Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 17
Three quick thoughts.
1. Missed opportunities in the first half. The first play, not scoring a touchdown after reaching the Georgia 2-yard line, the timeout on the missed field goal. I’m hardly convinced it would have made a difference, but it reduced the Jackets’ margin considerably. The third quarter extinguished it completely.
2. The Tech pass defense didn’t cut it. Most times, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray had time to throw and open targets to throw to. Sub-par all the way around.
3. Tech proved again it can run the ball. Against the No. 2 run defense, the Jackets cleared 225 yards. However, it wasn’t nearly, nearly enough. The Jackets needed some sort of big play or three – a blocked punt, a long punt return, an interception taken back for a touchdown, an 80-yard touchdown run – and couldn’t summon it.
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James K Polk
November 26th, 2011
8:17 pm
Tech’s O-Line is pretty good. They open up HUGE holes. Their problem is that they can’t get pressure on the QB. I’m not one of those UGA alumns who trash Tech…I hope they win every game but one. The kids that play for Tech are mostly Georgia boys and I wish them all the luck in their bowl game.
Delbert D.
November 26th, 2011
8:20 pm
Charleston Jacket – I think calls for wholesale changes on the coaching staff are premature. Look at Auburn. “National Championship” last year, this year they get truly blown out by Georgia and Alabama. They have the youngest team playing FBS football. Tech has the 2nd-youngest.
One of the senior DBs for Tech this year got pushed so far down on the depth chart 2 years ago you couldn’t find him. He started this season out of necessity. Logan Walls has graduated, and someone is going to have to replace him full time next year. Barnes may or may not be the guy; he’s 6-7 and nearly 350 but doesn’t play a lot. I didn’t notice him today. Sylvester will be gone at OLB, as will Peters at DE. Both of the backup DEs, Dieke and Cummings are rs-sophs. If Holton returns strong form his injury, he should be an upgrade; the guy is a physical beast according to the players.
The 3-4 has been a disappointment in that the reason it is employed is to better deal with the kind of passing attacks that Tech saw today, last week, the week before that, Miami and against Clemson. Only against Clemson, and sporadically, VT has it produced results. With a 3-4, you have to be very physical at NT and at ILB, and have one of both OLBs be a premiere pass rusher as well as be able to cover the outside run. It looks like Attaochu is going to develop into that. Burnette plays very physical, but he isn’t that big. Nealy, a rs-freshman looks like he is developing well.
Other than the 4 starters on defense I mentioned, everybody else is back. Only Jones, Peeples, Melton and Lyons on the offense will not be back. I don’t think it’s time to just tear everything apart.
DawginLex
November 26th, 2011
8:22 pm
Great win for us. I have to admit, I was surprised at how well we defended the TO.
Grantham is the real deal and our defense is legit.
Johnson should have kept his mouth shut through the week IMO. Always respect your opponent.
Tech needs jimmys and joes, not more x’s and o’s. Need a QB in a bad way. Need D linemen.
Win your bowl game and go 9-4 with a young team.
Take care.
stinger
November 26th, 2011
8:25 pm
leg humpers suck
Research Triangle Park, NC
November 26th, 2011
8:26 pm
Keep saying you run this state. It’s great for business…and business is booming!
Ohio Jacket
November 26th, 2011
8:27 pm
Today was the first time I have truly been disappointed in CPJs coaching. That said, I am a CPJ fan and he will make adjustments he needs to win. I am amazed at the impatience that college football fans show toward their coach when these same fans would never want such standards and criticism to be applied to themselves in their own professions. Congrats to UGA.
And let this be an apology on behalf of Tech fans for
realist
November 26th, 2011
8:27 pm
Unfortunately, we don’t have any decent Jimmys and Joes in the pipeline. So it goes… I expect us to be 1-11 against the Dogs this time next year.
alpo77
November 26th, 2011
8:28 pm
Better to be a 0-12 Jacket than a 12-0 dawg.
stinger
November 26th, 2011
8:29 pm
leg humpers suck fu ga fans
I luv A. Groh
November 26th, 2011
8:30 pm
I recall a couple years back all of the Tech fans praising the hiring of Al Groh and making fun of UGA for hiring a”a NFL reject”. I said wait a couple of years and see who will be laughing at who. Well……..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha
headley lamar
November 26th, 2011
8:30 pm
I am a CPJ fan and he will make adjustments he needs to win.
When ???? He is 2 – 9 now against Va Tech UGA amd the bowl game.
The truth is … he just isnt very good.
I luv A. Groh
November 26th, 2011
8:31 pm
Are you sore about someting stinger?
Ohio Jacket
November 26th, 2011
8:33 pm
As I was saying, let this be an apology to UGA for whatever classless acts took place at halftime while there was a tribute to Munson. That is uncalled for and I am disappointed that some GT fans carry on in such a manner. Such folks give GT a bad reputation.
stinger
November 26th, 2011
8:34 pm
fu leg humpers and your coach with no sholders. he looks like a puss
I luv A. Groh
November 26th, 2011
8:35 pm
Hehehehe….stinger is a crybaby!!!!
stinger
November 26th, 2011
8:35 pm
Im yo mama and yo daddy
Delbert D.
November 26th, 2011
8:36 pm
“I wonder what excuse Paul Johnson will use this time for the Dogs walking off Historic Grant Field as the victors for the sixth consecutive time.”
Lots of interesting Georgia comments on Bill King’s blog. That quote was BK’s opening paragraph.
buzz
November 26th, 2011
8:37 pm
Glad Larry is dead, to hell with georgia
Tampa Wreck
November 26th, 2011
8:38 pm
Congratulations to the dawgs. The better team won today. Have t give the dawgs credit for turning the team around after the two early losses.
As for Jackets, DawginLex is right. Problem isn’t coaching but a lack of talent. We need a QB who can hit open recievers and at least make the other team respect the pass a little. And we have to have some Defensive linemen who can put some pressure on the passer.
I think most Tech fans understood we had these problems coming into the season. Unfortunately, the good start likely raised expectations a little above what this bunch could accomplish. Good news is that I thik we will be improved next year.
I luv A. Groh
November 26th, 2011
8:39 pm
Heheheheheh……stinger is still crying. Get out of mama and daddy’s basement and off the computer. it’s bedtime you geek! Heheheh
I luv A. Groh
November 26th, 2011
8:40 pm
Thats really classy buzz. Such a pathetic loser.
Dumbo
November 26th, 2011
8:41 pm
Woulda’…Coulda’…Shoulda’…….no matter what…it’s still 31-17
5150 UOAD
November 26th, 2011
8:43 pm
Blow me MUTTS.
thUGA
November 26th, 2011
8:44 pm
END THIS SERIES!!!! It is a complete joke!
Dumbo
November 26th, 2011
8:44 pm
5150 UOAD….it’s still 31-17
I luv A. Groh
November 26th, 2011
8:46 pm
You would love that wouldn’t you 5150TOAD. If you’ve never had a girl, I guess a mutt is the next best thing. Sore LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehehehehehe
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
8:46 pm
5150
Good game bud!
Hope you had fun with the family today!
George Gillen from Guntersville
November 26th, 2011
8:49 pm
Wants to be a jacket and willing to walk on….from the moment he arrives on campus, it is an upgrade…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JKwgwFY3g
Raja
November 26th, 2011
8:50 pm
5150
I still love you. Signed Terry Bowden
DawginLex
November 26th, 2011
8:52 pm
5150
Stay classy. Take a deep breath.
It is just a game
gt1001
November 26th, 2011
8:53 pm
Good Lord. As a Tech grad, I hope that some of these childish, despicable comments that I’ve read from Tech fans are not from students or alum.
5150 UOAD
November 26th, 2011
8:54 pm
48……It was fun to go to games as always. Most of the Dawg fans around us were pretty good fans.
5150 UOAD
November 26th, 2011
8:56 pm
Clemson v USC is a pretty good game so far.
Columbuson
November 26th, 2011
8:56 pm
Just because the team you pull for won does’t mean you are not an idiot. It looks like 1 in 5 Dog fans has class. The others are the reason, GT hates you so much.
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
8:56 pm
5150
I called that end around pass last night.
I do get props from super size on that one.
Lol
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
8:57 pm
Sorry want to get props from supersize
5150 UOAD
November 26th, 2011
8:58 pm
DILex I have a Following I guess. Poeple on the Blogs really want to give me Hell. LOL
What was the decal on the dawgs helmet for Munson. I haven’t seen it yet.
5150 UOAD
November 26th, 2011
8:59 pm
48……he just threw it too late to the wrong player. If it is thrown sooner to Hill on the outside it was a TD.
DawginLex
November 26th, 2011
9:02 pm
It said hunker down one more time
Larry Munson 1922-2011
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
9:03 pm
That ball was in the air forever!
I thought it would be halftime before it would ever come down.
1 4 GT
November 26th, 2011
9:13 pm
Is that guy from Guntersville now posting links for that kicker in Tn.?
Delbert D.
November 26th, 2011
9:13 pm
“Attendance was 54,925, which was 75 short of capacity. The Tech student section was not completely full.”
That is a quote from Ken in his story about the Sun Bowl. I will be very interested to see the report from the consultant Dan Radakovich hired to assess the attendance issue. At the VT game, 2 Georgia fans were sitting behind me. We had a long discussion during halftime. They work for ATT across the way from the stadium. It turned out that each attended high schools that my kids did. They said they were given the tickets by 1 of the “400 Tech grads they work with” and came to root against Tech. I had no problem with that, and we had a lot of good discussion.
The feeling I have is that many of the current Tech students and recent grads (I had not been to any games in the last several years, and I am not a grad myself) aren’t the guys I grew up with and worked with for many years. The student body is changing, and it is obviously increasingly difficult to get the necessary background for attending schools like Tech, due in part to the state’s ongoing issues with science and math education. I’d like to see the demographics of the student body. I also think it is also due to kids in the area not being focused on football as most southern kids were of earlier generations. In small-town Georgia, that was a huge focus in my generation.
Any number of a host of other factors may have something to do with the issue. Years ago, I and one of our company’s other managers had 2 Masters tickets each to invite a couple of managers in our client organization to attend. We ended up just giving the tickets to them because were were both burned out by the job.
Ol'JacketFan
November 26th, 2011
9:14 pm
Okay, after a while to relax and take things in stride I feel like I can comment without exploding
1. End the 3-4 experiment, Tech will not and cannot recruit the size needed. Any HS D lineman at 315-320 and quick will have offers at AL, LSU, GA ect. It is quicker and easier to recruit to a 4-3, Tech has always been able to recruit linebackers.
2. The QB competition in the spring had best be intense. Even today Tech had recievers open for good gains IF the ball had been delivered accurately. I don’t want to hear this O is not conducive to passing. The routes are there, we’ve seen it all year.
3. Every lineman in the weight room as much as possible in the offseason. S&C is the key to growth in power and endurance.
4. In my opinion it is time to part ways with Al Groh. I just don’t think he is a good fit.
As I said before the game win or lose I will be a fan of Tech and nothing will ever change that!
Congrats to GA on a well played game.
GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UGA GRAD but Tech is my #2 team
November 26th, 2011
9:14 pm
Tech has a great running game but not enough of an accurate passer to keep defenses honest. Good luck Tech wherever you end up
FalconUGAFan
November 26th, 2011
9:15 pm
5150 UOAD…The only reason I ever utter your name is you said some vile things about my daughter in a blog. Likely you don’t remember it since you were in a self professed drunken stupor that night, but I don’t forget when it comes to her. So you will always be gutter trash to me, but I’m sure you could care less.
Columbuson…That is an example of one of your “classy” fans.
Delbert D.
November 26th, 2011
9:16 pm
Dawg48 – That’s right, you did call that play last night. Right on the money on that one.
1 4 GT
November 26th, 2011
9:16 pm
Delbert D. Did you see my post @ 7:26 PM on page 6 about coaches, particularly Groh?
Crazy Robert
November 26th, 2011
9:17 pm
Wow, who called Roto-Rooter? That has to be the only way all of this junk ended up on this site.
Looks as though the UGA fans want to prove their IQ’s equal their maturity age, aka 6 1/2. Georgia Tech is always number one, no matter the score/record! Maybe that reality is the root cause of the bitterness UGA fans stew in day to day.
Okay UGA fans, it’s time to start filling out your absentee ballots for Obama…
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
9:19 pm
DelbertD
I’m surprised they did not call it again…
GT Joe
November 26th, 2011
9:21 pm
I am back, b!tches! What’s the excuse now, crybabies. 31 – 17…bwuhahahaha