Georgia Tech quoteboard
TEVIN WASHINGTON
On passes being open against 9-man front:
We had put it on the check. The pass I threw to Embry (Peeples), we had put in a check for that because last year when we played them, we saw how they were lining the safeties really wide and they were leaving the middle of the field wide open. We wanted to take advantage of that.
On responding to coach Paul Johnson’s challenge to take care of business:
I think we responded well. At times, it wasn’t always perfect, it wasn’t always a good at times, but the end result is we finished out strong and got the win. We got the result we came here for.
It’s like that every week but this week, there was more emphasis on taking care of business. We worked too hard all year, all offseason, to come here and not take care of business, not finish the way we want to.
On the first-down run to run out the clock:
Coach (Paul) Johnson just told me to get the first down. He was like, the sprint-out, there shouldn’t be anybody out there. You should be able to just sprint around the edge and get the first down.
On receivers making adjustments to make catches:
When they make an adjustment, it gets your confidence up. Guys go out there, make a play for you, you go out there and try to make a play for them.
EMBRY PEEPLES
On not having Orwin Smith:
It was a little different, because you normally have that power at that position that we usually get from Big O. We still just have to come out here and play the same like he was there.
On his race to the pilon for his touchdown run:
It was a little closer than I thought. I was thinking Roddy (Jones) was going to get the safety down and he kind of chipped him and he kind of stayed on his feet and stumbled up. It made it a little more difficult, but the end result is I got there. That’s all that matters.
JEREMIAH ATTAOCHU
On if it was difficult to get into the flow of the game after halftime:
Not really. I mean, football is what we do. We step on the field, it’s time to go. It doesn’t take long to go. Mentally, I was ready to go and physically, I felt like I was ready to go in, too. So I just went in relaxed. I didn’t try to be a savior or anything. l just went in to play my role on defense.
On the penalties extending drives:
That’s definitely a concern. The funny thing about it is, it’s an easy thing to fix. We know exactly what’s wrong. That’s an easy problem to fix. We’re definitely going to fix it, be more disciplined.
STEVEN SYLVESTER
On Georgia:
We definitely want to go out on a good note. Georgia’s had our number the past couple years. They just keep rebuilding and reloading. Georgia’s always going to be a good football team, so we’re going to have to really be on our game when it comes to next Saturday.
DUKE NOSE TACKLE CHARLIE HATCHER
Being one of the defensive tackles, we came out wanting to stop the dives, and they were able to get some yards on dives on occasion, and we can’t let that happen. Then there were some pass plays and some outside running plays. You have to stop those big plays from happening by holding them to under three yards. We were able to do that on a lot of drives, but not every one of them, so it kind of hurt us.
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HighTechRedneck
November 20th, 2011
10:56 am
Robin…lol @Steve. Good profile.
Tech Versus UGA
November 20th, 2011
10:56 am
High Tech… excellent points… I think Tech will blitz (both run and pass) like crazy. Haven’t heard anything on Crowell’s condition… if we don’t it means he’s hurt..not sure what Grantham will do to stop the TO…. nothing worked last year… got better athletes this year. Murray looked awful against Kentucky after not missing against Auburn…Might look at the Duke game plan
Brick H
November 20th, 2011
11:00 am
With Grant Field, Tech could take the dawgs no doubt
HighTechRedneck
November 20th, 2011
11:04 am
Tech Versus UGA….Thanks. I will be interested in seeing what Grantham will do. Since both teams have a 3-4 defense, I wonder if it will give Tech an advantage for the offense to prepare against it. Murray is elusive. He is accurate when he is not hurried and he can run with the ball, too. I really didn’t see what Kentucky did to slow down Georgia other than be physical with them. I would flip over to CSS to watch during Tech/Duke time-outs.
HighTechRedneck
November 20th, 2011
11:08 am
Brick H…Grant Field does seem to give the Jackets a home field advantage, especially with ranked teams. Not sure what happened with VPISU other than mental mistakes and a huge Hokie quarterback.
AH Dawg
November 20th, 2011
11:10 am
Steve, from a UGA grad and a staunch Dawg fan, why don’t you just shut your mouth and quit embarrassing the true Dawg fans. Next week should be a tough battle for both teams and all your and anyone elses whining will do nothing for either team.
19
November 20th, 2011
11:13 am
Thanks AH Dawg!
Unfortunately this week is going to get nasty on both blogs. We’ll have to keep it in perspective. Good luck to both teams this weekend and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
HighTechRedneck
November 20th, 2011
11:15 am
AH Dawg…it is usually a tough battle regardless of rankings or championship status. Congratulations for being SEC East champions and good luck against whoever you face at the Dome, I presume it will be LSU. That being said, THWG! Go Jackets! Sting ‘em.
all i can say about uga and its fans is
November 20th, 2011
11:29 am
keep your zippers up and your pants up until you get back to athens. than you can urinate in your library and defecate anywhere you want.
gt has class and wants nothing to do with your defecating urinating fans.
no matter what uga accomplishes the whole world will know that even west virginia fans have more class than the dawgs.
maybe we need to let our fans know that we all need to bring plastic bags and poop scoopers to the game to take care of all the classless dawgs next week.
Stinger
November 20th, 2011
11:38 am
Beating UGA will be a piece of cake. Kentucky manhandled them all day. Vandy beat Kentucky 30 pts. NUFF SAID.
Stinger
November 20th, 2011
11:41 am
I get to see UGA lose twice this year. I will witness our stomping of the dawgs next Saturday and accepted an offer from a Gator fan to go to the SEC championship game @ the Dome just to see UGA lose twice. What a great finish to the season.
Stinger
November 20th, 2011
11:42 am
Unfortunately we didn’t win our Divn in the ACC, but we will be SEC EASTERN CHAMPS. LMAO
Tech Man
November 20th, 2011
11:44 am
Please give us a defense. If we continue the way we’ve been playing on that side of the ball we will get blown out of the stadium on Saturday.
George Stein
November 20th, 2011
11:50 am
UGA will be many things but a piece of cake isn’t one of them, Stinger. I admire your confidence but, unfortunately, I don’t share it. I think we can win but I am not nearly so certain.
ramblingbuzz
November 20th, 2011
11:51 am
Hey Ken…..Did Groh say anything about why our blitzes were not effective against Duke? I know we did blitz but never got to the QB. I think a couple of defenders were frustrated about that hence the PFs for roughing the passer.
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
11:51 am
Oh My GOD…………..The STUPID WEEK has started.
Here come the stupid Insults both sides use every year.
We hate MUTTS but love our PET DOGS. I keep BEES and they are a more social than people think.
UGA fans NERD is not a bad word, but DRUNK is, Trashy White Bimbo is, and get some NEW Material.
Burma shave
November 20th, 2011
11:54 am
There once was a man named marcus
First name jason “he said fark us”
He liked to joke about rape,
And never managed to date.
the ky game was quite the snore,
Tech wins treating uga just like his mom, the … Whoa nelly
I <3 hairless richt
ramblingbuzz
November 20th, 2011
11:57 am
George….Agree it will be a tough one. But we are better than any team Ugag has played during their 9 game string. Maybe they take for granted that GT is another AU or KY type team. Our D will need to have a top game and our O must limit TOs and penalties. If we can do all the above, we win.
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
11:59 am
I think we have the hardest game in the ACC v SEC match-ups coming. Clem&Sons without the freshman receiver looked real bad, but i think they can take USC.
Clemson v Auburn………….ACC Wins
Clemson v USC
Wake v Vandy
FSU v Florida
UGA v GT
ramblingbuzz
November 20th, 2011
12:03 pm
5150….. CU beats USC easily to atone for the NC St game. FSU easily over UF. Wake & Vandy a toss up. One other thing, I hope UVA beats the crap out of VT.
Burma shave
November 20th, 2011
12:05 pm
Rambling, no way vt loses. Turkey neck beamer will receive his four leaf clover infusion.
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:06 pm
right now there are 8 teams with 1 loss or less. I see no need for a Playoff. I do see a need for a +1 most seasons. Drop Bowl alliances and if these 8 teams stay with 1 loss or less just match them in Bowls and no need for a playoff. A Playoff is too big of a Physical risk to the players and too long of a season. The MONEY for the Playoff games will be crazy. Travel and Tickets alone are not worth it.
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:09 pm
UVa over VT would be so nice RAMBLINGBUZZ.
How long for the screaming for DABO’s head on a Stick if they keep losing to TECH and don’t get an ACC Championship.
Tech Versus UGA
November 20th, 2011
12:11 pm
Well we see the immaturity and bad manners come out in spades this week…. the players know each other and respect each other…. too bad the fans cna’t … hate is for losers, insults come from the insecure… let’s just tee it up boys and play…
ramblingbuzz
November 20th, 2011
12:12 pm
I don’t know Burma UVA eked out a win in Talleytown. Maybe they can feast on gobbler Sat.
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:13 pm
I think VT has a better shot at beating Clemson than does Virginia. I just don’t want VT or Clemson to get an ACC title. UVa probably not win the Bowl game either. Want respect for the ACC but HATE pulling for VT, Clen&Sons, but UVa has to get the right match-up to have a shot to win the BCS Bowl game.
Chris
November 20th, 2011
12:14 pm
Over/Under on the amount of UGA fans at the high school stadium Saturday is 25,000. I will go with the over.
ramblingbuzz
November 20th, 2011
12:15 pm
Dabo’s got a little reserve left unless they lose to USC and also a bowl game. Then then the haters will emerge. Don’t see em losing the next 2 however. USC without Lattimore is a mere shell of the team they were.
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:16 pm
Tech fans come to the game, be louder than the dawg fan next to you, don’t start fights, Send the Seniors out in Passionate & Fanatic Style.
What is the good word?
To Hell with Georgia!
HBTD?
Pi$$ on them!!!!!
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:17 pm
Chris……………what is the over/under on Dawgs arrested in the ATL?
ramblingbuzz
November 20th, 2011
12:19 pm
All the gaggers looking for GT to hand their little darlings another easy victory might want to rethink their plan about showing up at BD stadium.
ramblingbuzz
November 20th, 2011
12:20 pm
Trolls bACK. lATER
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:20 pm
For Fun every person arrested in the Atlanta city limits from 8am Sat to 8am Sun have to tell the police their team. If they say Tech or UGA when they take the Mugshot Photos the cops should place a red or gold shirt on the perps. that would be funny.
Wow, if Ga Southern...
November 20th, 2011
12:21 pm
…could rush for over 300 yards on Bama, just think what CPJ could do to Bama, we would beat them like NC State beat Clemson, and that means we would steamroll LSU, too… woo hoo, GT is back in black…
Tech Versus UGA
November 20th, 2011
12:23 pm
SEC has top three positions in the BSC poll and e teams in the top 15… unless polls don’t count that is a good indication of conference strength
Tech Versus UGA
November 20th, 2011
12:24 pm
5 teams in top 15
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:32 pm
@ Tech v UGA………….POLLS?
Computers still have an issue. It is called Garbage In Garbage Out. This week has proved Writers don’t know crap. The coaches don’t really vote, but the SID’s do most of the Coaches voting.
Tech Versus UGA
November 20th, 2011
12:36 pm
Polls are how we do it… we love them when they work for us and they are no good if we don’t like the results…sounds like our politicians.. I there were three ACC teams at the top your attitude would be different
Tech Versus UGA
November 20th, 2011
12:37 pm
if there were three
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:38 pm
T v U…………….no not really. I hated when Tech was #12. I didn’t buy it then and I don’t buy Arkansas as #3 now.
Tech Versus UGA
November 20th, 2011
12:40 pm
Then how do you recommend the best teams be determined?
ylo jkt
November 20th, 2011
12:44 pm
We need our secondary to show up like they did for Clemson, a game that they were excited to play. I see no difference in this game than that one in regards to importance in the minds of our players and coaches, which bodes well for Tech. I do think that we practiced our passing a lot against Duke to get ready for UGA and if Tevin avoids the floaters, we will have great success again. Hopefully, this will open up the running game and allow us to kill clock as well. CPJ’s schemes have not been stopped by UGAy since he became our coach and I see no reason for that to change now.
I like Perkins being used as a big bruiser, we need him to pound the inside against UGAy’s linemen and backers to make them feel the pain. A few good hits and they will tuck their tails and start the whining again about cut blocks and how bad football hurts.
We know they will attempt to injure our skill players, a la the knee twist on Nesbitt in 09, so the best offense against that is to hit them hard and don’t stop until they give up. I foresee two ten minute Jacket drives this game, with lots of puppies crawling back to their doghouse.
GO JACKETS!!!
THWG!!!
5150 UOAD
November 20th, 2011
12:45 pm
Why does there have to be 1 Best team? Unlike the NFL all the team don’t play in the same league. The Conference Champs are all that are needed and the Bowl games are what they were supposed to be…………..Fun and a reward for a good season. There are so many different Styles that don’t match up well, but that doesn’t mean 1 team is always better. To prove that you need a best 3 of 5. not just 1 game. The NCAA Bball tourney proves any team can win 1 game and not be the BEST team.
Batjacket
November 20th, 2011
12:50 pm
I think the reasons trolls like mutt fan Steve have to come over to a Tech board to talk smack is that
1) very few on a mutt forum are capable of forming coherent sentences
2) He knows that the game next week can easily go our way, so he has to get his smack talking in beforehand.
3) and last, but NOT least–he knows the mutts are gonna get theri a$$es handed to them by LSU, so it’s his last chance for now to talk about a team that the pups actually have a chance against
George Stein
November 20th, 2011
12:50 pm
LSU, Bama, and Arkansas are the top three in the AP Poll. They are also in the top three in adult onset diabetes.
Dallas Jacket
November 20th, 2011
12:50 pm
Al Groh must go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
George Stein
November 20th, 2011
12:51 pm
Did it occur to T v. G that those three teams are where they are because they get to play in the weak SEC?
ATL XMAN
November 20th, 2011
12:54 pm
its not looking good for tech this year thats for sure. the talent level at tech will be exposed this weekend for sure. uga should win by 21 points but if they turn the ball over like they did yesterday it might be closer to 12 points. tech will have a problem scoring thats for sure and they cant defend worth a dang. uga could pass for over 400 yards or run for over 300..pick your poison tech.
Batjacket
November 20th, 2011
12:56 pm
I guess trolls like Steve come here because they know that whether WE beat them or not, they have virtually NO shot at beating LSU(barring LSU taking repeated knees on the UGA 1 yard line) so this is the last week they get to smack talk & actually feel like they might win the game they’re talking about
HighTechRedneck
November 20th, 2011
1:06 pm
Tech Versus UGA…”Then how do you recommend the best teams be determined?” I’m in favor of playoffs.