as a jacket!!!!! GO WRAMBLING WRECK!!!!!
BS Patrol
October 12th, 2011
11:21 pm
Yes,doggies would have fired their coach on the spot for a 51-7 debacle. Not us though.We keep Gailey for 7 more stinking years. To Gailey it was “just a game, dawg”.
indianajacket
October 12th, 2011
11:28 pm
iM TRYING TO REMEM
Im trying to remember the facts but didnt Bobby Dodd beat the puppies like eight years straight? I think its still the longest streak of either team.
indianajacket
October 12th, 2011
11:40 pm
I especially liked it when Joe Hamilton beat the dawgs for the second straight year in ot 51-48.What a wild game.If only he could have beat FSU,he might have won the heisman.
1 4 GT
October 12th, 2011
11:45 pm
indianajacket—Yeah, that’s right. And UGAG made a national monument/hero out of Theron Sapp for scoring the winning touchdown that stopped “THE STREAK”
1 4 GT
October 12th, 2011
11:47 pm
Joe Hamilton should have won the Heisman anyway. Stupid voters gave to Ron Dayne for a 4 year career instead of what it is—the Best College Player of the Year
sports
October 12th, 2011
11:49 pm
The reality of the yellow blowflys triple option is that the knee injuries caused by the cut back blocking techniques. These practices ruin careers.
indianajacket
October 12th, 2011
11:49 pm
My favorite game as a kid was in 1980 when our qb(Kelley)got hurt against #1 Notre Dame and this freshman named Ken Wisenhunt comes in and drives tech down the field for a tie,and knocks off the football giants(off their #1 ranking)actually from playing tech to a tie.AWESOME!!!
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 13th, 2011
12:00 am
indianajacket, Bobby Dodd beat UGA 8 times in a row from 1946-1954. During that series Tech outscored UGA 176-39. Still the longest. ” CRUSH VIRGINIA “
Supersize that order, mutt
October 13th, 2011
12:30 am
GIVE ME….the streak was from 1949 to 1956
Supersize that order, mutt
October 13th, 2011
12:30 am
indianajacket, actually, Tech scored first and Notre Dame had to come from behind to tie us
Supersize that order, mutt
October 13th, 2011
12:33 am
1 4 GT, I don’t know if “The Streak” is what Tech called it or not, but the mutts referred to it as “The Drought”. Theron Sapp was know as “The Drought Breaker.” Can you believe the mutts make fun of Tech having the score from the 2008 Tech – Georgia win inscribed on their CFA Bowl rings, but Georgia actually retired Sapp’s number. That’s probably the only thing he ever did in his career, and they retired his number……SHEESH
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 13th, 2011
1:24 am
Thanks Super, two wiki-links had 46-54. I finally found another site that had 49-56. You still can’t believe everything you read.lol
Supersize that order, mutt
October 13th, 2011
1:30 am
that’s true, GIVE ME. Can’t believe 2 of them had it wrong though
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 13th, 2011
1:54 am
I checked their reference and it was correct, so they just copied wrong.
OldSchoolTechFanatic
October 13th, 2011
3:50 am
Good luck on your masters Roddy!!! I don’t care how easy the schedule has been 6 and 0 feels pretty good right now with this young team. I think they will only get better and if we don’t win the ACC this year we will next year !!!
Stinger 2
October 13th, 2011
5:00 am
Several post about the GT win over Alabama were close to what I remember: The year was 1962. The tackle was made by Jake Rudolph on Bobby Marlow. It was described as the “million dollar tackle” to preserve a 7-6 win for GT.
Mike
October 13th, 2011
6:42 am
GT 7-6 win over Bama first game I remember ever hearing. 48 years later GT still my team. Beating The Bear even better.
Sting Time
October 13th, 2011
7:12 am
Definitely the kick in 98. I was there and the fans in the Cesspool just sat there and stared into space. It was great.
Dawg Fans = Idiots
October 13th, 2011
7:42 am
The Goose is loose in 2000. Godsey runs a keeper for a TD on GT’s first play.
Jackets 2011
October 13th, 2011
8:22 am
Don Toner won the Tech Bama game of 1962 by intercepting Namath as Bama drove for a field goal.
Jackets 2011
October 13th, 2011
8:25 am
I doubt the Virginia game will be easy.
With two weeks to prepare, they are working as hard to upset us as we did when NC State was undefeated with Rivers.
I hope we cruise but doubt it.
We may be glad we’ve had the last three tough games as preparation for this game.
Jackets 2011
October 13th, 2011
8:29 am
BTW it was not O’Leary who beat Uga three straight but Friegen.
Without Freigen, O’Leary lost every time.
carolinajacket
October 13th, 2011
8:29 am
I know its about Tech-UGA, but whenever we beat the Bear it is worth noting. As I recall, Bear distained the field goal because of the spread. Bear did a little betting if you did not know.Rudolph (grandfather of ???) and Dickie Morehead were a pair of great little safeties.
Brock
October 13th, 2011
8:37 am
Sports- name one player that had his career ruined by Tech with the cut block?
norcrossjacket
October 13th, 2011
8:39 am
I agree with the ‘74 game…Danny Myers ran for over 100 and 3 scores i think
Pickle Tile
October 13th, 2011
9:38 am
Nerds reminiscing about a 1962 game….what’s wrong geeks? Nothing going on in your life since DragonCon left town?
Brock
October 13th, 2011
9:55 am
troll posting on a tech blog. What’s wrong, nothing going on in your life……..period?
Todd Wilson
October 13th, 2011
9:58 am
Two favorite memories…98 between the hedges…I was filming the game on the side lines and was under the upright when GT kicked the game winning field goal. Remember the sad sack, vulgarities by the dawg fans after the game. Then, back in 1981 at Grant Field/Bobby Dodd Stadium. Sitting in a mixed group of fans in the now gone, South stands. PewGA took an early lead after a Hershel Walker TD. Second play from scrimmage, after an off tackle run had been stuffed, Ramblin Robert Lavette takes the hand off and goes 80 yards for a TD. Another would have to be a game in 86 again at BDS, I went with an old friend, a rabid Dawg supporter. He wore his UGA sweats, me in my GT sweats. We sat in a cold rain and gave each other hell throughout the game. I guess we were a little loud. By the third quarter, the woman in front of us turned around, took off her ear plugs and said, “…You guys are better than Larry Munson!”
All Cupcake Conference
October 13th, 2011
10:11 am
Just one cupcake talking about another cupcake.
Yawn.
SRF
October 13th, 2011
10:11 am
Oh good grief – the puppies were quiet for a while but now that they have wrapped up the SEC East thanks to the rest of the teams imploding, they have time to come over here and yap.
All Cupcake Conference
October 13th, 2011
10:13 am
Where is comicon next year ?
Also you guys need to decide now because you cant all go as Thor next year.
SRF
October 13th, 2011
10:14 am
You are right – the SEC East is all cupcakes
All Cupcake Conference
October 13th, 2011
10:22 am
You are right – the SEC East is all cupcakes
One of those cupcakes beats you on a regular basis.
Don’t they LOL.
SRF
October 13th, 2011
10:28 am
I am talking about this year -
GT
October 13th, 2011
10:32 am
I think some of Tech’s sloppy play in the last few games is gamesmanship. Once Tech has won Johnson shuts down the machine so not much is there to be studied on film. He might even put some stuff in the film like Washington reading the defense wrong to set the next week or even the Clemson game up. I didn’t see much action with number 17 last week, Smith. London knows this stuff but he doesn’t know what is up CPJ’s sleeve. I see Spurrier do this against teams like East Carolina and then have to bring the better game plan back in to win, but he is trying very hard to leave a lot off the film study.
I thought the same thing last year but was fooling myself and may be again this year. I just think I see wide open plays not being run this year that I didn’t see last year. Maybe Washington is just missing them but I just don’t believe that.
TRUTH
October 13th, 2011
10:49 am
I remember tech getting beat 51-7 against the BULLDOGS on national tv.
TRUTH
October 13th, 2011
10:52 am
I have also seen more tekies run out of their own pill box stadium because UGA was beating them so bad they could not stand the humiliation.
Brock
October 13th, 2011
11:43 am
cupcake= headly lamar = liar = fraud. Not necessarily in that order.
Pickle Tile
October 13th, 2011
2:49 pm
Of course you are talking about this year and what the nerds will do. God knows you cannot talk about the actual resoults from the past.
pjacket
October 13th, 2011
3:42 pm
Pickle Tile,
learn to spell.
SilverandBlack
October 13th, 2011
5:27 pm
UGA is irrelevant. Pick another team and move on UGA fans! hahaha
19
October 13th, 2011
10:34 pm
WOW! Troll city on display, at least try and spell or is that the best you’ve got?
Go Jackets!
Southside GT FAN
October 13th, 2011
10:45 pm
@ TECH OWNS MEDIOCRE TEAMS,
couldnt have posted something more redneck, moronic and ridiculous about GT. You clearly have no idea about the facts and are extremely biased for UGA. And that is cool, but at least try to bring some intelligence to the table. Paul Johnson has beaten a ton of ranked teams in the 4 years of running the offense (including a pre-season # 1 in UGA in 2008), won an ACC championship, went to bowl games every year, etc, etc.Not sure what you are smoking these days. If you UGA fans dont care what tech is doing and “always are so much better” why do you spend so much time being jealous? You guys have played quality opponents this year, BUT YOU LOST. that’s nothing to brag about. By the way, UGA some years back used to have their way with tech and I hated watching it. You pretty much barely slip by the past 2 years and lost 3 years ago. Also I might remind you tunnel-visioned fans of your “elite talent” all the while. Keep being jealous UGA fans and keep looking forward to being DESTROYED by LSU or BAMA in SEC champ game as the best you losers can accomplish (and that is only due to a cupcake schedule). Worst cesspool in the country=UGA. I would rather be sentenced to a radar tower in Siveria for the rest of my life than have to live with myself as a mindless UGA sheep. GET OFF THE BLOG
Southside GT FAN
October 13th, 2011
10:49 pm
UGA fans please vacate this blog and stop stinking up this place of honor….
Southside GT FAN
October 13th, 2011
10:52 pm
TRUTH,
I remember Roddy Jones running ALL OVER a pre-season #1 and all the puppy fans whining, and oh yeah, that was actually in the recent past…..
I heart UGA
October 13th, 2011
10:54 pm
I wonder if I should be a georgia state fan?
Southside GT FAN
October 13th, 2011
10:57 pm
To all UGA fans,
good luck striving to be sacrificial lamb in SEC championship! what an achievement! Oh yeah……………TECH will beat you this year. Mark my words!!!!