Finch likely out for Clemson
Greetings-
First, sorry about the filters. It seemed like they were out of control today. I apologize. Here are the notes. As you may have already read, it doesn’t look good for Jay Finch to play Saturday, which is not good for a couple different reasons. Nothing against Nick McRae, but he’s quicker off the ball than McRae and is just more experienced. Onto the notes.
1. Georgia Tech will most likely be without starting center Jay Finch for its Saturday night game against Clemson. Tech coach Paul Johnson said Finch is “probably out” for the game with a lower-leg injury.
Finch has not practiced this week after sustaining the injury on Tech’s first play from scrimmage in the loss to Miami last Saturday. Nick McRae, who replaced Finch last Saturday, would be his likely replacement.
“He’s played well,” Johnson said of Finch. “I think for the most part, anytime you lose a starter, it’s tough, but it’s like I’ve said before, the next guy’s got to step up.”
McRae, along with guards Omoregie Uzzi and Will Jackson, will have their hands full. Clemson nose guard Brandon Thompson is projected to be the first tackle taken in the NFL draft.
“I think [Finch's injury] affected them a great deal” in the Miami game, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Wednesday.
On his Wednesday night radio show on 790 the Zone, Johnson said that he hopes Finch will be back for the Nov. 10 Virginia Tech game after the open date and that Morgan Bailey will back up McRae, assuming Finch can’t play. It would be the second career game for Bailey, a redshirt freshman who has fought injuries since coming to Tech.
(I owe a debt of gratitude to the fan who asked Johnson about Finch’s prognosis. I asked about Finch after practice, but didn’t ask about his availability for Virginia Tech. Fail for me. Don’t know if you heard it, but the callers were not the typical “We love ya, Coach” variety. One guy told Johnson he needed to hire a special teams coordinator, which got his goat a bit, but hung up before Johnson could fire a question back at him.)
2. Despite Clemson’s offensive firepower, Tech won’t play any more conservatively on defense than usual, secondary coach Charles Kelly said.
“We’re going to play what we play,” he said.
The Jackets will have to be mindful of Clemson’s various formations and motions, know where the Tigers’ playmakers are and communicate well before the snap. Tackling the ball and preventing yards after catch will be other keys.
“I think what it’s going to boil down to is our individual battles summing up to us winning the play,” defensive end Jason Peters said.
(This is going to be a stress test for the defense. Offensive coordinator Chad Morris tries tries to run 80 plays a game – Tech ran 62 last game – which means quick snaps as soon as the ball is placed. Players are going to have to be on their P’s and Q’s.)
3. Johnson said he’ll keep his kicking and punting specialists the same Saturday as last week – David Scully on kickoffs, Justin Moore on field goals and Sean Poole on punts. Asked if Zach Laskey would field punts again, Johnson replied, “We’ll see when the game starts.”
Of the team’s practice this week, Johnson said that “it’s hard to be real up-tempo. Guys are banged up, beat up, so I think they’re focusing on what we’re trying to do with our game plan.”
(If I had to guess, I’d say Laskey will be out there again. For his sake, I hope he gets another chance.)
4. The betting spread on the game has dropped a half-point to a point from its opening line because of money being wagered on the Jackets. Most lines initially had the Tigers as a 4-to-4.5-point favorite. Caesars Palace sports book analyst Todd Fuhrman said that among professional gamblers, “there is some appetite out there in the market to take Georgia Tech as a home underdog.” Johnson’s success against Clemson – he is 3-1 against the Tigers – has made the Jackets a popular bet among “sharps,” Fuhrman said.
(That was interesting, I thought. Fuhrman said he thought the less-informed betting public will lay money on Clemson and the professional bettors will go with Tech. Take it for what it’s worth.)
5. Mike Patrick (play by play), Craig James (color) and Jenn Brown (sideline) will call the game for ABC. The game will be broadcast across the Southeast and into Pennsylvania, Indiana and Arkansas. The rest of the country will see the Stanford-USC game.
(I think they did the Tech-N.C. State game, if I’m not mistaken. I guess “Jenn” is the popular spelling among sideline reporters. My friend Jenn Hildreth, who works for Fox Sports South, does the double N. I guess one day when I replace Erin Andrews, I’ll go by Kenn Sugiura. For a lot of reasons, that would be a bad day for television.)
Thanks for reading. Come back Thursday morning for something or other. Please follow on Facebook and Twitter.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
9:38 pm
What’s this about Ken? No blog on how Tech’s so called athletes graduate at a lower rate than the jocks at UGA? Of course not. Tech fans would rather just perpetuate the myth that Tech athletes are smarter than UGA athletes when we all now see the FACTS.
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
9:39 pm
IE, the facts that state that Tech and UGA athletes are basically the same. Oh, but you guys have your “engineering” degrees to fall back on right?
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
9:42 pm
Someone should have called in to ask Coach Johnson what its like to coach for such a pathetic apathetic fan base? A fan base who loves to act all high & mighty yet can’t see the FACTS that their athletes are of the same cloth as UGA student athletes.
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
9:43 pm
Sorry to highjack the blog, KenN. You do a fine job with what youre given to work with.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 26th, 2011
9:47 pm
Tough guy to replace. Tech just needs to come out and GATA. ” LET’S ROLL JACKETS “
Bullpupp
October 26th, 2011
9:51 pm
Not surprised that the AJC posted about Tech’s grad rates BIG AND BOLD on the front cover. Then again, the AJC is run by UGA grads.
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
9:53 pm
Ken, I would recogmend staying with one N. I thought about removing one of the M’s out of my name. Jimy Williams, former MLB manager of several teams, beat me to it though. Looks God awful.
GT9
October 26th, 2011
9:56 pm
Our offense has struggled and our starting center is out. It just doesn’t look good. If Ellington isn’t at a hundred percent, then it’ll be 63-7. If he’s able to play all out, it’ll be 77-7. Clemson is hitting on every cylinder and every game seems to increase the size of their engine. Watkins, Hopkins, Allen, Boyd, Bellamy, (Ellington), and company are on a roll now. Even though I’ve watched a lot of football in my life, I’m not an expert on the sport. From what I’ve seen this season, it is puzzling to my mind that the line isn’t Clemson -21 or more.
I’ll be there Saturday pulling for Georgia Tech with all of my energy.
GO JACKETS!
Thanks for the great coverage this year, Ken.
TN Hawk
October 26th, 2011
9:56 pm
Kenn,
I’m afraid we’ll lose to Clemsonn but thenn surprise Va Tech with Finnch back. What do you thinnk?
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:01 pm
At least I’ll be at the game so I won’t be subjected to Craig James.
gt40pinhd
October 26th, 2011
10:02 pm
i hope zach L. gets another chance. i don’t think he’ll make another mistake.
Delbert D.
October 26th, 2011
10:03 pm
Ken – The “probably out” blog was better than the “likely out” blog. Quality of the posts on this one is awful.
Delbert D.
October 26th, 2011
10:06 pm
George – Or Bob Davie. Hey, I found out that the Tech game on FM is about 6-7 seconds behind the game on Comcast/ESPN. I was able to synchronize the perfectly by tweaking with the DVD recorder.
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:10 pm
The worst was Dan Hawkins and calling it a wishbone THE ENTIRE FRIGGIN’ GAME.
gt40pinhd
October 26th, 2011
10:12 pm
the game…the game i’m stuck with usc & stanford!
ToeMeetsLeather
October 26th, 2011
10:13 pm
Jimmy, not sure what your point is. TECH is a tough school and degrees are earned, not just handed out for showing up. The graduation rate for the football team is right in line with the overall student body for the length of time used in the data, And, UGA’s roster is loaded with Hargrave Military and JUCO players, TECH’s is not. We do not recruit the same pool of athletes, period.
Get well soon Finch, we need you on the field.
James
October 26th, 2011
10:26 pm
I bet Clemson will bring a ton of fans too. I wonder if Tech fans bought up a lot of tickets so Clemson fans aren’t so loud like they usually are?
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
10:31 pm
On your point 3 about STs. Here’s what I think:
Coach says he is working hard on special teams and they matter. Well, think about this. If you have a neighbor and his yard is terrible, weeds growing everywhere, no flowers, grass is brown, etc., you just figure he really doesn’t care much about his yard. But then one day he says to you, my yard has some issues, but I do about the same thing as everybody else is doing. Say WHAT?!? Now you are confused because you know there aint NO way he is doing the same as everybody else with the pathetic results he is getting. So, either he just doesn’t know what everybody else is doing, or he doesn’t know how to implement (ahem..coach) what everyone else is doing. I would be EMBARRASSED to tell people that I coached that pathetic ST showing Saturday. And then try to tell everyone we are about in the middle. Maybe in statistics we are. But, I can’t remember seeing a team in years make THAT many mistakes on ST in one game.
pw12
October 26th, 2011
10:33 pm
Jimmy tech is a harder school to graduate from retard.I actually have a degree from both.uga was no where near as hard as tech for academics.but hey a degree is a degree.so jimmy go back to shooting beer cans off of that broke down car in the back yard.
gt40pinhd
October 26th, 2011
10:36 pm
pw, you’ve got it all wrong! the cars in the front yard.
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
10:38 pm
Ken – are you going to ask Coach why he didn’t throw more short passes despite TW being 5-7 for 63 yards (after the interception) before being yanked? And ask him does he realize TW was 3-3 for 37 yards on our only TD drive (which was 40% of the yards on 3 passes and it took 17 running plays to get the other 55 yards). 30% of our total yards came from the 12 pass plays (and that’s counting the incomplete desperation passes at the end of the game – really, it was 8 passing plays).
9 yards per attempt on short passes is a WHOLE better production than the 2.3 ypa we got from the runs.
Does ANYONE have the balls to point these stats out to Coach Johnson?
(yes, I am going to keep posting this until I get an answer – sorry)
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
10:39 pm
Hmmmmm,
Well we all know that pw12 wasn’t an English major at either university. It’s called capitalization and punctuation, boy. Google it.
Again, don’t let facts get in the way of your arguement Techies. UGA athletes graduate at a better rate than yours do. Now you don’t even have that “we might lose to you each year, but at least our athletes are smarter than yours” excuse you nerds bring up each year.
Oh the horror!
SansWorld
October 26th, 2011
10:40 pm
Thanks Ken for some GREAT WORK this year.
Driving in from Arkansas to see my first live game since 2009. Really look forward to it. Sting em
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:40 pm
Well, if you don’ remember it, then it probably never happened, buddy.
yellowfever
October 26th, 2011
10:40 pm
CPJ after the Clemson game, I think the kids played hard. Want know until I look at the tape. We made too many mistakes. To be honest I forgot about him on the sidelines. And all this from a real Tech fan but the song is starting to get stale. You better start doing a better job recruiting or 6-6 seasons will be the norm.
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:41 pm
Of course they graduate more. They major in Sports Studies!
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
10:42 pm
Oh, and why do you assume that I’m a UGA fan? I just love pointing out the hypocrisy of you nerds. Inferiority complex perhaps?
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:43 pm
God forbid he make unemotional statements after the game, yellowfever.
yellowfever
October 26th, 2011
10:43 pm
Jimmy, the I want to be a bulldog when I grow up. But you never will do either.
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:44 pm
Because only UGA fans are uncreative enough to use nerds, retard.
yellowfever
October 26th, 2011
10:44 pm
I’m with you George
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
10:45 pm
Are you Techies like this in the real world?? Do you tell your boss’s, “Sorry sir I can’t compete w/ my UGA counterpart. I was born w/ a siliver spoon in my mouth while he’s had more real world experience. The only thing I have is this degree.”
Excuses don’t cut it in the real world. Results do. Now the FACTS show that not only do UGA athletes beat Tech’s on the field, but in the classroom as well.
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:45 pm
The only one here w/ an inferiority complex is the one running around touting his graduation rates. Funny, we always here it’s football not school, but whatever.
yellowfever
October 26th, 2011
10:45 pm
Even if we can hold Clemson to 35 points which is better than any team has done so far does anyone really think we can score more than 35.
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:47 pm
We are our own bosses, Jimmy.
yellowfever
October 26th, 2011
10:47 pm
Jimmy, you couldn’t find a class room at UGA because you’ve never been in one. Don’t lie.
yellowfever
October 26th, 2011
10:49 pm
Enter your comments here
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
10:49 pm
Why do people make comments back to the trolls? It’s not like you are going to say ANYTHING so clever that they go, “Gees, he is right.” No, they believe what they want to believe and we believe what we believe. You are wasting your time to even bother argue about it.
Just like I am wasting my time thinking that someone will ask CPJ if he knows that TW was 3/3 for 37 yards on our only TD drive. And why we kept trying to run when we were avg’ing 2.8 yards per carry (the rocket toss was actually very successful – about 5.5 YPC, what does that tell you about the option plays?)
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:50 pm
That you think UGA is as difficult to graduate from suggests that whatever analytical skills they taught you there aren’t working.
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
10:51 pm
Sorry, when I re-read my post, I hated the way that sounded, “why do people”. I am one of yall so I should have said, “why do we….”
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
10:53 pm
We need to pass better, but not more, buddy.
gt40pinhd
October 26th, 2011
10:56 pm
and pass early
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
11:00 pm
George, when we throw passes that a triple option QB can make, we were 5/7 for 63 yards.
Did you not see the screen pass to Sims? Or the other short passes? We DO throw those passes better and SHOULD throw them more.
On our only TD drive, we threw 3 short passes and all 3 got us a first down. Those 3 plays accounted for 40% of the yards on that drive (37). That is a 12.33 ypa avg on that drive. It took 17 running plays to account for the other 60% (a 3.0 ypc avg).
In all of the other series that TW was in after that until he was yanked, he only attemped 4 passes and he completed 2 of those for 26 yards – still an avg of 6.5 yards per attempt. Again, much more productive than anything else we were doing.
Compared to everything else, the short pass was getting more yards than anything else. I would say that was “BETTER”, wouldn’t you.
So, if we through 3 times on 1 drive and scored a TD, maybe, just maybe if we had repeated what was successful, we would have been successful again.
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
11:00 pm
Georgie,
I would more than love to talk only football, but that’s not what you Techies do. You tout how much more intelligent your athletes are when you LOSE ON THE FIELD to UGA. I’ll give you baseball, but then again who cares about that sport.
So when you lose you spout off, “our athletes are busy studying, yaddi yaddi yadda…” Now what will the excuse be now that it’s a known FACT that UGA athletes graduate at a better rate than your athletes?
You have none. Youre just a second rate fanbase at a second rate school. As for the poster who commented “we’re our own bosses.”
Buahahahahahahahaha, now get me those TPS reports, nerds!
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
11:01 pm
grrrr, “threw”, not through in the last paragraph.
gt40pinhd
October 26th, 2011
11:04 pm
buddy, i agree w/u. short and long passes but not drop back passes. pass off the run option.
NiquePhotog
October 26th, 2011
11:06 pm
Get off your high horse, Jimmy. You’re making all of your assumptions off of an NCAA calculated graduation rate which has nothing to do with intelligence.
GT football players have the highest average SAT scores of any FBS team, and they have one of the lower graduation rates. Just goes to show how hard it is.
If GT offered majors like Recreation & Leisure Studies, Turf Management, and Housing to its student-athletes, then I’m quite sure the graduation rates would be through the roof.
GT’s easiest major (MGMT) is UGA’s hardest and it’s ranked higher.
Let’s not forget, we have the best college graduates as ranked by recruiters.
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
11:06 pm
Hilarious. I mean, like really, really funny.
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
11:09 pm
Seriously, that we have the highest SAT scores and the lowest graduation rate should tell you a lot about the difficulty of the school.
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
11:10 pm
Hilarious is right, Georgie. When you guys get beat you try to change the rules.
Look at your friend NiquePhotog’s excuse. Now it’s “..You’re making all of your assumptions off of an NCAA calculated graduation rate which has nothing to do with intelligence.”
Hilarious is right on.
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
11:14 pm
Who changed the rules, genius?
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
11:14 pm
Now,
On to football; You guys will never learn the flexbone will never work in major college football. Give a team with a stout defensive and fast linebackers like an Iowa a few years back, or a Miami or a U G A and they’ll whip you every time.
Your smallish O-line can’t hold up at the point of attack(unless you chop bloc) and your backs aren’t fast enough to handle the line backers of a major power.
But continue to enjoy your 7-5 seasons and lose to teams like Air Force(God bless em for their service to our country), in the “whoGivesAratsBehind” Bowl.
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
11:14 pm
gt40pinhd – We should have been practicing the short passes off of play action when we were showing out with the long passes against “air” at the beginning of the season. Now, our qb doesn’t have time, ability, or confidence to hit those long passes and he can’t hit the short passes either because we NEVER used them in games. When we got up on Kansas by 28, CPJ should have had TW work on short passes. Same with WCU and MTSU. Timing is everything in passing (same with the option) and TW looks so behind by the time he sets up to pass. The pass to Peeples was way too late. Peeples should have stopped about 5 yards before he did and the pass should have got there right after he turned around. As it was, he ran so far that by the time the ball got there, the safety had almost recovered. If TW had just hit Peeples 8 yards past the line, he still would have ran for the other 8 he ended up getting anyway.
That’s the thing you can’t get CPJ to understand. Just because you throw it 5 yards does not mean you will only get 5 yards. You might get 5, but you might get 10 or 20, or a TD. Get it to the receivers early, in the open field and let them make a play. Even if they don’t make someone miss, they will get positive yardage. But odds are, the first guy will miss and he will get more yards. In the end, the total yards from the short pass will be far greater than the total of the long passes – plus, they don’t waste a down.
NiquePhotog
October 26th, 2011
11:15 pm
So what you’re telling me is that if Coastal Carolina has a 80% graduation rate and UGA is around 75%, then Coastal Carolina players are smarter than UGA players….
If you disagree, please explain how they relate.
Move along, people. Mutt logic at work.
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
11:15 pm
A stout defensive line I meant.
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
11:16 pm
Are we REALLY still responding to them? Come on, nothing you say will change what they think. It is a complete waste of time. Ignore them and they will get bored and go away.
NiquePhotog
October 26th, 2011
11:16 pm
Miami and Iowa and LSU handled us.
UGA has yet to enter their ranks. Maybe if you can hold us to under 400 yards or beat us by more than 8 points, then we’ll consider it.
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
11:19 pm
Photog,
Stop with the stupid games man. We all know these athlets at all universities are simply told to take the easiest classes so they can all play ball.
Stop acting like your “student” athletes are so intelligent. Have you heard any of them in an interview? Dumb as a bag of hammers, just like UGA athletes or any other major university.
My point is that since your guys can’t beat UGA on the field, you have to stoop to the “our athletes are smarter than yours” routine which we all know is bull.
You’ve never had football, and now youre athlets can’t even pass at the same rate at UGA athletes while taking the same basic easy classes.
Ok, UGA athletes are taking “basketweaving,” while yours are taking “Math 2″ which you guys call calculus.
Simply amazing.
gt40pinhd
October 26th, 2011
11:20 pm
buddy, i agree w/u. someone told me tw was recruited as a shotgun qb. i must have heard that wrong.
joe montana made a living out of the short pass and one missed tackle…
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
11:21 pm
Ok Photog,
You got me. UGA hasn’t held Tech to under 400 yards of total offense in recent years. You guys take that moral victory from your “intelligent” athletes.
Most fans will take, what is it now, 9 of 10???
19
October 26th, 2011
11:22 pm
“yaddi yaddi yadda” Well then “yabba dabba doo” to you imbecile!
How long was that up as news? Up until the time someone read it and it went away. It’s magic!
Go Jackets!!!
George Stein
October 26th, 2011
11:28 pm
It has nothing to do with moral victories, idiot. It has to do with the retards (like you) who insist that our offense sucks but can’t seem to stop it.
19
October 26th, 2011
11:30 pm
Jimmy says he’s right and we all know how Jimmy gets when he does not get his way. Jimmy might get upset, he may become unhinged. Jimmy knows best, so listen to him. It’ll be easier that way, right Jimmy! You are an idiot!
Go Jackets!!!
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
11:33 pm
George – one more point here and I don’t mean to be a smart ellick, just making a point.
TW was 5/8, 63 yards, 1 int in the first three qrtrs before being yanked. That is an 8 yard per attempt avg. I say we should throw it more because the alternative was running it where we got 2.8 yards per carry. So, given a choice of throwing or running, I guess I would have done more of the one that got 8 yards in return for a down.
Let’s think about if we had doubled those numbers for TW’s passing before he was replaced. Let’s say Teven threw 7 more passes so he was 10-14 for 126 yards with 2 INTs. Yes, another INT but what’s the difference in that and the failed fake punt? How much would the 63 yards have helped us as opposed to the 28 we got from running it.
Also, we have to pass more on 1-10, 2 and 4, etc. Most of the time we threw was on 2nd and long and 3rd and long (you can see the exact stats right on ESPN). The defense is expecting the pass on those downs when you’re only getting 2.8 ypc running it. Of course it will be harder to be good at passing when they are waiting on it.
We need to hit the quick, short pass off play action when the defense is NOT expecting.
Bradrey3d
October 26th, 2011
11:34 pm
gt40pinhd, I completely agree with your take on the short pass. But thank you buddy for the analysis! It makes for a new definition of insanity: doing the opposite of what works will work! I love CPJ but he’s gotta change up the game plan everyone once in a while. His image as a run-only+throw hailmary offensive coordinator is holding the team back from doing what they do more successfully…at least for the Miami game that is.
NiquePhotog
October 26th, 2011
11:34 pm
I don’t think you ever were apparent in getting that point across. I was not making that excuse.
Yeah, they definitely take the easiest classes, but GT and UGA do not take the SAME classes. But even our Management degree is a B.S. so they have to take calc and sciences which are the weed-out classes. The 4 Horsemen calc professors normally have a 40-60% failure rate.
Most of them definitely aren’t as intelligent as the typical math-letes at GT. But make no mistake, there are lots of border-line geniuses like Sean Bedford (which UGA probably doesn’t have) and all-around good people like Roddy Jones (which I’m sure UGA has some of).
Also, I think the SAT numbers actually do tell a lot about the intelligence of the players.
Sure, those classes are a cakewalk compared to classes like Microelectronic Circuits and RF engineering that I’m taking now, but they are still very time consuming which is difficult for student-athletes.
False. GT HAD football a while ago. We have a NC more recently than UGA. And let’s not forget that 1980 UGA team had the EASIEST schedule of any NC season. Opponents had something like a .35 winning percentage.
Jimmy
October 26th, 2011
11:35 pm
“Gee, he is right.”
It’s been fun nerds, goodnight.
Flounder
October 26th, 2011
11:36 pm
Jimmy’s gettin’ upset! Jimmy doesn’t like to be upset. Upset makes Jimmy unhappy … very unhappy.
yeller bug
October 26th, 2011
11:38 pm
I’m with gt40 and buddy—throw the dang ball. We did 7 passes in a row against MTSU. Do the unexpected. Heck, pitch it to Sims and have him run or throw. If we can’t throw the ball, we’re going to get killed anyway. The middle is almost always open when you fake the dive and have an A back in a crossing route (of course TW can’t miss him by 20 yds). A few passes early, passing on first down will back the tiggers up a bit and open up the run. On special teams–some basic rules—if you don’t catch the punt, stay away, if you catch a KO > 2 yds deep in the end zone down it, if you can’t kick the ball deep on a KO, try an on-side kick—at least you get a shot at recovering it.
NiquePhotog
October 26th, 2011
11:39 pm
Speaking of time-consuming, I’ve got some Microelectronics test to study for.
Oh, and also an interview to prepare for with Apple’s iPhone RF design team. Oh wait, what was that you were saying about GT grads that can’t compete with their “UGA counterparts”???
Technology shapes culture, and as such, nerds have and always will run the world.
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
11:42 pm
Bradrey3d – I think gt40pinhd and I are in agreement on the short passing game.
What did you mean by this: “It makes for a new definition of insanity: doing the opposite of what works will work! ”
If that was in response to anything I posted, I must not be explaining myself very well. I WANT to see more short passes, not less.
What is your position on the short pass?
buddyroe
October 26th, 2011
11:50 pm
Yeller – I agree with you like 99.5%. The only thing I disagree on is the crossing routes. A moving target is too hard to hit. All the back needs to do is run out 5-7 yards and turn around and let TW hit him. Watch Moore at BSU. Everyone says he is great. But, 95% of his completions are vertical passes to a stationary receiver facing the QB. A triple option QB simply cannot practice passing enough to be good at hitting moving targets.
Think of pitchers in the major league and hitting. They suck at it because they don’t practice it. Some of those pitchers were amazing hitters in college (Tim Hudson was a .400 hitter in college). If you don’t do something often enough, you will not be good at it – no matter how much talent you have.
19
October 26th, 2011
11:55 pm
Hey Super!
Bradrey3d
October 26th, 2011
11:56 pm
I was just agreeing with you that we should do more short passes, buddy. If the running plays are producing sub 3 ypp, why not try executing the more efficient play? I understand being cautious about changing offensive schemes, though. Look at the first play of the Miami game…that sticks with a lot of people (perhaps even the coaches) more than the short yielding running game.
gt40pinhd
October 26th, 2011
11:56 pm
moore is very much like joe montana. short, direct passes straight in front of him. let the back run.
the middle is ALWAYS open because, like at miami, the middle linebackers crashed the corners as fast as they saw which way the play was going. short passes and counters!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 26th, 2011
11:59 pm
19, are you there?
Amsjacket
October 26th, 2011
11:59 pm
Food for troll thought…
…if you include the number of athletes that became “criminal” studies rather than majoring in them perhaps Tech’s grad rate would be higher than UGA’s?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
12:07 am
19, if you’re still on somewhere, pick one and stay there. LOL
yeller bug
October 27th, 2011
12:14 am
Valid point buddy—short curls timed to turn just after the dive fake ~ 2 secs to execute–can even fake a block. I think even our line can maintain a block that long with fire out cut blocking. If not open,TW just follows the B back. Anything to get a passing game going and something to be easy for TW.
19
October 27th, 2011
12:29 am
Super, it’s late and I’ve got to go to sleep. It’s the going to work thing. I’ll try again tomorrow. Thank you and,
Go Jackets!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
12:38 am
19, if you are still there, I left a temporary email address for you on the Finch “probably out” blog
GT66
October 27th, 2011
1:22 am
Supersize – just arrived – are you still here or gone back to other Finch blog -
shorter passes (as short as necessary!)
October 27th, 2011
4:26 am
Passing/pitching seems dependent upon Washington saying “I can see clearly now!”
Too bad about Finch.
Going fishing this AM…normally not up this early.
buzz
October 27th, 2011
6:50 am
Jimmy, my 2 year old niece could graduate from UGA with the Recreation major your athletes specialize in, but thats ok because the world needs someone to remove the lock from the tennis courts each morning.
BankerDawg
October 27th, 2011
7:24 am
Buddy – The one thing I will give you on the “throw it more” thing is that it should at the very least allow Tech to get the ball into the hands of its best playmakers (Hill and Smith imo).
I think that is the one thing in this offense (at least this year) that has been a problem. Smith and Hill had a combined 5 touches against Miami…way too low.
I believe it was almost the same in the UVA game.
You can’t keep feeding the beast in this offense it seems, since every play has the potential to go to whomever is left with the numbers against the defenders. Much different than a traditional offense (i.e. I wish at times we would just feed Crowell every play until the D stops it).
If the short passes get Smith and Hill in space, then I agree with you.
reebok
October 27th, 2011
7:25 am
coach johnson is out of players and out of ideas. 7-6 amd a crappy bowl game in our future. next year should be better w/ Vad Lee at QB and the rest of the team a year older, bigger & stronger.
Burdell
October 27th, 2011
7:41 am
Please don’t forget the “Magazines” major at UGA…I think Boykin is a magazines major…you can’t make this stuff up!
I think we’ll hold our own against Clemson…nothing to lose. GO JACKETS!!
hal
October 27th, 2011
8:02 am
After hearing CPJ comments all I can hear him saying is “We have what we have, we are what we are and it will be what it will be. Don’t look for any great changes from last week.”
Tech Recruit
October 27th, 2011
8:07 am
Yeah, they said I’d have to take calculus, so I scheduled it for my Senior year. If I’m still here by then, I guess I might as well take it. Whatever…
Burdell
October 27th, 2011
8:09 am
Differential “X”!, Differential “Y”! “A” square, “B” square. Integral of pi!
Engineers touchdown! Engineers yell! Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets! Fight like hell!
Hey, Burdell...
October 27th, 2011
8:24 am
…now that was funny – I don’t care who you are..(with apologies to Larry the Cable Guy)….
GT FAN IN PA
October 27th, 2011
8:27 am
I think will be a close game- Bankerdawg- longtime have not seen you in a while on here. Short passes are there every game- Miami game could have done the 5-10 passes all game the way the LB’s were cheating in- Al Golden did a good job- he played Navy every year while at Temple. Look for him to be the next coach at Penn St-
Jimmy's boyfriend
October 27th, 2011
8:33 am
Give it up and come back to bed Jimmy…you’re losing the argument badly and looking like a fool. I don’t want to date a fool.
Tech Recruit
October 27th, 2011
8:34 am
Whatever… Because odds are I won’t be here by then. I know that much math.
Tech Recruit
October 27th, 2011
8:41 am
The area under the graduation curve is smaller than it appears in a RAT’s rear-view mirror.
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
9:12 am
again-don’t have time to post darkside blogs, if i did, could find better ways to spend it-also don’t have time to even read most of the boring, repetitive blah-blah, let alone comment(except for the rare insightful posts by Lex, Banker, even the occasionally funny/original cup-head)-even the Lord didn’t waste time on those who refused to see-just pray for them……
FDawg
October 27th, 2011
9:34 am
Give ‘em hell Jimmy!
Gorilla Biscuit
October 27th, 2011
9:35 am
If you guys haven’t figured out some things on offense you’re going to get smoked in this one.
DawginLex
October 27th, 2011
9:49 am
I have a bad feeling about both GA teams this weekend
21-17 florida
49-38 clemson
Hope I’m wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!
CloudmanJacket
October 27th, 2011
9:49 am
Chan = CPJ; they both suck and deserve(d) to be fired
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
9:57 am
Lex, hope you are half wrong-i know you guys live in the past, try to explain how the graduation rates were thru ‘04, applying to a coach we fired, (& some folks complain CPJ doesn’t recruit as well!)…..it’s hard to find 3*+ atheletes who care anything about education, that’s how $port$ is, these days….
Fields
October 27th, 2011
10:01 am
Georgia Tech: Where good coaches go to commit career suicude.
Johnson will make a fine high school ciach in Cobb in a couple of years
CloudmanJacket
October 27th, 2011
10:02 am
@ DawginLex…you may be right about the UGA game; I can see it going either way…BUT there is no way our high school offense scores 38 with the speed that Clemson has. We scored 13 on them last year with a better running QB
CloudmanJacket
October 27th, 2011
10:02 am
@ Fields…who says CPJ is a good coach?
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
10:03 am
No way Lex, Dawgs win 27-21
Fields
October 27th, 2011
10:05 am
Cloudman –
You are correct.
Clemson – 52
Yech – 9
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
10:08 am
17 Clemson
24 Tech
Fields
October 27th, 2011
10:10 am
Cloudman –
I was just being polite
Most Yech fans are still trying convince themselves that Johnson didnt really con them in a multi- year contract and is really the savior they have dreamed about. I will be shocked if you are a rational, intelligent, informed Tech fan that isnt drinking the koolaid….
DawginLex
October 27th, 2011
10:16 am
The home crowd is worth a lot for Tech plus it is at night and it is going to be cold.
I see a shootout but of course I saw one last week too.
Our best WR is hurt and Florida gets their QB back. All bad signs
GT Fan
October 27th, 2011
10:16 am
Clemson’s D-Line unit was better last season; however, their best lineman this season is NG, and GT will be starting it’s 2nd string C … not good. #90 (DE) is also good for Clemson … not good for Tevin (who appears to be a deer caught in the headlights since the 2nd half of Maryland).
Miami’s D, in particular their D-Line has been decimated with injuries, and the YJs stunk it up big time vs. that D. Clemson’s D is in much better shape.
I don’t know how in the H— it’s only a 3.5 spread. I have a bad feeling that Vegas is WAY off on this one. Clemson’s playing with too much confidence, and GT …. well, I can’t seem to shake how bad they looked vs UVA & the U.
CloudmanJacket
October 27th, 2011
10:16 am
@ Fields…I hate his offense and feel he is a stubborn fool. In the last 2 years with HIS players, he has lost to unranked NC State, KANSAS for God’s sake, Virginia, Miami, Air Force, and probably the worst mutts team in decades. His record last year was equal to Chan’s next to last year and he is on pace this year to equal Chan’s final year if we lose to Clemson, VT, and the mutts which I think is a real possibility.
Why does he think he is smarter than the other 49 coaches in the top 50 who don’t run the triple option exclusively? I guess he knows something they don’t…OR maybe it is the other way around. I am not a Kool-Aid drinker and I am tired of having a mediocre football program and fans being OK with that.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
10:16 am
5150 UOAD makes my point for me. Yech has given up nearly 26 points in every ACC game yet he says Yech’s horrible defense is going to hold Clemson to only 17?!?!
I was at least being honest with my prediction.
DawginLex
October 27th, 2011
10:18 am
juvenal
Me living in the past?
Or was that directed to others?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
10:19 am
Cloudman –
Not sure how you are a Yech fan. You are honest, logical and sane. Are you really a bug fan??
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
10:20 am
Fields I am being honest with my prediction too. You may not agree, but that is your right.
dry dirt road
October 27th, 2011
10:22 am
Usually when a top ranked team comes to Grant Field, they do win. This used to happen when I was at tech. Auburn and Pat Sullivan came to GF and won, Charlie Waters and Clemson, Theisman and Notre Dame for a night game. Those teams really do play better. NC State last year is another example, putting on the shotgun clinic for CPJ. The reason Washington is coughing up handoffs and tosses is because of the insecurity of the home jersey numbers color change, which is a no no for the Fall, when only leaves change colors, such as the display outside of BD Stadium as seen from the blimp last year on tv. Insecurity brings out the worst in men b/c they are not supposed to be fickle and change their minds about decisions they’ve made like women as expected to maybe do. Perhaps a woman decided to change the colors of the numbers of Tech’s home jerseys. That’s probably why Tech is losing now…b/c of a “female coach”, like the woman’s basketball team at Tech has. As a male Tech grad, I cannot accept the color change of the home jerseys AT ALL, and I don’t wear an earring in any of my ears either.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
10:23 am
Juvenal –
Yech ATTEMPTS to recruit about 90% of the same football players UGA does. Just like how UGA ATTEMPTS to recruit about 90% of the basketball players that Yech does. Stop fooling yourself.
GT Fan
October 27th, 2011
10:23 am
Here’s the deal for UGA fans:
The Dawgs are not losing to the Gators on Saturday … the SEC East is an absolute joke this season (and I’m not trying to sling mud, just stating a fact). Only UGA & SC are worth a darn.
Try to stay grounded after Saturday’s win over the Gators … they are not good.
Winning the East this season is like being the tallest midget. But hey, somebody has to represent the East in GA Dome on December 3rd, so why not be that team.
I’ll be more surprised if UGA is NOT the SEC East Champ than if they lose to UF on Saturday.
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
10:27 am
10/23/2010 @ *Clemson (6-7) L 13 27
9/10/2009 vs. *Clemson (9-5) W 30 27
12/5/2009 vs. *Clemson (9-5) W 39 34 @ Tampa, FL ACC Championship
10/18/2008 @ *Clemson (7-6) W 21 17
9/29/2007 vs. *Clemson (9-4) W 13 3
10/21/2006 @ *Clemson (8-5) L 7 31
10/29/2005 vs. *Clemson (8-4) W 10 9
9/11/2004 @ *Clemson (6-5) W 28 24
9/20/2003 vs. *Clemson (9-4) L 3 39
9/14/2002 @ *Clemson (7-6) L 19 24
9/29/2001 vs. *Clemson (7-5) L 44 47
10/28/2000 @ *Clemson (9-3) W 31 28
Not many Blow outs for either team the last 10 years.
I don’t care about the records. This is usually a good close game.
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
10:45 am
Lex, they may be getting Brantley back but it isn’t like getting Tim Tebow back. Brantley was mediocre at best even when healthy. The Gators are a team in flux and may be for some time.
@juvenal, yes, as has been explored thoroughly on UGA blogs, GT and UGA recruit from the same pool and offer scholarships to many of the same players.
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
10:45 am
Lex, not you in particular, you as in,Y’all-the group you hang with, guilt by association…wonder if the unhappy techies above will care that CPJ will bring up the graduation rate…90%?-got proof? typical blinders remark, unless you are talking about sending kids letters(they get mad if you don’t)-doubt we recruited that RB….(lower case j, btw)
Fields
October 27th, 2011
10:46 am
5150 UOAD –
Using your own info, when Yech has won they have barely won and on several occasions when Clemson has won it has been a massacre. Doent look good for your bugs.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
10:48 am
Fields, the Tech defense has not given up 26 points per game; you have to take away the points that the Tech offense has given up with boner plays or mistakes. The Tech defense has probably given up less than 20 points per game, and most of those points in the early games were given up by the 3rd string defense. The 1st string defense isn’t great, but it’s not as bad as you imply
Fields
October 27th, 2011
10:52 am
I said against ACC opponents. None of Yechs 3rd stringers have entered ACC games this year. And yes, they average 25.4 points scored on in those games.
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
10:53 am
Cloudman, agree(see numerous posts X 3 years)he is too inflexible, but chan was worse(0 ACC champs) with better players(who graduated less & drew sycophants who drew the nzaa)& NEVER BEAT ugha!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
10:55 am
Fiedls, au contraire, 3rd stringers entered both the UNC and NC State games.
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
10:55 am
strawberry, is that you, cup-head?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:08 am
They entered those games for mop up duty? Are you really that stupid???
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:10 am
Fields, I don’t know why they entered those games, but relatively speaking, Tech was in better shape before they came in than when the game ended
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:11 am
Juvenal –
Johnson has zero ACC titles as well
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:13 am
Fields, UNC scored 14 points in the FOURTH quarter, to make it close. The first string defense was not playing at the time. And YES, they did make it close—-too close for comfort, but the first string defense had done their job for most of the game.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:13 am
Riiiiiight. They were tight games, so if they entered the coach thought they were his best option, therefore it wasnt mop up duty.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:15 am
Funny how you stupid mutts make more out of the ACC championship game being vacated than Clemson does. Clemson has not made any claims to the vacated title, because they knew they got beat on the field of play. If they don’t dispute it, why do you silly mutts?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:17 am
Try again. It was a two possession game going into the START of the fourth quarter. No one ever entered that game for mop up duty.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:18 am
Fields, they were not tight games until towards the end. Should the first team defense have remained in the game? Of course not, 2nd and 3rd stringers need the playing time. Did those 2nd and 3rd stringers do their job? No, not really, or it wouldn’t have gotten close. What’s your beef anyway? Just about every mutt I have seen on these blogs claims that UGA “let up” on Vandy, and that really Vandy was never in the game. UGA could have EASILY lost to Vandy (and almost did); how is that different from Tech’s 3rd stringers not doing their fair share of the work at the ends of those two games?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:19 am
Moron, what is there for Clemson to dispute? The game never happened and Clemson doesnt count the loss. Serves your thugs right for CHEATING
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
11:21 am
Supersize give up. Fields isn’t called that because he won the Field’s Medal.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:21 am
You are such an idiot and a liar. UNC scored a TD within the first seconds if the fourth quarter numbnuts, which made it a 21-28 game.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:23 am
Fields, it was 28 – 14, going into the 4th quarter. A 2 TD lead is not insurmountable, and UNC DID tie it up. But, the 1st string D DID return after the 2nd and 3rd stringers got us in that mess. And the offense did their job and took care of things
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:23 am
Good one CHOAD. Sorry I do not allow you fantasy boys to get away with posting outright lies.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:24 am
Fields, UNC was NEVER in the lead in that game
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:24 am
uhhh, Fields, I believe you are the one who is lying. You just said UNC led 28 – 21. That’s a bold-faced lie
ansley market
October 27th, 2011
11:25 am
Tech never played their third string. Those games were way too close. Stop tryng to sell crazy and just admit your defense sucks as bad as your offense.
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
11:26 am
strawberry, i was there, names don’t mean nuttin, nobel peace prize winner drops bombs everywhere……CU folks don’t argue(sides, appeal on 11/15, ain’t over till it’s over)…waiting for those italics, or Ken to break the code…..
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:27 am
ansley market, go hang out with the rest of the Q’s at Ansley. It’s obvious you know nothing about football
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:28 am
Fields, are you going to admit your lie?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:28 am
You are dumber than dirt. 21-28 clearly means the HOME team has 28. UNC made it 21-28 at the very beginning of the 4th quarter.
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
11:28 am
FG 09:47 Justin Moore 36 Yd 7 20
TD 07:37 Nelson Hurst 6 Yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Thomas Moore Kick) 14 20
TD 01:25 Tevin Washington 1 Yd Run (David Sims Run For Two-Point Conversion) 14 28
FOURTH QUARTER UNC GT
TD 14:53 Eric Ebron 20 Yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Thomas Moore Kick) 21 28
TD 07:22 Giovani Bernard 55 Yd Run (Thomas Moore Kick) 28 28
TD 05:20 Tevin Washington 5 Yd Run (Justin Moore Kick) 28 35
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:29 am
since when do you give the home team’s score second? That’s crap. It was 28-21, not 21-28
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:30 am
Thank you CHOAD for proving my point and showing yet again how much of a liar supertroll is.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:30 am
The home team’s score is ALWAYS given first.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:31 am
What UOAD posted confirms what I said, you POS
ansley market
October 27th, 2011
11:32 am
You can’t even a read a score properly. My daughter knows more about football than you and she is 3.
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
11:33 am
Super, you think it’s our old pal cup/head? if not, not wasting any more time……
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:34 am
It proves you are a nasty liar, and a bad one at that. Choke on it, troll
NEXT!!!
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
11:35 am
This is a TECH Blog. Who are you calling a TROLL Fields?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:36 am
juvenal, no, it’s easy to spot cup/head/ernest. This is just some stupid troll who doesn’t know how scores are listed and totally ignores the fact that I SAID that UNC tied the game,and Tech brought back in the 1st stringers
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:37 am
Like all the ignorant school-yard-bully redneck trailer trash trolls, he only reads what he wants to read.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:37 am
Lol!!!
Supertroll digs his hole of stupidity even more!!!
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:39 am
Supertroll cant even read. What a friendles internet tough guy that is borderline retarded
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:39 am
OK, Fields, give me PROOF that Tech did not use 2nd and 3rd string defensive players in the second half against UNC. If you know so much, then state your sources, and don’t just make idle ignorant and biased claims.
GT FAN IN PA
October 27th, 2011
11:40 am
Super….Why??? Fields real name is Forrest and you can’t fix stupid-
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:43 am
I can’t read??? You are the one who totally ignored that I said that UNC TIED the game in the 4th quarter, but Tech brought back in the first string defense and then the offense took over and scored the winning TD, after which the 1st string D prevented UNC from another score.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:43 am
Hey super, just to further humilate you and expose how downright stupid you are, at which point in the game exactly did the 3rd string come in? Since halfway through the 3rd quarter Yech was only up by 6?
Care to list the names if all these 3rd stringer that played, LIAR????
nader
October 27th, 2011
11:46 am
So super, you are saying that Johnson is so stupid that he think a 6 point lead halfway through the third quarter is grounds enough to play the backups????? That is seriously your argument????
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:46 am
Fields, actually, Groh started shuffling 2nd and 3rd stringers in and out during the second quarter. That’s obviously not mop-up duty, but it’s giving reps to the lower stringed players. That shuffling continued as long as he could afford to do it
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:47 am
Hey, I was at the game. Believe me, the fans were as disappointed and pissed as anybody. We were SCREAMING for the entire first string D to be back in the game.
nader
October 27th, 2011
11:48 am
“As long as he could afford to do it????” So you are saying Johnson and Groh are the dumbest coaches alive??
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
11:49 am
list of players in the UNC game. D StartersGeorgia Tech
Pos ## Defense
CB 6 Sweeting, R.
DE 92 Peters, J.
DT 96 Walls, L.
DE 94 Cross, I.
CB 8 Young, L.
S 1 Johnson, I.
OLB 45 Attaochu, J.
ILB 40 Burnett, J.
ILB 30 Drummond, D.
OLB 34 Sylvester, S.
S 28 Reid, R.
Others in the game for Georgia Tech: 11-Watts, B., 14-Thomas, J., 16-Dennis, C., 21-Perkins, C., 24-Peeples, E., 25-Godhigh, R., 31-Hill, D., 33-Jackson, C., 35-Peterson, M., 36-Golden, J., 37-Laskey, Z., 42-Munroe, M., 43-Travis, K., 48-Menocal, N., 54-Nealy, Q., 58-Machen, B., 63-Morgan, T., 69-Kidney, T., 76-McRae, N., 80-McKayhan, D., 82-Poole, S., 85-Anderson, C., 86-Moore, Ju., 88-Waller, D., 90-Barnes, T., 91-Carter, M., 93-Dieke, E., 95-Crenshaw, C., 99-Cummings, E..
Sounds like a lot of 2nd and 3rd stringers to me.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:50 am
apparently no dumber than Richt and “choke” LETTING UP against Vandy, which is the excuse all you mutts use for why Vandy almost beat you.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:50 am
UOAD, facts there, and you know they don’t believe facts. But thanks for posting them
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:52 am
Lol!!! Second quarter??? I thought you said they came in late in the game and that is how UNC “made it close?!?!?!”
UNC was scoreless in the second quarter!!! So either you are busted in an outright LIE or or you are saying Tech’s 3rd string defense is better than the starters!!!! Lol!!
GT FAN IN PA
October 27th, 2011
11:55 am
Well if the 2nd and 3rd are better future looks good- I don’t recall coming in late in the game- I think it was stated that the 1st string came back in the game and stopped them and Super was at the game yelling along with others whey the 2nd and 3rd was in the game- Fields get your text to talk device fixed it has to be broken or you can’t read.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
11:56 am
Thanks for allowing me to shame and humilate you with your own moronic, dishonest words. Lol!!! Second quarter?!?!? What an idiot!!
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
11:56 am
How does a tech fan on a tech blog get called a troll? Unreal stuff there. Let me help you fields. Me, I am a troll. I am a Dawg fan on a tech blog. Not a supertroll because I am admitting willingly that I am from the hated enemy and not posing as a GT fan or worse, posing as a Clemson fan.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:56 am
No, I said they STARTED shuffling in lower-stringed players in the 2nd quarter. There were more of them in the 3rd quarter, and in the 4th quarter, UNC was able to get it back to a tie game against them, at which point the 1st stringers all came back and held, while the Tech offense scored the winning TD. It was a ploy that nearly caused us to lose, but you claimed initially that Tech only used 1st stringers the entire game, and that, bubba, is a lie.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:57 am
ahhh, the voice of reason and intelligence from a TRUE DAWG, and not some silly mutt troll.
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
11:57 am
And for those keeping score that list was all NON starters to play against UNC not just the Defensive players.
UGA vs Tech is how scores are done. UGA would be the Visitor & Tech the home team. So Supersize you have it backwards, but as the conversation was going Tech score was being stated first in most of the posts then Fields switched it.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
11:59 am
UOAD, ok, thanks. And you are right, the relative positioning of the scores DID change mid-way the conversation.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:01 pm
Lol!!! Now I get blamed for posting the score CORRECTLY?!?! You people are beyond pathetic!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
12:02 pm
Anyway, I’ve got better things to do with my time. I’m ready for some lunch. UOAD, if you see 19 while I am gone, see if you can find out what he is interested in concerning tickets.
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
12:03 pm
OK will do Super.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
12:04 pm
no, pathetic is when a fan of one team posts on a rival team’s blog unless he has a real interest in talking football, like TampaDawg. Sadly for you, you are not even in the same league as Tampa. He is a DAWG; you, bubba, are a mutt.
same ol' story
October 27th, 2011
12:05 pm
Superpuss getting owned with his own words again. Classic!
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
12:06 pm
I have NEVER seen a person name FIELDS on a UGA blog. What name does he use if he is a Dawg?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:10 pm
Love owning you supertroll!! Lol!!! Second quarter!! Lol!!!
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
12:11 pm
Fields is more concerned with the Clem&Son vs Tech game than the Dawgs vs Gators. What is up with that?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:12 pm
No supertroll, I actually despise and detest LIARS and enjoy humiliating them. If you werent all the above I would gladly talk football with you.
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
12:16 pm
FIELDS why are you here? Shouldn’t you be concerned with the GATORS?
Shouldn’t you be worried about how BOBO will call bad plays? Murray proves again how he is nothing special at QB against a halfway descent team?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:20 pm
I just cant wait to read the excuses on here Sunday morning!!! Lol!! If they are as hilarious as trying to claim Yech put in their 3rd string in the SECOND quarter, even though that was the only quarter they didnt give up a point against UNC, then Sundays should REALLY be comedic gold!!
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:22 pm
CHOAD –
Are you sad that I am upsetting your little circlejerk of lies and laughable excuses??
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
12:22 pm
Fields are you dumb or you can’t read?
WHY are you here and not on the UGA blog?
You are really a tech fan and you just are scared to admit it.
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
12:24 pm
Fields shouldn’t you be sh.ting on Saint Simon’s Island about now?
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:24 pm
If Murray cant beat even a HALFWAY decent team, yet he is 1-0 against your cheats, what does that say about your team????
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:25 pm
Lol! True, Yech fans are scared to admit it!!! Lol!!!
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:26 pm
And no, Im saving that load for yech campus like we do every other year
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
12:29 pm
You don’t even go to the games and you know it. You get a ticket when UGA plays a Coastal Carolina. You are More than welcome to come to the UGA vs Tech game and stop and meet the people you are calling LIARS.
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
12:31 pm
Beats me 5150, never seen him on our side either.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:37 pm
Lol!! I dont? Thats odd. I will be at the Yech beatdown like I am every year and will LOVE to meet you and supertroll. But who are you trying to fool, really? We all know supertroll doesnt go to games. He probably never leaves the house.
Fields
October 27th, 2011
12:38 pm
Tampa – give it a rest. Like anyone belives you are a UGA fan.
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
12:42 pm
FIELDS you must not be on the blogs much if you don’t know TampaDawg. You are the one now looking like a FOOL.
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
12:51 pm
Fields, give it a rest. You’re making the rest of us look bad and please don’t question my Dawgdem. I WATCHED DAWGS LIKE HERSCHEL DO THE HERSCHEL DIVE, ERIC ZEIER PASS FOR A TON OF YARDS, BRICE HUNTER MAKE THE TOUGH PLAYS OVER THE MIDDLE, QUINCY CARTER LEAD THE DAWGS BACK IN THE 2000 OUTBACK BOWL FROM BEING DOWN 25-0 AT THE HALF AGAINST A DREW BREES LED PURDUE TO WIN THE GAME, THE WEST VIRGINIA BEATING IN THE SUGAR BOWL, THE BEATING OF FSU AND HAWAII IN THE SUGAR BOWL, SUFFERING THROUGH 2009 AND 2010 .. just to hear an ignorant classless fan make UGA fans look bad like you telling me I am not a UGA fan? Go pound sand you fruitcake.
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
12:54 pm
He is still trying to look up who Brice Hunter and Eric Zeier are. I saw my beloved Dawgs play live in the Hall of Fame bowl in Tampa (now the Outback Bowl) against BC
Gorilla Biscuit
October 27th, 2011
12:59 pm
I believe TampaDawg is a UGA fan.
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
1:00 pm
Thank you Gorilla .. cool name btw.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
1:02 pm
Tampa, you see what kind of crap we have to put up with on our blogs? It’s creeps like Fields who turn Tech fans into haters of all things UGA. Fortunately, there are guys like you who bring a sense of sanity and decorum onto the blogs. And even Gorilla has cleaned up his act lately and started showing some class.
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
1:09 pm
Yeah, but believe me, we have it over there too. A knucklehead calling himself “Thomas Brown” stays up at all hours of the night looking up meaningless stats and posting huge posts of negative crap acting like he is a Dawg fan, or even a grown up for that matter. We have a guy calling himself “Nick Saban” who was exposed as a Tech fan. Then there is GT Joe who is a regular on both sides of the fence. His posts are just a thing of beauty. Nothing about them makes sense to anyone but him. Have blog, dumb trolls will travel.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
1:23 pm
Thomas Brown and GT Joe both post on here too, and I have yet to figure out where their loyalty really lies. Thomas Brown was really posting some stupid garbage yesterday
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
1:25 pm
hmnmm, filters blocked my response. Let’s try it again — Thomas and Joe both post on here too, and I have no idea who they really support; it could go either way. Neither makes much sense though
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
1:30 pm
That figures .. “fans” can be a peculiar bunch some times. When they figure out it’s still JUST a game, then class and character start to grow.
Gorilla Biscuit
October 27th, 2011
1:40 pm
No doubt Clemson has a high powered offense, better than anyone Tech has played to date. Trouble for Al’s defense.
Clem and son will copy Virginia and Miami’s gameplan and force Tevin Washington to beat them (so will everybody else from here on out). Unless GT has put in some special wrinkles this week it could be ugly. Clem has pretty good speed, but they’ve given up some points.
Special teams? That is an enigma for the two Georgia schools this year. I would have to give Clem the edge there too.
I would give CPJ the edge over Yabba dabba doo.
It’s a home field advantage for Tech, though Clemson will bring enough fans to put on a pretty decent tractor pull.
I would prefer a Tech victory. I just don’t see it that way.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
1:59 pm
Gorilla, thanks. Can’t dispute a thing you said. Boy, you have really turned it around on the blogs, haven’t you? LOL
Gorilla Biscuit
October 27th, 2011
2:05 pm
Supersize, I’m trying to get into Heaven.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
2:06 pm
LOL Gorilla. I guess that’s a good first step
GT79
October 27th, 2011
2:25 pm
Enough about the graduation rates and which school is better – Both Georgia Tech and Georgia are fine institutions and degrees from either are a valuable thing. Being a smaller more technically oriented school, there are fewer majors to choose from and we don’t have a leisure studies or PE degree, but Tech should not use that as an excuse for low graduation rates. We should recruit athletes that want a degree as well as a ticket to the NBA or NFL and work with them to insure that they are progressing towards a valid college degree. My Tech degree in Civil Engineering has served me well and I always hope that these young kids, even if they are being told by agents they bound for NFL and NBA riches in some cases, see the long term benefit of having a college degree. Not many make the millions and even if they do, those kind of careers are over by their mid-30’s and they have the rest of their lives to live.
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
2:26 pm
Faith alone gets you to Heaven Gorilla. I’m pretty smart in that thare subject.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
2:28 pm
Tampa, another star in your crown
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
2:43 pm
Thanks Super. I am nuthin but a southern Jesus loving, Iraq combat touring, Christian.
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
2:43 pm
faith without works is dead, super, according to St. James…..
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
2:49 pm
Super, that is, though it is Tampa’s post-one of the handful of dawg fans worth reading,Lex, Banker, JB on a good day, cup/head when he’s not too redundant…fortunately most of the rest use handles that make it easy not to read their posts….i love the northern, western, & eastern Jesus, too…..
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
2:52 pm
LOL juvenal. Yeah, those other Jesus lovers are cool as well. I am just not your average southern Baptist (not Baptist at all).
And yes, Faith without works IS dead. One is saved by faith alone.
TampaDawg
October 27th, 2011
3:04 pm
Check out the crap we deal with on the other side.
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2011/10/27/georgias-aron-white-blood-definitely-runs-hot-against-florida/?cp=3#comment-206831
Especiall the first post at 2:54 … what do you do with that?
5150 UOAD
October 27th, 2011
3:08 pm
ANYBODY seen Schultz today? He has not posted his Picks and the Hottie of the Day. Is Schultz afraid to make hos picks on UGA & Tech or something?
juvenal
October 27th, 2011
3:14 pm
no info on anybody elses sites really interest me…..
GT FAN IN PA
October 27th, 2011
3:42 pm
Tampa- I must say respecting you more and more! Well I’m a yankee now but southern at heart by the grace of God!!! LOL
GT FAN IN PA
October 27th, 2011
3:42 pm
FAITH—- AMEM
Supersize that order, mutt
October 27th, 2011
4:07 pm
Tampa and juvenal and PA, I was out for awhile. Glad to know there are some fellow believers here. On a far lighter note though, we’ve got to have faith in the Jackets this weekend. That kind of faith won’t save us, but it might save them. LOL
Right On
October 28th, 2011
9:09 am
Why does anyone on here support supersize? It is obvious to anyone that bothers to read his drivel he is incapable of posting the truth. The supposed “classy” UGA fans he speaks of are simply the ones that are either too spineless (or stupid) to call him out on his lies and idiocies.