Why stop now? Here’s Tech’s checklist for BCS title game
After tearing down the goal posts following their upset of No. 4 Virginia Tech Saturday night, can't the Jackets dare to dream a little? (Brant Sanderlin/bsanderlin@ajc.com)
This is where the same team that you wondered about after the opening slumber against Jacksonville State, the near collapse against Clemson and the full collapse at Miami may start to dream.
Paul Johnson doesn’t want to hear this, or read this. “Let’s beat Virginia next week,” he would tell you, and that’s probably a good place to start since the Jackets haven’t won in Charlottesville since 1990 (0-8 since).
But Tech fans tore down goal posts Saturday night after upsetting Virginia Tech. (See the photo above and the video below.) The win enabled the Yellow Jackets to take a huge leap in the polls Sunday. They also opened at 12th in the first BCS rankings of the season — rarefied air for a program in only its second season under Johnson, who runs that minor-league offense of his. (That was a joke.)
So why not imagine the unimaginable: Tech in the BCS title game.
OK. Hang with me for a minute.
First here are the top 15 teams in the BCS standings, so you have something to look at:
1. Florida (6-0) 2. Alabama (7-0) 3. Texas (6-0) 4. Boise State (6-0) 5. Cincinnati (6-0) 6. Iowa (7-0) 7. USC (5-1) 8. TCU (6-0) 9. LSU (5-1) 10. Miami (5-1) 11. Oregon (5-1) 12. Georgia Tech (6-1) 13. Penn State (6-1) 14. Virginia Tech (5-2) 15. Oklahoma State (5-1)
This is not a prediction. It’s a checklist. But it’s hardly a completely outrageous checklist. These are the 12 things that probably have to happen for the Jackets to land in the BCS championship in Pasadena Jan. 7. So click your heels together three times and here we go . . .
♦1.) Win out. This qualifies as a “duh.” A two-loss team is not making it. So this means Tech, which already has lost to Miami, needs to beat Virginia (which would give it a tiebreaker edge over the Cavaliers in the ACC Coastal Division), then beat Georgia again, then win the conference title game. The rest of the schedule: Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Duke.
♦ 2.) Miami, which holds a ACC Coastal tiebreaker edge over the Jackets, needs to lose once in the conference. The best chance of that happening on the Hurricanes’ remaining schedule is next week against Clemson or in four weeks at North Carolina. Other games: at Wake Forest, Virginia, Duke, South Florida.
♦ 3.) Win the ACC championship over the Atlantic Division team, and that’s a weak lot right now (every school has at least two losses).
♦ 4.) This is just a safe assumption: The winner of SEC title game will be ranked No. 1 by the BCS. The loser will not be No. 2 because voters will not want a repeat game for the BCS title. So this shouldn’t be an issue for Tech.
♦ 5.) Texas needs to lose once. The Longhorns were unimpressive in a 16-13 win over Oklahoma, which was missing quarterback Sam Bradford for most of the game. They still have to play at Oklahoma State, home against Kansas, and, if make it there, the Big 12 title game (probably against Kansas or Nebraska)
♦ 6.) Boise State has to lose. This may be the biggest long shot of all. The Broncos opened the season with a win over their toughest opponent (Oregon). They finish with a dessert tray: Hawaii (2-4), San Jose State (1-5), Louisiana Tech (3-3), Idaho (6-1), Utah State (1-5), Nevada (3-3), New Mexico State (3-4). The toughest foe there obviously is Idaho.
♦ 7.) Cincinnati has to lose. The Bearcats still have two difficult games left on their schedule: West Virginia and the season finale at Pittsburgh.
♦ 8.) Iowa has to lose. But come on — it’s a Big Ten team! The Hawkeyes’ most likely faceplant is at Ohio State Nov. 14. (The Buckeyes already have two losses, so its doubtful they would leapfrog Tech.)
♦ 9.) USC has to lose. Not a problem. The Trojans play at Oregon in two weeks, then at Arizona State, still have a rivalry game against UCLA — which filled the spoiler role well a few years ago, to the benefit of Florida — and then finish against Arizona.
♦ 10.) TCU has to lose. Like Boise State in the WAC, this is another potential BCS buster from the Mountain West Conference. But TCU still has two ranked teams left on its schedule — BYU (next week) and Utah (Nov. 19).
♦11.) LSU may not be an issue. Here’s why: The only way the Tigers stay ahead of Tech is if they win out. That means beating Alabama and getting into SEC title game. But then I refer you to No. 4 on the checklist.
♦12.) Oregon is only percentage points ahead of the Jackets. But they may need to lose again, depending on how the whole strength-of-schedule thing weighs out. The Ducks still have some difficult games left on the schedule: at Washington, home against USC, at Arizona.
So there it is. What do you think? Is this a completely crazy scenario?
Meanwhile, here’s the YouTube video floating around the internet of the goal posts at Bobby Dodd Stadium being torn down. Students carried the goal posts out of the stadium and toward university president George P. “Bud” Peterson’s house.
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@danweiner
October 18th, 2009
6:38 pm
Sheer and utter lunacy my man. Maybe Tech fans should just worry about beating UVA in Charlottesville for the first time since 1990. The Cavs did beat them in Atlanta last year…
"Chef" Tim Dix
October 18th, 2009
6:39 pm
2nd…that’s me, day late and a dollar short.
mmgtfan
October 18th, 2009
6:39 pm
First again!
"Chef" Tim Dix
October 18th, 2009
6:40 pm
Or, 1st loser.
mmgtfan
October 18th, 2009
6:40 pm
Damn
sidslid
October 18th, 2009
6:41 pm
That Boise St/Cincinnati national championship game should draw XFL-type ratings
mmgtfan
October 18th, 2009
6:44 pm
Jeff, who’s blogging at the dome tonight. You or Bradley?
Buzz in New York
October 18th, 2009
6:45 pm
Jeff,
Nice synopsis. Props to Tech for a great win, they are gaining momentum and defense should get back in line when some of the main studs come back from injury.
If Nesbitt stays healthy, winning out is completely doable.
As much as I hate to say it, we need the Bulldogs (and everyone else on the schedule) to win all of their “other” games so they don’t hurt our strength of schedule in the computer rankings….
Go Jackets!
"Chef" Tim Dix
October 18th, 2009
6:46 pm
No. 1 will still be the hardest to accomplish.
MagnaCarterGT
October 18th, 2009
6:47 pm
TECH in the National Championship game? It’s possible, but we have to prioritize. 1) Beat Virginia – we can’t get punked by them like last year; 2) keep winning – the way the Coastal division is, we don’t have much (if any) margin of error; 3) get to the ACC CG and win – the hard part is getting there, the easier part would be to win it.
Frank
October 18th, 2009
6:51 pm
So there it is. What do you think? Is this a completely crazy scenario?
I think the lunatic has escaped the asylum.
Tech Forever
October 18th, 2009
6:51 pm
I would love for Tech to make the BCS Title game, BUT my disdain for the BCS might equal my love for the Jackets. So i vote for the more likely scenario of all BCS teams losing at least one and Boise and TCU finishing undefeated…..then sitting back and watching the whole system crash to Earth.
Had to read it twice
October 18th, 2009
6:52 pm
All that Tech needs to do is to focus on one game at a time which Coach Johnson and the players based on their interviews seem to be doing. One game at a time.
National Championshipf – the defense needs to continue to make strides like the second half against FSU and the 1st hafl against V. Tech.
white water
October 18th, 2009
6:53 pm
Thanks Jeff for the analysis. Makes it clear how improbable the BCS championship game is. I would be elated if Tech got into the BCS — probably against either Cincy or ND in the Orange bowl.
uberVU - social comments
October 18th, 2009
6:54 pm
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Delbert D.
October 18th, 2009
6:57 pm
My head hurts. Miami wins the tiebreaker on head-to-head? Au contrere’ .I think the ACC is similar to the infamous Big-12 tiebreaker. All that adds is the USF factor, or computer rankings or strength of schedule or polls. My head still hurts. I’ll wait and see after the UVA game, of course.
SatchelBuzz
October 18th, 2009
6:59 pm
“Sene Metu”…….and you just know ugag is hating life reading about Tech and BCS possibilities. Great day to to be a ‘Jacket.
THWG!!!
Wow
October 18th, 2009
7:04 pm
Cant wait for gt to play the DAWGS!!!
Techster
October 18th, 2009
7:07 pm
Jeff, I know your heart’s in the right place but not sure of your sanity. How about another analysis — Tech’s chances of getting into a BCS bowl, without playing in the ACC championship game.
Jeff Schultz
October 18th, 2009
7:08 pm
DanWeiner – Thank you. I’m here all week.
Sidslid – No kidding. It would be funny just to see BCS and TV execs jump from the rooftops.
MMGTfan – Bradley. But I just made a chicken potpie at home, after blogging. Are you impressed?
Buzz – Agree. Nesbitt has been the X factor.
Tech could have strippers as ushers & still not sell out
October 18th, 2009
7:09 pm
HAHAHAHAHA!!! Shultz proves yet again he can’t keep powdered substances out of his nose!!! Who has Tech beaten? Where’s their signature win? Beating an overrated team who’s signature win was beating the team that prison-raped the Gnats? Nice try Jeff. I suspect the Smurf Bowl committee is still holding on to their invite for their favorite participant!!
mmgtfan
October 18th, 2009
7:10 pm
Save me a slice
Gator Fan
October 18th, 2009
7:11 pm
GT would be fun to watch in a bowl game, except probably not against a Alabama, Florida or LSU defense. UGA will not give you guys problems defensively.
I love watching GT on offense, it is great to see them break run after run. I think that if you give a Saban or Meyer a month or so to prepare for it, it won’t work as well against a SEC caliber…not UGA defense.
Delbert D.
October 18th, 2009
7:11 pm
Notre Dame for the Almost-Not Quite Bowl, in Missoula, Montana I wish. But, they are likely to win out and go 10-2. Therefore, they will get a good bowl. Fortunately, the Orange Bowl is on FOX and not NBC – they can’t play that angle, unless FOX makes a trade for the Jay Leno Show.
spike
October 18th, 2009
7:13 pm
I don’t really mean it, but as a diehard UGA fan, a little piece of me almost wants the Dawgs to lose a few more games this season just so the trade school douches can get a feeling for what it’s like to play a lose/lose game at season’s end that will do nothing to help your strength of schedule with the voters.
Jeff Schultz
October 18th, 2009
7:15 pm
Delbert — the simple two-way tiebreaker is head-to-head. The 3-or-more-team tiebreaker is far more involved, and I ain’t going there.
Jeff Schultz
October 18th, 2009
7:16 pm
Techster — I think everybody here will tell you I have no heart.
Delbert D.
October 18th, 2009
7:16 pm
Gator Fan – Yeah, we have some history with that, and it may have been Tech as the problem. Tech needs to schedule a couple of teams in December…
Fake Gator Fan
October 18th, 2009
7:16 pm
The likelihood that “Gator Fan” really isn’t a lonely, girl-less Techie tool is as probable as how Shultzie really didn’t vote for the Fascist, aka Obama.
the real Old Gold
October 18th, 2009
7:16 pm
Anything can happen, but just win out. If we win out, the worst that will probably happen is a BCS at large with one loss in a major conference.
Ben
October 18th, 2009
7:20 pm
Keep telling the Techies that the UGA game is a given. We shouldn’t even show up. It’s already been decided. We should just give up now. I love it.
Guck Feorgia
October 18th, 2009
7:22 pm
Honestly, ACC Championship would be nice, but I wouldn’t mind letting Miami have that so they can get stuck playing Cincy in the Orange. I’d rather go 11-1 and then play a GREAT team like Texas, USC, maybe even the loser of the SEC title game in a bowl game. Let’s say bama beats FL in the SEC title game: Imagine triple option vs. spread option (tech v. FL). Imagine us beating FL when the dawgs can’t…
By the way, we CAN win the ACC Coastal WITHOUT Miami losing a conference game. If Miami loses a non-conference game, they could fall below us and VT in the BCS rankings, and then we’d win the Coastal.
collegeballfan
October 18th, 2009
7:27 pm
Worry about UVA. Then worry about Vandy, etc, etc, etc.
Gator Fan – It is not the offense they run. The Florida offense is very similar. Florida would win because they have better football players. It never makes any difference what offense or defense a team runs; what matters is the execution & the talent of the players.
calvin
October 18th, 2009
7:30 pm
Beat Georgia and win the Orange Bowl. That’s enough
for this season. A national championship can wait.
Gnome
October 18th, 2009
7:30 pm
What’s Tech’s SOS ranking, 115th? Playing in the worst BCS conference in football isn’t going to help their cause.
Tech Grad
October 18th, 2009
7:30 pm
I know how much it hurts the little pups over in the Athens but Tech grads really could care less what you think. It’s funny how irrelevant you and your program are.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
7:31 pm
@danweiner, and VT beat them last year. So what is your point.
Where have you gone Jim Bob Cooter ?
October 18th, 2009
7:33 pm
Heady stuff. But I think that we’ll learn more about the direction of this program over the next month than we have so far. We’ll see how they handle success. Everybody has a cure all when you are 2-4 ,3-3 or something mediocore. (Fire the OC , DC ,HC) . But the real test of a coach at this level is how he handles raised expectations ,and they are sky high right now. (Just ask the folks at Auburn how fast the dream can pop) I believe that Tech has a coach in Paul Johnson that can handle and exceed expectations and keep his team focused and disciplined through the good times and bad. There is no question that Tech is better than every team left on its schedule this year. The test of this teams character is going to be whether they can do the hardest thing in sports – What is expected…
Good Luck Tech !
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
7:36 pm
Tech could have strippers as ushers & still not sell out, so now VT is not a signature win. Last week they were going to stop us cold and score every time they had the ball. You idiots nver cease to amaze me. VT #4 in the nation..all poles…I really am not worried about the BCS MNC. We win out and what happens happens. I just love making all the experts look like chumps each week. Everyone writes this team off before every game but they seem to win each week. Eat your crow a__hole because you would not know a well coached talented team if it crawled up your nose or some other part of your antomy.
doggit
October 18th, 2009
7:37 pm
way to act like ya have been there before tech – x4 pizza had to be good that night
DP
October 18th, 2009
7:37 pm
“needs to beat Virginia (which would give it a tiebreaker edge over the Cavaliers in the ACC Coastal Division)”
That would be the Virginia squad which lost to Bill and Mary and now sits atop the ACC Coastal?
Who's callin who
October 18th, 2009
7:38 pm
Just win out and let the chips fall where they may.
Ben
October 18th, 2009
7:38 pm
Even in a down season, Tech is still probably the 4th team we want to beat the most. You play in a meaningless conference with maybe 2 above average teams. Stop fooling yourselves. You will NEVER be as important as UGA is. You may enjoy the occasional good to even great season but in the grand scheme you will always be 2nd fiddle. Always. For more proof of your inferiority complex, look at all the UGA blogs. Inundated with Techies attempting to talk trash. You are obsessed with us. Me, I’m just bored waiting on the Falcons game to start. Virginia by 10 next weekend.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
7:40 pm
Ben, your as dumb as the rest of the dawg fans. Tech will not take any team lightly on their schedule, especially the dawgs. After seven weeks it would seem you could figure that out…I know that is wishful thinking on your part but this is a well coached team that keeps their players grounded and ready to play. I look at us being 7 – 1 after next week..then the next week will take care of itself.
cliff
October 18th, 2009
7:40 pm
left last nights game with hundreds of va tech fans with about 1 min to go in the game…it was shocking to see “hokie” fans overturning trash cans and throwing trash near the tech student center….guess it must have been something Tech did?
DP
October 18th, 2009
7:41 pm
That was a great win for Tech last night, but a team that is a week removed from giving up 403 yards of offense and 5 consecutive touchdown drives IN A HALF to a team that is 0-3 in the ACC would be getting a little ahead of itself to be thinking about the BCS title game.
Bradley is asking if Georgia could beat Florida on Saturday, you are talking about Tech in the BCS title game. Did you guys get hold of some really good weed or something?
Volman
October 18th, 2009
7:41 pm
Mr. Schultz..Thanks for this blog. Really good work–and an interesting read. Maybe you aren’t as bad as I thought you were.
It is so evident that things have changed since Coach Paul Johnson has arrived at Georgia Tech. UGA is on the decline, and Tech is on the rise.
Thank you for this coverage…but were you at the game?!? If not, what’s holding you back? The crowd was GREAT last night… The game was fun… Again, come by and tailgate with us. I’ll buy you a beer.
Go Jackets.
Volman
October 18th, 2009
7:44 pm
Ben, it’s funny how you are justifying reading the Tech blog and trying to downplay Tech’s recent success because you’re “bored”. So UGA fans can do it but GaTech fans cannot talk crap back? Enough of the drivel that you put on here. You’re not wanted, and you have no idea what you’re talking about.
I think Johnathan Crompton just scored ANOTHER touchdown. Dolt.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
7:47 pm
Gnome, look it up a–hole. Tech’s SOS is tied for 29th. Alabama’s is 48. LSU in the low forties. We don’t know what UGA’s SOS because they are not in the top 25. Don’t run your mouth when you are stupid.
MCRP 09
October 18th, 2009
7:48 pm
Gotta love the tired quips of stadium attendance, nerd students and strength of schedule by non-alum Clarke County Community College fans from the store computer at McDonalds during their smoke breaks…
THWG!!!
one word
October 18th, 2009
7:49 pm
humorous.
RandyRhino
October 18th, 2009
7:49 pm
Hey Gnome and the rest of you Gdumbs: Tech’s SOS is a 29,well ahead of Ala(43)and LSU(38). Fla is the only Special-Ed Conference ranked that plays a tougher schedule than Tech,so crawl back into your dawghouse and lick yourself cause we’re takin it 1 game at a time, and you guys will just be icing on the proverbial cake. THWG.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
7:49 pm
UGA fans and others please see below (The last set of numbers happen to be the SOS):
Team Harris Coaches Comp. SOS
1. Florida 1st 1st 1st 8th
2. Alabama 2nd 2nd 2nd 43rd
3. Texas 3rd 3rd 6th T-33rd
4. Boise State 5th 5th 5th T-59th
5. Cincinnati 6th 6th 4th T-67th
6. Iowa 7th 8th 3rd 9th
7. USC 4th 4th 11th T-67th
8. TCU 8th 7th 8th 39th
9. LSU 9th 10th 7th 38th
10. Miami 10th 9th 13th T-22nd
11. Oregon 12th 14th 9th T-18th
12. Ga. Tech 13th 13th 10th T-29t
GTME87
October 18th, 2009
7:55 pm
Ben
So you comment on Tech fans on the UGA boards, yet you post on the Tech boards. You are a moron on a good day.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
7:56 pm
During my early years I tried to look at the UGA program and say, Pull for them when they don’t play Tech. But, and that is a big but, because of idiots like come on these blogs it is impossible. Yes this is just a blog but when you meet them face to face it is the same thing. Over the last 9 years you have been lucky. Now the rest of the SEC is now lead by good coaches and your teams weakness are showing…overrated player and poor coaching. By the way, there was enough fans at last nights game to handle the situation. Easy for UGA to sell out 90% of their fans work at the local Micky D’s or Pizza Hut and will skip the house payment to get those season tickets. Crawl back into you whole and come back when you have something to talk about.
DW
October 18th, 2009
7:56 pm
Here’s hoping we get Boise State versus Cinncinnati or TCU or something. Maybe then we’d finally get a playoff system.
I’m a Georgia fan, but if Tech is able to game the ridiculous system to get into the BCS “title” bowl, good for them. (I still hope we beat ya in a couple of weeks! But I have to admit I’d take a win over Florida over a win over GTech).
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
7:57 pm
Sorry, that was ‘hole’.
Ben
October 18th, 2009
7:58 pm
Yeah AZ Jacket, I’m dumb. Dumb enough to remember every decent Tech team go down in Charlottesville. Joe Hamilton went down there. Godsey went down there. So will Nesbitt. Keep telling yourself you’ve arrived.
Volman, good one. 2 weeks ago called and wants it’s joke back. I fully realize that UGA is having a down year but the sudden sense of entitlement that Tech fans seems to want to display is laughable given your history. Keep advertising your tricycle race though. It’s quaint.
TML
October 18th, 2009
7:58 pm
I don’t like this “checklist”. It is interesting to think about, but the focus needs to be on the Wahoos and them only. Though I see no reason why we won’t go 11-1, we have to go up there and beat them Saturday or this blog means nothing.
Coincidentally, the last time the Jackets went to Charlottesville and won was 1990…that win is memorialized in “Toe Meets Leather” by StinGTees and available at http://www.stinGTees.com. Get yours before Saturday!
kissupjeff
October 18th, 2009
7:59 pm
They are sure to be plastered by UGA this year. UGA will be 7-4 going into this game and will not loose to the bullpups of North Ave.
Sunshine
October 18th, 2009
7:59 pm
I wish more of our opponents defensive coordinators would seek the advice of UGA D coordinator Willie Martinez as Bud Foster did. Talk about bad advice, that like getting a criminal to guard the gates of a prison… It probably isnt going to work!
Weatherdog
October 18th, 2009
7:59 pm
Now that is the funniest thing I have read in a while Schultz.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:01 pm
Jeff, you are the only one talking about a BCS title game for Tech. Love to stir up the ignorant dawg fans. So much for journalism. Nothing about how at half time CPJ spotted that VT safty was the key stopper on most of our offensive plays, his responsibility was the QB. He made adjustments and took #34 out of the game and we rushed for almost 300 yards after that. Excellent game coaching. But all you can talk about is how Tech can make the BCS…you are as big a moron as the dawg fans.
Unbiased Observer
October 18th, 2009
8:02 pm
UGA = IRRELEVANT
Volman
October 18th, 2009
8:03 pm
Ben—-”Given your history”….
ARE YOU SERIOUS? Please review Georgia Tech’s history and tell me how UGA’s “history” is better.
I guess that HEISMAN trophy…and that BOBBY DODD award doesn’t mean anything.
Seriously though, Crompton just scored again. Mark Richt is Fulmer version 2.0…and you know it, and it’s sad.
There’s no sense of entitlement here. It’s just the realization that the true colors of UGA’s program are showing…and no “blackout” will save you. WHAT A JOKE!
Cuz
October 18th, 2009
8:04 pm
First Bradley takes the brown acid and says that we could beat the Gators.
Then “I know nothing” Schultz takes a hit and comes up with the Jackets in the BCS title game and makes a chicken pot, pot is the key word, pie.
Dudes, pass the stuff. I wanta ticket on the same train you guys are riding.
BJohnDawg
October 18th, 2009
8:05 pm
AZ,
I am a dawg fan. And use to pull for Tech when they did not play Georgia. But the idiots that are tech fans kept coming on the UGA blog and made it impossible. And when you meet Tech fans face to face its the same thing. Over the last 9 years you guys have suxed. And you still cannot sell out your stadium with a decent team. So crawl back into your hole and come out when you have actually won something that should have a ring associated with it.Now go make my pizza.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:05 pm
Ben, you told us that last week about VT. All year everyone was going to stop Josh and the high school offense. You were only right once and I would be on a different outcome if we played again. You can only speculate as to what will happen next week. We don’t live in the past. Not like you dawgs…moron.
Volman
October 18th, 2009
8:05 pm
Ben, I just looked up UGA’s “history”. I was wrong… UGA has beaten Tech seven out of the last eight times.. They won a national title in 1980…. They beat Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl…
HAHA. Seriously, what else? Honestly, a victory over a MISERABLE Hawaii team in the Sugar Bowl is UGA’s only accomplishment since winning in 1980… NINETEEN EIGHTY!!!
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:07 pm
BJohnDawg, you break my heart. I feel so bad for you. You will not find me on a dawg blog….so why are you here. Oh, nothing to talk about on the dawg blog. Get real.
Frank
October 18th, 2009
8:08 pm
This is totally not going to happen now or any time in the future. Stop messing with the Techies.
Volman
October 18th, 2009
8:08 pm
JohnDawg, thanks for showing us your age by using the term “suxed”. You need to go prepare your sack lunch for school tomorrow.. The school bus is coming soon!
You can tell that UGA fans are REACHING for anything they can find when they go back to “your stadium is small”, “you can’t sell out your stadium”, “you are nerds”.
Yada, yada, yada. The same things over and over. Things that don’t mean anything on the field.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:09 pm
Cuz, why don’t you go back to the dawg blog…they might understand what you are saying.
win loose or draw
October 18th, 2009
8:09 pm
( i mispelled lose to make the dawg fans feel at home)
can you imagine what the dawg fans would do if gt somehow ended up in the nc game this year?
speaking of making a chicken pot pie at home jeff… i dare say many a bulldawg fan would be making chicken pot pie in their pants if we made it to the title game.
- with a 2nd year coach and his hs style offense
- using the previous coach’s players
- considering most ugag fans an others predicted a 7-6 season for the gt this year
- a year after the greatest preseason no#1 team ever crashed an burned yet again. yee of top 5 recruiting classes year in an year out.
when you think about it we are in a great spot. when tosu made an improbable jump into the nc game a few years back it shows anything can happen.
if we were fortunate enough to win out and win the conference we would be 12-1. looking back on the last few years tells me that…
their could be maybe 1 undefeated team this year and 2-3 once beaten teams left at the end of the season.
boise could go undefeated but they lose crediability via their sos. each cup cake they play from here on out will not help their case. i think that a 12-1 gt team finishes higher in the bcs than a 12-0 boise team.
so who is with me and wants the dawgs to make chicken pot pie in the pants.
they would never ever ever ever live it down if it happened.
worth a good hoot though over a few beers with my tech friends.
-their
Frank
October 18th, 2009
8:12 pm
I like guys, those soft UGA guys. Hey, what else do we got to do in Athens anyways since my UGA suxs!
RandyRhino
October 18th, 2009
8:13 pm
“Ben” as in “Ga.been losin’”…You dont want to talk about history to a Tech Man.Who is the award for the best college football player named after? That’s right: a Tech Man. How about coach of the year? right again,a Tech Man. Record for most points scored in a game: Tech Men…4 nat champs to 2…the only “history” you guys have is Herschel, and the rest of your clown’s criminal history.
Ben Huh?
October 18th, 2009
8:15 pm
Ben, why don’t you take your comments back over to the UGA blogs and argue with those “Techies attempting to talk trash?” Obviously we’re intelectually challenged and we can’t understand your brilliant logic and passion for UGA football. As long as Paul Johnson is our coach, UGA football will be 2nd fiddle in this state. I don’t expect you to be able to comprehend that, and you may want to see a therapist after a couple more years of watching Paul Johnson outcoach Mark Richt. But at least you can enjoy the Falcons game.
Ben Huh?
October 18th, 2009
8:17 pm
Just for Ben, intellectually
Booger
October 18th, 2009
8:17 pm
dorgs score high on jealousy, as usual. your only hope is november 28. and please don’t show up-watch it at home – we don’t need your freakin money.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:17 pm
Last week VT was a top 5 team who would come into Atlanta and beatdown the lowly Yellow Jackets. Today, they are overrated and their only quality win game against a team that spanked the Jackets. I was at the game and there was quality fans through out the stadium…it is not the quantity of the fan but the quality of the fan. With 33,000 plus student body I would be disappointed of you guys did not sell out a 72k seat stadium. With 95% of the student body heading back to south georgia to work in the factories and farms. Nothing wrong with that but let it be known that a student body of less than 15k and upwards of 90% take employment outside the state or even the country. Why am I explaining this to you guys…the Tech fans know it and the UGA fans here are to stupid to understand it.
Ben
October 18th, 2009
8:18 pm
I love Coach Mark Richt,Willie Martinez, and Mike Bobo.In fact I love all men.I’m going to finally come out of the closet and let ya’ll know that I am gay.My last name is Dover,that’s right,Ben Dover.
Ben Huh?
October 18th, 2009
8:18 pm
oops, just for Ben intellectually (spelled correctly) although I don’t think he would notice it.
gt86
October 18th, 2009
8:19 pm
lets not get carried away,only thing that matters is winning out,and that is a tough task.This is the most ridiculous article that I have ever read.
RandyRhino
October 18th, 2009
8:20 pm
Joe Dirt is a dawg fan…
Volman
October 18th, 2009
8:20 pm
AZ Jacket—we know. The fans who are near Atlanta do their best to get to the games…and we were loud last night. Very loud. Maybe the UGA fans missed seeing the camera shake.
Booger
October 18th, 2009
8:27 pm
so what is the advantage of selling 80k tickets at the dorgorena and you keep choking?? dorgs are like possums – play dead at home, get killed on the road…
Delbert D.
October 18th, 2009
8:30 pm
Still au contrere’ . GT, VT, UM all win out = 3-way tie
GTMan108
October 18th, 2009
8:31 pm
I like the video I took better than the one above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7R8giaVvyg
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:36 pm
Oh well, VT is in the W column and now we must look to Virginia. The UGA faithful will tell us all this week that we have not done well on the road with Va. but we will play the game anyway. If all things go well then we will place that one in the W column. So goes the life of a Tech fan.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:37 pm
I guess some of the UGA fans can read….nothing lately about SOS.
1337Tech
October 18th, 2009
8:43 pm
This list is insanity, but it’s great to have a team that can still at least dream about an NC this late in the season.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:44 pm
kissupjeff said; UGA will be 7-4 going into this game and will not loose to the bullpups of North Ave. ???????????????????????
Jeff Schultz
October 18th, 2009
8:44 pm
Volman – Thanks. And of course I was at the game. Here’s the column link:
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/10/17/georgia-tech-sends-a-message-loud-and-clear/
Repeating earlier statement — I think some of you still misconstrued this blog. I’m not predicting Georgia Tech’s future. I’m laying out what it would take. Hence: The checklist.
Barkin'Dog
October 18th, 2009
8:45 pm
I, for one, am happy a home state team is ranked so high and moving up. However, I still hold out hope the Dawgs will be full speed when they play in late Nov. (and knock the Techsters down a notch or four). In the meantime, Tech had better focus on one game at a time and remain focused, or they will falter enough to be an also-ran at game time with the Dawgs or at Bowl Time. As for a BSC bid, that will decided around the last game of the season in my mind… and I can’t wait for the Dawgs to knock them out of consideration — oh, so sweet for the Dawg Nation! Woof-woof!!
GT For You And Me
October 18th, 2009
8:45 pm
Losses already, losses to come
M I A M I,,,,
V T,,,,,
U G A,,,,,
Let the crying begin, you trade school girls BugSquasher posted this Friday. He did get one right. What a nut!!!!!!
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:46 pm
Frank, never is a long time. 1980 to now is a long time. From preseason #1 to out of the top 25 in less that 2 years. Get off the Tech blog and go work on that one.
Gordon
October 18th, 2009
8:47 pm
All but 2 of the things that have to happen are out of our control. So it is silly to talk about it now. I don’t think we’re good enough to take anything for granted, but we are good enough to do just about anything if we don’t.
AZ Jacket
October 18th, 2009
8:49 pm
Gordon, I don’t think CPJ will let this team think past Va. He is the real deal and knows how to coach.
Big Al
October 18th, 2009
8:51 pm
Miami’s game is AT south fla. a big difference.
snapshot
October 18th, 2009
8:51 pm
Look at the leg humpers posting here. I can see it in there words. They are obsessed with Georgia Tech and the new coach. Just can’t stand it that Tech is on the rise. I love it, I love it, I love it.
Man it is good to be a Yellow Jacket!!!!!!!!!!THWGeorgie. CPJ is one heck of a coach.