Al Groh on Georgia Tech defense
Greetings-
Have some Al Groh elocutions and a few links for you. I’m going to be taking a break for the next few days, more or less, so I won’t be posting notes on the blog this evening or Thursday. I’ll have something up short this afternoon. Onward…
1. On the Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry:
“To give an analogy to the fans around here using Georgia and Georgia Tech’s rivalry, it’s as if suddenly we were both in the same conference. The tradition of the rivalry would be heightened just that much more because of the impact that it would have on conference standing, championships, postseason play and whatnot. That rivalry was always good, a very good one, but then when Virginia Tech came in the Atlantic Coast Conference and the game was at the end of the year and had the potential to have great implications on each team’s seasons in more ways than it ever did before.”
I obviously wasn’t around for it when Tech was in the SEC, but it’s hard to imagine how much more intense the Georgia-Tech rivalry would be if both schools were in the same conference.
2. Groh said that Virginia Tech is more multiple in its personnel packages than Clemson, primarily because the versatility of Clemson tight end Dwayne Allen allowed the Tigers to do a lot of different things without substituting. Note about Allen, by the way. His turf toe was hurting pretty badly Saturday and is going to keep him out of practice this week. He’ll make a difference, should both teams make the ACC title game.
3. Groh called a lot of blitzes, particularly late in the game, depending on the secondary to hold up on the back end in man coverage.
“They did a real nice job and they did allow us to try to be pretty aggressive given the circumstances and do some of the things that we would have liked to have done. We felt those players could execute those things. A lot of times, it’s not just about us having confidence on the sidelines. You want to call something that the player himself has confidence in executing.”
Secondary coach Charles Kelly deserve a good bit of credit for developing the defensive backs, which have become an obvious strength and will have four of the top five plus Fred Holton (out for the year with a torn Achilles) back next season.
4. On Jemea Thomas:
“He certainly was a real big-play performer the other night. Those are the kind of guys we look to get into the game. Based on how he’s evolved at that spot (and) plays that he made, we’ll certainly be looking to expand his role.”
Thomas merits it, obviously. It’ll be interesting to see what that will look like. I wouldn’t say any of the starting four defensive backs – cornerbacks Rod Sweeting and Louis Young and safeties Isaiah Johnson and Rashaad Reid – have played their way out of the lineup. Maybe they’d rotate more. Thomas can play both safety and corner, so perhaps that’s an option.
5. On the defense’s progress:
“It’s been a pretty good process. We were able to, the last two games probably, sustain performance more but in some of those earlier games, there was evidence of it that they could see. North Carolina, I think, we’d given up one touchdown in the first half, N.C. State, the same way, Maryland a field goal and whatnot. There’ve been a lot of the games where the start was fairly positive so there were a lot of plays within the game to show them this is what it can be just with more consistency. Just have to feel that maybe the process of the season as they’ve gotten more and more looks at things, they’ve gotten the consistency to sustain them through the game.”
It’s interesting; everything Groh said was true and fits into the narrative of the defense’s progress, but I imagine few of you would have been willing to accept him saying something like, “We’re getting better; we played good defense for a half against North Carolina. We just need to be more consistent” (and that probably includes me) it, particularly after the Virginia game or if the Maryland game had turned out differently. And, also, if Virginia Tech lights up the defense for 35 points and 450 yards, I imagine the “Tech can’t play 3-4 defense” and “Same old defense” sentiments will return.
To that end…
6. Groh on what Thomas does well:
“He’s got good instincts. He’s a very competitive player. He’s got a nice burst. His plays the other night, they clearly had a big impact on the game, but probably the next three games will provide a better answer to your question than anything that I say. I don’t expect this to be the case, but we get into the terminology of the famous ‘One-game wonder.’ Nice story for the time being, but the future is now. The past is done.”
Groh is not a man easily satisfied. For the record, the last part of his comment might come off sounding callous, but that wasn’t the case, just his matter-of-fact way of speaking. I imagine he was more than elated about Thomas’ play, but has a longer-term view. Just Groh being Groh, as one might say.
That’s it. A reminder to all of you posting that you’re not the only ones reading your comments. Please be mindful of more impressionable and sensitive eyes. I think I speak for most when I say that the redneck/nerd (or worse) debate really gets tiresome to wade through. I’d prefer to not have to step in.
Links
Three Sting Daily reports, one from Matt Winkeljohn discoursing on Tevin Washington and two from Jon Cooper, one on the Tech offense switching its read key in the Clemson game from the playside defensive end to nose guard Brandon Thompson (a beast of a player) and another on former punter Rodney Williams, an inductee to the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame. Ceremonies are Nov. 9.
A blog post from the Washington Post about Virginia Tech’s outlook following the win over Duke.
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big stinger man
November 2nd, 2011
9:08 am
Foist?
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
9:12 am
& salutations…….
Burdell
November 2nd, 2011
9:13 am
Great stuff, Ken! Keep up the good work…enjoy a little time off with the family.
VRTECHFAN
November 2nd, 2011
9:13 am
1st???
VRTECHFAN
November 2nd, 2011
9:13 am
ohh crud
VT F___KS SHEEP
November 2nd, 2011
9:19 am
Isaiah Johsnon is true No. 1 and the true Isaiah.
Isaiah Crowell is the false No. 1 and the drug induced Isaiah and won’t have the character to make it.
collegeballfan
November 2nd, 2011
9:20 am
Like the OL, the DL is a couple of years away.
Ultimate Domination
November 2nd, 2011
9:20 am
We love you Al Groh! Keep up the great work!!!!!!
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
9:20 am
the mention was too kind, but what we really appreciate your bring up the concerns of the faithful-DL,special teams, QB inconsistentcy & back-up, as it seems the coaches have really addressed these weaknesses….after all, it is hard to appreciate something without having a little basic understanding of it, &, if we are not paid to run it, we pay to help it run…(still, nothing about the DL-did #90 start, haven’t looked back at the replay yet?)
Jamea Thomas
November 2nd, 2011
9:23 am
Kid has the best hands on the team. Wonder if CPJ would ever have him catching long bomb passes on offense. (you know, the one’s that Hill has a hard time catching…)
JD
November 2nd, 2011
9:26 am
First but not the last.
JD
November 2nd, 2011
9:29 am
Thomas was a force on special teams last year, always in on the tackle. We should have a very confident secondary next year with Holton back too.
td404
November 2nd, 2011
9:47 am
And before you argue it can’t possibly be a uga fan, why on God’s green earth would any tech fan try to contact a 4 or 5 star recruit to try and get him to NOT come to tech. Sick sick sick site and whoever took the time to put that together and contact the recruits via social media (in addition to current and former players) IS truly a sociopath —-> just a step above feces and common criminals. Those individuals will be featured on 60 minutes someday for a horrific crime probably if they are already stalking 18-22 year olds.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:51 am
16th!
BUZZ
November 2nd, 2011
9:52 am
The defense hasn’t really been the problem… Getting the 2 starting linebackers back from injury also helps, especially J.A!! He’s a player.
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
9:55 am
coaches probably do have bigger(conference) fish to fry, but probably in the ATL have little contact with RANK & file dawg fans-hardly ever have unpleasant experiences with actual alumni from uga, my 2 best friends, one went there, the other his son did……
RTR
November 2nd, 2011
9:55 am
Hey c3033 you forgot the team with most NC’s of all time in your missive as well as more recent. Only a matter of time before we pick another one up this year!!! Roll Tide Roll!!
cj jacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:56 am
oh wow. after seeing that site, i will pull for uga to lose every sporting event they will ever play again until the end of time. im telling everyone i know the kind of sick fans that went to and pull for uga. certainly don’t want my kids going to an institution that fosters sociopaths like that.
GT Dude
November 2nd, 2011
10:04 am
Thomas should start, he is a true head hunter and when he tackles an opponent they go down in their tracks, NO YARDS AFTER CONTACT
we should rename him NO YAK Thomas!
Stay Thirsty my Friends
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:06 am
If the D keeps getting better we will be hard to handle for the rest of the year.
Reggie Ball
November 2nd, 2011
10:15 am
But what about when we play teams outside of region 5-AAAAA. Those actual college teams we have to play might be tuff on us! I like your thoughts though Carolina. We mite be high shcool state champs in football this year!!
c3033
November 2nd, 2011
10:18 am
Sorry for the seeming diss RTR, it was not intentional, I just did not consider UofA a “rival” for UGA given the rarity of recent games with each other. On a side note, you guys RECRUIT very well AND WIN NC’s with some amazing regularity (unlike some posers we all know). Best of luck to your team this weekend.
DesignerJacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:24 am
Reggie Ball last played for Tech in 2006. FIVE years ago. And by then, no Tech fans liked him. Why try to make fun of us now for what an old coach did back then? I thought history was something the rest of CFB hated for GT fans to do. Which is it – history or the present time? Because right now we’re 7-2 on a bye week preparing for the #12 team in the land after thoroughly drubbing the #5 team on both sides of the ball. Whoever you root for…are they any big deal compared to #5 and #12? Hmmm…yeah maybe go spew it somewhere else. Maybe New Mexico State will listen.
Sean Jones
November 2nd, 2011
10:24 am
Who be the ones declare us national champs? that be us!! Right on….how many we win total 150? Beat everybody like those Cumberland punks!!
GTJason
November 2nd, 2011
10:25 am
Run defense will be key next week against Wilson. We need to force long 3rd downs and passes…
RTR
November 2nd, 2011
10:30 am
No worries c3033….going to be a tough game. Win this one and the path is clear to the NC game as the East is down this year and we will beat Awbarn like a rented mule!! Roll Tide Roll!!
RTR
November 2nd, 2011
10:32 am
We have a game you may have heard of DesignerJacket. Time to give another Tiger a beat down…this one is ranked at #1 until Sunday.
DesignerJacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:39 am
Ok my post didn’t get through the filter, RTR, but I was trying to clarify that I was responding the Reggie Ball poster. What a ridiculous thing to try and make fun of Tech with five years after the fact…we FIRED the coach who kept Reggie Ball in the game! Fired him. Anyway, Bama is dominant for sure, but Georgie is most definitely not impressing anyone wearing Old Gold this year.
RT in NC
November 2nd, 2011
10:41 am
The 3-4 defense, like the option, is great to watch as long as the coaches are FEARLESS. No team, college or pro, has enough shut down defensive backs to defend against a good QB/receiver combo for more than 4 or 5 seconds. You have to blitz. No rush = no defense. No risk = no reward.
Keep on blitzing Al !!!!!
The Bamboo Shaft
November 2nd, 2011
11:02 am
I’m just happy to see that the “process” is back.
Great article as always, Ken.
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 2nd, 2011
11:03 am
Tech’s defense has given up, in each of the past three games, a net of 17 points and 16 before that. They’ll hold both VT and Duke to that or less and probably UGA, too.
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
11:08 am
1 big dif-by & large, i think we respect, & even like, Clemsonfolks………..the folks who have come on in the last 30 years……
Ben
November 2nd, 2011
11:11 am
From what I’ve read, when Tech was in the SEC, Auburn was considered as big a rival as UGA.
Spyro
November 2nd, 2011
11:18 am
@Ben: I wish we would start playing Auburn again. Those games a few years ago were extremely entertaining, even with Reggie Ball.
Just the Facts
November 2nd, 2011
11:20 am
Perhaps 5 years ago for Reggie Ball, but one only needs to go back 2 years to get a perspective of a typical UGA fan.
UGA Eases Tailgating Restrictions (as reported by AJC)
The breaking point came on Sept. 12, 2009, when workers collected from North Campus about 70 tons of garbage and mounds of tents, grills, coolers and chairs. That day, fans were witnessed urinating on public buildings and defecating outdoors.
cj jacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:24 am
I imagine the typical UGA fan from east ga is the kind of person that would take a dump on their kitchen floor and leave it there for about a week.
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
11:31 am
redundant posts boring no matter which side posts them……..
Police Blotter
November 2nd, 2011
11:32 am
The only thing they have to clean up around the North Avenue Trade Institute are the corpses from the crime infested neighborhoods.
Police Blotter
November 2nd, 2011
11:35 am
I am sure there is no underage drinking that occurs at the insects games or other tomfoolery…..and if they did actually do something illegal you could not ascertain whether it was a nerd in their Dragon Con outfit or one of the locals from the projects.
Police Blotter
November 2nd, 2011
11:39 am
I imagine a student at the trade school (not in the MGT for dummies track) would be the kind of person not used to indoor plumbing and from somewhere far far away.
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
11:42 am
case in point-3 posts following mine…….try to contribute something new &/or funny, myself…….
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 2nd, 2011
11:44 am
Watching CPJ and CDS meet on the field after the game reminded me why I am a fan of the ACC. Both coaches showed a lot of class and respect. I also think that it is great that CPJ and CAG can put their egos aside and coach together to develop what is becoming a very good GT team.
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
11:49 am
far far away-like the place Christ was from?
GT FAN IN PA
November 2nd, 2011
11:51 am
I see the D only getting better- It was also nice to hear last week Jones stepping up and addressing the team- of course the trolls have to come out- go ahead say it- “well you nerds are on our blog doing it” somebody call the wambulance before they even start!
wrecked
November 2nd, 2011
12:00 pm
This tech team is closer to being the tech team that lost to Virginia and Miami than the one that beat a very poor defensive team like Clemson.It was the tech offense ability to keep Clemson off the field that won the game will not happen against bigger , faster more physical defenses.
cj jacket
November 2nd, 2011
12:04 pm
wrecked go take a dump on your kitchen floor like the rest of the dawg fans. UVA and Tech both have defenses ranked in the top 40. Let’s look at some of the defensive stats for the teams you’ve played (New Mexico State??? LOL if you don’t beat them by 60 with their 107th ranked defense)
14 GT
November 2nd, 2011
12:06 pm
collegeballfan….You truly think GT’s OL & DL are 2 years away….You must not be seeing what I see… with no senior starters on OL and only 4 starters on Defense….just watch them NEXT year….it looks like # 90 Barnes has learned his size and talent won’t suffice against equal linemen on other teams based on how he played against Clemson….I can see much improvement in the lines play and they will be even better with another off season of conditioning and coaching….next year holds much promise for both the team and us fans….GOOOOO JACKETS THWG
14 GT
November 2nd, 2011
12:15 pm
Auburn was close to as big a rival as UGA. When Auburn came to Atlanta and went to the VARSITY afterwards and yelled War Eagle, was an almost riot between GT & Auburn students.
wrecked
November 2nd, 2011
12:19 pm
CJ jacket , tech didn’t all of a sudden get an infusion of talent .LOL at the Yellow jacket program as a whole..
14 GT
November 2nd, 2011
12:21 pm
wrecked….WHY don’t you worry about your poor “underachieving” UGAG MUTTS????????
Born2Buzz
November 2nd, 2011
12:24 pm
Ken, as always, thanks for your efforts…and thanks for the warning/request to keep the blog focused on the subject at hand. It really is tiresome.
I’m starting to like Groh a little more these days. I thought about the fact that the best D Coordinators in the NFL have always been the guys that have been there a long time, with lots of experirence – Jim Johnson with Philly all those years, Dick Labeau with Pitt. He certainly knows a lot about the defensive side of the ball. My only complaint is his decisions on who gets playing time. Everybody that watched us play from Day 1 could see that Jemea is the kind of player that just makes things happen. CPJ even said earlier that “we need to get him on the field”. And they whole TJ Barnes thing has been perplexing. He obviously has talent but for some reason Al just doesn’t want him on the field that much. Maybe these things that appear obvious to me (and others) are a bit more complicated.
All that being said, I’ve stated that the D is better than last year, and it appears to be improving every game. Let’s take it to the next level and put up a solid effort the entire game against VT. I will be there cheering them on.
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:24 pm
Cj jacket –
speaking of sociopaths, Im pretty sure Yech has had people attacked on campus with swords, bombs being set off and daily muggings. And dont forget about the female student that several players attacked and sent to the hospital in the late 80’s. Just an fyi for you, winner
cj jacket
November 2nd, 2011
12:25 pm
@wrecked, one thing about it, if they gave away trophies for ‘talent-drain’ and overall recruiting classes, UGA would win those every year. HAHAHA. would be nice for them to win something since they are owned by their SEC brethren.
cj jacket
November 2nd, 2011
12:27 pm
@feilds, the 80’s? HOLY F&*K!!!! There were some indian attacks in ATL about 300 years ago also. Let’s not forget about that while we’re at it!!!!!
You’re so stupid it’s comical.
re uga and firepauljohnson.com
November 2nd, 2011
12:28 pm
i take it as a compliment that the dawgs hate cpj. kind of like the love they showed for chan gailey. with chan ‘mother teresa’ gailey as our coach we had teams with little fire and no fight. if we couldnt win on scheme and talent we usually lost. thank god that milquetoast is gone.
i imagine that there is a firegeorgeoleary.com that a dawg started somewhere too.
the dawgs hate paul like they hate uf. they know that once cpj gets his system rolling dawg wins against tech will dissapear. there is a new sheriff in town not named richt.
speaking of richt and gailey…. two peas in a pod in my eyes. we tech fans and all the fans in the sec hope that richt stays for years at that loserville in athens,
speaking of athens…..hey marcus are you one of the tens of thousands of uga fans that toss trash on YOUR school grounds and urinates and defecates on the carpets of your own school? is it any wonder that saint simon has asked the dawg nation to find another city to tailgate in.
uga has the only fans in the entire nation that does this stuff. pure class i tell ya,… pure class. lmao too funny.
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:29 pm
Duh I’s goin to ride the uppity box when i’s visit the big city later this week. then we’s goin to visit the V to get some good greasy food. Momma always said the greasier the better. Keeps the heart tickin well. I gotta big pile of $h!t to clean up in my kitchen when I get home later today. Little leroy took two dumps on the kitchen floor last night.
Born2Buzz
November 2nd, 2011
12:30 pm
juvenal, Walls did start the game as usual, but it looked like TJ was in more than normal.
and yes, our biggest rivals were:
1) UGA, 2)Clemons & 3) Auburn. VT has replaced Auburn on the list.
Bamajacket
November 2nd, 2011
12:31 pm
To my fellow Jacket fans: Almost every one of my UGA friends, and there are many, have a great deal of class, and are in no way represented by the silly jerks you read on these blogs. They have better, more mature things to do. What kind of moron, Jacket, Dawg, Tiger, or Tide fan has the time or mental inclination to go on a website to post some stupid trash talk? A moron, that’s who. Any Tech fan going to the UGA blog and posting trash is just a child, and probably never went to Tech, and is no better. If we can play better football, and work on making the UGA game competitive again as a series, that’s what’s important.
Re Bamajacket
November 2nd, 2011
12:34 pm
Then maybe you should get with your uga friends to see what kind of trash their uga friends are posting on the internet: http://www.firepauljohnson.blogspot.com
One of the people associated with this sociopathic monstrosity has a graduate degree from UGA. Nothing shows class like contacting recruits & players via social media and harassing them. Takes a real winner and a big (and by big I mean someone with a 2″ d!ck) man to contact 17-18 yr old high school students to talk trash about the school they’re going to attend.
tp jones
November 2nd, 2011
12:35 pm
Fo real. Who does that?!!!
Hayseed Dixie
November 2nd, 2011
12:35 pm
Ken,
How much access do you get to Al Groh? How often does he talk to the media?
Do you get the sense that he enjoys not having the same media accountability as the head coach?
Bamajacket
November 2nd, 2011
12:37 pm
Come on, you think I’m gonna defend that garbage? Any true dawg fan won’t defend it either. And what are they to do about it? None of us can control what some other dummy does.
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:40 pm
Yep, a year or two away from your “national championship.” These violent criminas played for the same scumbag coach, btw. Very classy.
And dont forget about your wouldbe Heisman wannabe Hamilton getting popped for DUI, open container, hit and run and weed.
tp jones
November 2nd, 2011
12:41 pm
ur right bamajacket…the true dawg fans say that one of our fans did that. yep. a yellowjacket fan really tried to get vad lee to not come to GT. i believe that. While you’re at it, tell me that coach richt will field a championship team in the next 10 years. ain’t goin to happen.
that website makes me despise uga whereas I didn’t before. that is awful and goes across the line. even florida’s keepricht.com or whatever it is just says that. doesn’t go on about HIV, man b0ob$, or contacting potential recruits. it takes a special breed of uga sociopath to cross that line, and now i will always associate their fans with that kind of behavior. so tell them to thank their uga brethren for that.
fuzzybee78
November 2nd, 2011
12:41 pm
Ken, nice work and a good time to take a break you surely deserve!
Looking at conference stats for both Tech’s its pretty close on paper. I would like to point at recent trends for each team but last week proved that’s questionable at best after what GT did to Clemson when expected to get blown out.
What I would say is young teams get better as the season progresses and play better at home more vs veteran teams who are more consistent.
Defense is clearly improving and I could see it even in the losses. Tevin has adjusted to the fact that he is going to be forced to carry the ball more on the option by opposing defenses. CPJ adjustment on the read key was amazingly effective but we are spoiled because weve come to expect it. I knew he had done something but like most fans couldn’t tell what.
Early in the year I hoped to hold teams to 25 points knowing we would surely score 30+. The way the D is playing lately I think that number is more like 20 or less, especially at home.
VT will give us there best shot. I think we have more O and the D is about even especially at BDS.
GT 28-20 in a tough contest always————
Go Jackets!!!!!
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:42 pm
Lol!! Yech fans want Richt to stay in Athens?!?!? Riiiiiiight dingleberry!!
What is his record against your cheats again?!?! Lol!! Talk about comedy gold!! I love the Yech blogs!!!
tp jones
November 2nd, 2011
12:45 pm
i was talking about the florida site you f@gg0t. Go eat a d!ck samich.
back to the subject at hand...
November 2nd, 2011
12:45 pm
groh is showing that he is a tremendous d coach now that he can concentrate on that aspect of coaching only.
this is the best d backfield i have seen at gt in 30 years inspite of the fact that our hardest hitter and a projected starter, holton, is out for the year. looks like even our redshirts are finally starting to experience the light bulb moment.
didnt we have another coach named kelly that was also a good d backfield coach or did he coach wr’s? under oleary?
hey dawgs you better start trembling like chihuahuas do cause cpj is starting to target big bodies with speed. we dont need 4-5 star pre madonas that are clones of reuben huston.
rumor has it that the 3 suspended dawgs were seen in the vicinity of the tech campus looking for drugs and victims to rob for drug money. lmao tooo funny.
if any of you have the coach’s ear i second the motion that another tech poster made. why not see how jamea does as a wr. that guy has some hands.
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:46 pm
Johnson plays in the worst football confernce in the nation and has zero titles to show for it and is 1-2 against your masters from Athens. Those against some of the weakest teams UGA has had in decades. I pray GT signs Moobs to a lifetume contract.
wrecked
November 2nd, 2011
12:50 pm
CJ Jacket Uga defense raked 7th nationally. South Carolina ranked 6th , Florida 14th, Boise 16th, Vanderbilt 27th, Miss State 31st. The highest ranked defense tech has faced is Virginia’s #27 , didn’t turn out so well did it? North Carolina #47, Clemson #66, Miami #68,NC state #70, Mid Tenn #106 and Kansas #120. Thats some Really tough defenses the jackets have faced. Sagarin has jackets schedule at #75 and Georgia at #15.
if tevin
November 2nd, 2011
12:51 pm
can have more games running like he did against clemson i look for other teams to stop stuffing the box and concentrate on more traditional methods.
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:52 pm
after I’s smokes the man sausage in sanford stadium’s bathroom, i’s gets right back to supplying weed to the players at jawja.
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:53 pm
Lol!! Im pretty sure we all know who does the muggings on Yech’s trashy campus in the middle of ghetto. Zero mystery there. Afterall, you have to give your thugs something to do when they are not at practice and while their tutors take their tests for them at Clark Atlanta
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:55 pm
Wrecked —
Shhhhh!!! Cheat fans dont like factual infirmation to be posted on here. You should know better than that.
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:55 pm
I forgot that we just had 3 thugs suspended against the aggies of NMST. Sorry about that. I’m a little but t hurt from getting railed by grantham last night.
Bamajacket
November 2nd, 2011
12:55 pm
tp jones, all I can say is you need to get out more. 90% of fans of either side don’t have any idea what this site is, or care. If you want to dispise UGA, that’s your right, certainly, but be real here, do you really believe this weirdo represents the majority of Dawg fans? Really?
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:56 pm
also sad b/c my mom has cancer. things like that tend to happen to wh0res and all. karma.
Feilds
November 2nd, 2011
12:57 pm
my mom used to love giving handys to trannies right outside sanford stadium. will always have a soft spot in my heart for those dawgs.
tpjones
November 2nd, 2011
12:59 pm
Hilarious because you know who you are Feilds
Nothing like a little “talent drain” to get the discussion moving.
hey wrecked
November 2nd, 2011
1:02 pm
they have some really great d’s in the sec or some really bad teams. last time i looked the sec looks more like the big 10. tosu, um and 8 little indians.
of course lets not forget that the sec abuses over signing like no other conference in the country. if they are so great why do they have to cheat to stay competitive.
than we look at what the sec did when it was suggested that they raise the minimum gpa requirement from 1.8 to 2.0. can you say wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
maybe the time has come to recognize that the sec is not a conference of college teams but rather 11 semi pro teams and one academic institution. thank god they have vandy eh?
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:03 pm
Maybe uga players got their weedz from the FBI busted drug lord that used to play for tech, Houston????
Ooops, nevermind. He is in jail for holding a girl hostage at gun point!!! My mistake!!!
Stinger
November 2nd, 2011
1:04 pm
Hope the Mutts don’t suspend Crowell against us. We may get the opportunity to see another ” Roy -Wrong Way – Reigels ” after he takes a few tokes prior to kick-off. LMAO
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:06 pm
Joey Hamilton says drugs are good??? Lololololol!!!!
Did a tech fan just seriously say something about cheating?!?!?!? Lolololololol!!!!
wrecked
November 2nd, 2011
1:07 pm
so what if we had 3 players fail a drug test but still played them for the UF game? What’s wrong with that?
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:09 pm
Lol!!! Doest tech also own one of the biggest academic scandals in college with just ordinary students as well??? 220 students in a computer science class or something???? Lololololol!!!!!!
wrecked
November 2nd, 2011
1:09 pm
Hey wrecked , you forgot to mention techs great graduation rates. Or the NCAA probation’s ,or how flunk gate strangely coincided with morris brown losing accreditation.
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:10 pm
Dint the FBI busted drug lord Houston still play in a bowl game?????? Lololololol!!!!!!!
yellowsnow
November 2nd, 2011
1:11 pm
You do realize the only thing keeping me from busting out your identity is the whole ethics thing, moreso what it would do for your workplace. Not sure it’s fair to them for the attention it would draw. Given your line of work you know all about ethics I’m sure. Maybe even took a class or two at UGA in regards to that kind of subject matter?
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:12 pm
Wrecked, is that why all the tech players are spotted on Clark Atlanta’s campus every day????? Lololololololol!!!!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
1:13 pm
I know I get sucked into the verbal spars with the trolls as much as anybody, but guys (Tech guys, that is), if we would just totally ignore them and not comment one way or another on anything that they say, eventually they will get bored and go away. It’s hard as hell not to respond to some of the crap that they post, but let’s at least try to talk football—-TECH FOOTBALL !!!
yellowsnow
November 2nd, 2011
1:13 pm
If UGA fans want to take things to the next level by contacting recruits, it can be reciprocated as it relates to their careers and work place environments.
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:15 pm
Yellowsnow is so angraaaaaaah!!!! Lololololololol!!!!!!!!!?
GT FAN IN PA
November 2nd, 2011
1:16 pm
Super did you get my email I sent you?
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:17 pm
Supertool, you know what makes it even harder for you????? That everything non-tech koolaid drinkers post on here is factual and you cant handle it!!!! Lololololololol!!!!!!!!!
yellowsnow
November 2nd, 2011
1:18 pm
No, far from it. Unlike you, I have to weigh the ethical implications of revealing someone’s identity to the general public. Should I take you as some idiot fan(atic)? Absolutely. But subjecting someone to public torment because of idiocy on their own part shouldn’t be taken lightly. Some of the stuff in your personal life made me reconsider because everyone has their own cross to bear. Given that (and who you are) you would think you of all people understand what it’s like to be persecuted. Really more amazed at your line of work and then to potentially have the whistle blown at you would be slightly ironic.
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:19 pm
If it was merely fiction, like everything you post, then you wouldbt care!!! Lolololololol!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:22 pm
Lollolololololol!!!! Wow!!! I wonder who you think I am!!!!! Lolololololololololol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yellowsnow
November 2nd, 2011
1:23 pm
You definitely lack humility though which could be your own undoing.
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:25 pm
This is too darn funny!!!! Lololololololololol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:27 pm
Which recruits have I contacted??? Your spy equipment is horrible since I have never contacted a recruit in my life!!!!!!!! Lololololololololol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
joeygt1
November 2nd, 2011
1:27 pm
gt beats vt 35-14 woooooooooo
hey RTR
November 2nd, 2011
1:37 pm
you cant count …
- fulmer cup trophy’
s
- first place finishes as the number one partay school
- recruiting championships over the last 10 years
- being pre season no 1
as real national championships.
for instance you dawgs love to point out that you won the 68 mnc with an 8-2 record because a rag like national lampoon crowned you.
the real and nationally recognized mnc of 68 was the osu team that went undefeated. beat no1 purdue. beat a top 10 um squad by almost 50 points. and beat an oj led usc team in their own stadium at the rose bowl. by 2 tds after trailing at half.
you dawgs wish in your dreams you had a season like that.
imo they need to consider ‘class’ as part of that equation. if they did than the urinating and defecating trash tossing dawgs would be eliminated every year from consideration in any mnc debate.
btw i guess that crowell is not the next coming of herschel eh? oh well its only been 30 years and counting since uga was relevant.
lmao.
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:37 pm
The real Tech – 47
Joke by Coke – 13
Ken's Conscience
November 2nd, 2011
1:39 pm
Hey Ken:
The redneck/nerd bickering is child’s play compared to what is going on today. Besides it is just good old fashioned hate being spewed by both sides……
Spyro
November 2nd, 2011
1:39 pm
Lol at nadars for thinking that VT could score 47 on someone.
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:39 pm
The only legit title tech has occured when slavery was still legal for crying out loud!!!!!
Spyro
November 2nd, 2011
1:40 pm
Love how UGAg trolls come on our blog to talk about their own drug problems. And you know they are going to say later, “how com yall r talkin bout us on ur blawg? u obcesed wit us!!”
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:41 pm
Against a pitiful defense they most certainly can!!!! Lololololololol!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nadars you been toking crack again
November 2nd, 2011
1:43 pm
not butt cfrack but real crack.
our single academic discipline pales in comparison to….
jan kemp gate
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:45 pm
Single?!?!?!?!? Lol!! Keep dreaming!!!!!
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
1:48 pm
The leader of the Geritol guys has spoken!! All bow down to the leader of the seniors……..hummm, hummm. Where’s the rest of the gang? Posting under different names? Sponge bath time at the home?
nadars you been toking crack again
November 2nd, 2011
1:49 pm
not butt crack like you normally do but real crack.
tech’s only academic transgression pales in comparison to….
- jan kemp gate
- jim harrick gate (http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/quiz/_/id/600)
and the fact that pulp wood couldnt even READ at a 5th grade level when he ‘graduated’ from uga. is it any wonder that uga recruits as well as it does?
i got a question for ya…. how many points do you get when you score a 3 point basket?
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:51 pm
Nerd Herd —–
Some weirdo is trying to bully and intimidate people on a freaking sports blog to stop posting or else. Very sad but oh so comical!!! Lolololololololol!!!!!!!!
I think he thought I was you!!!!!! Lololololololol!!!!!!!!
Reggie Ball
November 2nd, 2011
1:52 pm
I bee the smart be here at university…..of GEORGIA TECH!!!Take that you ignoramous dags fons!!!
c king
November 2nd, 2011
1:52 pm
nadars obviously hasn’t watched much football this year. VA Tech’s offense is having issues.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
1:53 pm
GT FAN IN PA, if you are still here, yes, I got your email and responded.
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
1:53 pm
One woman causing a fuss yet the NCAA did what exactly????
Reggie Ball cant even count to 4!!!!!!
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
1:53 pm
As I stated before the Gestapo will be at the door and it will be November of 1938 again!! Probably Delbert again……….
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
1:55 pm
It’s obvious that the trolls so obsessed with all things Tech have hijacked the blog today. At least with Ken taking a couple of days off, there won’t be any new blogs to have to read all their crap. And I’m not going to sit here and read it now. You other Tech fans would be well advised to do the same, and just let the trolls (if there really is more than one of them) play with themselves. That’s probably the most they every get anyway.
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
1:56 pm
He’s threatening to look up IP addresses………his friend had a better idea in registering users (whole different can of worms).
hate is not a strong enough word
November 2nd, 2011
1:58 pm
to suit me.
when i first moved to atlanta i actually was a FAN of the dawgs and erk russell. then i started to meet the dawg fans and graduates in social situations.
i guess the fact that all the dawg fans i met had tobacco juice stains on their teef, often got down on all fours an barked in public. the coupe de gra was when i would try to talk to a drunk uga fan. you dawg fans can not hold your liquor and drool an spit when your drunk. sorry but i just cant stand that kind of boorish behavior.
i was mistaken to even consider uga an ohio state away from home. uga only wishes it had the class of buckeye nation.
nadars
November 2nd, 2011
2:00 pm
Probably. I think he thinks you are a lawyer judging from everything he said. Very cowardly and borderline psychotic to even suggest such a thing. Its a SPORTS blog!!!! Which recruits does he claim you have contacted??
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
2:01 pm
bravo, Super! i don’t let the ethnic slurs pass, but other than Lex, Tampa, Banker than a (sadly) few others who are alums, after i see the first same-old same-old post, i generally don’t even read the ones with the handles that are real boors….thanx, Born2Buzz, some one on the prior post asked why Logan did not start, i think he is playing much better lately!
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
2:04 pm
Looks like they called away Dear Leader for the sponge bath……
Suckeye Nation
November 2nd, 2011
2:07 pm
Go figure…..truck drivers from Ohio talking about class…..that is rich! Want to know how to cheat…..ask their fans as they are the masters.
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
2:11 pm
no blogs for the next few days? What will I do without them because I don’t have a life!! I am so obsessed with Tech!!!! WOOF!!!!!
Ramblin Man
November 2nd, 2011
2:56 pm
Thanks for the updates Ken.
Hope the guys can keep it together and keep the progress going that was showed by the O against Clemson and the D gets better each game.
juvenal
November 2nd, 2011
3:46 pm
lolololo-wasn’t that a song by the kinks?
19
November 2nd, 2011
4:14 pm
Do you trolls even bother to read the article before posting your drivel? I’m going to honor Ken’s request, but I will say you are “extra special”. So special in fact that you need a special helmet with a faceshield to keep you from licking the windows on the short bus. The saddest part is you don’t even have special needs. All you need is a good old fashioned butt whipping.
Go Jackets!!!
19
November 2nd, 2011
4:20 pm
All of you boys and girls must really make your parents proud! Did you read what Ken wrote before posting your drivel?
Go Jackets!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
4:23 pm
19, you know they only read what they want to read, and I doubt that any of them actually read what Ken writes anyway; they just harass the rest of us.
14 GT
November 2nd, 2011
4:27 pm
The mutt trolls make it way too easy to hate UGAG BUTT SNIFFERS. I somehow don’t think this is what the originators of “Clean Old Fashioned Hate” envisioned when they first coined the phrase.
14 GT
November 2nd, 2011
4:29 pm
I imagine Super is pretty accurate with that statement.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
4:29 pm
14 GT, are you the same as 1 4 GT, but forgot to include the space? Or are you somebody else?
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
4:31 pm
Yes, it’s me Super. I hadn’t even noticed I did thar—another attack of sometimers. Thanks.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
4:32 pm
“that”
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
4:32 pm
LOL. I guess that geritol is helping me more than you.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
4:34 pm
no doubt
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
4:39 pm
1 4 (and anybody else), if you haven’t read Ken’s blog on “An outsider’s view of Boddy Dodd Stadium”, you should.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
4:41 pm
Until they shifted the field by 10 yards when they rebuilt the north stands, I was on the 50 yard line and had been there since 1968. Even with the shift putting me on the 40, you can’t beat that at all.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
4:42 pm
oops, wrong blog. lol
19
November 2nd, 2011
4:53 pm
Super, no doubt
1 4 GT, from what I’ve read it was ugly when the GA rivalry first started. What happened then could not happen now. I’d rather not talk about the dawgs until Tech gets ready to play them. THWG!
Go Jackets!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
4:57 pm
19, you got that right. Let’s worry about VT and Duke first. Then, and only then, can we think about the Clarke County Chihuahuas.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
5:01 pm
Amen. Once you start thinking too far down the road, bad things happen.
East Cobb Hokie
November 2nd, 2011
5:01 pm
Al, how can there be a rivalry when Hoos always lost?
19
November 2nd, 2011
5:18 pm
One at a time. I dislike making disparaging remarks about the opponent. Talk them up, it can’t hurt.
Go Jackets!!!
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
5:27 pm
Right 19. Look at what the coaches do. I don’t care who they are playing, its the best team in the country. Its the fans, and some not so smart players, who put down the opponent before the game.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
6:25 pm
To all who have not read it, you should get the book “CLEAN OLD FASHIONED HATE” written by Bill Cromartie. Also “GEORGIA vs GEORGIA TECH” by John Chandler Griffin, which is a “coffee table” book. Both are good reads about the rivalry and detail each game from the 1st in 1893 until 1999. I would imagine one could be obtained thru the GT Library
19
November 2nd, 2011
6:37 pm
and Dodd’s Luck
Dennis
November 2nd, 2011
6:46 pm
I hope that somebody gets to Al and makes him understand that it don’t make a flying crap what conference or standing we have in the ACC when we play UGAG. It better well be viewed as life or death for the 60 minutes that it is played. That is the same crap attitude that Gailey and Hewitt had on the UGAg games and the approach that it is not as big a game as a conference game is why they are no longer employed by Tech.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
7:03 pm
Catching up with the blog was easy tonight. Skipped right past the troll posts. As to the website that has been talked about, I have not seen it. All I can say is, this isn’t the Peoples’ Republic of China, so putting up undesirable sites is not illegal, unless the U.S. government decides that the FBI needs to monitor it for violations of certain laws.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
7:10 pm
I posted this on Ken’s Al Groh blog. Have seen comments about history of the GT/UGA rivalry. I recommend 2 books. “CLEAN OLD FASHIONED HATE” by Bill Cromartie & GEORGIA vs GEORGIA TECH by John Chandler Griffin, this is a “coffee table” book. Both tell the history of the games and detail each game from the 1st one in 1893 until 1999
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
7:17 pm
I also have another “coffee table” book titled “GEORGIA TECH VAULT” subtitle “The History of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets” that is a bit all around history of the football team. This book even has tickets in it and other memorabilia and recounts the story about Auburn and the “greased rail road track game”. It is a good read on GT football.
19
November 2nd, 2011
7:18 pm
Oh, the hater site…it’s bound to happen. Good for them and their therapist.
Go Jackets!!!
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
7:20 pm
Apologies for the basic double post
19
November 2nd, 2011
7:28 pm
CPJ knows about Georgia and its importance. The next game is against VT. Win that one first.
Go Jackets!!!
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
7:28 pm
1 4 did the Vault tell about how Auburn almost burned Atlanta down (not literally) after they beat Tech by 2 points after losing to the 12 straight games (1955)?
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
7:32 pm
I can’t say that I remember that. I’ll look it up.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
8:06 pm
carolinajackey….I skimmed thru my “Vault” and found no mention of the Auburn game you asked about
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
8:19 pm
carolinajacke”t”
Macon Jacket
November 2nd, 2011
8:24 pm
#96 still aggrivates me….
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
8:26 pm
And I was thinking about changing my handle. I was just looking at gojackets.com and they have a great picture of the Clemson guy’s shoulders already past out center’s head and the A back is just beginning to go into motion. Its perfect.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
8:27 pm
Logan may have just lost his starting job. He’s just not big and strong enough for that position.
19
November 2nd, 2011
8:31 pm
Sounds like a great picture carolinajacket!
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
8:33 pm
I wish I could put it here, but, obviously, that is not possible. but it is easy to get to and worth a look.
K
November 2nd, 2011
8:35 pm
I guess all these illiterate UGA fans are aware their posts can be tracked.
And of all schools to try to intimidate recruits with such hateful, angry, jealous insults regarding Coach Johnson and Tech, these “so called” Ga fans should be thinking about the consequences of what they are writing.
It can be tracked. And hopefully someone in the computer science dept. at Tech will see this as a challenge and expose it for whoever it is.
All Ga fans cannot be this base.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
8:37 pm
You can also google “how about that call” and get to it. Its fairly far down the list but it is there.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
8:51 pm
Give Logan Walls a bit of a break, guys. He’s a 5th-year grad student. The nose tackle position is pretty much him and T. J. Barnes, who has been improving over the past 2 years, and TJ had a very strong performance against Clemson. If one of those were to go down, it will require one of the DEs to move to the position.
Looking over the list of 2011 recruits, there are no D-linemen there, but between Shaq Mason, who played very well against Clemson, Trey Braun, who is being redshirted and Bryan Chamberlain (redshirting), that looks good for the future there. The fact that Braun was the top wrestler in Florida is a big plus. For DT-types I guess we’ll have to see who signs in February. Dalvin Tomlinson would be a huge catch, and he was at the Clemson game. Everybody from Alabama to Harvard has offered him.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:01 pm
I forgot to mention, Tomlinson is a wrestler, as well. 2-time state champion with a 120-2 record. He lost his first match, and lost the other on a DQ by body-slamming an opponent.
That info is from a Michael Carvell article in August.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:01 pm
I’m not putting Logan down. I admire him for what he has done, but I don’t think that the position was a natural fit for him. Kind of like when Paul came and he players playing positions they never thought they would, but they gave it the best they had. I believe that T.J. will be all conference before he graduates.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:03 pm
Filter problem. Tomlinson is a wrestler, too. 2 State championships at Henry county, 120-2 record. Lost his first varsity match, and the other was a disqualification for body-slamming his opponent.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:04 pm
From a Michael Cavell artikel in August. That 5th word’s English equivalent is banned by the filter.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:09 pm
We don’t have a game Saturday. Guess who is going to go out and get some commitments?
19
November 2nd, 2011
9:12 pm
I hope Tomlinson favors Tech!
Go Jackets!!!
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:14 pm
carolinajacket – That’s the case with the changeover from the 4-3 to the 3-4. None of the top 4 DEs were recruited as 3-4 DEs, but they are developing nicely for those positions. Izaan Cross has gained 50 pounds for the position, and this is his 2nd year starting in the 3-4. Doing quite well, too. He is the one with the biggest body who might play NT in an emergency.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:17 pm
Logan Walls is 2-time Academic All-ACC. Great work, Logan!
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:20 pm
I took a quarter of wrestling (required) in college my freshman year, and the strength, skill with the hands and agility translate well to football. Roddy White of the Falcons was a wrestler.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:23 pm
Right. That’s my point. We also have Kallon committed (if Auburn doesn’t steal him). I love it when we have dominating defensive ends, like Johnson, Morgan, and before them Hargrove were. Putting pressure on the qb is priceless, as was shown Saturday.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
9:32 pm
Sacks are soooo over rated. It’s pressuring the QB that disrupts an offense.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:36 pm
Ga. Tech commitment DT Pat Gamble of Central of Carrollton was at the game, as was Tech DE commitment Francis Kallon of Central Gwinnett (he’s the young man from the UK). There is some puffed up controversy by fans of other schools because Kallon is taking unofficial visits to other games.
I’m noting only the D-linemen, by the way since it is the current discussion.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:37 pm
Right. Go after them. If you sack them, fine, but if you have them running for their lives like Sat. or throwing too soon they are in trouble.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:38 pm
1 4 GT – That is right on the money, evidenced by Boyd repeatedly having to throw while backing up.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:42 pm
Keep the big guys coming, on both sides of the line. It really looks like we are in pretty good shape at all the other positions for the next couple of years. And I am not saying, don’t look for some skill players too. I’ve been bragging on qb Dennis Andrewa (8-0) and I hope he doesn’t let me down.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:44 pm
By the way, did they ever decide where the term redneck came from? I gave the History Channel explanation.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:48 pm
19 – Tomlinson has stated his preference to study engineering or business management. He certainly has the GPA for either. By the way, Tech’s new BSBA major program goes into effect this year, under the School of Management. The core math and science requirements are the same as with the Management degree, and concentrations in IT, Quant, Supply Chain Mgt., etc. can be selected.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
9:48 pm
If you said from sun blistered necks of farmers, you were absolutely correct. Now, guess which sexual verb comes to from the French language related to farming. LOLOLOLMAO while typed that
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:51 pm
Rouge-something?
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
9:51 pm
Delbert….by Quant, do you mean quantitative analysis? I had to take that at Ga State. I thought it was as bad as calculus.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
9:52 pm
not even close….could not even begin to say it here
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:55 pm
I’ll work on that one. The history channel told of how the miners wore red badanas during their war with the owners and were called rednecks. I am sure that is true, but I agree that the greater use of the term referred to farmers and other outdoor laborers who, obviously, had red necks. Can we type the word we are looking for?
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
9:56 pm
carolinajacket – did you mean Dennis Andrews?
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:56 pm
How did you answer my question before I sent it? Was it LUCK?
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
9:57 pm
Of course, my typing ain’t so great.
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
10:05 pm
Where’s the Dear Leader?
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:06 pm
NOPE
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:07 pm
That’s close
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
10:07 pm
Your right, this is not communist China…….
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:07 pm
I think it might be time to watch a little tv.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:08 pm
RHYMES
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
10:08 pm
Another exciting episode of “Golden Girls”?
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:09 pm
I’ve been watching TV all evening and working on my family tree and checking back here every few
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:09 pm
1 4 – I misstated that. Quantitative analysis is a course at the undergrad level, as you took. I moved away from pursuing an MBA and went to information systems. My brother got his MBA (at UGA), and guys who went to banks and brokerage firms where they specialized in mathematical methods for prediction were called “Quants”. My brother developed his own mathematical method and was successful with it in commodities futures.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:10 pm
go away nerd herd
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:11 pm
What time does Ed Sullivan come on? I can’t remember.
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
10:13 pm
LOL….now that’s funny carolina……give credit where credit is due.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:15 pm
Ah so. Once dabbled a bit there and stock market, but after the crash before this one, I quit that mess and went to deferred annuities. Guaranteed 8% return but has historically been fair amount better.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:15 pm
Now 1 4 be kind ro herd, he just got off a UGA blog to get on this one and the mean IQ of both dropped. That’s not saying much for the Dawg bloggers.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:16 pm
Speaking of Ed Sullivan, how did Wayne Newton morph from a red-headed freckle-faced 14 year old to an American Indian?
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:17 pm
Did he have M. Jackson’s doctor?
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
10:20 pm
Another attempt at humor……misdirected however.
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
10:21 pm
You guys are now on a roll………..and the king of Las Vegas.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:22 pm
1 4 – He did it as a pro. Worked his way through a couple of S&Ls (whose regulators frowned on the futures market) and went to a bank in the mid-Atlantic states area. A few years later they were acquired by a big national bank, and he declined to move. He worked out a deal where he bought his division and went private.
Nerd Herd
November 2nd, 2011
10:23 pm
Why is it Dear Leader never has a sense of humor?
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:33 pm
The blog is moving slowly, so I’m dropping out. Got a good book I’m reading about a detective superintendent struggling to do his job in Sarevejo during the attempted UN pacification in 1986.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
10:36 pm
1 4 GT…as a former Broker, 8% is pretty good…this might be another lost decade.
Oh, and 100% agree regarding your earlier post. Next year the O and D lines look really good. I’m actually starting to get “for real” high hopes. I mean, a young team, great coaches, a fitting schema…I think we are a force now, and a serious possible contender next year.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
10:37 pm
Darn DD…just hopped on…after reading the initial posts, I really miss our usual group.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:38 pm
Sounds very challenging. I don’t blame him for not moving. I personally don’t like these monolithic mega banks from border to border & coast to coast, but that’s what it is. Too much money & power in one hand, so to speak. I would advocate breaking them up, but I also know that will happen.
big daddy bee
November 2nd, 2011
10:38 pm
Hey Nerd Herd, you are a little punk posing as someone who wants to be recognized as having some intelligence. You have managed to disrespect age, knowledge, illness, and anything just to get attention. How old are you? Thank god my son has some respect for other peoples opinions without name calling and such venom that you have displayed on this blog. This is a sports blog not a hate blog. Show a little class. I really feel sorry for you and your parents. I suggest you get some help.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:40 pm
I would say 8% is super, but maybe I just went the wrong way.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:42 pm
Obviously, I was a bit slow with that response.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
10:42 pm
WHOA!! Finally some sanity…what is needed is MORE banks…lots of them! “We” propped up the big and the big remain. These guys need to be broken up and the regulations need to be seriously curtailed. The smalls can’t compete with the regs. Its not lack of regulation that caused all this…is Fannie and Freddie buying this garbage.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:43 pm
GT-UT. I thought so when I first made that move, but my first 2 years made about 20% profit, believe it or not. The only drawback is the 10 year clause or pay a big penalty for withdrawal, but I do ok without. No bills but utilities, insurance and property taxes.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
10:44 pm
carolinajacket…you are always welcome…Go Jackets!
Good one
November 2nd, 2011
10:44 pm
@ K
Do you mean this same classy, honorable computer science department?
http://www.thedartmouth.com/2002/01/22/news/cheating
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:45 pm
Darn. Typed the date wrong on the book. The siege of Sarajevo went through 1996. the book is, “The Monkey House” by John Fullerton. I recommend it.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
10:47 pm
1 4…that’s great! My only suggestion is to watch out for inflation. I’m way concerned. Note they don’t calculate the REAL items that count…Food and Energy…I think oil and oil services (not gold) is where it is at. Of course, I’m and Engineer from GT so what do I know.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:47 pm
You betcha. And that crapola of too big to fail like ?AIG? the insurance monster that sent 1/2 of OUR bailout money to European banks. The “trading” of mortgages was a total scam IMNTBHO.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
10:48 pm
DD…thanks for the recommendation…I travel so I need a good read from time to time. I’ve gotten into the Lee Childs series with Jack Reacher; real page turners.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
10:50 pm
1 4…I bought AIG bonds and made out very well…so there is always a play…
“Crapola”…perfect choice of words!
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:50 pm
Thats what brought the house down wasn’t it?
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:51 pm
1 4 GT – Yeah, the “Gobbling up” bank was First Union. He’s a CTA, retired a couple of years ago and shut down his commercial operations. Just dabble in for fun, now.
Alright, I’m really out of here now.
big daddy bee
November 2nd, 2011
10:51 pm
GT-UT I agree in part with what you are saying. I worked for the largest financial institution in the U. S. for 40+ years. Unless it’s changed the small banks were started up just to get bought out from the larger banks for a profit. I’m not defending anyone but the financial industry is screwed up large and small. This is not a banking blog.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:52 pm
For Atlanta folks, I just read a pretty good little book, The Crackers, about the Atlanta Crackers. But I guess its of more interest to us old guys who went to see the Crackers when we were kids.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:54 pm
UT-GT I have to agree with you. I think anything connected with energy is the best long term deal out there. Windmills are being erected all over the country and WE WILL build more nuclear generating plants. The food prices are already going up thanks to this stupid ethanol crap. That stuff is a pox on the nation.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:54 pm
GT-UT – Have you read Michael Connelly? Also Robert Crais, set in LA as well. I recently finished the final book by former Georgia resident William Diehl.
big daddy bee
November 2nd, 2011
10:56 pm
Hey carolinajacket, you remember Bob Montag? He could hit the ball a mile. The crackers played across the street from the old Sears bldg. Ponce DE Leon stadium.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:57 pm
Montag was my favorite Cracker. Junior Wooten was my sister’s favorite.
Delbert D.
November 2nd, 2011
10:57 pm
Finally, good night. I mean it.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
10:59 pm
Now you are talking business. Both of those guys were great as was Country Brown. I told Super to come join us over here.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
10:59 pm
Sorry for digressing. Atlanta Crackers. Did ya’ll know GT played some of their games at Ponce De Leon Park back when. And Piedmont Park. And Brisbine Park, which I don’t think exists now. And a flat piece of ground next to the YMCA close to the Campus-hence “the Flats”.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:00 pm
You know…’us’ GT folks…you never know where it will go…
I think that is the strength of Georgia Tech. We have lots of Engineers, but what we really do for a living can take on all facets. We have a hard school. Teaches students to overcome and work hard. That’s our legacy and above all…doing it the RIGHT way. I think that is what we see on the field of play. We EXPECT it for our student athletes. That sense….and our values give our Institution a reputation that attracts the kind of people who I consider ‘good’ people. And good people make good things happen. That’s why I like our quirky offense and our 3-4 Defense…lets give it a go at 100% and see what happens. IMHO
big daddy bee
November 2nd, 2011
11:00 pm
Double D you meeting up at UOADs thing before the V.T. game? I,ll be there.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
11:00 pm
Oh yeah. Did ya’ll ever hear of the Negro Atlanta Crackers?
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:01 pm
I knew Piedmont, not about the other two.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:02 pm
This book has a chapter on the Negro league.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
11:02 pm
I like Larry MacMurty and John LeCarre.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:05 pm
carolinajacket, I just finished reading this blog and went back and read your “invitation” on the other one. Unfortunately, I have been out all night and just got in, and I want to go catch up on some TV. I’ll be back in about 45 minutes, if anybody is left. Besides, you guys are talking banks and financing, and that is far from my area of expertise.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:05 pm
Man, I put together a good rah rah post and it filters killed it.
Night night DD; I’m typing your recommendations in my phone now.
I’ve never heard of the crackers…what is this?
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:07 pm
Take me back to the Last Picture Show. A funny story on TV about Larry. He has a book store in that little town. Some tv folks were there doing some show and they were interviewing some of the locals. They asked one how she liked Larry’s books, and she answered in all seriousness, “Oh does Larry write, too?”
big daddy bee
November 2nd, 2011
11:07 pm
At 10:38 I think I actually ran off Nerd Herd.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:07 pm
Somebody (1 4 GT, maybe?) said earlier that we WILL BUILD more nuclear plants. Unless Obama and Reid let them finish the Yucca Mountain project, there’s not going to be anyplace to store the waste; we get a lot of here in Augusta at SRS, and WE DON’T WANT IT!!!! All that money already spent on Yucca Mountain, and they cancel it………..SHEESH!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:09 pm
GT-UT, the Crackers were Atlanta’s minor league baseball team, with a stadium down on Ponce, across from the Sears building. The Crackers came to an end when the Braves came to town
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:09 pm
Right on Supersize…what a waste…other states could pay to use Yucca
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:09 pm
Shame on you GT. The Crackers were Atlanta’s baseball team before the Braves. They drew enormous crowds for a minor league team and actually outdrew Milwaulkee before the Braves moved to Atlanta.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:10 pm
Wow…never knew that bit of history…cool
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:10 pm
big daddy bee, don’t hold your breath. Nerd Herd will be back; he doesn’t have a life. He has been posting crap on here for two days now, and he has yet to say anything at all about football
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:12 pm
UT, I don’t know why, but Reid doesn’t want it and never supported it, and Obama ain’t gonna support something his dem yes men don’t want
ole yeller
November 2nd, 2011
11:15 pm
Hey Super that was actually me. Check your e mail, I need some info.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:16 pm
I’ll try again. Whether its banking, minor league baseball history, or good ole fashion football, this is exactly what I like about Georgia Tech. We are basically an Engineering school, but what ever major you work on, it is a hard school. A tough school. People who graduate know how to persevere and get the job done. This reputation is extends to our athletics. We do things the right way; hard work, intelligence, play by the rules. That’s why I really like CPJ and Danny Hall. I just feel like the represent what I believe about Georgia Tech and I’m proud of my school and my teams!
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:17 pm
Man…filters eating my postes…Ken! Sup? No bad language, all motherhood and apple pie?
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:17 pm
Super, changing the subject for a moment. Was it Augusta where the coach got beat up, if so, how is he doing?
ole yeller
November 2nd, 2011
11:18 pm
By the way Nerd herd, has at least three user names. He was banned from one earlier today.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
11:18 pm
I just heard about the Negro Crackers a few months ago. I’m calling it a night people. Seeya
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:18 pm
Super…right on! Not logical. But that’s Gov’t
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:19 pm
ole yeller, just read it and responded.
What were his other names? Do you remember?
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:19 pm
Later 1 4
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:22 pm
Actually, they were called The Black Crackers.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:22 pm
carolinajacket, it was NEAR Augusta (40 miles maybe???), but not IN Augusta. Being so close to Augusta, it was all over the news here. Warren County was visiting Hancuck (necessary misspelling—substitute o for u), and the Warren County team was ambushed by the other team. The coach was beat in the face with a helmet, and had to have reconstructive surgery. He is still in bad shape, but was at least able to attend the Warren County game last week. A former Warren County assistant, now on the Hancuck County team texted or twittered threatening messages all week prior to the game. The GBI is now investigating the case. No findings yet
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
11:23 pm
Agree on Yucca Mountain. Super, I’m sure you know about the nuke repository at Barnwell, S.C. Those folks don’t seem to object too much.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:24 pm
I hope there will be criminal charges.
Are you telling me I can’t write about my friends in Columbia, the Game….?
ole yeller
November 2nd, 2011
11:25 pm
He returned as Nadars. Stupid stuff,
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:25 pm
One last time with the condensed version.
Whether it is banking, old minor league teams, oh yes and football. This is exactly what I like about Georgia Tech. We are mostly and Engineering School, but no matter your major, we are a hard school; a tough school. Teaches us to persevere. This is exactly why I like CPJ, Danny Hall, CAG; and others. We do it the right way. Hard work. Play by the rules. Successful. I’m proud of my school and our sports teams! Really enjoying the blog even if we take tangents from time to time.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:25 pm
1 4 GT, Barnwell, SC is on the eastern boundary of SRS, and yes, the DO object.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:26 pm
Nadars, huh? He was probably Feilds too (or however he spelled it)
ole yeller
November 2nd, 2011
11:26 pm
GT-UT good post with you pal.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
11:26 pm
AMEN I really am gone.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:26 pm
carolinajacket, that is true—you have to say GO CLOCKS!!! LOL
ole yeller
November 2nd, 2011
11:27 pm
Exactly Fields was the other one. This is when he really got crazy.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:27 pm
UT, I just wish Danny Hall could get his teams to peak in May and June, and not April
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:28 pm
ole yeller, he was posting here under all 3 names, probably more
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:28 pm
Reminds me a bit of Clemson in the Danny Ford days. They were playing Md. and there was a long pass which was called interferrence against Clemson. Ford was out on the field cussing like a sailor. One of the Md. players had been knocked out of bounds at the Clemson bench. 4 or 5 of the Clemson players beat the kid in the head with their helmets. As far as I know, Ford never took any action against them.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
11:28 pm
I’m baaaaaack. Went there a couple of times and never picked up any negativity.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
11:29 pm
As long as I get to bed by midnite to watch “Whose Lone Is It Anyway”.
1 4 GT
November 2nd, 2011
11:29 pm
i for o
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:30 pm
Yeah, the Jackets do have somewhat of an Atlanta Braves (of a couple of years ago) mentality.
But how about our new basketball coach!
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:30 pm
LOL Super on both accounts. Me too. However, I just can’t stop pulling for them. Danny Hall used to come over to my fraturnity house can have dinner with us a couple times a year. Just showed up. Really cool and a really class act guy.
ole yeller
November 2nd, 2011
11:32 pm
Carolina, he has not yet won a game at G.T. but I already like him more than the last coach.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:32 pm
carolinajacket, obviously the jury is still out on Gregory, but I sure like the way he has hit the ground running. And they had a promo on the jumbotron last week that was hilarious.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:32 pm
Did my post on the Black Crackers get filtered out?
5150 UOAD
November 2nd, 2011
11:33 pm
Where is POLICE BLOTTER?…………….AJC headline………….Homeless man gets 14-year sentence for robbing UGA students.
WTF Police Blotter? now talk crap.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:33 pm
UT, we GOT to pull for them, and I’m sure he is a classy prototypical Tech-type coach. But we should be doing better with what we have. At least we are beating the mutts now on a regular basis, and FINALLY beat them (twice now) at Turner Field
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:34 pm
Carolina…don’t know too much about our B-Ball CEO. However, good pedigree and seems to be a class act. I really hope he sees some fast success…but I REALLY like his attitude!
Attitude–an outer expression of inner feeling. Right on!
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:34 pm
Let him rest in peace —– well, let him rest, far from here.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:35 pm
Thanks, UOAD. I don’t like to play their little games, but sometimes you have to. Just like with them harping on Crittendon all the time, when they have a former football player who is also facing murder charges.
5150 UOAD
November 2nd, 2011
11:35 pm
Super that was a good add for Gregory during the CLEMSON Game.
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:36 pm
I guess the coliseum is going to be super nice.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:37 pm
UOAD, I agree. And carolinajacket, I just wish they weren’t changing the name. It will ALWAYS be Alexander Memorial Coliseum to me, and probably most Tech fans. Of course, REAL Tech fans know it as the Big Tit. LOL
5150 UOAD
November 2nd, 2011
11:38 pm
Police Blotter………21 year old Johnson got cash from three students by threatening or bullying them. While trying to steal a cellphone from his fourth target, he tackled and punched her, the report said.
He was a registered sex offender on probation when the robberies happened.
Athens sounds like downtown Atlanta after all.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:39 pm
What did the do for Gregory?
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:40 pm
UOAD, where did you see that? I can’t find it
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:41 pm
Curious if the separate the crime statistics from Athens proper from UGA like they do in Atlanta.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:41 pm
UT, it was just a promotional ad for the basketball team, featuring Gregory, and he was hilarious
5150 UOAD
November 2nd, 2011
11:43 pm
He was just taped at practice. He is loud and intense. He joked how the games would be relaxing and calm As he was going crazy at practice. it was funny.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:43 pm
UOAD, nevermind, I found it
5150 UOAD
November 2nd, 2011
11:44 pm
It is on the Front page of ajc.com under new. It came from the Athens Banner Herald reporter.
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:46 pm
Oh…I think I’m starting to like this Gregory guy! Go Jackets!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 2nd, 2011
11:47 pm
OK, guys, I said I was going to go catch up on some TV, and I AM. If anybody is still here in about an hour, I’ll join in. Otherwise, I hope you all have a good night. GO JACKETS !!!!
carolinajacket
November 2nd, 2011
11:48 pm
See you guys later.
5150 UOAD
November 2nd, 2011
11:48 pm
Nite SUPER
GT-UT
November 2nd, 2011
11:52 pm
Later Super…
Nerd Herd
November 3rd, 2011
1:43 am
Big Daddy Bee…..not that is quite the presumptuous name….you should listen to Dear Leader as he is a wise sage. Thanks for the words of advice in your earlier blog at ~10:38. I will definitely take it too heart. Are you a member in good standing with the Geritol Guys? If so, they must not let you out of lockdown often due to the sparse postings. I realize you are probably heavily sedated at this time and unless someone has changed your depends then you will be up shortly for that nightly trek to the head.
Nerd Herd
November 3rd, 2011
2:13 am
Multiple names? nah…you guys like to use my name for some reason. Put Delbert on the case to figure out who the others are.
Nerd Herd
November 3rd, 2011
2:15 am
Totally forgot to mention to you Big Daddy Bee…..no way I could think I was as intelligent as the combined IQ of the Geritol Guys on these blogs. You guys are wayyyyy ahead of any factorial of an IQ I would have.
macrotech
November 3rd, 2011
8:43 am
Nerd Turd….posted on here at 1:43 a.m…..2:13 a.m…..2:15 a.m. and got NO love! Damn…you struck out in the blog world too!
beezit
November 3rd, 2011
5:09 pm
It’s Tech-Georgia…geez…