Updated Paul Johnson Q&A: Tech capable of winning ACC
On the day before his team will report for the start of fall camp, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson was in his newly renovated office, showing off his “smart glass” windows that look onto Bobby Dodd Stadium. At the flip of a switch, the panes transform from clear to tinted.
“Recruits like it,” Johnson said. “They think it’s pretty cool.”
Johnson also addressed more substantive topics Wednesday in an interview with the AJC, including his prospects for various players, the team’s work over the summer and his hopes for the season. Questions and answers were edited for brevity and clarity.
Q: Are you more optimistic about this team than years past?
A: I’m always optimistic. I think that this is a good group. They seem to have worked really hard in the offseason. They’ve got a good attitude. We’ve got a big challenge early, but I think we’ve got a good nucleus of guys that we’ve played and they’re providing pretty good leadership and (I’m) really excited about some of the young guys. I think we’ve got some real athletic kids.
Q: Is there any reason to think this team isn’t capable of winning the ACC?
A: No. I think we’re capable of doing that. We were close last year.
Q: What will be the biggest challenges between now and the start of the season?
A: The big thing is just getting good quality work and trying to keep everybody healthy. You want to find that happy medium where you get game ready and you do those things but you don’t want to lose a bunch of people in practice. That’s always a challenge.
Q: Do you expect B-back Charles Perkins to make more of a run at the starting spot than last season?
A: Well, it’ll be interesting to see. I thought he would probably make more of a run maybe in the spring. But he’s very capable. He’s got ability and he’s just got to be consistent and do some of those things. There’s probably not a huge drop-off probably between him and David (Sims) right now.
Q: You mentioned at ACC Media Days that you could see quarterback Vad Lee playing this year. What are your plans for him?
A: I don’t have any particular plans to use him in any certain way right now. I’m just saying that, depending on what happens in fall camp, he could be the backup. I’ve never had a season where the backup quarterback didn’t play, especially if (quarterback) Synjyn (Days) ends up playing some other spots.
Q: What’s the timeline for deciding on moving Days? You had said that if he doesn’t beat out Tevin Washington in the first two weeks of fall camp, “I don’t want him standing over there in a baseball cap.”
A: It’s not two weeks. Synjyn’s going to take reps at quarterback probably every day in practice, but if he’s not playing quarterback, then we’ve got to get him some reps at some other positions and see if we can get him on the field.
Q: Do you feel like wide receiver Darren Waller is close to figuring things out?
A: I think he’s like a lot of young guys. He just has to mature. Physically, he’s got all the tools.
Q: You had also talked about highlighting A-back Orwin Smith.
A: I just said that there’s situations where he’s been good with the ball. If it’s even up, we’ll try to get him the ball more. That’s about it. He’ll determine how much he gets the ball by how much he plays.
Q: Are there ways to do that in an option offense?
A: There’s all kinds of ways. You can throw it to him, you can hand it to him. There’s all kinds of ways you can give it to him. It’s like I’ve told people before. ‘Well, why wouldn’t you give it to him if he’s averaging 10 yards a carry?’ Well, if we just handed it to him, he wouldn’t be averaging 10 yards a carry. You’ve got to get it in the right spot.
Q: What kind of progress do you expect the defense to make?
A: I don’t know. I think like everybody needs to play better if we’re going to be successful. We need to be better on third down. There’s no big secret there. I think at times we played well last year. In the latter half of the year, we gave up a lot of points.
Q: How much of a burden is on nose tackle T.J. Barnes to produce?
A: I don’t think any more than anybody else. You hear fans say that and the media and this, that and the other, but it’s just a position like anything else. If you go back and look, the production we’ve had from there has not been like we’ve had a ton of production. The system doesn’t really warrant itself to that. He’s just got to be solid. He’s worked awfully hard. So I’m hoping he’ll have his best year.
Q: Did anything happen with recruiting Penn State players?
A: Not really. We didn’t get into it a whole lot. There was a kid from Atlanta, I think a defensive end (C.J. Olaniyan, who moved to Michigan), that we talked to his high school coach. That was one kid and we didn’t pursue it (further) and he didn’t either. That was about it.
Q: What concerns do you have about replacing Julian Burnett, not just his play but his leadership?
A: I think anytime you lose a player of his caliber, it’s a blow to the team, and he was a leader on the team. Not only was he a good football player but he was a leader. So, yeah, it’s a big loss.
Q: Have you been watching the Olympics?
A: Occasionally I’ll flip it on, but I haven’t seen a whole lot. I watched the gymnastics thing last night with my daughter. My daughter told me who won. It was a little anti-climactic.
(This is the print version. I’ll add the rest Thursday morning.)
Thanks for reading.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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NCJacket
August 1st, 2012
3:24 pm
lol at the smart glass comment
ACC Champs!
August 1st, 2012
3:34 pm
Looking for a great year from the Jackets!
I like the idea of Days moving to another position. You want the best players on the field and he is a very good player but probably not the best QB right now.
Mark
August 1st, 2012
3:36 pm
Third!
yeller bug
August 1st, 2012
3:37 pm
Yep we’re capable of winning the ACC this year. We have enough talent and getting a “W” in our first game will go a long way toward a coastal division championship. No comments on our “D”, but maybe tht is forthcoming from Ken in a later addition.
GO Jackets!
yeller bug
August 1st, 2012
3:40 pm
I think our opening offensive series should be out of the pistol formation with no huddle. Be BOLD and unpredictable.
Robert Barron
August 1st, 2012
3:42 pm
Season ticket holder very much looking forward to the season.
I was commiserating with an Uga fan over the lack of respect 1st string QBs get.
He said the 2nd string QB is often the most popular player among fans, especially after a loss.
Too bad Tech & Uga fans can’t relate on these blogs the way we do.
We occasionally might rub something in but not to the extent of trying to aggravate the heck out of folks like goes on daily on both blogs.
Optimistic
August 1st, 2012
3:43 pm
What coach worth a darn wouldn’t think his team was capable of winning the conference. With that being said, CPJ and CAG have recruited the players who are capable of winning the conference. In my opinion it comes down to, 1) staying healthy, especially on defense, 2) the passing game, does GT find a go-to receiver who can catch the ball & will TW find the receiver and throw a ball that is catchable, 3) the defensive, will have to make stops and get the offense back on the field. As I said in a previous post, it’s Perkins year. He has the potential, now is the time he realizes it and puts forth the effort. I am expecting an AWESOME year for the Jackets.
Paddy
August 1st, 2012
4:06 pm
Optimistic………..CPJ seems to place a great deal of emphasis on how his offensive players practice. The ones that can block are sure to get playing time. Perkins never seems to be on the correct side of CPJ. Could it be his effort in practice holding him back? Not a Tech fan but I do like to watch CPJ teams play, you just never know what is about to happen out there
Techno-le
August 1st, 2012
4:14 pm
Is that 1st Presbyterian or 2nd Pres on your schedule?
RAMBLE ON!!!
August 1st, 2012
4:16 pm
Sept. 3rd can’t get here soon enough. Never been to VT, but I’ll be there on the 3rd. Anybody know of any good restaurants up there?
Optimistic
August 1st, 2012
4:16 pm
Paddy, I agree Perkins evidently by his playing time doesn’t play/do well in practice. And, I’m like you, I love “option” football. Back in the day with Barry Switzer and Oklahoma, even though I’m was not an Oklahoma fan, on any given play they could take it to the “bank”. GT plays similar on offense, but their defenses don’t match up to Oklahoma of old defenses. GT needs 3 Selmon like brothers!!!
Jacket Fan
August 1st, 2012
4:19 pm
More questions for Coach Johnson –
What’s the word on J.C. Lanier, Morgan Bailey?
S. Green – can they get some more weight on him?
J. Kitchen – has he put on some weight? Can he back up Barnes?
Marcordes, Cheeks, Harrell – what’s the word on these back-up LBs?
Thank you.
Chuck Allison
August 1st, 2012
4:25 pm
NCJacket, thanks for posting an intelligent comment and not just saying, “First”.
collegeballfan
August 1st, 2012
4:27 pm
Ken,
What is the word on a pre-practice depth chart?
macrotech
August 1st, 2012
4:34 pm
I am SO pumped about this season! I LOVE that we’re starting it off with VPI….they’ll give us a true measure of how prepared we are right off the bat. I agree with CPJ when he said that our season won’t be over IF we lose that game, but it’ll tell us a LOT about our team. Last season, it took us six games before we knew what we had. Many challenges await this team and I’m of the mind that we SHOULD be able to win lot of games this year! GO TECH!!!
ONCE AGAIN...
August 1st, 2012
4:43 pm
VT F___ks Sheep
yeller bug
August 1st, 2012
4:45 pm
There is only one Presbyterian so it must be First. Sorta like 1st Buffalo or 1st FL Atlantic
michael
August 1st, 2012
4:47 pm
DEFENSE…DEFENSE…DEFENSE !!!!
JM
August 1st, 2012
4:50 pm
Hope is eternal.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
4:53 pm
LOL @ yeller bug
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
4:55 pm
@ Robert Barron…….there are actually a few good UGA fans who make intelligent and classy posts on these blogs, sort of like the friends you have (as do I) with whom you can have a good discussion. But then there are the dwag trolls who not only tick us off, they really embarrass their school.
Paddy
August 1st, 2012
4:55 pm
yeller bug…….now that was funny, don’t care who you are, but that was funny!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
4:59 pm
Don’t know how many of y’all are aware of this but former Tech track star Angelo Taylor is captain of the US Olympics track team. It was announced last week, but I just heard about it today
http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/072512aaa.html
909
August 1st, 2012
5:00 pm
Going to shock a lot of folks when GT runs VT into the ground on Sept 1st.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
5:01 pm
We could win by one point, and I’ll be happy
Paddy
August 1st, 2012
5:02 pm
Ramble On…….you won’t need to eat. Just soak up the beautiful surroundings.
DesignerJacket
August 1st, 2012
5:06 pm
If we beat VT it’s got to happen in the lines. Their DL is really good, and while their OL is technically rebuilding it’s actually plugging in bigger, more talented players. This game is going to be about our defense forcing at least two more three-and-outs or otherwise getting some INT’s. Our offense can move the ball and get points, but our defense has GOT to prevent Logan Thomas from keeping up. I’m not as optimistic as many of the other GT fans looking ahead to Sept. 3rd.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
5:08 pm
I think even just a marginal improvement in our D over last year, and we win. I think the D will be more than marginally better than last year
TechFanForever
August 1st, 2012
5:09 pm
Love it, Ken. Keep bringing the news everyday!
How about Kallon? Thomas? Please don’t redshirt Kallon. He is big enough and we need his speed rushes to disrupt timing for a good secondary to pick off passes.
GO Jackets!
DesignerJacket
August 1st, 2012
5:11 pm
Supersize, I cautiously agree with you IF we can also get a passing threat (maybe say Tevin’s efficiency rises to around 60%) to mess with their secondary’s decision making.
BigTimeTECHFan
August 1st, 2012
5:23 pm
DEFENSE ..
DEFENSE..
1 4 GT
August 1st, 2012
5:27 pm
Heck, everybody keeps saying TW needs to be around 60% in passing. I”ll gladly take 50-55%. That would be quite good enough to keep their defense honest and open the run game. From all that has been reported here over the summer, he is capable of that. I think over 55% would be icing on the cake. GOOOOO JACKETS
BLT
August 1st, 2012
5:30 pm
“ONCE AGAIN…”
That would be hard to do given a “Hokie” is an emasculated Turkey. I’m just pointing it out. Don’t get made at the messenger.
Go Jacket!
BLT
August 1st, 2012
5:30 pm
MAD…damn it
Gorilla Biscuit
August 1st, 2012
5:42 pm
Brad
August 1st, 2012
5:49 pm
It took Logan Thomas’ best game and David Wilson going all “superman” on us, plus Sneezy losing his cool for a minute, for them to beat us last year. Now we bring pretty much everyone back, and they lose virtually their entire offense minus Logan. I’m feeling pretty good about this one!
1 4 GT
August 1st, 2012
5:59 pm
LOL @ SNEEZY!! That’s good. Doubt he would like it much though.
GSUStud
August 1st, 2012
6:02 pm
This made my day. I have not had a good laugh in a long time. Whenever I hear Ga Tech talking about the ACC and having a good football team, I again feel so sorry for their delusional fans. I see Ga Tech winning maybe 6 games this year, but certainly not enough to talk about winning any division. Your current coach will always field an average (for the ACC) team at best.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
6:05 pm
I’m with Coach Johnson, the ACC is Techs to win!!
Beat VT and its clear sailing.
All you gotta do after that is beat 2 guys named Jimbo & Dabo!!
BLT
August 1st, 2012
6:14 pm
GSUStud
“This made my day. I have not had a good laugh in a long time.”
You mean you don’t laugh every time you take a wiz? Use a magnifying glass next time and you might see it.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
6:16 pm
It’s obvious why GSUTurd is a GSU fan—-he is mentally challenged, and he shows it in every post he makes. A mind is such a terrible thing to waste
BLT
August 1st, 2012
6:16 pm
BC 75, we don’t play FSU in the regular season. We might in the CCG.
BLT
August 1st, 2012
6:17 pm
Who said anything about a “mind” Super?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
6:18 pm
@ GSUTurd……Put your money where your mouth is. I will bet you $10,000.00 that Tech wins more than 6 games this year. Are you man enough to take that bet?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
6:20 pm
@ BLT……I gave him credit for having some kind of matter in his cranial cavity.
BLT
August 1st, 2012
6:20 pm
“Your current coach will always field an average (for the ACC) team at best.”
And with the exception of a few memorable games, your current coach ran our program into the ground. Unless, of course you are a Southern fan which means you engage in self loathing. Pitiful…
Clyde
August 1st, 2012
6:22 pm
GSUStud, are you paid to post on these blogs? Reading down through the comments I’m seeing pleasant comments, some with some thought, and then you pop in. Your comment has absolutely no use at all except to start an argument. You are a fan of a local college that has absolutely no clout on the national level.
Atlanta Dawg
August 1st, 2012
6:25 pm
Paul has to be admired for bringing the Jackets back and being competitive. There is very good talent there also. Several years ago the Tech/GA game was just a yawn. Nice to have a shot of either team winning. I grew up at Tech games then saw the light and went to Athens. The competition and bragging rights remain fun even today.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
6:26 pm
No FSU — even better for Tech.
Btw, in case any of y’all didn’t catch it this morning, Stephen Hill is looking solid for the Jets. He could end up their top WR this yr!!
Plax is gone, santonio is over rated(he ruined my fantasy team last yr), so Hill has a great chance to show his stuff in the Apple!!
Of course, good luck catching a glimpse of Hill on the tube when all Espn and the nfl network wanna show on their live look-ins on Jets camp is their Coach & back up QB!!
GT = 10 time loser to Mark Richt
August 1st, 2012
6:37 pm
Of course Tech could win the ACC this year. The ACC sucks. FSU will find a way to blow it like they always do.
jeffrey d
August 1st, 2012
6:38 pm
The University of Phoenix Online is capable of winning the ACC
1 4 GT
August 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
AH!! The Emperor & Darth Vader suckered another over to the Dark Side by the name of Atlanta Dwag.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
6:50 pm
Q: Have you been watching the Olympics?
A: Occasionally I’ll flip it on, but I haven’t seen a whole lot. I watched the gymnastics thing last night with my daughter. My daughter told me who won. It was a little anti-climactic
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Ol’ CPJ isn’t exactly Mr. Personality is he !!
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Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
7:09 pm
Well, I broke away for dinner, and I see that GSUTurd wasn’t man enough to take me up on my bet. I was dead serious too. I would have found a way to meet him and put it in writing. My loss, I guess, because I sure wouldn’t have lost the bet.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
7:10 pm
Crimson…….actually he has a very cool personality. He’s just very dry, but hey, there’s nothing wrong with that. I met him at a Tech Club dinner, and I was quite impressed with him.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
7:15 pm
Supe — any idea what Bill Lewis is doing these days??
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
7:23 pm
@Crimson……who gives a damn? LOL
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
7:26 pm
I hear ya!!
Not the best choice to replace Ross!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
7:29 pm
Only worse mistake was McCain choosing Palin for VP. LOL
Patrick
August 1st, 2012
7:34 pm
GSU needs to be proud of his own team, them Ga State University Panthers are really something!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
yeah, Patrick, they’re SOMETHING. It’s not a football team, but it’s something
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
Supe — I think you’ll appreciate this.
For all the jokes the ACC gets about football, once upon a time, the Conference featured some top notch Football Coaches. 80s early 90s, the ACC top to bottom had better coaches than the SEC.
George Welch – excellent coach.
Bobby Ross – excellent coach.
Dick Sheridan – good coach.
Mac Brown – record speaks for itself.
Al Groh, John mackovich & Jim Caldwell @ Wake.
Spurrier – I wonder if Coach K knew what Spurrier was capable of!!
Hell, the only Team that had lousy coaches was Clemson & they were winning the Conference every year!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
7:40 pm
@ Crimson…..interesting list. Unfortunately, the good ones all moved on to bigger and better jobs. Imagine what Tech would have been if Ross, Friedgen, and O’Leary had stayed together for 10 years. WOW !!! Oh, well……
I’m outta here for now. I’ll check back later to see if GSUTurd is man enough to accept my bet.
Later !!!
War Eagle
August 1st, 2012
7:43 pm
Auburns JV team could win the ACC.
Rick H.
August 1st, 2012
7:53 pm
Sixty-sixth!
yellowfever
August 1st, 2012
7:58 pm
war eaglette, worry about your conference. life without cam,sucks doesn’t it.
dry dirt road
August 1st, 2012
7:59 pm
just get the unis right; O’leary has the white helmet and socks unis at UCF, what Tech should look like, but Tech trots out in black socks and even blacker socks when the temps drop with the over the knee socks, looking like Georgia, w/o any school color image that O’leary must have taken from Tech down to Orlando
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
7:59 pm
“Auburns JV team could win the ACC”
That’s funny…..Auburn couldn’t even beat GT when Reggie Ball was QB
Hey, Robert Barron...
August 1st, 2012
7:59 pm
…another Tech season ticket holder here, and it would help the “relationship” between UGA and Tech if you Tech guys, and multiple UGA guys, would learn that “Uga” (as you wrote) is the mascot, and “UGA” ( to which you alluded) is the university…
dry dirt road
August 1st, 2012
8:01 pm
What would it take for Tech to receive succour from O’Leary and get our unis back from him?
Sorry Big Crimson 75...
August 1st, 2012
8:02 pm
…but your analysis of the coaches in the ACC that were so “good” is obviously way off base if the team that was winninig everything back then was Clemson and they supposedly had “lousy” coaches…makes me wonder how you ever completed school at UofA…but, thej, I guess I just answered my own question…
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:02 pm
I thought Uga played 2d base for the Braves…..
dry dirt road
August 1st, 2012
8:05 pm
I went to Tech when our players wore white helmets for two seasons. They wore the gold ones prior to tha for two seasonst, the ones Tech wears these days, and ditched them for the white ones, so gold helmets aren’t necessarily here to stay at Tech.
dry dirt road
August 1st, 2012
8:10 pm
I typed it right, it just came out wrong during upload. I read every word during proofread. A Tech grad doesn’t type wrong very much if at all. I want to represent Tech as literate plz- it coud be important to attract new football players to Tech.
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
8:15 pm
Ramble On…In Downtow on the square is a Big Farmers market. In the old train station are a lot of places to eat
BLT
August 1st, 2012
8:22 pm
“Auburns JV team could win the ACC.”
Sure but what’s their payroll?
Keep them coming…
BLT
August 1st, 2012
8:24 pm
@Hey, Robert Barron…
How about U(sic)GA? Does that help?
BLT
August 1st, 2012
8:27 pm
I forgot about Perkins. I hope he gets a chance to speed down the sidelines too.
Ken, will Gamble redshirt?
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
8:27 pm
What’s up fellas?
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:27 pm
dry dirt road….I like the uniform Lenny Snow is wearing (# 41)…..
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geot/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/uniforms.pdf
BLT
August 1st, 2012
8:30 pm
“…makes me wonder how you ever completed school at UofA…but, thej, I guess I just answered my own question…”
I never saw a question mark. They look like this “?”.
BLT
August 1st, 2012
8:32 pm
Hey FL Jacket, as Superdwag would say “we’re getting all puffed up”.
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:37 pm
where you been FLJ?
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:40 pm
BLT is it hairydwag or superdwag who “smashes moths” because they’re “pestky bugs” ?
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:43 pm
BLT and which genius in ‘bulldwag nation’ has the cellphone that goes “chirp chirp chirp” ?
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
8:45 pm
Ramble On….here is link to the farmers market and there are places to eat all around it.
http://www.blacksburgfarmersmarket.com/
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:45 pm
hard to keep track of all the comedians over there in muttville
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:46 pm
“here is link to the farmers market”
just make sure Gallagher is not scheduled to be there
Jon Koncak
August 1st, 2012
8:47 pm
Q: Is there any reason to think this team is capable of actually beating UGA?
A: None whatsoever. We only can hope to win once every 10 or so years.
Q: What is the ACC’s record in BCS games?
A: 2-13
Ouch.
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:49 pm
speaking of comedians from muttville; the Vanilla Gorilla has actually graced us with his presence
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:50 pm
troll hard, Jonny K
Dawglasville
August 1st, 2012
8:51 pm
Tech could. Tech has been as consistent as anyone in the ACC. You guys kill my man RIcht (you have to, being in state and all) but what do you think about Dabo? At least Richt is competing against teams who get similar talent. Why can’t Dabo get over the hump?
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
8:53 pm
Bout what?
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
8:56 pm
I’m telling you…guys come over and check out Fromtherumbleseat.com
Troll-free I promise…until we boot them off that is
BIG BEE
August 1st, 2012
8:57 pm
To the Idiot who asked, it is 3rd Pres. and it is located in Buffalo.
GFJacket
August 1st, 2012
9:06 pm
Tech’s fortunes will depend on its defense. Most of Johnson’s teams are like that.
As far as GSU2X4, his school is a downtown business school wannabe that has never done anything and has little tradition, outside of commuters. Ignore him and his childish postings.
BLT
August 1st, 2012
9:08 pm
GT Lee, I can’t keep up with all of them but they are always a hoot!
The “chirp” guy was obviously an older gentleman. He never picked up on Super’s handle. The “chirp” was his version of the phone ringing.
Jon Koncak, I remember watching you play and “Ouch” is an appropriate term for you.
Paul in NH
August 1st, 2012
9:18 pm
War Eagle
August 1st, 2012
7:43 pm
Auburns JV team could win the ACC
—–
Chizik should have used them last year against Clemson then because the first team lost by 2 TDs
Paul in NH
August 1st, 2012
9:22 pm
GFJacket
You think that our resident troll is GSU2×4? He is more like GSU4×4 – twice the thickness
ToeMeetsLeather
August 1st, 2012
9:26 pm
Jon Koncack, is it true that part of your Dream Team and Auburn’s star RB from their “Cam”pion$hip team are both at Alabama State and part of the new Pistol Formation there?
TECH needs the DL and Jackson/Greene/Waller to step up, if so 12′ could be the START of something special on the Flats.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
9:38 pm
What’s up guys? Looks like it is a 2way race for Jay Woods. UGA and GT.
http://247sports.com/Player/Jay-Woods-17537
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
9:39 pm
TML…Unfortunately Michael Dyer couldn’t keep his nose clean at Arkansas State with his buddy Mr. Kristi Malzahn either. Misery must love company!
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
9:40 pm
48…I read that UGA is looking at him at DE, and we’re looking at him for NT. That doesn’t make sense to me, he’s a 3-4 DE.
Long Beach Jacket
August 1st, 2012
9:41 pm
Standing by my 10-2 prediction for this season. At 10-2 there is a good chance we are the Coastal Champs. This team IS capable of winning every game on its schedule. In reality about 25-35 teams in D1-A can say that. It is VERY hard to do. Injuries. Breaks. Scheduling quirks. It’s hard. Offense will be just fine. CPJ has is dialed in (interchangeable parts). Defense HAS the personnel to take a step forward this year. Back 8 are solid. People question the D-Line. Cross, Cummings, Dieke, Barnes are actually a solid (and now experienced core). Hope 2 or 3 of the “youngsters” can step up and provide some depth. If yes, they should be fine if the play disciplined and stay focused….
BS Patrol
August 1st, 2012
9:43 pm
No one from GSU would call himself a stud much less criticise Tech. He’s a nadlicker fan, folks.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
9:46 pm
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
9:40 pm
48…I read that UGA is looking at him at DE, and we’re looking at him for NT. That doesn’t make sense to me, he’s a 3-4 DE.
I don’t understand that either. I think that’s one thing that hurts y’alls D line. You need a guy 320+ in the middle. His frame does not look like it could hold 320.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
9:48 pm
FL Jacket, did you see the linebacker I posted on here that y’all offered for 2014?
HighTech
August 1st, 2012
9:53 pm
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
8:40 pm
BLT is it hairydwag or superdwag who “smashes moths” because they’re “pestky bugs” ?
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It’s hairy dwag. He said the pestky bugs gets the stinkys instead of the mens who smash moths.
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
9:53 pm
48…we also have the kid Commissiong from Maryland who’s at NT and is likely to fill into that 320-33 range. The guys they are after the hardest are James Ellison and Jay Woods…both should be DE guys. I hope we got the leg up on Woods by getting his teammate Justin Akins to commit.
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
9:54 pm
48…No, was it Raekwon McMillan?
Stumpknocker
August 1st, 2012
9:56 pm
@GSU stud or make that dud; Bout time you put up a help wanted sign . Those 2 commitments your bunch thinks they have aren’t gonna build the team up much …….are they? G St wasn’t successful at the FCS level……….what makes you think your gonna get better in Div 1 ? What you need is a dose of reality. The real GSU could play you now and win by 4 tds.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
9:59 pm
Davonte James from Ohio.
http://georgiatech.247sports.com/Article/Georgia-Tech-is-first-to-offer-2014-Top100-LB-Davonte-James-82210
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
10:00 pm
48…For a new coach, Walkosky is getting a lot of interest in Tech up in his Ohio region. I have a feeling he’ll be a great coach.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:03 pm
Does he have ties up there?
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:05 pm
McMillan looks to be a UGA tOSU battle.
GT87
August 1st, 2012
10:07 pm
@ GSU scud – I will take the over on your six win prediction for any amount
FL Jacket
August 1st, 2012
10:07 pm
He played at Toledo, coached there for 8 years, and later became HC of D-2 Tiffin in Ohio for 3 years. He already has a RB commit (Donovan Wilson) for the 2013 class.
North Ave Killer Beez
August 1st, 2012
10:10 pm
If TW plays the entire game we lose to VaTech, you heard it here 1st, 2nd & 3rd. If he wins it I will have crow burgers for a while, but he’s just not at all impressive. He was horrid against UGA.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:12 pm
That’s a good pipeline state to have.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:18 pm
GT needs to hit Derick Henry hard right now.
Reality
August 1st, 2012
10:23 pm
Coach’s have to be positive, otherwise they wouldn’t be coaches. All the preseason talk is just that,talk. I would love to see Tech do it but I’m from Missouri I have to be shown.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
10:24 pm
@8:02 — not really that hard if you think about it.
Clemson had Danny Ford for the majority of the era I was talking about.
Danny Ford was not a better football coach than Mack Brown, Bobby Ross, George Welch, John Mackovich or even Jim Caldwell or Al Groh for that matter.
Talent, in many cases, will over-ride good coaching.
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
10:24 pm
48 hope you didn’t drink any of the baby’s milk celebrating JJ’s win at the Brickyard Sunday
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:27 pm
Lee, I swished it around to wash the grit out of my teeth from kissing those bricks.
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
10:30 pm
Nothing like a mouth full of breast milk. LOL
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:31 pm
It was formula. Lol
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
10:32 pm
would that be the stack of bricks in the backyard you were kissing? the bricks that the dog pees on?
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:33 pm
I’m serious about GT needing to go hard after D Henry.
GT Lee
August 1st, 2012
10:34 pm
think Mr Henry could pass calculus?
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:36 pm
Lol, well he is going to be a EE this year.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
10:37 pm
48 — good to see you again, sir.
Hiding out on the Tech side of town!! I don’t blame you!
Congrats on the new addition to your Family.
Congrats on the Brickyard 400.
…….and forget about GT & Derrick Henry!!
A. He’s all Bama
B. I doubt he has the grades to Tech, Us on the other hand…….
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
10:40 pm
*grades for Tech
See what I mean!!!
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:40 pm
75, this is the only civil board on the AJC. I’m hearing DH is not happy with Bama about them inviting Greg Bryant to T – Town.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
10:49 pm
Amen to that.
Recruiting isn’t what it used to me.
It’s a circus now!!
I haven’t seen to many of these media obsessed recruits do very much positive once they hit College.
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
10:53 pm
Chick-fil-A has already set a world record today and still has 5 hours to sell on the West Coast.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
10:57 pm
5150, how did they do in Boston? Lol
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
10:58 pm
F boston what do those people know? They traded Babe Ruth.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:00 pm
Who is watching the olympics?
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
11:00 pm
51 — at the end of the day, no matter which side, the people at chic-fil-a have a right to their beliefs. It’s sorta what makes America the greatest Nation in the World.
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
11:06 pm
48 yes off and on…I was watch On-Line Live during the day. So I have seen most of what is on tonight already.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
11:07 pm
48 — I’m watching the Olympics this year for Phelps & Ussain Bolt!! If their not competing, im not watching much of it.
What ya think about NASCAR at the brickyard?? Have they ever had an exciting race @ Indy??
Nothing against your boy this year, they had the best set-up again by miles, but it seems to be frowned upon to pass another car!!
Not to mention, the worst race in the sports history was a couple years ago up their when the tires wouldn’t last 15 laps with turning to shreds.
wreckmaniac
August 1st, 2012
11:09 pm
Why not get down to the real question which is will this year’s defense improve enough to make Tech a serious contender ? Every other point is priority B. There is nothing mysterious about this team. Can it play defense ?
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
11:13 pm
Here is Why I watch the Olympics…Czech Women Volleyball Team
http://bustedcoverage.com/2012/07/30/31-best-photos-of-marketa-slukova-czech-beach-volleyball-olympian/slukova-beach-volleyball-intro/#3
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:13 pm
I love the Olympics. I try to watch as much as I can. 75 I only watched the last 10 laps of the race. NASCAR is getting boring they have killed the sport.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:15 pm
I saw the one girl from UGA win a gold in swimming I thought I heard 3 of the 4 girls swimming in the relay tonight is from UGA.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:16 pm
Did anybody see that women’s volleyball game this afternoon? The US had a black girl who just killed it every time she hit the ball. She almost single-handedly won the match for us. She was awesome
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:17 pm
US beat China 3 – 0 in a preliminary round, but it took 6 or 7 match points before we finally won it, again because of that one girl
Clyde
August 1st, 2012
11:17 pm
Tech needs an attitude. I think they’ll have one this year.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:18 pm
I posted this earlier as well as emailing it to some of you, the captain of the US Men’s track team is former Tech great Angelo Taylor
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:18 pm
SS, I missed it.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:20 pm
48, watch them if you get a chance later this week. She’s not even supposed to be the best player on the team either. But she was on today
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:20 pm
This is a heck of a race in the relay right now.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:21 pm
yeah, it is
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:22 pm
damn, the US girl has taken charge in this race
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:23 pm
Schmitt from UGA just pulled out in front.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:23 pm
SS, she is from UGA.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:24 pm
the girl before Schmitt had closed the gap, but Schmitt just really took charge and won it
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:24 pm
48…..during the Olympics, I don’t care where the athletes are from
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
11:24 pm
That was CLOSE to a DQ with her getting in before the other girl touched the wall…..
yeller bug
August 1st, 2012
11:25 pm
Schmitt swims like a scalded dawg! Outstanding job—Go USA! Congrats to the UGA grad.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:25 pm
She was getting after it for sure.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:26 pm
is she a grad or still in school?
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
11:26 pm
During the Olympics colleges are not mentioned much.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:26 pm
DQ? Dairy Queen?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:27 pm
Felt sooooo sorry for those two American gymnasts earlier tonight.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:27 pm
SS, she took this year off to train for the olympics.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:28 pm
thanks, 48
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:28 pm
SS, that one guys mom just got up and walked out. She was tore up.
Dawg48
August 1st, 2012
11:29 pm
Ok guys I’m out. Good night to all.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
11:30 pm
yeah, 48. saw that. have a good night
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
11:32 pm
51 — I don’t have a pic, but their is a Croation beauty on their basketball team thats worth the google!!
5150 UOAD
August 1st, 2012
11:34 pm
Bi Cri just look at the link and search Slukova
Clyde
August 1st, 2012
11:39 pm
Coaches call the schemes, players make the plays. It doesn’t matter how complex Al Groh’s schemes are, if the players don’t get to the ball then it doesn’t do any good. They have to step up to the next level.
Big Crimson 75
August 1st, 2012
11:57 pm
Later boys.
Roll Tide.
Go USA.
William
August 2nd, 2012
12:44 am
I notice GTBob has not made a comment on this blog, but he is all over the Georgia blogs. I guess GT doesn’t claim him. I hope Tech has a good year until that last game in Nov. Go Dawgs.
GTBob
August 2nd, 2012
12:48 am
I notice GTBob has not made a comment on this blog, but he is all over the Georgia blogs. I guess GT doesn’t claim him. I hope Tech has a good year until that last game in Nov. Go Dawgs
Sorry, I am my own person and I am not looking to be claimed. I hope UGA loses every game they play this year by double digits.
WnE
August 2nd, 2012
2:45 am
re:
Supersize that order, mutt
August 1st, 2012
4:59 pm
Don’t know how many of y’all are aware of this but former Tech track star Angelo Taylor is captain of the US Olympics track team. It was announced last week, but I just heard about it today
http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/072512aaa.html
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Would this be the same Angelo Taylor?
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At 29, Atlantan Taylor still has his hurdles to clear
By Jeff Schultz | Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 04:09 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Beijing — The alarm would go off at 4. The work would start at 5. The alarm used to trigger the athlete’s training day. Now it was talking to an electrician: “Get up. You need the money. You lost your Nike deal. Get up. Now.”
“I did mostly low-voltage stuff,” said Angelo Taylor. “Up and down the ladder. We did the new dorms at Georgia Tech.”
Did they know him? How often would somebody walk by at Tech, a school Taylor once attended, and never realize the guy on the ladder doing the low-voltage work used to be a world-class athlete?
How many times did somebody walk by the parked Honda in a track stadium behind Turner Field in the early afternoon and see a man asleep in the car? A coach would arrive at 2 p.m. and bang on the window so the man would wake up. Another alarm. “Get up. You’re not that fast any more. You’re not that young any more. Do you really want to go back to the Olympics? Get up. Now.”
The alarm went off in Angelo Taylor’s head.
He is up now. Against a backdrop of physical, emotional and legal problems, the two-time gold-medalist from Southwest DeKalb High made his third Olympic team in the 400-meter hurdles.
He is 29 years old. Of the other 25 athletes in the 400, 21 are younger than Taylor.
It wasn’t that long ago when he was the young one — 21 and four years out of high school, he won two gold medals in Sydney. He won the 400 hurdles and ran a prelim for the 4×400 relay team. U.S. track officials named him winner of the Jesse Owens Award as its athlete.
Taylor made the Olympic team again in 2004. But soon after, his career deteriorated and his life went with it. Hurdles, the literal and figurative kind, nearly destroyed him. He had stress fractures in his shins. Doctors suggested surgery but Taylor passed, opting to take a year off.
Other damage was self-inflicted. In 2005, Taylor was arrested for having sex with a minor. He eventually pled guilty in 2006 to contributing to the delinquency of two underage girls and was sentenced to three years probation and fined.
“Sometimes in life you have your ups and downs,” Taylor said. “In my life, I’ve always had to go down that rocky road. But I’ve tried to stay positive.”
At some point, he realized he needed to grow up. He felt he needed to be a better example for his twin sons, Xavier and Isaiah, now 3. He knew he wanted to get back to the Olympics. He met with a coach, former Nigerian sprinter Innocent Egbunike. The two formed a partnership. Taylor became more spiritual. He worked in the morning and trained in the afternoon.
But these things never start out well.
“He was out of shape,” Egbunike said. “To be honest, he would throw up a lot and lie flat on the ground. But when I would say, ‘Let’s stop right here,’ he would say, ‘No, I’m going to continue.’ And he would still be throwing up. He struggled, but he did it. He had a vision.”
Taylor was asked what he considered the low moment. Easy answer.
“It would be [getting up at] 4 in the morning and going to work,” he said. “I was like, ‘I can’t do this.’ But I kept praying, asking the Lord to please just give me another chance. I never thought I would make it this far.”
It took a while. Promoters wouldn’t let him into meets, mostly because he hadn’t been competing. The sport seemed to turn its back on him.
“It embarrassed me at first,” Taylor said.
He left the electricians job in early 2007 to devote more time to track. His times dropped. Remarkably, he finished third in the trials with a time of 48.42 to make the team.
Don’t trust the time? Taylor wears a bracelet that reads, “Test me. I’m clean.” He’s an advocate of cleaning up the sport. Unfortunately, it’s too late to save one of his golds. Antonio Pettigrew, a teammate in the Sydney relay, admitted using EPO and HGH. The IOC has stripped the team.
“I was on the relay team with someone who was dirty,” Taylor said. “That’s just the way it is.”
There are no relay teammates to worry about this time. Taylor made it here on his own. If it doesn’t work out, there’s a ladder and an alarm clock waiting for him.
WnE
August 2nd, 2012
2:49 am
Well Supersize, is it the same Angelo Taylor?
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Olympic medalist Angelo Taylor arrested for sex with minor
Associated Press
Updated: January 14, 2005, 12:15 PM ET
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DECATUR, Ga. — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Angelo Taylor was arrested when a police officer allegedly found him having sex with a 15-year-old girl in a parked car.
Taylor, 26, of Decatur was charged Thursday with one count each of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes. He posted $2,000 bond at the jail, DeKalb County police spokesman Dale Davis said Friday.
Taylor won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles and 4×400 relay events at the 2000 Sydney Games.
The former Georgia Tech track star placed second at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400 but didn’t qualify for the final at the Athens Games.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press
Robert
August 2nd, 2012
7:29 am
Oh, I thought this was a article about Virginia Tech…Good luck with that GT!!! Lord knows you will need it with CPJ calling his 9 plays of offense.
LETS GO HOKIES!!
G
August 2nd, 2012
7:45 am
Capable of winning the acc. lol Big accomplishment.
Gonna be funny to watch big breasts squirm when vt clobbers you 37-17
Enjoy another season with a really boring qb and offense.
Reality
August 2nd, 2012
8:00 am
VT has always had problems stopping CPJ’s offense. If our D is improved, we should take down VT without too much trouble.
HighTech
August 2nd, 2012
8:03 am
Right on time. Gollum posting something negative about a former Tech athlete at 2:45 am.
Flounder
August 2nd, 2012
8:32 am
Q: What kind of progress do you expect the defense to make?
A: I don’t know.
C’mon Paul!?! Aren’t you the HEAD coach?!? That commentary doesn’t inspire much confidence. I’m a big GT fan, but when is PJ gonna wake up a little and realize that DEFENSE is just as important as OFFENSE?!?
Talk amongst yourselves.
gt4ever
August 2nd, 2012
8:47 am
WnE
Do you have a point in publishing that article…. Unbelievable…
Triangle Hokie
August 2nd, 2012
8:49 am
Of course Tech is capable of winning the ACC. Virginia Tech, that is. Just pulling your chains guys. Look forward to seeing you in the Burg this year. Should be a great game. Be safe!
Sugar Shack
August 2nd, 2012
9:01 am
Ole Fish Fry…
BS Patrol
August 2nd, 2012
9:10 am
Let’s get this straight,Triangle. Tech is Tech. VPI is VPI.
GTfan 2012
August 2nd, 2012
9:40 am
WnE, you sicken me as well as sickening every real GT fan here. Your only purpose to posting those articles is to try to defame GT in some way. I always believed that your unnatural hatred was primarily for CPJ, but now I’m beginning to see that your hatred extends to the entire GT family. I suspect that you suffer from an extreme inferiority complex related to GT. In fact, my guess is that you have “daddy” issues.
Let me postualte a theory that may go a long way towards explaining WnE behavior. WnE’s father is a GT grad, and WnE, the dutiful son, followed in his father’s footsteps, always trying to gain approval of his dad. However, WnE has clearly suffered emotional and perhaps even physical abuse at the hands of his father for his entire life. His coping mechanism for coming to terms with this is to lash out at GT in the only way he can truly satisfy both his self-hatred as well as lash out at his father.
Just my amatuer psychological analysis, but you guys have to admit, my theory would explain a lot of his behavior if he truly is a GT grad like he claims. Conversely, he could just be a mutt fan posing as a GT fan, It could be either one,
5150 UOAD
August 2nd, 2012
10:20 am
WnE is NOT a Tech fan and he doesn’t go to the games. Who really cares what he has to say? If he were a fan I am guessing he would have accepted an invite to meet at a game by now. As much as he posts he would have been there to meet Ken at the game last year.
melanie
August 2nd, 2012
10:30 am
GT is the best team in the ATL. Coach Johnson is a class guy. I think this team will surprise a lot in the ACC & in the country. GT has always risen above bad media & biased media. They will show everyone what they are capable of this year. GO YELLOW JACKETS!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
10:45 am
Did WnE have something to say AGAIN? I wouldn’t know; I no longer read anything that he posts. As far as I am concerned, he doesn’t exist. Nothing appearing under that name on these blogs merits my reading or commenting. I would wish the rest of y’all would say the same.
5150 UOAD
August 2nd, 2012
10:52 am
Super he posted a Page of crap at like 2:30 am…. I didn’t read it either but it was to YOU about Angelo Taylor.
GT1971
August 2nd, 2012
10:53 am
I hope Angelo Taylor is able to keep his life on track; that will be a real success story.
WnE – You’re a sick man. Go to hell.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:02 am
@ UOAD…..I’m sure it was his usual worthless, anti-Tech garbage. He’s a dwag, and there’s no doubt about it.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:02 am
@ GT1971……welcome home. Or are you still in J’Burg?
FormerGTNationalChampPlayer
August 2nd, 2012
11:03 am
I think to sum up Tech’s season is that if we are able to throw the ball effectively each game, we will have a good season. If we cannot throw as we have showed in the past then the results will be the same. We all know that we can run the ball but the key is that we need to have an explosive passing game . The VT game will be the test. We will not beat them without some big plays in the passing game.
yeller bug
August 2nd, 2012
11:09 am
Heard rumor from Tech Athletic Office that GT may be ranked 21 in pre-season poll for whatever that is worth. I would think that maybe 4 ACC schools may be in the top 25 but all outside the top 10—VPI, FSU, GT & Clemson.
Need a fast start on Labor Day—a figurative lightning strike not the literal one that hit Le Corso’s car—I was there at that non-game. An early lead would quiet the crowd and good ball control would keep them quiet. Maybe a good special team’s play that wins the game would be fitting irony at the home of Beamer ball.
Big Ol Stinger
August 2nd, 2012
11:09 am
Browns DT Kiante Tripp arrested in Georgia on burglary charges
Posted by Darin Gantt on July 3, 2012, 1:34 PM EDT
Browns defensive tackle Kiante Tripp was arrested in College Park, Ga., on charges of burglary.
According to a short report by MyFoxAtlanta.com, Tripp and two other men were accused of threatening people inside an apartment and ransacking the apartment, in an apparent effort to reclaim money they believed was stolen from them.
Neighbors told police officials that men with guns entered the apartment. The report said that one member of the party was also changed with possession of marijuana.
The 24-year-old Tripp grew up in Atlanta and attended the University of Georgia. He went to training camp with the Falcons last year, but signed with Cleveland’s practice squad, and played in three games late last year.
FlakBum
August 2nd, 2012
11:16 am
Enter your comments here
FlakBum
August 2nd, 2012
11:18 am
Tech win the Almost College Conference? Wow! Maybe the North Ave Trade School should focus on beating UGA first.
GT1971
August 2nd, 2012
11:19 am
SS – Johannesburg.
5150 – Nice link to the beach volleyball team pictures!
48 – Congratulations to the UGA athletes tearing it up at the Olympics!
Jack G
August 2nd, 2012
11:28 am
WnE—–after that last post, I wouldnt piss in your ear if your brain was on fire.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:29 am
@ GT1971……be careful of any guy in a brown uniform. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:29 am
LOL @ Jack G
Big Crimson 75
August 2nd, 2012
11:32 am
gtfan2012 — you’re partially correct.
WnEs Dad probably is a Tech grad, therefore the basic knowledge of Tech athletics, but wrecksneffect is 100% dwag. A pup fan all the way.
Lou Pinella's cap
August 2nd, 2012
11:36 am
Guys guys guys. WnE is just a closet UGA fan who will never admit it and is just trolling these boards thriving on pissing everyone off. The sooner we all stop feeding the troll, the faster it will leave the boards and not come back.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:38 am
@ Lou……that is what I have decided to do and what I urge all other true Tech fans to do
Lou Piniella's cap
August 2nd, 2012
11:38 am
If Days doesn’t win out at the QB position, I’d to see him moved to A-back and get plenty of playing time there. This guy’s running ability is insane.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:39 am
The sad thing in this case is that in trashing Angelo Taylor, if that’s what he did, he is not only trashing Tech, he is also trashing the US Olympics Men’s Track Team, He’s apparently even anti-American
Lou Piniella's cap
August 2nd, 2012
11:45 am
Supersize,
His brain probably didn’t get that far down the line into that thought process. He just wanted to trash Taylor and didn’t think about him representing the USA team, didn’t the forest for the trees.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:49 am
@ Lou……he definitely has tunnel vision. His entire life is apparently totally targeted on trashing anybody and anything connected with Tech. And yet he goes on UGA blogs praising their players. What a tool !!!
yeller bug
August 2nd, 2012
11:49 am
Hopefully Ken will have a good article for us to comment upon tomorrow where we can do so in peace as WnE will be busy all day kissing his partner at Chick-fil-a.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:50 am
LMAO @ yeller bug
HighTech
August 2nd, 2012
11:51 am
Supersize…I’ve thought the same thing when Gollum goes on and on about “crappy service academy” football.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:51 am
HOWEVER, do you really think anybody of either sex would even give WnE the time of day? He had better take a mirror with him when he goes.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:53 am
Others, such as UOAD, have said they have been banned from UGA blogs because of their comments. I wish Ken would ban WnE from the Tech blogs. He serves absolutely no purpose in posting on here, and is usually more offensive than the worst of the actual dwag trolls.
5150 UOAD
August 2nd, 2012
12:25 pm
The Junkyard and the UGa blog writers cry and whine too much. They ban people all the time. Recruiting & Tech blog writers just delete post and don’t really Ban people.
Birmingham Jacket
August 2nd, 2012
12:30 pm
I’m optomistic. That after 1 or 2 more losses to UGA we will have another coach that can recruit and run a real offense.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
12:40 pm
@ BJ…..I’m optimistic that after this season, you will go back to the UGA blogs where you belong
GTFish
August 2nd, 2012
12:40 pm
First time posting. Does anyone feel like Tony Zenon isn’t getting enough love? That boy can break some ankles.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
12:41 pm
@ GTFish…..I sorta wonder about that too. I think we’ll see more of him this year, especially on special teams
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
12:42 pm
@ UOAD…..did you watch that US-Spain beach volleyball match that just finished. It was a thriller. US barely won it
5150 UOAD
August 2nd, 2012
12:45 pm
It was great. So they will be #4 seed and probably play May & Walsh.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
12:46 pm
Isn’t the next round a round of 16? They wouldn’t play May-Walsh till later on
GTfan 2012
August 2nd, 2012
12:47 pm
Ok Birmingham, I’ll bite. Who is that coach that can consistently beat UGA, because our last eight coaches have a losing record against the mutts.
5150 UOAD
August 2nd, 2012
12:48 pm
Kolton, “I swear I stopped using Roids.”
According to appeals documents filed with the NCAA and president Mark Emmert, Houtson has continued to test positive since then, though the school and family contend there has been no re-use of the substance, which is claimed to have been originally given to him after a high school injury.
According to UGA, Houston will be able to continue to practice but will be unable to play until he’s able to produce a clean test.
How do you keep failing the test then?
Straight Jacket
August 2nd, 2012
12:59 pm
It’s always the players fault if the team loses!!!!!!
GT fan
August 2nd, 2012
1:09 pm
CPerkins is built like a brick sh*thouse…Unfortunate to read PJ’s comments regarding him. This is CP’s 3rd Fall in PJ’s O, and he’s still not getting it?? Dwyer picked it up from day 1. AA did as well.
Would love to see the light finally go on for Perkins, but I think it’s time to put his eggs in someone else’s basket.
1 4 GT
August 2nd, 2012
1:46 pm
While I agree with the attitude expressed by SS & others of ignoring “Carnack”, I feel as though some of his rants just need a bit of critical analysis. In reading his 2 rants about the GT track man who had some success, and then fell on hard times, I find myself thinking about what a pitiful excuse “Carnack” is for a man & a human being. His 2 rants are full of facts about Mr. Taylor’s failures & innuendo about the bad character of the man and what a failure he is as a man. “Carnack” piles on the criticism with the mental equivalent of a Hitachi EX3500 Track Hoe (approx. assembled weight of 8-900,000#). But then he offers absolutely no hint of the fact that Mr. Taylor has pulled himself up by his boot straps and turned his life around. I would hazard a guess that his teammates voted on him as their captain, partially in respect and recognition of that fact. GOOD for him!! BAD for “Carnack”!! What a PITIFUL excuse of a human being!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
1:50 pm
@ 1 4 GT…….AMEN, brother !!!!
Still, after all the garbage gollum has posted on these blogs the past several months, I repeat, he is NOT WORTH OUR TIME. The more we respond to his rants, no matter how much they might deserve responses, the more he will post. One can only hope that sooner or later, if we TOTALLY ignore him, he will just give up and go away. It is much more gratifying to an ego (anybody’s ego) to be responded to, no matter in what manner, than to be totally ignored. DON’T FEED HIS EGO !!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
2:23 pm
Watching US – England Water Polo match. US player from Chattanooga was just described as a “little guy.” He is 6′7″ 230 lbs. THAT’S LITTLE??? OMG, I guess I am really a shrimp then. LOL
Al Bundy
August 2nd, 2012
2:28 pm
I think I have WnE figured out.
He always wanted to be an athlete, but he was never good enough to make the team. When he was a child he was always picked last for everything. He was a late bloomer, late entering puberty, weak and fragile. In Gym class they bigger boys picked on him, bullied him, gave him wedgies and made fun of him. He never had a girlfriend or went to his high school prom because the girls thought he was a looser. And to make matters worse he spent his entire life dreaming of going to The Georgia Institute of Technology. He worked very hard in high school to make good grades and he was sure they would say “yes” to his application. But as with everything in his life he wasn’t good enough and got rejected again. And now he sits alone in the basement of his parent’s house, in desperate need of a bath, unshaven, wearing a dirty T-shirt with stains on it from last night’s pizza. He is a bitter man, alone and wasting his life away posting garbage on Georgia Tech blogs.
Sven Ottke
August 2nd, 2012
2:43 pm
Supersize, the announcer was being sarcastic.
WnE, you are a douchebag of epic proportions. Amazing that you would have the contempt to come on here and post those 2 stories. You are a miserable, little person.
5150 UOAD
August 2nd, 2012
2:49 pm
Jeff Greene
Reporting for camp today with my boys..18 straight days of constant grind to get us closer to our goals and that ACC Championship come December! The road to greatness begins to today GT fam and fans
1 4 GT
August 2nd, 2012
3:09 pm
“Carnack” will never go away. If no one so much as acknowledged his rants, he would not go away until he died. He is a manic depressive, a n a l retentive, schizophrenic, delusional p u n k. Sorry to say, IMHO, he will never go away. Unless he dies.
WnE
August 2nd, 2012
3:15 pm
re:
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
11:39 am
The sad thing in this case is that in trashing Angelo Taylor, if that’s what he did, he is not only trashing Tech, he is also trashing the US Olympics Men’s Track Team, He’s apparently even anti-American
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No one is trashing Taylor, HE DID IT!
But many GT fans (not me) have said that Penn St. deserved the death penalty, but had Taylor met his 15-YEAR OLD VICTIMS at a GT “Track Camp”, then those same GT fans screaming for the death penalty for Penn St. FB would never scream for the death penalty for GT track.
Being a predator towards CHILDREN is the same thing to me, even if you do get a “sweetheart deal” from the DeKalb DA.
If a former Athlete from one of our opponents, Miami, Clemson, F$U, UNC, UGA, etc. had the same thing happen to them and then one of their former Athletes had to work as an ELECTRICIAN after 4+ years of “elite academics” at their school, then GT fans like YOU would be screaming from the mountain tops about WHY Recruits s shold avoid going to those colleges.
But when it happens at GT…………..crickets………………..silence, every attempt is made to soften the blow or minimize the situation.
Serious question, is Taylor really that much different than you-know-who, should GT have to pay a $60-million fine to groups that help under-aged girls that are victims of PREDATORS like Taylor?
BTW, I didn’t bring up Taylor’s PAST until you brought him up first!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
3:19 pm
@ 1 4 GT……then so be it…..Let’s hope he dies, and soon
5150 UOAD
August 2nd, 2012
3:20 pm
Domonique Noble took a photo with Instagram.
This shaq view from his room.. its gonna be a long camp for him lol http://instagr.am/p/N1kYRks3rF/
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
3:25 pm
To those of you who were offended by my 3:19 post, I apologize; that is very much unlike me to say anything like that. As far as I am concerned, WnE, IS dead to me. I will no longer acknowledge anything that he posts, but to wish for his death was uncalled for, and again, I apologize.
GTVegas
August 2nd, 2012
3:33 pm
wNe – I really feel sorry for you. You need some help.
I have no idea what you have attemped to add to this blog. I just see your name and the length of you posts and ignore them completely. Maybe you are trying to compensate for some sort of deficiency in length for something personal with the long diatribes I see you post here. Maybe it’s the length of some physical part or perhaps it’s the lack of depth in other areas of..past relationships, maybe?
In any event, you should look within yourself and ask what the real purpose is for you to be here and try to contribute in the manner which you have chosen. If you fail to find adequate answers, you should seek real help.
I understand there is a school 90 miles east of Atlanta that turns out some decent therapists.
Al Bundy
August 2nd, 2012
3:44 pm
WnE, I don’t think anybody who makes post to this blog thinks what Taylor did is OK. I think everyone would agree that any crime against children deserves swift and painful justice. I don’t know anything about the case other than what you posted here. I don’t know if the guy has paid for his crime or if it’s pending or what. The point is, that you continue to post negative comments and trash any and everything about GT. I have never seen a post from you that could be considered positive in any way. Do you ever look on the good side of anything? Are you really that miserable or is this just a game to stir people up?
Not Disappointed!
August 2nd, 2012
3:51 pm
We alwas play Virginia Tech close! This is the year to win in Blacksburg! It was sweet the year Calvin Johnson has a field day up there! Let’s go Jackets!!
5150 UOAD
August 2nd, 2012
3:52 pm
Rape charged dropped against ex-Tech tennis coach……I told you so. STHU Mutts.
GT
August 2nd, 2012
4:21 pm
Johnson is a good thing for Tech and Atlanta. He may be more of an old ball coach than Spurrier but he makes a lot of sense. Seems so simple to find guys like this but most of them are so understated they go unnoticed. I wish his a ton of success so maybe normal people with talent they are not hyping will get a shot at being a head coach.
unajacket
August 2nd, 2012
4:56 pm
Win the turnover battle & all will be well!
BLT
August 2nd, 2012
5:20 pm
“BTW, I didn’t bring up Taylor’s PAST until you brought him up first!”
But you sure jumped all over it!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
5:51 pm
@ BLT……I assume he was referring to my having mentioned that Angelo Taylor was elected BY HIS TEAMMATES to be captain of the US Olympics Track Team. I didn’t read his post, but I have heard that he slammed Taylor. So if I bring up Isaiah Crowell FIRST, do you think he will tell us about him too?
BLT
August 2nd, 2012
6:26 pm
I don’t care Super. I’m following your advice as best I can.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
6:55 pm
@ BLT……good man !!!!
1 4 GT
August 2nd, 2012
7:44 pm
SS–No one was offended by your post hoping “Carnack” dies sooner rather than later. Except maybe “Carnack” himself.
A. Bishop
August 2nd, 2012
8:47 pm
Usually before a season I try to learn as much as I can about GT to get an idea about what kind of season they will have and who will win the annual rivalry game. However, I haven’t been able to get a good read on GT this year.
ole yeller
August 2nd, 2012
9:06 pm
Just an observation, but does it seem that WnE’s bashing of P.J. sounds a lot like “M” a couple of years ago with Gaily. “M” disappeared about the same time as WnE showed up. Just saying, a lot of the same negative stuff.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 2nd, 2012
10:09 pm
But “M” was often funny, plus he liked CPJ, at least that first year. WnE is NEVER funny, and he HATES CPJ
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