Clemson flips to Tech’s even-year schedule
Georgia Tech will play a second consecutive road game at Clemson this fall, a move that will address its scheduling issue that has had Clemson, Georgia and Virginia Tech on the same home-away rotation since 2006.
Tech will also play home games against both ACC newcomers, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Pitt will be in the Coastal Division with Tech. Syracuse will be in the Atlantic Division and is on the schedule as the one rotating Atlantic opponent.
Tech’s other home games will be against North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Georgia, Elon and Alabama A&M. The other road opponents will be Duke, Miami, Virginia and BYU. Tech will have seven home games and five road games.
Tech officials have sought to fix the scheduling quirk that has placed the Yellow Jackets’ three biggest rivals – the Bulldogs, Hokies and Tigers – on the same pattern of coming to Bobby Dodd Stadium in odd years and hosting Tech in even years. It has caused unbalanced season-ticket sales, which has made budgeting for the athletic department uneven.
Syracuse’s visit will be its first ever to Bobby Dodd.
Home: North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Georgia, Elon, Alabama A&M
Away: Clemson, Duke, Miami, Virginia, BYU
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5150 UOAD
January 11th, 2013
1:15 pm
Sorry…………UGa should be HOME and the FCS should be AWAY to keep the Home Schedule even for the ticket buyers.
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
1:17 pm
I live in North Carolina and I don’t know where Elon is or what there mascot is.
Elon has actually won several awards for having one of the nicest campuses in the country. Its pretty well know in NC, and elsewhere.
Paul in NH
January 11th, 2013
1:22 pm
The back to back away games against VT (2005 & 2006) was to address a mess up by the conference scheduling office when VT first came into the ACC. In 2005, GT had 4 away games in the division and 1 home game – overall in conference it was 4 h and 4 a (they played 3 home games against the Atlantic Division). In order to balance out the schedule going forward, they needed to play a division opponent on the road 2 years in a row – VT was the choice. I am sure that the AA would have preferred it to be Duke.
Class of 86
January 11th, 2013
1:27 pm
Vespula = Dinosaur
Paul in NH
January 11th, 2013
1:29 pm
“Signing 35 guys to replace all of your rejects is just a dumb system. It penalizes the schools that try to sign quality individuals.”
It also penalizes kids who have worked hard enough to get the grades to be successful at a major university but are not quite as athletically gifted as the guys who shouldn’t be there.
Just another symptom of what is a fundametally corrupt system.
TeknocratNOTdemokrat
January 11th, 2013
1:30 pm
@ jb
“6-6 maybe” you must be referrinjg to the dwagz??
Karmello
January 11th, 2013
1:40 pm
Won’t matter! Tech will be in the Big Ten in two years. Bank on it!!! Clemson will be an afterthought, and the possibility of dropping UGA will become real with expanded conference tie-ins!
Naismith
January 11th, 2013
1:41 pm
UGA expected to sign 35+
Tech to sign 15+
Doesn’t even take a Walmart worker to figure out that NCAA football is skewed to UGA’s advantage. The fact that the masses already prefer Agriculture school to technological school is not the issue and an innate advantage for the Dawgs…the problem is when that is coupled with rule allowance giving one school (30 x 4 = 120 recruits over 4 years UGA….versus 17 x 4 = 68 GT) a huge recruiting advantage. Who couldn’t be winning with such an advantage??? Twice the athletes!
Flo - Ri - Duh
January 11th, 2013
1:56 pm
That’s right UGA is not on Bama’s schedule – Saban said NO REMATCH!
Mighty Bees of GT
January 11th, 2013
1:58 pm
Wow, someone from Atlanta doesn’t know what a phoenix is? Moron.
Tech wins at least 10 next year, after welcoming Spitt and Excuse to the ACC with losses.
Reebok
January 11th, 2013
1:59 pm
Don’t see us having much chance against Georgia, BYU or Clemson…I only see 4 games that I would call sure wins…the remaining 5 could go either way. Looks like we will be struggling to get that 7th win and be bowl-eligible again.
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:02 pm
Naismith, its not quite that bad overall but still pretty bad. If you assume that UGA gets to 35 recruits this year and GT picks up 3 more themselves then UGA will have signed 99 players in the past 4 years and Tech as signed 75. So UGA has signed 24 more players. Between that, the fact that UGA can sign JUCO’s, and the huge difference in academic requirements and structure, its pretty amazing that some people still wonder why we can match up with them talent wise. Im sure dawgfan will come on here and tell us its an even playing field though.
WnE
January 11th, 2013
2:03 pm
re:
Tech officials have sought to fix the scheduling quirk that has placed the Yellow Jackets’ three biggest rivals – the Bulldogs, Hokies and Tigers – on the same pattern of coming to Bobby Dodd Stadium in odd years and hosting Tech in even years. It has caused unbalanced season-ticket sales, which has made budgeting for the athletic department uneven.
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If pajamas would put a quality product on the field then it wouldn’t make any difference about who our visiting teams are.
An gullible fanbase and a gimmicky triple-SLOPtion offense is why we are in this situation.
D-Rat jumped ship and headed to Klimpson just in time.
19 losses in 3 years and we don’t fire our HC is proof that we aren’t serious about GT FB!
WnE
January 11th, 2013
2:07 pm
re:
Naismith
January 11th, 2013
1:41 pm
UGA expected to sign 35+
Tech to sign 15+
Doesn’t even take a Walmart worker to figure out that NCAA football is skewed to UGA’s advantage. The fact that the masses already prefer Agriculture school to technological school is not the issue and an innate advantage for the Dawgs…the problem is when that is coupled with rule allowance giving one school (30 x 4 = 120 recruits over 4 years UGA….versus 17 x 4 = 68 GT) a huge recruiting advantage. Who couldn’t be winning with such an advantage??? Twice the athletes!
___________
Not a Mutt fan, but didn’t Muttville only sign 17 or 18 last yr. and are one of the few SECheat schools to not oversign?
Where did 30 x 4 years come from?
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:08 pm
Don’t see us having much chance against Georgia, BYU or Clemson
We will lose to UGA but why can’t we beat BYU or Clemson? Clemson especially. They are losing Hopkins and Ellington and they didn’t really beat us that bad this year. I wouldn’t call that game unwinnable at all.
Uh, Wne...
January 11th, 2013
2:12 pm
…not that I like what you write mostly, but this time you are spot on with the questions about what GTBob and naismith wrote regarding the scholly numbers – for GT guys they sure do seem oblivious that all D1 schools play by the same rules re: the yearly limits and overall scholly limits – they just do not understand the english language, evidently…
EVERY team can only have 85 on ’ship at any given time – why do they think UGA only had about 70 on ship this year?
WnE
January 11th, 2013
2:13 pm
re:
Paul in NH
January 11th, 2013
1:29 pm
“Signing 35 guys to replace all of your rejects is just a dumb system. It penalizes the schools that try to sign quality individuals.”
It also penalizes kids who have worked hard enough to get the grades to be successful at a major university but are not quite as athletically gifted as the guys who shouldn’t be there.
Just another symptom of what is a fundametally corrupt system.
__________
If they are not as ATHLETICALLY “gifted”, then don’t try for a friggin’ athletic scholly, there’s always intramurals, brother!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je-gpy6Y_UA
And, GT Bob...
January 11th, 2013
2:15 pm
…whgat is the difference in sigining a JUCO player and what Tech just did in having the MD guy transfer? And Tech COULD sign JUCO’s if they could find any who wanted to come to Tech – how did they get Dewberry from UGA, or that tight end who FLUNKED out of UGA but was eligible at Tech (many years ago)?
Not Disappointed
January 11th, 2013
2:20 pm
We were screwed on the Clemson away game! I hope we beat them the way the Jackets beat Virginia Tech the second time we visited them two in a row!
Ramblin Wreck!
So, Mighty Bees from GT...
January 11th, 2013
2:20 pm
..if you are so smart (and yes, I know you think you are since you are a ‘mighty bee) is Phoenix singular or plural? ANd, yes, Atlanta rose from the ashes, but did Elon? Inquiring minds want to know, especially since a “mighty bee” is not a moron…
dawgfan
January 11th, 2013
2:21 pm
“Im sure dawgfan will come on here and tell us its an even playing field though.”
Nope, I’ve never said anything of the sort. My response to all your crying, moaning and wetting your pants over academics boils down to two things 1) You’re lying and making it up; or 2) Even if its all true, cry me a freaking river you little nancy boys. My God are the biggest bunch of panty wastes in all of college football with your constant whining over academic “restraints” and calculus requirements. I simply don’t care. Its your problem and no one elses.
Quite frankly, I tend to lean more towards #1. It just never sounds that credible to me because you clowns have all of your vague talking points but rarely have any specifics to back it up.
Any questions Techie?
Delbert D.
January 11th, 2013
2:21 pm
I was hoping that Tech could schedule Florida International Airport instead of a second FCS team.
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:22 pm
And Tech COULD sign JUCO’s if they could find any who wanted to come to Tech
Nope, the requirements of the university are high enough now for transfers that coming in from a junior college is near impossible. The only way it would work is if the kid takes specific classes in preparation for going to Tech later which rarely happens. You seriously think the reason that we don’t sign or even recruit JUCO players is because we can’t find any in the country who want to play at GT? Do you think all JUCO’s are future NFL stars or something?
wrecked
January 11th, 2013
2:22 pm
Naismith, It would serve you well to do some research before posting such nonsense.
Yeah, Naismith...
January 11th, 2013
2:23 pm
…Tech could sign 35, too, if they could find that many kids who wanted to come to school in Atlanta, and if they had that many slots open…so, obviously you are not qualified to be a Walmart worker, even with the Tech “edjewkation”…
George Stein
January 11th, 2013
2:25 pm
If your behavior is any indication, you care deeply, dawgfan.
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:26 pm
Quite frankly, I tend to lean more towards #1.
You are right. We turn down players and stop recruiting players frequently just because we feel like it. It has nothing to do with academics. Sounds logical. And of course there are no players that would rather take Magazines or Leisure Studies at UGA then Business at GT which will be heavy with math and science. Nope, no chance that ever happened. And no coach has ever done negative recruiting against us by bringing a calculus book to the kids home. Nope, that never happened. Its all made up. Everyone is lying and it is all fantasy.
Geez, GT Bob...
January 11th, 2013
2:27 pm
…you answered your own questions with your own answers – as in “Nope, the requirements of the university are high enough now for transfers that coming in from a junior college is near impossible. The only way it would work is if the kid takes specific classes in preparation for going to Tech later which rarely happens.”
I rest my case, since EVEN YOU admit, via the above, that JUCO’s could come to Tech IF they wanted to…
11 of 12
January 11th, 2013
2:27 pm
Interesting that both Tech and UGA play at Clemson next season. I hope the state gets a clean sweep but it could easily go the other way. Pretty cool though either way.
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:28 pm
…Tech could sign 35, too, if they could find that many kids who wanted to come to school in Atlanta
No they couldn’t. You really think we have 20 open roster spots that we don’t care about filling?
dawgfan
January 11th, 2013
2:29 pm
“Where did 30 x 4 years come from?”
He made it up and lied. That’s what Tech fans do. That’s all they’ve ever done.
And, GTBob...
January 11th, 2013
2:30 pm
…Supersize would take issue with you calling Tech a “university”…as he said the other day, it is an Institute and not a university…
George Stein
January 11th, 2013
2:31 pm
Anything is possible, but of you go to a Juco, there’s a pretty strong likelihood you won’t be able to hack it at Tech. I’m not saying it’s impossible, just unlikely.
I do hope all those kids get a chance, though, because struggling a math shouldn’t preempt a lucrative salary in pro ball.
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:32 pm
I rest my case, since EVEN YOU admit, via the above, that JUCO’s could come to Tech IF they wanted to…
The only way it is possible is if the recruits themselves decide to take all of the required classes at junior college for transfer into GT and even then it is a long shot depending on how lenient the hill is with accepting the courses taken. That scenario might happen once every 100 years. There is a reason we don’t even recruit JUCO’s. It’s pointless.
Well, yeah, GTBob...
January 11th, 2013
2:32 pm
…just like UGA had 35 spots open this year, and last year they had what, 22 – and they still only had 70 on football scholarship this past year…and Tech had what, 81-82 on ’ship this year? so where is your outrage that Tech had the clear advantage, scholarship wise, this past year in football?
George Stein
January 11th, 2013
2:33 pm
He made it up and lied. That’s what Tech fans do. That’s all they’ve ever done.
Seriously?
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:33 pm
…Supersize would take issue with you calling Tech a “university”…as he said the other day, it is an Institute and not a university…
Tech fans argue about many things. The University/Institute argument and the correct shade of gold are the most popular.
RambleOn84
January 11th, 2013
2:33 pm
I guess if I were a loser I might spend all my time trying to sound tough by insulting fans of other teams or pretending to be a fan of one team while NEVER having ONE positive thing to say about the team I supposedly am a fan of.
But it’s hard for me to even imagine how pathetic a person’s life must be for them to engage in either activity.
dawgfan
January 11th, 2013
2:34 pm
“We turn down players and stop recruiting players frequently just because we feel like it. It has nothing to do with academics.”
Please name me one single player that Tech has “turned down” due to academics and give me the specific reason they were “turned down.” Just one GTBob.
Uh oh. GTBob just got called out on some of his BS again. Watch the artful dodger’s attempt to change the subject for a good laugh….
Agreed, GTBob...
January 11th, 2013
2:34 pm
…my only comment was that Tech COULD recruit JUCO’s is they wanted to; it was you who said they could not recruit them, though now you say they could…just pointing out the errors in your rationale – carry on…
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:37 pm
so where is your outrage that Tech had the clear advantage, scholarship wise, this past year in football?
My outrage is with the fact that UGA can sign the dumbest recruits out there and count on several of them flunking out or getting arrested or kicked off the team and can just sign plenty more. It gives them basically countless recruits. This past season they got bit by it a little bit but usually they will only lose 5-10 players because of natural stupidity. They are essentially running a farm for dumb athletic people and can restock when they need to.
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:39 pm
Please name me one single player that Tech has “turned down” due to academics and give me the specific reason they were “turned down.” Just one GTBob.
Junior Gnonkonde – test scores.
Regarding the "correct shade of gold...
January 11th, 2013
2:39 pm
…back in the 70’s when I was in HS we got new football uniforms – our coach said he wanted our gold pants to be the pretty gold, like GT, not that “mustard crap” – and now, GT wears not the “pretty gold” pants of yester year, but those “mustard crap” gold pants…what happened?
RambleOn84
January 11th, 2013
2:40 pm
The guy who used to call himself “Rectum Affection” is not only a poser but a REALLY BAD one. I mean, if I were to have the urge to go onto a Georgie blog page with the intent of bad-mouthing Georgie while pretending to be a Georgie fan, I would write some nice things about them every once in a while. I would find some issues upon which to agree with the rest of the fanbase, but then throw in my jabs to try and sow the seeds of discord.
But I guess if I were smart enough to realize this stuff in the first place, I wouldn’t be doing it.
Stinger 1
January 11th, 2013
2:41 pm
Why are so many people counting the Virginia Tech game a loss. The were medicore this year and will not be better than GT next year. The lost this year to VT was
one that could have be avoided.
dawgfan
January 11th, 2013
2:43 pm
“Junior Gnonkonde – test scores.”
What “test scores” GTBob?
Stinger 1
January 11th, 2013
2:44 pm
Correct shade of Gold: You are right on. Even worse why do they wear blue jerseys?
Blue should never be used escept for secondary colors or numbers.
Veteran Fan
January 11th, 2013
2:46 pm
As a grad and season ticket holder, love the new schedule! I remember the last time Pittsburgh came to Grant Field and Tony Dorsett had a great game against us. I also was in Orlando, the last time we played Syracuse and we just destroyed them! These are the teams we should be playing. Those that put academics first and football second! We should still keep our country cousins in Athens on the schedule, if possible. There is integrity in this schedule and competitive games. Why would you not want a competitive schedule with no “guaranteed” wins versus the typical SEC schedule, where they try to avoid playing the good teams as much as possible! It should be about competition, not hot air like the SEC schools put out! The system is so screwed up that everyone has forgotten that it is about the players and their development as people and not the coaches and their multimillion dollar empires! Am I the only person that feels sad over the fact that Texas doesn’t play A&M and other long time rivalries are going away in this desperate rush for dollars to pay more and more to these bloated football staffs and the athletic bureaucracies! My God, uga just hired a defensive line coach who was making over $300,000 with Miss State! The TV networks are running the entire system. Both uga and GT did not sell out all their home games because why would you go to a game with a seat that looks directly into the hot sun in September for a noon game dictated by a tv network that doesn’t care about the fans! I buy the tickets to see good, competitive games period! We will win some and lose some depending on how well these 18-22 year olds play and that doesn’t bother me in the least! Go Jackets!!!
Uh, GTBob...
January 11th, 2013
2:46 pm
…you totally ignored my comment about the TE who flunked out of UGA but was still welcomed at GT…
And, your comment about “UGA can sign the dumbest recruits out there and count on several of them flunking out or getting arrested or kicked off the team and can just sign plenty more…” is way off base.. True, their standards for athletes may not be as high as Tech’s, though Tech does make exceptions for athletes, too (see Stephon Marbury and Reggie Ball), yet to say they intentionally recruit “dumb players that they know will flunk out” just so they can recruit more is an out and out slander on their recruiting process, and slander on the university as a whole.
But, I commend you for carrying on with your rant even though, deep down, you know you are just blowing smoke because you do not have a good rationale as to why UGA’s 85 football players are better than GT’s 85 players, 11 out of 12 times…
GTBob
January 11th, 2013
2:46 pm
What “test scores” GTBob?
Good grief dawgfan, try to keep up with recruiting a little.
http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/01/21/georgia-tech-first-commitment-for-2012-gets-scholarship-offer-revoked/?cxntfid=blogs_recruiting