Georgia Tech quoteboard
“Anytime you lose, the whole stuff bothers you. I think the penalties, the turnovers, the self-inflicted stuff bothers me the most, that we can’t call a formation and play together that we can’t run on (the correct snap count), that we can’t run a play without holding. All those things bother me.”
Coach Paul Johnson on what bothered him most about the loss
“It’s very frustrating because we’ve been preaching all week, Take care of the ball, do the little things right and we’ll give ourselves a chance to be in the ballgame. It just felt like we laid an egg.”
Quarterback Tevin Washington on Tech mistakes
“I think total yards, they don’t add up in the win or loss column.”
Washington on Tech outgaining Georgia 426-379
“They won the last four. The only way to get the thing going the other way is to beat ’em. You’ve got to hope next year’s team will be able to come out and hopefully get a win.”
Washington on Georgia’s dominance in the rivalry
“You’ve got to flush it and move on to the next game. I feel like we’ve got another opportunity to go out and get a win. Guys are excited. We’re playing for the championship. We’ve still got a lot to play for, get a chance to go to a BCS bowl if we win.”
Washington on getting ready for the ACC Championship game vs. Florida State
“I was just trying to make a play for the offense and keep trying to get more yards and he just got me.”
A-back Robbie Godhigh on getting stripped of the ball at the Georgia 1-yard line by Bacarri Rambo
“We’ve got to stick together because some guys were fading apart during the last bit of the game, but we’ve just got to stick together and hold tight because we’ve got something big up next week.”
Inside linebacker Quayshawn Nealy on defensive players’ frustrations at the end of the game
“They tried to make sure that we didn’t get the ball on the perimeter. That left it up to me and (Zach) Laskey a lot to try to get some of the tough yards on the inside. I think we were able to do that pretty much most of the game, but it wasn’t enough.”
B-back David Sims, who led Tech with 71 rushing yards, on the Georgia linebackers – fd
“I feel like if you watch the film, it was more so from a scheme standpoint as opposed to them mushing us around, but they ran the ball successfully for sure. They got some good schemes on us, they managed to find creases. Their running back isn’t very easy to tackle, so when you add in all those things, you have a problem.”
Defensive end Izaan Cross on Georgia’s running game
“Really? Were you watching the game? Do you think it mattered where they got the ball?”
Johnson, in response to a question about Georgia’s field-position advantage in the first half
By Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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tellitlikeitis
November 24th, 2012
9:04 pm
1no
Marine Jacket
November 24th, 2012
9:05 pm
Expected us to have a hard time winning. The turnovers and penalties is what bothers me most.
Go Jackets!!! Bring on FSU.
1 4 GT
November 24th, 2012
9:22 pm
Still in the doldrums….likely to linger a day or two….I wanted so bad to mess up their end of the year plans…..thought we could make a game of it & hang close & maybe sneak up & steal one. Alas, was not to be. Still my horse though, if they never win a race. I could never be a dwag!
Jacket ~1
November 24th, 2012
9:22 pm
Whom has the won the most Nat. Championships! Thank you.
cpj
November 24th, 2012
9:23 pm
OK folks, lets start up that fish cooker.
1 4 GT
November 24th, 2012
9:26 pm
If (biggest word in the English language) we had scored on the 1st possession instead giving up the strip & having the resulting 14 point swing, would the game have been different. Oh well, can’t live on what ifs! Suffice to say, georgie got the ball bouncing their way early & we never got a good bounce.
Biff Pocoroba
November 24th, 2012
9:29 pm
This team has quit in a game three times this year now. Time for some changes. no decent AD will want to come here now and be handcuffed with the bad contract that DRad gave PJ. PJ needs to be forced to hire an offensive coordinator and get of these guys who don’t understand you have to pass the ball to win sometimes. if he doesn’t like it, Delta is ready for him to leave.
1 4 GT
November 24th, 2012
9:29 pm
Got a joke for y’all! 2 gals (BFF’s) were comparing notes. One went to Tech & the other to georgie. The Tech gal says, “I slept with a Brazillian”! The georgie gal said, “Oh my gosh! How many is a Brazillian”?
1 4 GT
November 24th, 2012
9:32 pm
You may be right Biff. Changes must be made. Just can’t stand on the status quo.
Coach Z
November 24th, 2012
9:34 pm
Really? Where you watching the game? The talent of UGA is the difference, whether they are coached or not, they could have beat Tech if they were just drawing up plays on the turf in Sanford stadium. Tech looked like what they looked like, bad, scared and screwed.
NOVAJacket
November 24th, 2012
9:35 pm
Clueless Biff.
Techster
November 24th, 2012
9:38 pm
Georgia could have scored 70 if they hadn’t taken their foot off the gas. And Tech wouldn’t have scored their lone TD against the first unit. Can you say “program disparity?”
Coach Z
November 24th, 2012
9:38 pm
Good joke 1 4 GT, humor might be they way to accept the fact our team can’t show up for big/any games.
Coach Z
November 24th, 2012
9:42 pm
I think CPJ said it best, he recruits for the ACC. Looks like we will see how that’s going next week in the Queen City.
yeller bug
November 24th, 2012
9:43 pm
This was UUUgly!
We knew we were not the best team and we certainly didn’t play well despite moving the ball offensively. You can’t fumble on the 1—protect the ball–you could tell that was a strategy by UGA to try to strip the ball. The int by Vad was one of the worst throw balls he’s ever made—throw it in front of the receiver and it was 6. We knew the D would have a tough time and they did. Good win by UGA—final thoughts—Roll Tide!
Biff Pocoroba
November 24th, 2012
9:51 pm
Yes, Nova, I am clueless. I guess you think Middle Tennessee is that much better than us. You are clueless if you think that we will ever win with PJ’s talent level and recruiting. He is getting killed in recruting because other coaches tell these guys they will never make the NFL playing at Tech and they believe it. PJ must change must is too arrogant to see it and thinks stars don’t matter.
povox
November 24th, 2012
9:58 pm
1 4 GT- Agreed! Tech is my team, and will always be my team, win or lose! And I like my dad’s take on the game: I think UGA caught us looking ahead to the ACC championship game…and continuing my dad’s take: I’m glad you can’t see me as I type this so you can’t see the tears in my eyes (from laughter or grief- take your pick). Somebody give me another bourbon, please…
Biff Pocoroba
November 24th, 2012
9:58 pm
The picture in the AjC showed the Tech players jumping around looking fired up. I haven’t seen them that fired up during a game in 3 years. They seem to have grown tired of PJ’s attitude and his constant yelling. This guys is a jerk to reporters and people wonder why the meda seem to always be against us. We are in a no win situation now. No one is going to buy tickets to a bowl in Texas or season tickets next year with PJ talking about how young we are and how tough the conference is for the fifth year in a row. We cant afford to fire him or keep him now. The team is in the ACC championship game but the fan base is apathetic since the team plays so poorly in almost every area. Maybe Arkansas will want him. That is about our only hope now.
povox
November 24th, 2012
10:00 pm
Final thoughts: Go Tech, beat FSU (I’ll have another bourbon, please…)
Go Dawgs, beat Bama!
Go Irish! Beat the Trojans and the Dawgs!!!
GT-UT
November 24th, 2012
10:06 pm
We were overmatched. I still love my Jackets, but we were over matched, period. We’ve got to get stronger. They ran right over us, through us, and around us.
I liked Vad in the pistol and I like the B Back pounding up the middle. The D was terrible. Special Teams got run over. We can’t even kick the ball in the end zone.
We have got to get better.
GT-UT
November 24th, 2012
10:10 pm
Biff, don’t know if you are a Tech Grad. I for one think CPJ and his O gives us the best chance to win. Not many teams can beat UGA this year.
Dawg Day Night
November 24th, 2012
10:19 pm
I think it is hilarious to see Paul Johnson waste 4 years of Vad Lee’s life and ruin his NFL chances. The kid is so talented and I watched 3 yards and a cloud of dust all day. Too funny!
Go Dawgs!!!!
Coleman Rudolph was right!
November 24th, 2012
10:31 pm
CPJ cannot recruit worth a flip. The talent gap between the two teams was dramatic. This is year five of CPJ’s coaching regime and 6-6 is his record with a chance to be 6-8 after a bowl loss…..not good…..how does the athletic department market season tickets for next season……what was DRad thinking when he made the hire……I wonder if DRad will make this bad a hire at Clemson.
lindseysnot
November 24th, 2012
10:36 pm
ddnight—u r an a-hole. u seem to be a typical know-nothing football fan(sic).
anyways…team not prepared, no focus. coach, I’m asking you; when does this get turned around? screw ugag, I’m talking about the games that matter, regardless of who it is we are playing? the losses to the dwagz matter to us fans, A LOT, but if you cannot get the team focused to play this ONE game, then what do we GT fanz have to look forward to?
lindseysnot
November 24th, 2012
10:42 pm
As an added comment…cannot figure you fans that seem to think that CPJ is going anywhere anytime soon…you gonna pony up 5Mill (that’s probably what the Athletic Ass(ES)could buy him off for)? PLEASE, STFU and help with getting the team turned around, instead of trying to get rid of someone who ain’t going anywhere for the next 3 to 5.
The UGA formerly known as RUSS
November 24th, 2012
11:00 pm
Wow…I’m glad I’m not a Tech fan after looking at the quotes above from the players…more problems than lack of talent.
Coleman Rudolph was right!
November 24th, 2012
11:14 pm
Quotation from Todd Grantham, “When we played Florida it was a lot more physical. So I wouldn’t say it’s a physical offense. Little people can’t block big people. And that’s why little people cut. That’s why you do what you do, is to get an advantage, little people are going to try to cut you. … I think what they do is good, but we’ve played in more physical games.”
1 4 GT
November 24th, 2012
11:21 pm
Folk can talk about Stanford, ND, Vandy, Northwestern or which ever school comes to mind & their tuff academic requirements matching up with GT or even more all they want. And those schools being able to recruit the better athletes ala the Bammers & Georgies and their ilk. They forget that those schools have the same broad based curricula that georgie & bammer have. And that GT has a very limited curricula with not even half the majors/schools of study of the other schools. Hell, the Ga BOR has even taken schools of study (School of Commerce in 1933) away from GT & put it in Athens. Tech did get the Ivan Allen Business College thru the good graces of the BOR, but there is no Urban Studies, Women’s Studies, Journalism or any of the multitude of majors that the other Universities have. Anyone that does not admit to this difference just does not want to acknowledge the difference this makes in recruiting. It is not an excuse, it is a fact. A kid can go to Tech and have a narrow selection of majors or go to a university like georgie and have over 170 choices for his undergrad major or go to Tech & have 36 choices for his undergrad major (count them for yourself as I did). I/we are not making excuses, just stating facts. If anyone wants to deny this fact, have at it. Stanford, ND, Vandy & the other high academic requirement schools have way more than 36 undergrad majors, I guarentee that. Heck, Tech only offers 113 degrees total=36 undergrad, 47 masters & 30 doctorates. Selah!
1 4 GT
November 24th, 2012
11:24 pm
georgie or bammer will play ND for the BCS title.
The Good Word
November 25th, 2012
12:15 am
TW was right… It was an egg. FSU is beatable. I hate to say it, UGA is better than FSU. So, there’s a chance. Beat FSU and win the Orange Bowl and the haters go away. Else, try again next year.
If do right, no can defense
November 25th, 2012
1:08 am
@Biff, 1 4 GT and all the rest of you calling for CPJ’s head (or other dramatic changes)
I think you all agree with me that the major reason for these big game losses – and the increasing margin of defeats to uga over the past 5 seasons – stems from our inability to recruit top-notch talent. Even a supposed coaching genius like Saban will acknowledge that the one aspect of the game that will win you championships – or at least win you games consistently – is defense. And defense is all about the level of talent you bring in, not the scheme or plays you run. Simple as that.
With the defensive minded Tenuta/Gailey, you saw that (mediocre) consistency… we never had a losing season, but did not have outstanding years either, which matched our level of recruiting, something which hasn’t been that great since we shifted to the ACC and Dodd retired.
So as far as recruiting goes, as long as we are in the ACC and type and size of enrollment of a technical research university, and a small – if somewhat more intelligent and more moneyed than the others – fan/alumni base, our recruiting will not improve dramatically. We will never get the 4/5 star studs consistently like uga does, no matter who coaches or how tough or easy our academics is. (And please stop making excuses for these losses as academics, it may be true but it’s getting old and the bulldogs deserve legitimate credit for their program – to say that we would be at their level if only our academics were easier is deluding ourselves.)
Now about the coaching. It is a sad state of affairs in college football, but program stability and tradition – in general, of course – are getting thrown out the window in lieu of 5-year contracts and high turnover in coaches and assistants. Just like with the advent of up-tempo, spread offenses, the old-school defenses of Al Groh and the like have been neutered. The college football landscape is changing with conference realignments, BCS playoffs, etc. and many traditions are on their way out, like it or not.
How many legacy programs do you see around you? I mean programs like Penn State (until last year), VT, and Fla St (until 2009)… programs which have had the same coaches for 10 or more years (with largely the same assistants), and a well-oiled machine that recruits steadily and plays consistently year-after-year. Very few. The landscape has become very chaotic… 14-0 national championship seasons are often followed by 4-8 debacle seasons.
What we need is stability, and a genuine legacy to build upon what Bobby Dodd left us with. Leaving aside the fact that our athletic department is short on cash and would not be able to fire Johnson until 2016, big-time coaching changes at this crucial juncture will not help. We’ve already seen too much assistant coaching/coordinator instability within Johnson’s tenure – 3 defensive coordinators, new special teams coach, co-OL coach getting fired, new strength/conditioning coach, new AD – that our program lacks direction and stability.
This, more than the triple-option scheme, is what is causing us to lose out on maximizing our limited recruiting ability (the annual losses to uga don’t help either). But the gap between our program and uga’s has gotten so wide that man-for-man, it is becoming near impossible to beat them and get some of the great statewide talent that leaves for big-time out-of-state schools.
So, unless uga’s program implodes – an unlikely possibility – we need to forge our own legacy and build a future where we don’t have to beat uga for the season to be considered a success, where we can take our 2 and 3 star recruits and give them the best education and coaching possible, and get some national respect. And I think Johnson is up to that task.
This will be a long and winding road. There will be losing seasons and more debacles like yesterday’s game to come. VT and Boise State did not build their programs from scratch overnight. But we need to define our program, raise its stature, and take it beyond Dodd’s shadow. And so, I for one, am behind Coach Johnson for the next five years as well… and I hope he makes good, solid assistant coach hires that won’t jump ship at first opportunity.
Go Jackets. Up with the White & Gold.
Steve
November 25th, 2012
1:57 am
@do right no can defense….what an excellent post, and hits the nail square on the head. Well said.
2Dawgs
November 25th, 2012
2:13 am
We run this state.
T-man
November 25th, 2012
5:25 am
If there’s money to build the McCamish Center then why isn’t there money to buy out Johnson’s contract? Certainly Tech alumni have to be one of the most successful groups around, with many of them being extremely well to do? So what gives? To keep on saying that Tech’s athletic department is broke and can’t afford to fire Johnson seems incredulous and insincere. If there is enough influential alumni out there who really give a crap about Tech football and want to do more than just complain about it then it’s time to step up and do something before the problem becomes insurmountable. It should be obvious how bad things have gotten. And it should be just as obvious that things won’t get any better as long as Johnson is the head coach. Can anyone legitimately say that the results of this season so far actually shows that things are getting better? He’s a fifth year coach with a team he recruited that couldn’t beat Middle Tennessee State or muster enough competiveness to prevent getting beat yet again, this time by the worst score, at the hands of his cross state rival. If he’s already restricted in recuiting because of academics and is further restricted in recruiting because the best players don’t want to play in his offense then what good is he? How will he ever win enough games that matter if he doesn’t have the talent? System or no system, he’ll never get over the hump. Yeah, that’s right. I’m tired of losing to UGA and I’m tired of losing bowl games. But most of all I’m tired of the excuses. Pass the hat if need be but let’s find a way to make the neccessary change and save Georgia Tech football..
BigDaddyC
November 25th, 2012
6:33 am
Yall are forgetting one main thing…. Besides the fact that Georgia is a better team this year…. They had two weeks to prepare for ya. Give any good team 2 weeks and we have seen what happens. I have followed Tech long enough to know that they will come out and put up a good fight against FSU. FSU is a good team, but with a hangover from UF and a short time to re-adjust….Tech has a chance to get the rhythm of their offense going and to match FSU scoring.
superDawg
November 25th, 2012
6:42 am
14gt I have a joke for you.It is called ga.tek.
If do right, no can defense
November 25th, 2012
6:44 am
Thanks Steve. T-man, that’s a legitimate opinion… it’s just that I’ve made my choice. Keeping CPJ is good for GT in the long term.
mebeingme
November 25th, 2012
7:18 am
The ACC Championship Game: Where you can get a ticket for $7.99 on ticket stub.
Hal
November 25th, 2012
7:29 am
Years ago it was about rivalry between schools and today it is about rivalry between schools and conferences. The ACC recruits the majority of it’s players in the same geographic area as the SEC. As long as we have the cozy relationship between the media outlets like CSS or ESPN witch have contracts with the SEC to promote their conference. These media outlets will continue to devote their football shows to talk about SEC schools and you will have what you saw yesterday where three SEC schools beat their ACC rivals. This is not a case where success of the SEC is driving talk about the SEC this is a case where the ESPN’s and CSS of the media drive the continued success of the SEC by making it a status symbol to play for an SEC school by not exposing both conferences equal time in the same geographic area. This is clearly the fault of the ACC management because it’s up to them to solve this problem i.e their own network or contracts with local media outlets. Schools, academics, playing for your home state mean nothing to the majority of top recruits today. It’s a status symbol to play in the SEC because of their success But what goes around comes around an that will all change with time.
HouseCleaning
November 25th, 2012
7:45 am
The ACC is needs to clean house starting with Paul Johnson and that gimmicky offense. We need an NFL style offense to attract the best players.
UGA = Yawn
November 25th, 2012
7:46 am
I think the lack of vents / blogs by GT fans on all these articles is a good indication of the loss in fan base support for Johnson. Those in the know at GT should take this as a sign that a change is needed.
CB
November 25th, 2012
7:49 am
Tevin Washington was only half right when he said “move on”. We need to discontinue this masochism. Texas A&M no longer plays Texas, why should Tech continue to play an NFL team at the end of each season. It’s time to stop playing Georgia 4 wins in the last 22 is a sign that this is over.
Bye PJ
November 25th, 2012
7:54 am
Let’s start rebuilding the program one more time. Maybe this time we can commit for something long term and not just be happy with a 500 season. Tech is the poster child of a diseased conference.
GTpack
November 25th, 2012
7:57 am
After MTSU, I was hoping this would have been our last game of the season. Now it looks like we will have to get ready for two more beatdowns.
It seems our team is getting worse with each passing (not meant as a pun) year.
Bye PJ
November 25th, 2012
7:59 am
PAUL can you decline the ACC Championship. What a freakin joke. The poor players that follow this man in to the abyss. Division 1 isn’t your league.
GTpack
November 25th, 2012
8:01 am
The ACC this year is awful. A lack of competition drags your team down. Look at what the ACC has managed to do to FSU and VT. We have a great basketball conference, why not football? also, we need a Sports Management major like UGA has so we can have a place for those who don’t want to be engineers, but want to remain active in sports. We could train AD’s and coaches for the future.
Time for us to get off our high horse and at least offer something that will carry more talented young men and women into a career that they would prefer to choose.
lkmantsk
November 25th, 2012
8:10 am
@ T-man
You do have enough wealthy alumni to buy out CPJ’s contract. Unfortunately they all live in India and China and would rather spend their money elsewhere.
@Hal
You are correct about “what goes round comes round” and that things will change in time. Unfortunately it will be a very, very, long time.
@ Tech fans
What you saw yesterday is what is know as “big boy football”….And it could have been much, much worse…..So be thankful for that…
It is the system
November 25th, 2012
8:12 am
CPJ IS the system. The option, when competing with athletic teams is mediocre.
CPJ is immature when it comes to grappling with that reality. CPJ IS the problem. The players are HIS recruits and it is HIS system and he is simply too arrogant to believe that he cannot win in this level. CPJ runs a middle school offense.
GT, see you in our Atlanta home field …. GRANT FIELD.
Go Dogs.
Time to face reality
November 25th, 2012
8:17 am
GT is a wonderful school in engineering. My grandpa graduated from GT and taught ME there before WW2.
That era was THE ERA for GT up into the 1950s. Long gone that time period is.
GT should join the same conference as Ga. Southern. Now, those two teams playing a rivalry game would be awesome. THIS level where Tech needs to be.
Georgia Southern stood up far better to UGA than did GT.
lkmantsk
November 25th, 2012
8:22 am
@ mebeingame
Now that Tech is actually in the ACCCG the price has dropped to $1.99. I’ve also heard that if you tell ‘em Paul Johnson sent you, it’s buy 1 get 1 free…..kinda like Publix….only not as good…
Your Bulldawg Daddy!!!!
November 25th, 2012
8:51 am
It was a great game that showed our dominance! I went to the game and I purposely had are tickets purchased so we could sit with the Georgia Tech fans. I do this every year they play in Athens so I can see the look on the tech geeks face when the Bulldog smash them in the face! It’s funny watching you guys leave before the game is even over. It happens all the time!
GT Joe
November 25th, 2012
8:57 am
We have a talent problem…CPJ doesn’t play our talented players. Even mutt fans can see vad lee has talent, and we wasted the entire season on Tevin….that’s a fireable offense
Ice eater 1969
November 25th, 2012
9:10 am
Gt pack . You r right on. Since Dodd left the admin says”we want to do all we can to return tech to glory days” but does not get a sports management program ( Uganda admin adds engineering) , we are the school of sports management – heisman, Dodd, broyles, rice are all legends in sports managment and we have admin that spends time on puppets ( google ga tech and puppetry) . The admin support for football is a joke and the joke is not funny!
...Take The Wheel
November 25th, 2012
9:35 am
Joe really?? This is hardly the day after to be crusading for Vad. It was an L for the team. It’s history. We have an ACC title to go get! So stop your divisiveness Joe. What we need is cohesion right now.
Heck if we win the ACC game we may see UGA again in the Orange bowl! Cause I highly highly doubt the Athens Street Gang will beat the Tide! They are not playing for a national title!!
George P Burdell
November 25th, 2012
9:40 am
Hey fellow Tech fans. Quit dissing UGA. What would reflect best upon Tech at this point would be for UGA to beat Alabama, go to the BCS championship game, and win. It is a lot less embarrassing to be defeated by the national champions than to be defeated by a team that doesn’t even win the SEC championship. This year, I am rooting for the dawgs to win it all, as insufferable as their fans will be.
...Take The Wheel
November 25th, 2012
9:40 am
KEN IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD SEE UGA AGAIN IN THE ORANGE BOWL? I
...Take The Wheel
November 25th, 2012
9:44 am
ROLLLLLL TIDE!
….yesterday was a bad show for Tech but I think a combination of missed opportunities and uncalled penalties changed the course of the game. Our offense can move the ball against them. Id like a do over!! SEE YA IN THE ORANGE BOWL DWAGS!!
ATLXMAN
November 25th, 2012
9:50 am
gtbob—what nd team have you been watching? they have looked like a weak little acc team . only game they looked half way decent was against okl..other than that they havent been more impressive than uga. uga will crush nd when the 2 teams play.. nd defense is pretty good at linebacker but uga has face way better defensive lines already this year and ND hasnt faced 1 defense as good as uga or ala for that matter. you seem like a poor loser with your execuses why tech is really bad and the rest of the acc is awful
billyBobjacket
November 25th, 2012
9:52 am
Whine whine whine excuse excuse excuse we are smarter we are smarter we are smarter wait til next year wait til next year wait til next year. Can somebody just set this post to be repeated after every Georgia Tech-Georgia game until CPJ is gone? (Or pretty much any other game against a quality opponent.)
ATLXMAN
November 25th, 2012
9:53 am
tech is not beating fla st..your defense is awful and fla st defense is good enough to keep you guys out of the endzone more time than not….might be a 45-28 type of game for a fla st win…tech is toast and will be for a while with all those div 1aa players on that roster..lol…
TRUTH HURTS
November 25th, 2012
10:23 am
I thought all you rich GT alumni had authority. So, why do you allow some regents board in GA dictate what degrees GT can have and not have? Why have you put up with this nonsense all these years? Who are you people afraid of? The boogie man? UGA doesn’t have much in state competition. Their biggest recruiting rivals are out of state and that is pitiful. Also pitiful on UGA that it took 32 years to even be in position to play for a national title again with no in state competition.
But why do you GT alumni allow it to go on? Thought alot of you were CEO’s and CFO’s of companies? But yet, it seems you allow some inbred morons in Athens call the shots in the state of Georgia, why?
I like to know the answer.
wrecked again
November 25th, 2012
10:34 am
Anyone that thinks not scoring on that 1st drive would’ve made a significant difference are only trying to fool themselves. If Georgia had wanted to they could’ve named the score. Quit trying to play the academic card , its BS.Simply put PJ can’t recruit and has assembled of the worst coaching staffs in America. Johnson is in way over his head.
...Take The Wheel
November 25th, 2012
10:50 am
Well I guess we will see ATLXMAN!
UGA are just a bunch of thugs. They will not beat BAMA and never see ND! They are much less effective when they play teams they can’t wrestle around WWF style. They will be beaten to humility next week when forced to just square up and play football.
It’s so funny how dwags put Tech down but celebrate the win like its the Super Bowl. Doesn’t make much sense. If you really feel like you’re so much better then it shouldn’t feel like a huge accomplishment eh?
B. Crook
November 25th, 2012
11:00 am
What we really need is for our players to begin putting out 100% for the entire game and not just the 75% for 75% of the game. We only had two games where we busted butt the entire 4 quarters.
...Take The Wheel
November 25th, 2012
11:02 am
I’m not much a fan of PJ but I disagree with all calling for his head. Most of you are just mad that he won’t do things your way. I don’t blame him for not allowing you to dictate his job to him. He was a genius against Duke and now after one (anticipated) loss you want his job! Unbelievable.
Sure they need better recruiting but you could all own part of that blame. GT fans don’t make playing for the school any more attractive for top recruits. Its simply not a football environment. The home games are boring, even the little jumbo-tron entertainment is lame. Clearly UGA, Clemson, KY etc. make their players feel like stars, they get behind them and stay there win or lose. GT fans turn on the team every other game!!
Who needs in state rivals with fans like Techs!
...Take The Wheel
November 25th, 2012
11:04 am
I agree b crook. I’d like to see more fire in their bellies. And to see it last the whole game. When they do that they can compete with the best.
I can’t help but wonder what is being said in the locker room! They’ve got to be able to get angry enough to play 4 tough quarters of ball.
Defense
November 25th, 2012
11:09 am
Ken–anyone—Let me ask. Whose name is being mentioned as a defensive coordinator. Any names?
ToccoaDawg
November 25th, 2012
11:28 am
SEC East 4 ACC 0 Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Vandy- GT,Florida State (ACC championship game) Clemson, Wake Forrest….. Enough Said.
GT-UT
November 25th, 2012
11:31 am
@do right no can defense…I totally agree! You nailed it!
I hope the new GT regime listens to you as we’ll as others on this blog!!
Go Jackets! Build on CPJ!!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
12:00 pm
Several thoughts —
(1) For those blaming the Tech administration for not adding a school of Sports Management…..the Tech administration HAS TRIED to add that school, and it was vetoed by the dwag-loaded BOR. They WILL NOT ALLOW Tech to add schools that might attract more athletes
(2) Johnson’s OFFENSE is NOT the problem, even when it comes to recruiting OFFENSIVE players. His PLAY CALLING is sometimes a problem, but NOT the offense itself. The DEFENSE is the problem, and hopefully a new Defensive Coordinator can change that, and it CAN be changed overnight. Carson change Dodd’s defense radically in 1966. A better strength and conditioning program/coach is needed too.
(3) To give credit where it’s due, UGA had the better team yesterday and deserved the win; obviously with our defense, it could have been even worse than it was.
(4) UGA will not beat Bama, but if, by some chance, God forbid, they do, they WILL beat Notre Dame.
(5) In football at least, the ACC SUCKS and it’s hurting every ACC school that wants to have a good football program
Coach Hewitt...
November 25th, 2012
12:18 pm
37 – 13 since 1962…think about it…
wrecked again
November 25th, 2012
12:49 pm
Supersize , The offense scored 3 points on Georgias 1st team defense, didn’t score a TD vs BYU. The offense isn’t a problem as long as Tech is playing a bad defensive team, there is little talent on the offensive side of the ball and there is very little help on the way. The problem is PJ and his inability to recruit, coach those he does recruit and hire a competent staff.He is in way over his head . How many off this PJ recruited team will be all ACC? Quit playing the academic card, Elite players do not want to play in this system or for this coach.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:02 pm
@ wrecked again……Tech’s offense shot themselves in the foot yesterday as much as anything….and I don’t mean that as an excuse or as a way of putting down UGA’s defense. But we marched 83 yards down the field on our first possession, only to let Rambo snatch the ball from Godhigh’s hands. That drive was indicative of how good the Offense CAN be; the fumble could have happened no matter what kind of offense was being run. Not fumbling and then scoring would not have changed the ultimate outcome of the game, but it DID change things and put us in the hole from the get-go. Had the defense EVER stopped the mutts, the offense would have done their part. The only reason “elite” players, whoever they may be, don’t want to come to Tech is because we are not winning. Give us a defense, and the offense will be fine, and the “elite” players will at least be attracted.
Come on
November 25th, 2012
1:05 pm
Come on wreck tech needs defense. They can build that they will be a 9-3 10-2 team. If u are looking for more than that, change schools and conferences.
...Take The Wheel
November 25th, 2012
1:05 pm
I agree with almost everything you said Super!
But dawgs could never beat ND! This years ND team is the perfect combination of tough and smart and they wouldn’t be bullied by those southern thugs. Irish run hard, and block hard!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:06 pm
@ Take the Wheel……I agree that ND is tough and smart, but I just think UGA has too much talent. I hope it won’t get that far, and if it does, I hope I am wrong. But that’s the way I see it.
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1:10 pm
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Come on
November 25th, 2012
1:10 pm
Now come on supersize- elite player don’t go to but a hand full of school. Look at scout and rival. Tech is in the middle of sec and a few other schools acc schools fsu, miama, Clemson. Tech is not in the best position to recruit some kids. Fix the defense would help the main thing. Have you heard any DC names mentioned
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:11 pm
@ Take the Wheel……another thing in ND’s favor is that they are the media darling, and I doubt the refs would allow the thugs to get away with the cheap shots they took on Tech yesterday against ND.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:13 pm
@ Come on……that’s why I put elite in quotes. Who’s to say who an elite player really is? Some so-called elite players turn out to be busts, and some nobodies turn out to be great (/elite). But we agree, the defense MUST be fixed. And no, I haven’t heard any DC names mentioned. We probably won’t until after New Years.
Jacket Fan
November 25th, 2012
1:14 pm
We need to decide if we are going to play “big boy” football or not. If not, we can use Grant Field for soccer and lacrosse club teams, or something like that. Look at our roster. Do we realistically have any chance of beating Georgia next year? I can answer my own question – NO.
DR
November 25th, 2012
1:14 pm
It is pretty darn simple. CPJ flipped the ACC and rivalry upside down with CCG’s recruits. The last 3 seasons have been mediocrity sprinkled with a few bright spots. The system works when you have a defense that functions and can get your offense on the field. Vad Lee won’t solve all the problems. Defense wins championships.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:18 pm
@ DR…….EXACTLY !!!
Defense
November 25th, 2012
1:20 pm
Any names for DC for next year?
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:23 pm
@ Defense……I don’t think you can reasonably expect any body even to be officially mentioned until after the bowl season.
DOC 51
November 25th, 2012
1:28 pm
CPJ can’t motivate college players.The effort and hustle shown by this year’s defensive team is the worst I’ve seen in 50 yrs.Special teams are sickening.Believe me,it will not get any better for the FSU game.
GT Joe
November 25th, 2012
1:36 pm
Wake up, tevin is NOT leading this team to an acc title. Expect what you have seen all his career, mediocrity. He’s a game manager, not a game winner. Fsu destroys us by 28+.
Cpj should be fired for being a horrific judge of talent at the qb position.
Paul in NH
November 25th, 2012
1:36 pm
I’ll give a nomination for DC right now – Randy Shannon.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:40 pm
@ Paul…..Shannon sounds good. Now convince him. lol
Paul in NH
November 25th, 2012
1:42 pm
Opening lines
FSU -13, o/u 61
Bama -8, o/u 51
FSU to cover, Bama doesn’t
GT Joe
November 25th, 2012
1:44 pm
Platooning qbs is retarded. Just stick with tevin for the next two games and write the games off. Don’t insult vad by making him do cleanup duty after, of all people, tevin Washington.
GT Joe
November 25th, 2012
1:49 pm
Maybe tevins wrist FORCES cpj to start vad vs. Fsu. Then watch him hang 50+ on fsu, and then idiot cpj goes back to tevin in the orange bowl, and we lose. Respect for seniors trumps winning I guess.
real focus time
November 25th, 2012
1:50 pm
To chew your team out because you have an inferior team has to feel awful bad… take a anger management course and recuit big fast recuits and work hard at it or resign and cut tech a deal….misspelled a few didnt graduate but love ech
blazer
November 25th, 2012
2:17 pm
If we got yards on the georgie all day-think what Bama will do!!
gt man
November 25th, 2012
2:20 pm
the worse coached team ever, I think johnson should quit if you cant coach any better than that
go away.they could play better on their on
UGAcubs
November 25th, 2012
2:28 pm
Wow you all really bragging about yards? Last time I checked it takes points to win. Bahahaha Go Dawgs
Nole13
November 25th, 2012
2:33 pm
I know we lost too, but your loss was downright ugly! That was not even a contest. I think Ga Tech should decline any bowl game after your 7th loss against us. We should win by 35 points at least.
UGAcubs
November 25th, 2012
2:39 pm
Yeah FSU shouldn’t have a problem. UGA could of won 56 3 no doubt idc how many yards they got.
roughrider
November 25th, 2012
2:50 pm
The thing I don’t understand is why some on here are saying ” Roll Tide.” Most of the football fans in Georgia pull for Tech when they are not playing UGA. What if football fans in our state ( the majority of which are UGA fans) pulled for FSU to beat Tech ? It would be justice for that to happen but I think it is better to support all your state’s teams.
you can't fix stupid or Democrats or bulldogs
November 25th, 2012
4:20 pm
Fire CPJ and hire Mike Leach….he can win in big boy football!
Ol'JacketFan
November 25th, 2012
4:35 pm
You think CPJ is arrogant and hard headed? Mike Leach is 100% worse than that! And BTW what the hell has Mike Leach ever won??????????????????
wrecked again
November 25th, 2012
4:41 pm
The service academy option works until good defenses make adjustments, PJ isn’t going to get someone like “Elite” i.e. Keith Marshall (who Pj offered a ship to Tech) to sign and play in this system.
And he needs way more than a defensive coordinator.PJ is in over his head. FSU will not show the mercy Mark Richt did. Its year five how many all ACC players has PJ signed?
JB
November 25th, 2012
5:13 pm
Funniest comment on here today…..” I think we were looking ahead to the ACC title game next week”………………….Now that is funny…..and big time denial.
yellowfever
November 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
The whole stuff that bothers coach fish fry is all stuff that comes back to coaching and he’s too damn stupid to know because if he did he wouldn’t be putting it out there for the public to hear.
Tech Fan all my life
November 25th, 2012
5:24 pm
I have been Tech fan all my life and I can see that the program will never, ever be even with GA or most other schoos. That’s the way it is…. Inner City, limited academics, plus Tech is not a “Destination” job that will attract quality coaches that would stay. Tech could not keep O’leary, Bill Curry, and any others who won there then left. I’m not making excuses so don’t go there. Plain and simple… If I’m a 4-5 star player, why would I go there?
Vel Crow
November 25th, 2012
5:28 pm
A Clean Old Fashioned Azz Whipping. Chew on that for the next 364 days.
JB
November 25th, 2012
5:41 pm
SEC title game tickets online……1000 to 5,000……..ACC title game. All you want at 5 bucks. Nuff said.
superDawg
November 25th, 2012
5:45 pm
You fools were so PUFFED UP i’m still laughing at your beehinds.
Dogkicker
November 25th, 2012
6:13 pm
our problem is 1 of 2 things.
1. we are not getting the players we need to compete
or
2. the coaches are not coaching the kids up.
now CPJ which one is it and what are yougoing to do about it
Dawg1
November 25th, 2012
7:21 pm
Wow…
The trashing of Georgia by the same guys who were claiming victory this week is staggering.
Calling Georgia ‘thugs’ and already naming Alabama as the winner of next weeks game is ‘at best’ poor form. While at the same time, assuming that Tech will beat a darn good FSU team and somehow meet and beat UGA the 2nd time is delusional and borders on being just plain stupid.
I never write harsh comments on the UGA or Tech blogs – but some of you guys need help…
For what it is worth; I truly want to see Tech have a successful program. Not at the expense of Georgia, but for the school, the alumni and fans. These blogs bring out the worst in a lot of people from both sides. We all have friends/relative that attended the other University. I want these guys to look forward to the season and to enjoy the games – that means winning…
Good luck against FSU – I hope you win and I hope you win your bowl game.
There is too much talent in this state for Georgia Tech to fall to this level. I’ve posted the following stat numerous times – CPJ’s career – his defense’s have averaged giving up 23 points a game. This year is looking to land somewhere between 33-35. That state is LOADED with talent that plays on the defensive side of the ball. No reason in the world why that GT shouldn’t be grabbing more talent than they are…
Go find your own James Franklin or hope Whisenhunt is released from Arizona and pay him whatever it takes to come home.
Messin with da Sasquatch
November 25th, 2012
8:04 pm
Well, I guess we can come up with ten reasons this game is not worth playing any more. Blame Bobby Dodd for pulling out of the SEC. The ACC has slid so far now that even Va Tech is sucking. Why would a premier high school athlete go to an ACC school for football when there are other conferences getting more respect? This has made CPJ’s job at recruiting the top talent impossible. I would add that Richt basically has the triple option conquered, wouldn’t you say? When you shut off the pitch outside and you have hogs up front, all that’s left is the pass. There you have it.
Tech 54
November 25th, 2012
8:22 pm
The University of Georgia football scout team could have beaten us, for crying out loud. If Georgia had kept their foot on the pedal for the duration, the score could have easily been 56 to 3.
Booze Hound
November 25th, 2012
8:59 pm
I see that Johnson was his usual genteel self during the post-game press conference yesterday.
NORCROSS DAWG
November 25th, 2012
9:40 pm
Hey GT fans. There is not 1 starter on offense or defense at GT that could start for GEORGIA ! Your football team is horrible and sucks! I can’t believe people actually pay to attend any football games. And if GT even had an AD, I bet he would deny the offer to play in ACC Champ game and any bowl invite! Face the truth!
Ken Sugiura
November 25th, 2012
9:44 pm
Take the wheel – it’s conceivable tech could play georgia in the orange bowl, but highly unlikely. since alabama would be in the national championship game, the sugar bowl would likely take an sec team (probably georgia or florida), which would give the sec its two-team limit for bcs bowls.
pcb mike
November 25th, 2012
9:44 pm
The talent is good enough if coached up from high school. Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech’s recruiting is about the same as us, but he is one of the very best coaches in the nation. Congrats, to the Crime Dawgs, they just whipped us. A new defensive co-ordinator and more passes will get us going next year. Vad Lee is the quarterback we have been waiting for, and Justin Thomas is a really good one, also,
GO JACKETS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dacusville Bill
November 25th, 2012
9:52 pm
Tech should have went to the Southern Conference when Billy C, cut all those seats out of Grant Field—-Bobby Dodd couldn’t win at Ga Tech these days—-Think what it would mean to play in a league where Pitiful Paul is the Alpha Dawg—-If you ever sat at a game at Furman in the fall when the leaves turn, you would forget about Athens—
1 4 GT
November 25th, 2012
9:58 pm
How can I forget something that never enters my mind? Athens? Isn’t that the capital of Greece?
DOC 51
November 25th, 2012
10:07 pm
The Glory Days of GT Football unfortunately ended after 1956.Since then it has been mostly average or less.
I'm Glad, I'm Glad, I'm Glad
November 25th, 2012
10:33 pm
@ ALL dwagz trolls….you don’t REALLLY think yer gonna beat Bama…right? I mean, beatin’ a uf team that couldn’t get outta their own way on ONE night…that seals the deal??? BWAHH Ha Ha Ha…24 to 7 Bama…bet the house.
Jacket Attack
November 25th, 2012
10:44 pm
Oh now guys why get so upset at the mutt fans? You all know they worked alot of overtime at Mcdonald’s to get tickets and took a days vacation. They beat us so let them talk and have there fun it will be short lived when Alabama rolls there tails in there home state! For us let’s all rally and head to Charlotte and cheer the Jackets and beat the noles.
'65 DAWG
November 26th, 2012
6:37 am
Re. Jacket-1 post; It’s time to put this National Championship business to rest. TECH has never had a “consensus” National Champ. They claim four, 1917, 1928, 1952 and 1990; all of which were shared with another team(s). UGA has two “consensus” titles; 1942 and 1980. UGA has three additional claimed championships; 1927, 1946 and 1968. UGA doesn’t proclaim these three from the high heavens, because they weren’t undisputed!!!! By the way, I was raised a TECH fan by my TECH grad father, who loved TECH dearly, and agreed on this topic. As a UGA grad myself, he and I had some really strong discussons about UGA vs. GT, and I miss his “hate” for my alma mater!! Also, it’s “who” not “whom” has won more titles, in your grammatically incorrect sentence!!
Georgia Tech University
November 26th, 2012
8:17 am
It would be Tech’s second appearance in one of the traditional four major bowl games (Cotton, Orange, Rose, Sugar) since 1967.
nuff said………..
CB
November 26th, 2012
8:29 am
After reading all of the comments as of Monday morning, (I am a semi-retired Tech Alumni) Tech and its fans should accept the fact that Georgia Tech is an institution of higher learning that is rated with the best in the USA and the world, such as Harvard (Ivy league football), MIT (no football) and Cal Tech (no football); and not a football factory that pretends to be a University.
Our country needs Scientists and Engineers a lot more than it needs professional football players.
The southern conference looks like a good choice.
Chuck
November 26th, 2012
8:47 am
CB, you literally made me laugh out loud. What a self-congratulatory idiot you are. Please stop comparing Tech, a fine institution, with MIT or any school in the Ivy league. Tech is an above-average regional institution, but you are not stealing a single student from the Ivy’s, the service academies, nor top-tier schools like MIT, Stanford, UVA, or even VaTech (a school from your own conference which also boasts highly competitive athletic teams). Comparing Tech to these schools academically is as comical and unfair as comparing them to schools with far more competitive athletic programs.
There are plenty of excuses for Tech’s futility on the gridiron, but Ivy-league academic standards is not on that list. Buffoon!
Just A Fan
November 26th, 2012
9:03 am
GT could hire the best assistants in the nation but as long as CPJ is the head coach at GT nothing will change. He is to stuborn and set in his ways. Just look at his comments to the press. CPJ does not give a damn about the supporters, tradition or the program. He has his contract and so to H–l with all of you. If I were a UGA fan I would pray you keep him for ever. His attitude is if you don’t like the way I do things pull for the other guy.
Just A Fan
November 26th, 2012
9:11 am
CB>>>> You couldn’t have gonr to GT and made such a dumb statement. It always amazes me that when GT looses to UGA it is always because they are smarter. Well they weren’t smarter Saturday or they would have found a way to win dispite their physical shortcomings. Even if GT was to leave the ACC for another confrence they would still have to play UGA.
JB
November 26th, 2012
9:44 am
Johnson is a dead man walking, just a matter of when. Tech has seen as good as it will get, unfortunately, it was with players he DIDN’T recruit to Tech. Recruiting services aren’t the Holy Grail of who can play and who can’t, but a pretty good bench mark. Tech is getting a plum or two and then Western Carolina type players. The results are there to see. Duke has a better defense. DUKE!
Grantham
November 26th, 2012
11:30 am
I heard Techs football team was now the competition cheerleading squad!
EXCUSES
November 26th, 2012
11:43 am
What game were yall watching???? Crappy refs did us in , should have blown Godhigh’s run dead “forward progress” before we were stripped , then right before half the refs let ugla call a time out when S. Days was ready to throw a B back TD pass to a wide open reciever , then the refs line judge mis placed at least three 3rd down conversions that would have kept at least three mor drives alive – Damn what you expect in the cesspool in athens – HOMECOOKING all Day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THWG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROLL TIDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGa sucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SiddyBoy
November 26th, 2012
12:07 pm
14 GT- Take a 28 pt. turn around and we still win 14-10.
Also, your team quit midway thru 2nd quarter. Sad
Reggie Ball
November 26th, 2012
12:17 pm
I still feel guilty about wasting Calvin Johnson’s college career. I would throw deep balls down the sideline and Calvin caught them every time. Sadly most of my passes kind of floated five yards out of bounds. Calvin would come down with the ball regardless how far out of bounds I threw it. It didn’t get us any yards but it was amazing to watch. We never did beat Georgia but that is not my fault. I couldn’t believe they never found a better quarterback than me. I’m still amazed I played at all. I don’t think we will ever beat Georgia again.