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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Shane
November 24th, 2012
3:00 pm
I understand why all military college football programs run 3 option. But Tech can get the talent to compete, they have n the past.
Silly Mutts
November 24th, 2012
3:05 pm
I think uga should takr gt off the schedule…thay already play enough diii teams
Rick James
November 24th, 2012
3:05 pm
@GTJohn
I agree with an earlier comment that PJ should fire himself. If he has any character at all, he would realize that he is in over his head and needs to hand the reins over to someone else who can get the job done. I am sure PJ is a good person, just not a coach at this level at this time in his career. The TO has done all it can for him and he needs to go help somewhere else and learn a new offense.
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He will not quit because he knows that this his last major coaching job.After Tech it’s a mid major or FCS school and neither will pay what he makes at Tech..
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
3:05 pm
PJ has a better team than he puts on the field. He had S. Hill and rarely used him. He has some good talent now but does not develop or use it. Vad is a perfect example but there are others also. If he rolls out the TO next year, no on will be there to watch it. With Vad Lee, we need to be runing a West Coast type of offense and if he does not know how to do it, then hire someone who does or get out of the way.
ibidGT
November 24th, 2012
3:09 pm
One thing to lose and make a game of it…but this is pathetic. Even the UGA fans sitting next to me left at halftime at the bar I was at…sheesh.
dawgfan
November 24th, 2012
3:09 pm
There it is. Tech is diving at our knees trying to take guys out. It never fails year after year.
Georgia Tech is a joke.
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
3:09 pm
Rick, I am counting on him having some character. If not, season ticket holders will become a rarity at GT and that will definitely end his future forever. He will never coach again, It takes a big person to admit they are wrong, need help, over their head, and I hope PJ is a big enough person to come to that realization and move on.
Rick James
November 24th, 2012
3:09 pm
Cut blocking should be owtlawed
rj
November 24th, 2012
3:12 pm
get rid of Paul Johnson. We were not prepared for today’s game
Chaps
November 24th, 2012
3:13 pm
Best of luck to UGA next week and beyond.
Rick James
November 24th, 2012
3:13 pm
@GTJohn
Rick, I am counting on him having some character. If not, season ticket holders will become a rarity at GT and that will definitely end his future forever. He will never coach again, It takes a big person to admit they are wrong, need help, over their head, and I hope PJ is a big enough person to come to that realization and move on.
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Tech fans deserve better but CPJ the smartest guy in the room and those personality types never quit because everyone else is wrong.
BackyardBrewery
November 24th, 2012
3:13 pm
I’m loving the comments from BigTimeTechFan… All about the zebras in this game.. none about the lackluster play on offense or the fact that GT’s defense stayed at the bus stop on North Ave. I’m at home brewing some beer right now, you sound like you’ve drank all of yours this afternoon with the crying. Tech didn’t have a chance.. the only chance was coming out amp’d for a rival game. They proved they didn’t care after the 1st 3 drives.
CPJ has no change in scheme, and it doesn’t work against good teams.. Look at the game now. UGA doesn’t have near a single starter on BOTH sides of the ball. The heralded Vad Lee is running around the field getting destroyed, the OLine is so tired and so beat to death, they are holding on to the UGA D line to just get moving.
Boring game all around. It was fun for the 1st quarter. Most of the fans on both sides are gone!
Yellow Jacket
November 24th, 2012
3:14 pm
I am still proud to be a Yellow Jacket, however, UGA is just to tough, gotta give em credit. Dont think they will beat Alabama. For Tech, we should opt out of the ACC Championship game and any Bowl offered to us. Teams that end up at 6 and 6 or 6 and 7, do not need to go bowling. Sorry Tech, I am still a fan, but let the words speak. We think this was bad today? Wait till next week against FSU. So someone please help me understand if we should go 6 and 7, why should we go to a bowl? Let the suffering end now.
air of mendacity
November 24th, 2012
3:14 pm
did you see that cheap shot chop block on UGA backup Thorton – God – Tech is just dirty as hell and sore losers – what are they going to do when chop block below the waist are outlawed next year. They will really be pitiful then.
ALSECFan
November 24th, 2012
3:17 pm
Don’t worry GT fans….UGA is going to get crushed next saturday in the dome. they will choke and look like crap against bama….just like last year against LSU. UGA has no business being ranked #3.
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
3:18 pm
Looks like OSU was best team this year – Undefeated, any other team that wins backed into national title
BigTimeTECHFan
November 24th, 2012
3:23 pm
Tech did nice, score does not relect how bad tech beat UGA
brad
November 24th, 2012
3:23 pm
Did you think for 1 second you had a chance to beat us with that PATHETIC offense CPJ runs? do yourself a favor and FIRE HIM NOW!
Rick James
November 24th, 2012
3:23 pm
@ALSECFan
Don’t worry GT fans….UGA is going to get crushed next saturday in the dome. they will choke and look like crap against bama….just like last year against LSU. UGA has no business being ranked #3.
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Hey Tech fan..Does hiding behind Alabama make today’s loss easier to to take? Georgia has more business being ranked number 3 than Tech has playing for the ACC title.
Yellow Jacket
November 24th, 2012
3:24 pm
Thinking that the BCS rankings will look at todays game with UGA and Ga Tech, UGA power schedule ranking should drop meaning that UGA should drop down 2 or 3 spots in the BCS poll.
CloudmanJacket
November 24th, 2012
3:24 pm
It should be embarrassing for the ACC (and for Tech) for that pitiful team to play in the ACC title game. If Tech wins it, it will be even more embarrassing. It is time for CPJ to go; what a joke of a coach.
GT-UT
November 24th, 2012
3:25 pm
Disappointed. Get stronger in the off-season.
Chilidawg
November 24th, 2012
3:25 pm
Something is wrong when the conference winner, Miami, elects to not play in the championship game
CloudmanJacket
November 24th, 2012
3:25 pm
@ Yellow Jacket; what is your point? They still hammered us and if they happen to beat Bama next week which they look like they can, they will have the BCS ranking they need.
Ghost
November 24th, 2012
3:26 pm
LOL at Bigtimet4ech Fan, Tech will get destroyed again next week by FSU and by whomever they play in the weedeater bowl. Is there a fund where Georgia fans can donate to keep PJ? He’s the new Reggie Ball.
CloudmanJacket
November 24th, 2012
3:26 pm
I guess CPJ has bigger fish to fry…LOL
Please FIRE CPJ TODAY!!!
Ghost
November 24th, 2012
3:27 pm
For thos tech fans that georgia played an easy schedule. Tennessee and Ga. Sothern were much better than Tech.
Tech is a joke
November 24th, 2012
3:28 pm
Take that Techies!! Joke of a team, program, coach,fans,everything. 42-10!!
CloudmanJacket
November 24th, 2012
3:28 pm
Georgia Southern looked better against UGA than we did today. WOW!
Obviously Vad Lee isn’t the savior either. The only savior for Tech is the firing of CPJ.
BackyardBrewery
November 24th, 2012
3:29 pm
You sore losers can open up the well worn book of excuses for the loss after this one.. That, or jump on the bandwagon of the next time that will play UGA, and hope they play the game you wish Tech would..
Ghost
November 24th, 2012
3:30 pm
GT -UT there is no help on the way for Tech, another 55th ranked recruiting class and there’s still the matter of having a Div 3 coaching staff.
Silly Mutts
November 24th, 2012
3:30 pm
Hey pj your offense sucks!!!!!! And btw your defense is a fricking dumpster fire year in and year out!!!! You are trash!!!! Please drop dead!
CloudmanJacket
November 24th, 2012
3:31 pm
I guess firing Al Groh wasn’t the answer
Fire Coach Paul Grouchy Pud
November 24th, 2012
3:32 pm
So tired of losing No defense no recruits no future. Na na na na hey hey good bye triple option crap
Yellow Jacket
November 24th, 2012
3:32 pm
@ cloudman Jacket, today just shows how easy of a schedule UGA has. UGA is not a top 10 team, but tech made them look that way. Anyone want to take a guess on how low the UGS power ranking schedule is? Pretty bad. Tech needs to let PJ go, stop playing a team we will never beat. UGA and move out of the ACC. Ga Tech being on UGA schedule does not and will never beef up the power schedule that the BCS uses for part of it rankings. Just saying.
Topp Dogg
November 24th, 2012
3:33 pm
A moral victory for those Jackets, you guys really do suck.
stalin's ghost
November 24th, 2012
3:34 pm
I agree CPJ has run his course- said to say, but this reminds me of the Bill Louis debacle.
problems are:
who has the guts to take on a program in free fall and with very little talent?
how does GT afford them?
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
3:34 pm
Rick, I am afraid you are correct. You know during the late 70s or early 80s (the Bill Lewis years) Tech almost did away with football entirely. I am not sure they can go through that again and PJ is taking them there very quickly. His style of football and games like today, insure he will not be able to recruit well enough to compete. Very sad for GT. I went there during the Bobby Dodd and Bud Carson years. Both are examples of what to do and what not to do. Sadly, PJ is an example of what not to do. He is not a head coach.
Yellow Jacket
November 24th, 2012
3:34 pm
FSU 56 Ga Tech 3, back out of any bowl games to get away from your miserty tech. LET PJ GO!
GTJohn
November 24th, 2012
3:35 pm
Bill Lewis was in the 90s
michael
November 24th, 2012
3:35 pm
time for johnson to go and for heaen’s sake recruit winners not b/s players like our offensive line and total defense. goon squad?? please…gone squad.
GT Fan
November 24th, 2012
3:36 pm
But who could/would replace CPJ?????
Why change for an unknown.
stalin's ghost
November 24th, 2012
3:36 pm
pissed me off when CPJ made the halftime comment about the kicking game not working.
who’s fault is that? the same man who has refused to hire anyone competent to coach special teams
GT-UT
November 24th, 2012
3:37 pm
I love the O. Need stronger lines. D is weak. Totally. I’m embarrassed. I played UGA in several lower level sports at Tech. I know they are crap holes. But we got slacked. I hope CPJ can do better. I still have faith. If they need money, let me know. I’m in for a few.
stalin's ghost
November 24th, 2012
3:38 pm
“Why change for an unknown?”
you saw the game today. answer is self evident. that, or stop playing top level football
wrecked again
November 24th, 2012
3:38 pm
“If UGA scores 21 points by the time Vad gets in, it certainly won’t be Tevin’s fault; that would fall on the defense. But if we ARE down like that, then I look for Vad to get us back quickly” Quote from Gtfans before the game
LOL that GT fans thought Vad was something speccial,
michael
November 24th, 2012
3:39 pm
johnson is an offenive coordinator or a very small college head coach. hell, look at the lack of size of our players. what’s his record post gailey recruits? bowl record?? his turned us into ga. southern. i did notice he wore his head set for a few.
shotgun the TO
November 24th, 2012
3:40 pm
86 plays on offense with over 400 yards…Vad needs more practice but I see a great future with him…please bring Giff Smith as Def Coordinator, he recruited Georgia so well for Chan…sad dissappointing game…the offense was moving the ball and eating up clock but couldnt score and couldnt stop them…How many on the coaching staff get there walking papers in the next two weeks?
stalin's ghost
November 24th, 2012
3:40 pm
compaired to Tevin, Vald IS something special.
and that’s much of the problem.
CPJ can’t recruit
Silly Mutts
November 24th, 2012
3:40 pm
I dont care who is hired at gt!!! Anybody is better than pj 2 plays johnson and his crapppy azz defense!