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RODDY JONES
We’re definitely disappointed in the way that the game ended. It was pretty emotional game for us being the last game. I guess it’s mainly a disappointment that that’s the way we leave Bobby Dodd Stadium.
On the wheel-route play:
We had a good play call on and Tevin threw a pretty good ball. It was just a little too far, couldn’t get both hands on it. Those are catches you need to make, especially in games like this. You’ve got to take advantage of your opportunities and that was a big one we didn’t take advantage of early in the game.
On offense’s play:
I think we just kind of shot ourselves in the foot a lot. They switched up some looks, so you have to give them some credit. They didn’t just sit back and stay in one scheme. They sent some blitzes and did some different things. For most of the game, we felt like we could move the ball on them. We just would always stalemate. Missed assignments, missed blocks. Those things killed us. We can’t get in second and long, third and longs. We ‘re not build for that. We just didn’t execute enough.
On the inside handoff play:
Coach had seen something watching some other teams. I think we got it from Army. Army had run it a lot against Air Force and Air Force plays a similar defense that Georgia does. We decided to put it in. It looked good during the week and so we ended up trying it. We did have some success with it, especially in the first half. In the second half, they started adjusting a little bit and left some guys over there to play it more. But it a good play for us pretty much all day.
STEVEN SYLVESTER
On holding up physically against Georgia’s size
I think we did pretty good as far as up front . We had to get to the quarterback, though. That’s the name of the game especially as a defensive front seven. If you give a quarterback like Aaron Murray time to throw, he has plenty of good receivers over there that he’s gong to find. And it seemed that was our problem today.
On differences in defense’s play since the Clemson game:
I think it’s just playing with a sense of emotion. If you turn on the film and look at the Clemson game, (you see) how emotional we were. Football’s an emotional game. You can’t play it calm. I feel like we’ve come out flat the past couple of games, didn’t quite give as much energy as we should have and attention to detail, but it’s definitely the energy level.
More on the energy level:
It’s pretty much an individual thing. Everybody prepares for the game different. That’s pretty much it. You have to get ready for these types of games. They only come around once in awhile. You only get these guys once a year. You just have to go out there and play with everything you have. I feel like we just weren’t there today.
LOUIS YOUNG
On plans to contain Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray or tight end Orson Charles:
I don’t think it was one particular person. We planned for them to run it, just try to power it at first, try to run it. Their running back wasn’t in the game and then we worked all week we were going to play a lot of man and take away that post route that they beat a lot of teams on so far this season. They hit some good spots, they hit some touchdowns. Like I said, it may have been one missed assignment and you’ve got pay the price for that.
JULIAN BURNETT
On difficulties of zone pass coverage:
It’s hard to say. There’s so much stuff that goes on different patterns and highs and lows and the pattern reads and all that. It’s just not being keyed in or focused enough on your job. One slight mistake can cost you a touchdown.
On Charles:
He’s pretty good player. He was one of the targets on our list. We knew that he was their leading receiver even though he’s a tight end, but he was their leading receiver going into this game. He made the plays that he needed to make and we didn’t. We weren’t in position to stop him. They were able to hurt us with him.
On if losing to Georgia hurts differently:
I guess you can say that. I don’t like losing to anybody and I’m pretty sure that the rest of the team doesn’t. But when it’s in-state and when it’s your rival … we’re tired of being the little brothers in the state. We were hoping for this win. We wanted to fight for it. We just didn’t get it.
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Josey Whales
November 27th, 2011
4:45 pm
Where is GT Bob????? Run that mouth boy.
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
4:54 pm
To my GT buddies hope this will help!
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=Taw4kF4F74s
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
5:12 pm
1st——-those 2 Georgie guys, mostly 1st one don.t count
Max Sizemore
November 27th, 2011
5:14 pm
It would be truly nice if some Georgia people could win with class for a change. I grew up a Tech fan, listening to Jack Hurst describe Billy Lothridge and Billy Martin and Joe Auer, but graduated from UGA. So now I pull for both teams, with the edge to the alma mater one day a year. I understand that not everybody can like both teams, but I cannot understand why some people can’t save their repressed anger for something else.
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
5:22 pm
Hey team, don’t you dare hang your heads. Feel down & drag around and sulk a bit & fuss & fume some, I did, but know the real GT folks still love ya’ll and wish you the best going forward, and that is the only way you can go. To the departing seniors, THANKS. Ya’ll have a lot to look forward to. If you are on pace to get your degree soon, I’m sure you’ll put it to good use. Some may not quite be on pace to get that diploma this spring, stay in school, get that degree. All the best life has for you seniors. You’ve worked hard and earned a brief respite to assess things. Hopefully ya’ll won’t have too much trouble landing a good job with that GT diploma. It will open a lot of doors in your future. Good luck and God’s best to you all. Again, THANKS!
swimdawg68
November 27th, 2011
5:26 pm
Seems like a bunch of excuses for non performance. Hard for them to accept that UGA is just a better football team. Better players and far better coached. That high school offense you run may work in the ACC but not against a quality SEC team. When you got down 14 points, I knew it was over because you are unable to throw the ball with any accuracy.
Get accostomed to losing to UGA as long as you retain Johnson and that offense. We probably have 10 teams in the SEC that would beat you. One more thing, we are a young team, only started 3 seniors on our offense and 3 seniors on defense, also we started a fifth string tailback. Be prepared for another beat down again next year in Athens.
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
5:27 pm
Dawg48—I looked at that link, did not open anything, the titles didn’t seem too appealing to me. As a matter of fact, they looked kinda “in your face”, so I choose to not want to reply except for this. GO TO YOUR OWN BLOG!
Punchy
November 27th, 2011
5:33 pm
Pick one:
a) gt lost the game because of poor officiating
b) gt lost the game because its players have to study sooo much. (see Reggie Ball & Joe Hamilton)
c) gt lost the game because … well er ah… because ….
d) gt lost the game because its team sucks
smilnjac
November 27th, 2011
5:34 pm
Max Sizemore, those were the days !
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:42 pm
14 GT
I will not even try to be a jerk to you cause I know your down and out right now.
Dash
November 27th, 2011
5:52 pm
Punchy, you forgot choice E.
e) They got outplayed by a better team
Marine Jacket
November 27th, 2011
6:48 pm
If these posts are what UGA fans leave for a team that doesn’t matter or they don’t care about, I can’t imagine what they would post if we mattered.
Go Jackets!!!
blazer
November 27th, 2011
7:54 pm
GOT BEAT BY A BETTER TEAM NO DOUBT BUT THEY ARE NOT THE BEAST OF THE WEAK
SEC EAST-LOST TO THE BEST TEAM AND NEVER PLAYED ANY BODY FOR THE WEST.
HECK WAS TECH 3RD BEST TEAM THEY PLAYED?? (AND FORGET AUBURN)
NorthAveKillerBeez
November 27th, 2011
8:01 pm
Not sure what took CPJ so long to pull washington. Just wasn’t his day. Coach had a Chan Gailey/Reggie Ball moment where he refused to pull him. Next year can’t come soon enough…. sigh*
blazer
November 27th, 2011
8:11 pm
JOHN ZOOK IS AVAILABLE TO COACH THE DEFENSE NOW– BYE MR GROH!!
Blazer's daddy
November 27th, 2011
8:24 pm
Blazer………………..What? I don’t know what you’re trying to say….but it’s time for bed. I don’t care if you’re 40, as long as your living under my roof (Yes, the basement’s under the roof) you’ll do as I say.
AIr Force? OH, I forgot .............. the 2010 bowl
November 27th, 2011
8:24 pm
GT is more like Coastal Carolina than Wake or Maryland in skill. Sad.
Dave from GT
November 27th, 2011
8:39 pm
@blazer…… it’s Ron…… Ron Zook you dufuss!!!
white and gold
November 27th, 2011
8:50 pm
keep talking key bangers…. we’ll see if you’re still around after the seccg and on a more important note… atleast all the moms and dads can feel safe to let their young girls out of the house now that ol’ uncle pervy munson is gone! THWG and the walmarts they work at
The Truth
November 27th, 2011
9:09 pm
“But when it’s in-state and when it’s your rival … we’re tired of being the little brothers in the state”
That says it all.
Biff Pocoroba
November 27th, 2011
9:15 pm
If CPJ is allowed to bring back Groh and triple his salary, then he and DRad should be fired also. The guy hasn’t made a halftime adjustment all year. And Clemson turned out to be a fraud, so you can’t give him a lot of praise for that one now. That was just Dabo being a clown as usual and coaching his team down. Groh is like Gailey, a good pro coach, but the college game has passed him by.
Thomas Brown
November 27th, 2011
9:26 pm
Coaches’ Poll Georgia tek UNRANKED
AP Poll Georgia tek UNRANKED
NCAA PROBATION FOOTBALL back-to-back repeat offenders
1-10 vs UGA’s current head coach
# 51 recruiting ranking Paul Johnson every year
Student Section NOT FILLED vs UGA
Smart Jay
November 27th, 2011
9:33 pm
We have one thing in common with Georgia, we’re both the 4th best team in our conferences.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:49 pm
The real Thomas Brown is involved in trying to improve the way UGA treats its student-athletes:
“The whole atmosphere surrounding UGA athletes is a factor, according to Thomas Brown, a football player who Richt hired as assistant strength-and-conditioning coach. Few people ask athletes about their career plans, Brown said. They only ask about sports. As a result, athletes want to take easy courses rather than useful ones.”
From the McDuffie Mirror – http://mirror.augusta.com/stories/2011/08/04/opi_623979.shtml
@Thomas brown
November 27th, 2011
9:55 pm
Doo-doo Brown – sounds like you got sumpin else on yo mind than LSU.
ahsoisee
November 27th, 2011
10:04 pm
Johnson made a bad decision by switching an explosive A Back to the B Back position last year and it cost him some games. He would have come out better by using Lyons or another big B Back for the short yardage job. He is repeating this mistake this year by using an undersized quarterback as the B Back. If he wants to use Sims as a back, it should have been at an A Back position (he is more fitted for that position).
Johnson is also making the same mistake as Gailey. Both let loyalties to starters and his coaches whick is keeping GT from having a winning edge. Gailey would not fire his defensive coordinator, nor replace an innefective quarterback when he was floundering. It cost Gailey his job, and it is presently costing GT in games lost that could be won.
Johnson’s ego is also getting in the way of winning games. He is determined to prove that his method will win games even when the other team stacks the odds against him. He continues to try to push the ball up the middle too much when his best runners are the A Backs. Yes, Washington may be a good quarterback that can ocassionally break for a long gain, but he lacks the power in clutch situations to get needed yardage. He keeps the ball way too many times when he should pitch. Days might do the same, but he has more power to get the short yardage if needed.This is an ego thing with Johnson just to prove his method will work. It is costing games.
He has also lost his edge in the daring-do of the game. He should never settle for a field goal near the inzone against a team like UGA when scoring opportunities are limited.
It should be obvious that the 3-4 defense will never work at GT. It might work at a few schools that can recruit the best interior linemen in America. Even then, they must be rotated extremely often. There is absolutely no way three defensive linemen can withstand six offensive linemen blocking them the whole game. It is foolish to try.
The best defense is an attacking defense where linemen and linebackers can penetrate the offensive line to get to the backs and quarterback. It is also imperative for the linebackers and defensive backs to play close to the receivers on passing third downs. It is frustrating to defensive linemen that they cannot share in the glory of making tackles in the backfield or sacking the quarterback just to keep the blockers off the linebackers. GT must play at least a four man defensive front and even a five man front when the situation demands it.
Another mistake is not playing as many players as possible in a game to keep everyone fresh and the team happy. NO TEAM can be happy when players work their cans off in practice every day just to sit on the bench and watch tired first stringers miss tackles and let receivers run by them for catches.
Either Groh must go or use another defensive method. The 3-4 at GT will never, never, never, never, never, etal, work.
It appears GT needs a new defensive coordinator, a new receivers coach, and possibly a new quarterback coach. If something is not done in these areas, it appears we will need a new head coach before long.
The Old Man.
ahsoisee
November 27th, 2011
10:19 pm
By the way, just to prove that you don’t have to recruit better to beat UGA, I just reviewed the recruiting rankings for all teams from 2002-2011 (last 10 years) and found that Boise State was not in the top 50 of the recruiting rankings for these 10 years. We know Boise State beat UGA badly this year. It is also significant that GT appeared in the top 50 recruiting rankings six out of the 10 years. Tech was 18, 49, 41, 43, 49, and 50 in six of the 10 years.
Also UCF beat UGA last year and appeared in the top 50 recruiting rankings only one out of the 10 years (39).
The Old Man
OkieDawg
November 27th, 2011
10:25 pm
LMAO///..We beat GT and fall in the BCS standings. How bad is GT? GTBob, do you have an answer?
jp
November 27th, 2011
10:52 pm
white and gold and ahsoisee get a grip . white and gold makes fun of the dead bc you lose a football game get out your # 2 pencil and shove it . aholee you say , tech needs to play a 5 man front instead of the 3 4 . the 34 is the 50 defense or a 5 man front .it has been around forever. Your coach won you a championship and knows what he is doing . he won many games at navy including at ga tech and at notre dame when he coached there. the reason it is called the option is because there is an option to give , keep , pitch ,and sometimes throw on the play . coach johnson does not tell the qb to keep it if the pitch is there .washington takes what the d gives.ga took away the pitch by playing a different d .go build bridges and let him coach you can tell you never played any football.I bet you did not bitch when you got 411 yards on the ground last year .tech does not have 1 player that could start for ga and you still bitch tech has averaged over 30 a game on ga in 4 games . no team can say that .your team is 1st or 2nd in rushing in america with subpar talent i hope you are a big booster and get him fired so we can beat you for 9of the next 10. go reprogram your smart phone
No advantage playing Georgia tek, nothing to gain
November 28th, 2011
4:23 am
OkieDawg, you are so right. I see you noticed it too that we beat Georgia tek for the 10th time in the 11 years of Mark Richt era so far and DROPPED in the BCS Rankings.
I look forward to the day when we quit playing Georgia tek. It is all they care about, beating us – and, they cannot do it and it means absolutely NOTHING to us.
Georgia tek is obsessed with nothing but beating UGA
November 28th, 2011
4:42 am
Why should UGA concern itself with LSU ? We are not going to beat LSU, any more than Georgia tek was going to beat UGA. The question, then, is not why is UGA celebrating our 10th win in 11 games of Mark Richt vs Georgia tek instead of concerning ourselves with LSU; but, why did Georgia tek obsess itself with beating UGA ?
Because your fans – both of them – look at your won/lost record vs the # 71 Strength of Schedule in the nation today and want nothing more than to beat us. That is all you care about. You could lose every other game, but beat us, and be totally satisfied and you know it.
You are obsessed with beating UGA, and do not want to hear about that your football coach cannot even figure out who his QB is in the last game of the year, that your offense is laughable and that your defense and special teams are the pits.
UGA is the bomb. Georgia tek the pits. You try to talk academics but the facts there too, show that – not only are you on NCAA PROBATION back-to-back repeat offenders of the NCAA Major Infractions database – but, also even with your cheating you cannot beat UGA in graduation rates or APR.
So, you brag what you are going to do to UGA pre-game and then like St. Simons, run and hide for years when it does not begin to materialize. You were NEVER in this game. There was NO POINT during the game where any Georgia tek fan felt that you had the remote possibility to win.
I am not concerned about LSU; and you should not have been concerned about UGA – but, you are. Now, you run in here to tell us that we should be obsessed with beating LSU.
Why ?
Because you want LSU to do what you cannot do, on or off the field vs UGA ?
Back to Wal-Mart
November 28th, 2011
7:40 am
You RETARD! Why? ‘cuz you suk a big fatty.
Technically Correct
November 28th, 2011
7:43 am
When the other team is bigger, faster and more skilled, the only three things that can can help a team win in college football are high emotion, superior efficiency and “the breaks.” Tech beat Clemson with all three. Tech lost to Georgia, certainly without the last two and, arguably, without any of the three. Emotion, as a team, is hard to create; it just happens or it doesn’t. Sometimes that oblong spheroid bounces the right way and other times is bounces the wrong way. Efficiency is purely a function of getting everyone to do the right thing on every given play and perfection is illusive. All things being equal, exceptional talent wins the game. National Signing Day is more important to any football program than any scheme, the schedule or the institution. Show me what happens on NSD in 2012 and I will tell you who is likely to win the Tech/Georgia game in 2014.
ramblwrk68
November 28th, 2011
9:02 am
Please, PLEASE, ADDR, tell the team there is no bowl this year, just a time of “reflection” on what SHOULD have been an 11-1 ACC championship year, at worst. The last thing Tech needs is another embarassing bowl loss in a third-tier bowl.
The coaches need to concentrate on limiting the rejections from our “verbals” that will ensue from Saturday’s debacle, not prepare for a completely meaningless game, recruiting-wise, that no one will attend. Not to mention starting a search for a REAL defensive coordinator.
IMHO …
TampaDawg
November 28th, 2011
9:03 am
Max Sizemore
November 27th, 2011
5:14 pm
It would be truly nice if some Georgia people could win with class for a change.
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With the exception of a few on here, I don’t think GT fan needs to be preaching about “winning with class”? So many couldn’t even go into the game with class and if UGA would have lost, no way would things be any different from GT fans.
Dawg Fud
November 28th, 2011
9:07 am
Georgia alumnus here…Just want to congratulate Tech’s teams and coaches on a hard fought game and fine season. I was at the Tech-Clemson game and saw Tech at their peak this season.
See you next November!
JAWJeRDAWG
November 28th, 2011
9:08 am
Good luck to Georgia Tech as you move forward in your bowl game this year and in developing a competitive team in 2012.
Best wishes from the Dawg fan to the GT Yellow Jackets!
dawgfan
November 28th, 2011
9:15 am
Boy have Techies changed their tune over the past couple of years. All this crap about not having enough talent is a far cry from the “New Sheriff In Town” tough talk we were hearing a couple of years ago. Back then Paul Johnson’s offense was so genius that he didn’t need talent, but after 3 straight losses to the Dawgs its back to the same ole crybaby mantra of not being able to recruit top talent.
Hey Techies, you know what might help with that talent problem you say you have? Don’t hire a coach that runs a gimmick offense that doesn’t prepare players for the next level. Don’t hire a coach who considers defense an afterthought. Don’t hire a coach who half azzes recruiting and downplays it because he too lazy to do it effectively. Don’t throw your players under the bus everytime said coach falters. Nobody wants to play for fans like that. And try going to the games for once. Nobody wants to play in a stadium that is mostly filled up with opposing fans for the few big games you play in every year.
Look, your entrance requirements for football players are slightly higher than most BCS schools. I admit that. I also happen to care less. That’s your problem. I don’t know what you expect out of everyone. Are we supposed to spot you two touchdowns every year because all your management majors have to take “A Survey of Calculus?” Not happening. We hate you. Why would we spot you anything? If this academic presents such a competitive disadvantage for you then you need to drop out of the D-1 level. I don’t know what else anyone can do for you. If you aren’t willing to do that then please quit your incessant whining and just play ball.
I know, crazy of a hater like me to give you advice isn’t it? Well, if I thought you were smart enough to heed that advice I would be concerned, but that isn’t the case.
Thanks.
TampaDawg
November 28th, 2011
9:18 am
Where is GTBob?
TampaDawg
November 28th, 2011
9:21 am
I want to commend the Yellow Jackets players for keeping things relatively clean on the field (though I hate the cut blocks, it’s part of their game and not illegal). Things could have gotten ugly at 31-10 but the players on both sides and both coaching staffs did well at keeping things fairly calm. Nice job.
GT
November 28th, 2011
9:27 am
is nothing more than our scout team. We use them every year to get some of our 2nd and 3rd string guys some game experience. This year we even used our 5th string RB.
See you guys next year for our annual end of year scrimmage.
MD
November 28th, 2011
9:29 am
Dawg Fud, Thank you for saying that. I will join you as a UGA grad say it was a good game.
Reading these blogs with all of the petty trash talking from both sides gets really old. We won, act like a winner. Talk on our blog, not Tech’s blog. They come over to UGA’s blog and every single Dawg fan hate it’s. Ignore them and they’ll leave, just like I am now.
TampaDawg
November 28th, 2011
9:31 am
Let’s stay classy Dawg fans. We won, yes. But based on a lot of things, most would say we should have, so let’s not pound our chest on it too much. UGA has a much bigger game coming up.
Freddy Blassie
November 28th, 2011
9:51 am
I’d rather see a church burn than lose to Georgia, but they beat us on offense, defense, special teams and they outcoached us too.
Congratulations to Georgia on a good win at our house.
Coach Johnson is a great coach and is going to be at Georgia Tech for as long as he wants.
roughrider
November 28th, 2011
9:52 am
Is anyone on here old enough to remember the last time Tech won a bowl game?
juvenal
November 28th, 2011
10:10 am
er, Tampa, Max said he was a UGA alum…….Dawgs looked good, will give lsu fits-please don’t leave if you only are down 2 TDs, you have the skills to score quick……….remember who said it first, that the 3-4 will never work at GT……
yeller bug
November 28th, 2011
10:20 am
Congrats UGA on a good win. Bobo had a good game plan and your team executed it well. Tech, had a good game plan as well, but the execution….er not so much. Good luck with LSU—you’ll need it….it’ll probably take Divine intervention to win, but CMR is tight with the Lord so there’s always hope.
UGA'91
November 28th, 2011
10:22 am
Winning this game should prepare UGA for LSU. Their rushing attack is not better than Tech’s and our defense did a fair job of controlling the running game. I read your blog to get a feel of how Tech fans feel about your team and coaching staff…not to hear trash talk from other dawg fans. Are you guys happy with your current staff? Groh wants to run the 34 defense but as UGA showed last year without the right players it just doesn’t work well. Maybe another year recruiting his type of players will show better defensive results. Do you think you will have long term success with the triple option? Those are the things I would like to hear Tech fans discuss, rather than replying to a few immature fans. Good luck in your bowl game. Go Dawgs!
blazer
November 28th, 2011
10:25 am
Ok it is Ron Zook still better than Al.
TampaDawg
November 28th, 2011
10:52 am
I saw that juvenal, but dawg fans were getting blasted last week on the UGA blogs with some crazy stuff and now I read how we aren’t classy in a win? I tried to keep it tame because I don’t think Max meant it in a really bad way. How was your Thanksgiving juvenal? And for the record, I think the 3-4 COULD work at GT but not with the personnel they are trying it with. GT’s Nose Tackle is getting beaten bad.
RambleOn84
November 28th, 2011
10:54 am
Ever tried, ever failed. Try again. Try harder. Fail better.
RambleOn84
November 28th, 2011
10:55 am
Considering recruiting big boys on the D-line has always been a problem for us, I don’t see how we could expect the 3-4 to be especially successful.
yeller bug
November 28th, 2011
11:01 am
UGA91: I think Tech can have success with the TO. The service academies run it with success under severe ht & wt restrictions so Tech should be able to recruit even better players—the O-linemen are typically smaller and quicker which gives Tech a talent pool that other major schools don’t go after. The QB spot is the key and finding good athletes that don’t have the NFL arm, but can run and throw reasonably well is a larger pool of talent than your standard pro drop back passer. It’d be nice if we’d throw the ball 25 times a game though—our spread formation could easily incorporate play action–fake dive play two step drop and then pass to an A-back 4 or 6 yds downfield—high percentage pass plays. For some reason we don’t seem to run many such plays. As for Defense—UGA has done better developing the 3-4 than Tech. It remains to be seen if Tech can get the recruits to get the D to a point where it is feared. I think CAG is a good coach, but you’ve got to get the players.
TampaDawg
November 28th, 2011
11:02 am
yeller bug
November 28th, 2011
10:20 am
Congrats UGA on a good win. Bobo had a good game plan and your team executed it well. Tech, had a good game plan as well, but the execution….er not so much. Good luck with LSU—you’ll need it….it’ll probably take Divine intervention to win, but CMR is tight with the Lord so there’s always hope.
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Thanks Yeller. For once, someone on here OR the UGA blogs throws some humor into the fact that CMR has a strong relationship with God and doesn’t get tasteless or offensive about it in the process. Nice post and whoever your Jackets get in a bowl should get owned if Groh can tighten up the holes in the middle. I think if UGA had any running game to work with, the nose tackle would have had a miserable day. Poor dude is out of position a bit.
yeller bug
November 28th, 2011
11:18 am
TD: Being tight with the Lord is the best approach for the ultimate game called life. You are correct—the 3-4 needs a beast at NT and we’ve got a guy with heart, but not enough talent or size. He has to draw a double-team or disrupt the play as your NT did a few times—a critical one on your two yd line. I’ve suggested a few times to recruit a 450 lb sumo wrestler from Japan, but our recruiters have yet to see the genius of such a move.
T3
November 28th, 2011
11:26 am
GT got the butts kicked. Plain & Simple.
old dog
November 28th, 2011
11:26 am
The charade is over….ya’ll Tech boys had a few good players, but lets see how many chop-blockers and small backs you bring in now; Gimmick offense is exposed! You’ll never have a great q-back, as one who wants to survive will not come run a triple option. Good coach ya’ll have, but as with any gimmick, once its is exposed the better athletes take over…..
TampaDawg
November 28th, 2011
11:29 am
LOL yeller .. a sumo wrestler??? That’s freaking funny. Yeah, I think the NT position has to be someone who can still move around with some level of athleticism yet still come in at the about 6-1, 330+ .. Another year of recruiting and maybe Groh has the players he needs for that system.
As for “being tight with the Lord”, I too am “tight with the Lord” and yes, I believe it gives me advantages in life that I didn’t have any other way.
juvenal
November 28th, 2011
11:57 am
same Thanksgiving as always, only the saturday wasn’t so hot………Dawg fans around us were fine, maybe even the most polite ever…….CMR goes to the same church i do, no gripes there…..get to hunt black friday, the staff wants to go shopping….
bobbyGTdodd
November 28th, 2011
11:58 am
Ken, I’m interested in what you and your Tech readers think the reason is for uga dominating Tech like they have in recent years when other good teams have not, at least not to the same extent.
Here is a quote
November 28th, 2011
12:02 pm
GT for 2011 has hit bottom. A loss to UGA AND COACH MARK RICHT for the 10th time in 11 years, third time a row and TWICE IN BDS@HGF, NCAA probation for the SECOND TIME IN 8 years, no bowl or a very, very, very, very low level bowl vs Elon College or Citadel. Next year? The same.
UGA? Opportunity to play the REAL # 1 team in the USA and make tons of $$$ in the SEC C G and THEN ENJOY A FABULOUS BOWL TRIP and all the prestige that this brings. UGA IS THE TEAM TO TALK ABOUT ALL OVER THE USA ………….IF WE win.
UGA next year? Oh ……………wait and see with all of the FROSH TALENT and depth returning. Watch UGA sign TWO TOP BACKS …………………then UGA in 2012 will be a load. UGA has a BRIGHT FUTURE for two or three years. Exciting this is.
CPJ? His future NOW is the 2012 HOT SEAT. GT is going no where and fast with that funky triple option middle school thang. UGA OWNED IT.
Sun Bowl
November 28th, 2011
12:07 pm
Be scared, be very scared of getting within gunshot range of El Paso’s border with Juarez. Obama flooded the Mexican drug market with guns and now that place is very, very, very dangerous to Gringos.
If the Sun calls ………………..GT do not answer.
yeller bug
November 28th, 2011
12:21 pm
Reggie Ball is 40% (4 out of 10) of the reasons. UGA typically has better talent. Why has UF owned UGA? In the Tech-FSU series—Tech won the first 7, FSU the next 12 or 14, then Tech the last 2. Sometimes things run in spurts. I still think CPJ will make this a more competitive series. We complete that first pass play to Hill and Tech is up 7, don’t call a timeout on the FG attempt (luck of the draw there), don’t turn it over twice on our side of the field and the series between CMR and CPJ is 2-2. If UGA wins the next 3, then we’ll have to do something different.
Sweet, old Buck
November 28th, 2011
12:24 pm
Mike Bobo called the game knowing he could throw against Tech any time he chose. No doubt he didn’t want to completely embarrass that old fart who carries the title Defensive Coordinator. By the way I am older than he.
What if, what if, what if .............please
November 28th, 2011
12:52 pm
Murray had his usual three or four badly thrown balls to WIDE OPEN receivers. Had they been on the money and the UGA # 35 LB after his PIC not allowed his knee to touch turf, then maybe UGA adds another 21.
What if ……………….UGA had ANY decent backs in the game? Huh?
Stop with the what ifs ……………….. UGA owned that triple option thing for the third UGA WINNING year in a row. CPJ is toast. HE is on the HOT SEAT.
roughrider
November 28th, 2011
1:03 pm
Trivia question: How long has it been since Tech won a bowl game? Answer: Long enough for Tech to be thankful it’s in the ACC because they get their arses handed to them when they play out of conference.
Luke
November 28th, 2011
1:04 pm
-yawn- CPJ is far from the hot seat. When you’re projected to not make a bowl game and end up 8-4, you’ve surpassed expectations. Remember the “lack of talent” that we had at the beginning of the year and how “miserable” we were going to be? Well we did somewhat decent with a win over a then top-10, undefeated team. UGA was the better team. They beat the brakes off us. It happens. They managed to bottle up the option (you’re kidding yourselves if you think UGA has “owned” the option the two years prior. Giving up 58 points isn’t a good thing) and got the ball to their playmakers. There are plenty of teams that are in a worst position than we are (see Tennessee, MSU, Ole Miss, Duke, Vandy, Illinois, Ohio State, Penn State). I like where we stand and hope we can keep momentum going into the bowl game and get a 9 win season out of it.
Kudos to UGA on a good season and hopefully they beat LSU (I have some fraternity brothers who are from the bayou and God only knows I don’t want them to beat their chests about LSU).
Honest and Frank Discussion
November 28th, 2011
2:28 pm
Nothing like flipping through the comments and seeing how all the dogs win with class. I’m also not sure how the 12 year old idiots that post on both boards and rile people up somehow justifies poor sportsmanship on behalf of the mutts.
You guys were the better team on Saturday, but GT is a young team and will be back in full force next year. Keep in mind this is a team that was picked to finish 4th in its division in the ACC, not win the mighty SEC east.
Write it down.
November 28th, 2011
3:42 pm
Tech showed up to play grab-@ss and it showed.
Congrats to UGA.
Yes, UGA owns that triple option
November 28th, 2011
4:29 pm
A d’s mission is to bend but do not break. Allow yds if you must, but no scores or less pts. than your team gets. UGA over the last three years in a row vs GT’s triple O has owned the triple option, because GT has LOST all three games.
On to bigger and better things is UGA and the following years.
CPJ? HOT SEAT because his O IS NOT winning anything and in fact, is getting worse, if you look at their bowl venues lately and soon to be announced low level bowl. No titles, no nothing.
His decision to hire AL Groh is reason # 2 why he is on the HOT SEAT.
duronimo
November 28th, 2011
4:56 pm
My brother-in-law and my first cousin are eating it today. Big long-time Tech fans who really hate Georgia. I’ve been a UGA fan since the days of Zeke Bratkowski. I just don’t remember running to many Dog fans who exhibit their level of animosity. Because of that, it’s the highlight of my year, to beat Tech. Rubbing it in to these haters is special. I want to see Tech just competitive enough to give these bozos a little hope and then see it blow up in their faces.
NATIVE SON
November 28th, 2011
5:50 pm
It seems UGA went back in the polls in case they beat LSU, they couldn’t do too much leap froggin’
BCS – What a JOKE
Still proud of my Techsters though. Thanks for the season you gave us. I know you played hard. I wish every game had been a Clemson Game.
roughrider
November 28th, 2011
5:54 pm
The class Tech fans keep talking about was shown when Tech fans booed during the Larry Munson tribute.
Skitty Fritty
November 28th, 2011
6:00 pm
Dear Paul Johnson:
Thank you again for outcoaching CMR and losing by 14 this year instead of 8 like you did last year. You must have really put more effort into this years defeat to lose by 14.
Thanks again! I can’t wait till next year to see how much you will outcoach CMR and lose by maybe 20+?
UGA = YAWN
November 28th, 2011
6:47 pm
We are not Oklahoma or Alabama. We are good but not great. We have coaches that are not ex-GT football players so they care more about winning the ACC as opposed to beating Georgia. To me, I prefer we lose 11 and win 1 – vs UGA! We need a coach who is an ex-GT football player. Then we will have someone in the helm that understands the importance of the game and treats it as the most important game.
UGA = YAWN
November 28th, 2011
6:48 pm
Skitty Fritty – well done. I just wish he and Dan Rad had the balls to come in here and read these posts.
bugsquacher
November 28th, 2011
6:53 pm
GT….. ahhhh…forget it…..Im sure you know it sucks to be a tech fan…. thanks for all the smack talk before the game…… it makes watching and beating your football team that much more enjoyable……
where is st simon? gt bob? anyone, anyone, bueller, bueller?
UGA = YAWN
November 28th, 2011
7:12 pm
Go on the UGA page in ajc.com and blog all you want morons. Or better yet, aren’t you late for your WalMart trip? This page is for GT fans to vent. Sad that 90% of the blogs are from UGA fans – who apparently have nothing better to do in their sorry lives. Be thanksful you didn;t have LSU, Bama or Arkansas on your regular season schedule or you would have not even been close to making the SEC title game. South Carolina deserves it more than you but no worries. As I said 3 years ago, would only be a matter of time before Spurrier starting beatin you year after year after year …just like he did at UF. He didn’t let me down.
panzytechieschedual
November 28th, 2011
9:48 pm
Talk about class let me tell you about techie and thier class. I had a friend who wanted to take his son to the game because he leaves for afganastan in two weeks ( they are Dawg fan) and a tech friend gave them his tickets so they were in the techie section and they was pulling for the dawgs. about 15 tech fan tried to pick a fight with them. and every time I have been to a dawg game against techie they wanted to fight in the stands when they had you out numbered. they are gutless wonders.
panzytechieschedual
November 28th, 2011
10:07 pm
UGA YAWN is a gutless wonder that suffers from diarrhea of the mouth and has a total void between his ears. talk about an easy schedual 5 of techie wins came against team with a record of 10 wins and 35 defeats. techie played one of the easiest scheduals in major college ball. 73 team played a harder schedual. when you have a brainless wonder running his mouth then all you get is garbage. DAWGS OWN THIS STATE AND GRANT FIELD. 10 WINS OUT OF ELEVEN GAMES. 6 STRAIGHT AT GRANT FIELD. SO SHUT YOUR DIARRHEA MOUTH UP.
Another quote from The Flats
November 29th, 2011
8:35 am
Whadayah mean that GT is in the John Belk Bowl? ARGH! AAAAAAAAhh, oh no, help us please. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!
Yet another quote
November 29th, 2011
8:57 am
About two years ago, John Chavis left UT for LSU and Mark Richt needed to make a great D co ordinator hire. Chavis turned Richt down, as did Ellis at SC and Foster at VPI (Va Tech) and the local bloggers ( would be Tech fans) made hay with the turn downs. Rememeber that?? Funny it was ……….right?? CMR “was a fool.” right???
Last year neither LSU nor UGA were in the SEC C G and both of these men stayed home. THIS YEAR BOTH CHAVIS AND GRANTHOM are in the DOME for the SEC C G and BOTH HAVE TOP NOTCH D TEAMS. Period, end of story.
My point is that Richt DID MAKE a fabulous hire. At the time, with the UGA turn downs, and eventually find of CTG, I said it was like being told your three favorite steaks have sold out and we “had to settle” for CTG ……………….a FILET. See? All of the potential UGA D co ordinators were fabulous …………………INCLUDING CTG. LOOK AT HS RECORD.
I rest my case.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Dogs.
GT??? 2011 John Belk Bowl with CPJ who IS on the HOT SEAT
gt4ever
November 29th, 2011
11:06 am
Yet another quote,
You are yet another delusional UGA fan….. Grantham is a JOKE, an embarrassment to the University, and the state of Georgia… But you go ahead and drink that grape juice….
Blah, blah, blah
November 29th, 2011
12:39 pm
The MAIN EVENT IS THE SEC CG and CTG has his boys there. We took two weeks off with KY and GT and now, in THE MAIN EVENT we will be ready.
LSU vs UGA is like Ali vs Georgia Foreman, like the night in Zaire or the THRILLA IN MANILLA with Ali vs Jumping Joe Frazier ( RIP JOE) and the entire sports world will be watching. UGA and LSU going at it. HEAVYWEIGHTS with MNC on the line baby!!
GT is a loser with CPJ …………..no titles, no bowl wins, no respect and COACH MARK RICHT HAS CPJ has is whipping boy. Clemson is so bad that even SC stomped them and SC COULD NOT even win the “lousy SEC East”. Right? Lousy ? SC WHUPPED CLEMSON, the likely ACC Champ.
CPJ IS on the HOT SEAT. Ask the GT alum golfers out at PDC or ACC or AAC or Ansley GC last week. THE GT grads last week in my foursome were mumbling out loud as my partner and I ( UGA MEN) WHUPPED EM over 72 holes in 3 days. $$ it was so lovely.
CPJ IS on the HOT SEAT. Now you go back into the APS building and study !!!
Sun Bowl COULD BE??
November 29th, 2011
12:45 pm
Be afraid, be very afraid if the Sun Bowl invites GT there. With Obama running contraband guns with Eric Holder along the Tex/Mex border at El Paso into Juarez, to go out and dine just one night is to risk you life. DO NOT acccept the lowly Sun Bowl as the post season venue. It is very, very dangerous ………………but if you get ONLY that ONE bid, then I suppose that you accept it.
Wear Kevlar for sure to the game. Stay low and DUCK if you hear a car backfire ………..or worse.
gt4ever
November 29th, 2011
12:56 pm
CPJ should be on the HOT seat….. He hasn’t proven anything. His guys are finally in a position on the team to define winning or losing…. I think he has one more year because he does have a young team…. Time will tell and IMHO the age or youth justification is just an excuse….
old dog
November 29th, 2011
3:30 pm
“I’m a ramblin’ wreck from Ga. Tech
Who just got my tail tore up!”
The befabled triple option
Got walloped by the pup!
Like all the jolly-good fellows,
I’ll drink my whisky clear
I’m a ramblin’ wreck from Ga. Tech
And the same thing will happen next year!”
Write it down.
November 29th, 2011
6:50 pm
I see that parolee troll is typing away.
He’s the same guy with the multiple posts under different names.
Evidently, he has neither job nor life.
parolee troll,
Please walk outside your mom’s trailer and hang yourself with the garden hose.
Jacket Power
November 29th, 2011
9:37 pm
This just in through a good source that PJ is in North Carolina interviewing for the job is this true????
old dog
November 30th, 2011
8:52 am
Write it down;
You might as well attack folks, since you don’t have any football to talk about…….
That GTAD fax machine is a hummin
November 30th, 2011
10:25 am
CPJ in his arrogant way is trying to beg PN. State folks for an interview. He is telling them that “I defeated Mullin at MSU” and I know major ball.”
Sad, PN State is not returning CPJ’s call or emails. CPJ KNOWS that he is on THE HOT SEAT.
Next August, ESPN will do their annual Hot Seat coaching carousel and HE WILL BE their poster boy. CPJ …………………THE HOT SEAT. NO bowl wins, no ACC titles, not prestige, no nothing and PROBATION.
gtfanfrom1951
November 30th, 2011
10:27 am
well you can’t teach an old dog new tricks but the LSU kitties will enjoy a bulldog burger on Sat.
Nom Nom Nom Chuck's Taylor, or Norris if he is avaliable
November 30th, 2011
12:34 pm
gtfanfrom1951
November 30th, 2011
10:27 am
well you can’t teach an old dog new tricks but the LSU kitties will enjoy a bulldog burger on Sat.
Huh?
old dog
November 30th, 2011
12:36 pm
We may get smashed Saturday, but think how badly ya’ll would get beat by LSU? (This is exactly why under the present circumstances you’ll never have to worry about it; you’ll never get the opportunity!)
Al Bundy
November 30th, 2011
4:49 pm
I doubt CPJ is interviewing for any job at any college. No school in their right minds would try to top what GT is paying him. There are much better options out there for his salary. And I’d be willing to bet CPJ is not on the hot seat now and won’t be next year. We will have to sink much deeper before he’s on the hot seat. He hasn’t even fired any coaches yet. He’ll have to fire some coaches and still fail before he’s in trouble. We are stuck with him for at least 2 more seasons.
Al Bundy
November 30th, 2011
4:51 pm
old dog is 100% right. UGA might get beat by LSU but I doubt GT would even score a point. As I recall the last meeting between GT and LSU we ugly.
MM
November 30th, 2011
8:31 pm
Fior the record, UGA’s business school requires a calculus course.
EdmondsDAWG
December 1st, 2011
12:05 am
Dawg fan for life…But as a GA boy, still pull for tech…But why in the hell does Tech still get slow black QB’s that can’t run and dang sure can’t pass…Just keep losing////////DB
The New ACC
December 1st, 2011
8:41 am
@MM – A calculus course? ONE calculus course? I know high school students that take two calculus courses!!!!
The New ACC
December 1st, 2011
8:44 am
@old dog -
As a Georgia native, I would really like to be able to pull for the bulldogs this weekend. However, it is YOUR fans that make it impossible for me.
If they ever learn how to win with class, if they ever learn how to post on the GA Tech board with just a tad bit of respect and no insults, then MAYBE I can pull for them against LSU.
But I believe that it is asking too much – so…… GO TIGERS!!!!
The New ACC
December 1st, 2011
8:48 am
@old dog – Are you kidding me? Pause a moment and look at all of the uga fans on this Tech blog spewing total crap. And, this includes many obvious posts by some uga fan pretending to be a Tech fan.
Do you honestly wonder why Tech fans hate uga so much?
Rusty Shackelford
December 1st, 2011
10:17 am
This is for “white and gold”. Show a little class and respect. Making fun of someone passing away is disgusting and heartless. Regardless of how sore a loser you are, be an adult and show some respect for the family of the deceased. Don’t let us dawgs get you so riled up that you make yourself look so terrible. The only reason we rip on TECH so hard is because you all give us crazy reactions such as yours. We get a rise out of the shear inferiority complex that is being a TECH fan. Although I have a solution for you. They sell red and black gear in Atl, and you know what they say…If you can’t beat em, join em.
old dog
December 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
NEW ACC,
You could be right…..but the teckies have been spewing a little venom on our sites so long I myself crossed over to ya’lls site. Of course its a rivalry…..the play on the fight song certainly is no worse than the crud Tech folks put out…..this ain’t one-sided. As far as other comments go, human sacrifice aka playing QB in ya’lls triple option will net you an athlete, granted. However, you won’t get a real QB, which is what you need to win. The gimmick is exposed. Ya’ll may luck one out on us occasionally but until you stop with the gimmick offense you ain’t gonna be consistant…..ever! Tech has, in fact, had powerhouses in the past, and will again. But gimmicks get sniffed out usually.
p.s. many, not all, but many of us actually pull for ya’ll when you ain’t playin’ us, though the majority won’t admit it.
Write it down.
December 1st, 2011
4:51 pm
@old dog
Bark, while you can. Every dog has his day. Go drool on an LSU blog.
John Belk
December 2nd, 2011
11:04 am
The winner’s take in my bowl this year is $199.99. Now, I can up that amount IF can get CPJ’s YES right now ………………….hows about $229.00?? Hmm?
GT vs Davidson in the John Belk Bowl. SUCH is GT’s level.
ahsoisee
December 3rd, 2011
11:25 am
It may be a rumor, but is not out of the question that Paul Johnson would probably like to relocate back to a North Carolina school since that is his old stomping grounds.
It might actually turn out for the better for Tech if he was hired by another school. The Triple Option can work well for the academies who are limited in their recruiting from the git-go. It is not a negative for them to lose out on the skilled athletes who are interested in a pro career. However, it is a negative for a school like GT who could recruit better skilled athletes with a spread offense including multiple passing formations.
Tech offers a good education to those skilled athletes who can enter under our academic limitations, and there are plenty athletes who are both skilled and smart. Tech is further limiting its already limited recruiting by making it unattractive for the skilled receivers and quarterbacks.
Why is this fact not obvious to everyone? We are academically limited in our abilities to recruit enough super DTs at Tech. We then limit ourselves even more by placing just three good defensive linemen up against up against seven extra big offensive linemen (center, two guards, two tackles, and a tight end) by using a 3/4 defense.
By the way, we will never have any trouble recruiting the skilled athletes in the defensive secondary to make up for not getting the best of the defensive linemen. We have never had much trouble recruiting good linebackers at Tech.
Why don’t we at least play a four or five man defensive front (giving us more good defensive linemen to offset the six super offensive linemen). We can recruit good defensive linemen all day long even with our limited academic situation. NO, we play stupid and play three good defensive linemen against six super offensive linemen. Our coaches are not very smart.
This is a good year if PJ wants to leave. We can go after the Boise State coach, the Houston coach, or some other good coach who wins with less talent. and systems that draw the skilled athlete.
Another “by-the-way”: Even if a coach is leaving any of the Universities for another job, it would be foolish of them to let it out until after the bowl games.
The Old Man