Johnson apologizes for comment
Greetings-
Notes from Tuesday.
1. Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson, whose oft-unfettered tongue and unwillingness to back down to rival Georgia have earned him the admiration of Tech fans, apologized for a poor choice of words on his radio show Tuesday night.
Near the end of his show, a caller, presumably a Georgia Bulldogs fan, came on the air and said, “Hello? Hello?” and then began barking before either hanging up or being cut off. Johnson responded, “Hello? Hello? He just got off from Walmart.”
Johnson, who earlier in the day had commented how most Georgia fans he encounters are cordial, said, “Anybody who calls into a radio show and barks is either retarded or doesn’t have a life.”
After the show, Johnson said he meant his response as a joke, “but it was a poor choice of words on my part and I sincerely apologize. It was not my intention to offend anyone.”
Advocates for people with mental disabilities have campaigned to stop the use of the word “retard” or “retarded” as a slur, calling it hurtful and dehumanizing.
(Not sure what to say. It was a poor choice of words.)
2. A-back Orwin Smith, who sat out last Saturday’s game with a toe injury, practiced Tuesday and will try to play in Saturday’s game against Georgia.
“I will at least try,” Smith said Tuesday. “The worst that can happen is me going out there and me not being able to play, but I will give it a shot.”
Smith said he ran full speed at practice and “limped around a couple times,” but overall said he felt great. Smith is the Yellow Jackets’ most dangerous playmaker on offense. He averages 10.8 yards per carry and 23.8 yards per reception and has scored 11 touchdowns in 65 offensive touches. He has been receiving a variety of treatments, including hot and cold tubs and ultrasound, to stimulate healing of his turf toe injury, typically a painful malady.
Wide receiver Stephen Hill and A-back Roddy Jones were held out of practice for the second day in a row, but both expected to return to practice Wednesday and play. Guard Will Jackson practiced but was kept out of contact drills.
(The fact that Smith may be hampered is, obviously, noteworthy. Bears watching.)
3. Hal Miller, an All-American offensive tackle and a co-captain of Tech’s 1952 national championship team, died Monday following a short illness. He was 81.
In 1952, Miller helped lead the Jackets to a 12-0 record and a Sugar Bowl win over Mississippi, giving them the titled awarded by the International News Service. Born in Kingsport, Tenn., Miller was enshrined in the Georgia Tech, Georgia and Tennessee sports halls of fame.
The school is working on a tribute to honor both Miller and legendary Georgia play-by-play voice Larry Munson, who died Sunday, at Saturday’s game.
(While it’s sad news, I do hope that both are honored before the game.)
4. Hill is friends with one Georgia player he’ll likely see plenty on Saturday, cornerback Branden Smith. The two hung out last summer, Hill said. They played each other in high school and Hill played basketball and long jumped against another Georgia corner, Brandon Boykin.
“They’re real fast,” Hill said. “Their technique is great, so it’s going to be a challenge.”
5. Defensive coordinator Al Groh on Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray:
“He’s certainly as good as we’ve seen. We compare him and his skill level to (Clemson quarterback) Tajh Boyd. He moves very well within the pocket as well as getting out. … He’s always got his feet underneath his shoulders. He re-sets very quickly. He makes a lot of big throws when the rush initially makes him move off his normal throwing spot without leaving the pocket.”
(One thing I appreciate about Groh: No player assessment will ever be, “Kid’s got a rocket for an arm.”)
6. Wide receiver Tyler Melton has been playing his best football the past two or three games, Johnson said. Melton has seven catches in the past three games for 122 yards, including three for 54 yards against Duke. The seven receptions are more than he had in any of his first three seasons and as many receptions as he had in the first eight games of this season. He has also blocked particularly well over that stretch.
Johnson said he’s not making a concerted effort to get Melton the ball, “but when the ball’s gone his way, he’s made a couple of nice catches and come down with it.”
(Melton has shown some nice ability to adjust for passes. I have no idea what his draft stock is, but he’s shown plenty of other skills – namely blocking ability and special teams play. If he can keep up his pass catching, he’ll hopefully get a shot in somebody’s camp. Remember that Kevin Cone – who caught six passes last year – fought his way onto the Falcons practice squad.)
7. Tuesday, Johnson dismissed an Internet report that Mississippi had contacted representatives for Johnson regarding its coaching opening.
“I don’t know anything about it,” he said. “That stuff’s crazy.”
I want to thank the posters who have kept things clean and respectful, for the most part. I was very tempted to not post the notes on the blog, because this seems like a fire waiting to happen, but decided that you deserved a chance to comment on it. If the posts aren’t respectful, however, I’ve got no problem closing commenting, and probably for the rest of the week. Please don’t be the bad apple that spoils it for everyone.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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422 comments Add your comment
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
10:55 pm
Thanks, Ken. I’d like to see Coach Johnson comment further on this through live media.
Dog kicker
November 22nd, 2011
10:58 pm
first
TVFan
November 22nd, 2011
10:58 pm
Thanks again Ken for the great coverage.
bob in nc
November 22nd, 2011
11:00 pm
thanks again Ken for the updates. have a happy and safe thanksgiving everyone
Dog kicker
November 22nd, 2011
11:02 pm
I hope he does not go to Miss or anywhere else for that matter but I can see where other schools would be calling, Im glad cause that just means he is doing a great job, what would worry me is if nobody else wanted him.
Hy Ronatt
November 22nd, 2011
11:05 pm
Zing! The truth shall set you free!
Hayseed Dixie
November 22nd, 2011
11:08 pm
Ken,
After all the vitriol that follows your coverage- which is almost always objective and numbers-based- you expect folks to politely discuss this?
I’ll pray for you.
.
Hit a Single
November 22nd, 2011
11:08 pm
Somebody better tell Coach Johnson that a UGA graduate, Billy Payne saved the facilities at Ga. Tech by bringing the Olympics to Atlanta. Very disappointed in Coach Johnson. Great Coach that needs to take a deep breath and think sometimes before he speaks.
TechFan
November 22nd, 2011
11:09 pm
LOL Loved coach Johnson’s comment. Who care’s anyways, it was probably true.
He was obviously kidding and people are way to sensitive.
Man up folks, the Gagger deserved it.
wreckbone
November 22nd, 2011
11:10 pm
and that is why we hate uga because there are too many guys like that. Anyone catch the end of the UGA game of 08. that’s the one where Johnson turned to some finer UGA fans and had Dionne choice words for their behavior during the game being overly obnoxious. Then he runs out on the field and shakes hands. It’s amazing how he had to apologize for that type of behavior. He’ll have the jackets ready to play.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
11:17 pm
I’m not certain why he needed to apologize, but whatever.
Beat Georgia.
dawgum
November 22nd, 2011
11:21 pm
How does Paul Johnson keep getting away with his idiotic comments over and over again but nobody from the media or the Tech administration seems to mind or care who he offends in the process?
ToeMeetsLeather
November 22nd, 2011
11:24 pm
Not one of CPJ’s finer moments. Very poor choice of words. Slang for folks with disabilities is right there with racist comments in my book. Glad coach issued an immediate apology. Stay focused on the game coach and please take the high road next time.
Go Jackets!
dawgum
November 22nd, 2011
11:26 pm
Yeah but he issued the apology through a spokesman rather than having the guts to do it personally!
ToeMeetsLeather
November 22nd, 2011
11:30 pm
Might want to check on your “glass house” dawgum.
S'paw_99
November 22nd, 2011
11:31 pm
I’m a lifelong GT fan & currently a Sr. Business major. And there is NO reason he should have had to apologize for that comment. He is absolutely right, anyone that calls into a radio show just to bark is an idiot, has no life, & probably just got off from Wal-Mart.
Tek
November 22nd, 2011
11:36 pm
Dawgum, please stop calling the coach’s show and barking, even if you did get a good deal at WalMart
GTBob
November 22nd, 2011
11:37 pm
Its a term that alot of people use privately when joking around. He messed up and used it publicly. He apologized like he should. It was still pretty funny though.
ToeMeetsLeather
November 22nd, 2011
11:38 pm
It’s the use of the word “retard’ 99. Glad he apologized. Time to learn from mistakes on move on.
Frank Harvey - No. 7
November 22nd, 2011
11:41 pm
Are Tech fans embarrassed by a coach who advises his team’s fans to punch people in the face and makes fun of mentally challenged folks? For an institution which prides itself on being above other schools it seems to tolerate a lot from this PE Major from Western Carolina.
dawgum
November 22nd, 2011
11:42 pm
The Walmart comment wasn’t the problem. It was the “Retard” that was out of line. If Richt had said something like, Bradley and Schultz would have already written 2 or 3 columns condemning him but it’s a great coaching ploy by Johnson trying to rally his players according to the AJC. BTW I like shopping at Walmart and you’re lying if you say otherwise Tekkie!
old man
November 22nd, 2011
11:44 pm
S’paw, he absolutely needed to apologize. As soon as you use the term “retarded” in a mocking manner, you manage to mock the very last people that deserve mocking on this earth. Johnson either doesn’t have very much class, or he isn’t mature enough yet to be making public statements while representing a major university. Which is it?
Class
November 22nd, 2011
11:46 pm
How old is Paul Johnson? He seems to lack emotional control does not think before he speaks. Whether it’s yelling at the GT sideline reporter after a question, encouraging people to punch UGA fans, or making fun of mentally handicapped individuals, many of whom actually are employed at Walmart, he will continue to make statements like this that reflect poorly on Georgia Tech.
NiquePhotog
November 22nd, 2011
11:46 pm
I actually like Target more. There aren’t many convenient Wal-Marts around the GT area.
I know where you’re coming from though. My girlfriend goes to UGA and she likes Wal-Mart more.
Jon Tenuta
November 22nd, 2011
11:48 pm
Mark Richt adopts children with disabilities and Paul Johnson makes fun of them…..wow.
Right On Time
November 22nd, 2011
11:48 pm
Open mouth, insert foot. Again.
No doubt, the caller certainly does not appear to be a top level contributor to society.
However, even children know better than to call someone a retard. To disparage employees from
Wal-Mart or McDonalds publicly is pretty arrogant as well.
Although a good coach, CPJ often conducts himself like an impetuous child.
HawkDawg
November 22nd, 2011
11:50 pm
What a piece. I can’t believe Yech fans would be OK with this. He may be your coach, but the word “retard” is not appropriate. Shame on Paul Johnson. He’s really showing his –s this week.
Giff Smith
November 22nd, 2011
11:52 pm
This is why I left GT…..Johnson is a jerk and an embarrassment.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
11:53 pm
We get it. UGA fans don’t like Paul Johnson. We don’t care.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
11:55 pm
“What a piece. I can’t believe Yech fans would be OK with this. He may be your coach, but the word “retard” is not appropriate. Shame on Paul Johnson. He’s really showing his –s this week.”
- a fan of the team with Todd Grantham as DC
GTBob
November 22nd, 2011
11:56 pm
Awe. UGA fans are upset. I am sure none of you have ever used that word before. We all know that UGA fans are beacons of class.
HawkDawg
November 22nd, 2011
11:57 pm
We get it. Tech fans think this is THEIR year . . . . again. We know better.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
11:58 pm
I actually think we’ll lose, HankDawg, but whatever.
dawgum
November 23rd, 2011
12:01 am
GT Bob – The difference is we are not the head coach representing our school and team with our crude comments!
George Stein's Paralegal
November 23rd, 2011
12:01 am
GT Bob….if you do not see the difference between a comment by the head coach of the football team and fans then you need help.
gtkenz
November 23rd, 2011
12:02 am
Every other comment in these blogs say as much. Why should he apologize………..especially since he probably gave the idiot a comment. Walmart, I’d say many Ugag fans would love to get hired by Walmart.
And as far as retard, well that’s been around for years. Thin skinned people need to get tough. Political correctness is way over rated. It’s a blog, a radio show, etc. It’s not like CPJ called out someone in the crowd. This had better not escalate, becuase Ugag has more low life idiot fans than any team in the nation.
You watch on Saturday………6:00 AM, sitting on a chair on top of their 4-wheel drives barking like the idiots they are at every Tech fan that comes to the game. Retards, idiots, low lifes, non-educated, trash. That pretty much sums up Ugag. Seen it a thousand times.
George Stein's Paralegal
November 23rd, 2011
12:06 am
Some non-football blogs are already picking up on this statement……it will be on news websites across the country and world tomorrow…..I say it’s on Drudge by noon……….way to go Coach!!!!!!
GTBob
November 23rd, 2011
12:06 am
He apologized. Get over it. One of the things Tech fans love about CPJ is that he is not scripted. We don’t want a boring coach who never says anything except normal coach speak.
dawgum
November 23rd, 2011
12:08 am
WOW Gtkenz you really made GT fans look classy with that “educated” response! You actually succeeded in making Paul Johnson look more sensitive than his own fans!
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
12:08 am
A simple Google search of “Paul Johnson” retard returned only results on the AJC. Poor research by my paralegal.
Jimmy the Cricket
November 23rd, 2011
12:08 am
See, had Richt used the word “retard” GTBob and every other Tech fan would have wanted to hang Richt….but if CPJ says it it’s ok. So double standard.
George Stein's Paralegal
November 23rd, 2011
12:09 am
Yes GT Bob, it is quite impressive to watch a grown man feed off his emotions.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
12:10 am
Double standard is a losing argument. Stick to substantive ones if you want to be successful.
GTBob
November 23rd, 2011
12:13 am
Yes GT Bob, it is quite impressive to watch a grown man feed off his emotions.
What emotions? It was a poorly worded joke. Nothing else.
Jimmy the Cricket
November 23rd, 2011
12:14 am
Just be honest with yourself Stein, had Richt said someone was retarded, every Tech fan on these boards would have said something like “Richt has no class!” or “Richt himself is a retard!” Get my drift? You guys would have been quick to jump on Richt. But just because Paul “boob boy” Johnson said it all is good and fine. You guys are simply pathetic. “Retard” is not a nice word. It’s very mean and very hurtful to people who may have people in their family with disabilities.
Stay Classy CPJ.
HawkDawg
November 23rd, 2011
12:16 am
I really enjoying sitting back and watching all of these Insect fans on here throw the word “retard” around like it were nothing. What would you do if a parent of a special needs child were around? Be completely honest with yourself and think about that. You wouldn’t be so quick to say “retard” would you? You guys are really showing what Tech is about . . . grow up.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
12:18 am
You’re gonna get banned, Puhlease.
dawgum
November 23rd, 2011
12:19 am
Figured out Paul Johnson’s blog name……..Puhlease
2HellwithGA
November 23rd, 2011
12:19 am
http://www.campusmack.com/colleges/georgia THWG!
HawkDawg
November 23rd, 2011
12:21 am
Seriously, families of special needs people face harder challenges and go through more in a day than you losers do in a year. I’m not even speaking of Paul Johnson anymore. I talking about the ones commenting above me. Ignorance. That’s all it is. It’s not “joking” ’cause it’s NOT funny.
All Cupcakes Conference
November 23rd, 2011
12:21 am
Yawn… desperate comments from a desperate man. He’ll have a whole lot more to apologize for come Saturday afternoon, as usual.
Gtfan478
November 23rd, 2011
12:22 am
I have an autistic child and honestly this doesn’t offend me one bit, and I’m not being bias cause it was Techs coach that said it. Had it been Richt and a dumb@ss Tech fan called in and buzzed at him, I would say the guys a retard too. Dude deserved what was said to him and I commend Johnson for calling the douche out.
gtkenz
November 23rd, 2011
12:26 am
HawkDawg………whoohoo! What if, but, if you only knew. Conjecture, that’s all it is. Let’s see how many of you Ugag fans fly your Rebel Flags on Saturday morning at Tech. Explain that one Mr. Perfect.
dawgum
November 23rd, 2011
12:28 am
The more you tech guys respond, the worse it makes you look. You and your coach might want to stop while you still have a speck of dignity still intact!
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
12:28 am
They’re not offended, gtkenz. They’ll take any chance they can get to take a shot at Johnson. I have no real issue with that as it’s just part of being a rival. At the end of the day, they’re still the same fans that are fine with Grantham so long as his defense performs well.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
12:29 am
If only I cared about what you thought of how I looked, dawgum.
dawgum
November 23rd, 2011
12:32 am
Read my previous response Mr. Stein
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
12:33 am
Like I said, dawgum, I don’t care what you think of me.
gtkenz
November 23rd, 2011
12:37 am
Dawgum, you talk about dignity, well tell me about dignity when I have to deal with idiot, retard, Ugag fans cussing me out in the stands while I’m sitting in Athens with my young daugther and my wife.
Doesn’t happen anywhere else but Ugag. Low life, RETARDS!!!!!!!!!!!
dawgum
November 23rd, 2011
12:43 am
I defer to my previous comment gtkenz that it would be better if you Tech kept quiet as you continue to destroy what’s left of Tech’s feeble reputation with each keystroke!
NiquePhotog
November 23rd, 2011
12:52 am
How is this getting so blown out of proportion? He
I don’t really see how the mutts, or anyone, can try and take the moral high-ground. It seems to me that “retard” was deemed politically incorrect rather recently. All through middle school and high school, people would say retard ALL THE TIME. It seems like the more recent batch of kids have been taught to avoid that word.
I thought nothing of it when I read that CPJ said that. He should be held to a higher standard since he is our head coach, and he made a mistake. But he did the right thing and issued an apology. What else can be said?
duronimo
November 23rd, 2011
12:58 am
I’m a life long UGA fan. Taking Johnson to task over this is pretty lame. Anyone who knows a thing about him understands his style. The caller was being funny and the reply was funny. Think about it … how intelligent is it to take seriously a comment you know for a fact is a joke? Come on … jokes don’t have to be politically correct.
Glory Glory
November 23rd, 2011
12:59 am
This is an embarassment to Georgia Tech so I’m not sure why some of you are condoling it. I was embarassed for UGA with the Todd Grantham incident. At least our coach didn’t make a slur towards mentally handicapped individuals. Also, I like the fact that our coach doesn’t tell his defense to quit and let the opposing team score. Also, going to Wal-Mart is economical in these times so us Georgia fans are showing initiative. Also, RIP Larry Munson
Glory Glory
November 23rd, 2011
1:04 am
Bar,
I bet you didn’t attend Georgia Tech..or any institution of academics..due to the quality of your grammar skills and spelling. Also, you just made fun of someone for their last name…someone who is the OC at one of the premiere college football schools in the nation, played for that same school as qb, and holds several records for that school. I’m sure these things outweigh a simple last name. Also, you insulted our DC..who happens to be the hottest coaching commodity in the nation right now because he took a defense that ranked 70th in total defense to 4th in two years. Herego, both of these men have accomplished more in life than you ever will. Herego, shut up
macrotech
November 23rd, 2011
1:07 am
Are you kidding me?! One poster on the first page asks, “How long will you let this coach get away with….blah, blah, blah”; coming from a mutt fan that, more than likely defended his defensive coordinators choke sign to the kicker of UF. Too funny! While, I admit that CPJ was out of line with his use of the word “retarded”…WHO calls into a talk show and barks?! I’m afraid to choose a word for fear that it would be deemed inappropriate, but I ASSURE you that it wouldn’t be “brilliant”! I’m glad CPJ apologized and hope that he’ll remove “retarded” from his vernacular. GO TECH!!!
duronimo
November 23rd, 2011
1:08 am
I might add that Johnson was nice enough to apologize. Maybe that will help those traumatized by his errant words, buck up and pull their lives back together.
St. Clarrkston
November 23rd, 2011
1:15 am
All this time I thought Paul Johnson was arrogant. Turns out he’s just a jerk. When you cross the field Saturday to congratulate Mark Richt, try not to drop the R bomb.
Gotcurry04
November 23rd, 2011
1:58 am
Hey Glory Glory,
If you still don’t understand why GT’s defense let uga score at the end of the game last year, you know nothing about football (or math). We got the ball back and had a chance to tie the game. It was dumb of Richt to run a play rather than just take a knee and end the game. Fortunately for uga, our offense couldn’t move the ball on the last possession.
Ken Sugiura
November 23rd, 2011
2:08 am
Let’s not go crazy on the judgments of Johnson. He’s also the guy who, without being asked, went to visit a Maryland football player who was hospitalized in Atlanta after getting injured in a game at Tech to give him his cell phone number and offer his help. He’s not perfect, but he’s not a monster.
Really?
November 23rd, 2011
2:09 am
After reading all the insensitive classless remarks cpj made and the way he coaches his players to take cheap shots and throw punches whenever possible it’s obvious why tech is the most hated team in the acc and why johnson gets no respect from any coach in the ncaa.
I guess those tiny number of extra victories johnson has provided to the techwood trade school are a good trade off for the tiny bit of respect techies used to have.
kudos gt no one outside of atlanta respects your sad little program now.
Really?
November 23rd, 2011
2:14 am
come on ken I have seen a definite change in the way you handle this blog over the course of this season. You still are a pro when it comes to your coverage of tech but not so much in the way you pander to the tech fans and condemn everyone else.
You’re better than that
TechFan
November 23rd, 2011
2:17 am
Tyler Melton has been on his game the past few games yet Johnson isn’t making an effort to get him the ball? Doesn’t make sense at all.
Stinger 2
November 23rd, 2011
4:56 am
Is there anyone who has chastized CPJ for his inappropriate comment ever at some point not made a similar mistake? I know the argument about those who represent an institution like GT are held to higher standards. However, as human beings, we are all the same in that no one is perfect and we all make mistakes.
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Paddy
November 23rd, 2011
6:19 am
You know, people talked just like CPJ 30 years ago and nobody thought it was a problem. Way to sensitive boys. Take off those pink skirts, GEEZ!
JSS
November 23rd, 2011
6:21 am
@ Ken Suguira..
First off, a Happy Holiday season to you and yours, as the past week proves no one is promised tomorrow…
I rarely post on these college blogs, but I read them. As I’ve pointed out before, you’re one of the best to come down pipe and the Tech folks are lucky to have you over here… You’re putting it straight down the middle and giving them proper perspective…
I said it more than ten days ago, this is the “silly season,” especially because of the immaturity that comes along with college football actually means something beyond being a game set of fans. But, the Johnson statement was unfortunate. At least he was man enough to understood that point. As I know from the past six days, you have to deal with every illiterate blogger trying to make a name or fool of them self, even on something as silly as a blog…
Enjoy the holiday, the game (I hope that people remember that is what it is), and your first bowl game as the beat writer…
Had enough
November 23rd, 2011
6:48 am
Paul Johnson is a retard.A very good coach but a retard on his talk show.By the way tech fans whoof ,whoof and whoof.
Honestly
November 23rd, 2011
6:52 am
I want an apology for his appearing in public sans brassiere.
Cloudodust
November 23rd, 2011
6:53 am
I think we need a federally mandated two year study, at a cost of around 20 million dollars expensed to the American taxpayer, to find out why people call in to a radio talk show to bark. Chip in another 10 million to find out why a person responds by lashing out with percieved misplaced retorts. btw, I’m available to conduct the study.
Original Spike
November 23rd, 2011
7:01 am
It was a dumb thing to say. He apologized for it. Let’s move on to insulting each other, shall we?
JB
November 23rd, 2011
7:22 am
Confirms the elitist little world the Tech culture lives in, that if it ain’t about Tech, it ain’t worth talking about.Most veterinarians,Lawyers,Bankers,Teachers and farmers attended UGA and to hear Tech people talk, we all live in trailers and work at McDonalds. Well, a lot fans do. So. It’s the states flagship University.. Johnson is perfect for Tech. He gets a lot out of little talent and he got there as arrogant as the school he serves.I’ll take Richt any day.
b.c.
November 23rd, 2011
7:24 am
This politically correct crap has ruined our country. The liberal press has played right along with the socialist programs, and this makes it a crime to say anything without being hung out to dry.If we do not wake up, this country is going to flip over to the other side, and its guys like us that do nothing about it. If a man calls up on a radio show and starts barking like a retard, he chould be called one.Coach J. should have said mentally challenged, and would have had less heat. GO JACKETS (or should I say proceed with vigor)
Matt Lauer
November 23rd, 2011
7:27 am
PJ is a hack. A poor example of how to act and teach young men to behave in the future. You can’t go into the business world acting like a child. Overall, outside of football Gtu does not prepare its students for real life.
InsectInside
November 23rd, 2011
7:28 am
Dog fans lecturing someone on civility is like a skunk lecturing on foul odors.
Tad
November 23rd, 2011
7:30 am
I worked for a firm a few years ago that surveyed the type of individuals that purchase UGA merchandise from Walmart. Explained how my yard crew are all UGA fans.
Original Spike
November 23rd, 2011
7:31 am
Any ring orders yet?
JB
November 23rd, 2011
7:32 am
Insetlnside…the odor is coming from the flats….And nobody calls Johnson a backwoods hillbilly from the mountains of North Carolina. That just wouldn’t be PC.
bulldog ben
November 23rd, 2011
7:32 am
im a HUGE georgia fan. but i have to agree with coach johnson. what a classless thing to do. every fan base has idiots. he should have better things to do than calling up a rivals radio show like that.
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
7:33 am
I fail to see the problem with Coach’s comments.
The way I understand it, the people pushing this campaign are against people using the word “retarded” as an insult; Johnson used it sincerely. Barking constantly could be construed as a sign of someone having Down’s syndrome.
Lighten up.
JOD
November 23rd, 2011
7:33 am
Love UGAers saying tech should be embarrassed with Johnson, when they have a huge, I mean HUGE embarrassment with Grantham. That guy is a class fail. UGA has no room to throw stones in a glass house, retarded or not.
doodoobailey
November 23rd, 2011
7:34 am
Stay Classy CPJ….I’m sure every special needs kid in this country that was BORN that way just shrugs it off….like he has had to do when everyone else throws that word around. No need for a supposed mentor and molder of young men to be any different.
Don’t worry special needs kid…..UGA is going to run this ape out of town in less than 3 years….if powerhouses like UVA don’t do it first.
JB
November 23rd, 2011
7:35 am
Tad, at our firm, when we have our Christmas party, To keep it from being humorless, boring and womanless, we exclude the Tech folk, just say’n.
Original Spike
November 23rd, 2011
7:36 am
CPJ needs the AHHH BRA for Christmas.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
7:37 am
You lost all your credibility, JB, when you went with the humorless comment. Can’t claim we’re so arrogant and turn around and do it yourself and hope to maintain any credibility.
Road Scholar
November 23rd, 2011
7:38 am
Coach was wrong to say Walmart….we all know they work at McDonalds!
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
7:39 am
He’s already been here four years, dooboo. Perhaps you suffer from a similar affliction as the caller.
JB
November 23rd, 2011
7:40 am
George, like I had any here. Johnson showed his colors ( He hates UGA, we get it) and his kind respond. But, that’s what people do, take up for their coach. Just look at Penn St and the students rioting defending that.
Gordon
November 23rd, 2011
7:40 am
Were Florida and Vanderbilt fans this sensitive when Grantham got a little over zealous? And I seem to remember many UGA fans being very proud of their coach. Of course, that was different somehow. Johnson apologized on his own, by the way. That IS one difference.
DAWG
November 23rd, 2011
7:41 am
Good Lord, I didn’t know using the word retarded was not politically correct. I’m a DAWG fan but having to apologize for a word found in the dictionary is crazy and whats wrong with working at Wal Mart, I know quite a few folks with degrees at both schools who are out of work and would love a job there
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
7:42 am
Well, I think you’re generally a reasonable guy, JB. I think criticizing anyone solely on the basis of his or her school affiliation is silly and easy to do when you’re anonymous. I can’t imagine most people saying this stuff in person.
InsectInside
November 23rd, 2011
7:43 am
JB, just read the blog. They say much worse than that…..nothing substantive, all baseless, personal insults. I dare you to show up at a UGA game wearing gold and tolerate the sensitivity from your fans.
JB
November 23rd, 2011
7:43 am
Grantham IS NOT our HC. Richt is only attacked for his faith mostly.
b.c.
November 23rd, 2011
7:44 am
Johnson gets alot out of little talent? Well, how about the “woofers” coach getting little out of much talent??????? Who is the best coach??
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
7:45 am
Thank you to all the dog fans showing their support to our great program by visiting this blog. I hope you still support us after we embarrass you on Saturday. Georgia Tech, soon-to-be SEC East CHAMPS!
Gordon
November 23rd, 2011
7:45 am
By the way, this doesn’t really need to be said, but “retarded” means someone who is acting stupid as well as someone with mental disabilities. We all know that. I can understand why that word shouldn’t be used, but lets not pretend absolutely everyone here didn’t understand exactly what CPJ was saying, and it had nothing to do with the latter. Stop being so self righteous.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
7:46 am
I actually can’t recall Tech fans criticizing him for his faith. I’m not a huge fan of how public he is – for the same reasons I’m not thrilled with Tebow – but I don’t criticize him for it.
JB
November 23rd, 2011
7:46 am
Insectlnside………………………I haven’t seen you on here before, but the personal attacks by certain Tech folk ( I will be kind, surely they aren’t alum, as I would tend to think a successful Tech grad would not be on here slinging this crap)are relentless…and most are personal, not football related.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
7:46 am
You recognize that, based on your comment, b.c., you have put forward different standards for judging them, right?
Derrick Steagall
November 23rd, 2011
7:47 am
I heard the call on 780thezone this morning and two things jump out:
1. it was probably a Tech caller trying to be funny because he said “hello, hello” so quickly he could not have actually been having trouble hearing and because he identified himself as “Bubba”.
2. CPJ said they expected a call from a Georgia fan with barking. That means his repsonse was planned and not off the cuff.
Way to go coach!!!!
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
7:47 am
Bingo, Gordon.
JB
November 23rd, 2011
7:50 am
George, I didn’t mean YOU personally. If you have read these blogs, you have seen them. I agree he doesn’t hide it, but most believers don’t. Most people don’t know this, but Saban is really spiritual.
doodoobailey
November 23rd, 2011
7:52 am
Wordpress test.
charles Black
November 23rd, 2011
7:53 am
I see no need for PJ to apologize. He was not making fun of handicaped people, he was simply applying a name to the retard who resorts to childish behavior. The retard was probably a Georgia grad. If my comments are politically incorrect to some of you it is just to bad. And I could give a rats rear end to what Georgia fans think. If Georgia wins 222 – 0 I wil still say TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!
JB
November 23rd, 2011
8:01 am
Charles…..and we wouldn’t expect anything less of you.
Say It Aint So
November 23rd, 2011
8:04 am
No wonder GT’s former AD said they were no better than 7 wins each year. Its the sarcastic attitude of coaches like this idiot that fuels the hatred. It won’t be long before he is gone just like their conf championship.
Panther
November 23rd, 2011
8:08 am
My goodness, there is going to be a great game Saturday and all you can talk about is a comment made by Coach Johnson. Life goes on. One of the great college rivalries will be played on the Flats. I hope Tech fans will show Southern hospitality and UGA fans will respond in kind as guests. We work together, live side by side, go to school together. This week brings out the worst in our friends and families! Say a prayer for Larry Munson…the voice of football in the South.yes, I grew up hanging on to every word, play by play on Saturday. Be thankful for all you have. Thankful for the opportunity to watch the young men on the field, thankful for your traditions. Up with the White and Gold!
JB
November 23rd, 2011
8:10 am
Interesting read of the the two head coach’s this week about the game. Richt’s is on here today if any would like to read it.Richt goes out of his way to compliment Johnson and the Tech team and Johnson earlier this week said everything but “screw them’ when asked about Richt and Georgia……. He really is a little man………………And after getting beat this Saturday, he’ll tell the press in so many words, ” I did my job, you need to talk to the team”……………….class A jerk. Perfect fit for him.
andy in suwanee
November 23rd, 2011
8:10 am
Two Things
Most of us on here (both fan bases) have more in common with each other than lots of our own family. We love our teams and watch lots of football. We spend time reading this stuff. In real life we catch crap from our families because of this obsession. Yet we treat each other, often, most unfairly. We are definitely not so different. We should try and be more civil. I moved here as a young person and love Tech because that was my school. But I have tons of UGA friends. Wife is a grad. We NEVER talk to each other like this.
Also, I know its obvious but Tech also beat the team that made the Clemson win look not so good – at their place.
OK. Three things – EVERYBODY have a happy and safe TDay.
jackie
November 23rd, 2011
8:11 am
I wasn’t the least bit offended by Johnson’s comments, everyone is too politically correct and sensitive. Paul Johnson is an arrogant butt wipe who thinks he is the smartest person in the room but in reality is a pompous semi-ignorant ass.
THE DUDE
November 23rd, 2011
8:12 am
johnson is your normal so and so coach who cannot win so he runs his mouth about nothing. he is your normal loser, and by the way , where did he go to college? so let us just say he is a loser and he is where he belongs, at a loser school. i hear wall world tech needs a new coach. the only coach tech ever had was BOBBY DODD.
Moral Victory
November 23rd, 2011
8:15 am
As a UGA fan, I just hope that Paul Johnson “outcoaches” Mark Richt again…
old gold and white in my veins
November 23rd, 2011
8:15 am
Will Wal-Mart be demanding an apology for the association with a UGA fan?
Tom
November 23rd, 2011
8:15 am
He needs to apologize to Wal-Mart employees.
Say It Aint So
November 23rd, 2011
8:15 am
Born and raised in Atlanta I would always support GT when they played every team other than UGA, but since the arrival of the great one, its not so easy. Its hard to even watch GT. In the past, I would even take in a game of two on the flats. Never again.
Moral Victory
November 23rd, 2011
8:17 am
I hope both teams play well. If they do, then this game really won’t be close. Let’s be honest.
ken is a short bus guy
November 23rd, 2011
8:17 am
Everyone in this blog who has a problem w/ what CPJ said is a PC Putty Butt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moral Victory
November 23rd, 2011
8:20 am
Serious question: When Georgia’s smashmouth defense brings the wood and creates 4 turnovers, are we going to say that Tech gave the game away by putting the ball on the ground?
Funny how that’s the spin on last years game. Even though Georgia had as many turnovers as tech…
JB
November 23rd, 2011
8:20 am
Read the blogs of the Tech people BEFORE the Clemson win to see how they REALLY feel about Johnson. .663% winning is about right…..and will be as long as he’s there.
Not Sure
November 23rd, 2011
8:26 am
There are plenty of tards living kick ass lives, scro. My first wife she’s a pilot now
mwh6767
November 23rd, 2011
8:27 am
Can anymore uga fans come on here a cry like a bunch of babies!?!?! Good grief are you people adults?!?! I’m glad I don’t know any of you personally, i’d prob. shoot myself from listening to you whine about anything and everything. It’s football, its a game stop taking it so @#$@% serious! You don’t like what CPJ says, don’t read it, don’t watch it. Don’t like what the gt blog is about don’t read it, don’t like what the posters write, don’t read it! Don’t comment on it! Seriously, how old are you people!?!?!
moral victory?
November 23rd, 2011
8:28 am
Real serious question. A fanbase brags about being the second winningest team in it’s conference over a 10 year period as consolation for never winning a title. Would that be called a moral victory?
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
8:33 am
Well, Coach Fishfry confirmed what we knew all along. He’s a clown. Is he that f^(k!>@ stupid? He looks dumpy in his windsuit and would be better served to wear dungarees with a wallet chain and a faux pearl button down shirt.
dawgfan
November 23rd, 2011
8:33 am
I would be offended by Johnson’s comments if I actually cared what he had to say about anything. The man has done nothing in his time at Georgia Tech other than win the weakest conference of the BCS level and run his fat mouth in the media. He never backs down to Georgia? A 1-2 record against them suggests otherwise. Football games are not won on radio call in shows. Paul Johnson is a total joke.
What strikes me as the most humorous about this is the hypocricy of Tech fans. Can you imagine the river of tears that would be flowing out of North Avenue if Mark Richt ran his mouth about Tech like Paul Johnson runs his mouth about UGA. We all know Richt would never do that because he’s a grown up and has something we like to call CLASS, but imagine if he did. Techies would be outraged. You can’t say anything to those idiots that is remotely critical about their program or school without them running straigh to mommy.
Georgia Tech is an absolute joke.
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
8:34 am
The bottom line is that he embarrassed the late Boddy Dodd. He is a great coach and he gets away with things because he wins. Some guys will never learn, he sounded like Rex Ryan.
KSU Alum
November 23rd, 2011
8:34 am
Wow, stay classy Ga Tech. That guy should be fired.
mwh6767
November 23rd, 2011
8:37 am
If Coach Richt is so classy, why don’t the uga fans on this blog follow his lead and stop whining and crying about what a coach of a football team said on radio show.
nickj0321
November 23rd, 2011
8:38 am
GREATEST COMMENTS EVER! I almost wrecked when he said this…
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
8:38 am
Oh yea, my uncle was a greeter at Wal- Mart and held a degree from Ga. Tech. He was a Sports Management Major. Oh yea, he was a football player too.
DYNAMICBIGBOY
November 23rd, 2011
8:38 am
Coach Paul Blowhards has such an ego, maybe he should look in the mirror before making comments like the one he made. He is so full of himself he can’t see what an idiot he looks and sounds like.
Say It Aint So
November 23rd, 2011
8:39 am
After Saturday we’ll see what comes outta his mouth about what went wrong. He always thinks he is the smartest guy in the room. What a jerk.
mwh6767
November 23rd, 2011
8:40 am
You guys are right maybe he should have just waited until the game and when uga came out to kick a field goal he should’ve just given the kid the “choke sign”……
DAWGMAN
November 23rd, 2011
8:41 am
Tech loses AGAIN Sat. so get ready for all their excuses on Sunday!
rogeriter
November 23rd, 2011
8:41 am
I am a Dawgs fan! Coach Johnson apologized but he should not have had to. The speech police are after anyone who says something that”might” offend someone else. I think that freedom of speech is guaranteed in the Constitution. That’s just another right our government is stomping on. What about those blacks who call Herman Cain an “Uncle Tom”? Where are the speech police then?
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
8:41 am
What is sad is that Coach Erk Russell help make Paul Johnson and Coach Russell had way more class.
19
November 23rd, 2011
8:45 am
Dawgfans making an issue of this forget that they find violent crime hilarious. Please go back and read your post from the last 3+ months. Remember, rape, assault and armed robbery…”HAHA”!
It’s a hoot!
So now you are indignant about a poor choice of words! CPJ’s words are not violent crimes. Please try and get a moral compass. They are not sold at Walmart!
GT ATW
November 23rd, 2011
8:45 am
Wake up and get a grip all you thin skinned hypocrites! CPJ meant no harm by the comment. I’m glad he’s getting fired up for the game and look seeing UGA go down. It’s gonna be a long bus ride back to Athens. THWG!
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
8:49 am
Coach Johnson is sorry, let’s move on. It is just bulletin board material.
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
8:50 am
Oh yea, Wal-Mart has it on their bulletin board also.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
8:50 am
Once again the Clown Prince of North Avenue shows his true stripes and lack of class. My wife works with “Special Needs” kids and without a doubt those are the most loving and appreciative human beings on the face of the Earth. They are put here to humble the rest of us, and to make sport of their misfortune should earn one an express ticket straight to hell.
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
8:51 am
My Uncle said that all greeters are to greet in a 3 point stance and tackle anybody with GT clothes on.
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
8:52 am
Oh that is on the way out, we need to get their money first.
JB
November 23rd, 2011
8:52 am
@8:49…” coach Johnson is sorry”…………………………….don’t think so.He’s only sorry someone called him on it.
old gold and white in my veins
November 23rd, 2011
8:53 am
The real irony is that Wal-Mar’s ceo is a tech grad.
mwh6767
November 23rd, 2011
8:54 am
Love people like Gorilla, they call people out for having no class but yet what is the first thing they do? Call someone names(Clown Prince of North Ave.), word of wisdom Gorilla, doing so makes you no better than the person you are judging and also reserves you that same ticket sir.
mwh6767
November 23rd, 2011
8:57 am
Let’s not forget the Coach Fishfry or the making fun of his “appearance”. Way to stay classy Gorilla, its obvious that you are an authority on the subject.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
8:59 am
Yeah, I know, it’s not quite as snappy as Coach Suntan.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
9:02 am
Thanks mwh6767. I’m one of the ugliest and scariest people you’d ever want to meet. However, I don’t poke fun of those who can’t, and wouldn’t even if they could, defend themselves.
mwh6767
November 23rd, 2011
9:02 am
Typical , now Gorilla is going to justify his holier than thou stance with the ” You called my coach a name first”. How old are we gorilla??
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
9:03 am
Man I heard Larry the Cable guy may be there Saturday and he is going to open up a can of whip tail.
dawgfan
November 23rd, 2011
9:04 am
This is all real cute and fun Tech fans, but when Saturday comes you’re going to be facing a defensive line that goes about 2 deep with guys that on average have 20 or 30 lbs on your offensive line. You’re going to be facing 6′ 3″, 240 lb linebackers that can run like a gazelle and play the game like they want to kill someone. I’m not making any predictions but I really don’t think you understand what your up against.
I guess we’ll see how big Johnson’s mouth is after the game. I’ll just leave it at that.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
9:05 am
And the last time I saw a GT shirt at Walmart it had a dried booger stuck on it.
crackbaby
November 23rd, 2011
9:06 am
Enter your comments here
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
9:07 am
Old enough to know better but too damn old to care.
mwh6767
November 23rd, 2011
9:08 am
Well, that settles it, Gorilla saw a booger on a tech shirt. Shut the program down, heck shut the school down, how can they both continue on after that happened. Keep going Gorilla you just make yourself look sillier and sillier.
Burdell
November 23rd, 2011
9:10 am
JB and Gorilla Biscuit must be under the assumption that someone on this blog actually values their opinions.
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
9:11 am
Class, what is class? It is something that very few care about in this country now. Watch college football on Saturday and pro football on Sunday and you talk about a lack of class. Oh yea and our society loves it as long as we are winning.
Burdell
November 23rd, 2011
9:11 am
Who do you think put that booger on the shirt Gorilla…? The stocker that bleeds red and black.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
9:12 am
mwh6767, get over yourself, and get down off your high horse.
mwh6767
November 23rd, 2011
9:12 am
Here’s an idea, Gorilla. Cheer for your team, they’ve had a great year. Be proud of you wife, for working with special needs children. I volunteer with them here in my hometown. And when it comes to something that has to do with another team say I don’t care, not my team. I don’t go to the uga blogs, when bad things happen at uga I don’t feel the need to try to be the moral authority. Try it, you just might find a little more relaxing, and more adult.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
9:14 am
Burdell, everybody in this state, save the enclave on North Ave., bleeds Red and Black.
GT
November 23rd, 2011
9:14 am
I like Richt kissing his wife the other day or whatever happened that day. Gives his a different look from the preachy guy that then encourages his players to knock somebody’s head off. He reminds me of Johnny Depp as he wonders across the field after the Kentucky game.
As for CPJ the world could use a dozen more like him. When a guy is shooting it straight he is not always making friends. Real people don’t need to guard their mouths as much, they walk the walk so why guard the talk. If that is what you want you should have gone into politics or been an actor on Leave it to Beaver named Eddie. I bet Penn State wish they had a coach that, “gave you what you see is what you get.” Johnson is not bitter at the world he has no ax to grind, he is an open book that is not trying to change his personality to hide his real self. I like the guy, and will like him even more if we beat Georgia, but no matter he has his stick together and Tech is clearly a better place with him there.
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
9:14 am
Well I have had all the fun I can have on this. But I do want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all Dawg and Jacket fans, all Wal Mart employees and especially our armed forces. Thank you for Serving and Protecting and for doing it in such a professional way. Happy Thanksgiving!
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
9:16 am
Good, Old-fashioned, HATE!
r2 bee2
November 23rd, 2011
9:19 am
Why is everyone giving the coach a hard time without mentioning the jerk that started the situation. Shouldn’t he be given credit for being a classless, stupid coward?
Spike
November 23rd, 2011
9:22 am
Should we cancel the ring order this year? CPJ must have thought beating UGA and A SEC team a couple of years ago was a big deal.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
9:22 am
Yes he should. Bad Dawg!!
Yellow Fuzz
November 23rd, 2011
9:23 am
Barking fans are the AH’s I speak about. Many georgia fans are cool. Some are over the top like this idiot. I only wish Coach Johnson could have encountered LOOOOOZER’s like this in public instead of over the phone or internet. They deserved to be cold koched. They give retarded people a bad name.
let me get this straight...
November 23rd, 2011
9:24 am
walmart employees are insulted that cpj would infer that walmart would stoop so low as to actually hire a uga fan/grad to work there? ouch. just goes to show folks how little people think of uga/grads and their fan base. maybe it is because uga fans are renowned for the bathroom etiquette or lack there of.
you uga fans slay me!
The Truth
November 23rd, 2011
9:24 am
What a “whimp” country this has become. Everybody has to apologize to everybody for everything.
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
9:25 am
Funny that people bring up how “classy” Richt is. Let’s get a transcript of the conferences where these quotes were taken out of context.
Richt gets questions along the lines of: “Can your team stay focused against this lesser opponent when your team is playing a huge game the next weekend?”
Johnson gets questions along the lines of: “Can you possibly keep up with this juggernaut SEC team?”
Of course Richt plays up his opponent, and of course Johnson downplays his opponent. It’s the correct course of action to keep your team focused in both circumstances.
As for Johnson’s comments to an obnoxious dork on the call-in show, does anyone remember Richt biting the head off of one of his own supporters before the year?
But people will believe what they want to believe. Same old song and dance.
GT70
November 23rd, 2011
9:25 am
@GT
I bet Penn State wish they had a coach that, “gave you what you see is what you get.”
I’m afraid that’s what Penn State got too much of.
richt kissing his wife
November 23rd, 2011
9:28 am
is akin to michelle bachman’s husband kissing her.
robodawg
November 23rd, 2011
9:29 am
That’s alright CPJ. I apologize for our classless fan interrupting your radio show.
Looking forward to a hardfought meeting on the flats.
GTJason
November 23rd, 2011
9:30 am
Wow, RETARDED is not slang. True, it’s used as a generalization but it makes it no less accurate. It is a level used in psychology of persons having an IQ of less than 70. The median IQ in the US is 100 meaning half the people in the US have double digit IQs. Chances are there are a lot of retarded people who don’t even know it and that guy was one of them.
hey gorilla biscuit
November 23rd, 2011
9:31 am
‘And the last time I saw a GT shirt at Walmart it had a dried booger stuck on it.’
so we tech fans want to know…. did you save if for lunch? or did you just not carry a hankerchief with you?
Born2Buzz
November 23rd, 2011
9:31 am
If he had simply said “mentally challenged” instead of “retarded” all would be OK.
Stereotypes exist for a reason.
Freddy Blassie
November 23rd, 2011
9:31 am
Glad someone remembered that the head honcho at Walmart is a Georgia Tech alumnus.
While I’m on the subject, Mr. Head Walmart Honcho, get some GT stuff in the store! There is too much red and black stuff in there. After Saturday all that red and black stuff will be on the sale racks in the parking lot.
PLEASE
November 23rd, 2011
9:32 am
Mark Richt adopted a special needs child, so I really doubt if he would ever be so blind to the hurtfulness of a comment like this. As for the GT fans taking up for CPJ on this it really shows your lack of class.
If your team finshes 8-5 I bet the amount of supporters for CPJ will drop very quickly.
2HellwithGA
November 23rd, 2011
9:34 am
Please go to YouTube and check out Humans versus Zombies Georgia Tech!
AP
November 23rd, 2011
9:34 am
PJ you’re an a–hole and deserve to be kicked in the mouth!!!!!!
2011THWG!!
November 23rd, 2011
9:36 am
If you listen to the actual footage and not read it then you would know that he was joking, but I’m not a coach for Tech and I can say that a large majority of UGAG fans do work at Wal-mart and are mentally challenged!!!!!
T3
November 23rd, 2011
9:36 am
Attention: Hit a Single.
It is a well-known/well-publicized fact that the high-tech video presentation
developed EXCLUSIVELY by GT was the DECIDING FACTOR in Atlanta
getting the 1996 Olympics. That was acknowledged by no less than Billy Payne himself.
It was that presentation that gave a graphical/video outline of the city and all of the
to-be-developed venues that was the critical component to winning th 1996 Olympics.
Without that custom-developed software/video presentation which was created by GT software engineers, then Atlant doesnt even make it to the 3rd round of voting.
That is a FACT publicly acknowledged by no less than BIlly Payne himself.
Yellow Fever
November 23rd, 2011
9:38 am
This is why Tech is the greatest college
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh6-VX1K8Ok
old gold and white in my veins
November 23rd, 2011
9:40 am
Freddie,
Not sure were you are located, but the Wal-Mart off of 75 and Howell Mill has a huge selection of Tech gear. And the only thing you’ll find in red and black will have a falcon on it.
GOJacketsMD
November 23rd, 2011
9:40 am
Someone needs to remind CPJ that the CEO of Walmart is GT alum Mike Duke IE Major, class of ‘71.
juvenal
November 23rd, 2011
9:41 am
i’m sure he meant socially retarded……everybody knows you get better deals on Tech gear at t j maxx……
GT
November 23rd, 2011
9:43 am
GT70 now that was funny!
johnsonisaplaygroundbully
November 23rd, 2011
9:43 am
Johnson doesn’t owe anyone an apology.
The caller was an immature kid and apparently, so is Johnson. Where did Johnson go to school? Western South Carolina State?
Good luck Tech. You’re going to need it on Saturday.
old gold and white in my veins
November 23rd, 2011
9:44 am
r2 bee2,
I’m sure that guy is getting tons of love on the UGA blogs for the hero that he is.
RedandBlackDawg
November 23rd, 2011
9:46 am
Just more bulletin board material as if UGA needed any to beat Tech. The only thing that matters Saturday is who wins the game and moves on. All the comments about SEC this, ACC that, don’t matter a squat. It is UGA versus Tech. and the records speak for themselves. If Tech. has the team to stop UGA, bring it on, because no matter what the coaches say, or don’t say, not a one of them, is going to strap it on, and take the hits and physical beating that comes with playing football. I could care less what CPJ says, because it is up to him to find a way to beat UGA. If he thinks responding to an over zealous fan by insulting Walmart employees or people with learning disabilities let him have at it. In the end, when you get your butt handed to you, whether you win by 1 point or 40, a win is a win. The last ten years the record stands at 9-1 in favor of UGA. There are no minor or moral victories on the football field. You lose, and that’s it. The statistics in the series through the last decade show what team has left the field victorious the great majority of the time.
See you on Saturday.
GO DAWGS and GATA
GT70
November 23rd, 2011
9:47 am
“If he had simply said “mentally challenged” instead of “retarded” all would be OK. ”
That’s the problem with PC. If he had used “mentally challenged” would anyone have conjured up a different mental image than “retard”? You can sweeten up the names all you want but the meaning doesn’t change. I don’t see the comment as that god awful but he shouldn’t have said it and he quickly realized it and said so.
The nature of blogs and rivalries are such that, of course, UGag fans are going to scream to high heaven just as we would if Richt had said the same thing. Let ‘er rip!
T3
November 23rd, 2011
9:47 am
Just remember……
This is the SAME UGA fan base that gave Jan Kemp and her family…HUNDREDS…
of Death Threats….for exposing the instituional fraud & corruption that had
been going for a YEARS & YEARS at UGA. A US Federal Court agreed with Kemp.
And, this is the SAME UGA fanbase that sent multiple Death Threats
to UGA WR Terrence Edwards when he dropped a TD in a game vs Florida.
So, all those UGA fans that have suddenly gone PC…STHU.
2011THWG!!
November 23rd, 2011
9:47 am
Why am I so miss understood?
I am going back down to the basement and play some D&D!
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
9:49 am
People will leech onto ANYTHING to “confirm” what they already wanted to believe.
I guess no one should be allowed to say “stupid” or “dumb” anymore since there are so many afflicted with sub-average IQs. Of course, most of them are dog fans.
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
9:49 am
Johnson shouldn’t have said it.
He apologized.
Move on.
I do appreciate Tech honoring Larry Munson at the game.
Amazing how death drops a lot of the barriers?
Gonna be a close game.
Don’t eat too much tomorrow.
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
9:50 am
T3- That is true, but it was still Billy Payne that made the presentation (human presentation) that helped get the Olympics. Stated by the IOC. The bottom line was if it had not been for the Olympics you would still have Techwood Drive and all the problems that it had. The facilities were definitely upgraded.
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
9:51 am
Exactly, T3…which is why so many of them are so offended. They clearly showed, in their hatred of Jan Kemp, their utter disdain of education. So I’m sure a large portion of them are considered to be “mentally challenged.”
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
9:52 am
Jan Kemp was a sick warped human being who tried to commit suicide at least twice. While her cause was noble, the way she carried it out was classless and epitomized someone deperate for attention. Instead of making the cause the focus, she put all the focus on herself.
Hit a Single
November 23rd, 2011
9:55 am
This Saturday I will think about, Larry Munson, Al Ciraldo, Ernie Johnson, and Skip Caray. We can have all our fun on these blogs, but it was men like these that made sports so enjoyable. On this Thanksgiving I am so thankful that I got to listen to all of these.
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
9:56 am
Yeah, I’m sure the suicide attempts had nothing to do with all the hate and vitriol aimed at her from dog fans who care nothing about academics and everything about sports at all costs.
Character
November 23rd, 2011
9:56 am
I have a 10 year old daughter with special needs and she has been nothing short of the greatest gift in my life. I take real exception to personalities running their mouths ( Shapiro has a history, and now PJ) to get a little laugh and show their true character. If they really had it, good character, this wouldn’t roll off the tongue effortlessly. My daughter has dealt with heart complications and leukemia, and struggles everyday with tasks you and I take for granted. My daughter has fought for her life and won, and is now striving to be a productive student and citizen in our society. I’m glad PJ apologized, but fear this man’s true character has been exposed. Prop up the special needs community. Most of these individuals have more character than all of us!
Enough already
November 23rd, 2011
9:57 am
This has become tiresome. You people will argue about anything. It’s just plain retarded!!!
Woofy One
November 23rd, 2011
9:57 am
Coach Paul is great for his passion but talks too fast every now and then. His comments about leaving because he can’t get the players he wants into school may well come true if he repeats them often enough. Notre Dame and UGA are bringing in better GPA players and have better graduation rates.
1eyedJack
November 23rd, 2011
9:58 am
“They clearly showed, in their hatred of Jan Kemp, their utter disdain of education.”
We certainly don’t abide a rat.
Brock
November 23rd, 2011
9:59 am
Good god, now everyone of you that doesn’t like Tech or PJ are now PC advocates? Get over yourselves people. There is not one of you that has posted on this blog that haven’t said something un-pc once in your lives.
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
10:00 am
rambleon
It was how she handled it. She was already on the edge emotionally and mentally and then this thing became her whole life. She expected total support and that was naive on her part. You are never going to please everyone. Her expectation of that led to further mental issues.
I don’t care how bad it got, her attempting suicide showed her mental instability.
johnsonisaplaygroundbully
November 23rd, 2011
10:00 am
UGA fans could care less what Johnson says.
I hope he continues to open his mouth.
I felt more embarrassed for Johnson than I did for the kid who called in…
juvenal
November 23rd, 2011
10:00 am
maybe he is starting to realize his record vs. uga will be the #1 item that is remembered….
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
10:00 am
A “rat” is a term affixed to people with courage by those who don’t possess it.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:03 am
It seems quite clear UGA fans (including you) care deeply about what he thinks, playground bully. And the caller wasn’t a kid.
Tom Davis
November 23rd, 2011
10:03 am
Why was Chellini so mad at CPJ? Chellini basically was saying CBJ was a CLASS A JERK.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:04 am
Dude, Ramble, you are all kinds of fired up!
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:05 am
I was the caller that told him he was unprofessional.
Brock
November 23rd, 2011
10:06 am
Idiot savants are a group of humans that are incapable of learning, writing or reading, yet they have unlimited access to specific, accurate knowledge…….
I can say idiot savant but can’t say retarded? Huh?
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
10:09 am
George,
All year long I pull for Georgie and try to be civil. And then the losers’ real colors come through…I can’t fathom the depths that these dorks will sink to in order to insult Tech, its coaches, players, students, etc.
I say with all honesty right now, “TO HELL WITH GEORGIE!”
All Cupcake Conference
November 23rd, 2011
10:11 am
CPJ is a jerk and this just confirms it.
Using the word “retard” is never acceptable.
He should resign over this but because he coaches at the cesspool that is Tech it wont matter.
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
10:11 am
Thanks ramble for the kind words.
gt4ever
November 23rd, 2011
10:14 am
DawginLex,
Surely you jest, yes she had problems, but the problem was not her intent on doing the right thing… Her problem was facing the mentally challenged people of the Dawg nation. Good Grief…
As I have said in the past, it’s all about football for UGA, pity to the people who care about anything other than football…
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:14 am
Fair enough, Ramble. For the life of me, I can’t understand why what Johnson said is a story.
Also, his comments to Schultz are totally uncontroversial. All he said was if we look at the SEC 1-12 instead of 1-3 it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Whatever.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:16 am
Thanks for your input, headley. We really appreciate it.
RambleOn84
November 23rd, 2011
10:17 am
George,
These dog fans will use anything to denigrate Tech and Johnson. And the local “reporters” will do all they can to drum it up even further.
What was he supposed to say? “Yes, Georgie’s talent level is unlike anything we’ve ever seen…we have no shot and we could NEVER compete in the SEC?”
The Institute
November 23rd, 2011
10:18 am
Wow, lots of mutt fans on here. Did they all just get off from Wal Mart?
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Retarded Mutt Fan
November 23rd, 2011
10:18 am
I’z wuz offendid…
All Cupcake Conference
November 23rd, 2011
10:19 am
And here is the other thing. He really isn’t even that good of a coach.
His combined record at Tech against Va Tech, UGA and the Bowl Game is ….
2 – 8
If he loses to UGA and the bowl game this year his record will be 2 – 10 in his three biggest games.
Some kind of coach let me tell you.
All Cupcake Conference
November 23rd, 2011
10:19 am
Thanks for your input, headley. We really appreciate it.
No problem
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
10:20 am
Ok, I’m out
Institute sealed the deal for me.
Can’t talk football over here.
JD
November 23rd, 2011
10:20 am
Mentally challenged describes all “other team fans” that call in to shows to disrupt them. Hope the guy brags about it, so all of his friends will know how stupid he is. (Like they don’t already).
@george stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:22 am
1. Using “retard” among your friends in private is one thing, using it on-air as the representative of a major public university is much worse. In using that word, he represents all GT fans, and reflects poorly on the state of Georgia.
2. Grantham may throw choke signs, and he may get in another coaches’ face when both sides are upset and yelling, but he has never encouraged fans to hit fans of other teams. Nor has he, at least on-air, used a slur when describing another team’s fans.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:22 am
Hmmmmm… I’m going to find the facts that most support my point put those forth. The entire picture should not be presented.
All Cupcake Conference
November 23rd, 2011
10:23 am
And the local “reporters” will do all they can to drum it up even further.
Are you kidding. The Atlanta media go out of the way to kiss CPJ’s backside.
Bradley likes to tell us every year after UGA wins what a genius CPJ is.
Can you imagine if Mark Richt had used that word ?
I can guarantee you both Schultz and Bradley would have already done stories slamming him for it and calling for some sort of suspension.
But notice how quiet they are when its CPJ
Double standard. You betcha.
Dwight Schrute
November 23rd, 2011
10:23 am
Institute, you would be excited if Tech had any fans, no matter their socioeconomic level. Tech football simply does not generate the level of discussion or excitement as UGA does and it drives Tech fans crazy. Since Tech rarely wins this game, the fans must resort to childish, idiotic statements about the fanbase.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:25 am
Those are distinctions without differences, @georgestein.
Soybean standard is a losing argument, headley. Try again.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:26 am
He compared Charles to Bruce Allen, one of the three best tight ends in the country, Ramble. On what planet is that an insult?!?!
All Cupcake Conference
November 23rd, 2011
10:27 am
And one other thing. This is what ive always hated about Tech fans. This we are better than you crap.
Whats so bad about working at Wal Mart?
Alot of those people are hard working blue collar Americans.
Are they the sharpest knife in the drawer. Not usually .
But they work hard for little pay and few benefits so you can get a bath towel for a dollar.
CPJ should be ashamed of putting them down in this way.
They guy is a grade a jerk and the lengths Tech fans will go to apologize for his behavior is disgusting.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:28 am
*double standards is a losing argument. Stupid auto-correct.
GTFan1
November 23rd, 2011
10:29 am
People take things too seriously!!!!! Why is a Georgia fan calling CPJ barking to begin with?? I am so sick and tired of UGA acting like they’re so perfect, and were so-un classy. Give me a break!!!!
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:29 am
When we compare ourselves to people like you, headley, how are we supposed to come to any other conclusion?
T3
November 23rd, 2011
10:29 am
Attention dawginlex:
FACT: Jan Kemp REFUSED to FALSIFY grades.
FACT: Jan Kemp was FIRED by her boss, “Dr.” Leroy Irvin because
he ORDERED her to FALSIFY grades.
FACT: It was INSTITUTIONAL policy at UGA to FALSIFY grades for
revenue-generating, illiterate athletes.
FACT: UGA President Fred Davison TESTIFIED in US Federal Court
that “YES” it was instituional policy to do so.
FACT: Fred Davison was told to resign or be fired. He resigned.
FACT: A US Federal Court agreed that UGA had broken US Federal Law,
by threatening and firing Jan Kemp.
FACT” A US Federal Court awarded Jan Kemp $2.5 Million dollars because she had PROVEN HER CASE against the fraud & corruption that UGA was BLATANTLY GUILTY of.
FACT: Jan Kemp had mental health issues after YEARS of her and her family
getting repeated Death Threats from…..HUNDREDS….of UGA fans…FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
This…is UGA’s PATHETIC & FACT-BASED legacy.
GTFan1
November 23rd, 2011
10:30 am
All Cupcake Conference
November 23rd, 2011
10:27 am
And one other thing. This is what ive always hated about Tech fans. This we are better than you crap.
Whats so bad about working at Wal Mart?
Alot of those people are hard working blue collar Americans.
Are they the sharpest knife in the drawer. Not usually .
But they work hard for little pay and few benefits so you can get a bath towel for a dollar.
CPJ should be ashamed of putting them down in this way.
They guy is a grade a jerk and the lengths Tech fans will go to apologize for his behavior is disgusting.
Please, UGA has some of the nasty, rudest fans around!!!!
juvenal
November 23rd, 2011
10:31 am
i think cupcake is the better handle, still don’t get what heddy lamar has to do with sports……everyone have a great Thaksgiving, esp. Lex & cupcake…..
Dwight Schrute
November 23rd, 2011
10:31 am
Tech’s pathetic football legacy 39-61.
All Cupcake Conference
November 23rd, 2011
10:32 am
When we compare ourselves to people like you, headley, how are we supposed to come to any other conclusion?
Good one.
@george stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:33 am
The differences are that UGA coaches are careful not to insult not only the fans of other teams, but also whole groups of disabled people.
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
10:34 am
T3
All you know is what you have heard.
The facts are strikingly different and will never be reported by someone like Pat Forde.
She had issues long before she started it.
Leave it at that.
gt4ever
November 23rd, 2011
10:35 am
T3,
There not interested in the Facts…. But I couldn’t have said it better…
Scrap
November 23rd, 2011
10:35 am
Great piece Ken, and thanks for the professional reporting we’ve enjoyed all season. You’ve done a great job of keeping us up on what’s happening at Tech. This is going to be another great game in a great rivalry. Roll Tide/War Eagle has absolutely nothing on this rivalry. It’s nothing but Clean Old Fashioned Hate, and this is the best week of the football season. Seriously, this should be a great game and the outcome is a tossup.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:36 am
I am tempted to say that Johnson couldn’t insult Georgia fans without insulting large groups of disabled people, but I’ll pass.
@gt4ever
November 23rd, 2011
10:37 am
I’m glad they teach english over at Tech, learn the difference between “there” “their” and “they’re”.
2011THWG!!
November 23rd, 2011
10:37 am
KEN,
Something to dig into is concerning UGAG’s back up running back, Thomas, that was suspended and now all of the sudden he is going to play. This is his 3rd offence and I thought St Richt told them last year three strikes and you’re gone. So what’s up? This kid is hypothetically suspended for the 3rd time and now it’s like it never happened.What has St Richt become in his desperate attempt to keep his job? That truly is sad! He has chose football over responsibility! Just saying!
@george stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:38 am
As a UGA student I’ll have to admit I did kinda open myself up to that one.
gt4ever
November 23rd, 2011
10:39 am
lol, thanks for the grammar lesson… My blessing has always been on the numbers side, sorry if I offended anyone, but you get the idea…
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:40 am
It was a layup! I wouldn’t mean if I said it, though. Best of luck on your exams. Study hard.
@2011thwg
November 23rd, 2011
10:40 am
He was actually suspended, not hypothetically.
The circumstances surrounding his suspension are not known. You would not kick a tech player off the team for a missed academic appointment if they were still passing their classes, for all we know, that is what the 3rd suspension was for.
@george stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:41 am
Thanks!
Hope it’s a great game Saturday!
UGA93
November 23rd, 2011
10:42 am
Johnson used a poor choice of words, but really not a big deal since it was his show for Tech fans.
I like the passion of the GA/GT rivalry. It’s usually a close, hard fought game with good old fashioned hate!
Go Dawgs!
Have to admit- Hit a Single’s 8:51 made me chuckle.
“My Uncle said that all greeters are to greet in a 3 point stance and tackle anybody with GT clothes on.”
GTFan1
November 23rd, 2011
10:42 am
All Cupcake Conference
November 23rd, 2011
10:11 am
CPJ is a jerk and this just confirms it.
Using the word “retard” is never acceptable.
He should resign over this but because he coaches at the cesspool that is Tech it wont matter.
LOL!!!! He’s not a jerk, he is just honest!!!! And, apparently people can’t handle honesty. UGA is notthing bunch of band wagon fans. The only reason UGA is #1 is because they are in the SEC East which sucks!!!! The only teams worth anything in the SEC are LSU (which I can’t wait till they handle UGA) and Bama.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:43 am
If they are doing well in school, I can’t understand why anyone cares if they attend an academic appointment or study hall.
@george stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:43 am
Thanks!
I hope both teams play well Saturday!
The rules are rules
November 23rd, 2011
10:46 am
UGA’s team rules say that you have to go to academic appointments. If he missed it, for whatever reason, he could face suspension. It sounds stupid, but look what happened to Caleb King, among others. We don’t recruit scholars to play football, so we have to make sure they do well enough to stay in school and playing for us.
T3
November 23rd, 2011
10:47 am
@ dawginlex:
Jan Kemp received HUNDREDS of Death Threats over several years
and was bitterly demonzied from ALL corners of this state by all manner of trailer-trash
UGA fans, the AJC, State Representatives, Speaker of the House Tom Murphy,
Governor Joe Frank Harris, and the list goes on and on and on.
All I know is what I’ve heard? Really?
Have YOU actually READ the transcripts from the Federal Court on the case.
Of course you havent. I have. All 317 pages.
And just in case you need a simpler version, here it is:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1064531/index.htm
Like I said: This…is UGA’s PATHETIC & FACT-BASED legacy.
Tom
November 23rd, 2011
10:48 am
PJ shoulda’ just followed Eric Zeier’s lead when describing ugag fans and refereed to the caller as “…passionate, but not bright”. PC enough, imo.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:48 am
I guess so, Rules. Seems awfully silly though if they’re getting good grades.
dawgfan
November 23rd, 2011
10:49 am
Johnson was just being honest? Was that a joke? Tech pretends to turn its nose up to “sidewalk fans” but then runs huge ads in the AJC and elsewhere begging these same sidewalk fans to buy tickets to their football games. Johnson was being anything but honest. He knows damn well that his athletic department would kill to have the same kind of non-alumni SIDEWALK support that UGA gets. Why else would they run those ads Techies?
You clowns are a total joke. Honesty and Tech fan have never gone together in the same sentence.
1eyedJack
November 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
The rumor is Thomas had a girl in his room. Now, on the GT campus that could be considered a crime but UGA just considers it a violation of a team rule. 21 year old man with a woman in his room. Imagine that if you can.
all you dawgs are retarded
November 23rd, 2011
10:52 am
there i said it. its the truth. of course if you are a dawg an you use the word retarded than its ok cause your … your a dawg. and have an excuse for using that word.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:53 am
Crazy, 1eyedJack. Or a college kid smoking a little weed. Shocker!
Tom
November 23rd, 2011
10:54 am
“Georgia fans are passionate, but let’s face it – they’re not the brightest fans. Passionate, but not bright.” – Eric Zeier, November 21, 2001 on 790theZone
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:54 am
We get it, dawgfan. You think we’re a joke. Anything else you want to add?
BigTimeTechFan
November 23rd, 2011
10:55 am
anyone going to the game Saturday, I’m not. wish I was
so 1eyedjack
November 23rd, 2011
10:55 am
so your saying your having a hard time imagining that eh? is that why you call your self 1eyedjack?
you enjoy playing with things that have only 1 eye? are you sure your not marcus the lawyer? my guess is he limits his fun to playing with 1 eyed things too but i assume that after seeing what a ‘real hunk a man’ he is. lmao
you dawgs slay me.
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
10:55 am
T3
You don’t know anything about me.
You sterotype me just like you do everyone else who isn’t a “Tech man”
There is a lot more to the story than will EVER get printed.
I wish for once you could post a blog comment without a personal attack, trailer park, Walmart comment.
I guess that makes you feel like a big man?
Whatever.
I don’t need you or anyone else telling me what I have and have not done, read or anything else in my life.
Enjoy your holiday
GTBob
November 23rd, 2011
10:56 am
Tech pretends to turn its nose up to “sidewalk fans”
How exactly has Tech done this?
DILLIGAF
November 23rd, 2011
10:56 am
George Stein:
“I am tempted to say that Johnson couldn’t insult Georgia fans without insulting large groups of disabled people, but I’ll pass”
You stated last night on another blog that you only post to talk football and not get involved in the namecalling and immature behavior. Sure. You keep on believing that. You’re nothing but another hypocite and a boring one at that.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:56 am
Wouldn’t miss it for the world, BTTF.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
10:57 am
I passed on the joke, retard.
GTFan1
November 23rd, 2011
10:59 am
dawgfan
November 23rd, 2011
10:49 am
Johnson was just being honest? Was that a joke? Tech pretends to turn its nose up to “sidewalk fans” but then runs huge ads in the AJC and elsewhere begging these same sidewalk fans to buy tickets to their football games. Johnson was being anything but honest. He knows damn well that his athletic department would kill to have the same kind of non-alumni SIDEWALK support that UGA gets. Why else would they run those ads Techies?
You clowns are a total joke. Honesty and Tech fan have never gone together in the same sentence.
LOL!!!! Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah!!! Same crap that comes out of you typical UGA fan’s mouth. Always thinking your team is the best, and etc. It’s easy to be a UGA fan. Just go to Wal-Mart and purchase any UGA merchandise, or put a G on your car. Your team is a joke in the SEC East, and dosen’t even compare to the talent the SEC has. At the beginning of the season your fans were ready to give up on your team, and give up on your coach. (This is the same crap every year) And, now its back on the band wagon. It’s the same typical band wagon crap!!!!
Old Dawg Fan
November 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
I am a Paul Johnson fan! I think he is a great coach, what he said-no apology needed in my book. The Hello/Hello then barking was uncalled for but let’s remember this is the Ga./Ga. Tech game.
As far as the “retarded comment”-probably not the most sensative statement but again-Johnson is a good buy-didn’t mean to hurt anyone nor any cause. This “political correctness” crap is really wearing thin. Now let’s have a great game and I hope we beat the “heck our of Tech” Just like Tech fans hope they beat the “heck” out of us. It is a football game-which by the way we lead in overall wins!!!
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
GTFan tells us to go to Walmart
And the beat goes on…………..
GTFan1
November 23rd, 2011
11:03 am
Old Dawg Fan
November 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
I am a Paul Johnson fan! I think he is a great coach, what he said-no apology needed in my book. The Hello/Hello then barking was uncalled for but let’s remember this is the Ga./Ga. Tech game.
As far as the “retarded comment”-probably not the most sensative statement but again-Johnson is a good buy-didn’t mean to hurt anyone nor any cause. This “political correctness” crap is really wearing thin. Now let’s have a great game and I hope we beat the “heck our of Tech” Just like Tech fans hope they beat the “heck” out of us. It is a football game-which by the way we lead in overall wins!!!
Thanks for being one of the only classy Dawgs fans on the boards!
GT FAN
November 23rd, 2011
11:03 am
How many of you guys slamming CPJ have ever usef the word retarded? Just STFU. All you ugag fans like to dish it out, but you can’t take it when it’s throw back at you. I am glad we finally have a coach with some passion. Really not that big of a deal. In todays society you can’t say anything without offending someone.
1eyedJack
November 23rd, 2011
11:03 am
George Stein
To be honest I don’t begrudge a college kid smoking a little weed now and then. Just not if your a football player and you signed a scholarship that undoubtedly had a clause in it strictly forbidding the smoking of said herb. I’m not sure if any schools scholarship precludes one from enjoying the company of a woman. Maybe not in his dorm or hotel room.
I’m not going to be hypocritical here. I’ve smoked weed and I’ve drank alcohol. I don’t drink anymore for medical reasons and because I don’t enjoy the after effects. However, during treatments for cancer I was encouraged by my doctor to take back up the wildwood weed and I credit it with helping me through a very stressful time.
hey daginlex
November 23rd, 2011
11:03 am
this whole blog was written because a uga fan could dish it out to our coach but couldn’t take it? AND your offended?
i just hope that cpj remembers those wily dawg players trash talking to him and the gt coaches last year of the year before that.
what kind of player…. what kind of team… what kind of coach allows his players to trash talk an opposing coach during a game. the same kind of program that does the things your fans do in your classrooms and in the library. 7 tons of trash anyone?
GTFan1
November 23rd, 2011
11:05 am
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
GTFan tells us to go to Walmart
And the beat goes on…………..
Well…..I am sick of hearing you UGA calling us sidewalk fans, you guys have a lot of them!!! I only know a couple that graduate UGA and they act nothing like the UGA fans on this board. The rest of the people that I know that are UGA fans are fake!!!
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
11:06 am
Yeah, I don’t care if a kid smokes a little weed or has a girl in his room. They’re still 19 or 20 year holds. Doesn’t offend me at all.
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
11:08 am
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
9:49 am
Johnson shouldn’t have said it.
He apologized.
Move on.
I do appreciate Tech honoring Larry Munson at the game.
Amazing how death drops a lot of the barriers?
Gonna be a close game.
Don’t eat too much tomorrow.
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Daginlex???
Someone needs to learn to read. Show me where I complained?
hey george
November 23rd, 2011
11:09 am
would you be offended if that girl was yo mama?
had to tell a yo mama joke somewhere in this blog. wouldnt be right not to.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
11:09 am
Enough people know you’re reasonable, Lex. I know I do.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
11:10 am
I am not sure I’d be offended so much as I’d question the player’s judgment, particularly when he has his pick of the litter in Athens.
DILLIGAF
November 23rd, 2011
11:14 am
George Stein:
“I passed on the joke, retard.”
Sure you did. Point proven.
Stay classy.
UGA/85′
GATA!
1eyedJack
November 23rd, 2011
11:15 am
That was imagery I can do without.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:15 am
And here is the other thing. He really isn’t even that good of a coach.
His combined record at Tech against Va Tech, UGA and the Bowl Game is ….
2 – 8
If he loses to UGA and the bowl game this year his record will be 2 – 10 in his three biggest games.
Pathetic.
gt4ever
November 23rd, 2011
11:15 am
I’m picking the upset… I have picked UGA to win every game after their start… Here is to hoping my streak continues…
GTFan1
November 23rd, 2011
11:16 am
Just my personal opinion, but I think sports store should be the only ones who sell collegiate apparel. The quality at Wal Mart, Target, and etc. just isn’t the same.
Don Draper
November 23rd, 2011
11:16 am
This little drama is obviously not on the same level or same universe as the Penn State scandal. Nonetheless, the reaction of the GT faithful on here underscores how a culture of deniability can exist among blind loyalist who are unable or unwilling to be self aware and engage in critical thinking. Something that should be universally accepted as poor taste is rationalized and dismissed with responses like “I can’t for the life of me understand what is wrong with what he said?” There is no doubt that UGA fans would be reacting the same way if the situation were reversed. However, the mythology that Tech was somehow above this type of thing and is a bastion of enlightenment is once again shattered.
GTFan1
November 23rd, 2011
11:18 am
This drama wouldn’t have started had this person not called and barked, simple as that!!!!
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:18 am
If you haven’t clicked on that link to the Jan Kemp story, whether you’re a UGA or Tech fan, I encourage you to.
It signifies much of what is ugly about the state of Georgia.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1064531/1/index.htm
I feel nothing but deep shame when I read it.
The only solace is that the culture that surrounds Georgia Tech Football would never get within a million yards of this.
This is real pain, Lex. It ain’t fake. Grown, outwardly-Christain men behaving very badly.
macrotech
November 23rd, 2011
11:19 am
haha…I think your plea for kinder banter is going well! A LOTTA love in the comments….LOTTA LOVE! I think the funniest part of all this hate is the thought that ANYONE might think that they are going to convince the other that their team is the better team. Epiphanies for EVERYONE! Happy Thanksgiving! Please don’t choke on your own words before you’ve pulled up to the table!!!
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
11:19 am
If you don’t have kids yet, the chances of your having an autistic kid are 1 out of 110. The kids are challenged mentally, and socially as well. Bullying by other kids at school often brings them home in tears, and there is now real way to explain to them why it happens and why they are different.
I simply ask everyone reading this blog and the comments to think about what it would be like to greet a child every day as he comes home from school every day riding the “short bus” and trying to help untangle his mind from from the experiences of the day at school. These people are not hidden away in institutions anymore. You may meet one who is earning a living by working as a bagger at Kroger or Publix, two companies who provide support and their resources in trying to help provide a meaningful existence for autistic kids and adults.
What Johnson said can’t be excused, retracted, glossed over or forgotten. It can only be realized as a mistake and tucked away in those places where we store experiences that we don’t want to repeat. I have a few of those, and some have visited my consciousness frequently to remind me of how I am not going to make those mistakes again.
If you need to joke about someone, think before you assign a label. Is there oversensitivity in society? Yes, but it seems there is not enough sensitivity to things that are really important.
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
11:20 am
Yep
and a demented woman who handled things totally WRONG at the university where she had been paid to teach for years.
Don Draper
November 23rd, 2011
11:23 am
@Delbert D. — Wise sentiments, and your attempts to educate are admirable. Sadly though, your words will fall on deaf ears.
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:23 am
Lex, I don’t know if she’s a demented or not.
But if we’re going to call ourselves men, we’re above terrorizing the ill.
You already know this, I consider you a high-character person.
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
11:24 am
“The differences are that UGA coaches are careful not to insult not only the fans of other teams, but also whole groups of disabled people.” So it’s an insult to the mentally disabled to compare them to UGA fans?
Hit a Single is a liar......
November 23rd, 2011
11:24 am
when he said his uncle got a Sports Management degree from Tech. Tech doesn’t offer a degree in Sports Management. Here is a list of all colleges that do ….
.http://www.nassm.com/InfoAbout/SportMgmtPrograms/United_States
Note, UGA, and both GSU’s are on the list, but Tech is not
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:24 am
The only solace is that the culture that surrounds Georgia Tech Football would never get within a million yards of this.
This from the school that is currently on probation for cheating. Again.
And has had the likes of Reuben Houston a convicted felon on its football team.
Plus I hear they may have to call out the National Guard to restore order on the Tech campus with all the violence. You got guys like Tech baseball player Matt Skole driving drunk and could have killed somebody.
Techs drug policy is a joke. They don’t even suspend players for the first failed test like they do at UGA.
Tech is an embarrassment to this state and has turned into a real cesspool with CPJ right at the top of it.
A comment
November 23rd, 2011
11:25 am
Walmart’s CEO is a GT grad. If not now, he was only two or three years ago but now is also true. CEO of Walmartis a GT man, sooooooooooooooooooooooo
if Walmart is so undesirable, it IS run by a GT man ………….who is at fault here???Hmm?. End of story.
Tech Man
November 23rd, 2011
11:26 am
PC? It is politically incorrect to USE young men without offering anything in return! What happens to these former UGA players that arrive in Athens, idolized, and sent to the curb only a few months later. Jan Kemp has not left the building. Now, instead of allowing an athlete to play ball without attending a college credit class (see Kemp, Pulpwood Smith, et al), UGA uses the young man and deports them.
And, dawg fans, please keep shopping at WalMart. A Tech Man is the CEO.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:26 am
when he said his uncle got a Sports Management degree from Tech. Tech doesn’t offer a degree in Sports Management. Here is a list of all colleges that do ….
They do offer a degree in ” Management ” which I think 98 percent of the football team is majoring in.
Wonder why ???? LOL
Dawglasville
November 23rd, 2011
11:28 am
I heard the end of the CPJ show on 790 this morning. I believe the guy who called was making fun of a Georgia. First, the guy was named Bubba, and mind you I can fully accept that there are quite a few UGA fans named Bubba. Then the chuckle head sounded more like a cartoon character. Honestly, the bark was lame. Do I believe a UGA would do that – yes. I just don’t believe that this caller was a UGA fan. That said, Johnson made a mistake, apologized, move on. None of this ancillary stuff matters anymore. It all gets decided between the painted lines Saturday.
1eyedJack
November 23rd, 2011
11:28 am
Hayseed Dixie
“The only solace is that the culture that surrounds Georgia Tech Football would never get within a million yards of this.”
Wait a minute. I seem to remember something about a grade fixing scandal or something to do with a bunch of football and basketball players playing while inelegible because of grades over on the flats a few years back.
When painting a fence one should not stand so close.
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:29 am
No headley, you didn’t read the article. Read it, I dare you. You won’t.
If the emotion that you come away with is anything less than disgust, you are sub-human.
We don’t systematically and organizationally terrorize women in the name of our own sin, for ostensibly attempting to screw up our good-ol-boys club.
If you think anything Tech has done, communally, comes anywhere near this, you’re certainly lost and blind.
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:29 am
@1eyedJack
I’m not talking about the academic scandal.
I’m talking about how they treated the messenger.
Read the article.
Silly Bloggers
November 23rd, 2011
11:31 am
Wow, another story blown out of context. I am a UGA grad and I certainly don’t “approve” of Paul Johnson’s comments or disparaging the mentailly handicapped; however, at the end of the day, we are again on the taking the politically correct thing to a new level. He used a bad choice of words, he issued an apology, end of story. The UGA fan deserved all he got as he instigated it. We will continue to make fun of Tech’s latent crime campus, their lack of attractive women, their empty stadium. They will continue to make fun of us for the dope smoking, driving record of our players, and perceived lack of education (which is silly but I get the fun in it).
It is good ol’ fashioned hate. I don’t approve of Johnson’s comments, but I do get a kick out of the fire and that Dawg nation has struck a nerve with the gnats. Should be an emotional game and I am looking forward to it.
Jimmy Crack
November 23rd, 2011
11:32 am
Paul Johnson is a hateful, shallow excuse for a man. He won’t even interview with half of the media in his own town because in one way or another they rubbed him the wrong way. What a thin skin. If someone had told him after his comment, “Good for you Coach!” and the media hadn’t called him out on his thoughtless tongue, he would NEVER had apologized.
A hateful man. With many nuts stored in his jowls for food for the winter.
mark Pricht
November 23rd, 2011
11:32 am
Funny as crap….man I love this coach
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:38 am
@Silly Bloggers
Thank you for walking your talk.
You’re right, if a UGA coach had said the same thing, most UGA fans would be on here railing against the need for political correctness.
Moral Victory
November 23rd, 2011
11:38 am
I think it’s become obvious that Tech fans like Johnson so much because he talks tough about Georgia (the only subject Tech fans care about). I mean, It can’t be his record on the field. Not with a wining percentage of 25 (after saturday) against georgia.
They just like a mouthy guy I guess. Oh well.
Headley Lamar is a liar......
November 23rd, 2011
11:42 am
because there is a BIG difference in a management degree and a SPORTS MANAGEMENT degree, which Tech does not offer. He is also a liar when he says that Tech is on probation for “cheating,” when, in fact, “cheating” does not appear anywhere at all in the NCAA report on Tech.
Moral Victory
November 23rd, 2011
11:43 am
The people on here complaining about his usage of the word aren’t UGA fans. The’re just people who don’t like that word. Not a football issue at all.
Personally I don’t care, i just get sick of being told PJ is great when he doesn’t prove it. But I guess he has the local writer scared..
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
11:44 am
A couple of questions for headley/all cupcake.
you keep trying to beat the life out of the whole uga vs. tech drug policy. Perhaps UGA has a stricter drug policy out of necessity.
Would you address why Tech has a no alcohol on campus policy while uga allows alcohol and how this factors into your argument.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:46 am
You’re right, if a UGA coach had said the same thing
If a UGA coach had said the same thing Bradley and Schultz would both have written articles about the need to fire and or suspend him.
Some how the jerk CPJ can tell people to assault other people physically. Make fun of “retards” as CPJ sees them and basically gets away with it.
Meanwhile our coach has adopted disabled children from overseas and loves them and is a great father to them.
Ill take our guy every time.
Silly Bloggers
November 23rd, 2011
11:47 am
?????????? Actually, UGA is an alcohol-free campus as well. The downtown area with all the bars is not considered on campus as the line of demarkation is the arches. Granted, the police tend to look the other way if you are drinking out of a Solo cup on gamedays, but believe me, the fuzz will issue a possession of alcohol ticket in a New York second.
Also, about 10 years ago, Budweiser offered a boat-load of money to be able to sell beer out of the South endzone only for games. It was unanimously voted down by the board.
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:47 am
So tell me headley?
Whaddya think of the way the UGA nation treated Jan Kemp?
Does it fit your definition of manhood?
I bet it does.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:49 am
Perhaps UGA has a stricter drug policy out of necessity.
We will never know will we. If they fail the test at Tech nothing happens so its hard to say.
Silly Bloggers
November 23rd, 2011
11:49 am
Headly Lamar…as much as I feel this story is overblown, I agree that the silence speaks volumes from Schultzie and Bradley. Think it is a non-story, but they definitely would have issued an opinion piece on it if this was Mark Richt or Grantham who commented on it. Granted, Richt never would, but I wouldn’t put it past TG.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:51 am
Whaddya think of the way the UGA nation treated Jan Kemp?
It was deplorable. The blackest eye in the Universities history.
Tech has its share of black eyes too.
Let me ask you this ?
If you had one man to teach your son values and how to be a man would you choose.
CPJ or Mark Richt ?
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
11:51 am
Thanks for the info Silly, I read that fact in the recent Atlanta Magazine feature on the rivalry. I stand corrected. Still, I would hope that Headley can get some new material, he’s been beating that drug policy dead horse ever since the UGA tailbacks got suspended. To be fair, it may be several more months before he actually uncovers something of fact, so he needs to milk them when he does.
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:52 am
I’d choose myself, headley.
They’re already people by the time they’re 12.
If you’d had raised any children you’d know this by now.
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:53 am
And again, if you think anything Tech has done comes anywhere near this, you are- as your posts suggest, an idiot.
Name one thing.
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
11:53 am
Yet which school has the most recent suspension of players for drug usage? I suspect that if Tech players tested positive, CPJ would probably enforce his own policy. May be unaware of the current policy because he’s yet to have the problem.
old gold and white in my veins
November 23rd, 2011
11:54 am
Easy question headley, I’d choose myself. No other option for me.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:55 am
I’d choose myself, headley.
They’re already people by the time they’re 12.
If you’d had raised any children you’d know this by now.
Ok lets say they were 5 and you couldn’t because you would be dead in 6 months ?
What is your answer now.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:56 am
May be unaware of the current policy because he’s yet to have the problem.
Could be. Or could be that we don’t hear about them because Tech doesn’t suspend players for the first failed test.
Either way the lax rules mean we wont know.
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
11:58 am
You’re a child, headley. That much is obvious.
Jan Kemp, headley?
How bout it?
Name one thing that the Tech culture has produced that’s anywhere near as ugly.
You have no answer.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:58 am
And again, if you think anything Tech has done comes anywhere near this, you are- as your posts suggest, an idiot.
Name one thing.
I would say using kids for your football program and then spitting them out without a degree, Tech has the lowest graduation rates in the ACC by far and much lower than UGA’s, would be in the ballpark.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
11:59 am
Ok lets say they were 5 and you couldn’t because you would be dead in 6 months ?
What is your answer now.
No answer ?
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
12:00 pm
And please headley, stop using the Reuben Houston example. He was suspended from the team upon his arrest. He sued and a federal judge ordered him reinstated to the team. Don’t just pick the facts that support your arguments, use all of the facts and let people decide for themselves.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:01 pm
The word choice was unfortunate, but who among us, and for that matter what PUBLIC figure, has never used a bad choice of words that offend some people? Even CMR, who I don’t doubt is a fine Christian man, has reacted a couple of times in ways that are not particularly indicative of his faith. SO WHAT!!! Read what Ken posted late last night about CPJ visiting a UofMd player in the hospital in Atlanta and even giving him his phone number to call if he needed anything. To me that indicates that CPJ IS a classy man. He didn’t have to do that, but he did, showing his concern with the kid’s well-being. I would have no problem at all with CPJ teaching my son values.
headley lamar
November 23rd, 2011
12:03 pm
I would have no problem at all with CPJ teaching my son values.
I doubt you would but you are an idiot.
Again for the record.
One guy uses the word “retards” and gets a chuckle out of it.
Another one adopted disabled children from from a poor country and gave them a home and a future.
Pretty easy call.
Don Draper
November 23rd, 2011
12:03 pm
@Supersize — Well said. No attempt at rationalization and some greater perspective on the guy who said it.
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
12:03 pm
headley – Wrong again. AJC, June 10, 2011: “Georgia Tech does well in APR — updated with ACC’s excellence”
“The football team’s score increased for the third consecutive year, reaching 993, the fourth-highest score nationally and tops in the conference, according to the ACC. The team’s multi-year average of 967 is tied for the third-best score among ACC teams, behind Duke and Miami.”
Hayseed Dixie
November 23rd, 2011
12:04 pm
Thanks for playing headley.
If you think Paul Johnson uttering a decades-long unoffensive word comes anywhere near UGA cannibalizing one of its own…. Kemp had three degrees from UGA.
I mean, I don’t know what to tell you.
Just give it up, son. You didn’t even go there.
1 4 GT
November 23rd, 2011
12:04 pm
I have just finished reading page 3 of this blog. All of you UGAG butt sniffers are really reaching for anything you can find to talk junk about CPJ & GT & GT grads & fans. It completely baffles me why ya’ll express no embarrassment at the idiotic actions of one of your own. WHAT DID YOU & HE EXPECT? HIGH PRAISE? Not! One of you even had the gall to say it was actually a GT fan and a setup by 790 AM and CPJ/GT. Get a life people, REALLY! I doubt many of you jerks will still be around to read this, but here it is.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:04 pm
Headley, Tech doesn’t “spit out” anybody. Nobody is telling a player who doesn’t finish his course-work in time that he has to leave the school. Many players leave without graduating, but many also either stay or come back and finish. Some actually make it in 4 years or less, and they walk away with not only a degree, but usually a job that pays pretty damn well.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:05 pm
1 4 GT, they will read it, but they will, AS ALWAYS, totally ignore the facts.
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
12:08 pm
My children were raised by a guy who encouraged them to think for themselves.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
12:09 pm
Good lord. I was being ironical, DILLIGAF. Have a sense of humor.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:11 pm
ahhh, there’s the “real” headley, resorting once again to name-calling instead of believing the facts. Kudos to CMR for adopting special needs children and also for going on mission trips. Different people do different things to prove or disprove their class. I don’t think CMR’s chewing out a reporter before the season showed much class either, and I believe he has even used a 4-letter word in public on occasion (GASP!!!), but neither of those diminish the overall class he has. The fact that CPJ is outspoken and sometimes says something that he might have been better off not saying in no way indicates that he has no class. His unrequired and unsolicited visit to that MD player speaks volumes about his class in my opinion. YES, I would be proud for him to be an example to a son of mine.
Silly Bloggers
November 23rd, 2011
12:12 pm
GT’s academics in football are fine…it is basketball that they struggle with graduation rate.
Jimmy Crack
November 23rd, 2011
12:13 pm
“They’re already people by the time they’re 12. If you’d had raised any children you’d know this by now.”
Wow, what a sad response. That age and beyond are PIVOTAL for young impressionable minds with all the garbage going on in the world (and in high schools) today. I guess anybody can make their own awards given enough paper and glue.
GT Fan
November 23rd, 2011
12:14 pm
Folks,
Headley’s one of those people that’s “the smartest person he knows”.
He went to Troy (Troy, AL). That should tell you whether or not you even waste your time responding to the idiot.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:14 pm
Whoever suggested that that final call was a scripted setup is a damn fool, and typical of so many mutts who troll these blogs Regardless of whether CPJ used a non-PC word, his reaction came from his gut and was spot on.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:15 pm
GT Fan, headley didn’t GO to Troy; he got a degree from their correspondence school. That should tell you even more about him.
Moral Victory
November 23rd, 2011
12:18 pm
Man. I wish we could talk about football…
Silly Bloggers
November 23rd, 2011
12:18 pm
And before I get crucified by Dawg Nation for defending Johnson and the Jackets, I can’t stand the gnats but I can’t stand all the blind “facts” thrown around on these blogs either. It is bloggers like GTBob that can only spew vile and regurgitate the same nauseating facts over and over again that make me sick to my stomach on the fact that their life seems to surround the success or failure of UGA football and its players.
And yes, I realize that both sides deal with idiots of this caliber. Outside of that, I can’t stop laughing at these blog names and comments when making fun of each school. I simply love rivalry week and hope that we whoop ya by 21.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:20 pm
On a non-related football matter, I just read that tomorrow’s Texas vs Texas A&M game will be the last in the series. I didn’t know that, and I don’t understand why. Tech – UGA, Clemson – USC, FSU – Florida all continued playing after ending up in separate conferences; why not Texas – Texas A&M too???
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
12:22 pm
Super – “why not Texas – Texas A&M too???” Hard feelings on both sides, I’d say.
GT Fan
November 23rd, 2011
12:23 pm
WOW! Didn’t know that Supersize.
Man-o-man, dude didn’t have the “stones” to matriculate AT the actual campus … head-larious!!!
Silly Bloggers
November 23rd, 2011
12:24 pm
Texas and A&M are stopping (in theory) as they are both childish about A&M leaving. A&M is taking the attitude that they are now superior to Texas for joining the SEC and they no longer need them. Texas is just being Texas…meaning they have their own TV network and they are the Notre Dame of the South.
Outside of the politics, I think the rivalry will renew at some point down the road when cooler head prevail.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:27 pm
Yeah, I guess you are all right. Sure seems stupid to me. I can remember watching that game every year on Thanksgiving Day when I was a kid. It’s a shame to end it. I can’t imagine the real football fans in Texas being too thrilled about it coming to an end.
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
12:27 pm
Waiting on a reply from headley regarding his continual usage of Reuben Houston being reinstated to the Tech football team. But he is a coward who will disappear now that he has had his fun and been called out. Gutless coward comes on these blogs, slings his same old tired Tech filled hate opinions as fact and then slinks off when confronted.
And to answer your question, if my son were 5, and I had 6 months to live, I would gladly accept either CPJ or CMR to raise him. Who I would not have raise him would be a gutless, coward like yourself, he would be better off going it on his own than to have the sort of values and morals that you exhibit here on a daily basis, not to mention your usage of questionable or no facts. I’d rather he grow up to be like eitehr coach rather than an angry, illogical rage filled loser. Correspondence school!!! Really!!! LMFAO. Now that you have slinked off of this blog, I’ll look for you to start fresh in a few hours once Ken puts up a new article.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:28 pm
GT Fan, I have posted that about headley on MANY occasions, and he has never refuted it, so it is obviously true. I figure he couldn’t get accepted to either Tech or UGA.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:29 pm
@ ????????, well put…..VERY WELL PUT!!!
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
12:37 pm
Supersize, You spend enough time on here to know that that guy is the worst of the worst and a very clear pattern. He’s gone for the day, but the coward will be back on the next article. And he will have no answer for any questions, just spewing the same garbage until someone calls him out, then he’ll run away.
Dawglasville
November 23rd, 2011
12:40 pm
It doesn’t matter. We play Saturday.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
12:40 pm
@ ?????? Yeah, I know his “style.” He also uses MANY aliases, and not just the “cupcake” one. And the interesting thing is he loves to call Tech bloggers liars, but he once claimed that he never used aliases. Then Ken called him out on it one day, and he had to face the truth. He is more of a liar than anybody else on here.
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
12:48 pm
Guess who’s over on the new Roddy Jones article? To be fair, it’s only about 35 comments in and he has yet to mention Tech’s drug policy or Reuben Houston, give him time.
Supersize, were you around summer before last (2010) when, in the wake of all the pub UGA was getting on the way to the Fulmer Cup, he alleged that Tech had as many arrests, but that the APD was covering them up. Spent a whole afternoon asking him for any kind of proof, when he was not ignoring me, he would simply repost the same thing as fact. Chased him around 4 or 5 articles calling him out on that. Never got a response. After about 4 or 5 similar encounters, I figured out his game.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
1:07 pm
@ ??????…..Well, I don’t remember that, but it definitely is his style. I made what was apparently a mistake on one of my posts more than year ago….a MISTAKE, mind you, and he still brings that up calling me a liar. What I said was that Dooley had voted against Tech’s re-entrance into the SEC back in the 80s, or whenever it was. He said that Dooley had NOT voted no, but had abstained. I don’t remember reading that he abstained, but even if he did, that was a mistake on my part, and not a lie. But even if he DID abstain on the vote, it served the same purpose as a NO vote, and when coupled with the no votes by the Mississippi schools, it kept Tech from rejoining the SEC.
Arcangel
November 23rd, 2011
1:13 pm
Go Dawgs!!!
TechGirl
November 23rd, 2011
1:14 pm
There are many words that come to mind in describing Paul Johnson, the only one that fully descibes him now is ignorant. With a family member who is a special needs child (and his father a GA Tech graduate), I can only hope that Paul Johnson and his family are never affected by such. Hopefully, when his daughter is grown and starts a family, Paul Johnson won’t have to refer to his grandchild as a retard. He is without a doubt the most ignorant man on the planet. I don’t care what games Tech wins or loses from this point forward, I can assure you that as long as that man is the Coach, I will never attend another game. I am so glad that he is in his perfect world where only his thoughts and feelings matter.
?????????
November 23rd, 2011
1:18 pm
Super,
It was my first encounter with the wonderful Headley, and it is true, you never forget your first. He has yet to disappoint me.
TK
November 23rd, 2011
1:30 pm
As a parent of a child with special needs I am always offended by the R word. It’s comparing stupid people (the caller) to those who have no say in how they were born. It’s like saying, “He’s as bald as a chemo patient”. I have just lost more respect for Coach Paul Johnson.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
1:31 pm
TechGirl, if you are that narrow minded and naive as to think that one poor choice of words defines a person, then good riddance to you. Tech doesn’t need you as a fan…….not that you ever were one to begin with. I’m sure you are totally guiltless when it comes to saying something you shouldn’t have said. Remember, little girl, 20 years ago that word was commonly used by just about everybody to describe stupid people; it’s a little hard to break old habits. But I guess you are perfect and couldn’t understand that.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
1:33 pm
TK, I can appreciate your reaction, but like I said in my last post, until 20 years ago, just about everybody used the word in that manner. That’s not saying it’s right to have done so then or right to do so now, but it IS hard to move beyond old habits.
GT FAN IN PA
November 23rd, 2011
1:36 pm
To all here that wishes to make comments about the comments that CPJ made using such words as stupid and ignorant- WHO are YOU??? The very same people come across that you are perfect and would never-well last perfect guy I know died and rose over 2,000 years ago- UGA fans refer to your coach he can tell you all about him! GTGIRL you have good seats you wish to sell?? If it is that wrong or PC word remove it from the English Dictionary- poor choice or words he used- the man apologized now if he uses the word again…we can tar and feather him!!! As for all my true TECH FRIENDS and FAMILY———– I have one thing to say……THWG!!!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
1:37 pm
TechGirl – I hope you read my comment at 11:19 a.m.; I certainly take yours to heart. The question now is, what does he do from now on? The thing about ignorance is that it can be overcome. It’s all up to him. I’ll watch and see how he handles it.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
1:47 pm
Delbert, don’t be fooled by TechGirl. She, or someone using that name, made some HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE posts on the Tech blogs a couple of months ago; “she” was just another mutt troll pretending. This may indeed be a different person, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
1:51 pm
I think it’s difficult to take anyone seriously that thinks Paul Johnson is the most ignorant man on the planet. Seriously? More ignorant than, say, all of al Queda or the Llano?
George Stein
November 23rd, 2011
1:52 pm
Sure it does. If something is irrelevant, you say so and move on. Arguing the point confirms its relevancy.
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
1:59 pm
Super – My comment stands. As to who posted as “TechGirl”, I don’t care.
TK
November 23rd, 2011
2:22 pm
Supersize, when you are the head football coach at a highly regarded university, you should know that the R word is offensive and never use it! Is CPJ just figuring that out now?
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
2:38 pm
TK – I think he has figured that out now. He may have figured it out before. I had figured out well before 1966 that I was not a bigot, but that didn’t stop me from yelling at a member of our platoon in frustration using a phrase that I’ve never forgiven myself for.
GT Fan
November 23rd, 2011
2:42 pm
I’m just relieved that “GT Girl” and TK where able to get their thoughts off of their repspective chests.
Thanks for weighing-in you two.
Now, try to do your absolute best to just GET OVER IT!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
2:53 pm
None of us are perfect, although an awful lot of people like to think they are, both public figures and not-so-public ones.
Tech86
November 23rd, 2011
2:53 pm
From Georgia Sports Blog using the term “retarded”: (about Reuben Houston)
Doug said…
Let me make sure I’m crystal-clear on this. Darrius Swain gets nabbed three times over the course of two years for driving on a suspended license, and spends 45 days in jail. But Ruben Houston drives around with a pot stash weighing as much as two small children, and gets . . . no jail time whatsoever?
Two words: completely retarded.
See this is in appropriate also, just move on. I work with a lot of special needs childern so I know of the challenges all parents have. CPJ was wrong, apologized. Move On.
4/05/2006 9:34 PM
RamblingReck
November 23rd, 2011
3:08 pm
‘Retard’ may be a slur, but I sure can’t see what’s wrong with using ‘retarded’ in the proper and respectful context.
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
3:16 pm
Enter your comments here
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
3:25 pm
If you want to read some stuff that is both enlightening and absurd, Google “euphemism treadmill”.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
3:31 pm
Delbert, you are one of a few (VERY FEW) posters on these blogs who has a reason to be concerned / ticked off / offended by what Johnson said. You have expressed that concern on here and, as far as I can tell, you have moved on. I applaud you for that
Delbert D.
November 23rd, 2011
3:36 pm
Super – I’m scrutinizing the euphemism list to see if “moved on” means I’m dead.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
3:40 pm
LOL @ Delbert. I am pretty sure you’re still hanging in there
GT Grad 81
November 23rd, 2011
4:21 pm
All the more reason to FIRE PAUL JOHNSON!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
4:30 pm
No reason whatsoever to fire Paul Johnson !!!!
William Casey
November 23rd, 2011
5:18 pm
These comments are 99% BORING. I’m much more interested in whether Orwin Smith will be 100% ready to play. We need him. All this yapping is of no consequence. Just saying.
GT Lee
November 23rd, 2011
5:26 pm
I’d rather have a coach who calls idiots “retards” than a coach who calls 17-year-old boys and sings Happy Birthday
GT Lee
November 23rd, 2011
5:28 pm
Happy Thanksgiving to all: To Hell With Georgie
GT Lee
November 23rd, 2011
5:31 pm
PS UGA fans-please don’t get upset if I go “retard” the timing on my car
Atlantan
November 23rd, 2011
5:48 pm
I think it is time for Mark Richt to apologize for the criminal actions of his players while he has been head coach of Georgia. How many DUI’s, violent behavior, etc have Dog players been arrested in the past 10-years? At least over 80-90 I’m sure of. That is much more a danger to society than some stupid (is that offensive now?) term used to describe dumb (also offensive?) behavior.
1 4 GT
November 23rd, 2011
7:03 pm
LMAO @ GT Lee & Atlantan “R” “S” “D”. I have many said things as a true smart azz that I just could not stop myself from saying. Almost as though the thoughts just had to jump out and see the world. But seriously folks, I’ll ask it again. WHAT THE FIRE DID HE OR ANY OF YOU EXPECT AFTER GREETING SOMEONE WITH “WOOF WOOF WOOF”? HIGH PRAISE FOR HIS BRILLIANT COMMENTS! And no one has as yet shown any embarrassment for this “Man’s” idiotic behavior. Come on people. Really??
Supersize that order, mutt
November 23rd, 2011
7:10 pm
1 4 GT, I didn’t personally have any problem with what he said, but I know that there are who did, including some Tech fans. I respect the way they feel. I wish he had said jerk or nutcase or something like that. Although I guess the beef jerky lobby or nut farmers wouldn’t have liked those terms either. LOL
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Al Bundy
November 23rd, 2011
7:20 pm
Give me a break!!! All this touchy feely crap makes me want to puke! Quit crying over words, they’re just words you bunch of pansies! It isn’t like someone is bashing your brains out with a baseball bat. And anyone that calls into a radio show just to bark like a dog is not only an idiot, but likely graduated from UGA with honors or is one of UGA’s brightest professors.
Athens, we have a problem...
November 23rd, 2011
8:06 pm
Half of the UGA fan base is RETARDED. All of the dawgfans on this blog are RETARDED as well as the Tech fans who think CPJ should be fired. That’s like having to forfeit an ACC championship for a $300 suit. People need to grow up and GIVES THANKS that they aren’t RETARDED like the dawg fan who called into the radio show to bark and howl like a psychopath… SORRY PSYCHOPATHS!!!!
alpo77
November 23rd, 2011
9:18 pm
I am offended by easily offended people. Now, where is the societal sanction against those who are easily offended. I want them to be hammered mercilessly.
Remember, 20 years from now easily offended people will be Politically Incorrect. Let’s move ahead and jump the gun. Get out in front of the new trend. To do otherwise would be retarded.
DawgFan
November 23rd, 2011
9:30 pm
Die hard DawgFan here. I agree the comments were not very good but also ashamed of the actions of a fellow Dawg fan. I read other teams stories and sometimes post. However I’ve never understood fans bashing other teams on their radio show or comments section. Iactually don’t see the point in bashing other teams at all. Yes, I hope my beloved Dawgs beat Tech on the field however bashing Tech doesn’t make my team look better, it just makes our fans look worse. Idon’t bashother teams, well except Clemson. Haha
Dixiebomber
November 24th, 2011
7:52 am
UGA fans aren’t content to let the teams settle this year’s contest on the field. They feel compelled to take any chance to gain an advantage including attacking Tech’s coach. There is even a web site they’ve built to try to get Coach Johnson fired (http://firepauljohnson.blogspot.com/). It must be tough to be driven by fear.
Dixiebomber
November 24th, 2011
8:16 am
I haven’t read this entire blog, but, has anyone questioned the real reason UGA fans are so insulted by the “Retarded” comment? Is it something they’ve heard before? Directed at themselves? Seems to me that CPJ really struck a nerve. I’m glad he appologized. I’m sure he didn’t mean to offend those poor UGA fans.
Doug the Jacket
November 24th, 2011
10:05 pm
Anybody that would call a show and bark is a moron. Is that an acceptable word, or has it been outlawed too? THWG
No problem with CPJ comment
November 24th, 2011
11:46 pm
I have a friend who had “special needs” and they would never refer to themselves as a retard. So to them, this is not an accurate description.
The actual word has 2 definitions:
a. a mentally retarded person.
b.a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way:
It is clear that CPJ was clearly using the “b” definition for the obtuse barker on the call and anyone who is riding the “politically correct” high horse is retarded in the “b” sense of the word.
Did you know that the word Dumb could offend someone that can’t speak better be careful as that has been used by Mark Richt about 50x this season…..geesh all the Politically Correct liberals should be ashamed…
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November 25th, 2011
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12:14 pm
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Coach Turkey Neck
November 27th, 2011
8:26 pm
Sorry people can seperate being a fan of a football team from an inapprioate comment make by a grown man. Coach johnson you comments are offensive and wrong to make. I hope you cut a check to some special needs program in the Atlanta area. Get a grip grumpy old coach that can’t beat Georgia doesn’t go far in this state.
Coach Turkey Neck
November 27th, 2011
8:34 pm
I am just glad that the GEORGIA BULLDOGS got in Coach Turkey Neck’s head so much that he blew the game
WE RUN THIS STATE tech BITCHES