Georgia Tech quoteboard
“I told coach [Rick] Stockstill after the game they got after us and whipped our butts. I have to give Middle Tennessee a lot of credit because they played hard. But after saying that, it was embarrassing. I don’t think there’s any other way to describe it. We didn’t play with a lot of energy. We turned the ball over — we can’t do that — and we probably had as bad a day tackling as I’ve seen, maybe worse than last week. The bottom line we didn’t do anything really good. We didn’t block very well, we didn’t catch, we didn’t throw and when you do that and turn the ball over you get beat. That’s it in a nutshell, I guess.”
“Clearly we’ve got issues, we’ve got issues we have to address, there’s no doubt about that.”
Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson
“It could have. We just weren’t ready to play. We talked, we tried all sorts of different angles, but they didn’t come ready to play. So that comes back to me.”
Johnson on whether last week’s loss to Miami affected Saturday’s performance
“After the game, I’m just considering going and watching the tape.”
Johnson on whether he’s considering any changes on the staff
“I’m as disappointed as I’m sure the fans are. I’m embarrassed, too, and I’m going to do everything in my power to fix this and get it right. That’s all I can do.”
Johnson on what he would tell fans after the game
“This is as tough a loss as we’ve had since I’ve been here. We have to wash our memories. All we can do Sunday is get ready for Clemson and focus on the little things and things you can control.”
Tech quarterback Tevin Washington
“We came out too flat today, and when you give another team energy, give them momentum, it’s hard to stop once they get going.”
Washington on coming out flat
“That’s a hard question to answer. We’re a family out there and just trying to make plays. I’m really not sure.”
Tech linebacker Jabari Hunt-Days on what’s affected the defense the past two weeks
“That’s one of the main things that coach [Johnson] puts emphasis on is the missed assignments. That’s what hurts us. We made plays but when it was time for real crucial ones that didn’t require much yardage we just couldn’t get them. That hurt us.”
Tech A-back Orwin Smith on the Jackets’ mistakes
“It affected us, but then again the next guy should be able to step up and take his place. I feel like we are a brotherhood out there and we live off each other. It didn’t affect us.”
Tech linebacker Quayshawn Nealy on playing without Jeremiah Attaochu
“This was a hard-fought physical game. I thought our conditioning was a factor in the game. We kept pushing, we kept pressing, and we kept coming after them. On defense, we were relentless. We were fast off the ground. We didn’t lay around.”
Middle Tennessee state coach Rick Stockstill
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bp
September 29th, 2012
8:07 pm
Defense was relentless? What game was Nealy watching?
J'boroJacket
September 29th, 2012
8:18 pm
We could not tackle them, yet went down on several toe tackles… seemed like we were playing two hand touch. I mentioned that the reason Tevin is starting is that he looks good in practice. Given the way our defense played, I could look good in practice. If Al was in the box, he should have seen the things we saw and made adjustments. Just did not happen. We make other players look like All Americans….. not to take anything from MTSU- they played better, smarter and more technical than we had all season- and with VT losing another game this week… amazing how bad we look.
Chief
September 29th, 2012
8:21 pm
bp … the quote about the defense being “relentless” came from MTSU coach Rick Stockstill, not Nealy.
Recruiting guru
September 29th, 2012
8:21 pm
well……i plead the 5th…..
GT79MD83
September 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Tevin would not start for MTSU.Our defense was awful but our offense gave the other team too many chances.I said before the game if we lost this game both Groh and Johnson should be fired at the end of the season. I still feel that way. We will be lucky to be 6-6 at the end of the season.UGA will score every time they have the ball and never have to punt when we play them.Clemson will probably have over 600 yards of total offense next week.Last week we sucked. This week was embarassing.
Wild Bill
September 29th, 2012
8:52 pm
Been to games for the last 52 years and I don’t remember one this bad. They can try to sell my season tickets to someone else next year.
JACKETfan12
September 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
At least Johnson is owing up to this loss. But all in all, there needs to be some serious coaching staff changes, maybe even CPJ.
Losing to VT in overtime in Blacksburg is one thing. Blowing a 14 point lead against Miami and losing by 21 to MTSU is completely different. There is a lack of coaching, a lack of talent, and a lack of good ole fashioned heart on the field.
And for crying out loud, bench Tevin. I hate to throw Tevin under the bus and I am not one of these guys that has called Vad’s name for the past 2 years, but Tevin is obviously limited and un-athletic. Yes he is composed (at times), but he doesn’t have the jets nor the arm that Lee does. He trips when scrambling out of the pocket and throws an interception to a wide-open receiver down field becaus he cant get enough lift on the ball. It’s depressing to watch.
GT Joe
September 29th, 2012
9:09 pm
Time for Vad now?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
@ Joe……did you see Vad in the first half? He looked terrible
T-TIme
September 29th, 2012
9:28 pm
Both QBs had issues, but I would rather watch Vad any day than Tevin. When it gets to the point the announcers keep bringing up the horrible mechanics something has to give. Not to mention he always cracks under pressure.
GT sam
September 29th, 2012
9:32 pm
I think it is time to start the young player,and lose now . It is also time to start looking for a new defensive and offensive coaches. It was bad today on the flats
Supersize that order, mutt
September 29th, 2012
9:33 pm
There was one play today where Tevin showed how much he cares, and I loved it. Late in the game, he was scrambling and he literally hurdled over the defenders on the sideline, reaching for and making a first down. Frankly, I didn’t think he had it in him to do that.
Bamajacket
September 29th, 2012
9:33 pm
Lots of folks complain about the 3-4. Maybe, maybe not. 3-4, 4-3, I don’t know. What I do know is you can’t scheme for tackling and covering receivers. A 3-4 doesn’t just bounce off, or entirely miss tackles. That’s what’s embarrassing. Brotherhood my behind! Family. Bull. Words, boys, don’t make up for what I’ve been seeing. You look like a bunch of sleepwalkers, taking the day off. I don’t know how much of this is on the coaches, how much on the players. Neither looks to have much heart and pride. But I do know the coaches are the ones who get fired. Paul Johnson needs to worry how long GA Tech pays $2 million for this product. He should be embarrassed. I wouldfeel better about seeing freshmen out there who would give an effort. I said early this year, I’m sure he’s a wonderful kid, but if Tevin is the best we have, we’re in for a long year.
Buford Pusser, Sheriff
September 29th, 2012
9:36 pm
Strength and conditioning have been severely lacking at Tech for years. Not just CPJ’s tenure. How pathetic is it when a player from freaking MTSU tells his hometown newspaper after the game that they were just in way better shape and condition and stronger/faster than Tech?!?! See article above where MTSU coach openly says the same thing. We are fat and slow. They beat us up and down. Did everyone see the back, Cunningham, repeatedly run over our defensive backs?
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
9:38 pm
I love Techs coach!!! I say its time to give him an extention on his contract….
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
9:41 pm
Yhea!!! This soooo fun!!!! Hahahaha!!!!!!!!
juvenal
September 29th, 2012
9:46 pm
give it up, Super, most balls underthrown, including the INT that should have tied the game if thrown on target-there were many series worse than the ONE Vad had,,,,still perfect in close games late in the 4th….we have a defense? i thought it was a clown show put in to give the offense 1 or 2 minutes of rest…
time to rethink
September 29th, 2012
9:48 pm
Two facts that scare me: First, either MTSU is better than Miami and Va Tech or we are getting worse. Second, MTSU gained control in the second half…after we made half time adjustments. So again, we get worse as we gain playing time.
T-TIme
September 29th, 2012
9:48 pm
The D does not get much time to recover when the O goes one and out.
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
9:56 pm
What are y’all gonna do when you have to play your Big Daddy Georgia Bulldogs?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 29th, 2012
10:04 pm
A better question is what is daddy gonna do when they play the “old ball coach”?
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
10:07 pm
Watch a perfect season continue.
Vampire Bill
September 29th, 2012
10:07 pm
@ Your Bull
Dude I’m a dawgs fan big time and I love to see the bugs lose but, give em a break dude. You just don’t kick em when their that down.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 29th, 2012
10:08 pm
want to put some money on that? NO WAY does UGA beat USC!!!
Joe Biden
September 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
CPJ,there is a place for you in our administration,you just keep over-promising and under-deliverying
gg
September 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
This wouldn’t be happening if Reggie Ball was still here.
InsectInside
September 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
bp, what column are you readiing?
PCH
September 29th, 2012
10:44 pm
There is a problem at GT which separates the offense and the defense under the head coach. It is apparent that we are seeing a separation of groups because whenever your head coach actually carries the ball for one or the other without success that is where to look. Paul needs to take over the defense and watch his offense not score. A head coach has to take over control of the team which is all players and all teams. Al Groh needs to change his model the players are confused.
When you are trying to outsmart them most of the time you lose the ability to play with recklessness.
Tevin is a nice kid however bench him for the future lest Paul will be watching Vad from another job. Can we stop running the QB sneak. Why because when we get to practice our offense. WE ARE PLAYING AFRAID.
InsectInside
September 29th, 2012
10:52 pm
4 (or was it more) turnovers, Teven throws high, low, slow and late balls, blocking was aweful (saw two linemen hit…no, can’t say hit…more like lightly pushed… a LB, left the block and the guy made the tackle. Don’t know if the back was in the hole late or not. Unbelievable lack of tackling and getting juked out of their socks when one on one, Same play gashing us play after play. MT QB plainly saw the end isolated on the LB with no help close and checked to the quick slant for the TD. Defense looked like they were just ready to shower by the end. Completely humbled, disheartened, humiliated and beaten.
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
10:53 pm
What I think is funny is that if y’all fire your coach you’re gonna be horrible for at least 3 or 4 years. Just think about it, no good players go to Tech because they don’t run a pro style offense. You get a normal coach in there an install a pro style offense and y’all will be horrible without your gimic offense. Lol!!!
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
10:54 pm
You guys don’t have any players!
Edawg
September 29th, 2012
10:55 pm
Enter your comments here
Edawg
September 29th, 2012
10:55 pm
Well well well well what now?
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
10:56 pm
I think you guys should just give up and just quit playing football.
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
11:01 pm
News flash, Middle Tennessee’s quarterback is over at the Georgia Tech sorority house and he just scored again.!
Tekrules
September 29th, 2012
11:05 pm
I wish we could get a defensive coach of character & ability to keep up w CPJ & our offense. Has jerry sandusky been sentenced yet ?
Island Jacket
September 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
The Offense is producing…. But that defense is killing us. We definitely need a change on Defense. I like CAG, but that defenseis not working for us. We need to keep the O.
Tekrules
September 29th, 2012
11:11 pm
Agreed, island jacker- lets get sandusky. Hes a man of character and a step up for our staff. He will bring the wood !
mike
September 29th, 2012
11:11 pm
@ Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!! That’s pretty good.
gtfan1951
September 29th, 2012
11:13 pm
Fire paul johnson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rick in Warner Robins
September 29th, 2012
11:15 pm
The sorry play started with them wearing those freakin’ ugly uniforms. Go back to the traditional uniforms!
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
11:16 pm
@Tekrules, Sandusky will bring the wood come shower time.
Tekrules
September 29th, 2012
11:17 pm
Sandusky wold send our pitiful defense to the shower ! He can find 10 yr olds who want to play hard
GTech
September 29th, 2012
11:18 pm
Our D-line is just terrible. The entire line is full of upperclassmen but TJ plays like a 210lb lineman. Cross can’t tackle a QB and Dieke/Cummings are just terrible. Neither of them can get off their blocks or penetrate. Andy McCollum can’t develop a player; nor he can recruit. There are plenty of recruits in GA that could start at GT tomorrow but none will sign cuz this idiot (McCollum) can’t recruit nor develop a player. Fire him NOW! MTSU was smart enough to do that. And it’s time for Vad!
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 29th, 2012
11:24 pm
If you fire CPJ, you will be horrible cause you have lowend players due to CPJ non-pro style offense. Think about, your gimic offense worked in the begining cause CPJ had Gailey’s pro-style recruits. They are gone now and that is why you guys suck. Smoke and mirror over. You have to keep CPJ….
Tekrules
September 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
Rick yr right. Sandusky says these uniforms got to go !!! Better to play the way they did in ancient greek olympics.
Bobby Rodriguez - #3
September 30th, 2012
12:10 am
Coleman Rudolph was right when GT hired Johnson…he stinks and cannot blame anyone…he is mean, not attractive (turkey neck) and makes fun of people with mental disabilities…..it would be embarrassing to be a Tech man today.
1 4 GT
September 30th, 2012
12:26 am
You jackasses talking about Sandusky & making jokes & wisecracks at the expense of his victims are sick.
greg
September 30th, 2012
12:46 am
Our tackling today was actually worse than the Virginia defenders when we played them. I didn’t think that was possible. We didn’t have anywhere near the intensity level as MTSU. Some of that may have been due to conditioning late in the game, but it doesn’t explain getting blown off the ball on key downs, getting beat badly on pass blocking and sliding off tackles they way we did. That comes from a lack of preparedness and focus on fundamentals and that squarely falls on the coaching staff. We missed some key players, were coming off a demoralizing loss against Miami, but they should have been more ready to play. CPJ said they talked about it. Is that all they did last week? I remember a comment years back from Bobby Ross after an embarrassing loss. He said something to the effect that “the Georgia Tech fans deserve better”. I had a sense then he was going to take care of it. He did. I watched them beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl a couple years later. I wish I felt the same way about CPJ. The only coach I would commend this year is the new special teams. Night and day from last year. Solid tackles, solid coverage downfield. They’ve been doing the little things right and busting some big plays in the process.
rogeriter
September 30th, 2012
1:53 am
Dogs fan here…but I feel your pain. I have followed Tech since the fifties and, even though I’m not a tech
fan, I know the pride that Tech Football has sustained over the years. No answers here but I am sorry for the pain you feel. But remember, the prayer says, “…yea though I walk through the valley” Not “Yea though I live in the valley.” Keep fighting and believing…you’ll come out OK.
Good News
September 30th, 2012
4:06 am
Look on the bright side tech fans! We have the Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs, and the Atlanta Dream to cheer for. All these teams have found success thus far in their seasons!!!
yeller bug
September 30th, 2012
4:15 am
That was ugly…………….
On offense: multiple failures in pass blocking by O-line—-OT got beat often by blitzing LB (pathetic effort on our part)
TW is timid in his passing—he guides it on short passes, underthrows it on long passes. If we are truly trying to win the game and we need to pass the ball, then he needs to be replaced with either Days or Vad as either of them can throw the ball better. Yes, he’s the leader on the team and runs the TO well, but a man’s got to know his limitations…..and passing is his. I’ve been saying to platoon the QB spot all year. CPJ puts in Vad and he runs 6 plays with 4 of them dive plays. If Vad does not read/execute well on the TO, then do not run it with him in the game. Let him run from the pistol and throw the ball. Adjust your play calling to fit your personnel.
On Defense: It actually could have been worse. We had blown coverages where they did not take advantage of it. Clemson is drooling………… CAG may have a SuperBowl ring and be a genuis, but it’s not translating to the players on the field. Our sub packages arrive on the field late, DLs are looking at each other wondering what to do—players are out of position, mass confusion in covering the slot receiver, the whole system is in utter chaos. We need to simplify things quickly because we’re not even doing the fundamentals right. Yesterday looked like the first day of spring camp and not mid-season.
I was at Tech, when we went 1-9-1 so I know pain…..not going to rant and rave about giving up season tickets or off with their heads for the coaches, but they’ve got their work cut off for them. Players too…we need to rally…..in adversity it’s one day at a time. Forget about season goals, treat each game as being your last chance to play the game and give all you got. And true fans get behind their team.
aw
September 30th, 2012
5:26 am
I have been a loyal fanatic fan for 55 years. This is all a broken record. We play pathetic and want the coaches to be fired. I’ve seen this for over 1/2 a century. It is the same story since Bobby left. This season is going to be a Bill Lewis season, humilitating and one that makes one want to jump off the upper west.Now i have to go to church and get the usual from everybody. I should take up knitting. I still love the north ave trade school. Fire the coaches! Fire the coaches! Sound familiar?
Bobby Rodriguez - #3
September 30th, 2012
7:46 am
Coach Turkey Neck is a joke…….his arrogance is coming back to haunt him….what a jerk.
collegeballfan
September 30th, 2012
7:57 am
As I have pointed out in the past Georgia Tech has a record of 328 – 266 – 10 since 1960. That is 62 games over .500 in a 52 year span. This team is abut like the previous teams.
Harold Smith
September 30th, 2012
8:02 am
Congraulations to the Middle Tenn Team that beat Georgia Tech. This loss has proved to all Georgia Tech fans that Paul Johnson needs to find a new home. The Triple option is not working and will never work! Throw the ball!!! Oh, but we need a quaterback who can throw.
Thank God I have not bought any tickets to this years games. Thank God Calvin Johnson who is now in the NFL got out there before Coach Johnson arrived. He would not have made it under Coach Paul’s Plan.
Georgia Bull Dogs please do not embarass us too bad on November 24th. Please spot us 20 points before the game starts?
Harold Smith, Macon, Georgia
Bobby
September 30th, 2012
8:02 am
I would be satisfied for GT to simply fire the coaching staff, forfeit all of our games until such time as we have paid out their contracts and start over. CPJ keeps saying each week now it’s his fault. Well it’s time to remedy that fault. What a waste of money purchasing tickets and going to the games. Watching Georgia high school games on TV Friday night’s is more entertaining.
KillerBee
September 30th, 2012
8:03 am
Groh on the sidelines. Groh in the pressbox.
How about Groh out of the stadium altogether ???
doiknowu
September 30th, 2012
8:04 am
GT has had Clemson’s number lately, so it wouldn’t surprise me if Tech pulls off the upset. Could be the Tigers will be supremely overconfident. But I wouldn’t put any money on it.
Demosthenes
September 30th, 2012
9:04 am
Hire Mike Bobo. He’s a great recruiter, knows the state, develops QBs like nobody’s business, he’s from the SEC and it would be a dagger in UGA’s heart. I don’t know if he’d come, but he’d be a vast improvement.
Jesse Myers
September 30th, 2012
9:13 am
your bulldawg daddy……..you don’t have to tell people that you’re an idot……..it shows !!!!!
Rob
September 30th, 2012
9:17 am
Johnson says they need to work on the little things? Really? Looks like some pretty big things are very messed up. I’m sure Tevan is a great kid, but he’s out of his league, and Johnson needs to try someone else in that role. (Reminds me of Gailey and Reggie Ball, and we know how that ended). Clearly Al Groh is at the end of his road. And, now that the element of surprise is gone, Johnson’s offense requires better execution than it is getting; if Johnson is unable to recruit the quality of talent he needs to successfully run his offense at this level of play, he needs to go, as well. All in all, it’s probably time to move on.
Stumpknocker
September 30th, 2012
9:20 am
“your bulldawg daddy” is either a 13 yr old that spends all his time in the bathroom, playing with his self………..or a real ga grad……….hard to distinguish between the two.
savannadawg
September 30th, 2012
9:21 am
Just an observation, from watchng the triple-option offense work when PJ was at GSU. Tech does not have the talent at the “backs” positions that Paul had when he was at Georgia Southern. “THAT’s WHAT REALLY SURPRISES ME.” I don’t understand that PJ?????????????
UGA = Yawn
September 30th, 2012
9:30 am
From Yahoo Sports Week 5 Winners and losers article, naturally, GT was in the ‘losers’ grouping . . .
Georgia Tech: If you thought Georgia Tech snatching defeat from the hands of victory against Miami last week was the low point, well, look away. The Yellow Jackets’ 49-28 loss to Middle Tennessee State (yes, Middle Tennessee State) was the first loss to a non-BCS school since 1996 and the first time the Yellow Jackets had suffered consecutive home losses since 1988. Is it time to hit the panic button at Georgia Tech? Yes, yes it is.
Joe
September 30th, 2012
9:31 am
Bottom line. 55,000 seat capacity.39,270 announced attendance. “Half capacity” written accounts. Almost empty in game’s end pictures. Dan Radakovich will not survive keeping CPJ. Say goodnight, Your Arrogance.
UGA = Yawn
September 30th, 2012
9:32 am
doiknowu – no chance vs Clemson. None at all!
GT Joe
September 30th, 2012
10:06 am
Time for vad now?
Should be Vad’s second year starting…instead CPJ just wasted two years on the Tevin Washington experiment. That’s a fireable offense…
GT is a 4th rate High School Team
September 30th, 2012
10:26 am
GT fans should not despair. You all will rise up of this mess and lead again i.e. AMONG HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS.
jacketnation
September 30th, 2012
10:37 am
HEADLINE- Tech Drops out of ACC. Georgia Tech has dropped out of the ACC and will become an independent beginning in 2013. Tech has managed to put together a new schedule in a very short amount of time. Here is a look at next year’s competition, which could be a very tough road for the Yellow Jackets
Murray State
Alcorn State
Central New Mexico
Savannah State
Shorter College
North Western Georgia
Sprayberry High School (home coming)
Nevada Vocational School
Idaho Poly Tech.
jacketnation
September 30th, 2012
10:47 am
Ever noticed that Groh rhymes with Go? Tech’s defense stands around in a stupor, which is why they are so easy to block. They are not play makers. The D- Line may as well bring a roll up mattress on to the field. At least that way somebody might trip over them while their lounging. Big play line backers? Hah! Groh was in the booth, but that wasn’t far enough from the field. The parking lot would have been too close, unless it was at Wal-Mart pushing buggies.
Jeff Greene is not the go to guy. He does not know how to maneuver to the ball or keep the 5′ 9″ corner backs from making a big play.
BluntDawg
September 30th, 2012
10:48 am
I have a love and affinity for the state that I’m from and that is Georgia. I will not tread on GT because I am from Atlanta but I love the Dawgs with a passion that only Dawg fans feel for the red and black. Now Techsters here’s the problem we are in one of the best recruiting times for the state of Georgia and u are running a garbage offense and by this you are losing out on recruits that u shud be getting to out of state schools. That was flat foot embarrassing yesterday……………..Send Johnson back to Ga. Southern and see if Bill Curry can do 3 more years to get this storied program back. Come on Wramblin Wreck…….now back to your regular broadcast…..Go Dawgs
jacketnation
September 30th, 2012
10:53 am
UPDATE- Tech has added a 10th game to next years schedule. They will play the season finale against Southern Rhode Island. Since this school doesn’t actually have an athletic program, Tech will loan them equipment for the game.
jacketnation
September 30th, 2012
10:58 am
Synchronized Swimming is new #1 sport at Georgia Tech since the school quit playing football on Saturday 09/28/2012. The men’s varsity chess team seams to be moving along quite well and could draw as many fans as Saturday’s loss at Bobby Dodd drew. There were so many empty seats, you could have landed a 747 and not bumped an attendee. Wes Duram has decided to move on to greater things and will now broadcast the Tech Bowling team live on A.M. radio.
joel
September 30th, 2012
11:13 am
Well guys, 1975 GT grad here. I have been a season tix holder for many years. Have seen a lot of good times as well as bad. Good coaches and bad. What I saw yesterday was a team that quit.
Finally I have had enough. I do not plan to ever return to good ole Bobby Dodd Stadium. Good luck to you all. Been there, done that, have enough tee shirts for a lifetime. I quit !!
Frankly
September 30th, 2012
11:44 am
Wild Bill
September 29th, 2012
8:52 pm
Been to games for the last 52 years and I don’t remember one this bad. They can try to sell my season tickets to someone else next year.
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Just guessing that unless you sell those tickets at a discount you will end up eating them. Good luck.
Jacket-Dan
September 30th, 2012
11:45 am
Is Al Groh getting too old for this? Our defense was non-existent and nobody corrected it. Even with the turn-overs, we could have won if D was there — but no….
Flag Boy
September 30th, 2012
12:01 pm
Paul Johnson quote: We just weren’t ready to play. We talked, we tried all sorts of different angles, but they didn’t come ready to play.
greta
September 30th, 2012
12:06 pm
Rotting from the top: D Rad is responsible for losing the ACC title and several scholarships (by disregarding NCAA instructions) and goes on as if nothing happened. No responsibility or accountability. In he private sector he would have been gone then. Must be the way a bureaucracy works. Arrogant and unaccountable. Does not represent Tech. If he is not an SEC plant, he sure missed a great opportunity. Yes the AD.
The coaching selection speaking for himself: feel like punching someone/hanging myself. Everyone wants to play for a violent suicidal coach. We can see how motivated the current team is. And after last years Walmart and “r” word comment on radio, only to get whipped. Not representative of Tech. Even uga fans agree with me on this.
Suggestion: Bobby Cremins -AD, Mark Price assistant AD these guys care about representing Tech. Let them start the search now. Clean sheet, find a coach that understands the opportunity here.
The arrogant and irresponsible need to be let go, they do not represent Tech. To let them go on is a waste of a great opportunity (Coach Ross in 1990 proved it) and irresponsible in and of itself.
Alumni with influence need to take charge now.
This is rotting from the top and no one seems to give a damn.
Oldtimer
September 30th, 2012
12:19 pm
Tech doesn’t have enough big, strong, fast, skilled athletes. I don’t know that they ever will be able to recruit against the football factories without further lowering standards. None of that excuses the lack of maximum effort apparent the last two weeks. There is no way MTSU (or even Miami) has talent so superior to Tech’s that they can have their way on offense and defense if the Jackets played with intensity.
Silly Mutts
September 30th, 2012
12:31 pm
Starting vad lee isn’t going to change anything…. No line to block.. no receivers….. Gt might not win another game this year!!! Really really pathetic for pj and co!!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 30th, 2012
12:39 pm
@ Silly Mutts……actually I think we have good enough material on the line, for the most part; they just are not getting it done. And I think our current receivers are fine; the problem is that Tevin seldom gets the ball to them. But I agree that starting Vad Lee probably isn’t going to change anything.
Alabama Jack
September 30th, 2012
1:02 pm
Special for Your Bulldawg Daddy – Bite my shorts.
Jorge O'leary
September 30th, 2012
1:04 pm
What the hell is Vad gonna do..aside from him you’re recruiting division 2 players….Paul Hewitt part 2…hire Petrino if you want to win.
Stanh
September 30th, 2012
1:38 pm
Tech is doomed with Johnson as coach……offense doesn’t work and defense is high schoolish……Johnson is a pitiful recruiter and that’s where you win in college football……in other words Johnson isn’t doing his job and if he was doing a 9 -5 job he would be fired for non performing
The Dream
September 30th, 2012
1:42 pm
I think Ralph Friedgen is just down the road. Can’t be any worse. I barely made a noise after halftime. I thought this might be a special season, but it went south yesterday. My wife is right, GT will break your heart. I take it way too serious, but it’s just our way of life in the south. Bring back the “Fridge”.
I'm Georgia
September 30th, 2012
2:03 pm
Your Bulldawg Daddy, show some class
RICHARD
September 30th, 2012
2:08 pm
I HAVE SAID IT NOW FOR 3 YEARS,NO TALENT NO COACHING,NO HEART.THE PLAYERS DO NOT BELIEVE IN PAUL JOHNSON.HE HAS TO GO AND FOOTBALL HAS PASSED 75 YEAR OLD AL GROH ………………….ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
grumpy
September 30th, 2012
3:17 pm
need to fire defensive coach today johnson needs more than a 10 play offense put vad lee in open up the pffense and get ready for next year this year is all but over
hamilton, joe, and who
September 30th, 2012
4:18 pm
see ya Paul no excuse, your the coach, supported you for too long, go back to the littles.
use your brain AD NOW!!!
Bobby
September 30th, 2012
4:35 pm
I cannot believe that the Tech faithful will not have the head of Al Groh hosted outside the GTAA offices tomorrow. Otherwise I can see the BYU and Duke games being played in Brookwood High School’s stadium as that would be the sum total of fans at the games.
I know the GT band and cheerleaders will be at the game(s), but they are required to be there whether or not the football team shows up.
did not believe it before
September 30th, 2012
5:20 pm
but MT had two weeks to study the PJ option…and it showed.
The odds are seemingly just too evident. I still do not want to believe it.
Scrod
September 30th, 2012
5:57 pm
For sale: 4 tickets on the 45 yard line, section 205, for the remaining home games. Asking price- half of face value.
jIM JENKINS
September 30th, 2012
7:42 pm
Start at the top. Replace the man on top, then replace the coaches, almost all the coaches. We old Tech men have had years of experience running companies. Changeing leadership is often required to turn the ship of business and so it is with football. But let me ask you all a question; If you read the trash about the players would you want to accept an offer to play? It’s a coach’s duty to build up his team. If we grip about about what a player does on the field are we helping the player, the team, or the future of Tech football?
START WHERE IT COUNTS, AT THE TOP!
jIM JENKINS
September 30th, 2012
7:57 pm
A lot of old Tech men and now women, have had problems in business. Correcting the problems often require sad changes at the top. So it is with football and other sports. When we lose faith in a man or his system, it time to change. That change must start at the very top. Then with knowledge, direction, and determination change the coaches…. All of them if necessary. I have reached that place. We must understand that we need to stop gripping about individual players. The folks gripping most likely can’t do haft a good as the kids on the field. Leave them alone. A coaches’ job is to build up and develop his players. If you were a great young football player with an invitation to play at Tech, would you consider the school where a bunch of second rate farts grip about your play? This affects the individual players and the whole team,,,, Now and in the Future.
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 30th, 2012
9:04 pm
Coach Lewis?
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 30th, 2012
9:05 pm
Fire CPJ and bring back Bill Lewis!!!!
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
September 30th, 2012
9:20 pm
@ Scrod. I will buy those tickets to the Georgia game. Get back to me if you are interested in selling them..
Old Dog
October 1st, 2012
7:18 am
To Hell with Tek, today,tomorrow and every other day! Sell that damned place to the Varsity so they’ll have more parking.
Same Old
October 1st, 2012
9:59 am
George Godsey now! We need a Tech man!
matt broom GT '77
October 1st, 2012
12:30 pm
Tevin Washington does not have the instinct necessary to run the triple option. I will not watch another ballgame with Tevin Washington behind the center.
10per
October 1st, 2012
1:24 pm
Tech proved that if you are out of position/confused on defense and don’t wrap up when tackling, the other team will score on you no matter who they are. MTSU came to play and we didn’t. I don’t think they punted until the 3rd quarter.
The defense is getting worse, not better as the season goes on and the offense has apparently hit a brick wall too. The coaching staff can only do so much and whatever they are doing not effective. .
Jerry
October 1st, 2012
2:50 pm
Open letter to Ga. Tech Football Team:
I have been a Fan of the school you represent since I found out as a child that being born in this state I had to choose between the Georgia Institute of Technology and that Bastion of higher education in Athens. Despite my family’s heritage and loyalty to Georgia I chose Tech.
I chose Tech and what it stood for because of the school not the Football team. I was never as proud of that decision as I was during the Jan Kemp era at the other school.
You represent a school that has given us a President, Nobel laureates, Astronauts, not to mention Jeff Foxworthy.
What I am saying is that I personally hold you to a higher standard. What I saw the last 2 Saturdays embarrassed me and made me sick to my stomach.
The fact that you lost to Miami doesn’t bother me the fact that you quit, now that bothers me. When Miami tied the game to take it to overtime you quit, Miami didn’t.
This last Saturday you played a team that had no where near the talent you have. You may have been feeling sorry for yourself but Middle Tenn. didn’t feel sorry for you. They beat you in every phase of the game. You quit before the game even started. I will not tolerate a quitter. I will not support of spend my money to see a bunch of quitters. I hope you don’t think Clemson will feel sorry for you.
A note to your defense, the art of tackling seems to be a thing of the past. To tackle is to wrap the runner up. It probably won’t make Sports Center’s highlights like a knock down or dive at the feet will but it will bring the runner down. As silly as that sounds that is your objective. You need to get bask to basics, PERIOD.
In November I am going to Philadelphia to watch 2 teams’ play that represents the values I look for in an institution.
You watch the Army Navy game and you will not see a quitter. When they graduate they go on to defend our lives with theirs. If they quit, we the United States of America lose.
Their Football teams are not in the top 10 but their players and students represent what this country should stand for. Thank God they don’t know the meaning of QUIT.
I can take the smart ass comments that about 3 of my FB friends make because the things you should represent do not matter to them. To them you are Nerds and Football is everything.
I respect my family and friends that attended UGA or others that support their “Dawgs” because in most cases I know that they are proud of their school first and their football team second.
To the others you need to get a life and stop living your life through your football team. Win or loose it will have no effect on your life.
To be a QUITTER gets easier and easier. That gentlemen, will have an effect on your life.
JustinSyder
October 1st, 2012
4:35 pm
It’s sure as hell not helping with all the injuries on defense, but also I think we’ve had the wind taken out of us with these losses. If we were 4-0 and playing MTSU, I think it would have been a different story. I kept hearing about how the whole team left the Va Tech behind and moved on, and I believe it considering it was the first game, but it truly seems as if the Miami loss is carried a much larger toll on the players. They looked completely at of it, and showed no enthusiasm. Obviously, the main goal in this season now is just making a bowl game, which is still attainable, but in order to do that, they need play stop believing they’re losers or it’s gonna end up showing more so on the field.
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
October 1st, 2012
10:03 pm
I love watching yall lose!!!!!
1 4 GT
October 2nd, 2012
1:16 am
IMNTBHO…..all any fan has the “right” to expect from their team. To be competitive! To put itself in a position to win at the end the game! To compete for the conference championship! To actually be the champion every now & again! To be competitive against their #1 rival & beat said rival every now & again! Maybe be “lucky” enough to even be in the mix for the MNC every now & again & maybe actually upsey the applecart & win it! If the fan’s team can just be competitive, all of the rest will fall in place. Like any business, it was not created to give us a job. No college/institution was created to give us a sports team to cheer for….that is supposed to secondary. Do we want/expect more? Do we want/expect to win like Alabama? Many fans answer those questions yes. Will they get their wish? Not likely. Enjoy your team’s successes & hurt for their losses. And live with both. And always have pride in your”s & their achievements. Wear your colors proudly. Selah.
will you go to the prom with me, mom?
October 2nd, 2012
9:34 am
This loss has to be considered the most deflating, embarrassing and historic for sure. Being upset by an underdog is one thing but losing by 21 freaking points??? Are you kidding me? Worst loss in Tech history. 21 points is a beat down by a program that nobody has ever heard of. What a disgrace to the ACC and all Tech fans.