Notes: Tech defense gouged for 601 yards
1. The Georgia Tech defense showed better effort Saturday after a sluggish performance against Middle Tennessee State. Still, Clemson finished the game with 601 yards of offense, the Tigers’ season high.
For Tech, it wasn’t a high, just part of the trend. In the past three games, the Yellow Jackets have allowed 609, 510 and 601 yards in losses to Miami, Middle Tennessee State and Clemson. They’re three of the five highest totals in coach Paul Johnson’s five-year tenure at Tech.
“They’re pretty good offensively,” Johnson said of the Tigers. “They’re the best crowd we’ve played offensively, but it’s been a struggle.”
Tech had three sacks and two interceptions. With outside linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu and cornerback Louis Young back in the lineup after injuries, the unit played with more energy. However, missed tackles repeatedly hurt the Jackets again, the same bugaboo that brought them to ruin in losses to the Hurricanes and Blue Raiders. Clemson players slipped tackles in the backfield multiple times, plays that could have helped end drives but instead extended them.
As per team policy, defensive coordinator Al Groh was not made available for post-game interviews.
2. Groh returned to the sideline to call the game. Last week, Groh went to the coaches box at Johnson’s suggestion to get plays called into the sideline more quickly. This week, Groh described the surroundings as “very sterile” and chose to call plays from the sideline.
Inside linebacker Quayshawn Nealy, out for the game, secondary coach Charles Kelly and Groh called in plays side-by-side from the sideline with hand signals. Behind them, reserve linebacker Tremayne McNair held up one of a collection of boards with pictures and numbers on it, ranging from ESPN personalities Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless, a camel, a golfer, a helicopter and a golf ball . Oregon’s offense uses a similar system for signaling in plays from the sideline.
Nose tackle Shawn Green was vague on the operation.
“We were just signaling in,” he said.
3. A-back Orwin Smith continued his run of productive play with 117 rushing yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, a 16.7 yards-per-carry average. He also caught one pass for 32 yards.
“It just happened to go my way a couple times,” Smith said.
Smith was on the receiving end of one of the decisive plays of the game, a safety in which he was tackled in the end zone by linebacker Spencer Shuey after taking a pitch from quarterback Tevin Washington. A missed block opened up the play for Clemson.
“There was a slew of (Clemson) people out there,” Johnson said. “There weren’t many people blocked.”
Smith said he and Washington saw a crease when Washington made the pitch, but that Shuey, hidden behind the Clemson line, shot through to make the stop.
4. Nealy dressed, but sat out the game with an undisclosed injury. It was the first game the redshirt sophomore missed in his career. Jabari Hunt-Days and Daniel Drummond played the two inside linebacker spots.
Center Jay Finch was injured in the first half of the game and did not return. He was replaced by Catlin Alford, who was in the game when a botched snap killed a Tech drive in the third quarter.
“There’s no reason for that,” Johnson said. “We practice that every day.”
Guard Omoregie Uzzi and Smith were also sidelined with injuries but came back into the game.
5. Clemson beat Tech for just the second time in the past seven tries. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is now 2-4 against the Jackets.
The Jackets were ransacked by the Clemson offense. Quarterback Tajh Boyd threw for a career-high 397 yards with two touchdown passes and two interceptions. He completed 26 of 41 passes.
Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins caught seven passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns, one of them a 58-yarder.
“It was a complete game and we won every quarter, especially the fourth quarter,” Swinney said. “The second half was a thing of beauty.”
6. A-backs Tony Zenon, Broderick Snoddy, Synjyn Days, Robbie Godhigh and Smith and cornerback Louis Young were among those wearing pink socks or wraps on their arms. October is breast cancer awareness month. Many NFL players are participating by wearing pink on game days. … Linebacker Chris Crenshaw wore jersey No. 40 for the game in honor of former linebacker Julian Burnett, who suffered a career-ending neck injury in last season’s Sun Bowl. … Tech has its bye week coming up and won’t play again until Oct. 20, a home game against Boston College.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Ohio Jacket
October 6th, 2012
10:30 pm
First!
GT-UT
October 6th, 2012
10:34 pm
Maybe first
GT-UT
October 6th, 2012
10:38 pm
Darn.
Go Jackets! Fight hard the rest of the way
1 4 GT
October 6th, 2012
10:42 pm
All of those gaudy stats for Orwin & he only gets 8 touches for the game….just plain DUMB.
Big Ol Stinger
October 6th, 2012
10:44 pm
What’s the baseball team looking like?
Long Beach Jacket
October 6th, 2012
10:45 pm
If you look around college football, you may notice that with the exception of LSU, Florida, South Carolina and dare I say Notre Dame…there’s not a lot of outstanding defense being played. Not sure why, but, frankly, unless Tech can find a “recommittment” to aggressive, hard-nosed defense we’re in some considerable trouble.
I don’t think Coach PJ helped the D today by the two 4th down tries. Don’t like going for it in your own end early in the game. Nothing wrong with playing field postion early. You miss, you give the other team a short field and momentum. Second one, why not take the 3 to go up 31-27. Take away Clemson’s first score (on a short field) and give us a 3 in the third and the dynamics of the game look different close to the end.
I always tend to give the benefit of the doubt to coaches (I am not one), but from a distance, Al Groh as D Coordinator appears to have failed. Dave Wommack’s defenses were at least as stout.
Some among the Tech faithful liked Tenuta, others did not. If you look at the stats, you will find that Coach Tenuta’s defenses were almost always in the Top 30 every year and frequently in the Top 15 in multiple categories. It it possible at Tech.
As always…GO JACKETS!!!
Ernest
October 6th, 2012
10:48 pm
I wonder if there are thoughts going to a 4-3 defense the rest of the season? This 3-4 just is not getting the job done.
George Stein
October 6th, 2012
11:00 pm
I kind of don’t want to wade into these waters (and I hope I’m not breaking any rules) and I certainly don’t want troll UGA fans as I really take no pleasure in their misery this evening, but the next time anyone says our offense can’t score against the Bamas of the world because of any of the assorted reasons typically given, I’m going to have to work hard to restrain my laughter.
I’m certain Schultz will be penning a column about how the pro-style offense has been figured out.
With that out of my system, today was disappointing but not surprising. I hope Clemson wins out and our team finds some ways to improve over the next two weeks. At least we won’t lose next weekend!
To Tell the Truth
October 6th, 2012
11:24 pm
Tech needs to get rid of Johnson and hire John Gruden for whatever $$ he wants as he can turn around GA Tech to be a great team!!!
jackets
October 6th, 2012
11:27 pm
LBJ, I would have to include BYU as a team that is playing outstanding defense. And they come to Atlanta in a couple weeks…
Jefferson Davis Hogg
October 6th, 2012
11:57 pm
Well guys, my Dawgs were exposed in every way this evening and even though our record is better than yours, I don’t feel like we’re in any better shape than you. We both need to think about changes to improve ourselves for the future of our programs whether it be head coaching changes or gutting out our coordinators. Tech has so much to offer the ACC than this and as much as I hate to say it, UGA , with it’s tallent base should be sooooo much better than it showed tonight. It’s been 32 yrs for us and I’m getting quite tired of being the sleeping giant. We both can agree on one point and that is you can have all the raw talent in the world but there’s a lot to be said for tallented coaching. Spurrior never fails to remind me of such. Wishing the Jacket nation the best and hoping that this game opened some eyes in the hierarchy in Athens. Go Dawgs!
Jefferson Davis Hogg
October 6th, 2012
11:58 pm
excuse my spelling!….lol
Jefferson Davis Hogg
October 7th, 2012
12:00 am
@ George Stein……you make good points…
Gruden?
October 7th, 2012
12:07 am
CPJ would be owed about 9M, he is not going anywhere.
How bout that special teams coach? 10 on the field, two missed FG, another KO return failure.
ANOTHER safety, this is becoming funny!!
Hey look its 3rd and long, hey look, ANOTHER first down!!
Fumbled snap, missed wide open recievers, failed 4th and 1.
GT will find more ways to lose a game than ANYONE!!
If Tevin runs the ball on fourth and short again, I’m going to break my TV!!
CPJ needs to man up and coach the DEFENSE next year and hire an OC to run his offense! We will then have NO EXCUSES.
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
12:12 am
JDH….every dog has it’s day……………………..sometimes.
Silly Mutts
October 7th, 2012
12:23 am
Paul Johnson is a rich pos! 2.6 million a year!!! Failur at it’s highest level!
Flipper
October 7th, 2012
12:25 am
Just change the name to the GA Tech Yellow Dolphins. Then on every third and long the crowd can stand up and flap their arms together (the “flipper clap”) to encourage the defense to give up another long run or pass, while the defenders don’t tackle. Its perfect child psychology. Make the team think the fans want to see an inept defense.
Gr8 2B aFuzzyB
October 7th, 2012
12:53 am
BC lost to Army if I’m not mistaken. Should be a real battle.
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
12:55 am
LOL @ Flipper!!!
Biff Pocoroba
October 7th, 2012
1:29 am
I Never thought that Dabo would become a better coach than “C”PJ but he is now. Dabo is a clown but at least he is willing to recruit which Johnson and Groh don’t want to do. Unfortunately, Johnson and Fedi Gpnazlez will be back next year so the Braves and Tech will be flops once again.
Jostling
October 7th, 2012
2:50 am
@Long Beach Jacket – You know, Bama plays pretty good defense too…
@Boss Hogg – yes, I agree. Georgia with its talent base and number of guys they put in the NFL year in and year out, have no excuse. Just not acceptable. Mainly, CMR just doesn’t seem to care. Nothing to get mad about ever.
Good News
October 7th, 2012
3:33 am
@Gruden: So I guess since we owe CPJ so much money he can do what ever he desires! No accountabilty! The CPJ experiment will not succeed at this level. GT will not get any better next year, fire him now! The longer we wait the worse it will get. Did the Paul Hewitt situation get any better year after year?
List Mama » Georgia Tech not good enough to overcome mistakes in 47-31 loss to No. 15 … – Washington Post
October 7th, 2012
4:01 am
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stan
October 7th, 2012
7:15 am
oh well.
BigTimeTECHFan
October 7th, 2012
7:42 am
stannge thing was that Tech played pretty good on defense yesterday.
CB’s locked down receivers pretty good.
pass rush was better
Run defense was pretty good
They just broke down about every 5th play
BigTimeTECHFan
October 7th, 2012
7:48 am
how about that nice pass by TW for the 1st completion
how about the nice pass to Laskey 4th and Goal, that was pitiful
Even the TD pass to green was bad pass,
He reminds me of when I would have to cover a bad player in basketball; they do things so unorthodox that they end up beating you a lot
PJfan
October 7th, 2012
7:53 am
Those of you who say Paul Johnson needs to be fired should really look at the numbers. The offense has been on point for forever. Yes, we have our bad days on O and what not, but what team doesn’t? The defense could use more attention for sure, and I was a Al Groh hopeful until the MT game. If Paul Johnson finds a real good DC, we could have a team on our hands. in the last 5 games we have points of approximately 56, 52, 36, 28, and 31. What team should lose based on those points scored? Get the D right and we will all once again LOVE Paul Johnson.
GTpack
October 7th, 2012
7:58 am
Bad decision to go 4th and 1 on your end of the field in the 1st quarter. That tells me CPJ was afraid he had to gamble to prevent a real butt whipping. Also mismanaged timeouts and clock at end of first half. Kind of crazy to go 4th and goal with Uzzi out and 2nd string center playing and run a dive play, come on coach, use your noggin.
I thought the players did play with more energy, too bad they didn’t use it last week, maybe we would at least be 1-1 over the last two weeks, or we could have made it closer.
So with the way NC, MD, and even Duke is looking, this season is looking like a 4-7 right now. Attendance is really going to drop now. DRad, will have to make a choice soon, either the coach or him to hit the street. Right now it feels like the whole program is misguided and on a downward spiral.
One thing for sure, the Groh experiment appears to be over. Even SC used 4 – 7 players on the line against the dawgs and they have several NFL prospects there. What makes us think we can run a 3-4 and have a descent defense?
WnE
October 7th, 2012
8:13 am
The Current State of GT FB:
The GTAA cannot afford to pay Hewitt and CPJ to NOT work at GT, CPJ will be owed about $2.6MM for the next 4 years after this season.
Not only can we not fire him after this year, but we probably cannot fire him after next yr. either.
We’ll be lucky to have the money to fire him when he has 2- years remaining, about $5.2MM left for GT to buyout (Chan’s buyout was only $4.0MM total for 4 yrs left).
This means that CPJ will likely sign at LEAST 2 more Recruiting classes and still be the HC when the initial contacts are made for a 3rd additional Recruiting class.
In summary, it will get much worse before it gets better.
Negative Recruiting has hurt GT more than most schools, but now that everyone knows CPJ is basically a lame-duck HC that the school cannot afford to fire, look for upcoming Recruiting classes to get worse even by CPJ-standards.
Next yr. we’ll have a new QB, no Orwin, on Uzzi, 1 new CB, 2 new DLs.
Before you welcome the new Starters, remember that the guys behind the ones leaving, that you might want to criticize on their way out are BETTER than their back-ups now and there is no guarantee that back-ups moving into starting roles next yr. will make them better players.
All this is a result of DRad bringing in a triple-SLOPtion HC with NO BCS recruiting experience and then, upping his contract from $1.6MM to $2.3MM-$2.6MM after just one yr. when no other schools were bidding against GT.
GT was so desperate to beat UGA DRad overreacted to us beating one of the more flawed UGA teams in a long time.
And now we are going to pay for it by suffering for 7-10 seasons AFTER CPJ is finally let go.
carolinajacket
October 7th, 2012
8:33 am
A good game for three quarters, but I agree completely with those who mentioned our complete inability to stop a third and long (if we had, things would have ended very differently) and our complete disregard for field position.
Jorge O'leary
October 7th, 2012
8:53 am
Hire Coach Huxtable from Wisconsin, at UCF he held the dawgs to 7 in a bowl game…
trueblueeagle
October 7th, 2012
8:53 am
Bobby D would never had gone for it in the first q. on his end of the field. fire this clown and get a real football coach!
ramblingbuzz
October 7th, 2012
9:09 am
Amazing that this game was that close for 3 quarters. Johnson’s play calling on his own 2 is baffling. A wide pitch in th end zone resulting in a safety? And what does he do when he’s on Clemson’s goal line; either the QB or B back dive 3 times in a row. And going for 4th down on his own 38? The man ain’t thinking straight. And when was the last time we made a 4th down, must have been last year. Seemed like CU had about a 95% 3RD down conversion rate, most of them 10+ yards. The only thing the D did right was keep Watkins out of the end zone. Didn’t reall matter, CU had enough offense that they didn’t need Watkins. I am totally baffled by this team and the coaching staff. I’m not sure we can win another ball game this year. Would certainly think we won’t be favored even against Duke. Can we swap Johnson for Cutcliff?
WnE
October 7th, 2012
9:11 am
re:
PJfan
October 7th, 2012
7:53 am
Those of you who say Paul Johnson needs to be fired should really look at the numbers. The offense has been on point for forever. Yes, we have our bad days on O and what not, but what team doesn’t? The defense could use more attention for sure, and I was a Al Groh hopeful until the MT game. If Paul Johnson finds a real good DC, we could have a team on our hands. in the last 5 games we have points of approximately 56, 52, 36, 28, and 31. What team should lose based on those points scored? Get the D right and we will all once again LOVE Paul Johnson.
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Great insight! ………………
IF CPJ were an OC.
But he is not, he’s the HEAD COACH.
You can’t use the offense to save his job without using the Defense, STs or Recruiting to cause him to lose his job.
You want selectively pick which criteria you want to make a case for keeping CPJ without considering all factors that go into a HC keeping his job.
All factors considered CPJ should lose his job, but he won’t because the GTAA cannot afford to fire him.
WTF
October 7th, 2012
9:17 am
Unfortunately, WnE is probably correct. With Tech’s campus being now too ‘urban’ (read ‘dangerous), the continuing emphasis on ‘university’ academics (read ‘Sports Management’ majors, etc.) to entice high-school athletes into pretending to have a ‘college’ education…or at least a diploma or a resume entry at the very least, Ga Tech continues to be handicapped by other things than bad coaching, bad AD management and a Chancellery system set up against them.
Not too much to look forward to in sports demanding large numbers of talented athletes and expensive requirements.
We are in a ‘basketball’ conference. Maybe, along with basketball, the emphasis should be on golf, baseball, lacrosse and swimming. Educate the best, recruit small numbers of the best and try to accept what we’ve been for decades – a middling football program that stumbles onto an acorn every so many years.
Heck, I’ve still got my 1990 National Championship T-shirt. And it still fits.
gt34backer
October 7th, 2012
9:18 am
Defense wins ballgames and until Tech can recruit Bigger, Stronger, Faster players we’ll have problems against other teams. On special teams we rarely have several players downfield fast enough to make a play but at least now the kicks are going to the end zone. We’re working now with considerably smaller B backs and A backs. Our guys aren’t bad they just aren’t good enough athletes to compete against the bigger stronger faster guys on the Clemson’s FSU’s UGA’s of the world. I was so hopeful that this was OUR YEAR!
NATIVE SON
October 7th, 2012
9:26 am
CPJ fan has a valid opinion. I can’t bring myself to come down on Paul Johnson. You score 30 to 40 points you should expect to win. If the defense is secondarily challenged, and no one can tackle to boot, then therein lies the problem. It seems you can’t recruit a 6′5 370 nose tackle for an engineering school. Recruiting; I do have to lay that at the feet of the coaching staff, but that is another post down the road.
DKG73
October 7th, 2012
9:27 am
JDH, thanks for joining in with some positive comments. To the point of UGA’s loss yesterday (watched the entirety of both games), I have serious reservations about the 3/4 which we both employ. In UGA’s case, as pointed out by Kirk and Brent, the individual talent is as good as any team in the nation. One thought is the complexity of the schemes in a 3/4 works at the pro-level but not the college level. The 3/4 requires constant scheming and adjustments which at the first level does not work well against teams with “hurry up” offenses. Then, in the same regard, it requires years of learning to function by habit. On another note, TW is a fine young man and a very hard worker at his trade. However, if I am not mistaken, his won/loss ratio is under 50%. Everyone talks about how “efficiently” he runs the offense but efficiency does not win the big games. With all of our fan base bloviating, mine included, do we really have a QB that can go beyond efficient? Thoughtful comments from both sides are encouraged.
D.J.
October 7th, 2012
9:36 am
What’s more important…an education or playing with the “big boys”? Tech is Tech accept the fact and move on. We don’t have the numbers and this has been one of those years. Coaching could be better…well everything could be better! These guys are not pro’s (3/4 is not working). The team played much better…but are hindered by “shell shock”, numbers and a defense that requires to much thinking. It won’t get worse…wait til’ next year!
WnE
October 7th, 2012
9:39 am
re:
NATIVE SON
October 7th, 2012
9:26 am
CPJ fan has a valid opinion. I can’t bring myself to come down on Paul Johnson. You score 30 to 40 points you should expect to win. If the defense is secondarily challenged, and no one can tackle to boot, then therein lies the problem. It seems you can’t recruit a 6′5 370 nose tackle for an engineering school. Recruiting; I do have to lay that at the feet of the coaching staff, but that is another post down the road.
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Maybe 3% of our players (that actually play) Major in Engineering, while the other 97% major in BS in Business Admin or something similar.
Contrary to popular belief we can field a very good FB team made up of Business Admin Majors.
D.J.
October 7th, 2012
9:41 am
DKG73 you hit on the head!
Techster
October 7th, 2012
9:44 am
I am confident that Tech’s defense will not collapse this weekend! (Yes, I know we have a bye week, but I am still just cautiously confident.)
Randy Carson, IMGT '83
October 7th, 2012
9:47 am
CPJ isn’t going anywhere soon, and I don’t think he has to if he can re-invent himself.
This turns around if CPJ does three things:
1. Recognize that he has to revamp up his recruiting SYSTEM to attract today’s high schooler. The curmudgeonly face of Georgia Tech needs an extreme makeover. He needs to bring in an expert to rethink recruiting from top to bottom and find the message that kids are receptive to.
2. Fire Al Groh and bring in a younger defensive coach with a scheme that will get better results with 3-star athletes than the 3-4. The triple-option WILL score points (I don’t care how many weeks an opponent has to prepare for it) provided the QB can throw, too. It’s the defense, folks. Plain and simple.
3. Use a play sheet that is broken down by situation (down and distance) based on real statistics. You can’t keep calling the same half-dozen plays again and again.
Can CPJ learn these new tricks? Well, he finally hired a special teams coach and a conditioning coach…
ATLJacket
October 7th, 2012
9:58 am
I haven’t seen anyone comment on this yet (haven’t read them all), but how can CPJ justify running an option in our own endzone? You never, ever lose yardage to gain yardage backed up on your own 1 yard line. Run 2 handoffs or QB follows and then run the option or pass it. That was the end of the game right there.
jacketnation deflation
October 7th, 2012
10:21 am
There is one play most teams never run against Tech. It’s called a punt. This is one statistic Tech leads the nation in…the fewest yards punted against them.
Ramblinwreck83
October 7th, 2012
10:40 am
PJfan,
Johnson is the HC of Tech. He can’t hope that eventually a good defensive coordinator will come along and give him the defense to win. By the way, the offense has been held scoreless in the 4th qtr 3 out of 6 games this year…and that’s while they had a lead. Say what you will about the defense, which is terrible, Johnson is not getting it done all the way around. I hope he can prove a lot of Tech fans wrong and get on a winning streak, but let’s face the facts that PJ was 20-7 in his 1st 2 seasons and now he’s 16-16 over the last three. (1-4 vs VaTech, 1-4 vs Mia, 1-3 vs UGA & 0-4 vs bowl opponents)
wrecked again
October 7th, 2012
10:42 am
Pj lost this game, going for it on 4th doesn’t in his own territory in the 1st quarter giving Clemson a short field , not taking points on the road. This offense has yet to face a decent defense , Bc scored as many points on Clemson as Tech did. PJ is in over his head recruiting and coaching on this level.
The head coach is responsible for entire program not just the offense. looks like a losing season that will be 2 out of the last 3.
Tom
October 7th, 2012
11:00 am
I predict a marked improvement in the Ga Tech defense this week.
Jacket Deflation Nation
October 7th, 2012
11:11 am
Tom, they did improve. They allowed 2 points less than the last game. Next game Al Groh intends on losing by a smaller margin. Tech will play Boston College in the “Sorry excuse of a football team” bowl.
Groh rhymes with go. Where is Giff Smith these days? What a recruiter he was.
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
11:34 am
Giff is in Buffalo with he who shall remain nameless. As DL coach.
Go Jackets
October 7th, 2012
11:44 am
This defense is SPENT after 3 quarters becuase of Tevins 2nd half inability to get first downs/and-or CPJ’s play calling. With the buyout, get used to mediocrity for at least one more yr after this one. Then when the cupboard is bare, and no one with any football skill wants to come here, CPJ will be shown the door. I dont hear the Vad Lee praises coming out anymore….apparantly he cant grasp this BRILLIANT(lol)offense of Sir Turkey-Neck!
ramblingbuzz
October 7th, 2012
11:46 am
Anyone heard from Supersizer since the game? He is usually on telling everyone what a great coach CPJ is and just be patient and give him time to work his magic. Here’s the trend: 2010, 6-7; 2011, 8-5 (2-5 last 7 games); so far this year 2-4. This is a program in a death spiral. And there are people out there who really believe Johnson is the answer? Yeah I know he’s not going anywhere, but Johnson’s great 3 O experiment has failed at GT. Might have been different if CPJ had cared about his D in the beginning and gotten the right D coord. But it’s too late now.
Jacket Deflation Nation
October 7th, 2012
11:49 am
Bet we could get him as D/C at Tech.
ramblingbuzz
October 7th, 2012
11:55 am
Anything would be an improvment over Groh. But I’m worried over how long it will take to undo the damage Groh has done, even if we get a decent D Coord.
ramblingbuzz
October 7th, 2012
11:59 am
4-9 in the last 13 games is not even mediocre. We’re looking at another azz whuppin from Duke, BYU, NC and UGA. Maybe a 4-8 season if we are lucky.
gt4ever
October 7th, 2012
12:00 pm
Good Grief George,
Our Offense is terrible! It only scores on teams with terrible defense. It is beyond me how you can correlate Clemson as being a team of Alabama caliber… You go ahead and laugh when people speak the truth, and we (as GT supporters) will all struggle through what has become GT football. Embarrassing and PATHETIC at best!
BS Patrol
October 7th, 2012
12:00 pm
WnE got it right. Tech can field a much better team than this without changing the identity of the school. Tech should beat ga 2 of 5. One in 10 is unacceptable. The problem since Dodd has been the inept hiring of ADs and their subsequent hiring of coaches. How many competent coaches has Tech had in 50 years? Three? In my life I have seen maybe 5 good Tech teams. I don’t expect to be around to see another.
ramblingbuzz
October 7th, 2012
12:09 pm
CU only had a 68% 3rd down conversion rate. Just seemed like it was in the 90% range I guess. Ours was 45% with 0 of 2 4th down conversions.
GT Grad
October 7th, 2012
12:29 pm
Was one of the, maybe 300, fans at Death Valley yesterday. Been going there for years now. Bottom line is the better team won yesterday. And ultimately, gt34backer is right, “Defense wins ballgames and until Tech can recruit Bigger, Stronger, Faster players we’ll have problems against other teams.”
On another note, for those of you who weren’t there yesterday – the Clemson football game atmosphere is like a misguided teenager searching for an identity. It’s this WEIRD mix of Barnum and Bailey on steroids, coupled with a big dose of Kum Ba Yah. They don’t just start out with the national anthem and their alma mater… there’s also My Country ‘Tis of Thee, America the Beautiful, the Pledge of Allegiance, a prayer… we may even have sung This Little Light of Mine. I lost track. Now, not that there’s anything wrong with that. It just gets weird when all of that show is followed by ALL the Clemson faithful (everyone… 5 year old kids to 70 year old women) foaming orange at the mouth as they yell “You suck!” every time the Tech band plays our 2nd down song. So much for “Go Tech.” You can tell that they feel very clever and delighted with themselves as they yell this throughout the game.
Now, here’s the good part. One of these above-mentioned female Clemson women actually turned around and scolded three Tech students beside us who dared yell out, “Kick their a@$!” as our band was playing in the third quarter. This woman said, ” I have a child here with me. (He looked to be about 12.) You should be ashamed of yourselves for yelling profanity in his ears.” Then I kid you not, the next 2nd down, every member of that family, including the kid, were yelling “You suck” so loudly that they were practically spitting on the people in front of them.
So, yeah, we’re having a downer of a year, but I left Clemson feeling really glad that I don’t wear orange. When the self-righteous fall, they will fall hard.
NATIVE SON
October 7th, 2012
12:35 pm
@wne
The problem is not the major, the problem is academic eligibilty
Pistolpete
October 7th, 2012
12:52 pm
I’m not a Tech fan or supporter but you peple have to recognize it is not Groh, Tenetu, or Wisconsin’s or Central Fla’s or whoever. They don’t have enough good players particularly on defense. For whatever reason, academics too tough, kids would rather not play in the ACC. Although I would hate to go into games with guys who can’t pass any better than Washington and Nesbitt. get better players and alot of them and you’ll be surprised how much of a better team youll have no matter who is OC or DC.
collegeballfan
October 7th, 2012
12:55 pm
Gentlemen,
Discussion of getting rid of Johnson does not account for the Georgia Tech record. Johnson is no better or worse than any other coach Tech has had since 1960.
GT record 1960 to 10/7/2012:
Wins…….328
Losses….268
Ties……….10
That is 25 games over .500 in a 52 year period.
Bottom line: Georgia Tech is a .500 program.
George Stein
October 7th, 2012
1:04 pm
I’m pretty sure you missed the point, gt4ever.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
1:07 pm
@ GT Grad…….I was there yesterday too, and my experience with the Clemson fans was far better than your apparently was. In fact, that was my second trip there in recent years, and both times the Clemson fans treated me (in the MIDDLE of their section, I might add) far better than I have ever been treated in Athens. One Clemson fan near me yesterday even apologized directly to me for the boorish behavior of another fan there who refused to shift his feet so I could get out and go to the john. I almost fell in his lap at one point, which I now wish had happened. I don’t go to many away Tech games, but I have found (much to my surprise) that the Clemson and Notre Dame fans (AT their places) are the nicest around; that’s not so true of their traveling fans though. Even outside the stadium before and after the game in the tail-gate area, there was a lot of good-natured kidding around. One of their fans in the stadium was very complimentary of Tevin, saying that he was glad this was the last time they would have to see him. He was apparently more impressed with Tevin than most of us are. About the game in my next post…….
GT Fan
October 7th, 2012
1:10 pm
carolinajacket
October 7th, 2012
8:33 am
A good game for three quarters, but I agree completely with those who mentioned our complete inability to stop a third and long (if we had, things would have ended very differently) and our complete disregard for field position
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13 for 19 for Clemson on 3rd down!! GT’s D is a laughing stock at this point! UNBELIEVABLE how they can play so good on 1st & 2nd down, then, no matter what the down & distance, on 3rd down repeatedly give-up 1st downs! UN-frigin-BELIEVABLE!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
1:15 pm
Well, dammit, the filters blocked my post about the game. I have got to get some lunch now. I will try again when I get back.
yeller bug
October 7th, 2012
1:22 pm
CPJ please play Vad more if nothing more than preparing for next year. Consider the extreme—we’d rather lose the rest of our games and be well prepared for next year, then limp along like we are now. Also, please open up the offense—try throwing 25 times in a game—just humor the fan base and try.
As for D, I’ve always thought the 3-4 was more versatile–it can be a 5-2 against the run or gives you 8 in coverage against the pass. Many claim we don’t have the personnel to run it—no dominant NT or whatever. That may contribute to our dilemma, but our problems are far deeper than that. I think CAG is trying to be too complex–too much inner communication among players—trying to be a pro team. Pro teams don’t shuttle players on and off the field—too much substitution in the college game to maintain effective complex communication. Against spread formations our guys look lost. I rarely see any adjustment to motion—maybe we’re hiding our coverage or maybe we’re clueless about our coverage and I think most often it is the latter and not the former. I stated at the beginning of the season that one stat that we needed to improve upon to do well this year was 3rd down stops. We’ve gotten worse. We give up first downs on 3rd and 10 as easy as we give up first downs on 3rd and 2.
I hope we don’t spend a lot of time practicing our punt return team as it rarely gets on the field. I’d say don’t practice it at all—leave your D out on the field at least you’ll have 11 players out there and won’t waste a time out and give your opponent an opportunity to change their mind and get a first down that leads to a score. That was boneheaded—it would have been better to have let the play go with 10 players than call a time out. That was a gift that Clemson decided to punt in that situation and we gift-wrapped it back to them.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
1:54 pm
OK, I will try again on my thoughts about the game, for whatever they are worth. Because of the unpredictability of the filters, I will make several short posts, instead of one long one.
I thought the D played much better against Clemson, just not good enough. If they had played like that against Miami, and had played at all against MTSU, then maybe those games would have helped them to mature and play a complete game against Clemson. People say we don’t have the talent, and that may be true for the 3-4 scheme, but we do have good talent out there on D. Could it be better? Of course, I doubt that there are many schools who have all the talent they really need or want. But I think we have enough talent to stop the likes of VT, Miami, DEFINITELY MTSU, and Clemson. The players we have are either uncoachable, which is highly unlikely, or just uncoached. GROH MUST GO !!!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
1:58 pm
Offensively we played good enough to win, and until the botched KO reception with no return, and the safety on the ensuing series, it had been a back-and-forth game all afternoon. Believe me when I say the Clemson fans around me were worried, and I was surrounded by them—only 3 Tech fans, including myself to be seen. One of them even told me he was glad this was the last time they would ever have to face Tevin. He thought a lot more of him than most of us do. When we gave up the safety so late, I knew it was over. MAYBE Vad could have salvaged it by passing almost every down, but it didn’t happen.
yellow britches
October 7th, 2012
2:00 pm
One odd aspect of being a Georgia Tech fan is you never see the punter/kicker from the other side. It’s sort of like going to a home interleague game with the Braves. You know the other team has a designated hitter. He is there on the bench for all to see, but he never gets into the game. Enter your comments here
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
2:01 pm
ramblinbuzz, and several others, I am sure, know that I am a big CPJ supporter, but even I realize that unless he beats UGA and wins a couple of others left this year, he is PROBABLY gone next year. It won’t be because DRad WANTS to get rid of him, or, for that matter, because he NEEDS to be gone, but because he is losing (if he has not already lost) too much fan support. He can’t survive without fan support. I don’t necessarily think getting rid of him is the RIGHT thing to do, but, under the circumstances, it may be the BEST thing to do. I hope it doesn’t come to that, but it well may.
Biff Pocoroba
October 7th, 2012
2:19 pm
Right now there is too much infighting with the defensive staff. A couple of guys are Groh’s 3-4 disciples and a couple are Johnson’s guys. If they are fighting during the game, this team won’t win again. Look for Groh to be fired tomorrow to try and bring the team back together.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
2:20 pm
@ Biff……I don’t know that I trust anybody else any more than I trust Groh, but it’s definitely worth a shot.
GT Fan
October 7th, 2012
2:25 pm
BAD call by PJ to go for it on GT’s first drive … After his D forced Clemson’s first-and-only punt of the game, he decides to demoralize his D by stubbonly attempting a 4th & 1 FROM HIS OWN 37yd line.
I’m rapidly losing faith in PJ’s coaching/play calling. Where in the hel- did the quick passes to WRs (to stop the DBs that kept knifing in) go in the 2nd half? IMO, one of those plays would’ve been a huge gain on the safety play (perfect time to take advantage of an over-aggressive Clemson D). Instead, PJ played right into the Tigers’ hands and handed them 2 pts … and a free kick!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
2:34 pm
@ GT Fan……attempting a pass out of the end-zone would have made more sense than what they did.
GT Fan
October 7th, 2012
2:43 pm
Another horrible call by PJ was going for it on 4th & 1 on Clemson’s 7 yd line following the Shawn Green INT.
Momentum had change after the INT. GT was UP 28-27. Getting even 3 pts (off the TO) and a 31-27 lead could’ve helped. Instead, the fumbled snapped shifted “mo” right back to Clemson, who calmly converted 3 consecutive 3rd downs (3rd & 7, 37yds….3rd & 10, 23yds….3rd & 13, 15yds) in driving to GT’s 3 to take the leas back with a FG of their own.
GT Fan
October 7th, 2012
2:46 pm
I just watched the highlight of the safety play, SS …… you should go watch, and see just how wide open a WR slant would’ve been on that play.
A 2 step-off-the-ball then slant by the WR might have gone for a TD right up the middle of the field (assuming the WR had enough speed).
yeller bug
October 7th, 2012
2:51 pm
@SS: What’s your insider guy’s take on the game?
I know we gave up 600 yds, but I thought the D played better—we at least had a couple sacks and a couple of INTs. Still cannot come up with a stop on 3rd down.
If you want to blame any group–I’d say the coaches:
1. Going for it early with 4th and 1—wasting a time out and then calling a QB keeper? Come on! That cost us 7 Points.
2. Calling Time Out when Clemson came out to punt—when you’re opponent makes a dumb call, don’t call Time Out so they can reconsider—period—play with 10 players before calling time out. That cost us 7 points.
3. Poor Clock management at end of half. [I know we attempted a FG (missed), but better clock management and not a paniced pistol passing attack there at the end probably would have resulted in points] Still we’ll leave it a 0 points.
4. Calling the TO and pitch when on our own 2 yard line. Cost us 2 points and the ball.
Thus the coaching cost us 16 points and technically more when you consider that we got no points in final two minute offense in the 1st half and a safety is really about a 5 point loss as it typically gives your opponent good field position.
So I wonder what your friend has to say about this game.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
2:56 pm
@ yeller bug……he only goes to home games, so any thoughts he has will have been gained from watching on the tube. Another friend who watched the game on TV said that Johnson chewed Tevin out after that 1st quarter going-for-it on 4th down play. Apparently, Tevin didn’t run the play Johnson called
GT Fan
October 7th, 2012
2:59 pm
How about this stellar, DEFENSIVE STAT ……
Holding a 4th qtr lead in the past 3 games, GT has been outscored, 17-3, 14-7, and 14-0 in those games. Outscored 45-10 in those 45 minutes, and a nice 0-3 record to show for it.
Al Groh is awesome! I know GT is lacking depth, in a big way, but AG should be able find a way to skeem at D to have won at least one of the past 3 games ….
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
3:01 pm
@ GT Fan…….couldn’t agree more
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:02 pm
No other coach in the country, including those with better offenses, goes for it on 4th and one at their own 37 yard line.
The list of failed attempts from our side of the field is starting to add up.
Both the VT and Miami games had such failed attempts.
Then to top it off, CPJ failed to go for it and save the season vs Miami late in the game near midfiled when one more 1st down would have won it.
Choked?
I agree with the comment made about incompetent ADs hiring crummy coaches.
Not to mention incompetent ADs using flawed contract wording.
Maybe Jesus should get an automatic renewal contract but no one else.
And I agree that CPJ should not have had his pay raised from 1.6 to over two million so soon.
.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:05 pm
Head football coaches should not be allowed to tear up contracts to go somewhere else.
Not if the AD can’t tear it up too when they are fired.
Too many colleges have invented a new form of “welfare”; paying multi-millionaire fired football head coaches to do nothing.
Big Dog 89
October 7th, 2012
3:08 pm
It over for the Yellow Jackets.
You can’t beat anybody.
Big Dog 89
October 7th, 2012
3:09 pm
Tech needs a college coach…not a high school coach and offense plan.
Big Dog 89
October 7th, 2012
3:10 pm
Tech will be lucky if they win one additional game this season.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:11 pm
Funny how Clemson fans have a much greater respect for Tevin than most on these boards.
The sequence where we passed the ball and went right down the field in record time (for the TO), I’m curious why that was not tried again.
I also did not see anything special about running the TO on third down toward the short side of the field.
The short field seemed to make it easier to defend.
As a sidewalk fan, I’ll be debating the next two weeks whether to attend.
yeller bug
October 7th, 2012
3:12 pm
Somehow my comment got filtered but it stated similar to what you wrote Jacket Detective—the first people Tech should fire is our lawyers for not only lack of defense of Tech in NCAA supposed violations, but in writing poor contracts for coaches.
As to SS—well his opinion would be worthwhile since he knows what goes on along the sideline during home games. If Tevin keeps making mental mistakes—pass in OT vs VT, check play in OT vs Miami, check play vs Clemson on 4th down—how long is CPJ going to stick with him? Also, barring wrecking a motor cycle with a co-ed or driving drunk wearing red pan ties, CPJ will be with us until 2016—Tech cannot afford to fire him—ref the fire our lawyers comment above.
Dawghater
October 7th, 2012
3:14 pm
To get an idea of how bad we are. VT was beat by Pitt easily. Miami was hammered by K St and ND. VA is simply awful. They were hammered by La Tech & Duke. Please tell me who we beat who is left this yr?
We may win one or two more maybe? We end up with 3 or 4 wins total! That puts CPJ on the list of one of the worst records in years! D Rad has a problem and it now starts with HIM!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
3:17 pm
@ Big Dog 89……Don’t you think you have to worry about in Athens? Spurrier now has a record of something like 11 – 4 against the mutts, and the mutts are 2 – 8 against ranked opponents since 2012. Does the term “glass house” mean anything to you, bubba?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
3:19 pm
that should have read……”Don’t you think you have ENOUGH to worry about in Athens?”
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
3:24 pm
@ yeller bug……. I know the lawyers set us up bad in this situation, and, to be honest, I still have hopes for Johnson, but there comes a point of diminishing returns, and IF he has turned off enough of the fan base to mean keeping him loses more fans and decreases ticket sales even more, then what choice do we really have? Let’s just hope he can still put it all together. I believe that he CAN, but he’s got a ways to go to do it.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:26 pm
Misery sure does love company.
I was going to say something mean on the dawg blog but all their fans beat me to it.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:35 pm
@Supersize.
Why have we gone for it on 4th from our side of the field at least three times this year?
If the answer is he doesn’t trust his D, then maybe he should fire someone by now.
Tevin was allowed to throw the pass play after play on one drive and we went down the field in record time for the TO.
One pass every ten plays puts pressure on both the QB and the WRs.
If the pass is bad, everyone screams at Tevin.
If the WR, getting one or two passes a game, drops it, then our fans turn on him too.
Consider the dislike by many of Stephen Hill.
I like both Hill and Washington.
I didn’t like Bear Bryant but he took the blame more convincingly than CPJ or CAG ever will.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:38 pm
@yeller bug.
Agreed.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:38 pm
@yeller bug.
Agreed.
Alabama Jack
October 7th, 2012
3:38 pm
I’ve never been one of those fire the coach kind of guys, but I would support the retirement of Al Groh sooner rather than later. Also, anybody looking at VT with Frank Beemer. Not their finest hour either.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:42 pm
@Alabama Jack.
And if we do not beat VT on a down year, when will we?
Did we have to play that game on Sept 3rd?
A loss on an important first game can lead to disaster.
Add a second loss and the team goals are gone and have to be reset.
Curious if DRAD could have said no to ESPN.
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
3:44 pm
BD 89….strange you would come here to spread your filth after the pitiful showing your Dwags put on last night….couldn’t even score on USCe’s #1 D….and with about 3 minutes left in the game at that, or less….so git along lil doggie….and don’t leave no mess behind
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:48 pm
BTW if anyone likes beating the dawgs more than us, it is Steve Spurrier.
He was so happy he agreed to a late interview on ESPN with the stadium empty.
Talk about a great hire, there is one of the best football hires ever.
He turned a program that had never won into a top program in the toughest conference.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:51 pm
Better than alcohol to get over a tough loss is going to the Dawg blog after their team has met their match and observing their misery.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
3:53 pm
@ Jacket Detective…….you may or may not remember this, but if we had fired Pepper one year earlier, we could probably have had Spurrier as HC at Tech, since he was already an assistant with us. And he definitely took it out on us when he was at Duke
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
3:55 pm
A dawg fan had this funny comment starting with the exert from the Who’s song:
“‘And if I swallow anything evil, put your fingers down my throat’.
What came up was 5 weeks of kool-aid. I feel considerably better now.”
That’s pretty good.
Wish the dawg fans who visited us regularly were half as clever.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
4:00 pm
Yea Supersize.
Since the inspired hires of Heisman and Dodd, that type of inspiration has not happend very much.
Our ADs usually have no clue.
We also needed to find a way to promote Freigen since he was the brains of the outfit.
O’Leary is about what one might expect from someone who lied a lot to get the job and he would have been another failed coach here until he was forced to fire someone and hire Freigen.
That is what CPJ needs to do now and soon but won’t.
Jacket Detective
October 7th, 2012
4:04 pm
DRAD needs to tell CPJ to fire Groh now.
Replace him with someone here already.
Can a new hire do worse than 600 yards?
Why did we use a new kickoff return man in crunch time of a key game?
Wasn’t Orwin doing it up until then?
Chris Milton made a great tackle earlier but that doesn’t mean he will produce on a kickoff.
The ball bounced and he should have gotten out of the way.
Messin with da Sasquatch
October 7th, 2012
4:11 pm
Game ball goes to Jon Tennuta at NC State. Too bad PJ didn’t need his services and he left.
North Ave Killer Beez
October 7th, 2012
4:25 pm
14 GT HILARIOUS!! Who is more stubborn I ask? He who remain nameless sticking with Reggie, or CPJ sticking with Tevin no matter what? We really should consider playing on Friday nights from now on if were going to stick with our H.S. QB for the rest of the season.
DOC 51
October 7th, 2012
4:57 pm
DAYS,BOSTIC,& SNODDY should transfer to schools where they wll be coached up ,and get some serious playing time.Good backs should have more than(6-8) carries per game.CPJ thinks TW is the best QB in the ACC.GT DEFENSE is lousy across the board.
DOC 51
October 7th, 2012
5:05 pm
GT coaching staff is sadly below average.I think CBG will hold our basketball coaches and players accountable on a daily basis.I wish football was that way.
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
6:11 pm
Georgie showed USCe how they play football……………………………….the “OLD MAN WAY” ROTFLMFAO WOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie
ramblingbuzz
October 7th, 2012
6:36 pm
Supersize @ 2:01…………….Good post and while we disagree about letting CPJ go, your post is well written and insightful. I think CPJ could have been successful at GT with the right coaching staff. Unfortunately his choices for DCs have already doomed him.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2012
6:48 pm
@ ramblinbuzz……Thanks. I HOPE his DC choices haven’t doomed him, but that may well be the case.
tech
October 7th, 2012
6:57 pm
Winning cures all. Right now tech isnt winning, Bowl streak is in jeopardy!!
GT Fan
October 7th, 2012
7:00 pm
Doc 41 (@ 4:57pm) ….. Days, Bostic, & Snoddy COMBINED got ZERO vs. Clemson.
GT needs more SPEED on the field. I saw TW, OS, and Godhigh have big gains that, IMO, would’ve gone for TDs had SPEED guys had the ball. And B-Back is a NON THREAT anymore. First responsibilty for the D is to stop the dive. GT makes that easy by not having/developing a Dwyer/Allen type Bback.
GT Fan
October 7th, 2012
7:06 pm
tech …… Sadly, I think the Jackets will win 1 or Zero games remaining.
They will not beat good passing teams (BC, DUKE, UNC, UGA) = 0-4
Don’t think they’ll score more than 20 vs. BYU (best D GT will play in 2012) = 0-1
Fear the Turtle? Maybe GT will … IDK. But UM did find a surprising STOUT D vs. Wake yesterday = who knows.
Again, sadly, I think GT finishes, at best, 3-9. Now things (i.e team attitude & heart) may change should PJ/AG decide to make changes. Vad, BJ Bostic, Zenon, Milton, Golden, Hill, Zenon got see more time and get their hands on the ball.
blazer
October 7th, 2012
8:18 pm
Play calling falles directly on the coach who calls them??????
You game them a safety then kicked to them and gave them a 9 pt lead then! Geez Coach!
Arob
October 7th, 2012
9:30 pm
Defense will never be adequate as long as PJ refuses to make changes to his offense.
How does the defense get ready to face teams that throw the ball and spread it around? Answer is they can’t! We do not have the personnel or systems to simulate or give our defense the proper practice and preparation to stop a traditional offense. When everyone on the offense is recruited to fit the triple option, how can you even come close to simulating what we will face week in and week out? Our talent on defense is not this bad, they just don’t get the proper training. Just like in business, untrained employees will give you bad results.
Hate to see this happening to our program…..
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
9:43 pm
Good grief but I hate this criticality, but I must be honest in my assessments. If you want to talk about guys not getting touches….how about Orwin with all of his gaudy stats & only getting 7 carries & 1 reception….he averaged close to 17 yards per touch. I would love to hear an explanation for that as well as the above mentioned guys not even being in the game….standing on the sideline wearing ball caps in their clean white unis looking cool. And Clemons ran 93 offensive plays….no wonder our D was gassed….+ they had to run a long what with the soft pass coverage.
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
9:54 pm
Arob….defense is as much read & react as anything….or you’re assigned an area of responsibility to protect….then chase the ball when it is clear the ball is not coming to your area….they have enough subs to do a walk thru of your opponents trends….the team should spend Mondays in the film room watching tape of their opponents games and be instructed on their responsibilities….they do very little if any contact work during the season….mainly for player safety….shoot the pros play on Sunday & are off Monday & Tuesday now….football is way different than it used to be….just saying
BigEd
October 7th, 2012
9:57 pm
I have adopted the old Braves motto, “Wait until next year.”
Mark
October 7th, 2012
9:57 pm
Enter your comments here
Bob et al
October 7th, 2012
10:04 pm
This is a great offense when the right players are there. Tevin is a marginal QB and we rely on a 5′7″ RB. We need a mobile QB and a horse (Dwyer) in the backfield. The defense has sucked eggs for years. I for one am sick of scoring 30+ points per game and losing. The difference between Tech and UGA is that UGA does not tend to lose games the way the Jackets do. The great teams do not fold in the 4th quarter as Tech has done year after year. Tech has not had a great defense since 1985. Wish I had an answer to the recruiting problems.
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
10:15 pm
long way what
Arob
October 7th, 2012
10:16 pm
14 GT,
You may be right on that, and know more about how they practice. But the fact is, our defense has never been solid under this regime. And the offense just does not have the playmakers we had before.
We will probably continue to rack up big yardage against the little guys, but who cares when you can’t beat anybody who matters. Wins against duke, Presbyterian, and Kansas tell us nothing.
1 4 GT
October 7th, 2012
10:25 pm
I know Arob, I know.
Al Bundy
October 7th, 2012
11:02 pm
I wish I could see something in our future to get excited about, but I don’t. I see several years of being at the bottom of a weak conference. CPJ pulled off one of the biggest scams in college football history. He managed to land a good job at a great school, one of the largest salaries in college football and he’s a loser!
Oh and one more thing… WnE is right about CPJ and his sorry recuiting.
Old Dog
October 8th, 2012
6:21 am
To Hell with Tek, today, tomorrow and every other day!
old dog
October 8th, 2012
10:35 am
Hey “Old Dog”,
I’m the real old dog….and you/me need to worry about getting an o-line before we condemn Tech. South Carolina exposed us Saturday night, and they would whip our butts again next week. As I said BEFORE the season started: Tech needs a defense, and UGA needs an o-line…ain’t much changed, has it?
old dog
October 8th, 2012
10:36 am
@Supersize…..
Hopefully you know the difference…..I think someone stole your handle one time……..
sean jones
October 8th, 2012
12:59 pm
hire WnE!!!
he seems bright and it couldnt get any worse!
sean jones
October 8th, 2012
1:00 pm
5-7!!
WnE is correct!