Paul Johnson Q&A
Opening statement:
Anytime you lose, it’s certainly disappointing. I give Georgia a lot of credit. They’ve got a good football team. They showed up and they played very well. For us, the margin of error was small and we didn’t take advantage of a couple of opportunities we had early and when we didn’t do that, we got behind and we never could claw ourselves back into the game.
It was kind of a tale of two halves. The first half, we had a hard time getting them slowed down and the third quarter, we kind of self-destructed offensively, turning the ball over. But like I said, I give them credit. They came in here and they did what they had to do. I thought their kids played hard and they won the game.
On lack of pass rush:
They did a nice job of protecting their quarterback. We didn’t get to him much. We’ll have to look at the tape. Anytime guys get that open at times, we turned a couple guys loose in coverage, especially crossers. A couple times, they just beat us. They ran a post-corner (route) and beat us down on the goal line. … The play where the tight end caught the touchdown in the back of the end zone in the third quarter, we called the play. We knew the play and they still completed it. So you’ve got to give them credit for that. The bottom line is they made plays when they had to.
On Synjyn Days‘ play:
Tevin Washington has been our quarterback all year. I’m excited about Synjyn. I think he can bring something to the game. It’s not fair to evaluate him on the two series he got to play in that game.
On reverse pass play to open the game:
It’s a play we’ve worked on all year. It’s just a reverse pass. It went about as planned except we didn’t complete it. We had some guys open, I think. It’s something (that) you’ve got to execute those things. It was one play in the game. It certainly didn’t determine the outcome of the game.
On expecting so much passing:
Not really. We game planned for whatever. I was just trying to look (at the stats). I mean, they ran the ball 28 times out of 57 plays. That’s about half the time. It got a little heavy towards the end, but they were having much more success throwing it than running it. I don’t know that was so much by design. You kind of do what you’re having success with. I’m sure if they were gashing us running the ball, they would have run the ball, although they ran it pretty good on us that last drive at the end there when they were trying to run out the clock.
On Georgia’s special teams:
They’ve got a really good kicking game with both those kickers. They just kind of rotate and they both banged it six yards deep on kickoffs. The punter hit some great punts, pinned us down. They didn’t punt the first half but in the second half he pinned us inside the 10 twice. The field-position game was not as favorable as you would have liked. We actually started the game out getting a pretty good punt and pinning them back, but they kind of flipped the field on us. Even with the interception, we ended up back on our end.
On the timeout negating the missed field goal:
It just seems like sometimes that’s the way it goes. There’s nothing you can do about it. Sometimes it goes that way. Plenty of times I’ve seen where you call timeout and the guy makes the field goal and they have to kick it again. Trust me, if I’d have known they would have a bad snap, I wouldn’t have called timeout.
On play of David Sims:
I thought David Sims played really hard. He made some really nice runs. He had a nice run on the goal line on a touchdown, he had a nice run on a screen pass. I thought David played hard.
On the start to the second half:
It wasn’t good. It’’s not exactly the way you want to start the second half. The guy got outside our contain guy. Our guy couldn’t get off that block. It was a good one. (Johnson was being sarcastic about the block.)
On defense not being able to get a stop:
It’s deflating. I think it deflates the whole team. The other thing that’s deflating is giving up the score before halftime after you score. That’s probably the third or fourth time that’s happened this year, where you grind the thing out, you make a fourth down, you go down, you score with a minute left and – boom – they come back and score. And even thought it was a field goal, it changes the momentum and changes the way things go. We tightened up in the third quarter and played better defensively, and then the offense went helter kelter there with turnovers.
On if Washington’s first interception was a broken play:
It wasn’t a broken play. I don’t know till you look at the tape. We need to hit some of those plays. When we’re really successful, we hit some of those and stay on the field and get some big plays. I think there was another time – you were talking about the reverse – the first time we ran the play action off the toss, they turned the wheel route loose and we missed that, too, down the sideline. It could have been a huge play.
When you’re playing a good team and they’re a good football team, you’ve got to hit those. When you get a chance, you’ve got to take advantage of them.
On Roddy Jones playing his last game and setting the school record with 51 career starts:
Roddy’s just a great person besides a really good football player, and a model student-athlete. He’s got tons of character. He’s got tons of it. He’s going to be very successful at whatever he decides to do. He’s been a big part of a lot of real positives for Georgia Tech while he’s been here, both on the field and off the field. Personally, I’ll miss him a lot. He’s a great kid.
On if losing to Georgia hurts more:
It hurts every time. Anytime, if you’re a competitor and you lose, it hurts. I hurt myself, but I also hurt for those kids, because they wanted to win that game badly. They wanted to play well and win the game, and you hurt that you couldn’t help them find a way to do it.
On the problems covering crossing routes:
Usually if guys are running wide open it’s (a mistake in) coverage. I don’t know the specific one you’re talking about; they hit a couple of crossers. We’ll have to look and see. I think that and, again, with the calls I’d be just trying to guess without going back and looking at the specific defensive call and seeing what happened on the tape. But, yeah, we had trouble covering them, especially in the first half
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Jackedjacket
November 27th, 2011
3:50 pm
1st. and were second!!!!!!
We own this state
November 27th, 2011
3:51 pm
10 out of 11, 6 in a row at Grant Field. We own this State!!!!!!
GT2011
November 27th, 2011
3:51 pm
This Team clearly doesn’t have the talent to compete with georgia.
GT2011
November 27th, 2011
3:55 pm
If georgia fans haven’t figured out by now that they own this state then they should just quit watching football. This whole state is bought off, From the Governor down to the BP Gas Station owner, everybody is a georgia fan and somethings will never change.
ed
November 27th, 2011
3:57 pm
1-3 the great cpj vs sorry ole hot seat mark richt
where do you go from here tech?
hope it hurts real bad.
super size, where are you?
NorthAve
November 27th, 2011
4:01 pm
you can say what you want about Xs and O’s. They work a lot better when you have talent. Georgia clearly was the more talented team Saturday. We’ve got to recruit better.
Coach Johnson
November 27th, 2011
4:04 pm
“Hello”, I’m Paul Johnson, HEAD Coach at Ga TECH”. “Welcome to WALMART….. Get your own DAMN cart”.
George Gillen from Guntersville
November 27th, 2011
4:06 pm
Enter youAmazing video of a high school senior from Columbia TN who kicks the ball dead straight 75-80 yards in the air. He was successful on 54 of 54 attempts this season….100%. Now he needs a college team. Wants to go to Georgia Tech!
Watch for yourself…it is unreal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JKwgwFY3g
r comments here
ProudTechFan
November 27th, 2011
4:07 pm
Ed, I will take my team and its character every day of the week over the Mutts classless fans and low-life DUI dope smoking players. Winning a football game doesn’t define my life but know it does for you…good in time prevails over evil. Enjoy the ride while you can…
OkieDawg
November 27th, 2011
4:12 pm
GT’s center clipped Tyson on the reverse pass play and took him out of the game. He came out the next play because he tried to go. The illegal chop was called against the right guard for chop blocking while the center was engaged. The play against Tyson was pathetic and GT got what they deserved.
bad moon
November 27th, 2011
4:14 pm
I wonder if GT is going to have rings made this year? I suggest one that says ‘we are the Dawgs Biiiiiaaaatch’
Paul Johnson will be working at WalMart if he keeps getting his Ass handed to him at home by the Bulldogs.
I have a suggestion. Keep your mouth shut and coach. Crow is better served with a giant spoon.
19
November 27th, 2011
4:14 pm
The dark side has been “running this state” for a long time. Just look where we rank in education and unemployment. It would be more appropriate to say “we ruin this state”.
5150 UOAD
November 27th, 2011
4:18 pm
I really hate leaving the reverse pass for a TD on the field. A better pass and it is a catch. Picking Hill on the outside and it is a TD to start the game and really grab the MO early.
dawgfan
November 27th, 2011
4:20 pm
Georgia Tech: A loser program with loser fans and a loser head coach.
That about sums it up.
dawgfan
November 27th, 2011
4:22 pm
“Wawawawawawa…losing to UGA makes me cry so I’ll make up a bunch of lies about them and pretend I’m better than them because I went to Georgia Tech. I make more money than you and my dad can beat up your dad. Where’s my mommy?”
Tech fans=JOKE.
bluecole
November 27th, 2011
4:22 pm
As much as I hate to lose to Georgia, I know that CPJ is the right coach for GT. We have an offensive system that works well for us. Our most glaring weakness is the secondary, but we can fix that.
5150 UOAD
November 27th, 2011
4:22 pm
Okie dawg you are wrong on the Chop block. Both teams players were engaged. The Tech and UGA players fell on the other UGA and Tech player. It was not a Chop Block. CSS will replay the game enough times during the week watch it gain. So Finch did to Tyson what Ben Jones tried to a Miss St player last year.
OkieDawg
November 27th, 2011
4:23 pm
@UOAD, Yeah, had GT completed that reverse pass they probably would have gotten enough MO for the win. Is that your point?
5150 UOAD
November 27th, 2011
4:24 pm
A real good defense and most of the problems Tech has go away. I would think some good D players could see a great opportunity at TECH.
OkieDawg
November 27th, 2011
4:25 pm
UOAD, I’m watching it now. I don’t have to wait, I have a DVR. The penalty was correctly caleed on an illegal chop block.
5150 UOAD
November 27th, 2011
4:26 pm
Okie…….that is not what I said but you read it how you wish. I have nothing more to say to you if you can’t read better than that.
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 27th, 2011
4:27 pm
I think it’s clear that Washington has taken this offense as far as he can. The whole game was a matter of Murray completing his passes and Washington not. Defense is not to blame for all 31 points. Take away a touchdown that an interception cost us and the defense looked pretty good. Special teams let Boykin get his but overall not bad . CPJ made his mistakes, also. Need to win the bowl game. The future looks bright. ” GO JACKETS “
5150 UOAD
November 27th, 2011
4:28 pm
BS OkieDawg BS. If you have it on DVR then put it on YouTube and show what a Dirty play it was. Include the hit on Tyson with your comments.
GT
November 27th, 2011
4:30 pm
Triple Floption……….
here we go again!
dawgfan
November 27th, 2011
4:32 pm
5150, your D was a joke in 2008 and has been every year since. If you haven’t been able to get the players in 3 years why is it magically going to start happening now? If CPJ can’t figure out how to fix it in 3 years why is he magically going to fix it now?
The problem isn’t your players. Your problem is that you are a mediocre irrelevant football program that no top DC in his right mind wants anything to do with.
Lt. Frank Drebin
November 27th, 2011
4:33 pm
ProudTechFan – blah, blah, blah, blah, blah……
19
November 27th, 2011
4:33 pm
dawgfan, my father and mother passed away a couple of decades ago. I’ve been able to defend and take care of myself and family all my life. If that makes me a “loser” then so be it. Oh, if my Dad was alive I’m certain he would be able to take care of himself quite easily. He killed German and Italians in WW2, Koreans and Chinese in Korea and NVA and Viet Cong in Vietnam.
BreakingNews
November 27th, 2011
4:34 pm
5150: I’m surprised you’re not in hiding somewhere today! You should really pick a team to pull for that will actually BACK UP all of the trash talking you do on the AJC blogs. Seriously, just to make things interesting, you guys need to start winning 1 or 2…this is getting a little boring. So glad you guys started Reggie Ball, Jr. against us on Saturday! Well, you’ve got about 350 days to start putting together your game-week trash talk for next year. It should be good – I mean, your team gave you so much ammo to work with on Saturday. THWGT!!!
OkieDawg
November 27th, 2011
4:38 pm
Where is GTBob? I need to see some more of his useless stats proving to himself Georgia was a terrible team and GT was a great team.
Dirty
November 27th, 2011
4:47 pm
As a Tech Fan Paul Johnson’s comment’s above were totally unfaithful to the Tech Fan’s and he pissed right on our faces by saying them. I am a Big Johnson Fan but don’t piss on our faces and tell us it is raining. Time to Recruit a QB who can Pass and run instead of a QB who can run and try to TEACH him to Throw
ACC is Bettter Than SEC
November 27th, 2011
4:50 pm
Let me rethink that one
dawgfan61
November 27th, 2011
4:53 pm
Hey, PJ about your comments about the difference in SEC and the Acc how does the outcome of the 4 games look to you now. Georgia by 14 should have been more but running out clock,South Carolina by 21,Vanderbilt by 34 , but at least Florida State did beat a down Flordia by 14. Sounds like pretty special conference to me.
Reality
November 27th, 2011
4:56 pm
Good game Dawgs….now try to show a little class.
Reality
November 27th, 2011
4:59 pm
I really think Groh needs to go. You cannot play a 3-4 defense with the size/talent we have up front.
Burgess
November 27th, 2011
4:59 pm
Johnson being sarcastic, surely you jest ?
Reality
November 27th, 2011
5:00 pm
Thanks Dawgfan61….I’m sure PJ reads or cares about your comments.
Mirna from smyrna
November 27th, 2011
5:02 pm
Dirty @ 4:47 – You nailed it! Also, can Tech lend us the Sims kid for the LSU game? He runs hard and has no quit in him.
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:08 pm
Thought I would help y’all tech fans out.
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=Taw4kF4F74s
smilnjac
November 27th, 2011
5:10 pm
Pretty clear to this long time TECH fan, that we were just outmanned. This offense will work, but not without a real threat of the pass. We got to get some guys who can throw and catch. Georgia had 9 guys in the box with the safties 7 yrds deep, daring us and we couldn’t throw it. On defense we got to get a pass rush, Georgia had all day to pick out the open guy and throw it to him. If we want to compete with SEC teams and the Better ACC teams the winning has to start on the recruiting trail.
ACC is Bettter Than SEC
November 27th, 2011
5:15 pm
Coach Paul Johnson said Boykin got outside of Tech’s containment scheme.
“Our guy couldn’t get off that block,” Johnson said with a measure of sarcasm regarding the block. “It was a good one.”
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Well Fish Fry they probably missed a few chop blocks, too
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:17 pm
Okie dawg
If you watch, on the play that Tyson “went down” he was not touched.
He was hurt on the play before when he had his feet swept out from under him on a block it looks to be #50.
the chop block was on jerkins.
Cmon man
November 27th, 2011
5:24 pm
Its funny how the tune has changed. First cpj was an awesome coach and didnt need to recruit top notch talent because he could coach them up. Now you guys finally realize that coaching will only get you so far at some point you need talent.
5150 UOAD
November 27th, 2011
5:26 pm
48……………..your link to whatever YouTube Video you were trying is going to a page with just a list of unrelated videos. thought i would let you know.
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:29 pm
Well crap
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:31 pm
5150
For what it’s worth okie dawg had no idea about what he was talking about.
Danny
November 27th, 2011
5:34 pm
I’ve been a Johnson fan since he got here. But, it is totally obvious that we cannot recruit top notch guys here at Tech. I do not know if it’s Johnson’s offense or it Johnson just can’t recruit well at this level. What I do know is that things will remain the same unless there is a fan uprising. If no one buys tickets to the games, they’ll get the picture and fire PJ.Please, for the good of the school, consider boycotting Tech football to get rid of him.
davidinloganville
November 27th, 2011
5:37 pm
19 Thanks to your father for his service! My Dad was a 30 year Marine, WW2 and Korea.
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:38 pm
Danny
That makes no since!
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
5:40 pm
George Gillen From Guntersville–last week your name was Sam posting that same ad for that kid from Columbia, Tn. You were told more than once no one on this blog can help you. Figure out how to contact the AD’s office or the coaches—ramblingwreck.com and search for contact info. You must have put that ad on here 100 times. WE CAN’T HELP YOU. WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE. WE ARE JUST FANS AND ALUMS.
Go Dawgs
November 27th, 2011
5:40 pm
Tech will be a better team next year, I’m certain about that! Tech is lucky to have a coach like CPJ, he will do some amazing things for this team and Tech will have some VERY good years!
He will restore this rivalry soon, and the future is bright for both UGA and Tech! Good luck in the bowl game Tech fans!
Danny
November 27th, 2011
5:41 pm
dawg48 – i guess you would like for us to keep him. But, I for one want to stop, not put up with, the uga streak.
macrotech
November 27th, 2011
5:43 pm
We have GOT to remember that we weren’t supposed to do much this season. 8-4 is better than imagined at the beginning of the season! We have a QB in waiting and he can step in next season and do some damage to opponents! Our D will be better when all those kids mature. I hate that we lost, but Tevin made HORRIBLE reads all day! His throws were atrocious…STILL can’t figure out the throw in the middle that shot off to the right! Hopefully, we can close this season out with a win in whatever bowl we play in. Uga outplayed us and got the win…AGAIN!
Cmon man…CPJ has earned the right to the tag, “Awesome Coach”. He is and he will get Tech a LOT more victories than he will losses. I agree with you on the level of talent on the field…we have it…it just has to grow into the potential that our coaches saw in them when we recruited them.
OkieDawg
November 27th, 2011
5:45 pm
Dawg48, can you read? I stated that Tyson went down on the reverse pass play by a clip from #50, Finch the GT center. Tyson came out the next play because he was hurt on the previous play, THE REVERSE PASS PLAY. And the chop block was called on #77Uzzi for a chop block on Ga’s #6 Jenkins who was already engaged by GT #50 finch…..GEEZH
Go Dawgs
November 27th, 2011
5:47 pm
I agree with the recruiting at Tech, but give CPJ a chance. Tech isn’t UGA in terms of ease of recruiting. He will get his guys; it might be next year, or the year after, but he will get the players he needs to win championships….
GO Dawgs, beat LSU!
macrotech
November 27th, 2011
5:47 pm
Go Dawgs, I concur with your post at 5:40 p.m….props to CMR for his job rallying the troupes after that 0-2 start! Best of luck to you and yours!
Supsalemgr
November 27th, 2011
5:48 pm
They don’t buy tickets now. Maybe Tech should start playing Auburn and TN again so at least some home games would be sellouts.
Spyro
November 27th, 2011
5:48 pm
I’m not quite sure why people keep saying that CPJ can’t recruit. Our recruiting is pretty much tied to our academics. Players don’t want to deal with hours upon hours of homework. Our recruiting is not going to pull in high class after high class unless we get majors that allow us to do so.
Also, are people really calling for CPJ’s head? He’s won 34 games through 4 seasons so far. While I would love that to be more, what are the other reasonable alternatives? Going back to a coach that runs a pro set? That did us real well. *rolls eyes*
I think we need to go ahead and let Days take the first team snaps for the bowl game. Tevin’s passing has been off for a while now. At least Days was getting a spiral on the ball and was putting the ball in spots where only the receiver had a shot at it. Days is a better and more powerful runner (like Nesbitt) and more snaps would only give him the opportunity to become for comfortable with pitching and reading.
The good thing going forward is that we still have a young team. Now, I know people get edgy at the mention of “wait until next year”, but there are a lot of guys on this team who are only going to get better. Let’s be a little patient before we bring out the torches and pitchforks.
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:49 pm
Danny
I don’t care if he stays or goes but don’t boycott your sports program….
My personal opinion if tech had a stout defense the offense Paul runs would be great with a stout defense.
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
5:50 pm
19. We owe your Dad and your Mother and their kids so much more that THANKS can ever say. All of your family sacrificed for our nation. If you served, THANKS to you too.
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:52 pm
Okie dawg
Missed your first post I was wrong my bad.
You are correct!
G
November 27th, 2011
5:52 pm
Dawg 48 are you a Tech fan?
Rafe Hollister
November 27th, 2011
5:52 pm
Mark Richt adopts special needs children.
Paul Johnson calls people “retarded”.
Who has class here?
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
5:53 pm
davidinloganville–THANKS to your family too!
Danny
November 27th, 2011
5:54 pm
macrotech – I so hope you are right about our talent level. I don’t see it. When you match us up against the better teams we’ve played, man vs man, position vs position, I am just not convinced we match up well.
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:55 pm
In regards to recruiting
The state of Georgia puts out enough talent to keep both teams stocked.
I wish both schools could put up a wall around the state and keep the others out!
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
5:56 pm
G
No.
Danny
November 27th, 2011
6:00 pm
Dawg48 – My point is that while PJ/Grough are there, I wonder if we are going to be able to get the horses needed for the 3/4 defense.
Technically Correct
November 27th, 2011
6:03 pm
Against stiff opposition, a team with a great passing game can still win with a lackluster rushing game, but a team with a great rushing game cannot win with a lackluster passing game. We saw, once again, the difference that a skilled passing QB means to the success of any football team. While Washington seems like an outstanding young man, let’s hope that the starting QB next year is a passer first and rusher second.
wrecked
November 27th, 2011
6:04 pm
The talent gap is getting wider, Elite recruits don’t want to play for PJ. He misses on most every elite recruit he offers. I am sure the parents of the players getting Scholarships to tech instead of georgia Southern or Wofford greatly appreciate the opportunity Pj gives them.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
6:04 pm
1 – Tough core curriculum loaded with math, science, and labs
2 – Serious lack f coed population
3 – Small budgets, small stadum, small fanbase
4 – Less than sports passionate student body (and that’s being generous)
Why would a 4 or 5 star recruit who has no interest in being an engineer come to Georgia Tech? Tech hasn’t gotten the talent for over 45 years, Tech doesn’t have the talent now, Tech’s not getting the talent this February. Tech is waht Tech is…..a nice little 7 to 10 win program competing against like-minded academic institutions who cannot compete with the big $$$ expanded curriculum lower requirements for athletes schools. I accept it……and 8 wins this year was great!!!
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
6:05 pm
Danny
I have said on here before yell need that big man in the middle on the DLine.
Remember last years tech uga game? Y’all ran right up the gut on us all night!
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
6:06 pm
wrecked
Bull….elite recruits don’t want to come to Tech. CPJ has nothing to do with it. Top 3 factors in deciding what school to go to in no order; the course load, the atmosphere, and the girls. Tech has far too much of one and not nearly enough of the other two.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
6:07 pm
Dawg48
So what. We lost.
GT ATW
November 27th, 2011
6:10 pm
The sun can’t shine on one Dawg’s butt forever. With all that talent, UGA is bound to have a good season every once in awhile in spite of themselves. Would have been nice to beat the mutts, but I feel we are headed in the right direction by improving to 8-4 this year. We have a very young team and when you add some great kids into the mix that redshirted this year, I’m optimistic about the future. Don’t be surprised if Vad Lee beats out both Washington and Days at QB next year. Now, let’s go get a bowl win and get that monkey off our back!!!
Dawg48
November 27th, 2011
6:11 pm
Tech forever
As a dawg fan I hate knowing we have to play that offense.
jay
November 27th, 2011
6:12 pm
Don’t like PJ very much but he has been very successful. Tech would be crazy to
get rid of him.
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
6:12 pm
Just saw the new BCS poll–sorry but Georgie is #14
I'll alert the Media
November 27th, 2011
6:13 pm
I think you can work kids hard, practice hard, hold them accountable on and off the field, but if Johnson doesn’t quit meeting players 5 yards from the sideline and cussing them out on TV, his recruiting will continue to get worse. Coaching it what they need, not a cussing. Johnson acts they are embarrassing him. I wouldn’t let my son play for him.
I'll alert the Media
November 27th, 2011
6:14 pm
14GT………………14….20….it really doesn’t matter past 1 & 2
macrotech
November 27th, 2011
6:16 pm
Danny, when you look at our defensive backs….they’re SO young….they’ll mature physically, but more importantly, they’ll develop when it comes to technique. There have been moments where their raw talent showed brilliance…THEN, there were ALL those moments where their youth proved them to be lacking! A year under their belt will help a great deal!!!
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
6:17 pm
Don’t know how anyone else feels about it and don’t much care how some of you feel—-but I think it stinks that Bamalamadingdong might play for the MNC without a conference title, not even a conference divisional title. That’s the buzz right now anyway.
GT ATW
November 27th, 2011
6:19 pm
He’s an old school coach, that’s just the way he is. He expects them to perform, holds them accountable and he makes them all better players. And, his players generally speak highly of him and they respect him. It’s not easy turning boys into men.
pensacola Dawg
November 27th, 2011
6:19 pm
proudtechfan shut up and go pick the dinkleberries out of your nose!
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
6:20 pm
1 4 GT is an easy way of typing One For GT–I’m not 14GT–thank you
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
6:23 pm
That’s real cool there pensacola Dawg–I know your mama is really proud of her BABY
Intrepid
November 27th, 2011
6:28 pm
Hey GT ATW,
Here’s the cold hard facts:
–GA has been young too and has had no consistancy in its running back personel and you still have not beat us.
–I keep hearing about the great PJ, he is overrated. He cost you the VA Tech game going on fourth down on your own 30. He is setting the new version of “fourth and dumb” and getting Doug Dickey off the hook. That cost you a chance for the ACC championship game.
–I don’t want to hear anymore about the ACC vs SEC comparisons. Got it?
You have nice and cute little schools, but face it, You are what you are!
–Try playing better and stop talking to “big” till you actually win something.
GO Dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cecil34
November 27th, 2011
6:28 pm
Bluecole, this is your cousin here and i will have to disagree – time for CPJ to go. He is not able to recruit 1A talent here because of the offensive scheme he is in love with.
I would like to see Mike Leach come in here and run a spread offense – he knows how to recruit and especially qb’s and wr.
That is the type of offense that will bring in top flight talent to effectively compete with UGA.
Leach knew how to handle Texas with all their great recruiting.
The spread gives defenses fits – and would even the playing field with UGA.
Even though this won’t happen this year, it needs to.
It most likely will after next year. especially if CPJ keeps that useless Al Groh…..
Always a Jacket
November 27th, 2011
6:31 pm
Paul Johnson’s confidence is now irritating arrogance. Everyone knows he is recruiting smaller, slower players because it’s easier. He bashes the recruiting services as if they are the stupid ones. he is so confident that HIS system will offset any size/speed differences. His defenses are the worst I can remember in last 30 years at Tech. Special teams are bad. He beat an average Clemson team this year… what else has he done??? I do believe this offense can compete if he were to get the athletes, which he is not getting. LSU and Iowa proved this.
Everytime a coach fails at Tech they fall back on the academics excuse. If we want to compete like Stanford, Notre Dame, etc then get a coach like Stanford has. If we want to cry about academics, then lets keep Johnson and play Harvard.
Oh Yea, we are too young also, who’s fault is that? It’s the end of year 4 and we are too young.
Bottom-line, the program is not getting better and the next coach will have to deal with the ‘talent’ recruited by Johnson. Yes, these average athletes will be better next year, but when you start with below average, you will never get to the level under Ross & O’leary
Too bad the local sports media is scared to challenge Johnson.
Supsalemgr
November 27th, 2011
6:33 pm
1 4 GT, what is your beef with AL? Do you want to play them? They are the second best team in the country so why shouldn’t they play for BCS championship?
GT ATW
November 27th, 2011
6:35 pm
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GT ATW
November 27th, 2011
6:35 pm
Intrepid—you’d better start concentrating on LSU and forget about us. I’ll give you credit for the good team you have this year—bout time you guys didn’t squander all that talent, but your task is far complete. Good luck next week!
DeepDiver
November 27th, 2011
6:49 pm
I LOL’d when I read this gem from ‘Dirty’ on the first page: “I am a Big Johnson Fan but don’t piss on our faces and tell us it is raining.”
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
6:51 pm
Dawg48
Why would it matter what offense GT implements? Tech is 11-30 vs Georgia in my lifetime. It is one of the top 10 most lopsided “rivalries” in college football since 1970. I find it funny you’d worry about anything Tech does in football and if I were you would actually be petitioning your school to en the rivalry. I know I wouldn’t mind it ending…..well, it wouldn’t bother me either way as I’m numb to it.
Intrepid
November 27th, 2011
6:53 pm
I agree with the LSU task ahead. I do think we can score and play defense, but the special teams will be our downfall. Anyway, I don’t “hate” tech, but its time CPJ gets off his arrogent high horse and stops making his little sarcastic comments to anyone who disagrees with him. I too don’t believe he is God’s Gift to coaching and I think you guys are figuring it out now. I just don’t think he knows it yet. Good luch to tech in its bowl game.
1990Tech
November 27th, 2011
6:56 pm
Fast forward a few years and what tech did this year will continue. beat mediocre to poor teams and lose to good ones. CPJ is a good fit for ga state not tech
Saban
November 27th, 2011
6:58 pm
Well once LSU puts 50 on the Dawgs and they lose by 30 to Virginia Tech in the Booger Eaters Classic Bowl maybe the Dawg fans will wonder why they gave Richt another 5 year contract.
Keep Richt
GT Man
November 27th, 2011
6:59 pm
Why does PJ always have excuses losing to Georgia? AS a GT grad, its getting embarased every year by Ga. They know they are going to win, that Tech is intmidated by Ga. Stupid plays are called, or PJ chokes on certain plays, Al Groh is too old to be a coach, that 3-4 put no pressure on Murray, surprised he didn’t get 400+ yards against us with our sorry pass defense. One more year PJ, now that Vad Lee is ready, please dont ruin him. Let him run the team, Washington has stunk twice against Ga. He’s their new Reggie Ball and PJ is becoming our new Gailey.
realfan
November 27th, 2011
7:00 pm
I just want to say this. I admire Paul Johnson as a coach because he demands excellence and sticks to his guns. However, I would not want my son to play for him. If you watched the game he mouthed the F—- work several times and when kids come off the field he chews them out with cuss words. Even the players say he does it but they also say they know he cares for them. ( note, they don’t say how much they care for him.). He is just not a good example of a class coach and he make Ga Tech look bad. And, does he ever smile? And no, I am not a Georgia fan. I am a fan of college football.
LADAWG
November 27th, 2011
7:01 pm
I keep reading all these comments about how Techies think Vlad Lee is the savior. The kid was a 3 star recruit. He ranked 43rd in the country at his position. The reality is top tier talent does not want to play in a gimmick offense. As long as you run this offense, Tech will continue to lose these types of games where the opposing teams have better talent.
Finally, SEC is where it is, all the smack talk by the techies and CPJ prior to this game. Hurts to have to admit when your wrong.
CarolinaJacket
November 27th, 2011
7:01 pm
I haven’t seen anything written about it, but I thought that Tech was really stupid coming out and insulting the UGA players before the game. Why make a superior team even madder? This smacks of some of UGA’s “tricks” in recent years, but I don’t think it showed a whole lot of class. And it surely didn’t work. Was this done with the coaches’ approval?
CarolinaJacket
November 27th, 2011
7:02 pm
PS It didn’t show a lot of class.
Winning!
November 27th, 2011
7:06 pm
The Tech fans we encountered were mostly polite with the exception of the occupy wall street loser and his followers sitting behind us! Rude and crude does not do them justice! Total lack of class and when the game started going south then the personal attacks started! We were told we were in their world and that’s what we should have expected! With the talk about how superior an education from Tech is over UGA, I would have expected them to have a better grasp of the english language to express themselves! However, they sounded closer to the psycho from Alabama who poisoned the trees at Toomers Corner in Auburn. Sorry Bama I really didn’t mean to put you on such a low level but these boys were the example of how not to raise your children!
To sum it up punk fans led by a punk coach! (punch UGA fans, retard)
What a shinning example of character you have at Tech in you head coach! You all there should be so proud!
Sent from my iPad
Intrepid
November 27th, 2011
7:07 pm
Hey Saban, you worrying about GA game results. That’s the problem with you tech guys, you need to worry about tech and not GA.. We are in the game and we will have a high bowl game as well. Accept it boy. Until your team does something that effects GA, you need to shut up and I even think most of your colleagues will agree with me. Bragging that GA will lose to teams that you have nothing to do with is “retarded” .. Ash PJ!
CHOP BLOCK U
November 27th, 2011
7:07 pm
Why not ask coach Moobs why he trains and practices gutless, cowardly, dangerous chop blocks? Even the announcers were calling out Tek’s chop blocks nearly every down. It’s disgusting.
31-17!!!
CHOP BLOCK U
November 27th, 2011
7:08 pm
“class” is the last thing a Tek fan should be talking about.
31-17!!!
CHOP BLOCK U
November 27th, 2011
7:11 pm
Funny, for the past 3 straight years that UGA has won it’s been because GT was just so “young.” LOL!!!
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
7:11 pm
supsalemgr—A few years ago Mich & OSU were ranked 1 & 2 (the 1st MNC for Fl?) and there was a lot of buzz about a rematch with OSU #1 & U of Mich 2#. OSU beat U of Mich for Big 10 trophy. The rematch buzz was still out there until enough voters said they would not vote it that way. The public was against a rematch too. I just do not think we should have a team playing for the MNC and not be a conference champion unless said team is an independent ala ND.
makai
November 27th, 2011
7:16 pm
CPJ said that there wasn’t much difference between the ACC’s and SEC’s middle ranked teams as Saturday’s games would show. Well, he’s wrong again SEC won the match ups 3-1 and the games weren’t close.
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
7:18 pm
CarolinaJacket–how did Tech insult the Georgie players before the game? I didn’t see anything on TV that I thought would be insulting.
CarolinaJacket
November 27th, 2011
7:20 pm
No, the DAWGS have won because they have better players. Hopefully, that will even out a bit, but it will always be hard for Tech to recruit against UGA. And Tech’s defense might get better next year if the players mature and improve. If they don’t, we will be in trouble again.
Shan
November 27th, 2011
7:21 pm
Tired of losing to the worst fans in America….THis is the one game that most GT fans look foward to every year…if we cannot ever maybe we should play someone else or go to the same division as Georgia southern….
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
7:22 pm
im starting to think most Tech fans are Liberal.blame everyone else but yourselves.How Sweet It Is
CarolinaJacket
November 27th, 2011
7:28 pm
The announcers said that the Tech players were hurling “smack talk” at the Georgia guys. Now maybe that’s cool, but I’m one who believes in holding off until after the game, and even then, win with class. I guess I was too much influenced by Bobby Dodd when I was a kid. He would scold the Tech students if they got out of line.
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
7:28 pm
whenYALL gonna engineer a win against us Walmarters? blahahahahahah
WnE
November 27th, 2011
7:29 pm
Why did none of the Media ask Coach Kung Fu Panda after the game if he thought that his “perceptions” of the SEC were still the same after LOSING to uga for the 3rd straight yr.?
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
7:30 pm
All year again. bla bla bla
Buzz Belle
November 27th, 2011
7:32 pm
Winning – for every story you have I can give you four to match, in Athens, over a 30 year period. Main reason I don’t go to Athens anymore – vile language, being spit on, garbage thrown throughout, and people urinating in public is common even when you win. To the Tech fans who want to get rid of CPJ, come on! This is his first year with 100% of his recruits. We have an incredibly young team and we did so much better than any of us expected. It’s always hard to lose but we have a bowl game to go to. To all the UGa fans who want to give smug remarks, paybacks are hell and this year they are about 6 days away from you. Good luck with that LSU thing.
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
7:33 pm
I see that someone suggested GT hire Mike Leach. He won pretty good @ TxT in Lubbock, Tx. I don’t know how he was able to recruit kids to come there. Nothing around there but cows, wind, grit, cactus, tarantulas, scorpions, snakes and coyotes. Oh yeah, it’s hotter than blue blazes. Very similar offense, but he believed in passing. His teams didn’t play much defense. Just a younger version of CPJ I think. They won like 59 to 53 or some such. MAYBE A GOOD FIT??Maybe Not??
Tech86
November 27th, 2011
7:36 pm
O’leary 28-18, Gailey 28-22, Johnson 34-18- Records after first 4 seasons. Loved O’leary, but did not capitalize on success in 98 and just seemed to mail it in 2001, Hated Gailey-played as if the schedule was 16 games and if you won 8 you made the playoffs and after 51-7 pasting by UGA, would have fired him on the spot-”guess I did not have the team ready”, we lost to Wake in ACC Championship with Calvin Johnson and Tashard Choice!!, come Tech fans, Johnson maybe a butthole to many of you, but I would much rather have a hard nose, snarky coach than Chan the man, also, I saw plenty of times when O’Leary got into the kids face when the missed an assignment. Ask the kid from Bama about screwing up on the kickoff return that Auburn returned to start 2nd half, Saban was all over him and he was not on the kickoff team the rest of the night. It is not X’s and O’s it’s the Johnny and Joe’s, get more of them, we win more games. Our margin of error is ever so thin, a punch against Va Tech, a block in the back 25 yards downfield on a TD run against UVA, missing a wide open Stephen Hill on first play of game,(may not have changed outcome but we will never know). Let’s face it, we need to recruit beef up front for D-line and we have 2 monster freshman redshirting to play LB next year. Also, on Academic front, back in the 80’s Homer Rice wanted to add a series of courses in Managment school for Athletic Administration, was shot down by Board of Regents and Old Alumni, just think if we had Sports admin as a minor, what our athletes could be studying. Go Jackets!!
ME Jacket
November 27th, 2011
7:38 pm
If you receive a diploma from the Georgia University System, you have accomplished a great deal, regardless of the school. If you get up every morning and work hard for a living to support your family, you a a great American, and have earned my respect, and the respect of other Georgia Tech and Georgia grads. The school that you have chosen, and the path you have taken is less important than the fact that you have made the commitment and devoted your efforts in completing something of value for your life, your family, and society. Football is great, but in the end, we are fellow gentlemen and lady Georgians, and must live to a higher standard than what we read in these posts.
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
7:39 pm
CPJ is good coach,and he is a winner.Love his passion.Liked him all the way back to GS.Its just the Tech fans i dislike.
William Casey
November 27th, 2011
7:41 pm
UGA was clearly the better team on Saturday. That being said, if GT had a QB who could pass with even a little bit of accuracy (not talking Andrew Luck or RGIII here), this game would have been competitive. CPJ’s system forces a lot of single coverage and we have always been able to recruit at least one great receiver. Perhaps Days or Lee is the answer. All is not lost.
In any case, IMHO it’s abundantly clear that Tevin Washington, fine student/athlete that he is, has taken the Jackets as far as he’s capable of doing… beating teams we should beat and losing to those with better talent. Time to do something about it. I realize that Washington is the starter for a reason, almost certainly practice performance and ball security. However, it’s time to find out what Days can do as “the man” in a real game. I’d like to see him start the bowl game. The opponent won’t be of UGA’s or VT’s calibre, but it will be a competent winning team, a realistic test. If Days does well, leave him at QB for the Spring competition for the job. If not, move him to A-Back or defense. He’s too good an athlete not to play somewhere. With Dwyer at B-Back & Bay Bay at WR, we might be able to win the significant games with Tevin at QB. Without playmakers, it won’t happen.
GT 94
November 27th, 2011
7:42 pm
DAWGFAN, i will be paging you after this saturday and see if your still bumping your gums but i have a feeling you will be MIA!!! You guys could be worldbeaters in the ACC for sure but you play in the SEC. Let’s see how bad LSU drills you guys saturday. I believe a reality check is coming. You surely are better than GT, but not in the discussion with the bama or lsu elite. Hell, the hogs would have beaten you guys this year IMO. Get ready to be drummed in the DOME AGAIN in the same year!!!! lmao
fan of shorter passes
November 27th, 2011
7:44 pm
TechMan indicated the Tech D guy was too old to coach…LOL…he is not even 70. He might not be able to get the 3/4 going the way we want but that probably has more to do with the talent/size than age. Will he be retained for next year? Will Washington be the starting QB next year? If so, it would seem doubtful if Tech will improve. On another blog, GT UT indicated he thought Washington had improved this season…I would disagree. His “reading” of the option and passing both seem no better than earlier in the season.
A prediction: VPI will beat Clem in Charlotte.
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
7:45 pm
Tech86….while I pretty much agree with you about coaches, I do think CPJ needs to be on a short leash, if there is not evident improvement in playing and recruiting, he needs to find other employment. I did not know that about Sports Management/Administration courses being lobbied for and shot down. I would like to know if the “old alumni” regret their opposition now.
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
7:45 pm
GT94,Its me not you. im sure you have heard that alot
William Casey
November 27th, 2011
7:45 pm
BTW— I want CPJ to be at GT until he retires. Good fit.
CarolinaJacket
November 27th, 2011
7:46 pm
Belle, I have never once attacked the University of Georgia (the oldest state university in the country), nor its football team — I have great respect for Aaron Murray, but I do have some problems with their fans. A funny story. A few years ago, actually, back in the late 70s, I went to a Georgia game. It was the first game of the year and they were playing a very weak Wake Forest team. There were signs all around the stadium of how UGA was Sugar Bowl bound — that was the big game back then. Lo and behold, Wake won the game. Well, now we get to the point of the story. After the game the Georgia players left the field coming up a walk way which had “fans” lined up on both sides. guess what. I could not believe it. The fans hurled insults and deroggatory remarks AT THEIR OWN TEAM. That was something I had never seen before or since. Now, I’m sure there will be some real crap sent my way after this one, but it was a fact and whereas there have been times when some Tech fans surely have shown then butts, I don’t think they ever reached this level.
GT 94
November 27th, 2011
7:46 pm
DAWGFAN, you run your d*cksucker on every GT blog. Congrats for beating the ACC 4th or 5th best team. Go beat your chest like tarzan for the amazing accomplishment. I will be looking for you on the UGA blog on saturday! Let’s see what you have to say then. You sir, are a waste of sperm!!!
rooster
November 27th, 2011
7:50 pm
dawg fan my hole lif, first time i lost set of dentures ata game. eaten corn up dere n enzone iza bitch!
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
7:52 pm
Gt94,everything will be alright-geesh
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
7:55 pm
gt94,wheres Tech playing next week?
Tech86
November 27th, 2011
7:56 pm
1 4 GT, yes a short leash, but we went 7 years with Chan! The sports Admin thing was real, I wanted to take the classes since I had switched from Engineering to Management. Unfortunately, it would have started late 80’s early 90’s, but would have helped. Also, all these fans saying they would not want their son’s to play for Johnson really need to evaluate that, watch all major college FB coaches, if not HC, one of the coaches are chewing their butts for mistakes of assignments, get over it. The kid should take since he’s getting a free education and making contacts that many students will never get. Go Jackets
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
7:56 pm
Beating Tech is like wiping your arse,Do it,but dont brag to anyone.
Coach Turkey Neck
November 27th, 2011
7:57 pm
Show a little more……Have the tech fans not seen the blogs all week long prior to the game? Coach turkey neck took undeserved shots at Georgia fans , walmart workers(by the way the unemployment sucks so any job is a good one sorry coarch johnson not everyone makes millions of dollars running a high school offense) and SEC fans everywhere. When you talk smack and LOSE BIG you will have to eat it. By the way turkey neck the SEC won 3 out of 4 of the head to head match ups against the acc. suck on that joke by coke
tell me again
November 27th, 2011
7:59 pm
You know – I am a Dawg poster – I come over here now and again to see what is going on. I think if you want to talk smack and spew baseless rhetoric about another team, that’s fine as long as you do it on your own board and don’t go to their board to do it. I mean, on your own blog it’s fair game to blow wind and vent. What I hate to see is Dawg fans coming over here and spewing on the Tech board and , of course, vice a versa. That’s just menial and aggravating. If you are going to post on a rivals board you should be civil and realize that they love their team and hate to lose just like you do. Believe me Tech fans, we Dawg fans know what it is like to feel owned by a rival (Florida). It’s something that sticks in your throat…..we are not immune to the feeling. I’d like for the rivalry to be hot but not necessarily so trashy aka the thug, academic slanders, and other slanders that really have nothing to do with the game. Anyway, I know there are posters on both boards that will not act like grown ups and will keep posting trash just to keep their own feelings of inferiority in check. It’s a game – a great game played by young men. We make it into much more than it should be at times. We should be able to go to a game and, win or lose, enjoy ourselves and leave feeling like we had a great time. Tech had a good year, you won some big games. Paul Johnson – well, he will take heat just like Richt does when he cannot win every game – such is the delsional nature of some fans. When Tech plays UGA, records, stats and talent mean very little – it’s always a hard fought and intense game that ususally turns on a dime. You guys had a good run this year and I hope you will represent the state of Georgia well in your bowl game – support your team as they ggo to their bowl. Good luck to you every week except one!
blazer
November 27th, 2011
8:01 pm
IT DOES HURT TO LOSE AGAIN TO THE SECOND BEST TEAM IN THE WEAK SEC EASTWHO DID NOT PLAY ANYONE FROM THE SEC WEST TO WAS WORTH ANYTHING.
GUESS TECH WAS 3RD BEST TEAM THEY PLAYED ALL YEAR, RIGHT? DON’T SAY AUBURN, PLEASE!! WAS AN OTHER ROCK PLACED IN THE OCONEE OVER THERE?
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
8:02 pm
Dawg Fan
I have never had a problem with you, but list me four or five reasons to have such disdain for the GT faithful….other than me of course.
macrotech
November 27th, 2011
8:03 pm
Dawg Fan…y’all PROBABLY beat us more than you wipe your arse!!! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)
fan of shorter passes
November 27th, 2011
8:03 pm
‘86, Johnson seems to take “talking to” to the extreme. I agree that most all teams “talk” to players for different reasons, but sometimes Johnson seems like he just goes overboard…but that is just my opinion. He is the coach.
If he improves his players that way, that can be good. If the turns off his players, then that is on him. Probably is different with each player.
Al Bundy
November 27th, 2011
8:04 pm
Another disappointing end to the regular season. The Bulldogs are a better team on both sides of the ball. I hate to say it but GT football is a very long way from being a top 25 team. We have no passing game on offense and we haven’t had a passing game in 4 years. I’m sure Tevin Washington is a fine young man but as we say in the south, Bless his heart! On defense we have zero pass rush. Our defensive front can’t get to the quarterback to save their lives. If I was a coach preparing to play GT in a bowl game I wouldn’t even think about running the ball. I’d pass on every play because the quarterback has all day to throw. To all these people who keep saying wait until next year, please tell me exactly how many years does it take. I’ve been hearing wait until next year for the last 3 years.
GT 94
November 27th, 2011
8:05 pm
@ tell me again…classy post! DAWGFAN is a complete idiot. He spends more time on GT blogs than he does with his family.
ME Jacket
November 27th, 2011
8:05 pm
Tim Tebow just helped Denver win another game. In spite of the criticism and debate over his “form”, Tim’s character, values, drive, and faith are outstripping common wisdom.
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
8:06 pm
My smoke break is over,but Damn its good to beat Tech.
CarolinaJacket
November 27th, 2011
8:07 pm
And you, sir, are the kind of fan that UGA or Tech, or any other school should be proud of. Although I have been most critical of some UGA fans (and some Tech fans), I very much appreciate and respect those who love their schools, but don’t have to do it from the gutter.
GT 94
November 27th, 2011
8:08 pm
DAWGFAN= The guy who had his lunch stolen every day as a kid! Way to restore confidence on the GT blog dawgfan! You are an ELITE TROLL!
Buzz Belle
November 27th, 2011
8:08 pm
I agree Carolina Jacket! I used to cheer for UGa when they didn’t play Tech but that stopped after it got embarrassing because of their fans! I was at the Sugar Bowl when UGa beat Notre Dame. (I think 1980) Back then, the nuns still wore habits and the chant after the game in the French Quarters was “Hail Mary, full of Grace, Notre Dame’s in second place”. It was fun but something happened to the fan base in the last couple of decades. Even outsiders who don’t care about Tech or UGa see it. It seems their whole existence rest solely on their football team and they forgot what a good old fashioned game was about, or the fact it is a GAME. I love my Jackets, will die a Jacket fan and am proud of what Tech does in the field of academia, not just on the field. Hate the UGa fan base is so, well, baseless.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
8:08 pm
Tech 86
The problem at Tech academically is not the majo courses of study. I think Tech has a done a good job of expanding the curriculum over the last few years to add some valued non-engineering/science majors. The issue is the CORE curriculum. when you require liberal arts and management majors to take the same science and math heavy cores the engineering department requires you’re going to lose A TON of kids. You can get essentially the same management degree from UGA while taking a 75% less difficult core curriculum. And why does Tech do this? Pure arrogance. There is no reason, NONE, why a kid getting a BBA should be taking one calc much less two and/or survey along with chem, physics, and whatever other pointless course (when measuring against the needs of the BBA). THAT is what these kids hear about from other coaches….all the tutor and lab time the first two years are filled with. UGA literally tells kids “you can get the same degree with the same resultsand quality without ever stepping into a calc, trig, or survey classroom” and the fact is…..it’s true.
Mh
November 27th, 2011
8:09 pm
Listen Techies no one wants to play for you or in the ACC. The ACC doesn’t compete for Championships so you will never get the players we get. Wake up and stop dreaming about recruiting better players because it will not happen as a whole.
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
8:09 pm
GT94, its me not you. Quit stalking me
Coach Turkey Neck
November 27th, 2011
8:10 pm
Also to all the tech fans Bobby Dodd sure looked red in the stands. Heard go DAWGS SIC’ EM loud and proud in your house. Splain that one. You guys are a joke. Talk all the trash you want but we have a full 365 to rub your noses in it. You suck your team sucks gettting mugged in Atlanta is a joke. The SEC championship game we are playing with house money nobody thought we would be there so game on. If we win that yall might as well hide. GO DAWGS we will always run this state. Joke by coke.
asa
November 27th, 2011
8:11 pm
when you can’t sell out a 50,000 seat stadium how do you get top talent to come ,also the offense you run doesn’t appeal to many high school players so you take what you have and live with it. A little better than Duke and a little worse than Va Tech just another Clemson.
CarolinaJacket
November 27th, 2011
8:12 pm
Tebow is a tough guy. I know it was the thing to attack him, for whatever reason, but he plays with heart and has proven himself a winner. Not a Florida fan, but I respect a great player when I see one, the same way I have nothing but repect for Aaron Murray.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
8:15 pm
Mh
Unfortunately for college football’s sake you are correct to a degree….and it’s exactly why Swofford and the ACC and Delaney and the Big 10 have thrown in the towel when it comes to competing on the national stage in football. In 3 to 5 years the SEC will literally be standing alone…..and unfortunately looking for people outside the SEC to play. There is some major backlash coming.
Tech86
November 27th, 2011
8:17 pm
I read on one of the blogs comparing Bama/Auburn Score to the Dogs game. Auburn had 44 yards in first half about 150 for the game, the 2 TD’s were not scored by the offense, a defensive TD and KO to start second half, so it looked like the Bama offense scored 42 on Auburn D. LSU put up a lot and I think there depth is better than the Dogs on both offense and defense, it looked like they just wore down Arkansas, but we shall see, that’s why the game is played.
1 4 GT
November 27th, 2011
8:19 pm
WELL SAID BUZZ BELLE!!
yellow britches
November 27th, 2011
8:23 pm
Someone out there tell me if I am wrong but I believe Paul Johnson was the coach at Georgia Southern when Tracy Ham was quarterback. Not only could he run (man could he run) but he could pass and did-often. CPJ has no problem with using the pass on the option but you have to have someone who can throw and you need people who can catch the ball. Face it, for the past several years we either haven’t had the passer or the receivers. I elephant in the room is the defense. We just can’t stop anybody. Again, Duke put up as many or more points at Georgia did.
I think Georgia fans should be proud of their team. What is classless is the personal attacks on Tech people, students and staff. So much of the Georgia fan base appear to be bottom feeding low lifes who don’t seem to have much of a life.
I want Tech to compete. I want Tech to matter and this game, like the debacles against Miami (gosh where did that team go after they wacked us) and Virginia Tech hurts. I have heard some players say they were just flat. How can that be? You didn’t care about the Georgia game? This I will never understand.
guy
November 27th, 2011
8:24 pm
First of all,something is missing when you have to run an offense like GT does.No smashmouth offense,just hit them low and hope something happens quickly because the proper strength is lacking.Sandlot football due to lack of talent! I guess you do the best you can with what you have to work with.Still,Gt had a good season and they deserve a lot of credit.
savjacket
November 27th, 2011
8:24 pm
I find it amusing that looking back at the archives, all of you idiots were calling for Richt’s head around week 3. Pup fans are still classless bandwagon oxygen thieves. Enjoy UGA’s (not your) victory as none of you jackwagons on here probably ever set foot in a classroom in Athens. UGA was the better team and deserved to win. Ga Tech will be fine.
What say you?
dawgkicker
November 27th, 2011
8:26 pm
UGA fans enjoy this… just relesh in it…. because this weekend you are going to get demolished by LSU then you will loose your bowl game…. and you will have another top recruiting class…. then you will be average again…. and i cannot wait till you have to play real teams next year in the SEC… not all of the rebuilding ones… and yes we are happy with our coach he is putting together a good program… its just a shame that we dont have the ability to forget morals so we can pay players to come play for our school…
USMC
November 27th, 2011
8:27 pm
Good Game Tech fans. I think CPJ will bring back a stronger offense next year. But he needs to hire a new Defensive Coordinator. I am sorry because I know Al Groh is a nice old man and has a great resume, but the game has clearly passed him by. Tech’s defense has been a huge problem since Tenuda left.
As a Dawg fan, I am happy that UGA played great and won the game; however, I wish Georgia fans would show a little more class. GT will be back.
Go Dawgs!
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
8:28 pm
edit this tech fag up yours
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
8:29 pm
ha ha ha
Dave from GT
November 27th, 2011
8:30 pm
Season over, now the long wait. No comfort in Basket or Base (ball).
Gonna work on my tailgate trailer….. get ready for next year !
I can’t believe it, but I think I dislike LSU and their smart azz coach more than I dislike the DAWGs.
So, I will do the unthinkable and pull for the DAWGs while I work on my trailer.
So long till next year. I hope our guys learn how to not throw interceptions and how to cover crossing routes…… UGA is not the only team that burned us this year that way.
David Polelock
November 27th, 2011
8:31 pm
I’m just so happy our guys won. They will have this game to look back on after college when they are riding on the back of a garbage truck.r
TechRon
November 27th, 2011
8:32 pm
Schultz was right in his column in today’s paper. Tech defense stinks. They suck and there is no use mincing words. They beat 8 teams that they were clearly superior to. They lost to Virginia with a pitiful effort, a team that Virginia Tech shut out. They had exactly one game where they turned in an excellent performance (Clemson). They have no pass rush, no secondary. They stink. All through the Gailey era and all through the Johnson era the defense has stunk and no one has done anything about it. When we had Bobby Ross and George O’Leary we had some class. That is history. Our program does not have class, period. At this rate we should start and league with Ga. State, West Georgia, Kennesaw, Ga. Southern, Valdosta and so on and just be done with bigtime football. I bet we could outscore them, but I know we could not stop them.
Al Bundy
November 27th, 2011
8:33 pm
I hate to admit it but It is a shame that GT can’t sell out a home football game. Pretty sad! And to all the people who are responding to the UGA fans that are commenting. Don’t sink to their level. When you sink that low it’s almost impossible to make it back. They won the game but it’s not enough. When your self esteem is that low you tend to lash out at those who are better than you. And no matter how hard they try the will always be second class. It’s not their fault, they truly can’t help it.
GT's COACH IS ON THE HOT SEAT
November 27th, 2011
8:37 pm
CPJ IS on the hot seat. Here is why:
NO BOWL wins.
No ACC titles
PROBATION ( heck no he did not cause that )
Lousy Georgia recruiting
NO QBS that CAN RUN the triple O. See LOUSY GA recruiting.
NO D after hiring that relic AL Groh.
Wishbone O died in the 1970s, because ATHLETIC TEAMS can deal nicely with it.
No fan support year after year.
The GT FUND boys are talking and looking around.
NEXT YEAR ………………..CPJ MUST WIN BIG and DEFEAT UGA.
TechRon
November 27th, 2011
8:37 pm
USMC, I appreciate your classy remarks. Why rub salt in someone’s wounds?
UGA deserves credit and plenty of it. For every UGA fan who is classless scum, there are 99 who are fine people. They have a good program. Everything about it is good. They lost to two good teams in a row, then picked themselves up and won the rest. Hats off. Well done. I really don’t think they can beat LSU, but I know they will give it a hell of a try. That’s more than our Tech team would do. Tech would give it a half-hearted, pitiful, disinterested effort.
Tech Man
November 27th, 2011
8:38 pm
Dumb dawgs,
Don’t you think Tech men and women could have attended UGA if they felt football would define their life?
Tech is a proud calling. A higher calling. Deal with it.
Signed,
Tech and Emory grad
GT ............................ GIVE IT UP on Clemson as a viable win
November 27th, 2011
8:40 pm
SC stomped Clemson and SC did nothing in the SEC this year. They could not win their division. The SEC East Champ, “UGA DID Nothing” either ………………..all the way past GT.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA
USMC
November 27th, 2011
8:40 pm
As a Georgia fan, I think you are crazy if you think Paul Johnson is on the “hot seat”..
The guy is one of the best X’s and O’s coaches in Div.I.
Tech needs a Defense; plain and simple. Tech has nothing to hang their heads about.
Go Dawgs!
Dawg Fan
November 27th, 2011
8:40 pm
“I used to cheer for UGa when they didn’t play Tech but that stopped after it got embarrassing because of their fans! I was at the Sugar Bowl when UGa beat Notre Dame. (I think 1980) Back then, the nuns still wore habits and the chant after the game in the French Quarters was “Hail Mary, full of Grace, Notre Dame’s in second place”. It was fun but something happened to the fan base in the last couple of decades. Even outsiders who don’t care about Tech or UGa see it. It seems their whole existence rest solely on their football team and they forgot what a good old fashioned game was about, or the fact it is a GAME.”
Buzz Belle….good luck to you guys from here on out. I hear what you’re saying above but I have to say that it’s not limited to us. It’s the way college football is now……the fans are immature, obnoxious, and your comments about outsider’s perception of Georgia can be said about any school/program. College Football fans have really changed for the worse.
UGA man
November 27th, 2011
8:42 pm
UGA man here. Class of 71 & 73 and I retired at 55 about 7 years ago AND sent two kids to $$$ UGA and to MBA School at Emory. I PAID for it.
See? UGA did me nicely. FORE !!!!
ME Jacket
November 27th, 2011
8:42 pm
Carolinajacket, I am a Carolina Jacket myself, traveling to the GT games every weekend to support my alma mater. I was disappointed with the comments that CPJ made about Walmart workers, as I believe that if you work to support your family, you are a winner, regardless of your profession. In addition, I have a family member with downs syndrome, and was aghast at the other comment CPJ made at the press conference. I can assure you that my cousin has more class, and unconditional love than all of us combined. I love my jackets, I like CPJ, and I respect even the dogs. I also place great value on those with humble and contrite spirits. Those who work hard to support a family, regardless of their education and vocational choice. Rocket scientist, Walmart manager, garbage collector, army combat medic, you name it. Nothing ever stays the same in our world, today, the SEC is strong, and Georgia is a great team. Tomorrow, some other conference and team will be stronger and better. Let’s all not get too far ahead of ourselves on one “snapshot” football game, played in the midst of dramatic change and callousness in the world around us.
USMC
November 27th, 2011
8:43 pm
Tech Man,
You should be proud to have graduated from GT (and Emory for that matter).
Don’t let a few classless Dawg fans, who probably NEVER attended UGA, make you doubt how special your accomplishments are.
Tech will be back. You guys just need a new D. coordinator. You already have one of the top offenses in the country.
Go Dawgs!
Check with the Tech Fund boys before you speak
November 27th, 2011
8:44 pm
CPJ IS on the hot seat say the men on the golf courses at PDC and ACC and AAC and Ansley and East Lake. End of story. Next year CPJ NEEDS TO WIN BIG> ACC AT LEAST.
duronimo
November 27th, 2011
8:45 pm
I think the offense Johnson runs is perfect for a school that doesn’t get as many 3,4 and 5 star players as say, UGA, Alabama and LSU. It allows him to recruit players ideal for his scheme who would not be otherwise recruited. There’s nothing wrong with the offense. To go to the next level they will have to recruit better players on defense. Georgia had more & better athletes. And they were well prepared.
USMC
November 27th, 2011
8:48 pm
“CPJ IS on the hot seat say the men on the golf courses at PDC and ACC and AAC and Ansley and East Lake. End of story. Next year CPJ NEEDS TO WIN BIG> ACC AT LEAST.”
Don’t forget where Tech was Before CPJ arrived… As a Georgia fan, I actually felt sorry for Tech under Chan “the Man” Gailey. Now I respect Paul Johnson and cringe when I watch that offense “heat up”.
Go Dawgs!
Al Bundy
November 27th, 2011
8:48 pm
I think it’s fair to give CPJ one more year to get it together. If he loses one game that we shouldn’t lose I say fire him as soon as the game is over. Every year we lose to at least one team that we shouldn’t lose to. If we lose to UGA next year I say fire him before he reaches the tunnel. If he loses a bowl game assuming we go to a bowl game, fire him before he leaves the sidelines. I’m sick of his excuses. And lastly, if he makes the excuse “we didn’t execute blah blah blah” one more time, fire him!
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
8:50 pm
Was at the game and it was not as classless an event as I expected. Everyone was respectful during the Larry Munson and Hal Miller tributes. I liked the way the Georgia Band spelled out “Munson” at halftime amd the Tech fans applauded with many standing. I thought it was nice the way the Georgia fans cheered the Tech astronauts that were being honored. I was expecting boos, but it seems the fans are Americans first and football fans second.
Although the outcome of the game was not what I wanted, I would hate to see conference realignment endanger the game and its tradition.
Tailgating was a complete mixture of Red and Gold. Enjoyed hanging out with both groups of fans before the game. House divided.
The most irritating thing was the way the Georgia band kept trying to play over the Tech band. It just created a bunch of noise and diminished the game experience for everyone.
I’m already looking forward to next November. Go Jackets! Sting ‘em.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
8:54 pm
Al Bundy…you seem awful anxious to fire Coach Johnson. Have you been to firepauljohnson.blogspot.com? Maybe you know the website’s creator.
Get real GT fans
November 27th, 2011
8:56 pm
GT’s era was in the early 1950s. They went CONSISTENTLY TO MAJOR BOWLS up until around 1956. Their next MAJOR BOWL invitation was the 1967 Orange Bowl and they were stomped by Florida. After that major bowl, their next major was the 2009 Orange Bowl where they were stomped by SLOW, German American farm boys from IOWA. GT had 53 yds in the first half.
In 1990, the Citrus was ONLY a mid level bowl and then, GT did win a small fraction of the MNC with a 10-0- 1 record with a sad 10-10 tie with halpess North Carolina and their bowl victory over rapidly declining Nebraska.
GT has not been to any major bowls beyond the 1967 and the 2009 Orange Bowl games.
GT ’s era WAS in the early 1950s. UGA on the other hand has been viable with great teams and MAJOR BOWLS since the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and 1980s 1990s and 2000s and beyond to this MOMENT with the 2012 Cotton and or the 2011 SEC CG or the 2012 Sugar.
GT? John Belk Bowl is calling y’all.
Outer Banks Dawg
November 27th, 2011
8:58 pm
I saw an interview today with Roddy Jones… Now I love Georgia, but I must say, I wish we had more guys like him. In the first 10 seconds I could tell what a class act he is. I would trade him for Crowell in an instant… I know Crowell is injured, but you cannot teach character. You either have it or u don’t. Obviously, Roddy Jones does and will be a success at whatever his future holds. Isaiah is still a big question mark in my mind. Good luck in the bowl game, Jackets! Kick some a@$ for the state of Georgia! and go Dawgs… Catch a tiger by the tail… Woof
K.Conway
November 27th, 2011
8:59 pm
Top notch recruits will only go to a team that plays pro style ball! The kids that can’t cut the mustard will go to Tech or some school with spread/option offenses tat least play college ball. A kid who is serious about a pro career will not go to Tech!!. The pro players were all Gailey’s!
GT Dude
November 27th, 2011
8:59 pm
congrats to UGA,
that’s about all I can say
But next year will be another story, the missing link this year was a fast QB
Look out for Vad Lee
"Tech is a higher calling"
November 27th, 2011
9:00 pm
Joey Hamilton and Reuben Houston agree. Please, just do not ask to open Joey’s car trunk lid. No way.
Old Blind Dawg
November 27th, 2011
9:01 pm
For those of you whining about folks centering their life around football did you not notice this is a FOOTBALL blog. You know a place where you come to discuss football. Throwing remarks around about getting a life should be left to business blogs or whatever.
But I guess I would attack anyone not cheering for my team if my team only beat my biggest rival once every decade.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:02 pm
Even though a loss to the rival team is disappointing to say the least, I am secretly rooting for Georgia to beat LSU. Throwing the BCS into chaos would be a good thing.
grew up a tech fan but am a 1980 Alum of UGA
November 27th, 2011
9:05 pm
I know almost as many irritating Tech Fans as i do Georgia Fans.
From an education standpoint, today there is little difference between the two schools. Each has areas that they far out perform the other. It is purely an institutional focus.
If you want to talk about NASTY Fans on another plane of existence then go to Baton Rouge. It will only take one time to convince you that Louisiana is a different place and that most of the fans are lunatics.
Jacket Fan in Virginia
November 27th, 2011
9:06 pm
Tevin Washington is not Nesbitt and I feel bad how things ended for him in the regular season. The competition for the QB position starts over in the Spring and Days and Leewill be better than they were last Summer. Our defense doesn’t make things any better, though. Yep, for a rebuilding year the regular season record was pretty good. But, it is more important to finish strong than to start strong and fade.
PS. dog fans continue to show their klassy side.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:10 pm
grew up a tech fan…1980 Alum…not sure I agree with you there. I have been to a couple of night games in Baton Rouge. You can’t beat the atmosphere, the food, and the party. Lunatics for sure, but they are three sheets to the wind by game time anyway.
My nominee for nastiest fans, although others have argued with me on this blog about it, is Auburn.
Outer Banks Dawg
November 27th, 2011
9:10 pm
@GT Dude… Next year Georgia is going to be scary good… We’re not losing much and have a lot of depth that redshirted this year, plus I’m sure another top 5 recruiting class coming in.. Might wanna focus on winning the ACC…
ME Jacket
November 27th, 2011
9:11 pm
Blind dog, we know this is a FOOTBALL blog. My comments were directed towards comments made at a media event prior to the game that were not consistent with values that I believe befitting of Georgians and fellow Americans. In addition, several comments were made regarding Walmart workers, arising from this football media event. The point is, that most Tech fans do not feel this way, and believe that if you work for a living, you are a great American, regardless of your calling, vocation, or school of graduation…
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:13 pm
Jacket Fan in Virginia…sorry for you being in Hokie/Cavalier country, but I agree with you. The lack of a passing game hurts the run game. When the corners and safeties back off the ball, it opens the option up on the outside. Otherwise, all you have is the inside handoff to hold the OLB’s and corners.
UGA = YAWN
November 27th, 2011
9:13 pm
OMG! ASK HIM SOME REAL QUESTIONS NEXT TIME. THIS WAS ALL FLUFF! MY 6 YEAR OLD WOULD DO A BETTER JOB THEN YOU. WHAT..ARE YOU AFRAID OF HIM SO YOU WON’T ASK THE QUESTIONS WE WANT ANSWERED?????
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
9:14 pm
Get real GT fans
You just made every Gt ans points about why its so hard to compete in football at Tech and YOU DON’T EVEN REALIZE IT McGOO!!!
In 1964 the NCAA implemented their relaxed and reduced entrance requirements for all athletes but specifically for football. Before 1964 athlees had to be admitted into institutions as students with the same general requirements as the student body as a whole. But on the coat tails of the Civil Rights Act the NCAA made sweeping changes in academic requirements in an effort to broaden student bodies across the country and expand the influence of college into areas and populations that otherwise would have never had a shot at getting a higher education. A very noble and worthwhile endeavor. Unfortunately many schools (Alabama most notably) took the new 1965 NCAA minimum entrance GPA of 2.0 to heart and began admitting anyone and everyon who could run, catch, or throw a football. Georgia Tech NEVER subscribed to the new NCAA policies and actually didn’t relax entrance requirements for athletes until 1972, and even then like today an athlete can only be admitted if he has between 75-80% of the incoming freshman class’ scores without The Hill granting an “exception” (O’Leary and Ross asked for more admittanceexceptions in their tenures than any other Tech coaches….to my knowledge Gailey asked for only a handful in his 7 years by far the fewest….CPJ has asked for one in each of his classes).
So your 1967 “shift” in football success (if you will) clearly shows this shift for many schools not just Tech (Stanford, Rice, Tulane, and many others) who chose to ignore the NCAA and maintain their own stricter in-house requirements. A good idea gone bad to say the least.
Jacket Dad
November 27th, 2011
9:19 pm
Tough loss, but not unexpected. A few thoughts: How can our players say they were “flat”? They have said that on several occasions. Are you kidding me?!? We’ve got to get a passing game and QB who can throw. We have to get a defense and even though we are young, I don’t think Groh is the answer.
Congrats to UGA – you kicked our butts and once again got better as the season went on. I don’t think you can beat LSU, but that’s why you play the game. Once again, GT did not show much improvement and that’s getting old. Johnson better figure out soon that the UGA game is more important to most GT fans than anything,,,,anything! He also better have them ready for whatever bowl they attend. I’m still proud of my Yellow Jackets!
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:20 pm
Tech Forever…is this the same as Florida State’s learning disabled waivers or is it different?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=4737281
Al Groh hater
November 27th, 2011
9:22 pm
Tanutta was at game section 219, wonder whats up with that?
gt82grad
November 27th, 2011
9:23 pm
DOG fans enough with the conference comparisons. SEC is better than ACC. Also better than PAC12, BIG10, BIG EAST, BIG8, MOUNTAIN WEST, SUN BELT and CONF USA. Tech fans……… its OK to have as goal to win the ACC and go to a bowl game every year. We are not a football factory conference like the SEC. Although the ACC is second to all conferences in players on NFL rosters. Tech Fans (and I’m one)do not lose your dignity and self respect by continuing this childish banter with UGA bloggers. Let’s focus on GT football and support the program for what it is. Go Jackets.
Jacket Fan in Virginia
November 27th, 2011
9:23 pm
Jacket Dad – I am still proud of them too. There is nothing as thrilling to watch the Jackets handle their opponent on both sides of the ball as demonstrated in the Clemson game.
ProudTechFan
November 27th, 2011
9:26 pm
I just want to tell everyone that Georgia was flat better than Tech on Saturday.
No point arguing about it.
Good luck against LSU I will be pulling for the Dogs.
St. Simon's Parental Unit
November 27th, 2011
9:26 pm
where is my boy?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
St. Simon's Parental Unit
November 27th, 2011
9:27 pm
Have you seen my child
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:27 pm
Linebacker play looked better this game. I still say Attaochu and Thomas are playmakers who will only get bettter. Not sure what happened with the secondary. Instead of flat, I would say flat-footed. They lost receivers in the back of the endzone. The front three seem inconsistent in the pass rush and often were turned around and lost containment.
cloudmanJacket
November 27th, 2011
9:31 pm
Groh’s fault….really? We only scored 17…Fire both oh them
Yellow Fuzz
November 27th, 2011
9:32 pm
GT will never be a top 10 school in any conference until we get a defense.
CPJ just can not recruit with the likes of UGA, Auburn, Bama, UF, FSU, etc…
UGA showed us what a talented Defense looks like, now we need better players.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:32 pm
cloudmanJacket…why the lowercase c? Did you move out of Cloudman?
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:34 pm
Winning will fix everything. It will fix recruiting, national exposure, and attendance. Just win.
Ex-coach Jim Done-in
November 27th, 2011
9:45 pm
Everything I learned about investing I learned at Georgia. Anybody have some cash on hand they’d like to donate to my defense fund? “it don’t matter how good ya are, juss how good ya can cheat!”
NY-Dawg
November 27th, 2011
9:45 pm
Perception, all perception….
D-Vegas
November 27th, 2011
9:46 pm
Personally i feel that we need to get a new coach and run a pro style offense. These little air raid and triple option offenses are cute and all, but the common thing that goes with these offenses is terrible defenses. Defense wins championships and that’s why it will be an all SEC NCG this year. Plain and simple GT needs to put a lot more of an emphasis on defense because it’s a lot easier for an offense to score when they are always on the field because the teams defense is getting a three and out. I’m sure people won’t agree with me but when it comes down to it a great defense will prevail over a great offense. It is too easy to be a great offensive team, but the teams that show up on defense are the ones usually holding the crystal ball when its all said and done.
Dawgtastic
November 27th, 2011
9:48 pm
UGA definitely has more talent, but this game was won on coaching. I really think it will be difficult for GT to run the triple option and have a good defense. I think it is too difficult for your scout team offense to provide a pro style look for your defense in practice. Disciplined teams can stop the TO offense enough to win. You will definitely have to outscore people to have a good season, and you did that this year many times. Congrats on your season and good luck in your bowl game.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:52 pm
The actual quote is “Offense sells tickets; Defense wins championships”.
Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant Jr.
Paul in NH
November 27th, 2011
9:54 pm
Cecil34
November 27th, 2011
6:28 pm
Leach knew how to handle Texas with all their great recruiting
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Under Mike Leach Texas Tech went 2-8 against Texas
kiddjacket
November 27th, 2011
9:56 pm
omg cloudman you would sell your sole to see tech win a national championship
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:56 pm
Paul in NH…it’s about perception. Don’t let facts cloud the issue.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
9:58 pm
kiddjacket…who wouldn’t sell their sole for a national championship? I need new shoes anyway.
dawgiestyle
November 27th, 2011
9:59 pm
What does it say about GT when your opponent whips your arse at Grant Field and drops 2 spots in the polls? It tells me this win means nothing, and the rivalry means nothing since it is not competitive. SC beats Clemson at home and moves up even though GT beat Clemson. UGA would be better served to schedule Clemson or another school so that we get more national respect. It certainly means a lot to GT to knock off UGA once every 10 years, but there is just no value in it for us. This game does not even have recruiting ramifications. We go after the same players once every 5 years. CPJ won with Gailey’s talent, and he has done nothing since. You fired Gailey because there was a lack of enthusiasm about the program. Just wait another couple of years and see how enthused your fan base is with this clown leading your program.
panzytechieschedual
November 27th, 2011
10:00 pm
PROUDTECHIEFAN—TALK ABOUT CLASSLESS AND THEN WRITES AN ARTICLE LIKE THAT. HE IS THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL AND LOWER THAN WHALE SH!T. IN OTHER WORDS SO THE MORON CAN UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE NO CLASS JUST A CRYBABIY LOSER TECHIE FAN.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
10:02 pm
I would never hire Mike Leach. But I would hire a Mike Leach disciple; Briles, Holgerson, Sumlin, etc. All of them seem to be doing well.
And I’ll say this again, AGAIN, TECH DIDN’T GET THE RECRUITS TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE WERE RUNNING A PRO-STYLE OFFENSE SO WHY WOULD YOU THINK TECH COULD NOW????????
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
10:04 pm
dawgiestyle…does the game add any more value than say Coastal Carolina or New Mexico State? I would think it would add more since it means something to the Alumni of both schools. Polls are subjective. This is why we need a playoff. Please beat LSU to throw the BCS into chaos. If Georgia beats LSU and then LSU and Bama are still in the national championship, the BCS will be shown to be the sham that it is.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
10:04 pm
dawgiestyle
Then please by allmeans email, write, and call everyone in Athens you can think of in power and implore them to end the rivalry. It wouldn’t bother me in the least.
Tossed Salad
November 27th, 2011
10:07 pm
Ole Fish Fry just can’t help himself. Has to complain about officiating every single game. What a fat, f’n crybaby.
Veteran Fan
November 27th, 2011
10:08 pm
Very good season and as a graduate, I am pleased! No, fellow Tech Men we left the SEC many years ago because we would not treat our athletes like some schools were doing! Do you really want to recruit the type of football player it takes to compete with them! I remember a time a few years ago when we had difficulty beating Florida State and we all agreed that while it was aggravating to lose to them, we didn’t want their issues or their program! Coach Richt came from there and he can recruit those type of players he needs to compete with his rival football factories and hopefully he can control them! Take pride in our team and program and realize that we were a few plays from playing for an ACC championship and a bad third quarter from beating uga! I will be back next season and my family will be at whatever bowl we are invited to! Go Jackets!
Tater Tot
November 27th, 2011
10:09 pm
Well now, Neil Callaway got fired from his head coaching job.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-uab-callawayresigns
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
10:10 pm
I will add about Mike Leach that he was smart enough to know he could never recruit the type of talent required to run a pro-style offense that could compete with UT.
BS Patrol
November 27th, 2011
10:11 pm
Go ahead and rub it in doggies. You deserve it. We deserve it. CPJ deserves it. But to me the difference was Murray, one of an endless stream of GA QB”s who can definitely throw with accuracy and authority. I believe if we had swapped QB’s the score would have been flip flopped if not worse. If a frog just had wings and we just had receivers who could run a route and at least try to catch the damn ball.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
10:12 pm
Veteran Fan
Nicely said. I wish more Tech fans were on that page with us. Tech is what Tech is and it’ll never be UGA.
dawgiestyle
November 27th, 2011
10:12 pm
I misspoke when I called it a rivalry. It’s not a rivalry, and eventually both sides will realize this. Actually beating Coastal Carolina and NM St did do more for us in the polls. That’s my point thanks. When we played Clemson, Arizona St, Oklahoma St, and others it also helped us in the polls. I can’t explain why GT means nothing to the national media.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
10:13 pm
Veteran Fan…awesome post. I’m proud of the Yellow Jackets, too. Now go win that bowl game and get ready for an even better season next year! THWG!
D-Vegas
November 27th, 2011
10:15 pm
@Tech Forever
The defense wasn’t the main priority, and the offense is not the biggest issue but if the defense doesn’t become the main focus of the team than GT won’t contend for a national championship. Plain and simple the SEC wins a national championship every year because the teams look to get better on defense while the big 12, pac 12, and acc try to get better on offense and that’s why they get throttled by SEC teams. A winning combination is a great defense, and an offense that is carried by a special player. It is a lot easier for a player to carry an offense than it is a defense. Us fans at GT can whine all we want and try and get moral victories with academics, but if we truly want to win a championship then we need to man up and get big on defense.
HighTech
November 27th, 2011
10:16 pm
dawgiestyle…that’s why the polls should not be the end all be all. They need to used for playoff seeding purposes only. The polls make no sense. Playing a game at noon instead of prime time may have done more to hurt the rankings than anything else. It won’t affect the final poll if Georgia beats LSU or wins their bowl game.
CC
November 27th, 2011
10:20 pm
I’m believing Tevin Washington is NOT the man for the job. When asked to comment about being replaced by Days he says: “It’s a business”.
C’MON MAN!!! You threw 3 completions the whole game and 2 interceptions. Own up.
Maybe one day we’ll get a mature QB to lead this team… who can throw enough passes to keep the defenses thinking about the ball through the air.
I can’t even THINK about the Tech secondary. They did nothing but spectate 10 feet from every receiver, just close enough to at least make a tackle once the pass was caught.
Paul in NH (formerly in RDU)
November 27th, 2011
10:21 pm
Al Groh hater
November 27th, 2011
9:22 pm
Tanutta was at game section 219, wonder whats up with that?
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I don’t know who Tanutta is, but on Saturday afternoon Jon Tenuta was in the coaches booth at Carter-Finlay watching MD score 41 points against NCSU,
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
10:25 pm
D-Vegas
I’m sorry….I’m not exactly sure why you’re talking to me. I didn’t post anything about Tech’s defense being poor, acceptable, or anything.
superDawg
November 27th, 2011
10:29 pm
gt94 I see you finally got your head unscrewed from your beehind.
texas18
November 27th, 2011
10:36 pm
no one has noticed, or at least mentioned, that until Bobby Dodd got greedy and thought tech could make more money playing independently, the GA-GT series was almost dead even. actually GT led by one game. since then the tide turned toward athens and the empty seats at grant field appeared. the fault is not the coach, its the talent of the players. its easier to recruit in the SEC. the option tech runs. is scary. l wish they would go back to a conventional offense. I think they were easier to beat.
ninja
November 27th, 2011
10:37 pm
This is a must watch for all fans UGA and GT! Sort of a highlight reel/soundtrack to this rivalry!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yerKM6YWu0k&feature=player_embedded
texas18
November 27th, 2011
10:37 pm
yes i know they’re in the ACC now. .
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
10:40 pm
texas18
Your opinion of Dodd and why he took Tech out of the SEC could not be further from the truth if Satan himself had come up with it. Well……did he?
OkieDawg
November 27th, 2011
10:40 pm
Why do we even play GT? We beat the crap out of them and fall 1 spot in the BCS? WTF? They are such pansies, GTBob please give me an answer. I’m totally confused by the inept GT program and I don’t give a crap until it starts to impact the Dawgs!
Original Spike
November 27th, 2011
10:41 pm
Enjoy Shreveport.
Kris G
November 27th, 2011
10:45 pm
I can’t help but enjoy the undertone of bitterness and frustration in Tech Fans’ posts right now.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
10:50 pm
OkieDawg
I agree. Please let the powers that be in Athens know there are many who want the series to end.
gt45
November 27th, 2011
10:52 pm
Nice. I never go on uga sites, but I can’t wait till they flop next!
TechFan77
November 27th, 2011
10:55 pm
My dear Georgia fans… you do not run this state. I’m sorry to disappoint you but the only thing going for you is that you have gained an advantage through the past 10 years. Georgia is no more of a program than Tech is. You competed with a schedule that consisted of offenses ranking at or above the 90’s in NCAA. New Mexico was the highest before Tech. LSU WILL be the highest. Next year the schedule gets a lot tougher with the addition of Alabama and Missouri and with improved programs such as Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina Auburn and Tech (one of the youngest programs in the country). You will be right back to where you have ALWAYS been… mediocre. You will lose to LSU and then Nebraska in the Outback Bowl. As a result, you will fire Richt and the curse will be on. So the right thing for all Tech and Dawg fans to do is be humble and thankful for successful years. Congrats to the Dawgs for winning… hopefully we’ll live to see next years game.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
10:56 pm
TechFan77
Quick question. If Georgia is medicore and has beaten Tech 30 times in the last 41 games then what does that make Tech in your eyes?
dogaholic
November 27th, 2011
10:59 pm
I’ve seen a few comments stating that Aaron Murray was the difference and if GT had a QB like him, the outcome may have been different. It’s not just about recruiting a good QB, it’s about coaching a player like Murray into becoming a good QB. Murray would not have flourished to become a good passer if he were running the triple option. The offense is what it is. You will have a great running attack. You will never have QB that does anything but keep the defense honest with an occasional deep throw. You guys have a young team and I am sure you will compete well again next year. Good Luck in your Bowl game!
CarolinaJacket
November 27th, 2011
10:59 pm
I find it hard to belie that the Tech players can’t get up for the Georgia game. No way. And as far as the incredibly stupid comment about why Dodd left the SEC, that will just stand as an incredibly stupid comment, kind of like “the sky is falling.” But if that is the kind of crap you want to throw out, keep it coming.
AquariusGT
November 27th, 2011
11:05 pm
I cannot begin to describe how frustrated I am with CPJ and his inability to field a team with a QB who can be MILDY accurate in the passing game.
ME DAWG
November 27th, 2011
11:06 pm
ME Jacket
I totally agree. We all Gerogians, We both love our teams. We do have fans on both sides that get really crazy. You a class act, need more like you on both blogs.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
11:07 pm
Hypothetical of the night. What is Tech’s record the last four years with Ricky Dobbs at QB?
AquariusGT
November 27th, 2011
11:07 pm
If next year we go 8-4, defense shows marginal at best improvement, and lose to UGA again, then DRAD must start looking in a new direction
AquariusGT
November 27th, 2011
11:09 pm
Forever
2 ACC titles, 1 BCS bowl win, 2-2 vs UGA
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
11:10 pm
AquariusGT
Why? That’s be better than the average season from the last 45 years, CPJ’s 3rd best season out of 5, and better than any season Gailey had save one.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
11:10 pm
AquariusGT
It may have been better than that.
AquariusGT
November 27th, 2011
11:12 pm
I agree but should Gailey be the benchmark? How can we be satisfied with a coach that consistently loses to our biggest rival, has not won a bowl game, has not shown any improvement on the defensive side of the ball, and consistently loses to teams that have a bye before playing us (save the ‘08 UGA win)
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 27th, 2011
11:13 pm
Veteran Fan, well said, I agree and am proud to be a Tech fan. Already looking forward to next year. Let’s win the bowl game. ” GO JACKETS “
GTYJacket
November 27th, 2011
11:15 pm
It would not matter if we had Murray, Manning, or Brady. This is a running offense and that’s what we do. QBs are developed. You don’t stick a kid in today’s college game and expect him to read a defense when he is trained to run the option. Our defense will never reach the next level while we run this offense. We have to ask ourselves “Are we satisfied winning 7-9 games per year, but never reaching the next level?” If yes, then keep CPJ and this offense, and be aware that our record against UGA will never be stellar.
KBP
November 27th, 2011
11:16 pm
Tech Fans, If you lower your academic standards then you can recruit better talent. You have very few special admits. If CPJ called 25 pass plays per game maybe he could recruit a real dual threat QB and you would own the ACC as your running game is unstoppable. But when you get behind by 10 or more against a good team you will lose most of those. Talent is the biggest difference between us and you. I’ll say this again, Dawgs recruit kids who want to play pro ball. Tech recruits kids who want to play college ball. Two entirely different caliber of athletes;
oh brother!
November 27th, 2011
11:27 pm
KBP…you have NO idea of what you speak. It has NOTHING to do with academic standards…the GT football scholarship standards are every bit as low as most major colleges..including UGA. You must be an ITT Tech grad…idiot.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
11:28 pm
AquariusGT
You just described every coach we’ve had since Dodd left.
coloradofalconsfan
November 27th, 2011
11:34 pm
Tech Forever, What about Pepper Rogers? I miss him.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
11:34 pm
oh brother!
Tell me, what are the GT entrance standards for football players to get into Tech and then what are they required to take the first two years once in school? Do you know? Because I know exactly what UGA’s are they are no where near synonymous. To deny this FACT is pure ignorance. But please….enlighten me and tell me what Tech requires of it’s football recruits.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
11:35 pm
coloradofalconsfan
What about him?
oh brother!
November 27th, 2011
11:35 pm
Randy Rhino was a good QB who could throw. Think he is 65 now.
Keith
November 27th, 2011
11:37 pm
If we (Tech) lose another bowl game this year, then the Vad Lee experiment is going to have to be CPJ’s last ditch effort to save his job. 1-3 vs. Georgia, and what just may be 0-4 in bowl games is just UNACCEPTABLE. Yeah, I know, Georgia is the better program. I get it. So some may say that we can’t expect much more than 1-3. Phooey.
If we’re in this same position this time next year, then we need to clean house and bring back O’Leary and the Fridge. In the last 21 seasons, O’Leary delivered by far our best teams, he beat Georgia, and he won bowl games. Heck, as the coach of UCF, he has beaten Georgia as many times (in 1 try) as Chan and CPJ combined (in 10 tries).
O’Leary would jump from UCF back to GT in a second. Friedgen is looking for work and at his age, would surely jump at the chance to be the OC. Yeah, they’re both 65, which doesn’t bode well for longevity, but this program needs to get back on track, and have someone re-lay the foundation for the future.
BirminghamJacket
November 27th, 2011
11:40 pm
I’m tired of Johnson and no defense.
If He doesn’t get rid of Groh, get a D, and Vad Lee doesn’t rock…
GET OUT!!!!
oh brother!
November 27th, 2011
11:40 pm
UGA has offered a 5 year extension with a raise to CPJ to remain as the head coach at GT!
BirminghamJacket
November 27th, 2011
11:42 pm
@Keith:
Amen!!!
oh brother!
November 27th, 2011
11:43 pm
O’ Leary has an updated resume…it appears he also authoried parts of the Bll of Rights and the Magna Carta.
KBP
November 27th, 2011
11:48 pm
oh brother!. . . I choose to not respond to the idiot part of of your post. I did think Tech’s standards were higher than most other major schools. With that said, if the football scholarship standards are the same as other major schools, then why can’t Johnson get the same level of talent that Gailey did?
Paul in NH (formerly in RDU)
November 27th, 2011
11:50 pm
oh brother!
November 27th, 2011
11:35 pm
Randy Rhino was a good QB who could throw. Think he is 65 now
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Oh really?
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
11:52 pm
KBP
Gailey had one really good class and Calvin in another class…..that’s it. His recruiting wasn’t really any better than CPJ’s has been thus far and the AJC actually did an analysis of them this past spring to prove it.
Tech Forever
November 27th, 2011
11:53 pm
oh brother!
Waiting for an answer.
danny c
November 27th, 2011
11:54 pm
Who put Reggie Ball in Washington’s uniform??
Supersize that order, mutt
November 27th, 2011
11:55 pm
Randy Rhino was a 3-time first-team All American, but he was NOT a QB
Paul in NH (formerly in RDU)
November 27th, 2011
11:58 pm
Supersize – I knew that. I was wondering whether oh brother! would take the time to look it up.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 28th, 2011
12:01 am
Paul, I knew that was why you made your post. I was addressing my post to him too, but I failed to put his name in there.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
12:02 am
ninja—-GREW YOU!! GREW SCORGIE!! I/we do want or need your pity. We don’t need you “rescuing” us. Do us and the world a huge favor—pull your lower lip over your head and swallow.
Butch
November 28th, 2011
12:02 am
Johnson is a good coach. Tech can not concentrate on football………..Bobby Ross was the last one to get them to think straight
Paul in NH (formerly in RDU)
November 28th, 2011
12:03 am
I’m off to bed. Had to deal with the crazies on the Mass Pike today and that will wear you out.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
12:12 am
I remember Randy Rhino being one heck of a good DB and pretty good punt returner, I believe.
Tech Guy
November 28th, 2011
12:13 am
Congratulations, Georgia Bulldogs. Good luck with LSU. You have a very good team.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 28th, 2011
12:14 am
1 4 GT, he was good enough to make 1st team All American 3 years in a row
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
12:17 am
yeah Supersize, I remember. He must not have had any sons, at least not any that played FB because the Rhino men played back into the early 50’s if I remember right.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 28th, 2011
12:19 am
1 4 GT, Kelly Rhino was his son. He was also a great player while at Tech
Supersize that order, mutt
November 28th, 2011
12:21 am
1 4 GT, Kelly Rhino was All-ACC return specialist and the leading punt returner in Tech history . . . Set school records with 1,135 punt return yards on 112 returns . . . Both figures rank second in ACC history . . . Had a chance to break the record of 1,191 yard but missed his final two games with a sprained foot . . . Broke the Tech record for career punt return yards formerly held by his father, Randy Rhino (749) . . . Over his last two seasons, he returned 93 punts for 962 yards (10.3-yard average)
C from Marietta
November 28th, 2011
12:24 am
UGA fans coming here and rubbing the defeat in GT fans faces is really classless.
Good luck to GT in the bowl game. This Dawg fans will be rooting for you.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
12:28 am
Yes, I was pretty much right. Randy Rhino’s Dad played football and baseball at GT–Chappell–starting in 1951. There was a Rhino playing football, not continuously, from 1951 thru 2001. Per Google.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 28th, 2011
12:29 am
yep, and every one of them was good
KBP
November 28th, 2011
12:42 am
Tech Forever. . . Isn’t an analysis this past spring about CPJ’s recruiting a bit premature? He’s only had 3 full recruiting seasons. I thought Gailey recruited a lot of NFL caliber talent. Michael Johnson, Derrick Morgan, Burnett, Choice, Dwyer, Thomas and many other line backers and D-Linemen I can’t name right now who are on NFL rosters right now. If it is not academic standards as o brother says, then all that’s left is CPJ’s system, isn’t it? Why would a “real” big time dual threat QB go to Tech and throw less than 20 times per game? Why would a big time tailback go there? I think Dwyer has struggled in Pittsburgh because he played two years as a B-back and he was most effective from high school through his freshman year at Tech as a tailback. I may be wrong about that as it is just an opinion. You need great coaching to win and equally important coaches need great talent. CPJ is a heck of a coach; talent just not there. I am one of the few Dawg fans who want Tech to win every game except our game.
GT ee
November 28th, 2011
12:59 am
Hate to say it, but there are only 2 ways that tech will beat uga. 1-since CPJ can only win with previous coach’s players, let him go for 5 years, hire him back, and it will guarantee a win. Or 2-hope richt gets fired before playing tech again. I would go with option 1
AquariusGT
November 28th, 2011
1:13 am
Keith it hurts but what you said is exactly the truth
Cmon man
November 28th, 2011
1:13 am
If academics are the real reason why tech cant get top notch athletes why not raid the private schools in atlanta? You have woodward academy,lovett, westminster, marist (they run the same offense) st.pius and g.a.c right in your backyard why not take advantage and according to you guys cpj is good with less talent.
AquariusGT
November 28th, 2011
1:16 am
8-4 (soon to be 8-5), TERRIBLE defense consistently, 1-3 versus UGA (1-4next year), losses against most teams who have 2 weeks to prep, and losses against any team that is physical up front just does not cut it and there are any GT fan who are willing to accept this then you clowns need to wake up
dawgforlife
November 28th, 2011
1:16 am
all I know about TECH and UGA entrance requirements can be described this way: UGA had a lineman (recruited as a TE but ate himself out of that position)from Buford who flunked out of school…transferred to TECH and finished his 4-years…Industrial Management anyone? make no mistake…if TECH could have gotten any of the freshmen currently playing in Athens, they would have gotten into school. ALL ahtletes at every school get special treatment if they need something.
Buzzed
November 28th, 2011
1:44 am
Triple option will never be a championship offense without a very elite defense.
gt82grad
November 28th, 2011
2:44 am
Find another Joe Hamilton or else…
MASSDAWG
November 28th, 2011
3:35 am
i WONDER WHERE ST. SIMMONS IS? I KNOW HE IS A LOSER…. HAVE FUN IN EL PASO, TX! CHAN GAILEY DOESN’T LOOK SO BAD AFTERALL!!!
piss boy
November 28th, 2011
3:38 am
Go Dawgs’ post is class and so true. CPJ is an excellent coach and deserves the Tech fans backing -including getting their sorry asses off the couch and going to the game. Seein so much red in the stands Saturday was a disgrace and had to impact the players who have worked so hard in preparing for the game. Tech fans are sickening.!!!!
Hehehahahohoho
November 28th, 2011
4:30 am
We should change the page so people have to use Facebook id’s to leave comments. No more of this anonymous crap…
Woofy One
November 28th, 2011
6:25 am
GA Tech has been down in the series before and so have we. The best outcome is CPJ gets a defense and the game is closer. I would rather have some really competitive games with Tech.
Rufus
November 28th, 2011
7:40 am
Coach Johnson, I understand they’re looking for a coach at Ole Miss.
jdl2
November 28th, 2011
8:01 am
We lost another great coach last week, when Spec Landrum passed away. Was at Tech for 13 years, at Georgia for 5, and Athletic Director at Kennesaw State. Celebration service at Stillwell Theater on Kennesaw Campus 7 pm Wednesday the 30th.
JJC
November 28th, 2011
8:02 am
Couldn’t wait to get on here to see what all those trash talkers from last week had to say about GT’s mediocrity. Face the truth- the reason CPJ’s offensive system is so rare in modern football is that it doesn’t work well against good athletes. Good defenses shut down good option attacks. Until Teck learns to pass and open up some other threats they will continue exactly where they are now- good enough to beat the bad teams, good enough to pull a rare upset of a good team. As for the defense, I admit that I don’t watch teck play too often, but they never look too great when I do watch them. They certainly got pushed around up front on Saturday.
GTYJacket
November 28th, 2011
8:07 am
Dick LeBeau couldn’t coach a good defense with a triple option offense. The scout team is unable to give the defense a passing offense to practice against. The offense will move the ball and score a lot of points, but teams that see it every year will no how to prepare to stop it enough to win. We are looking at the glory years of our program. We can consistently win and go to bowl games every year, but to beat top 10 teams like UGA or VT it will require mistakes on their part.
31-17
November 28th, 2011
8:08 am
10 of last 11. That’s called ownership
BaldB.
November 28th, 2011
8:08 am
Yep, there is no doubt the dogs run this state. You see it everywhere you go. Sadly the dogs do not run any other state. Miles will knock the smile off of those faces. And since the dogs run this state, SUPERSIZE THAT ORDER MUTT!!
Lemus
November 28th, 2011
8:09 am
I can’t wait until Georgia St. gets their program up and running. Maybe then we will actually be challenged within our own state for once.
Lemus
November 28th, 2011
8:11 am
BaldB –
You are a great representative of a Tek fan. Since your OWN team cannot ever handle their OWN business, you must cowardly become fans of whomever UGA’s next opponent is. Sad, but oh so comical. We take that pathetic desperation as the biggest compliment you could ever give us. Thank you, loser
Buck
November 28th, 2011
8:11 am
UGA should replace GT with Georgia Southern for their year end rival. Georgia Southern is the true #2 program in the state and once they go 1-A with Big East they will be #1 program in state. Watch and see. Erk will have his revenge on Dooley soon.
BuzzBelle
November 28th, 2011
8:13 am
dawgforlife
November 28th, 2011
1:16 am
I’m calling you out on this one – NAME the TE who flunked UGa and finished at Tech. Name, date, year! Game on!!!
BuzzBelle
November 28th, 2011
8:14 am
And you have until noon today to do so!!!
CPJ- better than Chan
November 28th, 2011
8:25 am
ProudTechFan are you including Jokey Hamilton in the dope smoking dui group. How about Reggie Balless played 4 years without passing grades?
doodoobailey
November 28th, 2011
8:34 am
“Well this SEC dominance is pretty overblow, I mean, how do you evaluate how good a coference is?”…CPJ
I guess on the field , moobies.
doodoobailey
November 28th, 2011
8:34 am
conference….to be fair, he said it wrong too.
Jackets/Packers
November 28th, 2011
8:36 am
Paul Johnson has the opposite approach of Bear Bryant.
If he wins, It is because of him and his great TO offense.
If he losses, the other team had better players.
Bryant lost to Tech about 1980 and manned up and said he got out-coached by Bill Curry.
Will CPJ ever do that?
Doubtful.
The fans caused the missed FG by Uga before the half and are due a lot of credit for home wins against Clemson.
Just look at the Virginia and Miami games to compare.
I hate the late timeout to supposedly psyche the kicker especially in the 1st half.
Trust your fans for once dummy.
We caused that miss.
Luckily for them you were the opposing coach though and gave the dawgs a mulligan.
BobDawg
November 28th, 2011
8:38 am
KEITH, post from 11:37pm is fantasy stuff to me… Lying O’leary ain’t leaving Sunny Fla for the ATL and the Fridge ain’t leaving the Lake either… You have your destination man in CPJ and you better support him and get the defense better… Any other coach will just use you as a stepping stone job…
JoeFann
November 28th, 2011
8:39 am
Read only the first page of posts, but wanted to address the chop block. First of all, the chop block was NOT called on the block of Deangelo Tyson, the injured RDE. He was already injured, and on the replay, he was barely blocked. If anything, he injured himself firing off into the backfield. The chop block was called against Tech’s center and RG, blocking John Jenkins, the NT. And it appeared on replay to be a good call. Tech’s center fired off and engaged him high, and the RG appears to dive at his knee, though he’s mostly obscured by the C and NT and other players on the replay. As an official, when you know a team is a cut-blocking team, and has a lot of complaints of chop blocks against it, you talk about it beforehand, and watch closely for it. Obviously, the umpire had a better look than we did, even on replay, and made the call early, in order to prevent it from escalating. Give him credit for executing priority number one, which is player safety, and nipping it right off the bat. Didn’t appear to be an issue the rest of the game.
Go Dawgs!
Sugar Hill Dawg
November 28th, 2011
8:43 am
I was in Auburn for senior day (my son’s a senior in the AUMB) – couldn’t get to The Joke. From TV shots, the crowd looked to be 40/60 in favor of Tech – do I have those number close to reality? If so, shame on Tech folks for letting us get so many behinds in the seats! (Was the Clemson game the same ratio?) Go Dawgs!
Alabama Jack
November 28th, 2011
8:43 am
DAwgs won – and their fans remain obnoxious.
Kendawg
November 28th, 2011
8:49 am
I thought David Sims played a really good game for Tech. He ran hard and did not usually go down at the first hit.
NCDawgFan
November 28th, 2011
8:49 am
Where is good old GTBob when you need him? After the ACC’s 1-3 weekend with three beatdowns and where their lone winner gained less than 100 yards of total offense in their victory, I assumed GTBob would have a load of excuses on why this happened. Don’t let all the Dawg fans down GTBob. It is time to come out of hiding and face the music after your relentless rampage of unfounded confidence in your team and your conference last week. Come out, come out wherever you are…
The New ACC
November 28th, 2011
8:53 am
This season GA Tech has a record much better than projected pre-season. No one should forget that.
However, if PJ doesn’t beat uga he will not be around for much longer.
Gary
November 28th, 2011
8:55 am
to “Reality” “Good game Dawgs….now try to show a little class.”
Really, the dawgs need to show some class? I was at the game. I watch your dirty players take out one of our guys with a chop block minutes into the game. Then while the band was doing a tribute to Munson your student section starts yelling to hell with Georgia as loud as they can. Very classy. You should be proud of your bugs. I remember when you only blue your little whistle when you scored. Now every first down, that is just sad. Almost as sad as your stadium. Which one of your brilliant minds designed that death trap. Stay classy tech.
BigDawg
November 28th, 2011
8:56 am
If a kid can throw the ball, why would he go to Tech? CPJ’s offense is a run-oriented offense. Would an Aaron Murry go to Tech with that offense? No. Would Orson Charles? No. Would any 4 star QB or WR go to Tech with the Triple Floption offense? No. It’s easy to say go recruit a QB or WR but don’t get your hopes up. Even RBs will have doubts. Lots of yards but it doesn’t get you playing time in the NFL.
The New ACC
November 28th, 2011
8:57 am
NCDawgFan- What is your problem????
First of all, those SEC teams were SUPPOSED to beat those ACC teams. They were ranked ahead of their ACC opponent and they were picked to beat them. Knowing that, are you shocked that they won? Are you proud that they did what they were SUPPOSED to do?
And, if a team that is ranked lower than their opponent really does lose to them, is that horrible? Sure, they want to win, but come on.
Get a grip on reality there bro.
gt4ever
November 28th, 2011
8:57 am
And from my recollection Super, Mr. Rhino never called for a fair catch…. He couldn’t take it to the house, but his numbers are as good as it gets….
The CPJ experiment should be about over….. One more bowl game loss will put it to rest…
doodoobailey
November 28th, 2011
8:58 am
You guys were real classy chanting to hell with Georgia during the Munson ceremony.
Stay Classy.
Paul in NH
November 28th, 2011
9:00 am
BuzzBelle
dawgforlife is refering to Tyrone Sorrells. He transferred to GT in the early 80’s when I was in grad school at Tech.
Harvey D. Pooka
November 28th, 2011
9:07 am
My last comment posting. (yea, I’m sure ya’ll lwill miss me about as much as Ii’ll miss you) These boards have degraded into too much negativity and in-fighting and things like the posting from “George” that have NO relationship to the story ,,,,,,,
GT knows what they need to do to have improved results, as well as the true fans and followers do. So hang in there folks and they’ll get some positive progressions in place. ***Still a Fan ! ***
Jborodawg
November 28th, 2011
9:09 am
We hold these truths to be self evident…That under coach Richt…10 out of 11, 31-17.
I have to give it to Tech fans, I’ve seen very few comments in this blog about Bulldog fans being classless. I posit that the reaction by some Tech fans to the Red Coat Band’s tribute to Munson was classless. And your own blog pretty much proves my point…
http://www.stingtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=42b286726f3dad1ef40394453ab96f42&t=60373
“C from Marietta…rubbing defeat in GT faces is classless…” That’s asinine. That’s what we’ve done since 1893; Clean Old-fashioned Hate. But, I guess we can all strive to rub it in with class.
Be that as it may, I thought GT’s players fought pretty hard, contrary to what some of your players said afterward. EG, “…we were flat…”; “…we didn’t get fired up…” It also looked like CPJ got away from the triple option; got away from your strength and tried to pass. That just didn’t work.
Some have suggested correctly that you have to have a BIG guy in the middle to run the 3-4 D. I didn’t understand “forcing” it on the Bulldogs D last year, without a big NT. Groh is doing the same thing.
Good luck in your bowl game.
Goooo Dawgs!
PUG
November 28th, 2011
9:09 am
If your coach was in better shape maybe your players would be too! I think the FAT around his mid section caused his brain to stall!! Just get use to losing GT fans it’s your life being GEEKS!!!
Jim R
November 28th, 2011
9:12 am
ProudTechFan
Since we’re speaking of class what do you call all the booing at the game by GT fans when they were recognizing Larry Munson? Does being a hypocrite mean anything to you? How about intentionally injuring UGAs DeAngelo Tyson? Real class I guess HUH? Think before you speak or make a fool of yourself.
DawginLex
November 28th, 2011
9:15 am
Tech doesn’t need a new coach.
They need better players
Johnson needs to recruit SEC caliber D linemen and get a QB who can pass.
Maybe Vad Lee will be that guy?
Johnson threw the ball because the staple of the TO, the fullback, was totally negated by being outsized on the front.
Looks like you get to go to the Sun Bowl and play aginst a coach who is about to get fired or you may end up playing against an interim coach(ASU-Erickson big time hot seat).
Did you really expect more than 9-4 this year? The 6-0 start was all schedule.
Win a bowl game for the first time in a long time and go recruit.
My $.02
NCDawgFan
November 28th, 2011
9:23 am
The New ACC- don’t lose hope. As long as the Big East continues to exist, the ACC will never be the worst football conference in America.
ramblin
November 28th, 2011
9:31 am
let the dawgs talk, they’re thumpin their chest so hard after squeaking out a season where they avoided every tough team on their schedule, and lost the 2 they did play. They’re dreaming if they think LSU isn’t going to put em in place.
Genius Jacket
November 28th, 2011
9:37 am
Paul Johnson needs to go. Our defense is terrible!
Dwight Schrute
November 28th, 2011
9:37 am
Ramblin- We will talk, just like you losers do before this game every year since you cannot say a word afterwards. Why dont you talk about El Paso geek?
doodoobailey
November 28th, 2011
9:39 am
@ramblin..hahahahahahahah, sore loser.
roughrider
November 28th, 2011
9:41 am
Is anyone on here old enough to remember when Tech last won a bowl game?
T3
November 28th, 2011
9:41 am
Dayum.
Just Dayum.
Long Memory
November 28th, 2011
9:46 am
When CPJ won his first, and only, game ‘tween the hedges with UGA, he was asked if he would take a piece of the hedge as a trophy.
His smart Alec response was, “No, I’m sure we’ll be back here again.” Waiting………..
Big time?? Not
November 28th, 2011
9:48 am
Thought I would wait a while to say one last time this year:
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes.
GTVegas
November 28th, 2011
9:52 am
First – I was truly embarrassed more by the GT student’s classless chant during the Munson tribute than I was by any of the play on the field. I even said so to the UGA fans around me during the game. One classy UGA alum then saud, hey, their kids and the UGA students would probably do the same thing. My reply, still doesn’t make it right.
I still think CPJ is a good coach, but they clearly need to recruit a defense.
UGA will always have better access to talent and should be favored on that basis in just about every game.
The interception and the kickoff return led to 14 UGA points. We did our fair share in helping UGA win this one.
Congrats to teh Dawgs. They played the better game. Good luck agianst LSU. It’s not much consolation, but a UGA win against LSU will make our loss look a little better, if that really means anything.
I look forward to seeing Vad Lee next year. I live in NC and that kid CAN pass.
GTVegas
November 28th, 2011
9:54 am
I should really read my comments before hitting submit, please excuse the errors.
Wishbone was dumped in the 197
November 28th, 2011
9:55 am
All of the BIG BOY football progrmas back in the day ran the triple option. Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama and many, many others.
They finally DUMPED IT because an athletic D team with kids that can run and lock up and tackle, stopped it. Apparently, when CPJ read up on the BONE, he did not go to the last two chapters that talked about why it was canned, eventually.
macrotech
November 28th, 2011
9:56 am
El Paso?! I’m TOTALLY pumped that we’re going to El Paso…going into this season there was NOONE that thought we’d do much this year. Admittedly, the 6-0 start got us all excited! However, anyone that didn’t see things playing out the way they did throughout the rest of the games….too, optimistic! Granted, when we beat Clemson, there was reason to ‘believe’. It was a nice response to losing to a bad Miami team. I thought that this team COULD beat uga….but, they couldn’t play poorly to do so. We played poorly! Props to uga for getting their act together after starting 0-2. Both teams seemed to over-achieve this year! I’m TOTALLY cool with El Paso…it’s better than ANYONE expected! GO TECH!!!
Dawgbreath
November 28th, 2011
9:57 am
A ‘Bama fan calling dawg fans obnoxious is like the pot calling the kettle black.
Help me understand their thinking, please
November 28th, 2011
10:02 am
It is said that “UGA has nothing to be proud of or excited about” because we :played a lousy schedule”. Um, ah, if GT won their silly lil division, they would be excited and looking forward to playing for the silly lil ACC title. ACC IS the weakest football league in USA.
Why, then, should UGA fans not be pumped up and really excited? AT LEAST THE SEC IS BIG BOY BALL AND TO WIN ANYTHING HERE IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE ACC.
As one example, a good Wake Forest team was TROUNCED BY VANDY and GT’s one “big win” over Clemson was revelad to only a joke, because SC stomped Clemson and SC was nothing in the SEC East.
ramblin
November 28th, 2011
10:02 am
not a sore loser – there’s no reason i can’t voice my opinions as every else is. I had no expectations of beating GA this year and thought we didn’t play well enough to so – your generic comebacks further cement the fact how delusional you actually are – ill take a bowl game any year – but as i said LSU will smoke the dawgs hands down.
William Casey
November 28th, 2011
10:08 am
DAWGINLEX is exactly right. My son and I (both die-hard Jacket fans) were riding the bus back to the parking lot after the Maryland win. We were happy to win but also realized that this game exposed GT’s weaknesses. A couple of drunken GT fans (hate it when that happens) were chest-thumping about 6-0. We just looked at each other and discussed: “Yeah, this is nice but we still need a QB who can pass a little and a couple of stud defensive line guys. Our offensive and defensive schemes are good for GT. Vad Lee MIGHT be the QB. It’s not impossible to recruit a couple of 4-5 star defensive linemen. CPJ and his system are right for us because we will NEVER be able to match UGA’s recruiting across the board. We don’t have to. All is not lost.
Techie From Sheneckie
November 28th, 2011
10:11 am
Its basketball season. We are never a good football team any way. I’ve come to grips with that.
dmr
November 28th, 2011
10:14 am
Big Georgia fan here! Georgia Tech, just like Georgia has had an amazing turnaround from last season. No one can diminish that accomplishment. The Yellow Jackets finish 8 – 4 with a signature win over #5 Clemson, who at the time, was one of the hottest teams in the Nation.
Paul Johnson is a good coach and will make Tech better each year in my opinion. Tech has one glaring weakness. Because of their inability to mix the pass in well with the triple option, it makes it much tougher for Tech to comeback from big deficits.
Tech’s numbers Nationally: 3rd in rushing, 21st in points for, 58th in points against, *112th in passing
Tech’s defense will improve simply through recruiting. However, Johnson has got to find a way to use formation shifts or play action or option fakes to develop more of a passing threat and force teams to respect both.
I think he can do it. Tech is on the right path with the right man in my opinion.
Tell it like it is.
November 28th, 2011
10:19 am
GA Tech is a basketball School,and the Football coach is a joke!
William Casey
November 28th, 2011
10:20 am
MACROTECH is also right on the money. We have to give the Dawgs props. They made few mistakes and played to their strengths in their game plan. They beat us fair and square. However, now they are in exactly the same position we were in against them: going up against an LSU team with superior talent and also on a roll. Can they beat LSU? Certainly. But LSU would have to play badly. Murray won’t be able to stand pristinely in the pocket and pick the Tigers apart as he did us. Dawg fans can only hope that Crowell is 100% and that they can run between the tackles.
Al Bundy
November 28th, 2011
10:20 am
HighTech Sorry to disappoint you but I know nothing of a website that promotes the firing of CPJ. I believe in giving any coach a chance to prove he can put together a winning team. I’ve been a Tech fan since the mid 60’s and have spent more time watching GT lose games than I care to remember. My frustration with CPJ is that he always makes the same excuse (we didn’t execute) for every loss. How about we didn’t do a good job of coaching? We should have never lost to Virginia or Miami but we did. That’s what makes my blood boil. We are paying this guy an above average salary and he has had 4 years to get it together and he’s failing. I’m not saying he’s got to win them all next year, I’m just saying he’s got to quit losing to teams we should beat, win a bowl game and beat UGA.
Jacketdad
November 28th, 2011
10:20 am
William Casey is basically correct about the recruiting situation. I was sitting with my younger son at the game and as the teams line up for Tech’s first offensive play he says “my God, look at #6 for Georgia!” That was John Jenkins who is listed as being 6′ 4″ and 351 but actually looks bigger.. For a variety of reasons Tech cannot recruit players like him. Tech can be successful on their own terms but it simply cannot go head to head with UGA and other SEC powers for the really elite players that the recruiting services tag as superstars. Tech fans have to understand this reality.
DeanfromUGA
November 28th, 2011
10:39 am
I’ve been watching football in this state since 1980. Growing up I loved the Bill Curry teams and that black watch defense. My acceptance and attendance at UGA sealed up my loyalty to the Bulldogs. You guys have a good team and a gret coach. But, I do think that teams in the ACC tend to play down to the level of their competition. I don’t know how you change that but if Johnson could then you guys could be the ACC champs every year and be more successfull in OOC games. I know it’s moslty hate between the two fan bases but I root for you guys when we are not playing each other. Hope next year turns out better with the one exception against UGA.
Tell it like it is.
November 28th, 2011
10:40 am
As long as CPJ is at Tech,expect the samething every year,7or 8 wins a year.Never in the run for a national CH,geting blownout by UGA,and any other team that plays in a desent conference.
schmeckdawg
November 28th, 2011
10:42 am
Hey Dirt Daubers, y’all love ragging on Georgia’s schedule; take a look at this.
Western Carolina
Middle Tennessee State
Kansas
Duke
And you want to talk about a wussified schedule, give me a break!!!!!
Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeanfromUGA
November 28th, 2011
10:44 am
JacketDad, I agree that the talent levels are different but I’d be carefull at looking at that as an escuse. Let’s face it, when was the last time Tech truly had more talent than UGA. Sometimes talent can be overcome with desire and a solid coaching plan which Johnson usually has. Lots of UGA kids wouldn’t be academically eligible to play for Tech but many of them would. I read where Herschel Walker says that he would have loved to play for Tech as he loved the team and the Ramblin Wreck motto. They never came and talked to him whereas even Harvard paid him a visit. Tech has beaten many more talented UGA teams.
Bobo is Not the Problem
November 28th, 2011
11:13 am
GT is singlehandedly keeping CMR in Athens.
Poor bumblebabies.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 28th, 2011
11:16 am
Wow I am glad we got through that game Saturday. Better D lessens the worry. Good luck to Roddy Jones, always great to see the student athletes doing it the right way.
gtgrad94
November 28th, 2011
11:39 am
Pretty funny facebook post I saw…
We might beat UGA in football when UGA can have a halftime show with grads that are astronauts like Tech.
Still PROUD of my degree and my school. We just can’t offer PE, Sport Management, and I love this one Pre-Business degrees. I hope we never lower our standards!
Go Jackets!!
gdawginkalamazoo
November 28th, 2011
11:40 am
Good luck to you Bees in your bowl game.
Dawgoneit
November 28th, 2011
11:41 am
You know, we need to make sure we keep focused on what this is all about-good competition between two great programs that represent two great schools. Yes, UGA and Georgia Tech are BOTH great schools. I am a graduate of UGA, and would love to have gone to Tech for an advanced degree, but they just don’t have my field of study there really. But in the last few years, there has been much bitterness between the two programs. While I realize it is all about competition for recruits and program advancement, trashing each other like we are barbarians doesn’t really help anyone. Lay off the comments about the school’s academic programs. No Georgia fan can honestly say Tech is not a good school. It is the MIT of the South, and no Georgia Tech fan can say UGA is not a good school. Look at its law school, business school, education program, and vet school. Come on! Really? I love this state, love the DAWGS, and am proud to have Georgia Tech as our hottest rival and collegiate neighbor. I hope GT wins every game each year except the last one it plays. To love the Dawgs does not mean I have to hate the Jackets. Good luck in the bowl game Tech, and Go DAWGS!!!!! BEAT LSU!!!!
RTD
November 28th, 2011
11:57 am
ProudTechFan, was it classy when the Tech fans booed the Red Coat Band as they spelled “Munson”? If that is class then I don’t want it.
Kendell Jones
November 28th, 2011
11:58 am
I think TEch used to have a great team when they were a part of the SEC, and then they decided they couldn’t compete so the left and went to the ACC. The ACC is a basketball school, not a football school.
WnE
November 28th, 2011
12:02 pm
Between now and Feb. will be a great time to be Ol’ Wrecksie!
For the entire Coach Kung Fu Panda tenure I have been consistent in my opinions & my analysis, but now 4-yrs. into this gimmicky, crappy, triple-SLOPtion Offense, now all the otehr putzes that called me an idiot are now saying the same thing about CPJ that I said when he was first hired.
On the 3 major GT-themed message boards everyone is parroting what WreckNEffect has said for years about Coach Fish Fry.
It is amazing how TIME can some of us seem like geniuses.
Jacketdad
November 28th, 2011
12:04 pm
DeanfromUGA, I did not mean to imply that academics were the only reason Tech cannot recruit players like John Jenkins but Tech’s tougher curriculum do play in part in who Tech can recruit. Just as important. though, is that Georgia has more money, better facilities, more national exposure and is a member of the SEC.. All these factors combined put Tech at a major disadvantage when recruiting against Georgia and the other SEC heavyweights.
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 28th, 2011
12:16 pm
The game boils down to Washington completing two passes to UGA players and missing at least three passes to Tech players. Tech’s recruits need a year in the weight room and to grow. The teams, like Alabama, recruit players that are ready to go. I like our players and GT’s reputation world wide. Recognizing the astronauts at halftime was awesome. We’ll beat UGA again, we should have beaten them Saturday but just made too many mistakes including coaching. Always proud to be a Tech fan. ” KEEP ROLLING JACKETS “
GT Alum
November 28th, 2011
12:18 pm
I hate losing to the Mutts, but I will take my degree and a great job over graduating from a football factory and spending my days on message boards waiting for my shift at the Little Caesars to start.
old dog
November 28th, 2011
12:21 pm
The truth is out; Tech had a few good athletes, but they ain’t gonna keep bring in nothin’ but chop-blockers and undersized running backs. A real q-back (who wants to SURVIVE) will not come to a triple-option team. Gimmicks work for a little while; then the better athletes and football minds take over. Nothin’ ‘gainst the tekkies, but the runs ’bout over with the triple option!
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 28th, 2011
12:21 pm
Ken, I had a comment that didn’t get through.
headley lamar
November 28th, 2011
12:22 pm
Still PROUD of my degree and my school. We just can’t offer PE, Sport Management, and I love this one Pre-Business degrees. I hope we never lower our standards!
Thats why 98 percent of the football team majors in “Management” and very few of them graduate.
In fact last I looked Tech had the lowest graduation rates in the ACC for football.
Tech is not an great academic school.
Thats just the first crutch Tech fans fall on after losing.
headley lamar
November 28th, 2011
12:25 pm
I hate losing to the Mutts, but I will take my degree and a great job over graduating from a football factory and spending my days on message boards waiting for my shift at the Little Caesars to start.
Paul Johnson tell you that one ?? Surprised you didn’t call hard working people who work at Little Ceasers retards.
You stay classy Tech folks.
gtfanfrom1951
November 28th, 2011
12:30 pm
CPJ was brought in to beat UGA and win ACC it is not getting done!
headley lamar
November 28th, 2011
12:30 pm
ProudTechFan, was it classy when the Tech fans booed the Red Coat Band as they spelled “Munson”? If that is class then I don’t want it.
Hey, Tech is what it is. A cesspool that produces the likes of Reuben Houston.
They are constantly on probation and the head coach is a joke.
Did you really expect any different ????
headley lamar
November 28th, 2011
12:31 pm
CPJ was brought in to beat UGA and win ACC it is not getting done!
He is now 2 – 9 against Va Tech, UGA, and the bowl game.
gtfanfrom1951
November 28th, 2011
12:33 pm
Tigers by 30
CT_Jacket
November 28th, 2011
12:58 pm
Dawgoneit is right. UGA has improved their academics yet still have the mission of providing an education for all of the state. The venom has gotten worse, natually, over the past 20 years because Tech isn’t staying competitive on the field.
A UGA grad told me a long time ago, he doesn’t like it when one team wins too much because then he and his GT friends won’t speak as often. Too bad we let a game played by 18-22 year olds get in the way of what really matters.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
1:00 pm
Hey Georgie folks—quit yer whining—no where do I recall or find thru Google that Georgie did any kind of tribute to Al Ciraldo—and they were good friends—our “tribute” to Munson was requested by Wes Durham I read because he and Munson were good friends—so who had more “class” in honoring a well known radio personality—I;ll bet Georgie kids would have done the same thing in a reverse situation— at least it was done during the Georgie bands tribute, not the “official” school before the game
jarvis
November 28th, 2011
1:01 pm
“When they had to…”
Apparently they had to all day.
RT in NC
November 28th, 2011
1:10 pm
Georgia whooped us good and it hurts, I’m just glad I live in NC where there aren’t so many dog fans. My take on the game/season.
The team is young, and once we lost to UVA, I was already looking forward to next year.
We have got to get someone who can pass decently and know when to throw it away. Tevin and Josh would just heave it long and pray when no one was open and some of their passes were just laughable. We’ve got to get some balance.
Academics is not an excuse for recruiting when you are dead last in the conference for graduating players. Our graduation rate is an embarrassment and removes our right to claim a difficult curriculum as an excuse.
Losing 10 of 11 is pathetic. We can’t blame Brain and Gailey any more. Johnson needs to start feeling the heat.
We don’t have the talent in the secondary, the beef on the D line, or the guts to blitz in the 3-4. We need to drop the 3-4 or have an innovative blitz package. Getting rid of Groh would be a good start.
philSC
November 28th, 2011
1:11 pm
dawg fans have no bite–cause i bitch slapped one during the game and he ran away like the bitch he was.
RT in NC
November 28th, 2011
1:13 pm
Headly, you seem bitter after a win. Lighten up, the world won’t end when UGA gets embarrassed by LSU.
Whattever
November 28th, 2011
1:23 pm
Georgia mutts get rady for an As@ Kicking By the Tigers !
Enjoy this week cause it will be ugly in Atlanta this week.
ChickFilA Bowl Appearance
November 28th, 2011
1:26 pm
gtfanfrom1951 – you seem to be confusing the upcoming UGA-LSU game with the whooping you took the time you faced LSU in the Dome. Funny how bitter you guys get after a loss. Take the whooping and move on losers.
ChickFilA Bowl Appearance
November 28th, 2011
1:27 pm
Oh yeah, I almost forgot…enjoy another bowl loss.
Al Bundy
November 28th, 2011
1:40 pm
I do think both sides, UGA and Tech fans should lighten up just a bit. The facts are pretty clear in my opinion. The University of Georgia is a great school with great tradition and for the most part great fans too. The Georgia Institute of Technology is a great school with great tradition and for the most part great fans as well. Both schools have their share of morons that call themselves fans but in fact are low-life dirt bags who need to get a life. UGA kicked our butts in football 9 out of the last 10 times, period! UGA has a better football team right now and we (Tech fans) need to quit making excuses. It makes us sound like cry babies! Our problem is not just one thing you can point a finger at and it’s certainly not academics. We have big problems in every area of the game.
Shinhoster
November 28th, 2011
1:40 pm
My friend says there’s rumors of CMR to Penn State. Thoughts anyone???
Paul's a Puss
November 28th, 2011
1:41 pm
Everytime I try and like Paul Johnson, he manages to start flapping those hog jowls and say something beyond stupid. like his comment that the SEC was overrated. What a moron.
Let’s see. The SEC has won 6 straight national championships and will most likley win #7 this year. Going into this past weekend, the SEC had schools ranked #1, #2, and #3 in the pools. UGA, who is not very good this year, just bitch slapped you for the 10th time in 11 years. Tech runs a high school offense that may work at Ga. Southern and Navy. And it may work in the ACC since that is nothing more than AAA high school football. But Tech will never become a consistant top 25 team running a gimmick high school offense and their defense is non-existant.
So Paul, before you start flapping those hawg jowls again, you need to show you can play with the big boys. I would have a lot more respect for the guy if he had just said ” We are not very good and we play in a conference that is barely one step above high school football. Georgia will wipe the field with us and my hope is that one day soon Georgis Tech can be competitive with an SEC school”.
Greatest Coach Who Ever Lived
November 28th, 2011
1:47 pm
Same old story with Paul “I’m the greatest coach who ever lived – just ask me,” Johnson. Furman Bisher first annointed him the next great coach between the flats, and Mark Bradley has continued that after Bisher retired.
Sure Johnson’s winning percentage is among the best. The question is who all has he beaten? We’re not talking about the powerhouses he played against while coaching at Georgia Southern. That joke of an offense works on that level. Did he beat anybody other than a mediocre Notre Dame team while he was at Navy?
The bottom line is Johnson and his SUPERIOR offense are great for seven to eight wins a year at Tech, which actually is pretty good for that school. There’s even a chance for nine or 10 wins every five years. Playing in the ACC allows for little to no competition.
The difference comes when Tech plays a team with superior talent, such as Georgia, an average Miami team with great players, or just about any school in a bowl. Any coach can figure out how to beat Tech with 20 or more days to prepare.
I really feel for Paul Johnson and the Tech fans. Delusions aside, he’d be much better off coaching against those 1-AA teams. Tech might actually have a chance to beat a decent team with another coach.
Until Tech wakes up and realizes what a joke Paul Johnson and his I’m the greatest coach who ever lived attitude is, nothing much is going to change. Enjoy those seven to eight wins a year.
Typical GA fans
November 28th, 2011
1:55 pm
You can’t lose with class, and you certainly don’t win with class. You will get yours this Sat…about like 50-3
Typical GA fans
November 28th, 2011
2:00 pm
headley lamar
November 28th, 2011
12:30 pm
“A cesspool that produces the likes of …”
Ooooh, say Montez Robinson, Zach Mettenberger, Caleb King, Washaun Ealey, Isaiah and Carlton….
Gorilla Biscuit
November 28th, 2011
2:06 pm
Hello girls. Just stopped by to see if ya’ll have recovered yet. I guess not.
WnE
November 28th, 2011
2:12 pm
The GT fans are DELUSIONAL!
The youth and Academics excuses are BOGUS!
uga beat us Saturday with two T-Fr. WRs Malcolm Mitchell & Chris Conley both were offered by GT and were Academically qualified for GT, the 3rd WR that burned GT was a RS-Fr. Mike Bennett and he might have been offered by GT and was an Academic Qualifier for GT.
On Defense when Tyson went down uga/CTG brought in Garrison SMITH an Academic qualifier whose BROTHER GRADUATED from GT and was offered by GT.
All those guys that made the difference in the game were YOUNG uga players that were Academic qualifiers for GT and were offered by GT but instead spurned Coach Kung Fu Panda to play for a class guy like CMR (aka “The Reverend”).
Maybe if Coach Fish Fry weren’t such a effin’ JERK toward Greg Smith, Garrison Smith’s older brother than maybe he comes to GT and instead is wearing White & Gold on Sat.
For those that don’t know Greg Smith was a 6-3 200lb. WR for GT that CPJ tried to use as an A-Back and tried to get him to “dive at folks kneecaps” for 50 snaps per game.
WnE
November 28th, 2011
2:22 pm
1-3 vs VT
1-3 vs. uga
1-3 vs Miami
0-3 vs. in Bowl Games, and the best he can do thus far is 1-3 in Bowls IF we win this yr.
By Feb. on NSD the best that Coach Kung Fu Panda can do is 4-12 vs. the only “real competition” on a crappy, watered-down, ACC Schedule.
We could pay a HC $1.2 to $1.5 mil and get crappy results vs. the only real competition that WE play, to pay $2.3 to 2.5MM for 4-12 vs. the meat of the schedule is a effin’ RIP-OFF.
DRad needs to be fired, and then a real AD, that can come up with some real standards for our HC needs to be hired.
To be satisfied with 4-12 vs. the tough part of our Schedule is WHY GT FB is where it is.
To quote the fat HC; “it it what it is”
WnE
November 28th, 2011
2:23 pm
“it is what it is” should be the quote.
Al Bundy
November 28th, 2011
2:31 pm
WnE don’t forget “we just didn’t execute”.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 28th, 2011
2:44 pm
Has anybody seen Al Groh lately?
Al Bundy
November 28th, 2011
2:48 pm
I saw Al Groh in the checkout line at Barnes & Noble Sunday morning. He was picking up a copy of Defense for Dummies.
hy hyatt
November 28th, 2011
2:53 pm
Had lunch with some frog fans. What a bunch of moronic drunken colledge gradumates.
GT
November 28th, 2011
3:11 pm
Tech will be better next year, they were better this year. Georgia has gotten better too. With Georgia they have matured emotionally, but LSU will bring the real trash talking out of them. LSU can trash talk and still play, I am not sure Georgia can give two things that much concentration and still win. If Georgia can get LSU doing the stupid stuff and the dawgs concentrating Georgia has a great chance to win. I dealt Georgia has seen in two years the talent LSU has on defense, but Georgia has some too. Who knows who will show up in red, but this will be a bigger test than any Georgia team has had in years.
Sting Man
November 28th, 2011
3:18 pm
I hate UGA and all it stands for…
UGA1974
November 28th, 2011
3:21 pm
Beautiful afternoon. Two great universities. Good football game. No need for animosity.
Dunwoody Jacket
November 28th, 2011
3:23 pm
I am a second generation graduate of Georgia Tech. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are fans of both Georgia Tech and Georgia except for that one game. Then my father-in-law pulls for Georgia, and my mother-in-law pulls for Tech. We manage to keep it civil. Honestly, I get tired of all the trash talking in these blogs. I think that Georgia is a great liberal arts university, and to borrow one other post’s description, Tech is the MIT of the South. Both are good schools with good programs, and I would send my daughter to either school without hesitation. I hate it when fans trash-talk to each other in blogs or after games. When I was walking back to the MARTA station after the Clemson game, I hated to see Georgia Tech fans heckling Clemson fans, even though their fans were heckling us until the game got going.
In reality, it will be difficult for Georgia Tech to compete with Georgia the way we did in the Bobby Dodd Era (no I was not alive then, but my dad has told me many a story, including the famous 7-6 upset of Alabama in Atalanta in 1962 I believe). Honestly, and my own peps will boo me for this, I agree with what Schultz or Bradley one said that most Tech fans would be happy if we beat Georgia every 3 years. The SEC is a tougher football conference than the ACC, just like the ACC is a better basketball conference (although we don’t have much to brag about here lately, hopefully Gregory will change that). Because of that, Tech will not ever be able to recruit the athletes that an SEC school can, but that does not mean that we cannot compete with UGA better than we have the last 20 years.
CPJ is the right man for Georgia Tech. I am not 100% sure that Al Groh is the best defensive coordinator we could have found. Our defense is young and will be supposedly better next year. I think Groh deserves another year to prove that, but if it still looks this way next year he may need to go. Another Bulldog fan was telling me today that the biggest problem with Tech’s defense is that they practice against our TO offense, which is fine if we are playing Air Force, Navy, or a run-oriented offense, but is troublesmome against a pass-oriented opponent (Aaron Murray is a good QB). I don’t really know how you work around this.
I wish we could have played better against Georgia, but 8-4 is good compared to how the pundits said we would do.
To the Bulldog Nation, I hope that was not true about people booing during a tribute to Larry Munson. He was a good announcer, a good man, and a famous sportscaster. The way I see it, he and Al Ciraldo called this game from the same pressbox together this year. God bless and keep both of them.
Hopefully, this season ends the discussion about Mark Richts job security. He is a good coach, and a good Christian.
The Georgia – LSU game will be interesting. I think LSU will win, but Georgia is capable of upsetting them. As for Tech, we really need to prove that we can win a bowl game with the TO against an opponent that has more than a week to prepare for us.
WnE
November 28th, 2011
3:23 pm
Tech will not be better next, our DL will be worse than they are this yr.
This will allow other teams to run the ball down our gullets while chewing up clock and keeping our Off. off the field.
CPJ has recruited very poorly and many GT fans don’t want to admit that, our WRs will still be suspect, leading to a poor passing game, and our A-backs are still not enough of a threat in the passing game to keep defenses honest.
Our DBs/LBs never see top-rated TEs or passers in practice, and then on game day we get shocked. CPJ ’s triple-SLOPtion Offense hurts the Defense because our Def. players don’t see in practice what they’ll see on game day.
Coach Kung Fu Panda and gimmicky, crappy, triple-SLOPtion offense, the “gift” that keep on giving.
Not a DA
November 28th, 2011
4:03 pm
Georgia Tech has 4 national championships, UGA has two. GT is #36 ranked school in country, UGA is #62. GT is #4 engineering school in nation. GT grads have a higher average starting salary than UGA grads by over $10,000. All of these are facts. I think I’m just fine losing the UGA game, because in real life, UGA fans are calling GT fans things like “boss” and GT fans are the real winners in life.
James Carville
November 28th, 2011
4:08 pm
Not a DA . . .whatever it takes to make you feel better. Hugs and kisses, wimp.
William Casey
November 28th, 2011
4:49 pm
@WnE: some of your points are valid. You detract from them with the childish “Coach Kung Fu Panda” and “gimmicky, crappy offense” slurs. Time to grow up.
GTFAN#1
November 28th, 2011
4:53 pm
Fire Mark! I love how the UGA fans sure are fair weather fans. After USC they hated him and now they think he is the best thing to happen to UGA. Make your mind up UGA fans
William Casey
November 28th, 2011
5:07 pm
Dear Headley: Georgia Tech is an excellent school with a very narrow mission and curriculum. I attended GT for a year (2.7) GPA and learned that I would never be an excellent engineer. Transferred and went on to a nice career in another field. I don’t know what your academic or career attainments are but I seriously doubt that you are qualified to make judgements about GT’s programs. Think I’ll stick with U.S. News & World Report’s opinion. I apologize, folks, for feeding a troll. It’s just annoying. Congrats to the many fine UGA fans for their team’s well-earned win.
SoCal_GT_Fan
November 28th, 2011
5:07 pm
For all Techies thinking that the school should fire CPJ, you are out of your mind! Johnson has won an average of 8 games a year and has won the ACC championship (albeit, the dog fans will note that it was relinquished due to NCAA sanctions). At GT, that’s pretty good. Do we want to keep winning ACC title year in year out? Sure. Do we want to be in the hunt for a national championship? Sure. But in today’s world of college football, that’s likely not going to happen. See all the teams that make the Top 5 ranking this decade; they all have nicer facilities, bigger budgets, and just bigger and nicer things that Tech just can’t offer. We have decent facilities, a decent stadium, and a decent budget but it’s nothing like some of our ACC counterparts and nothing like what is available at UGA. So you all expect GT football to recruit 5* and 4* players and be in the hunt for a national championship? Then I would say we need to donate to our athletic department to build better and modern facilities and have the resources to bring in a high profile coach who can do all of that and bring in a dream team staff. OR, perhaps bring in an up-and-coming coach who’ll use GT as a stepping block to the next coaching gig (i.e. Mack Brown at UNC in the mid-90’s) but will be bringing in better recruits and will have us winning perhaps 9 to 10 games per year.
The reality is that coach Johnson is perfect for us. Fits our budget, brings in decent recruits (mostly 3-star recruits with 4-star recruits sprinkled in there). He brings an offensive scheme which allows us to recruit guys that might not get looks by other schools and “fall through the cracks.”
By the same token, I think Mark Richt is perfect for UGA. Might get ya to the SEC championship every 4 years but in order to win it, he will have to battle the likes of bama, LSU, and Florida. He won’t be able to do that unless he is able to get an impact player on the team (a.l.a. Auburn with Cam Newton and Nick Fairley) because the likes of Bama, LSU and Florida will likely be able to bring in much better recruits across the board compared to UGA.
Good luck to UGA against LSU and hopefully GT can win their bowl game to go to 9-4.
Steven
November 28th, 2011
6:30 pm
I thought it was really classy that Tech honored Munson on the scoreboard before the game. Nice to see some class in this rivalry. Go Dawgs.
Charleston Jacket
November 28th, 2011
7:11 pm
I absolutely loathe UGA for a number of reasons most notably their fan base, including some of my relatives. UGA will typically be able to recruit better players year in and year out so they do put better players on the field every year. That being said I will never accept losing to them and will always believe we can beat them. They have had a good run, but our day will return like it did in the 80’s and 90’s. Hang in there guys because it will be sweet when it comes. Perhaps next year? Hope springs eternal
Go Tigers – THWG
holloman
November 28th, 2011
8:02 pm
boy them dogs sure can run their mouths…….. how many Championship rings do you guys have?…………..the way you talk trash it sounds like you win the NC every year…….
run your mouth all you want neither team has had a Nat champ ring in a long time
holla
November 28th, 2011
8:10 pm
Wne ……..who have the pups beat this year …….talk about a weak Schedule
i cant wait to hear the Dogs chant SEC SEC after the loss next week
WnE
November 28th, 2011
10:01 pm
8-4 is goo only if you start the season 1-4 or 0-3, 8-4 is a crappy record if you start out 6-0.
GT FB will never rise to the levels that we want it to because too many of our fans love CPJ more than they love GT FB, and what this does is lead to LOW STANDARDS.
If Chan started out 6-0 and finished 8-4 & lost to uga at home we’d run his behind out of town, but when CPJ does it, he’s hailed as some sort of hero.
WnE
November 28th, 2011
10:06 pm
re:
holla
November 28th, 2011
8:10 pm
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According to Sagarin that has done the Computer Rankings for the longest, uga has had the 39th toughest schedule that will go up much higher after they play #1 LSU and in a good Bowl while GT has played the 66th toughest schedule that will probably stay the same since we’ll be playing in another crappy bowl game.
Even in a down yr. for the SEC-East their schedule has still been much more difficult than ours has.
I wonder do GT fans even follow CFB at all?
Had enough
November 29th, 2011
1:22 am
To define a Retard.See Paul Johnson
Stinger
November 29th, 2011
3:01 am
Fire PJ. This experiment is over…PJ is not the guy. Get ready to be terrible for 2 years when he goes..we will have to go get some guys that can pass block and run block..Tech administration..let’s get on with it..please don’t waste another 3 years.
WinderDawg
November 29th, 2011
7:34 am
UGA will always get more overall talent than GT. GT has a good offensive plan, if the QB hits a couple of those pass plays when guys were open it’s a lot closer ball game. GT has issues on the defensive side of the ball. This defense in the SEC wouldn’t hold any team under 25 points. GT will have to score points and alot of points to win games. The right QB with just enough of a arm and that offense is dangerous. I do agree that GT needs to stop using this excuse that GT education is way above UGA. both schools have excellent schools for most kids to choose a career path. UGA just has more to offer in the different degrees than GT.
I’m hoping for the Dawgs to come out and play well Saturday night, stay in the game until the fourth quarter and see what happens. LSU is loaded so this will be a major test.
GO DAWGS!
FootballNut
November 29th, 2011
9:52 am
I’ve been saying this all season. For 2.7 million we can do lots better. Lets get another coach that will lead these boys in a way that they need. CPJ is pompous and an elitist. CPJ will not ever admit he picked or scholarshiped a kid that needs to be replaced by the second stringer, just look at the kickers.
We need a coach that runs a system that is from this century that will bring recurits in dreaming about the NFL (which they all do). Maybe a littler younger and cooler would help too.
Still you don’t get it…. I got to the stadium early I watched as every single UGA player take that warm up time seriously. Most of the GT guys just went through the motions. UGA warmed up 2 long snapper and 2 holders for every second they could. This effort comes from the coaching not the players, CPJ does not even know if he has a second holder and why bother training them.
WT??
November 29th, 2011
7:35 pm
Go Dawgs,
CPJ’s offense does not work against bigger, more talented teams, and to make it worse he tries to force it and makes it work. He is clearly above his head and needs to be fired. This is not Navy or Ga Southern!!! Go back to D2 with that coaching style!!
Joe Roberts
November 29th, 2011
10:20 pm
As a GT fan, I readily admit that the better team won. But expectations to start the season were low and even though this was a disappointing game, I will consider a 9-win season a success and something to build on. I think the triple-option can be a PART of a championship team, but GT obviously has deficiencies that it will need to address. The defense just didn’t do their part this year.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ycn-10532163
ghost rider
December 1st, 2011
8:02 am
For whatever reason there are a couple other seniors on the this TECH team that shows a lot of class and character….that seem to have gotten snubbed by PJ….what about them??????