Paul Johnson Q&A (mostly A)
Following Wednesday’s morning practice, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson spoke at longer length than the standard post-practice media session, mixing news and opinion. A recap:
1. Scout-team work for Virginia Tech could start Thursday.
2. Punter Sean Poole and kicker David Scully continue to lead at their respective positions. (I first phrased the question, “Are the punters and kickers still the same?” to which Johnson replied, “Yeah. They’re still kickers and punters.”)
3. He had no update on offensive tackle Morgan Bailey’s condition. Bailey suffered a concussion late last week. “It’s strictly medical,” Johnson said. “He’ll come back when the medical staff tells us he’s ready.”
One development from Bailey and tackle Ray Beno being out is that players like Bryan Chamberlain are receiving extra repetitions at tackle. Nick McRae, Chase Roberts and Trey Braun have also been out there, offensive line coach Mike Sewak said in a previous post.
Said Johnson of Chamberlain, “I think he’s going to be good.”
4. Johnson didn’t have a preference for freshman punter Ryan Rodwell to redshirt this season, which would create another year’s separation between he and Poole, who is a junior.
“If he’s better, he’ll punt,” he said. “If he’s not, he won’t.”
5. A question about defensive end Francis Kallon touched a favorite topic of Johnson’s – the interest of fans (and media) in how soon freshmen will play.
“He’s got a great attitude. He works hard. This is his second year of football. Everybody wants to see these guys play right away. I get a kick out of it. It’s like somebody asking me about Vad Lee. Vad Lee’s a freshman, so let’s give up on him and move onto the next guy because he isn’t playing. Does anybody remember a guy named Joe Hamilton? I do, because I came down here in ’96 (as a first-year offensive coordinator at Navy) when Joe Hamilton was a sophomore (actually, a freshman) and we beat their pants off at Navy (a 36-26 win). He threw an interception for touchdowns and he went on to become a pretty good quarterback when he was a junior and senior, didn’t he? Maybe the best one ever here?”
(Hamilton was 11-for-23 for 211 yards and threw two fourth-quarter interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.)
6. More on Kallon:
“He’s green. He’s learning how to play the game, but he’s every bit as ahteltic as we thought. He’s big, can run but he’s also playing against bigger, stronger, faster guys than in high school, so you can’t get by on just being able to be big and run.”
7. Synjyn Days played the whole Wednesday morning practice at A-back. At this point, gaining comfort at that position is more important than getting reps at quarterback, he said, since Days already knows that position. But Days’ performance at A-back has left him encouraged.
“It’s just knowing steps and angles, and stuff like that, you only gain by playing,” Johnson said.
8. Backup nose tackle Shawn Green has “had a really good camp. I’ve been really pleased with Shawn. He’s done some good things.”
9. After another question about Days, Johnson was asked if B-back Charles Perkins, who was dropped behind Zach Laskey to No. 3 on the depth chart this week, was a consideration to move to A-back:
“We’ve talked about it at times but there again, (he’s) a sophomore and he’s hurt right now. He’s not out there. It’s like I said: When you do the depth (chart), just because you set it, doesn’t mean it’s set in stone. He may come out and have a better week than the other guy and move back in front of him. So I know everybody’s anxious to play and ready to get started and ready to get news, but every little thing’s not end-all, be-all. A lot’s going to happen between now and the time we play on Monday night.”
10. Johnson said it doesn’t matter to him if, among the receivers, the heavy majority of passes go to one player (like Stephen Hill or Demaryius Thomas) or if it’s a more even split. Story about receivers here.
“If you have a guy that’s a big-play guy, you’re going to try to get them the ball more,” he said. “It could be more (even) distribution. The A-backs could be more involved. It just depends.”
11. On nose tackle T.J. Barnes: “I think he’s done O.K. His stamina seems to be better. Again, we’ll see once we start playing. You’ve got to play yourself into shape. That’s what camp’s about. You can bust your tail in the summer, and you have to, but it’s a different kind of shape when you start playing.”
Thanks for reading.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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George Stein
August 16th, 2012
11:18 am
This made me laugh. Kelly Quinlan said on Twitter that Johnson was feeling a bit more chatty yesterday.
The only thing he said that I might take issue with is on the receivers. There is definite value in having a true #1 guy because he can dictate coverage and make it more predictable. If they have to double someone, then that means you almost always will see man to man on the other guys or a pretty easy zone. If everyone is equal (and you don’t have three Calvin Johnsons) it means the defense can mix up the coverage a little easier without feeling like they are taking a huge risk.
Jack It
August 16th, 2012
11:22 am
Hope to see Snoddy at B back. He has the wheels to roll downfield, provided holes open up with proper blocking!…
Golden White
August 16th, 2012
11:24 am
Nice write up. Another day closer.
Go Tech!
UOAD
GTKurt80
August 16th, 2012
11:29 am
Ken, what about Jabari Hunt Days, he will play against VT, maybe start. How is he progressing? I’m excited about his potential.
old tech grad
August 16th, 2012
11:30 am
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old tech grad
August 16th, 2012
11:30 am
Agin a good report Ken. Thanks.
ignition
August 16th, 2012
11:32 am
I would hope to hear something a little more positive about TJ ….
1 4 GT
August 16th, 2012
11:39 am
The more I read on CPJ, the more I like him. Like me, he seems not to say much most of the time. But will open up on occasion. Dry sarcastic humor. “Yeah, they’re still kickers & punters”. Love it.
1 4 GT
August 16th, 2012
11:41 am
You have to read between the lines with most all coaches. They don’t brag too much about their players. Doesn;t want their heads to swell up.
HighTech
August 16th, 2012
11:59 am
Good news about Shawn Green if TJ needs to leave the field for any reason.
juvenal
August 16th, 2012
12:04 pm
the #1 reason i come here is to enjoy your outstanding work…
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August 16th, 2012
12:13 pm
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Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
12:31 pm
Kallon needs to R-shirt—he’s got the raw talent, better to groom him a year and have him a rotation starter next year. It will be interesting to see if opposing D’s key on O. Smith if he’s going to be a feature back. They’ll assume the Option will call his number. It seems Days is going to get play time at A-back. Several people have stated he should move to safety which is a bad move. Yes, he can play there, but he wouldn’t start there. Besides, his greater contribution is on the O-side. A good ball carrier is a higher/more difficult skill set than a DB. Plus, Days is still the #2 QB. If TW went down in the first series against VPI, CPJ would put in Days over Vad just because of experience. Maybe later in the year when Vad gets some play time will he settle in the #2 slot.
Ken: Is there a cutoff date when you have to declare a person to Redshirt? Is it sometime in the last week of August? Once again, we are so glad to have you as our GT reporter. You do a great job!
Gorilla Biscuit
August 16th, 2012
12:46 pm
(I first phrased the question, “Are the punters and kickers still the same?” to which Johnson replied, “Yeah. They’re still kickers and punters.”)
Captain Obvious, Coach Fishfry. At least he didn’t ask you if you were that stupid or threaten to punch you. Guess you guys will be stuck with TW at QB again this year.
Hayseed Dixie
August 16th, 2012
12:50 pm
@George Stein
That’s a good point. From a game-plan perspective, yeah, the #1 guy can help make the defense at least a bit more predictable.
But, at some point isn’t Tevin just gonna have to make a good read of the D and cross-reference that with what he knows about receiver X?
Seems like many times he threw to Stephen not necessarily because of a good read, but because they were hoping for some Nesbitt/BayBay-style pitch and catch.
Hayseed Dixie
August 16th, 2012
12:55 pm
Oh, and a couple of other things about this article made me smile. Joe Hamilton, passes to A-backs.
To paraphrase Cal Naughton, Jr.: those are two pretty good things.
JM
August 16th, 2012
12:55 pm
good report. I am glad Coach Johnson spent extra time answering questions.
There’s a big number of players out on the field working hard to get playing time. I am glad he was able to talk about so many of them.
Enus Stokesberry
August 16th, 2012
12:57 pm
If i was CPJ i would be at every GISA football game i could get to. most run the exact same offense. it would be like a minor league system
Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
1:02 pm
Our WRs are unknown and it will be mano-a-mano with the corners. Opposing Ds will have the safeties in run support and make TW and the new WRs beat them thru the air. Considering we pass complete 55% in passes this year. That hasn’t happened in a long time.
Ken Sugiura
August 16th, 2012
1:05 pm
GTKurt80 – Al Groh described Jabari as a “work in progress.” I’ll get it up tomorrow, probably. I’m not sure quite what to read into that, but I think it means he’s playing like a redshirt freshman who’s never been in a game before. and i do think he’ll start next to Quayshawn Nealy.
Johnson’s comment of Barnes is not any sort of indictment. it is reading tea leaves a little bit, particularly if you’re reading it and not hearing it, but in general there’s been good reports on him.
Yeller Bug – you don’t have to declare a redshirt at any point. you could keep a guy on the bench all year and play him in the bowl game if you wanted.
Gorilla Biscuit – not sure if i’m not understanding you, but it wasn’t that he didn’t understand the question. it was a poorly phrased question, and he made light of it.
1 4GT – He has a pretty good sense of humor. it’s just not always on display.
Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
1:08 pm
That was weird—the above should have read: Considering we pass less than 50% that’s a good bet for the D. If the corners play 10 yds off the WR, then we throw the quick out until they tighten up and then we can go long. If the safeties commit to run support we streak an A back down the middle off play action. The plays are there, it’s all about the execution. Tech needs to complete greater than 55% of our passes…
I guess if you put in greater or less than signs, it deletes what you write in between.
BigTimeTECHFan
August 16th, 2012
1:09 pm
Ken: Is there a cutoff date when you have to declare a person to Redshirt?
If at the end of the season the player does not play or only plays a few minutes before getting injured he can be reshirted.
Coach may not play a player to save his red-shirt status but there is no official red-shirt till after the season and play meets the requirement to red-shirt.
He could say he’s redshirting a player, say J Thomas, but if TW,V Lee, S Days all get hurt Thomas could still play Thomas
Highly Respected Southern Troll
August 16th, 2012
1:17 pm
Talking about dull. All interviews or post-games with Paul Johnson are about the same. Well, um, I don’t know, it’s a little of both, it’s a good thing when guys compete, etc. ad nauseum. Still, a great coach when he was here.
BigTimeTECHFan
August 16th, 2012
1:17 pm
Oh and nice interview Ken.
My guess is Kallon and Gotsis end up getting red-shirt, Gamble gets some playing time
Would like to see this back field:
AB – O Smith / Snoddy and S Days with some time
AB – T Zenon / Bostic rotation
BB – Perkins (healthy) Sims if Perkins is not
QB V Lee as primary and S Days playing Tebow role like Fla used when he was Frosh
GTVegas
August 16th, 2012
1:20 pm
MonkeyBreag – Its called a sense of humor, either you like it or you don’t and I really don’t care whether you do or don’t. I personally find it funny.
I really enjoy most of the interviews with CPJ and like his sense of humor. Is it me or does he seem more optimistic this season or is he just getting more comfortable with his team and where it’s at? I would venture to say it’s a bit o both.
GTVegas
August 16th, 2012
1:21 pm
Should have said “MonkeyBread”. I had a drill bit snap and go through my left index fingr so my tying is bit suspect.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
1:38 pm
BYE BYE CPJ! UGA is going to beat the hell out GT this year.
Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
1:43 pm
Ouch Vegas! I hope that wasn’t your primary slot machine hand.
juvenal
August 16th, 2012
1:57 pm
Lord, 6 months & that is the best he could do? Super, the main reason for the code of silence is not because they are irritating, but because they are BORING!
juvenal
August 16th, 2012
1:58 pm
use dewalts, myself…
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
2:09 pm
@ juvenal……yeah, boring, generally stupid, and definitely irritating
Only 17 days till the return of 5150 UOAD
GO JACKETS !!!
U O A D !!!
GTVegas
August 16th, 2012
2:13 pm
It was a DeWalt cordless drill and bit. Little droplets of blood all over the wall behind my workbench. The bit snapped and the jagged, spinning end still in the drill went straight into the end of my finger midway bewtween the end and the first joint.
juvenal
August 16th, 2012
2:17 pm
ouchie! not strong enuf to break one myself, i guess…maybe you have been exposed to tooo many gorilla cookies…Super, the skeeters at the ouet banks last month were more irritating than any blawger…
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
2:38 pm
Ken, if you’re reading this, why is my last post on the ice-cream truck blog awaiting moderation? I didn’t say anything improper in it
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
2:39 pm
@ juvenal……try the tse-tse flies in Zambia sometime. LOL
just the truth
August 16th, 2012
3:14 pm
BigTimeTechFan, you are exactly right about the redshirt but don’t get confussed with a medical redshirt for which there is a time frame.
DS CE '91
August 16th, 2012
3:14 pm
Given that the A-back often (but not always) receives pitches from the QB on runs, does anyone else have a concern about Days being in that position? while I think it might be a bit overblown at this point, there is no doubt that he has put the ball on the ground some.
Also have heard nothing about his pass-catching ability. I wonder if he is still playing catchup with the playbook at this point, does that mean that potential wrinkles like passes to the A-Back are not possible when he’s on the field?
I’ve got a few trepidations, but still looking forward to 9/3. GO JACKETS!!!
DS CE '91
August 16th, 2012
3:15 pm
Oh, and AWESOME job, Ken. Really enjoying the write-ups…..
GO JACKETS!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
3:15 pm
@ DS CE ‘91……I think Days’ problem is making the handoff from the QB position. Hopefully, he can take a pitch without fumbling it.
Ken Sugiura
August 16th, 2012
3:16 pm
supersize – i just approved it. it had two links in it, which will get a post marked as spam (because a lot of spam posts have multiple links in them)
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
3:19 pm
@ Ken……OK. I didn’t realize that. I won’t do that in the future. Thanks for resolving it and thanks too for letting me know.
DS CE '91
August 16th, 2012
3:23 pm
@SS…… Hope you are right. Also hope Days can catch, AND I hope that TW can get him (or whomever is playing the A-Back) the ball in the air. Lots of “hopes” right now, as it should be.
GO JACKETS!!!
Tech Guy
August 16th, 2012
3:23 pm
Tech needs to complete 65% of the passes to keep the defenses honest. If that can be accomplished, the option will be unstopable.
Ken Sugiura
August 16th, 2012
3:26 pm
DS CE ‘91 – i think that’s a legitimate concern and I don’t have an answer for you about his pass catching. i’m speculating, but i imagine if/when days gets in, they’d have to be pretty basic in what they do. he obviously knows the plays and the responsibilities, being a quarterback, but i’d think actually running them well is another matter.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
3:42 pm
@Ken
Do you feel like CPJ has done enough at Georgia Tech to keep his job if he loses to UGA this year?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
3:43 pm
@ GT1990……Ken is a reporter. He is not paid to make GUESSES.
Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
3:44 pm
I think we’ll see an A-back option pass this year. Days has worked on passing while running/moving this summer. It’s not really a one trick pony that you do once a year either—it’s a variant of the triple option–fake dive to freeze LBs, quick pitch to A-back (Days) and he can throw quick out to WR or maybe long to the other A-back who ran past the safety thinking run or throwback to TW or simply run with it. Where’s a napkin so I can draw this up for CPJ. : )
DS CE '91
August 16th, 2012
3:45 pm
Thanks for the reply, Ken. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see….. and HOPE (the “warm blanket on a cold night” for all college football fans at this time of year).
GO JACKETS!!!
DS CE '91
August 16th, 2012
3:48 pm
@ YB….. I agree that option pass does seem like a “no brainer” wrinkle when Days is in the game. The problem, of course, is the speed at which the play develops, and whether the OL can provide the time for Days to make the read and pass while on the move. I haven’t watched Days take many snaps at the QB position… is throwing on the run a skill set he has demonstrated?
just the truth
August 16th, 2012
3:49 pm
Yeller Bug, Tech used an Aback pass last year
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
3:53 pm
Yes, we did use it last year, but we didn’t have a “former QB” at A-back like we may have this year.
GTfan 2012
August 16th, 2012
4:00 pm
Just the truth and Super,
I think it was a WR pass, not an A-back pass last year. Just going off memory, though, so could be wrong.
Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
4:00 pm
DS CE & JTT: Ken had a report that Days had a tutor and worked on passing in rollout situations—how well he performed—don’t know. For JTT was that an A-back pass in the UGA game or a reverse to Melton the WR who threw a moon ball to the A-back vice the wide open Hill along the sideline? Maybe there was another play too. Heck, why not run the option pass once or twice a game. Gives the D more wrinkles to think about.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
4:07 pm
@ Yeller Bug…..I think if you run it too many times, the other team sets up a little more for it. I like the element of surprise. It’s sort of like the reverse. The times it works is when it is totally unexpected. Other times, it’s a little more obvious that it might be coming, and it falls flat.
GTKurt80
August 16th, 2012
4:08 pm
Ken, thaks again, will look forward to seeing notes on Jabari Hunt Days. He will be the only starter on both sides out there with no PT, at least the wide receivers have seen the game on the field. I suspect he will be used to key on Thomas and leave Nealy to handle pass protection short and over the middle, also backs that get past the los. J Days’ size, speed and power hopefully will be a big problem for Thomas all day. Maybe we can nickname him the “Hunter” after the game. If Hunter can’t get to Thomas, Sneezy will be sure that Thomas better not forget about him. We have to get as much pressure on Thomas as possible, he’s the only one on their O that’s a real danger, everyone else is new.
Big Crimson 75
August 16th, 2012
4:29 pm
Paul Johnson needs to beat the dwags this year!!
Mock 1
August 16th, 2012
4:33 pm
Sounds to me like using pj’s example, he should start playing vad this season so he can learn the system now. Else next year will be a dud and it we will only get one good season his senior year. But yeah, let’s keep with tw. He’s done so well against vt miami and uga 2010-2011. 0-6 is great!!
Mock 1
August 16th, 2012
4:34 pm
Hey super maybe you missed this. I found it for you. You certainly need it.
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/football-players-roles-in-team-offense-and-defense.html
Mock 1
August 16th, 2012
4:36 pm
Can anyone tell me what was TW’s record against common opppents from 2010 to the 2011 season? TIA!!!
Mock 1
August 16th, 2012
4:38 pm
Oh wait I know that answer! He was 2-6! Now that’s a great record.
powerful duke 2-0
vt miami and uga 0-6. And of course 0-2 against the state of utah in bowl games. Terrific! We really have something to look forward to for 2012!! Especially with VT right off the bat!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
4:56 pm
I agree with Mock1. It is really tough sometimes being a GT fan. Johsnon is a avergae coach. He has a really big ego for no reason.
Big Ol Stinger
August 16th, 2012
5:14 pm
Die troll.
GT1986
August 16th, 2012
5:16 pm
@Mock1, you got some information wrong on Tevin. 1) did not start against VT in 2010, came in 2nd half after Nesbit broke his arm, had us tied until ST (KO unit) gave up a 97 yard KO return, he drove us down field an thru interception on one last plays of game. 2) Air Force is not from the State of Utah, in Colorado Springs, CO (my brother is a F-16 Pilot who graduated from there) 3) ST (Punt return )fumbled 2 twice against AF in Bowl game that killed us, he had a decent game. 4) ST (missed extra point) against UGA in 2010 hurt us more than anything. 5) ST (Laskey) drops a punt on 5 yard line that led to a score. In three of my examples, ST killed us, not our QB. Last time I checked there were 3 phases to the game, offense, defense and special teams. Defense and special teams have been our problem not the offense. To say Tevin is 0-6 against these three is factually wrong, because the team lost the games not Tevin. Give it a rest, if you don’t want to support our team don’t, I support my team win or lose. FYI, Tevin was All-State Class 6-A in Alabama his senior year. Additionally, I would gladly take Coach Johnson over any of the coaches I have seen in the last 31 years ( I enrolled in Curry’s second year). We have won more and have had a much more exciting offense than at anytime. If our defense could make some stops and special teams don’t screw up, we should be fine. GO Jackets!!!! THWG!!!
George Stein
August 16th, 2012
5:29 pm
Complete the thought, GT1990, and suggest a replacement and explain why he would be better than Johnson.
Wrecker
August 16th, 2012
5:30 pm
Wow! Thanks, GT1986. Good stuff!
BLT
August 16th, 2012
5:36 pm
My “opinion” is that GT 1990 has dog pooh on his shoe.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
5:43 pm
@ GT 1986 —– excellent FACT. But don’t waste your time on Mock 1. You’re up against a silly little child, and he doesn’t understand facts.
IGNORE THE TROLLS
U O A D !!!
Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
5:45 pm
I remember meeting with Coach Curry about a LB from my HS in NC who was interested in coming to Tech and had scholarship offers from UNC and NCSU. The first thing Coach Curry wanted to know was not how fast did he run the 40 or how much could he benchpress, he asked, “How’s his grades?”
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
5:49 pm
Words of wisdom just in from the U’ster
“Most of you have wives that tell you what to do and your kids make you look the fool. You can’t even make your kids do homework or stop playing Video games or get the hell out of the house and cut grass. Please don’t tell me about CPJ’s ego when you are PAN T wearing baby men that can’t be MEN to your Families or Wives. Your wives make you beg to feel like a MAN.”
GT Lee
August 16th, 2012
5:50 pm
U O A D !!!!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
5:51 pm
Someone explain to me how losing to UGA 3 years in a row is acceptable?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
5:51 pm
Also from the U’ster —
“A bunch of you A’s have EGOs too but you are not College Football Team coaches and most of you don’t have 85(scholarship players) people that report to you”
Only 17 more days till the return of 5150 UOAD
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
5:54 pm
I’m sure it wasn’t acceptable for Wally Butts to lose 8 times in a row to Tech, but UGA never fired him.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
5:54 pm
GT could easily be 1-3 in the first 4 games. “If” this happens then the pressure has to be turned on. I am basing this off the last two years. For gosh sakes he can’t win a bowl or beat UGA.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
5:56 pm
Answer my question people! Im such a troll and bla bla. You guys talk so much sh** but, when i ask a question about losing to UGA you write posts about being a troll.
Paul in NH
August 16th, 2012
5:57 pm
“0-2 against the state of utah in bowl games ”
Those boys in the Air Force need to check their GPS systems. They keep landing in CO
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
5:58 pm
LOL @ Paul
ToeMeetsLeather
August 16th, 2012
5:59 pm
“The A-Backs could be more involved”(in the passing game). Music to my ears.(Pink Floyd that is, not the Black Eyed Peas)
Good news about Green at NT. We may need him for ALOT of snaps.
“If he’s better he’ll punt. If he’s not, he won’t”. Gosh this guy would be easy to dislike if he were not our coach! But he is, and I like it.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
5:59 pm
@ GT1990…..it’s because you have proved many times that you ARE a troll. NEXT !!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:01 pm
Answer the question. What has CPJ done to keep his job if, GT goes sub five hundred with loses to UGA?
Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
6:02 pm
If GT goes 1-3 in the first four games, then that would be a concern. I think the probability of going 4-0 is greater than going 1-3….not drinking Kool Aid, just think we will have a good team.
GT Lee
August 16th, 2012
6:03 pm
bark bark woof woof ruff
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:05 pm
@yeller
Are you serious about beating VT,UVA, and UM? Maybe i am wrong about CPJ but, i don’t see this team doing great things. CPJ needs to step his recruting up if he wants to be at GT for years to come.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:09 pm
@GT LEE
Are you a season ticket holder? DO you have any background in sports?
ToeMeetsLeather
August 16th, 2012
6:11 pm
GT1990,
2-0 vs FSU and broke the streak against them
4-1 vs Clem & Clem’s Son with an ACCtitle win over them
broke the streak against THUGA and has had us in every game with them
dominated the Carolina teams
starts 2012 with his best team yet
next question
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:13 pm
GT might not make it to a bowl game this year!
BLT
August 16th, 2012
6:14 pm
GT1990, what is it with you?
What was Chan’s record against UGA? How many years was he around? What was his overall winning percentage?
Bill Curry actually beat UGA a couple times and what was his overall winning percentage?
How about Bobby Ross? He did bring a MNC to Tech?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:16 pm
@Toe
Lol man, those days are years behind us. He hasn’t beat UGA in three years and soon to be four. Have you seen our passing game since CPJ arrived????? For gods sake GT qbs have the worst mechanics in college football. Over the past two season, what has he done?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:16 pm
GT will be at least 9-3 this year
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:17 pm
Gailey should have been fired after he lost to UGA 51-7!!! I HAVE NEVER ONCE SAID GOOD THINGS ABOUT CHAN.
BLT
August 16th, 2012
6:17 pm
You sound like you are defending our worst troll while trying to unseat him. Good luck!
Tech is going to do well this year. I hope you come back with a mouth full of crow feathers.
Go Jackets!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:18 pm
You guys have been brain washed to believe GT can not compete with UGA in football.
BLT
August 16th, 2012
6:19 pm
I can say a nice thing about Chan. He beat Auburn twice when everyone thought we would lose.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:19 pm
We DO compete very well with UGA in football. Even under Chan, every game since 2003 has been competitive, and most could have gone either way at the end
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:20 pm
@BLT
If GT finshes the season 6-6 with a bowl lost. What will your view of CPJ be then ?
fuzzybee78
August 16th, 2012
6:20 pm
Agree GT1986–
Offense–
1) not much disagreement that the offensive line is better (part of the problem passing the ball)
2) probably TW has improved as a passer, not sure how much–hard work pays off
3) this is the big ? IF we have receiver or (s) and A backs who can catch a pass–
= the offense will be better than 2011.
Defense–
Looks like an upgrade from all accounts–
ST–ditto
If we Cook the Turkey — tis the season to be Jolly!
BLT
August 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
1990, you have not watched the games then. We have lost but many could have gone our way.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
Is being competitive good enough? NO, nobody wants “moral victories,” but that’s not reason enough to fire a good coach, and despite what you think, CPJ IS a good coach
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:22 pm
I won’t have to worry about what to do if we go 6-6, because there is no way in hell we only win 6 games
just the truth
August 16th, 2012
6:23 pm
A couple of things here. Tech used the A Back pass and I think it was Roddy who threw it although David Sims was in at B Back and he used to be a QB. It didn’t turn out well (UGA game). Maybe this year if they do use Days at A Back, it will work out better
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:23 pm
A little word in your sentence “BUT”.
BLT
August 16th, 2012
6:23 pm
First, we won’t finish 6-6.
Second, given the fact we won’t finish 6-6 the rest of your opinion is pointless. I’m done with you.
UOAD!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:24 pm
Sports Illustrated ranks Tech #20 in their pre-season rankings. Do you think you know more that Sports Illustrated?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:25 pm
@super
He might be a good coach but, all of his sucess was with a 2007 class that was high ranked. I believe that CPJ can have good season like 08 and 09 but, recruting has to get better. Im not sure he is a good recruiter.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:25 pm
sorry…..more THAN Sports Illustrated
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:26 pm
GT will lose to VT,UVA,UM,Clem,BYU,and UGA. I could be wrong about that but, there is a good chance we do.
BLT
August 16th, 2012
6:27 pm
Here’s another “little word” for you “butt”. Now go sniff one you lazy mutt. It gets so you can almost smell them.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:28 pm
You are obviously basing your assessment of CPJ’s recruiting on the number of stars his recruits have. I think everybody knows how meaningless that usually is. Johnson’s first recruiting class are now either seniors or redshirt juniors; the other, better recruiting classes are now coming into their own. We will see this year just how good his recruiting has been. And next year looks even better.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:28 pm
Haha you need help dude!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:29 pm
@super
Really, stars don’t mean anything? Tell that to Bama !
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:29 pm
“I could be wrong about”
HAHAHAHAHA. You ARE wrong !!!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:30 pm
Time will tell right? I hope i am wrong by all means!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:31 pm
Bama’s players are not good because they had a lot of stars coming out of high school. They are good because they lived up to those stars. Look at all the stars by UGA’s recruits, and they virtually NEVER live up to those stars.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:32 pm
UGA has beat GT year after year! Are you sure the stars don’t mean anything?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:32 pm
What does CPJ have to do before you feel like he should be replaced?
fuzzybee78
August 16th, 2012
6:33 pm
No way do I want to see CPJ leave–
The 2013 class is a step up in recruiting by all reviewers. Next year will be better still and then PJ will have a massive line with either Vad or JT at the controls.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:33 pm
And the wins over Tech have been the only feather in their cap. Who else have they beat?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:34 pm
I haven’t even thought about what he might have to do in order for him to be replaced, because to date, he hasn’t done anything to merit being fired. He has my unqualified 100% support.
HighTech
August 16th, 2012
6:35 pm
UOAD!!!!!!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:35 pm
I give up trying to show you that CPJ is slowly falling. 14-12 the oast two season. ENOUGH SAID!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:36 pm
past*
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:36 pm
Is he perfect? NO!!! But name me one coach in America who is.
BTW, earlier you made a rather stupid remark about his ego. I would venture to say, based on your comments, that you have a helluva lot bigger ego than he has.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:37 pm
I guess you don’t mind watching GT get their a** kicked by UGA every year. Why do you think GT has problems selling out games ? Maybe because 75% of the state is UGA fans! Want to know why that is?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:37 pm
What happened the past two seasons say nothing about 2012 or beyond. He has taken steps to correct the obvious problems. What more can ANY coach do?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:40 pm
He walks with his head held high for no dam* reason! Please watch our passing game this year. How can a coach that gets paid millions of dollars recruit kids like TW? Even with JN his mechanics were so pore! If you want to win championships you need to be balanced. POINT BLANK!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:40 pm
Well, I can tell you one reason why UGA is so popular in the state…..at least in Augusta. Because the only times the media give any kind of report on Tech is when we play Clemson and when we play UGA. Meanwhile they have something every day about UGA, Clemson, and USC. And it’s ALWAYS been that way. The Augusta papers did their best to ignore Tech even in the 50s. That’s because most of the people in the media graduated from UGA.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:41 pm
Sorry, bubba, but you’re wasting my time. I’m outta here
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:42 pm
Why wouldn’t he walk with his head held high? Would you like it better if he walked around looking at his feet in defeat? Get a clue, bubba.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:42 pm
@super
It’s great that you have great confidence in his ability but, i don’t! Until he develops a QB that is 50x better than TW he will not bring GT back into the national picture.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:43 pm
Agusta is just a small fraction of people in GA
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:44 pm
What happens in Augusta is typical of what happens all over the state. The fact is that Tech gets virtually no coverage in its own state. Even the AJC, the home-town paper for Tech (supposedly) gives UGA more coverage than Tech
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
6:45 pm
Oh no the sky is falling, whatever shall we do????????????????????????
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
6:45 pm
UOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:46 pm
Maybe if GT started beating UGA we would get more coverage! Ever thought of that??
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:46 pm
EXACTLY, OJF
GT Lee
August 16th, 2012
6:46 pm
BLT and you marveled that we got POed last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
Tech beat UGA 8 years in a row in the 50s, and still didn’t get balanced coverage.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
@super
If GT has another season like 2010 or the second part of the 2011 season. How will you feel about CPJ and his staff?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:48 pm
To be honest, if you really consider yourself to be a Tech fan, then I wish you would find another school to support. NO SCHOOL ANYWHERE needs fans like you.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:48 pm
That’s not going to happen, so I’m not worried about it
Big Ol Stinger
August 16th, 2012
6:49 pm
I felt bad for stepping in it last night, but you guys are knee deep tonight.
UOAD!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:49 pm
If your old enough to remember that from 1950 then, your to old and blind to see what going in the football world today!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
6:50 pm
Stinger, you are right, and I’m getting out of it now. I’m going to eat dinner. Talk to you guys later
U O A D !!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:50 pm
I LOVE GT but I HATE CPJ! Sorry that i don’t support this coach? When Chan was losing at GT was you supporting him??
Yeller Bug
August 16th, 2012
6:51 pm
I think the above debate will be resolved by 9/22. 4-0, 1-3, 2-2. let’s play the games and see……..Go Jackets!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:51 pm
Answer that last question big guy? Did you love and support chan when he was getting his a** kicked.Did you pick another team to cheer for?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:52 pm
@yeller
I will be willing to bet anyone of this blog that GT will not be 4-0. Does anyone want to make a bet?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:53 pm
I am willing**
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
6:56 pm
As far as CPJ goes until and unless the program does not improve each year (which BTW doesn’t always mean a better records than the year before) I see no reason to even speculate about replacing him. O’leary had worn out his welcome with the fan base and the players. You want to talk about arrogant? You can’t without speaking about George O’Leary, and fact point, I was a huge O’Leary fan!
For all of you football gurus out there, tell all of us poor deluded out of touch fans, who would you hire to replace him that is (1) available and (2) capable of winning bigger/better than CPJ? As I sit here now I’d be hard pressed to think of someone who I would be supportive of to come in right now and take over.
I’m sure you football gurus and self appointed experts can answer a simple question…………..can’t you? Please enlighten us so we shall be free of the darkness……………… PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
6:58 pm
What do you mean available? Just because a coach is at another school doesn’t make him unavailabe. I would interview the “Goose”.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
7:07 pm
I’ve said it before, give Goose 3-5 yearsat NE and I think he’s make a great replacement. The guy that I’ve heard a lot of ide chatter about is the one and only James Franklin. He’s kicking butt in recruiting but the jury is still out on game day. He’s very impressive in person and I can u nderstand why he’s closing the deal on a lot a recruits. Of course, it doesn’t hurt him that UT is down and Nashvile is Nashville. Vandy is a damn good school and has one advantage over Tech academically and that is the majors available for their student athletes. I am not claiming any mental superiority at Tech simply a much narrower focus of majors.
I am going to sit back over the next couple of years and watch this team grow. If it progresses as I think it will there will no chatter to replave CPJ any time soon.
Ignition
August 16th, 2012
7:07 pm
I want CPJ to open up the passing game and start better utilizing the weapons he has at his disposal on the perimeter.
Also CPJ is 8-4, 9-3, 6-6, 8-4
1 down year out of 4 and that’s with a poor defense, rebuilding the team to his style, and losing a qb mid year.. The guy is a good coach
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
7:11 pm
And as to “available”? You gotta have 2 to dance and there are such things as compensation to take into consideration. Would Coach Saban leave AL for say $12MM/year? I think he would not be available at most any price at Tech for a number of reasons. There are some hot assistants I suppose but it a whole ‘nother ballgame to go from an asst to the head guy.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
7:18 pm
Time will tell right? I don’t understand how some of you don’t have concern of what’s going on at GT? Last year CPJ only beat one quality opponent in the past two years(clemson).
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
7:19 pm
I think is we have another down season this year, he should be on the hot seat.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
7:19 pm
if*
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
7:27 pm
Instant gratification has never appealed to me. I believe that good things come from building a strong foundation from the start. The seniors on this year’s team are CPJ’s first group and I feel they have aquitted themselves well, Looking at the recruiting classes in each ot the suceeding years I see each class exceeding the class before it. The 2013 class is no exception. Yes, I would love to see more 4-5 players but does anyone think that would change under another coach? It never has in my lifetime. I have never been accused of wearing yellow tinted glasses, I see what is before me and form my opinions accordingly.
PJ
August 16th, 2012
7:31 pm
paul johnson and his yellow wearing panty team is done. pj is on his way out
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
7:31 pm
@Ol
How can someone give TW a scholly?? How is this guy still the Qb? These are the little things that i have deep concerns about his coaching. Also, hiring CAG was just dumb and stupid. I said that to my grandad(who graduated from GT)when he hired. I told him that CAG was washed up and he was not a good fit for GT.
BLT
August 16th, 2012
7:42 pm
Good Ol’ Petrino, right 1990?
Get a grip. We will know how good or bad Tech is on 9/3. Then we will see how the season plays out. You may have unseated that other dude. You two have much in common and none of it is good.
Pull for your team and I’ll pull for mine.
Go Jackets!
I’d give TW a scholarship and I’m happy he has already graduated. I believe that’s the main point of going to a school. Do you remember that part?
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
7:42 pm
Tevin Washington was 1st team all state as a HS senior. He threw for approximately 2100 yards and 18 TDS with appoximately 1100 yards rushing and 14 TDS in his Sr year. He was a 3 year starter at one of the better programs in AL. Did he develop into an all world QB? No but he’s been pretty damn serviceable in transition from Josh to Vad. Remember, CPJ had such a short recruiting window his first year.
As to CAG I think this is a very important year. The D has to take a major step forward or it may well be time to go in another direction. I’m not so much concerned with his age as maybe having lost the ability to communicate his knowledge as he would like.
BLT
August 16th, 2012
7:44 pm
*too
I was thinking about “two” peas in a pod.
BLT
August 16th, 2012
7:50 pm
got it right the first time…
Time to call it a night
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
7:51 pm
low and slow BLT
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
8:09 pm
LOL TW is garbage!
1 4 GT
August 16th, 2012
8:11 pm
Now that this diatribe has sorta slowed down, I’ll put in my $.02 worth. I thought y’all (as grads of GT) were smarter than this. Playing with dogs will only get you a mess of fleas. Barking back & forth like 2 dogs on opposite sides of the fence. Barkin’ just to bark!! Shame on y’all. Been kinda entertaining though.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
8:14 pm
@ 14GT
How many more loses to uga can you take before you are fed up with CPJ?
1 4 GT
August 16th, 2012
8:22 pm
LEAVE ME ALONE DWAG!!! NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR CHILDISH ARGUING AT ALL!!!!
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
8:42 pm
No young man who earns a scholarship and completes a degree progam is “garbage” PERIOD.
BigTimeTECHFan
August 16th, 2012
8:56 pm
Coach Johnson is doing a fine job.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:06 pm
His football skills are GARBAGE! If you think otherwise then visit the eye doctor for your own health.
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
9:08 pm
GT 1990. It’s darn right shame, without feelings or class to call a student athlete “garbage”. Were you raised without any morals? If you are a fan of college football, regardless of what school you support, you don’t expose yourself as a biased fool. If your son, if you are capable of having one were called out by trash as yourself, what would think? Shame on you.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:11 pm
Critics are apart of sports.How can you guys support someone who is medicore and is not the qb that GT needs?
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:13 pm
But that’s not what you typed nor what you meant. Tevin’s 2011 stats 1652 yards passing with 11 tds, 987 yards rushing with 14 yds. You’re right sport, garbage football skills. I thought you might actually have something to offer but I see you’re just another hater. Oh and BTW the Ol’JacketFan’s vision is 20/20 when it come to B.S.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:14 pm
Hats off to him for graduating. CHEERS!!!!! As far as him being a great qb at GT BOOOOOOOOOOOO. I wish he would have just left and went into the work field.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:14 pm
oh and 1990 spelling lessons might help you……………nah that’s so too much for the likes of you
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:16 pm
How can you support TW? It’s not rocket science to see that he is awful. He would be a very good qb in d2. He just don’t have the x-factor at the bcs level.
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
9:18 pm
1990, you have no credibility. Name calling and hatred bias is no place for a sensible discussion. Keep in mind these are student athletes who do not get paid. I respect opinions but when it becomes a personal attack on a kid who is trying their best, I take offense to it. I don’t care what school they are enrolled with. I would never call a kid “garbage”.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:19 pm
Your also the fan that sits in the stadium when UGA beats the sh** out of tech and says”Well there is always next year”. Shame on you!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:21 pm
CPJ should have told him not to come back. His job is on the line if he keeps losing to VT,Miami,and UGA.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:23 pm
It’s real easy sport, he’s earned CPJ’s trust running the offense and he is the QB for the team I root for. You know, actually being a fan. IF Vad’s or Synjyn’s or Justin’s play surpasses Tevin and CPJ names another starter I will root for and support his decision but I would never have the nerve to call a D1 scholarship player’s skill GARBAGE! BTW you might also take the time to study this offense and try to grasp the reads the QB has to make in an extremly tight time window
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:27 pm
CPJ is a idiot for keeping him. His chance is over. Do you know the definiton to “insanity”?
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
9:29 pm
1990, Yes I do its called GT1990.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:32 pm
I give up……..no class, no sense, no brains…………..only vitriol and hate…………..oh well no great loss to the blog……………BUT One more question sport. what makes you qualified to render an opinion on any ballplayer or coach? Please, sport, give a bit of your credentials to insult coaches and players alike!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:33 pm
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
This word describes PJ down to a T.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:36 pm
I base my credentials off facts! TW HASN’T DONE ENOUGH TO BE THE STARTER AT GT! Do i wish the young man well in life? yes, but he is not the answer for the CPJ option attack.
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
9:40 pm
Here’s a question. Were you ever a coach in any league? Did you ever play college football at any level? If not what makes you the know all of an option attack? Can you explain anything about a triple option?
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:41 pm
In other words, you’re completely a B.S. artist. Takea hike troll or as we so fondly say around here………………….UOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:45 pm
14-12 is all i can about the triple option.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
9:47 pm
I didn’t think it was possible for anybody on earth to be worse than WnE, but guys, I think we are seeing it in 1990, and I will no longer refer to him by the name he uses, because he is OBVIOUSLY not anybody I want representing my school, and for him to include the school name in his blog name is akin to blasphemy. He is the garbage that he thinks TW is, and not TW himself.
1990, you are a sorry excuse for a human being.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:47 pm
Do you honestly feel that CPJ will win a national championship at GT?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:48 pm
@super
Would you like to save this in person on sept.8?
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:49 pm
@ SS so true, his very handle is an insult to the young men who won the MNC. But he has no shame or self respect as he so aptly demonstates.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
9:50 pm
I’m sure that everybody in this blog would like to say that to you in person on September 8.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:50 pm
say*
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:51 pm
OH did I just see a threat from 1990? I’m sure Ken will love that in his blog.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:51 pm
We can set this up if you want? Just have to be a good sport and not call campus police or your wife that a 22 year old kid had hurt your feelings.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
9:51 pm
I’m sure that ole yeller, 5150 UOAD, GT Lee, BLT, GT1971, myself, and quite a few others would be more than happy to look you in the face and tell you that you are WORTHLESS SCUM
crackbaby
August 16th, 2012
9:52 pm
@GT1990 – Did you feel the same way about George Godsey before his Senior season?
TW is going to do great things this year – IF his O-line does its job well.
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
9:53 pm
I’m there with you Super.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:54 pm
Lets do it then big guy.I hope you enjoy a good adrenaline rush hahaha
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:55 pm
Hey guys why don’t we just let my son handle this punk
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
9:55 pm
22 years old? Damn. Where do you get off calling one of your own peers garbage. You have no class at all.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:55 pm
@super
You need all of you butt buddys to back you up? I hope your not scared to get booked into the fulton county jail.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:56 pm
PLEASE BRING YOU AND YOUR SON haha i hope you guys love adrenaline because i sure do
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
9:57 pm
1990, I don’t need anybody to back me up, because I’m not stupid enough to fight anybody. I will simply tell you to your face that you are the one who is garbage. And everybody else on here tonight would love to be there to tell you the same thing. And if UOAD shows up, you will be the one who is scared.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
9:58 pm
Sounds like a bit of roid rage on the little man. Gotta love folks who sit behind their PCs and tell you just how tough they are and make threats in writing!
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
9:58 pm
I doubt that a 22 year old snot nose kid could hurt my feelings. I have been through much more that your sorry behind can offer. You are worthless, 1990. Don’t make threats you cannot or will not honor.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
9:59 pm
You want get a word out of your mouth my friend. Im not here to threaten you but, i can tell you one thing i look forward to meeting you. I hope you have good eyes because you will not see my hands connect. I honestly suggest you be careful to commiting to this.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:01 pm
@ole yeller
Your old a** needs to sit back and keep your mouth closed.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:02 pm
won’t see your hands connect to what? Are you threatening violence, and think you are so fast that we won’t see it coming? I already told you I, nor anybody else, I am sure, are wanting any kind of violence.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:04 pm
1990, you don’t even have any idea how old any of us are.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
10:04 pm
My lord, I can’t believe the absolute b.s. that is going on here!!!!!!! Are we in middle school playgroud?
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
10:04 pm
1990 you are a punk. I suggest you stop the booze tonight and go to bed.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:05 pm
one would certainly think so, OJF
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:05 pm
Then be careful what you to say to people. I never once said a bad thing about you.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
10:06 pm
and Ken banned UOAD? LOL!!!!!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:07 pm
I think you have called every one of us one name or another…..”putz” is not a bad thing???
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:07 pm
I could care less how old you guys are. I can tell you that you should be careful what you to say to someone who is alot younger than you. Your not the young man you was 30 years ago. I don’t have a problem making you look like a jacka** for talking shi**.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
10:07 pm
B.S. all you’ve done is badmouth people and now you make threats. you’re not an innocent by any stretch of the imagination
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:08 pm
I was called all types of names from you guys. I never once said a bad thing towards any of you. Ya’ll started this mess saying i should die and etc.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:09 pm
you have been making a jacka** out of yourself and doing nothing but talking shi** for the past 2 weeks…..naybe longer
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:09 pm
maybe, not naybe
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
10:09 pm
yeah we get how much of a b.a. you are now run along and let the grownups talk. you know, sort of like you sitting at the kids table on the holidays?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:09 pm
Sorry that i pissed you guys off buy bashing CPJ and TW. Get over it pu55ies!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:10 pm
it wouldn’t surprise me if somebody said you should die, but I never said that
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:11 pm
I don’t think im a b.a. but i can tell you that i don’t let someone say u should die and etc and let them get away with it. If someone told you that in person every one of you would stand up for yourself.
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
10:11 pm
In any event I’m out of here, I’m sure Ken’s going to enjoy his afterhours review of this blog. Later fellow Jacket fans!
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
10:12 pm
I never heard of you before tonight, so someone else must have had some insight into your negativity and hatred. Get a grip pal.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:13 pm
LOL@ OJF…..have a good one
Ol'JacketFan
August 16th, 2012
10:13 pm
the difference between a man and a boy is that a man doesn’t have to prove a damn thing to anyone but his spouse and children.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:14 pm
And I would offer the same challenge to you……stand up in front of CPJ and TW and tell them they are garbage. It’s easy for you to hide behind a blog name and spout drivel like that. Are you man enough to tell them that to their faces?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:14 pm
I will continue to write on this blog regardless if you guys like it or not. Ken will look back at the messages and see that i never once said anything negtive “first” towards any of you.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:16 pm
You may not have said anything negative about any of us first, but you sure did about TW and CPJ. I ask you again, are you man enough to say that to their faces?
Not Disappointed!
August 16th, 2012
10:16 pm
I’m so ready for Jacket Football! Great read Ken!
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
10:17 pm
Crap. You were first to offer violence. Meet you where?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:18 pm
@super
I don’t care to argue with your old a** anymore. Put up or shut up old man!
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
10:19 pm
Another threat?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:20 pm
I think we already accepted your challenge. All of us will be there, because we already planned on meeting before the game anyway. The question is will YOU be there…..I look forward to seeing you eat crow after we beat VT.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:22 pm
I would honored to say that to both of them. This is a business not a game. I don’t want to pay my hard earned money to see GT get killed. If that happens i would tell CPJ,TW,and DRAD and whoever else that their performance was garbage!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:22 pm
@ ole yeller ….. he can talk the talk, but I guarantee you he can’t walk the walk. Just an ignorant punk; that’s all he is.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:23 pm
Time and place please sir!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:24 pm
Corner of Techwood and Bobby Dodd Way…..6:30PM
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:24 pm
@super i will happy to meet you this weekend. What more can i say to you for you to stand up to the challenge?
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:26 pm
Oh yea let’s meet up 30 mins before kickoff in front of 20k people and throw down. I run a gym in griffin,Ga on monday and wed night. Any time you want to come down and put on the gloves and hop in the cage your more than welcome to.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:29 pm
not this weekend. I don’t live in Atlanta and have no desire to come up there. I will be there for every home game, but I don’t plan on getting there for any game sooner than an hour to an hour and a half before kickoff. And I told you, I have no desire for violence of any kind. Children and thugs and professional fighters fight……not responsible adults.
GT1990
August 16th, 2012
10:34 pm
Responsible adults like yourself don’t bash people on ajc.com. Your actually not a bad guy after all but i would highly suggest you watch some of the personal comments you say to people. That type of behavior will get you hurt around the wrong people.
Dawg48
August 16th, 2012
10:38 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
9:51 pm
I’m sure that ole yeller, 5150 UOAD, GT Lee, BLT, GT1971, myself, and quite a few others would be more than happy to look you in the face and tell you that you are WORTHLESS SCUM
How you gonna leave me out?
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:38 pm
So you think bashing CPJ and TW while hiding behind a pretend name on a blog is the sign of a responsible adult? And add to that threatening people with violence who disagree with what you say? You have not shown any signs of being responsible OR of being an adult. Sorry if you think that is bashing you, but if you read those words spoken about somebody else behind their back, you would say the very same thing yourself.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:39 pm
48….Sorry. You weren’t here and posting, so I didn’t want to put words in your mouth behind your back. But thanks for the support, my friend
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:40 pm
See, 1990…..even a UGA fan thinks you are full of it.
Dawg48
August 16th, 2012
10:43 pm
SS, y’all can count me in anytime! (i don’t want to rumble with 5150, he may try to cop a feel) LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:44 pm
LMAO @ 48
He told me y’all smooched on the phone for an hour the other night. LOL
George Stein
August 16th, 2012
10:44 pm
I have a surprise for GT1990: he will die, and so will everyone else.
Dawg48
August 16th, 2012
10:46 pm
SS, I know that is killing him he can’t respond to me. Lol
Yea we chatted the other day.
George Stein
August 16th, 2012
10:47 pm
If GT1990 thinks we will lose all those games he noted earlier, he should go to Vegas and put his money where his mouth is and parlay the picks. Some casino will happily take his money.
Dawg48
August 16th, 2012
10:48 pm
SS, have y’all heard about UNC? The NCAA may be dropping the hammer on them. Not just football but in basketball also.
ole yeller
August 16th, 2012
10:49 pm
I’ve just got this to say. UOAD!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:50 pm
@ 48…..no, I hadn’t heard that. Basketball too? WOW !!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:51 pm
George…..leave the GT off his name. He sure as hell doesn’t represent my school. As far as betting, he seems to be more interested in starting a physical altercation with those of us who disagree with him.
1 4 GT
August 16th, 2012
10:51 pm
You still here Super?
BigTimeTECHFan
August 16th, 2012
10:52 pm
1990 made his call, he said Tech would lose to VT, Miami, Clemson, UGA, UVa, BYU.
I say Tesh wins at less 3 of those games, my guess is VT, UGA, UVa, and BYU.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:52 pm
yeah, 1 4, still here, but not for much longer
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:53 pm
@ BTTF…..I just don’t see us losing to Miami this year. I’m with you on all the rest too though. I mean, BYU ???? Give me a break!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:54 pm
@ BTTF…..are you going to be at the Pres game? Would love to see you again, and I’m sure the others would too.
Dawg48
August 16th, 2012
10:55 pm
SS, got you a link.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/19794788/north-carolina-cheated-and-prospered-and-now-its-time-for-the-reckoning
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
10:55 pm
I think we in all likelihood lose to Clemson AT Clemson, and I look for us to struggle AT UNC, since we don’t have a very good track record in Chapel Hill
1 4 GT
August 16th, 2012
10:56 pm
What the fire is going on with y’all?? That 1990 is just a young punk. Has no compunctions against inviting some 45 years his senior to fight. What a loser!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
11:01 pm
@ 48…..wow, that’s some heavy stuff. But I bet the NCAA doesn’t do much, if anything. There are more interested in punishing a team because a player sold a t-shirt and the AD told the coach about the investigation. SHEESH!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
11:03 pm
@ 1 4…….I think that’s the unanimous opinion here. And note, none of us accepted his challenge to fight, but we did accept his challenge to meet. He won’t show up though.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 16th, 2012
11:04 pm
Guys, it’s after 11. I need to get out of here. If you post anything else to me, I guess I will see it in the morning. Hope y’all all have a good night
FACTS
August 17th, 2012
2:06 am
GT 1990 GO TO BED
Dawg
August 17th, 2012
2:08 am
DO NOT FORGET TO EAT YOUR MILK AND COOKIES GT 1990. YOU NEED TO SHOW SOME RESPECT.
CPJ
August 17th, 2012
2:14 am
Us yellow flies will get beat down again in november. Wish i could be RICHTS BALL BOY. THE DAWGS OWN THIS STATE. I will be gone after this year.
CPJ
August 17th, 2012
2:17 am
WE HATE PLAYING SECOND FIDDLE IN THIS STATE. WAIT WE MAY BE THIRD BEHING GEORGIA SOUTHERN. I HOPE THE DAWGS LET US TOUCH THE GOVERNORS CUP THIS YEAR. THEY WILL SWAT US YELLOW FLIES AGAIN. MAYBE WE SHOULD STICK WITH BASEBALL
Insect-eating Dawg
August 17th, 2012
2:49 am
Johnson’s answers always leave mostly questions…yellar flies will be lucky to scratch out 5 wins this season.
Wal-Mart Retards
August 17th, 2012
5:50 am
I’m feeling lucky. Where can I put down a wager on a 5 win season? Dem odds ain’t gonna pay me no never mind, anyhow.
Wal-Mart Retards
August 17th, 2012
5:53 am
Hey CPJ WANNA BEE – did you git yo uga degree in typing in all caps?
O
August 17th, 2012
7:25 am
did you ask him if he still SUCKS BIG JOHNSON?
Wal-Mart Retards
August 17th, 2012
8:50 am
O – you worried about having some stiff competition?
William Casey
August 17th, 2012
9:17 am
The online world is full of anonymous “tough guy” bloggers who know nothing about football.
old dog
August 17th, 2012
9:33 am
No Tech fan here, but I believe y’all are in for a good year this year……
GTVegas
August 17th, 2012
10:12 am
I certainly hope the season turns out to be a good one. You never know until it’s over. That is why the games are played.
I thought wheenie had some issues, but they are nothing compared to this 1990 guy. I guess that’s when he was born and he is right about one thing, makes me feel old.
I also give him credit for one other thing, he made me laugh……mostly out of pity and disgust, but I did enjoy it. You guys should feel very ashamed though, playing with him like that and getting his BP up. I can picture him punching a wall or something, maybe his girlfriend.
As for TW, is he a great qb, not really, but in CPJ’s estimate, he gives us the best chance to win of the ones we have and that is what counts.
I really love it when these guys come on here or any blog thinking that they can do a better job than their coach. Do they ever realize that they don’t have the credentials to even submit their application for any coaching job? There is nothing more irritating than complaining about a problem without offering a solution. Where experience comes into play is to be able to recognize whether the solution is viable and realistic.
As for UGA, my greatest wish is for the two teams to meet undefeated in November, better for both teams and for the state.
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:40 am
Not me!! I want Heorgie winless & GT undefeated & to beat ‘em 223-0!!
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
10:42 am
“You guys should feel very ashamed though, playing with him like that and getting his BP up.”
You’re right Vegas……..I should be ashamed…………..but I’m NOT!
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:42 am
Dang it!! My post lost any spontaneous Humor ir might have had!! “Heorgie”! DUMBO! Georgie.
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
10:42 am
AMEN 1 4 GT!
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:43 am
it for “ir” good grief I need to go back to bed I guess
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:44 am
GT Lee—-don’t you live somewhere near Kennesaw?
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
10:45 am
1 4 GT did you run a drillbit thru YOUR fingers this morning?
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
10:46 am
1 4 GT yes; I work in Kennesaw
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:46 am
I did something!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
10:47 am
UGA could never win another game in history, and that still wouldn’t satisfy me.
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:48 am
My tx are “in the mail”–UPS actually. We can meet somewhere up that way. My brother lives in Kennesaw & I can visit with them at the same time. Tell me when is a good time to call you.
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:50 am
Speaking of undefeated seasons. What was the last undefeated, untied & UNSCORED on college football team?
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:54 am
No cheating with Google or such!!
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
10:55 am
1939 Vols?
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:57 am
Nope
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
10:57 am
Well, I Googled it, but all I could find was Duke in 1938, but they lost the Rose Bowl 7-3
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
10:57 am
oooops…I cheated
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
10:58 am
39 Vols lost Rose Bowl in 40
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
10:59 am
I just found what Lee found
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
10:59 am
Duke is right. I shoulda said regular season. Coach Wallace Wade. They used to be really good.
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
10:59 am
1933 DePauw Tigers?
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
11:00 am
1 4 GT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team
GTVegas
August 17th, 2012
11:01 am
Hey, my wife went to UGA and it pays to be a bit more diplomatic, not that a winless UGA would make me depressed at all.
I’m just saying that beating an undefeated UGA team would be that much more satisfying and losing to one might not mean as much. I guess the same thing can be said of any opponent.
Where is 1990? Wonder if Ken got to him…..
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
11:01 am
UT in ‘39 looks like the one
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
11:06 am
I was wrong. I read about Duke some years back, but the author of the article I read misinformed his readers. My bad. I did not know about Tn.
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
11:07 am
Funny that they BOTH lost their bowl game!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
11:08 am
I didn’t know any team had ever gone unscored on throughout the season. That’s quite an accomplishment. And imagine, Duke of all teams was one of them.
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
11:08 am
“Where is 1990?”
Probably crashing hard after coming down from his crack high
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
11:11 am
I just made myself look bad. Oh well. Not the 1st time–won’t be the last either. I Googled it just now. Only been a few. Yale did it 4 times. WAAAAAYYYYYYYY back when. Can you imagine doing it now. A shut out now is really rare.
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
11:12 am
GT Lee. When is a good time to call you?
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
11:14 am
any time you want to
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
11:14 am
Colgate did it in ‘32
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
11:16 am
The internet didn’t exist, I guess, when I read an article about Duke’s glory days in football. Can understand the author missing Tn. Research is much easier today.
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
11:17 am
Kentucky in 1898!
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
11:17 am
1 4 GT you sure the article you read wasn’t written in 1938? LOL
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
11:31 am
Sorry 1 4 GT my phone just died…..
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
11:58 am
Hey guys, how are y’all doing?
I just wrote an article on From The Rumble Seat you might be interested in reading…
http://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2012/8/17/3215774/dispelling-again-the-extra-time-to-prepare-for-the-triple-option
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
12:27 pm
WOW, FLJ…….that was incredibly impressive. Did you really write that? AWESOME!!! It should be required reading by all football “experts”. You should send a copy to Ken and also to Wes Durham
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
12:27 pm
Got to get some lunch now, but hope to chat some about it later.
GT Lee
August 17th, 2012
12:34 pm
Nice article FLJ!!!
HighTech
August 17th, 2012
12:44 pm
Good article, FL Jacket. We will need to repost that link often.
George Stein
August 17th, 2012
12:52 pm
Nicely done, FLJ.
The thing that makes me chuckle is when people say playing assignment defense will stop an option offense. Forgive me, but I’m unaware of defenses that don’t require players to hold their assignment. The real way to stop an option offense is to give one player two assignments. Iowa did that with Adrian Clayborne, but that kind of player is, thankfully, rare.
GT fan
August 17th, 2012
12:53 pm
Tech Guy
August 16th, 2012
3:23 pm
Tech needs to complete 65% of the passes to keep the defenses honest. If that can be accomplished, the option will be unstopable.
————————————-
Tech guy, don’t be so pessimistic.
Considering that none of PJ’s 4 season’s has seen them complete even 50% of their passes, I’ll guaruntee completing 65% would make the offense unstopable.
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
1:00 pm
SS…Yes I did research and write that. I invite you guys to sign up there and join our discussion every now and then. Like I mentioned before, it’s troll-free (since it requires registering) and moderated.
GS…Adrian Clayborn made Nick Claytor and the rest of the 2009 line look silly. The beauty of the way CPJ runs the offense is that you can adjust out of any assignment scheme the defense might be running at you…which is why many people call the offense “indefensible” if ran correctly.
GTfan 2012
August 17th, 2012
1:12 pm
Great piece FL Jacket. Also, I remember seeing somewhere that VT was only going to spend an extra day or two max (beyond normal in-season prep) of practice time preparing for GT’s offense.
They must be overlooking us, because we all know that conventional wisdom says that extra practice time against the TO is priceless
GT fan
August 17th, 2012
1:19 pm
channeling the famous Harvard economist Galbraith, describes the process of how certain ideas, whether accurate or not, eventually become “conventional wisdom” in our society because of general ignorance or laziness to validate their veracity.
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Kinda like the “it’s the SEC” myth.
GTfan 2012
August 17th, 2012
1:32 pm
Is it really a myth when you’ve won the last 7 national championships? At least there is some empirical evidence to it back up… just sayin
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
1:37 pm
GTfan2012…does it explain why UNC had the most players drafted of any college in 2011?
GTfan 2012
August 17th, 2012
1:41 pm
FLJacket,
You would have gone to the NFL too if you thought that the NCAA was about to blow up your entire sham of an academic career through its “investigation”. Turns out we had to wait for some NC State bloggers to do that.
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
1:47 pm
GTfan2012…not disputing UNCheat. The fact is that they had a ton of guys with the caliber of getting to the NFL…and those guys didn’t have to choose the SEC to get there.
George Stein
August 17th, 2012
1:54 pm
The SEC has not won a damn thing; individual schools in that conference have. Until Vanderbilt gets to have a piece of the crystal football, I’ll tune out when someone says conference X won something.
Ghost
August 17th, 2012
2:06 pm
UNC would’ve had a much better record in 2010 if Austin, Little and Quinn (1 first round 2 2nd round Picks) would’ve played in 2010. Searcy a 4th round pick missed the 1st 3 games.
WnE
August 17th, 2012
2:12 pm
re:
George Stein
August 17th, 2012
1:54 pm
The SEC has not won a damn thing; individual schools in that conference have. Until Vanderbilt gets to have a piece of the crystal football, I’ll tune out when someone says conference X won something.
___________
That sounds good until you consider that the ACC has something like a 2-14 (or worse) record in BCS bowl Games, a stat that has been helped by a wide cross section of ACC teams.
George Stein
August 17th, 2012
2:15 pm
Nice to see WnE showed up just in time to miss the point.
WnE
August 17th, 2012
2:17 pm
re:
Ghost
August 17th, 2012
2:06 pm
UNC would’ve had a much better record in 2010 if Austin, Little and Quinn (1 first round 2 2nd round Picks) would’ve played in 2010. Searcy a 4th round pick missed the 1st 3 games.
__________
You’re wasting your keystrokes!
CPJ has already “infected” the GT fanbase.
Despite the fact that we had good success with pretty good talent in CPJ’s 1st 2 season, the majority of the GT fanbase thinks that a “magical system” will over ride TALENT.
CPJ’s offensive system is 1-11 vs. Top-50 defenses over the last 2 seasons.
We are 14-12 the last 2 seasons vs. the 76th & 69th toughest schedules in 2011 & 2010.
The GT fanbase is so infected by CPJ that they don’t want to see that we have been getting fat on a weak OOC schedule and having the good fortune of the ACC being very weak during CPJ’s first 4 seasons.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
2:21 pm
I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, and again…….AND AGAIN !!!
U O A D !!!
George Stein
August 17th, 2012
2:22 pm
You’re wasting your keystrokes, too, WnE. No one is paying attention to you.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
2:30 pm
I bet WnE disputes the stats and FACTS that FLJ researched and posted in his article. That’s typical of pompous, opinionated trolls. Personally I will take facts over opinions any day. But since I no longer even read what gollum posts, I guess I will never know for sure.
WnE
August 17th, 2012
2:33 pm
re:
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
2:21 pm
I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, and again…….AND AGAIN !!!
U O A D !!!
____________
Aw isn’t that cute!
Showing solidarity for a fallen comrade.
Your boy got his @$$ banned and he deserved it, while guys like me are perfect gentlemen and know how to behave such that I have never, ever been warned for anything that I have posted.
I’ll bet that eats at you.
Your sleeping bag partner 5150UOAD gets booted, and a guys like me that you disagree with never even get chastised.
I guess when you’re an angel like me that rarely uses profanity people have no reason to ban you.
Ol'JacketFan
August 17th, 2012
2:33 pm
UOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
duece coupe
August 17th, 2012
2:38 pm
Good interview with #17 Orwin Smith
on espn.com college football ACC.
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
2:40 pm
“The GT fanbase is so infected by CPJ that they don’t want to see that we have been getting fat on a weak OOC schedule and having the good fortune of the ACC being very weak during CPJ’s first 4 seasons.”
Huh? Did you not read the earlier post about UNC having the most players drafted into the NFL of any one school in 2011? I object to the notion that the ACC doesn’t have talent.
WnE
August 17th, 2012
2:43 pm
re:
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
2:30 pm
I bet WnE disputes the stats and FACTS that FLJ researched and posted in his article. That’s typical of pompous, opinionated trolls. Personally I will take facts over opinions any day. But since I no longer even read what gollum posts, I guess I will never know for sure.
__________
So you prefer facts like:
3-13 vs the the Big-4 since CPJ got here.
The big 4 being Va Tech, Miami, UGA, the Bowl Game.
GTVegas
August 17th, 2012
2:44 pm
UOAD !!!!!
WnE
August 17th, 2012
2:50 pm
Which poster questioned the Academics Rankings?
Which poster went on record saying that the Recruiting Rankings are probably more accurate than the Academics Rankings since those magazines deal with Colleges on the “honor system”?
Anecdotal evidence is in that I am half-right so far, see link:
http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/emory-university-misrepresented-student-1501300.html
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
2:59 pm
“So you prefer facts like:
3-13 vs the the Big-4 since CPJ got here.
The big 4 being Va Tech, Miami, UGA, the Bowl Game.”
Here we go again. Cherry-picking the losses while igoring…
4-1 Clemson
2-0 FSU
3-1 UNC
3-1 Rest of the SEC
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
3:00 pm
Seriously, cherry-picking the 13 losses of a coach who is 34-19? Would you feel better if he just went ahead and won them all?
Ghost
August 17th, 2012
3:05 pm
The ACC does put players in the NFL , but it is widely considered the weakest of the top 5 conferences.Since 2005 only 1 ACC team(VT 3 times) has finished the season ranked in the top 10 poll, and only 1 FSU has finished in top 5 since 2000. Not a flame but just the facts on the conference. The ACC needs FSU and Miami to reestablish themselves as football powers.You can’t be considered a good conference when the conference champ doesn’t finish in top 10 on regular basis and is continually getting abused in BCS games.
G-Money
August 17th, 2012
3:14 pm
Enter your comments here FTR: Tech is unfortunately 3-10 the last 2 years against Top 50 Defenses but not the 1-11 that was stated earlier.
GT fan
August 17th, 2012
3:17 pm
WnE … can you provide Chan Gailey’s record vs. “the big 4″ VT, UGA, UM, and Bowl Games, please.
Many thanks!
GT fan
August 17th, 2012
3:28 pm
Thanks Ghost.
I wonder, does $ play any role in the ACC & Big East always being considered weak? There’s no argument that there are many more “ESPN/BCS Friendly” (ie. cash cow) teams in the SEC, Big 12, or Big 10, plus USC & Oregon out West, and TD Jesus just South of the Windy City.
ESPN sign a multibillion $ deal with SEC …. why wouldn’t the “dirctors” of college football want to cram SEC football down every viewer’s throat? Kinda like Yankees-Red Sox, or Tiger-mania. ESPN does the thinking for most of the fans, like it not.
GTfan 2012
August 17th, 2012
3:28 pm
Can you believe that at Alabama Saban is 0-1 against Louisiana Munroe, 0-1 against a pathetic FSU team, and 0-1 against Utah. Does he ever win any games? Fire the bum.
WnE
August 17th, 2012
3:37 pm
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FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
2:59 pm
“So you prefer facts like:
3-13 vs the the Big-4 since CPJ got here.
The big 4 being Va Tech, Miami, UGA, the Bowl Game.”
Here we go again. Cherry-picking the losses while igoring…
4-1 Clemson
2-0 FSU
3-1 UNC
3-1 Rest of the SEC
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Here we go again:
Clemson; an under-achieving program that had a HC change in mid -season
FSU, the 2 times CPJ played them were the end of the Bowden era when he was a lame duck HC that wasn’t Recruiting well and the Program was in disarray.
UNC ;2 years of those games included multiple NCAA suspensions and a HC change right before fall camp started.
3-1 vs the rest of the SEC……………..The fact that you had the gall to post this shows how delusional you are in your defense of CPJ. The 3 wins came vs. Miss. St (twice) & Vandy, while the loss came vs. LSU.
You really think it is an accurate measuring stick to include these 4 games with all the “off field” stuff that has happened to those schools?
You really want to beat your chest over beating Miss St. twice and Vandy once while getting beat by LSU & UGA and dropping Bama from this year’s schedule?
WE dropped Bama and added cupcake city, when we did they added MICHIGAN, based on that scenario who do you really think canceled that game?
In all honesty do the 4 games that I list more accurately tell the STRENGTH of GT’s FB program OR do the 4 games that you picked out?
Be honest for once!
WnE
August 17th, 2012
3:48 pm
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GT fan
August 17th, 2012
3:17 pm
WnE … can you provide Chan Gailey’s record vs. “the big 4″ VT, UGA, UM, and Bowl Games, please.
Many thanks!
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Chan’s record vs. the big-4 the last 4 yrs was 5-11, and while he was doing this he was paid between $800k & $1.0Mill.
CPJ is 3-13 vs. the same big-4 and will make $2.6 million this season coming up.
Chan never beat UGA and was 0-6 vs. them, he was around for 6 yrs.., so I used his last 4 yrs. to give a sorta of an equal comparison vs. CPJ’s 1st 4 years.
Under Chan we played tougher OOC schedules, UGA was much tougher with two #2 finishes (?maybe) in the final polls and I think 5 or 6 Top-10 final finishes.
Also the ACC was a much tougher conference during most of Chan’s tenure, the ACC has been exceptionally weak during CPJ’s tenure.
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
3:51 pm
“Clemson; an under-achieving program that had a HC change in mid -season”
Under-achieving? 2 ACCCG appearances in 4 years and the winner in 2011? And that HC change was in the middle of the 2008 season…
“3-1 vs the rest of the SEC……………..The fact that you had the gall to post this shows how delusional you are in your defense of CPJ. The 3 wins came vs. Miss. St (twice) & Vandy, while the loss came vs. LSU.”
Seriously? I keep hearing about how we would never compete in the SEC…well guess what, we do. 4-4 in 4 years.
“In all honesty do the 4 games that I list more accurately tell the STRENGTH of GT’s FB program OR do the 4 games that you picked out?”
In a delusional world maybe, where the expectation would be to go undefeated against the best teams in those school’s recent histories…
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
3:54 pm
“Under Chan we played tougher OOC schedules, UGA was much tougher with two #2 finishes (?maybe) in the final polls and I think 5 or 6 Top-10 final finishes.”
Nonesense. The 2005 and 2006 games GT weas, hands down, more talented and much better than UGA…everywhere except 1 position. The QB play lost us those 2 games, and CCG kept putting that same clown in at QB.
Ghost
August 17th, 2012
3:54 pm
GTFan, I don’t know what $ has to do with conference Champs losing BCS games and not finishing in top 10. In 2007 when Bama was 7-6 (they were actually 2-6 they had to vacate 5 wins of course FSU wasn’t much better having to vacate all of their wins from that season too)but Saban seems to have bounced back pretty well.The SEC usually puts 2-3 teams in top 10. It probably has more to do with having more good teams than it does money.Actually the Big east has been pretty respectable 7-7 in BCS games.
BLT
August 17th, 2012
3:56 pm
You have an answer for everything. You must be a joy to be around. Yesterday you wrote on a UGA blog that Tech will “never recover”. Someone that claims to be a big TECH fan and yet we are “DOOMED”. I doubt you are a fan, but if you are remember that Tech is “DOOMED”. They will never recover. Find another team and go post there. Please
GTVegas
August 17th, 2012
4:01 pm
UOAD !!!
Quit wasting your time on Wheenie. His mind, among other things, is too small and his view too myopic to be taken seriously, by us or his girlfriend (or maybe boyfriend). Why else would someone post the diatribes that he does with such twisted and incomplete facts. He is to GT as MSNBC is to anything Republican.
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
4:08 pm
“He is to GT as MSNBC is to anything Republican.”
Or…he is to FoxNews as anything that is fair and balanced
WnE
August 17th, 2012
4:13 pm
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G-Money
August 17th, 2012
3:14 pm
FTR: Tech is unfortunately 3-10 the last 2 years against Top 50 Defenses but not the 1-11 that was stated earlier.
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I think you’re using the total Defense rankings, whereas some people use Scoring defense rankings.
Either way, it is pretty clear that CPJ ain’t the Offensive genius that the GT fanbase thinks he is.
3-10 is still horrible vs. top-50 defenses and I checked, 2 of those wins in 2011 came vs. NCSU & UNC that were ranked 41 & 49 (total defense, not scoring defense), so it is not like they were shutdown units that we beat.
GTVegas
August 17th, 2012
4:19 pm
FL Jacket – Whatever, both analogies work. It’s wasnt the politics that mattered, but rather the use of select facts to support one’s position, however slanted it may be.
UOAD !!!!!
GTVegas
August 17th, 2012
4:21 pm
Wheenie is entitled to his opinion, and we all know what it is by now, so there is no need to read anything he puts in print.
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
4:27 pm
“3-10 is still horrible vs. top-50 defenses and I checked, 2 of those wins in 2011 came vs. NCSU & UNC that were ranked 41 & 49 (total defense, not scoring defense), so it is not like they were shutdown units that we beat.”
Citing W/L records versus top-anything defenses says absolutely nothing about whether the offense played effectively against those defenses or if GT’s defense was a liability in those games. There is nothing scientific about what you’re doing WnE…it’s a misleading stat if you are referring to the offense…
WnE
August 17th, 2012
4:34 pm
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FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
4:27 pm
“3-10 is still horrible vs. top-50 defenses and I checked, 2 of those wins in 2011 came vs. NCSU & UNC that were ranked 41 & 49 (total defense, not scoring defense), so it is not like they were shutdown units that we beat.”
Citing W/L records versus top-anything defenses says absolutely nothing about whether the offense played effectively against those defenses or if GT’s defense was a liability in those games. There is nothing scientific about what you’re doing WnE…it’s a misleading stat if you are referring to the offense…
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What is does show is that our vaunted hi-octane genius offensive system can be held in check good enough for teams with Top 50 defenses to have a better than normal chance to beat CPJ.
3-10 or 1-11 vs. top 50 Total defenses or Top-50 scoring defenses is not a good look for a supposed offensive genius.
It leads one to believe that we, especially CPJ have been getting fat on weak opposition.
FL Jacket
August 17th, 2012
4:50 pm
“What is does show is that our vaunted hi-octane genius offensive system can be held in check good enough for teams with Top 50 defenses to have a better than normal chance to beat CPJ.”
Wrong. Again. All what you’re stating shows is that, in those 13 contests against “top-50 defenses”, our offense didn’t score more than our defense could allow. There’s no measurable statistical correlation of offensive performance in your statement.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 17th, 2012
5:21 pm
@ FLJ…..you’ve been away for awhile. Just IGNORE the jerk. Almost everybody else does now. All it does it get you frustrated, and nothing is worth that. I never even read what he posts anymore, because it’s always the same biased drivel. You posted an extremely intelligent, FACT-BASED article, which should be required reading for all CPJ-bashers. If gollum chooses to belittle your stats and facts, then so be it; it really comes as no surprise.
U O A D !!!
unajacket
August 17th, 2012
6:14 pm
Weene & 90: You need to increase your medications, they don’t seem to be working.
Tech is really fortunate PJ is the coach,, considering the recruiting & curriculum issues at Tech, who would improve on his record, not even Saban, Miles or Richt would do as well.
Ghost
August 17th, 2012
6:40 pm
FlJacket, you’re not serious about Tech being a better team in 2005. Tech defense played well but….Georgia was ranked top 5 for most of season until DJ was injured. Had 8 1st team all sec players, 8 players drafted in 2006 won the SEC by beating 3rd ranked LSU by 3 tds. Finished in top 10. Tech finished 7-5 unranked losing to a mountain west school in Emerald Nut Bowl In 2006 Gailey had developed some talent, but hands down better than Georgia? Rebuilding with a freshman QB, and Calvin was shut down once again.I do agree that Techs roster had more talent in 2005 and 06 than they do now.
WnE
August 17th, 2012
7:43 pm
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Ghost
August 17th, 2012
6:40 pm
FlJacket, you’re not serious about Tech being a better team in 2005. Tech defense played well but….Georgia was ranked top 5 for most of season until DJ was injured. Had 8 1st team all sec players, 8 players drafted in 2006 won the SEC by beating 3rd ranked LSU by 3 tds. Finished in top 10. Tech finished 7-5 unranked losing to a mountain west school in Emerald Nut Bowl In 2006 Gailey had developed some talent, but hands down better than Georgia? Rebuilding with a freshman QB, and Calvin was shut down once again.I do agree that Techs roster had more talent in 2005 and 06 than they do now.
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Part of the agenda in supporting CPJ is to try and make Chan look as bad as possible, the revisionist history that you pointed out above is yet another attempt to make Chan look worse than he was, which they hope will make CPJ look better than he really is.
This is a guy that just wrote that so what if CPJ went 3-10 or 1-11 vs. top-50 defenses, it means nothing, yet when he conjures up some sort of “yards per play” drivel he acts as if it is the most important document ever written about CFB.
GT fans like FlJacket are blind loyalists to the HC (CPJ), instead of what is best for GT FB, the institution.
superDawg
August 17th, 2012
8:24 pm
All tek people are dilusional and WnE proves it on a daily basis.
Wal-Mart Retards
August 17th, 2012
9:43 pm
SuperDawg? That’s an oxymoron. I guess all dawgs are oxymoronic.
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
9:46 pm
superDwag–you’re right. “Carnack” aka weenie or however one wishes to spell aka gollum aka WnE has proven there are delusional guys on this blog. All 2 of you!!
1 4 GT
August 17th, 2012
9:48 pm
bark bark ruuuufffff ruuuffffff grrrrrrrhhhrrr ROOUUUFFFFF BARK GGRRR
GTfan2012
August 17th, 2012
10:15 pm
UOAD!!! That’s all I’ve got to say about that.
GT fan
August 18th, 2012
12:24 pm
99.9% of the time I skip over WnE’s posts. The other 0.01% I bait him into showing again showing how ignorant/jaded he is.
I asked him yesterday to tell how great Gailey was vs. the “big 4″ (VT, Miami, UGA, bowl games) and he “twists” his facts to try to prove his smarts.
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WnE:
……..Chan never beat UGA and was 0-6 vs. them, he was around for 6 yrs.., so I used his last 4 yrs. to give a sorta of an equal comparison vs. CPJ’s 1st 4 years.
Under Chan we played tougher OOC schedules …. blah, blah, blah …. did I ask him about GT’s OOC scheduling? NO!
Also the ACC was a much tougher conference during most of Chan’s tenure, the ACC has been exceptionally weak during CPJ’s tenure.WOW, WnE actually thinks the ACC was MUCH tougher when CG was GT’s coach, and EXCEPTIONALLY weak with PJ as HC.
Just put down whatever you want, WnE, to make yourself feel correct.
Why don’t you go back and analyze some of the UTTER EMBARRASSING L’s that CG had. Those things are FACT … I want to see how you manipulate those.
GT fan
August 18th, 2012
3:36 pm
WnE …
CG’s bowl game oppentents:
Fresno St, twice … 2 EMBARRASSING loses. Especially the one where FS suspended NINE players
Utah, once …. EMBARRASSING loss (38-10) to a Utah team that was nowhere near as good as they are now. A Utah team that had to win it’s final game just to become bowl eligible at 6-6.
Tulsa …. big bad TULSA, a blowout win. PJ Daniels 300+ yds rushing
Syracuse … what a bad team Syracuse had become … another blowout win.
West VA …. horrible loss! Yes, only a coach as subpar as CG could’ve found a way to lose that game after taking a 35-17 2nd half lead with a QB (T.Bennett) WR (C.Johnson) and RB (T.Choice) EACH having his career best game!
Now go look at losses to UNC & Duke that CG had. EMBARRASSING loses again.
How about losses like:
39-3 to Clemson
27-3 & 51-7 to VT
51-7 to UGA
and The many losses to UVA.
WnE
August 19th, 2012
3:13 pm
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GT fan
August 18th, 2012
12:24 pm
99.9% of the time I skip over WnE’s posts. The other 0.01% I bait him into showing again showing how ignorant/jaded he is.
I asked him yesterday to tell how great Gailey was vs. the “big 4″ (VT, Miami, UGA, bowl games) and he “twists” his facts to try to prove his smarts.
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WnE:
……..Chan never beat UGA and was 0-6 vs. them, he was around for 6 yrs.., so I used his last 4 yrs. to give a sorta of an equal comparison vs. CPJ’s 1st 4 years.
Under Chan we played tougher OOC schedules …. blah, blah, blah …. did I ask him about GT’s OOC scheduling? NO!
Also the ACC was a much tougher conference during most of Chan’s tenure, the ACC has been exceptionally weak during CPJ’s tenure.WOW, WnE actually thinks the ACC was MUCH tougher when CG was GT’s coach, and EXCEPTIONALLY weak with PJ as HC.
Just put down whatever you want, WnE, to make yourself feel correct.
Why don’t you go back and analyze some of the UTTER EMBARRASSING L’s that CG had. Those things are FACT … I want to see how you manipulate those.
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It is utterly embarrassing how LITTLE so many GT fans like yourself actually know about CFB.
Fact:
Chan played against at least 5 maybe 6 Top-10 UGA teams, including 2 UGA teams that finished #2 in the Final polls ,while CPJ has been “fortunate” to go up against UGA during one of their most disappointing eras.
The UGA Teams with BVG as DC were a far cry from the UGA teams with Willie Martinez as DC.
Fact:
The ACC was a much tougher conference during CCG’s tenure as HC, he had to play future NFL Pro-Bowlers at QB like Philip Rivers & Matt Schaub and future NFL QBs like David Whitehurst that has gone on to have several NFL starts of his own, not to mention guys like Shaun Hill out of Md. that once competed with Alex Smith for the starting QB job in San Fran, meanwhile CPJ has gone up against & LOST to QBs like Jacory Harris that will be lucky to Coach Middle School FB somewhere.
It is not even close as to how much poorer the ACC has been under CPJ vs the ACC that Chan had to go up against.
Fact:
Chan’s OOC schedule was much tougher as he had to go up against future 1st round QBs like Jason Campbell (Auburn), and Brady Quinn (ND), they might not have had the greatest of NFL careers, but they are light years better than the QBs at Miss St., Vandy, MTSU, Gardner-Webb, SC State, W-Carolina and the other garbage Programs that CPJ has lined up to play OOC.
Your comments appeal only to the CPJ apologists and not to “real GT fans” that are willing to analyze GT FB at a high level and are honest enough with themselves to take the good with bad.
In summary, I have given you incontrovertible proof that the ACC was tougher during Chan’s tenure and that the OOC sked was also tougher during Chan’s tenure, my “proof” can also be validated by Sagarin SoS data.
You’re an embarrassment to yourself and to real GT Fans.
Fireant
August 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
Get Laskey in there… he may not have the speed(4.5ish) and he may not have the flash… what he does have is heart… always has… Snoddy is faster and more explosive but Laskey will run Norrth/South and will not shy away from contact… look forward to him and Green(both Starrs Mill HS) playing well for the Jackets this year…