Hokies drop Georgia Tech in overtime

Tough loss and the uga trolls will be out but there were some good signs in that game and we can manage 8 or 9 wins with our easy schedule

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Great game. Great future for Tech.

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Ugly uniforms and an ugly pass from Reggie Ball ( I mean Washington) to end game. Why does “Miss Doubtfire” always panic with the passes late in games?!?!

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Great defense, new pistol offense, special teams were special. Now CPJ can recruit anyone, as long as they want an education, too.

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cpj is only effective against lower level teams. He can’t coach a real sophisticated offense. Can’t blame Groh for this one. I wish Groh was the head coach! Which player is cpj gonna blame this week. He needs to b held accountable for his poor play calling. How many times does running the B back in the teeth of the defense really get the job done???

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I co-sign WnE……………..

CPJ is considered a genius for some reason but cant beat a decent team……

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Here is the most disappointing part of that game. Before scored the TD with 44 seconds to go, we only had 3 plays left (at most) and had 3 time outs. If we had taken the clock down to 3 seconds on the TD play, there would have still been ~32 seconds left. If we don’t make it though, call timeout with about 18 seconds left and run the 3rdth down play. And if we still didn’t make it, call timeout with 5 seconds to go. Those 12 seconds were the difference in the game.

I guess CPJ needs to hire a clock mgmt coach to help him at the end of the game or half. He obviously can’t run the offense and use common sense with the clock at the same time. We didn’t need to save any time, so WHY snap the ball at 15 seconds?

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You guys can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like no other team. Pathetic loss.

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WNE conveniently left out CPJ’s record against Clemson btw.

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coach = recruit

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You also have a lot to worry about when your Sr. Quarterback and team leader makes that kind of mistake at that time. Game managers can’t afford it, playmakers can make up for their mistakes.

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http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8236949/ncaa-increases-minimum-eligibility-standards-division-student-athletes

Coaches and Players crying about new Academic Requirements. No more SPECIAL ADMITS so what will the SEC teams like Bama and UGA and LSU do to find players?

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Ray Beno
Thank you everyone for all your support. It truly means a lot to me and my teammates. It was a tough loss tonight but the best thing about it is that it was the first game and there are 11 more left. Next up Presbyterian

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Sean Bedford
Very proud of my former teammates’ effort tonight,
especially the marathon men on defense. Way to fight til you couldn’t fight no more.

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As a UGA grad and former lettermen, who played in and was on the winning side of 4 UGA/GT games. Where in the heck is Vad Lee? I thought this kid was the next great thing at Tech and can not even crack the two deep at QB. Is PJ that hard headed or has Vad not lived up to what most on these blogs have typed?

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re:
5150 UOAD
September 4th, 2012
1:14 am

POAD & UOFTF(fake Tech fans).

To you complaining TECH Fans
Don’t bring me a Problem without a Soultion
CPJ sucks then offer me s Solution or STFU.

So if Tech doesn’t have a few bad plays in the last 44 seconds would you all still be bi.ching and crying like lil girls to fire CPJ? Hell NO you wouldn’t be…………Well except for The Football Genius WnE the chicken to afraid to come out from behind his comput
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The real problem is that GT fans like you don’t think that there is a problem to start with.

That kind of apathy is why we are 1-10 vs. UGA since CMR has been there.

GT fans like you look at our record vs. the “big-4″ (3-14) and then say, “so what we beat Clemson back on such & such a day”……. or “what about our record vs, UNC”.

You are the problem with GT FB because you think that CPJ is the best that we can do!

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but they initially recruited Vad Lee as a WR, NC State that is

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re:
5150 UOAD
September 4th, 2012
1:24 am

Daniel Drummond
Okay so let’s clear something up. No I will not be playing tomorrow. I am suspended for the first game and for the first half of the second. The situation is unfortunate but people need to understand that it has been a huge blessing in disguise. The places I went and the people I met resulting from the incident have changed my life forever for the better. This incident has educated me further and has saved me from far worse potential things. Don’t worry though this is only a speed bump for me…you will see me on that field again very very soon. Sometimes getting broken down can just push u to go even harder. True strength doesn’t come from lifting weights… it comes from picking yourself up every time you fall.. and I will come back stronger than ever
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Sorry to tell Mr. Drummond (aka Lattimer), but the way that Jabari played tonight, you won’t be playing for a looooong time and it won’t be for boating under the influence and putting people’s LIVES at risk!

BTW, when you say you’re coming back stronger, is that with or without $+er0!ds?

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September 4th, 2012
1:04 am

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8236949/ncaa-increases-minimum-eligibility-standards-division-student-athletes

Coaches and Players crying about new Academic Requirements. No more SPECIAL ADMITS so what will the SEC teams like Bama and UGA and LSU do to find players?

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re:
5150 UOAD
September 4th, 2012
1:22 am

Sean Bedford
Very proud of my former teammates’ effort tonight,
especially the marathon men on defense. Way to fight til you couldn’t fight no more.
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Enjoy Law School, Mr. Bedofrd, I hope you graduate and go on to accomplish your personal dreams, but what you said above is for LOSERS!

Moral victories is what LOSERS rely on to justify their pathetic lives.

This is one reason you never gave the NFL a try, there’s no room for moral victories in that “real league”.

Once you become a Lawyer (I know you will, you’re a smart guy), you’re going to run into a real life version of Harvey Specter, a mean, cutthroat, win-at-any-costs-SOB, and when you do he’s gonna kick your @$$.

Learn how to WIN Mr. Bedford,and don’t poison our FB Team with your it’s OK you tried hard, moral-victory crap.

We’re five year into this CPJ experiment, moral victories should have been used up by now!

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GT may win their share, but with Paul Johnson, I am the best ever and will beat you with yours this will never work.

He should have played Lee. Gave him a chance. What we saw from Tevin was BS.

Thankfully he will be gone after this year.

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re:
5150 UOAD
September 4th, 2012
1:47 am

September 4th, 2012
1:04 am

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8236949/ncaa-increases-minimum-eligibility-standards-division-student-athletes

Coaches and Players crying about new Academic Requirements. No more SPECIAL ADMITS so what will the SEC teams like Bama and UGA and LSU do to find players?
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You sure are dumb aren’t you?

This rule only hurts GT!

3* guys that do have the Academics will be “more valuable” than ever and now they will be used to fill out Recruiting classes for the 4* & 5* guys that don’t qualify.

When that happens, the 3* guys that used to choose GT will instead choose, Bama, Florida, LSU, Texas etc. and take a chance at being treated “like gods” in those programs, meanwhile those that don’t qualify will go to JUCO’s and find a way to “game the system” and Graduate from JUCO in 1.5 yrs. and still have 3 years to play at whatever “factory” wanted them before.

Estimates show that maybe 35.2 percent of those that qualified in 2009 would qualify under the new guidelines, your flaw in reasoning is that the MAJORITY of the 35.2% that would not qualify are 4* & 5* Recruits.

Non-qualification among Recruits is divided proportionately among the various star levels, but GT fans erroneously think that “all the 4* & 5* guys are idiots & criminals”, when the facts show that just as many of the lower ranked guys screw up also, but they do it out of the spotlight at lower-tier D1-A or D1-AA schools.

Sorry pal, but the new rule won’t help GT at all, it only means that Meyer at Ohio State & Saban at Bama will now be looking at more of the 3* guys that GT used to have good shot of landing.

And they will get them, 18 y/o males want to be treated like “gods”, something GT doesn’t understand how to do.

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WnE you are a Moe Ron………….75% of UGa’s current roster would be where they belong is some community or junior college.

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I kepts a wondering why the damn polls were not out? What the hell? Why didn’t polsters just give it to VT last night and vote then.

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re:
5150 UOAD
September 4th, 2012
2:10 am

WnE you are a Moe Ron………….75% of UGa’s current roster would be where they belong is some community or junior college.
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40-45% of UGA’s current 2-deep depth chart was also offered by GT and was expected by GT to academically qualify for GT, so there has to be some over lap somewhere meaning your 75% number is just some bullcrap you pulled out of your behind.

BTW., you do realize that YOU come across as the BIGGEST P\/$$Y is all of mankind, as soon as GT LOSES, you start with the “Academics excuses” and start trying to re-direct the topic away from CFB to academics.

You sir are a WUSS, and an embarrassment to GT FB!

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to UOAD

BTW…………………………………, you do realize that YOU come across as the BIGGEST P\/$$Y is all of mankind, as soon as GT LOSES, you start with the “Academics excuses” and start trying to re-direct the topic away from CFB to academics.

You sir are a WUSS, and an embarrassment to GT FB!

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WnE go watch the replay right now on ESPN and make your self feel smart.

The post for the link to the new NCAA rules was for the other blog but I copied it to this blog by mistake. Not that I owe you a damn thing or explanation.

I bet you hate and cuss your own mother for birthing such a self loathing worthless human as yourself.

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Tough loss. Overall D looks much improved. Disappointed in giving up points with 44 seconds left, Offensive looked dull. Very little pop and TW has no fire in the belly. Are our back ups that bad?
Ken – you may be right about TW being entrenched as the leader – but he is not a very good one. . Several people have said it already, but TW does remind me of RB – no consistency.
I have been a fan of CPJ, but don’t get the play calling – very little passing attack and repeatdly going up the middle is a head scratcher. Also PJ does struggle against quality opponets.

THWG

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It is early in the season. Move on to the next game.

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You idiot Tech fans need a REAL coach. Your never going to win with a high school offense that everyone has figured out. You can’t win a game, even in the pathetic ACC, with 96 yards of passing. On top of that, why would any 4 or 5 star athlete come to your campushood and get robbed and raped?

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When are you Tech fans going to realize that Paul Johnson and is offense is a joke? Everybody has it figured out, but he keeps on collecting a big check to run it. I don’t think he knows how to run anything else.

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My observations FWIW. Tech looks improved on D. This may be the result of VT inexperience on offense. We did contain Logan Thomas better tonight. Our new WR’s did lot look good running their routes or blocking on the edge, for that matter neither did our A and B backs. You can throw in our experience O-line for that matter. Tevin did a poor job of executing the option tonight, kept it in the B-backs hands too many time on the mesh. Perkins again big time disappointment. Lasky and Sims looked much better on the dive plays. CPJ didn’t dispell the myth about teams having extra time to prepare so we will continue to hear this until proven otherwise. Coach Johnson when we have a QB that is struggling it doesn’t hurt to sit him a few series to change the momentum. That is one of the reasons Gailey Gump couldn’t keep his job, he didn’t have the nerve to pull the trigger and sit that punk QB Reggie Ball. PJ you better get on the stick or you may find you backside firmly planted on the hotseat.

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you have to be an idiot not to see a pattern emerging here, get a lead late and our defensive coordinator starts making bone head decisions (hey let’s play press coverage/man coverage on 4th and 15 against Utah) and then last night. Paul has had his opportunity, we can’t win the big games, this is just like Gailey, win 7 games, lose the bowl game, etc, etc, etc. We look so lost in overtime games as well, its coaching and we don’t have it. Facts don’t lie.

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Tough loss Jackets. Don’t get too down on your team. This game will be your only ACC loss of the year. You will have only 2 losses going into the ACC CG. This Dawg will be rooting hard for the Wramblin Wreck to stomp FSU!! Yes, that means you will beat ClemPson again this year. Sorry, I have to pull for my Dawgs, but at years end you will see that y’all will have a very good team. Blacksburg is a tough place to play at and ya’ll almost pulled it off.

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Hey Tech Fans

Coach Johnson has another fish fry scheduled

by the way

My favorite comment from Coach Johnson is no one has stopped my offense

blahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Great start to the college football season. Dawgs win and Tech loses. As a long time UGA fan, I want to recommend a lifetime contract for PJohnson. As long as the Techies insist on running that high school offense, the Dawgs will continue to dominate.

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WnE trolled HARD last night! Took shots at everyone from CPJ to Sean Bedford! Good work for a dude that clearly has no life. Why clog up these boards like that? If you want to be famous, use your real name and email.

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Hang in there Tech!

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Per CPJ “We missed some reads. We were like popcorn.”

What does that mean?

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GA.TECH football has stooped to a new low wearing those candy ass uniforms on national television.I hope we never see that trash at Bobby Dodd Stadium.I had rather we spend more time working on blocking and tackling than trying to look cool.It seems like being cool is more important these days.If you rely on the run to get you through games like this one you will lose for sure.If we make it to overtime its over alright,quickly.The interception was a killer but the real killer may be this lateral ball offense he runs.I hope this thing works out for all TECH people but this is getting harder to watch.Go Jackets.

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ONE LAST THING: People who speak of “high school offenses” have “pee wee football” brains. There is no such thing.

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William Casey: I agree with most of your post, but this comment actually jolted me a bit: “Tevin Washington is not the second coming of Reggie Ball”. I had never really thought about it, but maybe he IS the second coming of Reggie Ball…flashes of brilliance, sometimes even sustained high level play, and then a dagger through the heart “what were you thinking” kind of play when the game is on the line. I seem to recall Reggie snatching defeat from the jaws of victory with an “I was throwing the ball away” moment late in a game against a hated rival…

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Great comments by William Casey and Billybobjacket.

And I think too many Tech fans (and just fans in general) confuse ‘Moral Victories’ with the simple fact that you HAVE to move on. No one’s happy with a loss, but you pick yourself up and get better. I would hate to play for or with WNE. He/she seems lacking in composure.

Both of these teams have a lot of football left to play. Go Jackets!

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Ken, told you & Doug before, needed another passing formation…pistol almost pulled it out…needed one more DB…

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The filters are really amped up this morning.

No profanity and still can’t get through

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Trying to find the one word that is hanging up your post is like finding a needle in a haystack.

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Tech’s Russian Roulette Offense is to painful to watch more than once!!!

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Those have to be the ugliest and worst uniforms I have ever seen Tech wear. We are not Oregon who has their uniform of the week. We need to stick with our Gold Helmets and either Gold Pants and White Jerseys or White Pants with Gold Jerseys. The defense looks much better and they played pretty darn well. Our running backs do not compare to Dwyer or Allen (Gailey’s recruits). Johnson has not done a good job of recruiting running backs and quarterbacks. We have to replace Washington. He is a lousy passer. I cannot believe that Lee cannot do better. Also, Days must be on the field as either an A or B back. He is a better runner than any A or B back we have. Groh has done a remarkable job of improving our defense particularly against the run.

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Cue the academic excuses. Cue the moral victory talk. Cue all the tough talk about how you’re going to turn it around and beat UGA.

Same BS every year out of you clowns. Its like a broken record.

“UGA lost an over-hyped nationally televised opener against an over-rated opponent”

LOL. That’s some mighty tough talk about Boise Techie. So says the guy whose team couldn’t even beat 8-5 UTAH in a bowl game last year.

There isn’t a fan base on earth with bigger mouths and absolutely NOTHING to back it up than Georgia Tech football fans. What an absolute joke these clowns are. Its unbelievable.

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Big diff between Tech and Vandy. Vandy people don’t WHIIIIIIINNNNNE about their status because they truly are an academic school WITH student athletes. And they will fight you to the bitter end. Year in and year out Vandy would whip Tech’s butt 8 out of 10 years. As Vito Corleone once famously said, “ACT LIKE A MAN”!

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Disappointing loss last night;of a game we should have won. Both Defense (wthout 3 starters) and Special Teams looked good. We should see Vad Lee next week and hopefully more throughout the season; which still has a long way to go.

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Oh, my thoughts??? Well, I think Clint Eastwood said it best. “A man’s got to know his limitations.”

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The worst part of last night games was watching the entire offense dive at the ground every play going for guys knees. That type of blocking should be banned from college football. It really is an embarrassment. PJ can claim all he wants that no one gets hurt with that kind of blocking, but it is still dirty. Man up, fire that coach and start playing the smash mouth football GT was famous for.

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Dear Sad Sight…ACT LIKE A MAN”

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Why is Tech wearing honey combs on their helmets and jersey’s? When did they change their mascot to honey bees?

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BTW, Believe that Mizzou will ruin UGA’s hopes next weekend;I’m betting on it; like last night, when VPI did not cover.

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Oh, I wish I was an Oscar Mayer WnE,
that is what I’d truly like to be,
’cause if I were an Oscar Mayer WnE,
everyone would be in love with me.

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I also don’t like the chop (oops…sorry, I meant to say “cut”) blocking. Not only is it dangerous, but on just about every play it gives the zebras an opportunity to say you were going high/low, and that kind of penalty is a huge drive killer for this offense.

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It was a tough loss, but I actually think we looked pretty decent last night. The offense is about what I was expecting. It was rusty from a long offseason, and we were up against a good defense that had time to prepare. It was pleasantly surprising that our defense played well enough to keep us in the game.

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at Hawaii he had two strong passing quarterbacks, Warren Jones and Garrett Gabriel, who threw 20-25 times a game while still running the triple option and that is when Hawaii was most effective. When they didnt have a qb who could consitently throw, they struggled mightly and that is why Bob Wagner was fired (he was the HC) Things will not change until he opens up the offense, throws more downfield and finds a qb who can do that. Unless that changes, the results won’t.

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For any “unhappy” with the cut blocking, it’s safe to say you need to watch more foorbal and focus on the blocking and learn a bit more before making some of these comments.

First, a couple years ago, after CPJ’s initial success, many of the ACC coaches complained about it at the ACC coaches conference. CPJ’s response was to name the players that had been injured in this manner. They could name any, not one, let alone provide any data that showed one blocking techniques statistically more dangerous than another. I believe UGA had just as many, if not more, penalties for the “chop” block than GT did.

As for BillyBob, how is this any different than holding? I guess every offensive line should just take a knee and make no attempt to actively block anyone?

Hatfield – More comments and attitudes like yours might make these blogs a bit more informative and help promote meaningful discussion, rather than the “you guys suck” attitude normally seen from UGA fans/alumni on a GT Blog or visa versa. UGA definitely needs to worry about Missouri. The time to pay real attention to GT is a couple months away. I, for one, root for UGA when they are not playing GT, but am worried about this game. I think Missouri is going to give them all they can handle.

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re:
South GA Jacket
September 4th, 2012
10:39 am
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In case you didn’t hear our flagship Radio Station AM790 this morning, they talked about the 3-14 vs. the big-4 games on our schedule and they also went on to say that the national media is starting to pick up on the same thing and that CPJ is starting to lose his “luster”.

May I remind you that the one & only WnE was one of the first to point out our record vs. the big-4 on our schedule and now BOTH the local and National Media are making it one of their main talking points about CPJ & GT FB.

What do you wanna bet that one of the guys at AM790 started reading Ken’s Blog and chose to “adopt” some ol’ WnE’s CFB logic?

The National Media will call the guys from the flagship station and ask what is up with GT FB and the Local guys will tell them “3-14 vs. the big-4″ as one of the main talking points about CPJ & GT FB.

So while you dismiss me as insignificant, the truth is, sis that little ol’ WnE is actually impacting the National perception of CPJ & GT FB.

BTW this is the first time that ANYONE at AM790 has said anything about CPJ’s record vs. the “big-4″ that I have talked about on numerous occasions.

Amazing how my “definition” of GT’s big-4 has taken on a life of its own and now others are using my big-4 as the barometer of measuring GT FB.

I don’t credit for it ,bit i was one of the first to define GT’s big-4.

Now put that in your pipe & smoke it!

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Why does this offense not run the true triple option?

Most of the play calls in our offense are made because of the limitations of what Tevin Washington can actually do.

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Great article as usual Ken. Some observations-it did seem like deja vu all over again with the Sun Bowl loss, but there were bright spots. I thought the special teams play was much improved over last year. Scully kicked with authority and it was good seeing a team take a knee to down it in the end zone on the kickoff. Poole punted well enough, although I wonder about his depth from snapper. Seemed like the Hokies came awlfully close a couple of times. Running the ball was difficult, but this was an experienced Hokie defense. Tevin generally threw the ball with more authority, but the decision making on the OT possession left something to be desired. I thought our secondary would be a strong point but it failed us in a critical situation. Also seemed Sweeting had difficulty getting people on the ground, generally getting run over hanging on instead of stopping people.

Overall, a victory would have been much preferred, but there appear to be some things to build on going forward. A long season still ahead.

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The game was lost on 2 plays – Tech leads with 44 seconds left, VT has to get into field goal range and their first play against a prevent is for around 25-30 yards. And then their final play before the tying field goal that put them in comfortable FG range. 2 plays that gave up big yards with VERY soft coverages. I don’t get the defensive play calling – we needed to avoid OT at all costs! I don’t put this loss on Tevin at all – it was our D on the final drive before OT.

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Tying to “ice” the kicker at the end of regulation was a stupid coaching move. Why do coaches still do that? When does it EVER work? All it does is give the kicker more time to settle-down.

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Did anyone think we were winning in OT?? Again, they should have done everything possible defensively to keep them out of FG range. VT tying with 44 seconds left was a huge boost for them and a big letdown for us. Sorry Jacket fans but I knew we weren’t winning in OT.

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The new uniforms made the players look like waiters. That aside, GT had some good moments, and the defense was better than anyone might have hoped. Still, a loss is a loss, Washington didn’t knock my eyes off with his play, and the schedule — given Clemson’s win over Auburn — looks a little tougher. Winning the division will be difficult, but 8-4 overall is very doable..

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WnE
September 4th, 2012
1:16 am

Do you really want to use Clemson as a measuring stick for GT FB the way they have been blown out by USCe recently and the way they gave up SEVENTY in their bowl game?
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How bout the way they stood up for the ACC vs the SEC (finally) and beat Auburn on the national stage?

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Team played with a lot of heart—that is most important. Hopefully, they will rally and not carry this loss forward. Biggest deficiency was downfield blocking—it was non-existent. The Pistol formation seemed more effective and our one good drive incorporated more passing—take good notes CPJ. VT had the safeties covering the pitch and they came up fast—it seems our WR could not shake free from their CBs, but that left LBs to cover our A backs and we had some success in passing to them. I thought play calling was uninspired—how about a reverse or some misdirection with VT playing so aggressively? Aside from 3 or 4 breakdowns, the D did well. If we hold every team to 17 pts then I’d be happy—our Offense should score more than 20 against anyone. Special teams didn’t hurt us which is better than last year. Learn how to block and open up the playbook a little and we should do OK— 8 -4 or 9 – 3 are legitimate goals. Heck 11 – 1 is attainable but we have to play and coach better than last night.

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This is NOT sour grapes. After last nights game it is an appropriate time to make the case against overtime. I would have the same opinion of the overtime scheme if Tech had won.
The overtime scheme is a sham. It makes no sense to play a game by one set of rules and then, if there is a tie, to change the rules to determine a winner. The game as played in overtime is not the same game, This is true in the college game, sudden death in the pro game, the shootouts in hockey and soccer and so forth. The only clocked game in which overtime is legit is basketball. You add an overtime period. You don’t change the rules. Baseball adds extra innings, basketball adds additional periods. That is fine. Besides a tie is a legitimate and revealing outcome. If ever there were two teams evenly matched on a given day it was the two Techs last night. I felt this way before last night. To change the rules to satisfy a fans craving for a “winner” is a gross compromise.

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re:
DawgNole
September 4th, 2012
12:15 pm

WnE
September 4th, 2012
1:16 am

Do you really want to use Clemson as a measuring stick for GT FB the way they have been blown out by USCe recently and the way they gave up SEVENTY in their bowl game?
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How bout the way they stood up for the ACC vs the SEC (finally) and beat Auburn on the national stage?
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We haven’t played this version of the Clemson tigers, my fellow GT fans are bragging about beating the version last yr. that got 70 hung on em’ by W.Va. in Orange Bowl.

We aren’t likely to beat this version of the Clemson tigers as long as Ellington is the RB, he was out last yr.

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Jmonty

You must have been watching the Disney channel or my little pony last night.

I’d take Al Groh over CPJ right now in a heart beat. The defense was all we had last night!!

Somebody please give the trolls some reefer or booze so they can go back to their normal pathetic bulldog lives.

I hear that they are selling SAT scores over at Cedar Shoals H.S. to any and all uga recruits who just can’t make the grade…probably reefer and booze too!

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DIT
September 4th, 2012
8:03 am

This Dawg will be rooting hard for the Wramblin Wreck to stomp FSU!! Yes, that means you will beat ClemPson again this year.
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Stomp FSU??? Tech doesn’t even play FSU this year. And what does FSU have to do Clemson?

Hello?

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GTBEE…. Have you watched GT play the last few years?? The “D” is below average… a 3-4 “D” is NOT (REPEAT) NOT ran the way CAG runs it. He coaches scared and the players play the they were coached. Sorry… Where was the “D” in the bowl game?? Where was the “D” in the 4th quarter? Where was the “D” during a 42 yard pass? CAG was a loser at UVA… He got booted out because of a lack of winning. Why oh why he got hired at GT, beats me…. I questioned that move from day one. Tenuta at least had an above average “D”.. CAG is just a bunch of hot air that needs to float on past GT and go to some division II school.

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DawgNole – You might want to limit your comments to a Blog where remedial reading skills are the norm rather then the exception. He is assuming we play FSU in the ACC Championship game, which means that we would have to, most likely, beat Clumson in the regular season for that to occur.

“Hello?”

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Spelling for effect.

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GTVegas
September 4th, 2012
10:19 am

As for the game, disappointed in the final score, but not in the overall performance. Sure, there were parts of the game I was not pleased with, but it was the first game of the year.
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That “first game of the year” crap won’t cut it. Every team that WON this past weekend was also playing its first game of the year.

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That “first game of the year” crap won’t cut it. Every team that WON this past weekend was also playing its first game of the year.

Most of the other teams that WON weren’t playing their most important and toughest game of the season in their first game. If we would have lost to Bowling Green or Buffalo then I would gladly call it a season start getting ready for basketball. That didnt happen.

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GTVegas
September 4th, 2012
1:09 pm

DawgNole – You might want to limit your comments to a Blog where remedial reading skills are the norm rather then the exception. He is assuming we play FSU in the ACC Championship game, which means that we would have to, most likely, beat Clumson in the regular season for that to occur.

“Hello?”
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More assumptions than I’m willing to make–although I’d be pleased to see both of them come true.

Goodbye.

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GTBob
September 4th, 2012
1:56 pm

That “first game of the year” crap won’t cut it. Every team that WON this past weekend was also playing its first game of the year.

Most of the other teams that WON weren’t playing their most important and toughest game of the season in their first game. If we would have lost to Bowling Green or Buffalo then I would gladly call it a season start getting ready for basketball. That didnt happen.
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You have it backwards. GT’s toughest–if not most important–game of the season is its LAST one. Check the series record–particularly over the past 11 years–if you need proof.

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What do you wanna bet that one of the guys at AM790 started reading Ken’s Blog and chose to “adopt” some ol’ WnE’s CFB logic?

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I’ve got a better one for you. I bet you won’t meet me outside the north end of the stadium so I can congratulate you in person. 30 minutes before kickoff with Presbyterian. Deal?

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You have it backwards. GT’s toughest–if not most important–game of the season is its LAST one. Check the series record–particularly over the past 11 years–if you need proof.

I can’t remember the last time the UGA game was tougher or more important than the VT game. Sorry. We can’t win either one but VT usually has a much better team.

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WnE — I know you think today is suppose to be some type of validation of your ignorant schtick.
You get a day – a week – maybe a few weeks to arm chair QB last nights game.
You get to say “I told you so”.
You might’ve even picked up 1 maybe 2 followers on twitter.
However, upon further evaluation, last night only proved what a jack-wagon you truly are.
Not once were you around during the game — to either cheer or jeer.
Like any vulture, you waited until the game was over to swoop in and pick at your prey.
The sad thing is WnE, you’re not always wrong in your critiques, you just go about the wrong way.
Johnson’s a weak recruiter. No excuse for GT not to have a better QB in year 5. Their’s plenty of big time dual threat QBs all over the place in college football & Tevin(I’m afraid) isn’t one of them.
You could have been real & voiced your opinions during the game — when the game was a toss up, instead you waited til the whistle blew so you could pile on with your antics.
I don’t always disagree with what you say WnE — you’re actually right about this so-called student athlete referendum coming to the NC2A in a couple years hurting the likes of GT not helping them.
There’s still hope WnE. Don’t give up. I’ll counsel you into becoming a real supporter of your team. Follow my lead, I’ll get ya there!!

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truth — 2 calls stood out to me.
1 — the VT player did not get out of bounds on the last series in regulation.
2 — the pass interference against #6 Sweeting? was a bad call.

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Let’s hire Mark Richt!!!

UGA hates him!!!

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I agree Lifer.

CPJ ain’t going to put many butts in the seats from here on out and that is what it all boils down to in the end.

CPJ won’t even give on screen interviews at half time. The arrogance is getting old fast!

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As a VT alum, I actually thought GT did really well right up until that interception. The Jacket defense was looking much improved from last year, Tevin was looking much improved from last year, and with 40 seconds left in the game, an underdog, unranked GT team was in the driver’s seat to win.

Did the Jacket offense look like world-beaters? No, but it was playing an experienced, well-coached defense which is probably the #1 or #2 defense in the ACC this year.

Did the defense “fall apart”? In overtime, yes – but that was after having the late-game lead evaporate and watching Tevin give up that awful interception in overtime. But at the end of regulation, they actually got several good stops before giving up the pass plays, the first of which was some amazingly fortunate needle-threading by Logan Thomas. That was more a matter of good players + good fortune than a defensive problem by GT.

I think you guys are in a better position than you realize. VT has 4 (potentially) difficult matchups ahead in-conference: @UNC, @Miami, @Clemson and FSU at home. 3 of those are in a row at the end of the season, and the UVA game may not be as easy as we made it look last year. If GT stays focused and has a good game against Clemson, you have every chance to get back into this thing.

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I’ve got a better one for you. I bet you won’t meet me outside the north end of the stadium so I can congratulate you in person. 30 minutes before kickoff with Presbyterian. Deal?

Nothing funnier than an internet tough guy.

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Wheenie is a joke. What does it say about someone who contributes (or, at lest thinks they are contributing) the amount of meaningless drivel by such long diatribes with the sole purpose of gloating? I will tell you who. It is someone that needs to feel that they are right, is not comforable enough knowing himself that he is right, but needs to gloat. He is not secure enough in his own skin, but needs the approval of others. He is the guy that assumes he is always right and woners why he gets fired for his “attitude” and not his performance. This is the same person who contacted a recruit via twitter and told him that he made the wrong decision and should reconsider his college choice, an underage recruit that neither asked for or wants this input.

The guy may be right in some areas, but no one wants to hear about it because, as Crimson pointed out, he goes about it in the absolute wrong way.

I really do not understand the expectaion to win every game, even when the opponent is more highly ranked. It just doesn’t make sense. All I ask is that we are competitive in every game and have a chance, winning those we should and getting a break from time to time and winning a few we shouldn’t, improving each week in some manner.

If you don’t think GT had that chance against the #16 team in the country last night, well you either did not watch the game or are looking through such tinted glasses, blinded by your own pre-ordained opinions.

I personally agree with Crimson that Wheenie may be right in certain areas, but I am not sure what they are as I tuned him out long ago for the above reasons.

As for the rest of the year, Dave made some valid points and brings light to the fact that VT’s schedule his a few more potential bumps along the way.

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@ Dave

Well said. I saw a lot to be encouraged about and I look forward to a good (maybe great)season.

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Big Crimson 75
September 4th, 2012
2:51 pm

WnE — I know you think today is suppose to be some type of validation of your ignorant schtick.
You get a day – a week – maybe a few weeks to arm chair QB last nights game.
You get to say “I told you so”.
You might’ve even picked up 1 maybe 2 followers on twitter.
However, upon further evaluation, last night only proved what a jack-wagon you truly are.
Not once were you around during the game — to either cheer or jeer.
Like any vulture, you waited until the game was over to swoop in and pick at your prey.
The sad thing is WnE, you’re not always wrong in your critiques, you just go about the wrong way.
Johnson’s a weak recruiter. No excuse for GT not to have a better QB in year 5. Their’s plenty of big time dual threat QBs all over the place in college football & Tevin(I’m afraid) isn’t one of them.
You could have been real & voiced your opinions during the game — when the game was a toss up, instead you waited til the whistle blew so you could pile on with your antics.
I don’t always disagree with what you say WnE — you’re actually right about this so-called student athlete referendum coming to the NC2A in a couple years hurting the likes of GT not helping them.
There’s still hope WnE. Don’t give up. I’ll counsel you into becoming a real supporter of your team. Follow my lead, I’ll get ya there!!
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So basically you wrote all of that above to say that I really am a smart guy and am right most of the time.

Thanks!

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F..rosted……..O..range

WnE & dWagfan…………….You JOKE of humans.

Domonique Noble
the crazy thing about last night is knowing how hard we’ve worked since last January.. putting in the extra work and effort to prepare for one game. going outside of our comfort zone to be able to handle any adversity we’ll be faced with. but this only why we fight so hard… so that whenever we get knocked down, we’re strong enough to get back up and fight some more. i wouldn’t wanna do this with anyone else other than the brothers on my team! #gtech

WnE is not HUMAN
a TECH FAN
or any value to the HUMAN RACE

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CPJ.. O looks like any avg. O you’ll see on a Friday night… I’m soooo tired of this God for saken arrogant ass of a coach… they may win 5 games if there lucky… I hate to pull against my team, so I will just not watch this year as I did when dumb ass Bill Lewis nearly ran the program into the ground

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Lets be real, Tech fans, Bama puts a 30 to 40 point pounding on either us or VT. Clemson and UGA both beat us pretty good this year. Between UVA, Miami, BYU, and UNC there are probably two losses. 7 – 5 and another junk bowl that neither the players nor the fans care about. Hopefully this will be enough to move P. Johnson on out. It gets old.

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So what do you trolls want? Really, WTF do you want? Do you think that trolling on a rival blog is going to convince Tech alumni and fans that they should actually hate Tech like you do?
Are you that effin stupid?

Yeah, Tech lost in OT last night. BFD! One team was going to lose, most likely the visiting team. That’s football. It doesn’t mean the players didn’t play their butts off. They didn’t roll over and quit. What else do you expect?

Only one team is going to win the crystal football this year. Everyone else is going home empty handed. That doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the game, and pull for the student athletes (real or imagined) that represent your school.

Bottom line – why don’t you trolls go F yourselves and head on back to your teams blogs where someone might give a flying F what you think?

Thanks.

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I’ve got a better one for you. I bet you won’t meet me outside the north end of the stadium so I can congratulate you in person. 30 minutes before kickoff with Presbyterian. Deal?

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An “internet tough guy?” I don’t understand your comments. Who is pretending to be the “tough guy?” Is it WnE? You? Or is it me? If you’re referring to talking big online, then you MUST be talking about WnE.

All I said was that I would like to congratulate him in person on being so influential on the Atlanta and national media. What college football fan wouldn’t want to rub elbows with someone like that? Hey, I would love to have someone so knowledgeable to watch the game with. What about that sounds tough? Unless it’s tough to get permission from Mama to leave the house.

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I had the priviledge of watching Hunt-Days in H.S.
He is probably the best full back on the team not playing full back….or B-back to make the CPJ option junkies happy. Jabari switched to linebacker his senior year and played fairly well.
I am most impressed with the progress that he has made with his technique and hawking skills.
Remember, the kid only played linebacker for one year in H.S.
Drummond is a good ball player and rightfully should be your starter.. Jabari has shown that he can more than handle filling in to give these guys rest during the course of a game.

I think that we should be giving Tevin a break. Tevin manages the game better than any other QB to play in this scheme thus far. He may not always make the right decisions, but it is nice not having the 3-4 fumbles a game that were common in the first 3 years of us running the option. The kid is as tough as any QB that we have seen a Tech in quite a while. Everyone complains that he looks slow, but I would say that he is very smooth. Hank Aaron was always accused of being lazy, but the truth was he never looked like he was trying hard because he had very little wasted motion. Watching Tevin, I really feel that he exhibits the same ease of motion.

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I seriously love your site.. Excellent colors & theme. Did you build this web site yourself? Please reply back as I’m trying to create my own personal blog and would like to learn where you got this from or exactly what the theme is called. Thanks!

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