Tech coach Spencer resigns over rules violations
Georgia Tech co-offensive line coach Todd Spencer has resigned. Spencer offered his resignation in the midst of a school investigation into numerous text messages to recruits that he had sent in violation of NCAA rules.
“I find it inexplicable that an employee would violate these rules with regard to text messaging after our ongoing focus to educate our personnel on NCAA rules and regulations,” athletic director Dan Radakovich said in a statement. “Actions of this type simply are not acceptable in our programs and will not be tolerated.”
NCAA rules limit electronic communication between coaches and prospects or their parents or guardians to e-mail and faxes. Other forms, such as text messaging and instant messaging, are not allowed.
Monitoring software caught the violation Jan. 12, and Spencer was placed on administrative leave the following day. The athletic department has been in a state of high alert in matters of NCAA rules compliance since being placed on probation after findings of failure to cooperate and failure to meet the conditions and obligations of NCAA membership in an investigation into possible impermissible benefits violations to two former football players. The school notified the NCAA immediately following the discovery of the violations.
Spencer offered his resignation Jan. 27. Prior to that, Tech coach Paul Johnson had recommended to Radakovich that Spencer be fired. In the letter, obtained by the AJC through a Georgia Open Record Request, Johnson said he found Spencer’s actions “troubling and inconsistent with the expectations I have for our staff.”
“There is no need to put our program in further jeopardy,” Johnson wrote.
The matter is not expected to affect the school’s appeal to the NCAA sanctions, the verdict of which is likely to be released soon. It is unclear, however, if Tech’s probationary status would impact the degree of any sort of penalty levied by the NCAA for Spencer’s texting violation. The investigation is ongoing.
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DoakBoyGT
February 1st, 2012
3:28 pm
Sewak is the man for the O Line. Now we can get another coach. Maybe a Special Teams coordinator or someone to take either QB or RB duties from Bohannon.
GT is a 4th rate High School team
February 1st, 2012
3:31 pm
What do you expect?
ScoutDawg
February 1st, 2012
3:32 pm
Damn, cheaters…
gt4ever
February 1st, 2012
3:36 pm
Are you kidding? Resign over texting,,,, Our program is heading down the toilet!
The New ACC
February 1st, 2012
3:37 pm
Tech text errors. UGA dui, fights, etc. You decide which is worse…..
chris
February 1st, 2012
3:40 pm
hey new acc, remember reuben houston?? that was not so long ago.
btgt69
February 1st, 2012
3:43 pm
chris , remember harrick, kemp, 40 arrests, etc
George Stein
February 1st, 2012
3:43 pm
Sheesh. Paul Johnson doesn’t play.
Rduck
February 1st, 2012
3:44 pm
Spencer needed to go. He was suspended once already for actions such as these last year. He was also the head recruiter involved with Junior Gnonkonde and Will Adams, both of whom signed elsewhere. I appreciate the AD and CPJ for getting rid of this problem…
5 star recruits, 2 star results
February 1st, 2012
3:48 pm
Please Chris, tell us all about Reuben Houston. And be sure to only tell the facts that make Tech look bad, leave out all the info that does not support your hatred for Tech.
George Stein
February 1st, 2012
3:49 pm
One question, Ken. Does Johnson not have the autonomy to terminate a subordinate without Radakovich’s approval?
sammiamm
February 1st, 2012
3:49 pm
gt4ever –
your program is already in the toilet.
flush time?
Power dawgs!!
February 1st, 2012
3:50 pm
Our Players are stronger than your check out our Next recruit!!
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201201/college-footballs-strongest-cheerleader
sammiamm
February 1st, 2012
3:50 pm
The New ACC –
How ’bout sword fights?
DesignerJacket
February 1st, 2012
3:52 pm
Tolerate nothing, CPJ! Look at him cleaning house for silly NCAA violations. We can’t have any of this and it sure looks like we won’t allow it!
sammiamm
February 1st, 2012
3:53 pm
George Stein –
Neither the anatomy nor the autonomy, evidently.
JT
February 1st, 2012
3:53 pm
Sexting the recruits. I knew something was up at Tech.
George Stein
February 1st, 2012
3:55 pm
Is there a joke there that I’m missing, sammiamm?
Tech '10
February 1st, 2012
3:56 pm
Place face in palm. Sigh.
sammiamm
February 1st, 2012
3:56 pm
George Stein –
Cajones. CPJ’s missing parts.
5 star recruits, 2 star results
February 1st, 2012
3:57 pm
It would appear to be a shot at CPJ’s manhood, George.
brad
February 1st, 2012
3:58 pm
Come on guys. Tech will never win another National Championship. It’s over. The school is great, but the location sucks. Nobody in their right mind would pick Tech. Concentrate on the murders, thefts, and rapes. Paul Johnson will get run out of town, just like all of your coaches do.
George Stein
February 1st, 2012
3:58 pm
Ah. Gotcha. Not sure that’s a real issue with Johnson, and in this case it wouldn’t really matter.
don
February 1st, 2012
3:59 pm
is tech already on probation??
I do not think uga is on probation??
GIVE ME A BREAK
February 1st, 2012
3:59 pm
NCAA needs to go, they are out of control.
Jacket Fan
February 1st, 2012
3:59 pm
What’s the difference in a text and an email in terms of severity? I don’t follow this NCAA rule?
Really?
February 1st, 2012
4:00 pm
Wow it’s signing day and this is the story coming out of the trade school. Talk about poor timing from cpj. I guess he wanted to get kids signed before he hit them with yet another embarassing issue at ghetto tech.
This is so bad after the endless string of bad publicity at the trade school I’m not even going to kick them right now. I mean fun is fun but this almost makes me feel badly for them.
5 star recruits, 2 star results
February 1st, 2012
4:00 pm
You know George, the kind of cajones it takes to fire a DC immediately following a conference championship season and the schools first trip to a BCS bowl in the second year of the staff? Is that the type of cajones that CPJ seems to be missing, Sam? Better to have given a DC that clearly was not working another two or three years to try and figure it out. Now that takes cajones.
Randall "Pink" Floyd
February 1st, 2012
4:01 pm
So, Georgia Tech cheats. What else is new?
sammiamm
February 1st, 2012
4:02 pm
George Stein –
Correct sir.
Jacket 92
February 1st, 2012
4:04 pm
Spencer was well liked by the players. This will be a loss. I wish him the best and I still believe this had to be done.
ld
February 1st, 2012
4:07 pm
Is every UGA fan a total idiot or just the ones who write on Tech blogs?
bosshawg
February 1st, 2012
4:10 pm
tech sucks nuff said
dagnabit
February 1st, 2012
4:14 pm
I don’t get on bulldwag blogs, but i believe after the next Jawja running back gets a DUI, I’ll talk about it.
5 star thug squad
February 1st, 2012
4:14 pm
“Is every UGA fan a total idiot or just the ones who write on Tech blogs?”
I’d say the ones on the Tech blog certainly are idiots.
Devil's Advocate
February 1st, 2012
4:14 pm
ld,
Is every Tech fan in denial of wrong doing? Your AD and HC both are upset yet many of your fans don’t want to admit it was wrong or make light of it. Just grow up and take your lumps like the rest of us do when our team gets mud on our face. Tomorrow is another day.
crackbaby
February 1st, 2012
4:15 pm
If the article is correct, Coach Spencer knowingly and repeatedly violated the rules despite strict instructions from Tech’s Athletic Administration. His actions appear indefensible unless D-Rad is scapegoating Spencer.
Too bad for all involved. The bigger issue is the NCAA lag time in recognizing text messaging and IMs. When is the last time anybody received a fax (that wasn’t spam)?
George Stein
February 1st, 2012
4:16 pm
Perhaps the UGA fans lecturing us about our violation(s) should focus on their own head coach, who has committed a violation of his own by commenting about an uncommitted player.
UGA, number 11 on NCAA Cheating Hall of Fame
February 1st, 2012
4:17 pm
Source: ncaa.org (NCAA Legislative Database of major infractions)
sammiamm
February 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
Id –
Probably just the ones who write on Tech blogs. So, +- 8 based on posts so far.
I’d have wagered UGA had a few more.
Not bad.
I’m sure they’ll be thrilled to learn.
Jan Kemp
February 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
Don’t forget me, Dwag fans!
Jan Kemp
February 1st, 2012
4:21 pm
chris
February 1st, 2012
3:40 pm
hey new acc, remember reuben houston?? that was not so long ago.
Hey Chris, remember Sanders Commings! Last week!
Old Dawg
February 1st, 2012
4:27 pm
I’m not a Tech fan, but this infraction could have happened at any school. Remember last year when CMR had to report inadvertent texting contact with a recruit?
But Spencer obviously stepped way out of bounds on this. Let’s just let sleeping bees lie on this one.
5 star recruits, 2 star results
February 1st, 2012
4:27 pm
ID, take your pick.
Alabama Jack
February 1st, 2012
4:29 pm
Other than Bark Madly and Jeff Shultz, the AJC has a pretty good sports section, oh and the dawg trolls, avoid them also.
Hey George Stein...
February 1st, 2012
4:32 pm
…the kid is committed to UGA, just not “signed – that is the violation, talking about an unsigned kid…
superDawg
February 1st, 2012
4:33 pm
come on out supersize and tell us how great tek is.
Kevin
February 1st, 2012
4:34 pm
By the way, how many students have been robbed/jumped at or around techs campus this week?- I’d want to go there- NOT!!!
ld
February 1st, 2012
4:36 pm
the only way UGA has a full squad on Saturdays is if the Athens police open up the jails
Jacketdad
February 1st, 2012
4:37 pm
Obviously Coach Spenser did something seriously wrong to receive this punishment, That said, I can say that this will be a loss for Tech as he was extremely will liked and respected by the offensive linemen. I really hope he lands on his feet somewhere.
George Stein
February 1st, 2012
4:37 pm
Semantics, but it’s still a violation.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
4:38 pm
Let’s just go ahead and go Div. II
old dog
February 1st, 2012
4:45 pm
I know I’ll get laughed at ‘coz I’m a dog, but the rules are so dumb now that ANYONE could break them if the NCAA said they did! They’ve rooked ya’ll out of an EARNED championship. I feel for ya’ll…..somebody over there musta made the wrong person mad….and even us dogs know the NCAA needs re-vamping!
Go Jackets!
February 1st, 2012
4:45 pm
Old dog, that’s a good one. LOL
ld
February 1st, 2012
4:45 pm
Kevin, you won’t be able to comment much longer. With the heavy rain, I am sure the internet in your trailer will go out
Jacket Grad Dad
February 1st, 2012
4:45 pm
OK guys, what’s it going to take to have a string of two good things to happen in a row to GT athletics???? It’s getting that I dread reading the AJC (online only) to hear more negative press! I love my Jackets, but this is getting embarrassing and frustrating.
Sounds like this needed to be handled, but good grief – give us fans a break!!!
DRad, what’s going on with GT athletics???? Are you in control? On a day when we should be celebrating a new crop of Jackets, we are left with this cr#p!
Ken Sugiura
February 1st, 2012
4:46 pm
George – Yes. As I understand it, Spencer could not have been fired without Johnson’s recommendation.
Go Jackets!
February 1st, 2012
4:48 pm
Old dog, I was referring to the post about “sleeping bees”. I laughed out loud.
Skitty Fritty
February 1st, 2012
4:51 pm
GT Cheating? What else is new.
I'm flying a ..... Georgia Tech flag right now
February 1st, 2012
4:53 pm
hire the ‘fridge’
Jan Kemp
February 1st, 2012
4:57 pm
superDawg
So, why are you here? Tell us.
old dog
February 1st, 2012
4:59 pm
@ Go Jackets,
Yep, there’s old dog (me) Old Dog, and Old Dawg floatin’ ’round on these blogs! I’m so damn old that even though I was a UGA fan, we came to some Tech games to see Brent Cunningham play! (Good Lord….I am old!)
for skitty fritty
February 1st, 2012
5:00 pm
UGA, number 11 on NCAA Cheating Hall of Fame
February 1st, 2012
4:17 pm
Source: ncaa.org (NCAA Legislative Database of major infractions)
BuzzBelle
February 1st, 2012
5:01 pm
I appreciate CPJ and D Rad towing the line on this. Timing is not great but we don’t need any player, coach or assistant not following the rules, even the stupid ones. And this one is stupid. Email vs. texting, can anybody get the NCAA to admit they are both communication and both can be traced. So why is one OK and the other isn’t?
BDawg
February 1st, 2012
5:09 pm
tech–even with a bunch of cheating, they still can’t sign top players. Their recruiting class–a total bust! UGA owns the state!
Brad N Tucker
February 1st, 2012
5:29 pm
Just like w/ the NCAA probation ( the loss of the Almost College Conference title )
Techmites wait til late in the day so it will get short play in the news .
Everything on the Flats is just CandyLand!!!
Why was full fledged NCAA investigation unreported by the AJC (Atlanta Jacket Constitution ) FOR HOW MANY MONTHS ? ? ? ?
Local rag has long history of hiding anything negative re: Tech :
REMEMBER the SpringBreak (local dive bar in that crime ridden area surrounding Tech) Beating circa early 1990s. Thats right when 3 Tech players beat a GIRL
to pulp. WOULDN’T even make the news but,, OOOPPPSSS they also beat the crap out of an UNDERCOVER COP ! ! ! Cop was on duty at the time — tells you something about where the Total Person likes to hang out .
The AJC did not even PRINT the story until 2 days AFTER it was covered by local TV. Just one example.
NCAA investigation filled w/ obfuscation, self-delusion and arrogance.
Three hallmarks of Bill Curry’s Total Person enduring legacy. “WE WILL BRING THE CHEATERS TO THEIR KNEES ” — Bill Curry. Time to get some knee pads Techmites. AJC has a surplus ! ! !
With Tech it’s always going to be not what we know, it’s what we haven’t heard….
Stumpknocker
February 1st, 2012
5:30 pm
Shove it up your exhaust pipe “4th Rate”
Mike
February 1st, 2012
5:30 pm
Will you take mike bobo we would gladly offer him to yall’
MR the Hypocrite
February 1st, 2012
5:38 pm
Its so easy to lure UGA fans onto a website (usually just takes something that flashes) and then let them show off their IQ of 44. The AJC really ought to stop it because it borders on abuse of the mentally ill
Punctuate Much?
February 1st, 2012
5:43 pm
“The athletic department has been in a state of high alert in matters of NCAA rules compliance since being placed on probation after findings of failure to cooperate and failure to meet the conditions and obligations of NCAA membership in an investigation into possible impermissible benefits violations to two former football players.” TL:DR
DS_GT91
February 1st, 2012
5:45 pm
A relatively minor thing, to be sure, and quickly handled. But I am still getting mighty tired of having to read about this stuff at my alma mater…..
BillS
February 1st, 2012
5:49 pm
I’m a UGA fan, and I don’t like this at all. It could happen anywhere because the NCAA is inconsistent, selective and pretty much an arrogant bunch of rulesmakers. I don’t quarrel with the decision to fire Spencer, but the root of all of this lies not at Tech or with specific coaches but with the ruling body.
1 4 GT
February 1st, 2012
6:05 pm
The NCAA created this rule when everyone had to pay a texting fee and they did not want the recruits to caught up in having to pay the fees. They have bbe slow in fixing this now that it is pretty much free/
for all ol you who are
February 1st, 2012
6:06 pm
are not happy with recruiting at gt consider this
year in an year out we probably average around 45-50 on recruiting lists by school.
year in an year out we end up being rated anywhere from 20-35.
as i see it that means we are coaching our players up or identifying the talent better than 20-25 teams that finish below us.
on the other hand we have uga that over the last 10 years averaged no 3 on recruiting lists by school.
gt’s 50 and 25 vs
uga 3 and 10
i think that we are doing well considering the talent we have had to work with,
George Stein
February 1st, 2012
6:06 pm
Thanks, Ken.
for all ol you who are
February 1st, 2012
6:08 pm
that should read…..
year in an year out we end up being ranked anywhere from 20-35.at seasons end.
Woofy One
February 1st, 2012
6:09 pm
@Jan Kemp. You did us a huge favor and most appreciate it. CPJ did what he should have done with a hug from D Rad. If the alums with money will let go a little the program will get better.
sec fan
February 1st, 2012
6:09 pm
Cheating while on probation? Can we say stupid?
SansWorld
February 1st, 2012
6:10 pm
I suspect insubordination by Spencer lead to termination in this case.
I imagine CPJ had warned him about this. He chose not to comply
1 4 GT
February 1st, 2012
6:12 pm
should read—-to “get” caught——————————————should read—- have “been” slow
beanster
February 1st, 2012
6:21 pm
Interesting that it was monitoring software that caught him. I wonder if he was aware that such software was in use? Had to have been an app that he would have known was installed on his phone, no?
NCAA Probation Board
February 1st, 2012
6:22 pm
See you guys again next week. I assume our usual offices will be ready.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
6:35 pm
I see my poser is back again today. The post at 4:38PM was NOT made by me. Ken, isn’t there something that can be done about that? I know you can’t, but this is the 21st century, and I KNOW there is somebody at the AJC who is smart enough to control these blogs.
superDawg
February 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
supersize why do you think you have the right to control other people.You must be one hell of a liberal.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
6:52 pm
superDawg, I am NOT a liberal at all, and who said I want to control other people. I want to protect my “name” from being falsely used with untrue words attributed to me. What would you think if you read on a regular basis what I am about to do in the following post……..
superDawg
February 1st, 2012
6:53 pm
Oh, how I long to see Mark Richt in the buff……He is SOOOO HOT !!!! OMG, I want him so bad
SUpersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
6:54 pm
OK, superDawg, wouldn’t you want somebody to do something about that? If you say you don’t care, then you are LYING
Really?
February 1st, 2012
6:57 pm
supersize
I knew that comment made too much sense to be yours. Thank you for clarifying.
SUpersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
6:59 pm
Thanks, Really?
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
7:00 pm
Oops, when I put my name on my latest posts, I capitalized the “u”. I fixed that now. LOL
Really?
February 1st, 2012
7:01 pm
Ken should ban the posters who used supersize and superDawg’s names. It’s the only fair and just thing to do.
BTW my pity for the trade school is still keeping me from kicking their program during this all time low which will more than likely get even worse.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
7:04 pm
Really? I used superDawg’s name in the 6.53 post in the hopes that he might comprehend why I asked Ken to do something about my poser. That was only an example for him to see, since he said that I want to control what others do. I don’t want to control anybody; I just want my name protected, as I am sure superDawg does too, whether he is willing to admit it or not.
Ghost
February 1st, 2012
7:18 pm
Tech can’t get a break, violating rules for this class?
5150 UOAD
February 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Get ready for Bulldog, BAMA, Ga TECH or any teams Spring football.
http://www.atlantahaulitallinc.com/Bird_Houses.php
Columbus
February 1st, 2012
7:43 pm
What he did wrong was to BLATANTLY break NCAA regulations at a school who has recently been in trouble and has FULLY educated the coaches as to what they cannot do. This guy was blatantly and purposely cheating.
He should go to Auburn where they will teach him how to cheat without getting caught……
And NO this could not happen at any school. He sent MANY messages. There were no accidents or just a “couple”. UGA dont take no crap. That is why there is so much news, Athens police and UGA does the right thing unlike in other cities(Auburn)and hold ALL players accountable. You can pull UGA into this all you want but UGA is trying to do it right and do not try to sweep things under the rug for any player. It is what it is. The Athens police WILL arrest ANY of the players and not just take them to the coach(Auburn & Bama)if it is not something major. They get held accountable for the little things too. That is why you hear so much about UGA players. That and nobody really cares about Tech as much as UGA so ther are more UGA readers and therefore it is more news. Even when it is small. All schools ahve bad apples and sometimes it comes in bunches. When it does you correct it(unlike Auburn) and become better. You ahve to give Richt some slack. He is a FIRST time head coach and is LEARNING as he goes and also he came from FLA ST. He wasnt really taught well how to discipline players there. FLA ST. That says it all….He is learning and he has made changes. Enough said.
Norton
February 1st, 2012
7:46 pm
How can the NCAA sanction anyone after the Miami scandal with only a slap on the hand
sapelodawg
February 1st, 2012
7:47 pm
Wish Georgia had Coach Johnson; maybe we could get rid of Bobo
Ghost
February 1st, 2012
8:01 pm
Sapelo, Bobo can recruit.
Really?
February 1st, 2012
8:06 pm
5150
Slinging those birdhouses again? I won’t rehash the problems I had getting my money refunded after you failed to send my nephew his birdhouse but I will say. LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!!
Also I always knew you were still at the kool aid bar and this proves it. LOL LOL LOL Things are REALLY bad for you right now huh? Ouch!!!!
snellville jacket
February 1st, 2012
8:14 pm
Tech fires the coach for violation, Georgia’s HC, violates and still there; guess UGA fans short memories and able throw those stones.
Really?
February 1st, 2012
8:23 pm
snellville jacket
I can’t understand why people say trade school fans lack english skills.
bp
February 1st, 2012
8:32 pm
You have to cheat to win in college football, We have to get better at it.
Norton
February 1st, 2012
8:33 pm
Jail or education
Norton
February 1st, 2012
8:37 pm
Seems like Ga players prefer jail
Babsy
February 1st, 2012
8:46 pm
Kev, what will we do? Our beloved buzz has been disgraced!!! It’ll make me feel better if I kick that stupid dog of ours – trust me, its for the best!
Go bees!
IL Jacket
February 1st, 2012
8:51 pm
Ken, where are you? You’re missing a good game. At least bettrer than Sunday night.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
8:53 pm
IL Jacket, I forgot about the game. Just turned it on. I see the score, but how have we been playing?
Go Jackets!
February 1st, 2012
8:54 pm
IL Jacket, we are hanging with them…
Go Tech!
Go Jackets!
February 1st, 2012
8:55 pm
Tech up at half 25-24
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
8:55 pm
We seem to get rebounds and then lose the ball an awful lot.. And oh, damn, we’re out of timeouts now.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
8:56 pm
Go Jackets, are you on some kind of delay, or were you just reporting what it WAS. With 5 minutes left in the game, we are down 11
Go Jackets!
February 1st, 2012
8:59 pm
Tech lead at the half Supersize. FSU dominating now
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
9:01 pm
Go Jackets, what you posted sounded like that was the current score, and I wondered if you were watching it on some kind of delay.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
9:04 pm
Why isn’t Rice playing? Like I said, I forgot about the game and just turned it on at the 6 minute mark.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
9:05 pm
How do we score in the 80s against UNC and may not break 50 against the Noles. Is FSU THAT good, at least on defense?
Tech dropout
February 1st, 2012
9:50 pm
Did GA Tech sign any kids today or do I have to read about Dream Team 2?
BC
February 1st, 2012
10:06 pm
Enter your comments here
BartowDawg
February 1st, 2012
10:07 pm
Tech has got to cheat to get any good recruits to come down there and risk getting robbed, shot and/or raped on the way to football practice!
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
10:08 pm
@ The Factor, read BartowDawg’s 10:07 post if you want to see slander
BC
February 1st, 2012
10:09 pm
How can a techie, not see the abuse of……….
Rick
February 1st, 2012
10:13 pm
Yahoo rivals puts gt at 10th in the acc behind dook?
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1326494
Rick
February 1st, 2012
10:21 pm
Listen to will adams just a few months ago
all the fam that goes to tech. what a joke
http://rivals.yahoo.com/video/recruiting-football/Trio-of-lineman-look-to-make-impact-at-GT-1098569;_ylt=As4vuqRvjh864E3DPehBxogh7qB4
Old Blind Dawg.
February 1st, 2012
10:25 pm
The NCAA cares ONLY about the NCAA. The NCAA is a self absorbed self governing money sucking machine that is out dated and out of touch. The NCAA needs to be dismembered and a new system put in place.
Those of you comparing the Spence texting and CMR need to get a clue – one (CMR) was inadvertent and self reported the other (your guy) was a continuing violation of the rules to gain an advantage.
lance manion
February 1st, 2012
10:28 pm
Rick=Dick. Get it?
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
10:57 pm
Blind, I have tried to comment on your post twice, but the filters are apparently really screwed up tonight, so I will just let it pass. Suffice it to say I both agree and disagree with what you posted.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
11:01 pm
Blind, let me try one more time…..the only “continuing violation” was by Spencer himself, and only he knows why he was dumb enough to do it. CPJ fired him, a long time friend, so CPJ recognized the severity of the situation and handled it just like he should have.
superDawg
February 1st, 2012
11:12 pm
supersize you go running to ken crying about the use of words you don’t like because you are a nurd.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
11:19 pm
superDwag, if you’re going to insult someone, then learn how to spell the word first.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
11:26 pm
The filters are blocking almost every post I try to make, so I am out of here.
Really?
February 1st, 2012
11:42 pm
supersize
Slander is spoken It’s libel when it is in print. What was libelous about the comment though?
gtfanfrom1951
February 2nd, 2012
6:06 am
Dawgs are so dumb!
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February 2nd, 2012
7:38 am
Mr Stein, I have a little DUI issue, could you help me?
J W
February 2nd, 2012
7:51 am
Although it is / was a rules violation, that rule is as stupid as it is outdated. Why do we allow the NCAA to operate as if it were a dictorship?!
“Minor” violation – accept Coach Spencer’s resgination and stop all this nonsense about “firing” and turning him into the NCAA.
billyBobjacket
February 2nd, 2012
8:04 am
Well, the recruiting can’t get any WORSE with Spencer gone. It looks like he cost us two pretty good OL prospects this year alone. Nothing is “minor” when you are already on probation, especially when you are appealing the prior sanctions. Stupid, just stupid, glad he was shown the door, wish it had been sooner based on his pattern of recurrent stupidity.
gt4ever
February 2nd, 2012
8:07 am
CPJ is certainly consistent with throwing people under the bus…. He can’t back his coach or his players…. Hmmmm, who would have thunk it….. What a JOKE!
Old Gold Britches
February 2nd, 2012
8:13 am
Ken, So everyone at the fish wrapper has to write negatives abt the Jackets and /or positives about the mutts. Where is an article on the GT recruiting class. This ia a good class. It could have been better, but it is not a bad class.I would have thought you of all people would have talked abt these recruits in detail. The mutts have a good class, but not really what they are use to having sign.
MC
February 2nd, 2012
8:15 am
DesignerJacket
February 1st, 2012
3:52 pm
Tolerate nothing, CPJ! Look at him cleaning house for silly NCAA violations. We can’t have any of this and it sure looks like we won’t allow it!
LMAO! ROFL! Are we talking about the same CPJ that held a meeting with players being investigated by the NCAA to get stories straight. He and Radikivich are the primary reason GT is on probation right now and the dirtiest program in the ACC. Again LMAO!
billyBobjacket
February 2nd, 2012
8:57 am
Nobody playing big time D1 football can truthfully say their house is clean. Everybody cuts corners, pushes the envelope, looks for that edge. All the coaches sell the recruits with “promises” they know they might not be able to deliver on, and they all recruit kids who they know their university would not even look twice at if not for the athletics. Once on campus, most of the football players do stupid things, some do criminal things, and a few of them get caught at it. When adults come on these forums and argue the merits of their favorite schools, it really sounds like “your cheating is worse than my cheating” or “my thugs are better than your thugs”. If we really wanted clean programs with the best kids, we would hold them to the same standards as the rest of the admitted students, then we really could say the Tech players are smarter than UGA’s or Clemson’s or FSU’s. But face it, we want to see the biggest, fastest, most athletic kids playing for us, and will look the other way, hold our noses, and cringe a little bit when we find out that coaches and players may not all be the most brilliant and best-behaved ambassadors of our school.
HighTech
February 2nd, 2012
9:54 am
What kind of person actually becomes a coach anyway? If you’re looking for a genius, don’t look at the sidelines of any school’s program.
GT is 4th rate High School Team
February 2nd, 2012
9:55 am
You Buzzards have nothing to say but how good you type and spell words as if you invented the Webster dictionary. LOL.
JTK
February 2nd, 2012
10:22 am
One has to wonder why do a number of the puppy fans spend so much time on a Tech blog. Maybe the puppies don’t have a blog. Given the suspected reading abilities of the UGA fan base, they found that it made no sense to have their own blog. Or maybe the puppy fans got on this blog my accident and don’t know how to get off. Whatever.
ajc stinks
February 2nd, 2012
10:46 am
I long to see the head line “AJC Urinal folds, all reporters fired, sports writers classified as unemployable, only future jobs likely as ditch diggers for city.”
killerj
February 2nd, 2012
10:48 am
Ghetto Tech? ha ha ha,here,s one for you…..better than Deliverance Georgia Squweeeeeeeeeeeeal,4 to 1 baby,hows that feel back there brother? have a good day! Thwg!
UGA idiots
February 2nd, 2012
11:02 am
It’s funny. All of the UGA fans who follow a Tech blog.
How much more of a loser can you be.
Krystals, anyone?
February 2nd, 2012
11:25 am
Neither “major” football program in this state is relevant or a threat to anyone but each other.
JSS
February 2nd, 2012
11:29 am
@ Ken Sugiura…
Great job on the NFL head injury story… Can you follow it up with a college version in the future (especially in the light of Tech’s linebacker Julian Burnett’s head trauma)?
Really?
February 2nd, 2012
11:38 am
Ken
Does the nfl story mean you might be moving to a different beat? Falcons fans would love to finally get some quality coverage and you would be a great fit.
HighTech
February 2nd, 2012
12:20 pm
Really?…Do you troll as freely on the Falcons blog as you do here? Do you call them the ghetto Falcons or discuss how many people get assaulted on their way to the Dome? Just wondering. I know Ken gives you a great deal of latitude to post your garbage here. Were you banned from the Falcons blog? For a UGA fan, you seem very interested in Georgia Tech.
Al Bundy
February 2nd, 2012
1:04 pm
I wish it would have been Al Groh who sent a text message to a recruit!
MR is a Hypocrite
February 2nd, 2012
1:40 pm
The NCAA’s no texting rule is like working in a company owned by a UGA grad – major on the minor, rules do not keep up with the times, more emphasis on finding things wrong than doing things right – oh wait, wasn’t the president of UGA on the NCAA rules committee? At least at Tech we are taught t to thnk and speak and not drool out the side of our mouths like a dumb dawg
Hoopster
February 2nd, 2012
2:06 pm
Hey look, WnE, I mean buLLdawg has a new handle…..Brad n Tucker! At least he’s creative!
damngooddawg!
February 2nd, 2012
3:57 pm
MR is a Hypocrite, you are a very angry person and, dare I say it, delusional. It’s scary knowing people in your condition are out and about in the community…try to take your meds on a regular basis.
damngooddawg!
February 2nd, 2012
4:00 pm
I hope he doesn’t have a driver’s license…..
Sting Man
February 2nd, 2012
4:01 pm
BLAH BLAH BLAH…my name is Shultz BLAH BLAH BLAH
Go Sting Yourself
February 2nd, 2012
6:32 pm
BBBUUHHUUWWWAAHHHAAHHHAAA
A recruiting violation, while on probation.
You guys are smart.
BBUUHHUUUWWAAHHHAAHHHAHHHAH
sports
February 2nd, 2012
6:36 pm
You have to watch this Tech bunch…they’ll stoop to any level.
Stinger
February 2nd, 2012
8:07 pm
To all UGA fans running their mouth aabout Coach Spenser, Look in the mirror today as UGA violates NCAA rules. Bwahhhaaaahhhaaa
WTF NCAA
February 2nd, 2012
8:11 pm
I hear rumblings that WE may lose 4 scholarships (2 next year and 2 the next) over this texting mess. I can’t believe the NCAA keeps punishing GT for MINOR infractions.
mk52
February 2nd, 2012
9:06 pm
Bohannon will keep both QB and RB duties…he has to coach both. It is essential to the offense. Those two positions can’t be separated
ole yeller
February 2nd, 2012
9:21 pm
How long is this Spenser article going to go? There are four others posted currently by the AJC . Is this fish wrapper so biased that it continues to try hurt G.T. How much of a gap and advantage do you guys really want to create? I have been on top of every article written on recruiting and am sick of the negative bias the so called journalist reports. I’ve read Shultz and Bradley until I cannot stand the hate any longer. Both are homers and yet you at the top level continue to let these journalist ( SORRY, HACKS), to continue their quest to destroy a sister school. I have not read even one positive article about Paul Johnson or the Ga.Tech team in weeks. Report the darn news without negative bias. It’s a shame that a city as large as Atlanta, cannot get over its love affair with UGA and try to lend support to one of the great institutions in the USA.
"To H _ _ _ WITH GA"
February 2nd, 2012
11:03 pm
@Ole Yeller – couldn’t have said it any better.The AJC is just a bunch of preppy UGA Alumni Frat Boys who were too stupid and too unmotivated to get into Tech. Those writers couldn’t even get on to the ‘M’ Train @ Tech. People talk about crime around the Tech Campus – the real crime is the lack of education that UGA provides to their athletes and all students for that matter, and their pitiful graduation rate. CPJ didn’t hesitate to fire Spencer, yet it took almost a week for UGA to figure out if they should fire their AD for getting a DUI while driving a prostitute. Go figure.
Old Blind Dawg
February 2nd, 2012
11:21 pm
“to H— with Ga – it’s called due process. It all hinges on what the lawyers do and say. He screwed up and he lost his job same as your clown coach. Get over it.
Do you have any proof regarding your accusations – ALL the AJC sports writers are “preppy UGA Alumni Frat Boys”? You might want to check your facts. You might also check your misleading facts on the education the vast majority of the UGA athletes receive. You seem to be cherry picking and not looking past the kids that go pro.
Why are you so bitter?
Old Blind Dawg
February 2nd, 2012
11:27 pm
Back at to H— you might want to read this – then get down off your high horse.
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-enterprise-examining-football-player-majors-171816888.html
ole yeller
February 2nd, 2012
11:56 pm
Old Blind Dawg, you missed the point entirely. It seems to me, that the hacks at the ajc consistently throw poison arrows at the G.T. program. Why is it that these homers are so bent on negative reporting?
With the top recruiting classes in the nation why do these guys at UGA always struggle? Let’s think, could it possibly be poor coaching? That’s not the issue. The real point I am trying to make is why does the Atlanta Journal continue to condone biased reporting and slanted views by Bradley and Shultz.
They both need to follow the trail of Clarence Moore, and just go away!!!
Old Blind Dawg
February 3rd, 2012
12:20 am
Ole yeller drop in on the negative cols about UGA and you get the same complaining. They can’t MAKE the news only report it. Most of my UGA friends think Bradley and Shultz suck because they always write negative stories about UGA. It cuts both ways.
Many of the top recruits were injured and more than a few have left for the NFL that will kill any program and some simply didn’t pan out. It doesn’t reflect badly on the institution or coaches it’s just life.
You guys need to be celibrating your new recruits which based on what CPJ has done in the past looks better than his previous groups.
Old Blind Dawg
February 3rd, 2012
12:23 am
Oh yeah………. Negative reporting = sensationalism = more hits = more readers = more revenue.
steaming pile
February 3rd, 2012
9:13 am
this is pitiful to intelligent folks—recruting penalties for gt—let them off—-they will learn to go after more stars if you are going to cheat—so stupid, yea cpj a mensa
yellowjacket
February 6th, 2012
10:31 pm
Spencer was a joke for a coach anyway….He drank all the time and took pills drunk texted people and everyone knew it and covered it up !!!!!