Report: Tech to be granted bowl waiver
Georgia Tech will receive a bowl-eligibility waiver from the NCAA even if it loses the ACC Championship game to finish at 6-7, according to a cbssports.com report.
The story cited two unnamed sources. Tech, ACC and bowl officials could not confirm the report. Without directly commenting on the news, acting athletic director Paul Griffin reaffirmed his confidence in Tech’s situation, reiterating a comment made Monday.
“We’ll be playing in an ACC bowl game between the 27th of December and the first of January,” he said. “We’re going to make sure we do everything we can to make sure that it’s the Orange Bowl.”
With a new NCAA rule in place addressing bowl eligibility, concerns arose that Tech might not be bowl eligible if it lost to Florida State to drop below .500, a standard to receive a bowl invite, even though UCLA received a waiver last year in a similar situation. If the Yellow Jackets were not granted a waiver, it would have put them in a situation of needing to win the title game to go to the Orange Bowl or be shut out of the bowl picture altogether. Griffin and other Tech officials maintained their certainty that they would be playing in a bowl regardless. It appears they had reason.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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GT Fan
November 29th, 2012
8:03 pm
Good.
Reid
November 29th, 2012
8:04 pm
First! and that is great news………I think…
George Stein
November 29th, 2012
8:07 pm
Good. We won’t need it, though, as the only proper way for an ACC season to finish is with a 7-6 (1-3 OOC) team represent the conference in an epic clash against Kent State. MACtion, baby!
Diablo69
November 29th, 2012
8:25 pm
Look I know the season hasn’t been a roaring success, but can the home paper show a little more love for these kids. One thing no one can question is their effort. They played hard and earned their trip to Charlotte and beyond. To read the “Senior” “Sports” Writers one would believe anyone who supports this program should look down and apologize whenever the ACC championship game is even mentioned. Ken, I know this doesn’t apply to you; in fact you do a heck of a job being fair and balanced, but please let the other two know that all the snide remarks just serve to undermine their credibility. It paints them as front running reactionary’s that don’t put any real thought into what they are writing. Pandering to the masses and such.
On that same topic will someone please tell Bradley to just stop with his campaign to dissolve the ACC. The last estimate I saw was that the addition of Notre Dame as a quasi member would equate to a payout around $18M per team per year. Not the best but certainly better than a kick in the shorts. I’m sure his “if you ain’t first your last” mentality plays well in the football obsessed south, but some of us actually prefer basketball to football and think a Maryland for Louisville swap is a good move in terms of athletics. Basically what I’m saying is that all the football worshiping SEC wonks can stuff it!
chas_jacket
November 29th, 2012
8:28 pm
Great – bowl games are very important for the extra practice times and reps for next year – when you will see a truly potent GT offense with Vad and Justin.
GT-UT
November 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Agreed that an upgrade in QB will make a big difference.
Don’t know why the “Mitch’s” of the world post drivel like that.
Bill from Dacusville
November 29th, 2012
9:21 pm
This must be a joke—-This once proud program has to have a “waiver” because they know they gonna lose? After the season Tech has had, they should decline a “waiver” and stay home after FSU thumps them–Fire Pitiful Paul and hire a real Head Coach-
Big Stinger
November 29th, 2012
9:25 pm
I hope we don’t play USC in the sun bowl. Any way we can play in the music city bowl so we have a chance?
K
November 29th, 2012
9:32 pm
Get over it.
It’s good for the team. These young men have earned this.
It’s a good thing for this team. Nothing negative about it.
Everybody cannot be #1. Been there, done that.
Bottom line: Tech gets to go to a bowl game.
Dog kicker
November 29th, 2012
9:32 pm
Glad that the kids will get more time to practice for next year. I hope Vad will soak in all that he can so we can get this thing turned around.
Nope
November 29th, 2012
9:36 pm
That means we’ll finish 6-8!
Great!
I’m tired of this crap!!!
Can we get O’leary, Fridge?
I know Petrino!!!!
ty webb
November 29th, 2012
9:37 pm
Congrats! It is well deserved.
wreckmaniac
November 29th, 2012
9:37 pm
Please Coach Johnson,turn over the prep for the FSU game to the coaches and chase down Ellis Johnson who was just fired from Southern Miss. This guy is an AWESOME defensive coach. We need him at Tech more than a win over FSU.
GT Fan
November 29th, 2012
9:37 pm
It just kills the Dawg fans that GT’s going “bowling” … even if they (when, IMO) they lose on Saturday.
Sad, pathetic, Joke-by-the-Coke, disgrace, etc. Go ahead Dawg fans, spew as many insults as you want. GT’s going bowling. It means MORE REPS learning the TO for Vad & JT. For that reason, this GT fans thinks it’s great. More practices/reps can’t hurt.
BTW…….every kid gets a trophy!
Augusta Jacket
November 29th, 2012
9:37 pm
When UGA finished their season 6-6 a few years ago you didn’t hear these arguments about “Just stay home” 7-6 or 6-7, either is less than the team wanted but these kids still deserve a bowl game.
ty webb
November 29th, 2012
9:39 pm
“BTW…….every kid gets a trophy!”
spoken like a true Obama voter.
Nope
November 29th, 2012
9:44 pm
I don’t know what to say…. I thought CMR was lucky, maybe it’s rubbing off on CPJ
What will that make us… 0-100 in bowls?
You do know that we used to have the best bowl winning %, right?
Duh…what happened?
GT Fan
November 29th, 2012
9:45 pm
I don’t vote, Ty.
GT Fan
November 29th, 2012
9:47 pm
Ty,
Every kid gets a trophy is kinda like UGA ………….
They are ranked #3 b/c they are in the SEC, not b/c they are the 3rd best team in the country.
IDK, maybe Barry-O had them in his “bracket”?
Old Days
November 29th, 2012
9:49 pm
We need Bobby Dodd, Ronald Reagan, and Billy Graham!!!
Ken Sugiura
November 29th, 2012
9:53 pm
it’s possible. tech would be willing to drop down past the sun bowl if it works for all parties. (i.e., if someone else would like to go to the sun bowl in its place. the sun bowl would prefer someone else, too.)
Augusta Jacket
November 29th, 2012
9:58 pm
Ken, would the ACC let them (GT) do that? I thought the wording said Tech couldn’t go any lower than the Sun Bowl…
Old Days
November 29th, 2012
10:09 pm
What is down past the sun bowl>
What is a lower bowl?
Old Days
November 29th, 2012
10:11 pm
opps… looks like Falcons caught the tech disease, when they get a lead, they quit!!!
Report: GT will receive bowl waiver if it loses ACC championship game | CollegeFootballTalk
November 29th, 2012
10:12 pm
[...] to a report from CBS Sports, Tech will in fact get that waiver, though no one from GT has confirmed nor denied that report [...]
Jacketnation Deflation
November 29th, 2012
10:22 pm
Tech is playing in the Pepto Bismol Waiver Bowl. This bowl will feature two sorry teams that specialize in Stomach Upset and often times leading to Nausea and Vomiting. How stupid for the Jackets to play in a Bowl game. We have no defense and we are a sorry team.
Ken Sugiura
November 29th, 2012
10:28 pm
Belk Bowl in Charlotte (likely vs. Cincinnati), Music City Bowl in Nashville (maybe Vanderbilt or Ole Miss).
South GA Jacket
November 29th, 2012
10:36 pm
Those with the winning Powerball numbers last night should just burn all their money. They didn’t earn it. They just “backed in” to it. It was all luck.
Your kidding me!
November 29th, 2012
10:44 pm
Tech on NCAA Probation and going to the toilet bowl with a losing record? Yes, only Georgia Tech and the ACC could and would pull this farce off. It’s true…The Joke by the Coke!
GT1971
November 29th, 2012
10:45 pm
My wife is a UC graduate. She says she is still going to cheer for Tech if we go to the Belk Bowl.
Roadrunner
November 29th, 2012
10:52 pm
Actually, this DAWG fan doesn’t think Georgia or any other 6-6 team, much less a 6-7 team should go to a post-season bowl. As someone brought up earlier, if nothing else it gives a struggling 6-6 team the chance to go 6-7 or in Tech’s case 6-8 for a much more negative finish to the season. A .500 record is easier to stomach for all involved players included and saves the ‘rewards’ of going bowling for those teams that are actually successful. Of course I grew up before there was no losing in rec league games, “don’t keep score and nobody is a loser”, etc. So if that’s what you’re for every team should play a game after the regular season. Can’t wait for those titanic struggles between two 1-11 teams battling it out for a second win in the same season!…..
Chris Cringle
November 29th, 2012
11:19 pm
Roadrunner, do you need a hug?
Dawg1
November 29th, 2012
11:20 pm
Congrats.
Good Luck against FSU.
Personally feel that the ‘only reason’ that ‘any’ team (not just Tech) with a .500 or sub 500 record should go to a bowl is to use the extra practice time to look at the future and to try and figure out how to reward the Seniors who are leaving with a trip.
Where ever the team goes; I hope you guys get out there and support the team. Truly believe that it’s more of a ‘negative’ than a positive if a team is at a bowl with a whole bunch of empty seats – especially is the game is a three hour car ride.
The Amazing Carnack
November 29th, 2012
11:21 pm
Roadrunner, are you really Honey Boo-Boo?
Augusta Jacket
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
For all you dawg fans complaining about GT’s bowl eligibility, check out the comments on the blog post from 2010. You dawgs were arguing over Tennessee getting a better bowl than the 6-6 dawgs.
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2010/11/28/bulldogs-to-the-liberty-bowl/?cp=all
SansWorld
November 29th, 2012
11:29 pm
Fans,
Tech going to a bowl game has nothing to do with what you think is right.
It is about 20 year old kids scrapping together 6 wins after their fan base gave up on them. They will be treated well by their host, made to feel appreciated and even get the only “gifts” the NCAA will allow.
Fans with an entitlement mentality about their team’s performance, and got their feelings hurt because they did not win as many games they expected, and don’t think the kids deserve the privilege don’t really get a vote.
If you think there are too many bowl games or are unhappy about who is playing, I suggest you not watch them.
Frankly, I think a 6-6 team that would otherwise go to a bowl, but is contractually obligate to play the conference championship game, should still be eligible: win or lose.
Roadrunner
November 29th, 2012
11:34 pm
Chris Cringle @ 11:19 – No thanks, and I won’t sit on your lap either!!
Not-so-amazing Carnack @ 11:21 – Good guess, but no.
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 29th, 2012
11:37 pm
If GT wasn’t playing in the ACC championship game they would go to a bowl. How does it make sense to penalize them if they loose. Does common sense play into this at all?
Like Tech But
November 30th, 2012
12:03 am
I just don’t see the reason for a bowl to a 6 and 6 team. Don’t tell me about these poor kids worked so hard. Sure they worked hard but I can assure you no-one is gonna watch this “bowl”.
Veteran Fan
November 30th, 2012
12:05 am
Cannot go to Charlotte this weekend, but win or lose entire family will be at whatever bowl the Jackets go to! Very proud of this years team! Very young team that overcame adversity to become relevant and be eligible to go bowling and compete for the conference championship! Go Jackets!
Remarkable
November 30th, 2012
12:20 am
This is just sad!
GT in GoldTown
November 30th, 2012
12:28 am
We won? First good victory of the year…
Total Embarassment to Coach Bobby Dodd
November 30th, 2012
12:30 am
Be proud….6-6 gets in the ACC title game after another fine ACC institution recuses themselves due to cheating. I agree, why penalize a team that “scrapped” their way to wins over Presbyterian, Duke, Maryland, Boston College, North Carolina, and Virginia…Composite record of 28-45.
And you people have the balls to ask for a “bowl waiver”…Must be a lot of those 47%ers on the Flats.
Roll Damn Tide.
A. Bishop
November 30th, 2012
1:45 am
Sorry but the NCAA made the wrong decision. a sub .500 team should not be allowed to play in a bowl even if a streak is on the line.
H.Felton
November 30th, 2012
3:24 am
Tech will got to the Belk Bowl (what a joke) where they’ll lose to Cincy and finish 6-8 setting up a losing 2013 which will get Coach Johnson fired.
Stinger 1
November 30th, 2012
4:41 am
Last comment I will make about GT going or not going to a bowl. Most of those who have commented that are not real GT fans have used the issue as one would expect. That is to take another punch at the Jackets. I don`t disagree with the fact that a losing team does not deserve to go to a bowl game especially when displacing another team
with at least a 6-6 record. The real GT fans seem divided on this issue. I have previously posted that they should not go with a losing record. I cannot change my mind at this point.
Cats hav fleas 2
November 30th, 2012
5:41 am
Doesn’t matter. Tech can’t win a Bowl game anyway. Entire program is a laughing stock!
Smyrna Gold
November 30th, 2012
6:13 am
I don’t understand all the clamor about getting extra practice time to prepare for 2013 by participating in a bowl game. It sure hasn’t helped lately. I imagine the kids would much prefer to go home and forget football for a while.
Old Dog
November 30th, 2012
6:31 am
To Hell with Tek,today, tomorrow and every other day!
'65 DAWG
November 30th, 2012
7:05 am
I really don’t care one way or the other if GT goes bowling. What amazes me is that GT fans will NOT support their team in the bowl. They weren’t in Athens, even though they supposedly returned “only’ 1,900 of their 8,000 ticket allotment. This bowl trip will end up costing the school and the ACC big bucks, just so an ACC team can go to the game. This whole bowl setup today is a complete joke, and the bowls have become irrelevent. It’s a shame what has happened to this once proud program!!!
Iluvnutella
November 30th, 2012
7:21 am
Please please please Tech brass, even if u win, STAY HOME! Getting beat by Kent State in a sorry bowl will bring the program to a low not seen since Bill Lewis.
just wondering
November 30th, 2012
7:28 am
@Diablo69 …..How did Tech earn the right to play FSU? It was given to them,
papadawg
November 30th, 2012
7:29 am
The Blue Field looks very nice with the Blue in GTs uniforms. Remember when you teckies had fun with the DAWGS going to Shreveport. Well we didn’t have to beg for a bowl. BAWHAW!
The Truth
November 30th, 2012
7:34 am
Papadwag…….you just need to stay focused on Bama, then you can get your hotel reservations for Orlando….
GT71
November 30th, 2012
7:35 am
Bad, bad, bad,
Bad – the AJC ‘journalists’. And it’s not just their disdain for TEch – where’s the count-down clock for the ACC?.
Bad – the NCAA decision – no team with a losing record should go bowling..no team with a 6-6 record either. Bowls are for WINNERS!
Bad – a Tech team that lost to MTSU and EVERY OTHER good team they played.
And REALLY bad that most of you don’t see this ‘reward’ for an unsuccessful season is bad for all involved.
I’m embarrassed to be a Tech grad. But they are ‘my’ Jackets and I love them. I just don’t respect their leadership.
danny
November 30th, 2012
7:41 am
Diablo, read your paper. This week, your coach questioned his teams effort against UGA. Of course, he had them prepared and his game plan was flawless. He is the only one questioning their effort, otherwise it comes back on him and his decisions.
The New ACC
November 30th, 2012
7:56 am
It is my fault. I make assumptions that MUST be wrong.
First, I assume that people posting on a sports blog actually know something about the sport. This is one about college football and specifically the ACC and GA Tech. Apparently very few folks posting here really don’t know anything at all about GA Tech, the ACC, the NCAA, or even the sport of football.
Second, I assume that most on here post to exchange real information regarding the particular topic. Again, this is specifically about the ACC and GA Tech football.
These assumptions are totally wrong. It seems that there are quite a few people (and I use that term loosely) that come here to post random and stupid comments just to waste their time and the time of people reading. This amazes me. I had no idea that there were so many people of “luxury” that actually had that much time to waste.
Maybe the economy in Georgia isn’t as bad as they tell us?
dick whiskey
November 30th, 2012
8:04 am
does this mean CPJ gets his bowl bonus now?
The New ACC
November 30th, 2012
8:08 am
GT71 -
You do not understand. Please allow me to explain…
The NCAA rule is that no team with less than a 0.500 team can go to a bowl. Any team can apply for a wavier for this rule.
GA Tech currently has a 0.500 record. This is from the regular season. If we ONLY look at the regular season, we would easily go to a bowl and no one would bat an eye.
However, in our division, we have two teams that are not allowed (or allowing themselves) to go to any post season play. This includes UNC and Miami. Next up is GA Tech. So, we are our division representative.
But, if we do go to the ACC CG, then there is a chance that our record falls below 0.500. Now, GA Tech could decline to go the ACC CG I think, but that would be silly and stupid. That would mean that an even a lesser team would represent the division. I just don’t think that the ACC would allow that or be too happy.
If we go to the ACC CG and GA Tech loses and our record falls below 0.500, then essentually we would be penalized for going to the ACC CG. Now, does that make sense? No. Why should any team be penalized for playing an extra game post season in a conference championship game?
This is why a wavier was required.
Should Tech fans be embarrassed? No. This situation has happened before (most recently to UCLA) and it will happen again to any large conference with a CG. It will/could even happen to the SEC.
Freddie Blassie
November 30th, 2012
8:10 am
I like Johnson and Tech is lucky to have him as their coach. He will get this defensive side of the ball and special teams straightened out in the next year or two and ,when he does, Tech will be back. These kids are not tough enough right now.
Brady
November 30th, 2012
8:16 am
The most ludicrous part is how much extra paul johnson gets for making it to the acc champ game. I wonder what he gets. He should not accept it but we know that would never happen. And I’m sure he gets a bonus for each lousy bowl tech loses. Thanks miami for keeping this lug around another2 years.
cpj
November 30th, 2012
8:31 am
Woo hoo, I get my bonus and enhance my “legacy” win/win for me and gtu comes out looking fairly foolish as always.
lanier
November 30th, 2012
8:33 am
wonder if they will show any effort against the noles or will it be uga all over again
Jacketnation Deflation
November 30th, 2012
8:34 am
Did anyone get a 3 dollar ticket to the ACC championship game? This league only has two ranked teams and we ain’t one of them. The coastal division is so weak maybe all teams should bolt for the Colonial Conference.
Ol' Buzz
November 30th, 2012
8:36 am
I guess the NCAA is trying to fill up those 35 bowl games with someone. Didn’t know that wins over non-FBS teams counted now.
juvenal
November 30th, 2012
9:01 am
Vandy? love playing schools that use real students……….
nobowl
November 30th, 2012
9:05 am
going to a bowl with a losing record??? embarrrassing—tech needs to turn down a bowl and regroup for next year and find a defense somewhere.
gt4ever
November 30th, 2012
9:07 am
If CPJ accepts a single penny for being in the ACC game, I will lose what little respect I have left for the man… If he wants to stay and turn this team around, he needs to find an offensive coordinator, a defensive coordinator, and a RECRUITING coordinator.. And then let them do their JOBS! If we beat FSU, fine, then we need to win the bowl game… Doubtful that any of this will happen, but I can still dream….
Dadgum.....
November 30th, 2012
9:08 am
I stand by my comment that Tech should not be going if they lose. Also, I feel the NCAA erred in approving the waiver. There is no grey area for me at all. Also the extra practice time a bowl game receives is a total cop out as validity to accepting a bowl bid. That’s a cry coaches have. Ask the players. Totally different response.
Just FYI. Tech can’t refuse a bowl bid to an ACC tie in bowl unless there is another ACC school to take its place. There isn’t. Tech will go to a bowl if selected. The Sun Bowl doesn’t want Tech and have been in touch with the Music Bowl to switch for a chance at matching up VT and USC. The Belk Bowl is out because with the 4th selection they are taking local boy Duke. Bowl has already lined up Duke to play probably Cincy. Keep in mind too that there is already an overage of qualifying teams. The Sun Bowl has notified the ACC that they don’t want Tech. Gonna get interesting to see if a Music Bowl switch can be pulled off. If I was the Music Bowl I would much rather have a VT / Vandy game. Stay tuned. Better yet….beat FSU.
The Shu
November 30th, 2012
9:09 am
Ellis Johnson is out there for us to possibly look at for DCord. He did really well with USC, despite what happened at southern miss this year. Just a thought.
Blue Ridge Dawg
November 30th, 2012
9:13 am
Way to go Techies… How about earning a bowl?? Just a thought. GO DAWGS!!
GTVegas
November 30th, 2012
9:24 am
I will support the Jackets wherever, whenever they play.
The waiver is a formality only. The NCAA could have easily just said that playing in a Conference Championship game does not count in the case where it determines a winning vs. losing record. You simply cannot penalize a team for playing in the Conference Championship. It makes no sense. Now, the issue of whetehr or not any 6-6 team deserves a bowl is another matter. I personally believe we have too many bowl games.
I will be in Charlotte this weekend and at the game. Do I think GT has a chance? Sure, but it’s a slim one. That doesn’t mean I won’t go to the game and hope to see something I don’t expect. Rather, I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
I like the offense, but would like to see it evolve to something more like Oregon. The defense just needs to start over. We would not even be talking about CPJ’s performance if the defense was average.
danny
November 30th, 2012
9:26 am
Get Ellis Johnson and then Tech can try to sell this to recruits, come play for Johnson & Johnson. He was 0 and 12!!!
wrecked again
November 30th, 2012
9:29 am
I don’t think Tech can afford Ellis Johnson, and why would anyone want to coach with PJ?
NGA Jacket
November 30th, 2012
9:54 am
There are only 30-32 teams that are bowl worthy.
Back in the old days going to a bowl was a real accomplishment.
Peadawg
November 30th, 2012
9:54 am
“They played hard and earned their trip to Charlotte and beyond”
They didn’t earn it. Tech is 3rd in their division. It was given to them.
WnE
November 30th, 2012
9:57 am
7 losses
5 losses
6 losses, with the potential for more.
That’s THREE YEARS where CPJ has averaged 6 losses per year, the 3 year run occurred in years 3, 4, & 5, not years 1 – 3, that means that CPJ has the program trending DOWNWARD and should be fired.
The year FIVE of the CPJ regime, he has “lifted” GT FB to the point where we need NCAA “welfare” in order to make it to a crappy lower-tier Bowl Game.
This is what CPJ has brought to the GT fanbase, only the BLTs would sit by and think that he is the right HC for GT.
The quicker we fire CPJ the better off GT FB will be!
aprilglaspie
November 30th, 2012
9:59 am
Lord how the Orange Bowl has fallen. This “waiver” reminds me of the antelopes with night vision goggles mocking the lion on that insurance commercial. “We can see you Carl”.
UGA = Yawn
November 30th, 2012
10:02 am
Diablo69 – well said!!!
buzzwax
November 30th, 2012
10:08 am
Christmas and the Holidays are times for miracles. How bout GT wins the ACC Championship AND the Orange Bowl to get to EIGHT wins!!! EVERYONE is writing off this years GT team………..Time for a few breaks and throw in a miracle!!!
GT65
November 30th, 2012
10:16 am
Time for Paul to go!..enough said.
gt4ever
November 30th, 2012
10:22 am
Just WAKEUP buzzwax… LOL
Reebok
November 30th, 2012
10:33 am
After the way the team stopped trying in the 2nd half against Georgia, I have come around to the conclusion that Coach Johnson has lost the team and will be gone after next season. I love the offense, but we can’t recruit for D or special teams, and the offense can’t score every time it gets the ball. Effort comes from the top, and if the players quit in a game (as they did against both UGA and MTSU), the head coach is to blame.
Tech Guy
November 30th, 2012
10:47 am
Radakovitch scewed Tech big time, and left Tech with a huge debt. The annual debt burden will be about one fourth of the annual budget. The remaining funds will be less than half of UGA’s budget. I’m sure he misled Clemson about the NCAA probation and vacating the ACC title. Certainly, Clemson would not hire him if they knew his true role in the situation.
GT Joe
November 30th, 2012
10:54 am
People are quick to bring up that we “backed into” the ACC title game because Miami took itself out.
But they fail to realize that if Miami did go to the title game, they would have “backed into” the game due to UNC’s probation.
If UNC was eligible, THEY would be the team in the title game, not Miami.
GT Joe
November 30th, 2012
10:56 am
….so if UNC was eligible, GT wouldn’t need a bowl waiver.
if Miami didn’t take itself out, GT wouldn’t need a bowl waiver.
and we may not need the bowl waiver ANYWAYS (if we beat FSU).
blazer
November 30th, 2012
10:58 am
Some other team is going to a Championship game and Bowl and didn’t play but two teams and
they lost to one of them!!
Steveo
November 30th, 2012
11:08 am
OH Boy!!….a waiver to go to the Outhouse Bowl….
bruce mac
November 30th, 2012
11:11 am
Go Jackets, as Georgians lets go 2 and O this weekend. I think the bet is Tech as they should win or lose by less than 14. That seems a no brainer unless they turn it over multiple times. If FSU couldn’t stop Florida’s running game how are they going to stop GT. Also, when a team does not see this offense ever and has one week to prepare, look out. Oh yea, Go Dawgs.
The New ACC
November 30th, 2012
11:15 am
If CPJ is fired (and I am not necessarily advocating for that), who could we get?
In addition, there are many other schools already looking and willing to fork over BIG bucks. Just look at the recent Arkansas offer for Les Miles ($26 million over 5 years). I don’t think that GA Tech has the money to compete with that!
I think that before we totally get rid of CPJ, we need to do something about our defense and special teams. THIS is were the problems on the field exist. It is not the offense at all – we seem to score points well enough!
Finally to the dog people posting here….. remember that it wasn’t too long ago that uga went to Shreveport for a bowl!!!!!
UGA = Yawn
November 30th, 2012
11:22 am
Peadawg, Tech is 1st in our division. Our division record of 5-3 is tops. Sure Miami and UNC also are 5-3 but all 3 had the top record. The tie-breaker, to determine who goes to the ACC Championship would have been won by Miami – since they beat us. They declined. But, that has nothing to do with what overall place Tech finished in our division – which was tied for 1st. Not sure where you got 3rd but you are UGA – so understandable that you aren’t that bright.
dawgfan
November 30th, 2012
11:24 am
Congrats on the handout Techies. What a proud moment for your football program. Oh the irony here. Some of the biggest critics of UGA’s success the past two seasons have of course been Tech fans. We didn’t play Bama or LSU (you didn’t either). We lost to South Carolina (you’ve lost to just about every team with players that have a living breathing pulse). After a solid year of running your big fat mouths about how UGA supposedly ‘”backs in” to SEC East titles, your joke program has now a) accepted a gift invite to the ACCCG because Miami backed out and 2) will be getting a waiver just to appear in a lousy bowl game. Please go ahead and insert your foot in your mouths now Techies if you have not already done so.
Techies, where has all of your jaw flapping about UGA ever gotten you? It seems to me it only makes you look like idiots more often than not.
Thanks.
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
11:24 am
a little off-topic, bur since there is no baseball blog….our newest recruiting class looks pretty good (top 10)…
http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/112812aad.html
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
11:27 am
dawgfan = Fool From the Cesspool
UGA = Yawn
November 30th, 2012
11:39 am
GT Lee – I agree. Doesn’t the ajc have a blog for UGA fans? How sad the man that has nothing better to do then comment here. We are GT – we are fine with that. Sorry he isn’t but we are fine with that also and we don’t want him! He is not worthy to be GT. He is Cesspool.
gt4ever
November 30th, 2012
11:42 am
@The New ACC
Yeah, we scored a bundle of points in our last game with UGA… I can’t even fathom how anybody thinks this offense has helped… It only works against subpar teams… The offense has handicapped our recruiting efforts since he got here… I mean, think about it, he has all his players in place… Our record is dismal at best, and it will continue to get worse unless this coach adjusts. Adjust with a new offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, and recruiting coordinator…
The New ACC
November 30th, 2012
11:44 am
dawgfan,
You are too funny! Who do you think posts these “jawflapping” remarks on this GA Tech blog (to include yours)? That’s right – ugag fans!!!!
Pot, meet kettle.
Peadawg
November 30th, 2012
11:45 am
UGA = Yawn
November 30th, 2012
11:22 am
I get 3rd b/c of tie breakers…Miami and UNC would get in before Tech if they were eligible.
“but you are UGA – so understandable that you aren’t that bright.” – Cute
Peadawg
November 30th, 2012
11:50 am
I for one LOVE Paul Johnson. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep him around.
And give Reggie Ball a call…he can come back and help also.
Incoming
November 30th, 2012
11:55 am
UGA=Yawn,
UNC wins tie breakers. Sorry.
Now on to important stuff….
Where are the bees going after Sat.?? Back to North Ave., or to the B1G ???
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
11:56 am
Peadawg, if we call Reggie, will YOU call Jim Donnan, Ray Goff, I. Crowell, and D. Evans back to help your program?
Your'e Kidding me
November 30th, 2012
11:58 am
Well now we know now who is calling the shots. The same people that do not want to keep score in league sports. Pour Tech was complaining about not getting in a bowl game so tech uses a technicality to get them in a bottom bowl game. Tech is the Joke by the Coke!
GT FAN
November 30th, 2012
11:59 am
Military Bowl- Army vs. G-TECH. 6 and 8 and you’re going to a bowl. REALLY? I’ll take Army and the points.
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
12:02 pm
“Tech is the Joke by the Coke!”
And you are another “Fool From The Cesspool”…..
Pour Tech……what does that mean?
Rick James
November 30th, 2012
12:02 pm
A sad day in college sports.The one good thing about this season is that it ends the practice of Tech fans being able to say that Georgia backed into anything.I’d rather see Tech lose to FSU than get embarassed by a MAC team in the Orange Bowl which could very well happen.
Jmonty
November 30th, 2012
12:02 pm
This weekend, I am a Bama fan!!! Hope those puppies get whipped.
Sad to see a school like UGA playing. Their players go to jail more than they go to class. They are ghetto losers and will be ghetto losers once CMR gets done using them. THWG!!!
Xavier
November 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
I’m a Tech fan, but this is lame. No schools with losing records should go to bowls. Just the fact that we’re in the ACC Championship is crazy. We don’t belong in it. Dickakovich is gone; time to clean up the mess he left behind.
UGA = Yawn
November 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
We beat UNC fool. And what place we are in the division has nothing to do with who represents the division in the Championship. We were first in our division at 5-3. Look at the standings!!
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
12:10 pm
Thanks for your concern, Rick….but shouldn’t you be worrying about uga being embarrassed by Bama?
Dawg 71
November 30th, 2012
12:12 pm
I’m sure your mothers are so proud. . .
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
12:17 pm
Dawg 71
November 30th, 2012
12:12 pm
I’m sure your mothers are so proud. . .
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As is yours, Dwag 71…after all, her son is a high-class Internet Troll.
DUFFERDAWG
November 30th, 2012
12:23 pm
it is quite comical to see all the Techie comments congratulating the team on going to a bowl at 6-7. And how they deserve it and the kids have earned it…..wow. What about the guys on teams finishing with 5 wins…they probably worked just as hard…do they not “deserve” a bowl? I thought participation trophies stopped in rec league ball but apparently not….. However, on second thought…the ACC is similar to rec ball so maybe it is ok ! Maybe you can petition the NCAA to make the other team not keep score so all the players will feel good about themselves…and I think they should get rings as well to celebrate their hard work…..
JM
November 30th, 2012
12:27 pm
Go Jackets!. Fight hard and make the best of every opportunity you have.
Let’s make it 3 in a row against FSU.
GT MAN
November 30th, 2012
12:27 pm
I think this is a pretty good group of ball players, I just think they dislike (HATE) Johnson so much they dont care if they win or lose.
Stalin's Ghost
November 30th, 2012
12:33 pm
so who does GT think will be stupid enough to travel to the Dothan, Ala Waffle House Bowl?
with a good team, Tech doesn’t travel well. with a Bill Lewis situation going on?
dawgfan
November 30th, 2012
12:54 pm
The question now becomes what bowl is going to take this clown show? It seems Tech wears out its welcome every where it goes with poor showings on the field and poor showings at the ticket booth. I don’t know if a bowl game exists that is desperate enough to take these losers.
TeknocratNOTdemokrat
November 30th, 2012
12:55 pm
Hey billfromdacusville—you gonna pay for CPJ’s buyout…thought not.
TeknocratNOTdemokrat
November 30th, 2012
12:59 pm
ahhh yes, troll city again today…well, at least on Mondy the little dwagz will be in hiding after their 24-7 loss to Bama. Roll Tide…
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
1:11 pm
I think Ellis would be a good hire for you guys as DC. Not sure what happened at Southern Miss but he has always been a stout D coordinator.
Congrats on the bowl. Nobody wants to sit at home during bowl season. Boring!
Good luck saturday and get it done against the Noles! But no even if you win please dont come back on here and talk about how you could then beat the dawgs. Proven that can’t happen.
dawgfan
November 30th, 2012
1:13 pm
I don’t know. Under the weight of all the sore loser Techies riding their coattails I think Bama may have lost a step. We may have a shot.
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
1:13 pm
Nice of you to root for bama Teknodirtycrack.
Typical!
One-upper ...
November 30th, 2012
1:16 pm
SEC “cross-over” opponents:
SC: LSU, Ark
UF: A&M, LSU
LSU: SC, UF
Bama: UT, Mizzou
UGA: AU, Ole Miss.
The SEC CG reps are in the game b/c they had soft schedules. Yes, the Dawgs backed into the SEC title game for a 2nd yr in a row b/c SC had a TOUGHER schedule.
Texas A&M vs. SC for the SEC championship.
One-upper ...
November 30th, 2012
1:18 pm
11 of 12,
I’d root for the Tailban if they were playing UGA.
Get over it.
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
1:20 pm
One Dumper:
You do remember that USC lost to a terrible Auburn team at home last year and that is what kept them out of the game???? idiot!
You cant back into a game when you won more than the rest of the division and in the head to head with the team that had the same record. You sir are an idiot!
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
1:25 pm
Hey dawgfan (or should I say Carl Spackler?) did you ever catch that gopher? You know, the one you were chasing on the golf course instead of watching uga vs Buffalo. I heard AAron’s will have a tv ready for you, so that when you throw an empty Zima bottle thru it after the Bama game (like you did after the USCe game) you can go rent it. And speaking of empty Zima bottles, don’t step on another one and sprain your ankle on the way to the kitchen again.
AtlDawg
November 30th, 2012
1:25 pm
maybe im missing them but i have seen very few comments on here from Dawg fans about Tech going to a bowl game. They need to get over it and realize that we are concentrating on our SECCG and dont really care where Tech goes. What i have seen comments on is this, if you go to a bowl game then go and support your team.
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
1:28 pm
I hope Ken will remove that post one dumpster.
Taliban??? Classy statement. I am sure everyone on here with family members serving our country thinks that was real funny.
Not only are you stupid but you are disrespectful. Thanks for showing up loser!
AtlDawg
November 30th, 2012
1:32 pm
Just wondering GTLee. How concerned before the game were you about your beloved Bees being embarrassed and ran off the field by the Dawgs? The difference here is we actually have a good chance of winning. Now you can start worrying about getting run over by FSU where your chances of winning are very,very low.
Buzzed
November 30th, 2012
1:33 pm
Lee at 1:25: are you 12?
Buzzed
November 30th, 2012
1:35 pm
Didn’t mean to insult all 12-year-olds.
Buzzed
November 30th, 2012
1:36 pm
Might’ve given Lee too much credit.
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
1:38 pm
dawgfan
September 4th, 2012
5:33 pm
I’ve actually had Tech fans talk trash to me after a LOSS. I remember walking to my car after the 2007 game through your little fraternity houses and a bunch of drunk dorks screaming “LSU!! LSU!!! LSU!!!” at me.
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Poor little dawgfan is SO sensitive…..maybe you should just wear a skirt, carry a purse and call yourself Sasha….oh wait, you got arrested for that already…sorry.
Dumbo
November 30th, 2012
1:38 pm
Why…oh, yeah….6-7….dah!!!!!!!
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
1:42 pm
GT Lee:
Never seen this side of you on here. Dissapointed bud. Dont lower yourself to one dumpsters level. You are better than that.
You going to Charlotte? I like that stadium a hell of the lot better than the dome. Outside, feels more like real football and not around a dump.
The New ACC
November 30th, 2012
1:43 pm
@Peadawg – Actually GA Tech finishes second and UNC finishes third in the coastal division standings. This is according to the ACC tie break rules.
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
1:44 pm
AtlDawg, no sense in me worrying about it at all. There is nothing I can do. I am not on the field making plays.
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
1:46 pm
Poor Buzzed. Guess someone peed in his Cheerios this morning.
The New ACC
November 30th, 2012
1:47 pm
TO ALL UGA FANS HERE….
You may want to hold your rude comments until after Saturday. What if GA Tech goes to a BCS bowl and UGA does not? Imagine the words coming from GA Tech fans, then!
Maybe something like – the SEC is so soft that a team can rack up 9 wins and STILL not go to a BCS bowl! LOL!!!!!
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
1:48 pm
11 of 12,
Remember Sgt Hulka in Stripes? “Lighten up. Frances”. Does no one have a sense of humor anymore?
Not going to Charlotte.
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
1:50 pm
Could happen New ACC and it wouldnt be something I would want to have to listen to. Still wouldnt change the fact we beat you 42 – 10 for the 11th time in 12 years so I wouldnt hang my hat on that if i were a tech fan.
One-upper ...
November 30th, 2012
1:55 pm
Exactly, GT Lee!
11 of 12 knows NOTHING about me. Knows NOTHING of my Military background. But wants to pout when I state my feelings of UGA football.
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
1:57 pm
I hear ya GT Lee. I hear ya.
I actually pull for you guys outside of our matchup and grew up liking both schools. Went to UGA though so that steered my alliance in a certain direction. Would love to see both teams win Saturday and I know we are both big underdogs but it would be sweet.
Leave the dome and catch your game right after. Would make for an awesome day.
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
2:00 pm
Most people dont kid about taking sides with the Taliban one dumper. I dont care who you are. Sound like a moron though.
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
2:01 pm
one upper, what is your military background? I was US Army for 6 years (82-88)….
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
2:04 pm
11 of 12,
My 2 favorite teams are GT and whoever is playing uga that week. Sorry, but I’m not someone who can ever root for uga for any reason. People like dwagfan are just one reason why.
GTVegas
November 30th, 2012
2:07 pm
For those of you calling for CPJ’s replacement, ain’t gonna happen, not this year. GTAA can’t afford it, so unless you want to write the check, quit your bitchin’. Unless you have another solution to the monetary issue and reasonable suggestions on a replacement, quit your bitchin’.
We have no AD currently, so nothing is going to happen anyway.
Itdoesn’t matter what you “want”. My grand-pappy used to tell me, “want in one hand and sh!t in the other and see which fills up faster”.
Rick James
November 30th, 2012
2:09 pm
@G(winnett)T(ech)Lee
Thanks for your concern, Rick….but shouldn’t you be worrying about uga being embarrassed by Bama?
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Honestly Lee I’m not..I dont think the game will resemble anything like Middle Tennesee St or BYU.
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
2:09 pm
GTVegas, how’s the finger? No drillbits today? lol
11 of 12
November 30th, 2012
2:11 pm
That must make for some long seasons GT Lee like this year. Good luck anyway and with your military background you should tell one dumper to go pound sand no matter who he supports on the gridiron. Guy is a complete idiot.
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
2:12 pm
OK, Rick “Ronald McDonald” James. Maybe you and dawgfan can meet up after the game and cry together!
GT Lee
November 30th, 2012
2:14 pm
11 of 12 I get what he was saying. No need to to take it too seriously.
Rick James
November 30th, 2012
2:43 pm
@G(winnett)T(ech)Lee
OK, Rick “Ronald McDonald” James. Maybe you and dawgfan can meet up after the game and cry together!
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No tears Lee..Its just a game and losing to Alabama would be nothing to be ashamed of.I may have cried if we lost to Tech though.I do wish tickets for the SEC game started at 4 bucks like they do for the ACC game..
Birmingham Jacket
November 30th, 2012
3:15 pm
TECH TO BIG 10 NEXT WEEK!
Count it!!!
Hallelujah!!!!
TECHIE
December 2nd, 2012
7:35 pm
@65 Dawg—————-agreed, I have never believed in every kid gets a trophy. It doesn’t happen that way in the real worldand al these sports and schools are supposed to be about preparing kids for the future. I love GT forever but I wish we had the balls to end the “bowl fever madness” when not deserved. I would respect that more and I’m sure that a lot others would too. If you continue to go to a bowl every year , deserved or not, then how do you fuel the hunger for a bowl. That hunger will breed excellance and that’s the truth. !!……THWGeorgy.!!!