Live blog: It’s Tech-Georgia
Whatever Georgia Tech’s chances were coming into Saturday’s game against No. 3 Georgia, the Yellow Jackets’ chances took a direct hit with A-back Orwin Smith sideline with an ankle injury suffered in the second half of last week’s win over Duke.
A couple thoughts
This is going to be a tough, tough climb. As I noted in a couple stories, I think it’ll take a near-perfect game for Tech and then a couple breaks on top of that. Georgia isn’t unbeatable, but the Jackets haven’t faced an offense like this since Clemson. The second-half run has been built on teams with mostly ineffective offenses.
Boston College (98), BYU (65), Maryland (120), North Carolina (17), Duke (87). Georgia is No. 25.
Similarly, the Tech is definitely improved offensively, but, again, Georgia will be a different kind of test.
Boston College (104), BYU (No.3), Maryland (No. 15), North Carolina (No. 55) and Duke (No. 95). Georgia is No. 20.
That said, I think Tech’s got a chance. The team is confident and, regardless of opponent, is playing well. I think it means something that Johnson said the offensive line is playing the best he’s seen in his tenure. Tech will have to win this game on the linemen’s backs, I think.
It might be oversimplifying, but Tech needs to get ahead early, control the ball and get some stops.
Enjoy the game.
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349 comments Add your comment
Luke
November 24th, 2012
12:44 pm
What a hit!
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
12:44 pm
UGA already has 8 no flags to Tech’s 1
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
12:44 pm
CAUGHT!
Chaps
November 24th, 2012
12:45 pm
No pass rush; slow D backs……LOL.
Biff Pocoroba
November 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
Does Isiah Johnson know that you should try and be within 10 yards of the receiver? He is too slow to cover these guys today.
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
12:47 pm
Tech dominating line of scrimage, but getting held
GT-UT
November 24th, 2012
12:48 pm
Too eady
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
12:48 pm
Why do refs keep stopping the clock and giving UGA defense time to rest when Tech has the ball.
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
12:49 pm
TD UGA!
Biff Pocoroba
November 24th, 2012
12:50 pm
Fire PJ. This “defense” is a joke and he is toally out classed against real teams. He can’t play Duke and BC every week. Georgia may score 90 today.
Luke
November 24th, 2012
12:51 pm
Sorry BigTime….can’t call that dominating the line. Our DLine is just getting manhandled by a OLine that has unperformed all year.
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
12:51 pm
anouther big time hold at point of attack on the Marshall TD, this is not right
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
12:52 pm
Check the hold on Attaochu on the long pass to 26.
WnE
November 24th, 2012
12:53 pm
Getting fat off of BC, Dook, and Md. with a LB playing QB has deluded the BLTs into thinking that CPJ had turned GT FB around.
Still think CAG was the problem with the Defense?
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
12:53 pm
here come Vad
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
12:53 pm
TW has no chance to keep up with this O. Vad a better choice but not too much of a chance now that it is 21 -3
Luke
November 24th, 2012
12:54 pm
Then how do you fix it WnE?
Buford Pusser, Sheriff
November 24th, 2012
12:55 pm
KEN!!! Go get dressed out and get out their on defense!!! Don’t sub anyone out….let’s just use 12!
Buford Pusser, Sheriff
November 24th, 2012
12:56 pm
This is the hardest part about dealing with a CPJ Tech team……Knowing that the game is over after 1 quarter. I’ll go get some Xmas shopping done. Prediction….in his halftime interview, CPJ will say, “We gotta stop em on defense and not turn the ball over when we’re driving.”
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
12:57 pm
very methodical your offense we need a stop
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
12:58 pm
hahahahhaa!
Luke
November 24th, 2012
12:58 pm
@Buford,
What do you expect him to say? Its how you win football games.
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
12:59 pm
hahahahahaha! yall went for it
time for another TD UGA!
Biff Pocoroba
November 24th, 2012
12:59 pm
Run up the middle on third down with our pip squeak runnnig backs. Fire this clown now.
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:01 pm
Noles are drooling already.
Ken Sugiura
November 24th, 2012
1:02 pm
buford – not sure i’m the solution. thanks for the vote of confidence, though. this looks like 28-3 in about two minutes.
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
1:02 pm
Refs are giving UGA this game, I’m turning it off
WnE
November 24th, 2012
1:02 pm
No matter how bad your Defense is, sometimes you have to punt and try to pin them deep.
Going for it near midfield and putting your Def. in bad situations is bush league coaching that belongs at the D1-AA level or at the Service Academy level.
It doesn’t belong in a BCS Conference and neither does CPJ.
7 losses, 5 losses and now at least 6 losses this season.
Three years like that and most colleges will FIRE you, but CPJ is quite comfortable at GT!
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:03 pm
nice sack for yall
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:03 pm
uuuugh a flag.
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
1:03 pm
The only chance we had was to start Vad and play air bsll. PJ won’t do that.
BuzzEng
November 24th, 2012
1:03 pm
It’s not coaching… GT just outmatched this year on both sides of the ball.
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
we need to convert this and not settle for a punt or anything.
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
2 holds on the sack by Attaochu
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
Finally called a penalty
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
dont know what that play was for, looks like we’ll just settle to give it back
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:05 pm
oh well yall get lucky.
we really needed that TD yall get it next half, and we needed to put it away.
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
1:06 pm
Agree Buzz and I do not see that changing in the future.
UGA has how many students to GTs 10,000
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
1:06 pm
see what happens when the refs call holding, whole different story
Luke
November 24th, 2012
1:07 pm
@BuzzEng.
I gotta side with WnE on this one. You gotta give your defense a chance to make a stop. Thankfully they did this time. But you still haven’t said how you “fix” the defense, WnE.
Chaps
November 24th, 2012
1:08 pm
Not to mention the gazillion UGA fans who never saw the campus.
Luke
November 24th, 2012
1:09 pm
UGA has about 33k students. Don’t see how that affects being outmatched….
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
1:11 pm
You fix the D with players such as a Swilling.
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:13 pm
what?
come on flags UGA…….stupid. roughing passer…but your offense had passing interference…tackling our corneres.
officials…smh
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
HAHAHAHA PICKED….really a deep shot?
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
1:15 pm
The larger the school The more majors available and the wider net you have available for recruiting.
Luke
November 24th, 2012
1:15 pm
The thing is, the passing lane was open. Thats a 30 yard gain if he throws it 3 seconds earlier.
DawgzWeather
November 24th, 2012
1:16 pm
cant stop the run can you….we always run on Gt well, i remmeber a few years a ago we upset you.
WnE
November 24th, 2012
1:16 pm
The “lucky” throws that made Vad Lee look good vs. UNC are now coming back to bite GT & CPJ in the @$$.
Our passing offense is based on “jump ball” passes and not precision & timing, we look like a D1-AA team today!
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
1:16 pm
This is not a FB game