Georgia Tech wins, but this was nothing to celebrate

This is the most doomy, pessimistic article I have ever read about a 25 point win. Yes, the first half sucked. Yes, the 2nd half was a rout as it should have been. Wouldn’t call this game a “stumble”.

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Good insightful column. Maybe I should un-cancel my subscription to the AJC, which I canceled after your Limbaugh column (which somehow disappeared).

Tech’s defense sucks, but these days their offense appears unstoppable. What was Mark Bradley smoking last August?

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Defense has to play better but the O was fantastic!!…..Bottom line, its a win on the road and we move on……We just scored 56 points on a SEC team that gave up only 14 to USC the week before….Gooooo Jackets!!!!!!

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I agree with Kurdt–way to look at the glass as half-empty, Jeff. I certainly wouldn’t call 56 points and 600 total yards (and another domination in time of possession) a “stumble”.

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I think GT is the “Rodney Dangerfield” of college football. Doesn’t seem to matter what they do – they get no respect. I have to watch most games with the sound muted because I can’t stand the one-sided commentators. Only Raycom seems to do a good job of having balanced commentators. But I love watching ‘em – it’s always exciting!

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This game was a stumble…for the defense. We cannot play this way and expect to go 11-1. Dook may always be Dook, but they beat Virginia today and have a head of steam right now. And we have to go to Wallace Wade. Not to mention that we still have Wake – who gave Miami all they could handle today – in-between.

Don’t get me wrong. I said we’d go 11-1 5-6 weeks ago and I still believe that we will. But this wasn’t how to get to 8-1. CPJ will say the same. But we ARE there. And with the wailin’ and nashin’ of teeth going on in Athens AND THE AJC NEWSROOM right now, I’ll most definitely take it! I just hope the defense gets back to its Virginia-like play…rapidly.

Go Jackets!

Go get “Toe Meets Leather” – Scott Sisson’s game-winning FG against then-#1 Virginia in 1990 – at http://www.stinGTees.com RIGHT NOW!!!

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Jeff: we all knew this was going to be a let down game… GT made the adjustments at half time. As we all knew they would. That’s the game they needed for a let down…To remind them of what they have to lose with a possible loss to an inferior team. They realized that in the second half. We won,that is the bottom line!

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I’ll take a D that takes the 1st half off and then shuts it down in the 2nd with an offense that drops 600 yards on a SEC team any day of the week. Was it pretty? No. Is it a 25 point victory? Yes. I can only hope hope the Mutts let Logan play the rest of their games.

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Just a few words to preclude the onslaught of inevitable comments from wound-licking, previously black-hatted dawgies: No need to tell us how bad your SEC representative, Vandy, sucks, and how our win was insignificant. We remember how you celebrated your own win which you pulled out in the 4th quarter in Nashville. And you obviously can’t compare our performance against Mississippi Stae with that of the TRUE SEC “cream-of-the-crop” teams, LSU and Florida. I guess you’ll have to resort to the old default position of muttering crap about nerds and slide rules. Enjoy your slide into Baylorville, dawgies. Wonder how many discared red and black flags are now floating in the Saint John’s River.

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Hey reality check, that was no rout. Don’t know what game you watched. Tech scored 21 points off four Vandy fumbles. Without those, it’s a 4 point game (if my Tech calculus/math is right).

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There’s no such thing as an impressive win over Vandy. GT could have won by a hundred and people would have said “Its just Vandy.”

So I’ll the 25 point win and move on. Maybe its not something to celebrate, but its certainly no reason to doubt this team.

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The funny thing is, even though Jeff Schulz is correct that the defense sucked, it was a rout, nevertheless. If the score and total yards and time of possession, don’t scream ROUT, I don’t know what does.

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When we finally muster a defense that will play strongly the entire 60 minutes, the rest of the nation will be sucking hind tit.

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Jeff, had already made up his mind how this blog was going to be written at halftime, no matter to outcome of the game. Tech made the defensive adjustments and the offense rolled to a 25 piont win…

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Is there any reason to read this column? I just scrolled past.

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Give it up, people. It’s a hopeless cause. Trying to convince an SEC elitist-shill that his conference is not the equivalent of Mount Olympus is like trying to convince an aging, declining starlet that no one still looks at her body the way they used to.

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Hey Mike Lum, did you know fumbles are part the of the game known as “American Football.” And points scored off fumbles actually count towards the final score, and outcome, of the game. Isn’t that a crazy fact. Yes, you should read up on the rules some time.

No extra points for black helmets though.

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Jesus Jeff, you need chill out. Playing at night up there can be an adventure. They annihilated them. Tech is apparently in very good shape physically because they are still jumping around and fresh at the end of every game (other than Miami). “Tech squeaks by Vandy with 7 TDs”. Whew!

-drl

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I swear, some of the fans on this blog need to grow up. Schultz didn’t insult your mothers, he said that Tech’s defense didn’t play very well and I happen to agree. The numbers don’t lie! Tech gave up a kick return for a TD and made Vandy’s offense look like a juggernaut on three first half drives.

The offense played great, but the next two weeks are going to be tough. When the D plays so poorly, it ultimately puts pressure on Nesbitt, Dwyer and company to score virtually every drive. So far, they’ve been up to the task, but we’ve got to stop giving up cheap touchdowns.

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pro-UGA that is. or pro-GT for that matter.

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Before you Tech fans listen to a lot of krap about it was just Vandy, hear me out. Before today, Vandy had the fifth best defense in the SEC. Yeah they played Army, lost. And some directional school. But they only allowed 1.85 offensive touchdowns per game including the game with UGA. Do not listen to the krap that columnists and a few Dawg fans, okay many, will tell you. You have a dam good team. Keep rolling except for Thanksgiving weekend.

I keep up with SEC stats to see if Willie should be fired at the end of the year. He is toast according to my stats.

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Damn, Jeff, I thought Tech won. So now they can’t give up long scoring plays? They can’t get into a “shootout” which BTW they won? What was your point in all ther criticism? It certainly doesn’t dampen miy enjoyment of a nice win for Tech. Jeff, go soak your head in a pooch puddle and kiss CMR’s a** for all those Bulldog fans who, BTW, suffered through a beating administered by Florida.

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Dang skippy you are pro-Tech Jeff. You bald headed weasel. From one weasel to another, you smell worse, you Tech lover.

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When did forcing fumbles become a negative thing? As I recall, the Vandy players didn’t just drop the ball.

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Jeff, I’ll defend you here. You have no Georgia agenda and no Tech agenda. You have a “bad-boy” journalism agenda. You can turn a sports phrase like Leonard of Leonard’s Loser’s, but in order to cultivate the “edgy” image you’re trying to achieve, you must stir stuff up. And what better way to stir, than with sarcastic anti-homer invective? Yeah, yeah. You’re “irascible.” A regular Lewis Grizzard with irony. We get it already.

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Sarge, it was not suffering. It was full torture. Me and my Dawgs want a rest at Gitmo.

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Yes the defense and kicking game gave up a couple of touchdowns, but the offense rolled for almost 600 yards and put up 56 points on an SEC defense that was giving up 17 points per game. I’ll take the 25 point win and move on to play Wake next week.

Go to http://isportsweb.com for a review of the game on Sunday afternoon. Go Jackets!

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Is it funny to anyone else that Jeff Schultz is so insecure that he reads (and comments on) comments to his column?

Dude, decaf. Get some.

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I’m a graduate of GT and a GT football fan for 45 years. But I shut the TV off at halftime. This was the most embarrassing defensive GT team I have ever seen take the field. They looked like highschoolers out there. And the special teams? How is it that we seem to give up a kickoff runback every game, yet we have gone without one now for 140 games……probably a world’s record. And the kicking team? Half the high schools in Georgia have a kicker who can kick it farther. Dave Wommack has got to show me a lot more to stay at GT. It’s good that the offense can outscore opponents, because that is the only way we can win!

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Andy, I’ll be willing to bet that Paul Johnson won’t have a problem getting rid of Wommack if he feels he can get someone better.

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Eric, You are a dumbass! Jeff’s interaction is what makes him special. For God’s sake Tech was lousy!!!!!!!

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Vandy didn’t play like Vandy in the first half…but they did in the second half. Either way, Tech has not accomplished anything until now. D is inconsistent but has potential. Kickoff coverage is horrendous.

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I have three words for Jeff Schultz. YOUR ARTICLE SUCKS! Tech won the 2nd half 28-3. I would say that Coach Johnson made his adjustments at half time. I didn’t like the first half either but I felt the same when Tech beat FSU. They won the 2nd half of that game 21-9.

So, give it a rest on the talk of Tech stumbling.. Focus your frustrations on UGA. They got an old-fashioned thumping today.

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Hey how is that kid Etheridge who had a neck injury in the Auburn-Miss game?

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Jeff I enjoy your writing but please, for your own well being, please, please, please don’t cover a Georgia game. It will put you into deep depression to see a school that uses state money put a product on the field like they do.

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BG, when it should have been a 56 point win 25 is lousy and I can assure you I have been a Tech fan long before you were a gleam in your fathers eyes!

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Tech’s D played lousy for a half. The D played great in the 2nd half, and the offense was great all game long. One bad half by one side of the ball doesn’t make the entire performance “lousy”.

I get that we need to improve our consistency on defense, but this wasn’t a faceplant, or a stumble, or anything.

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Procrastinator, you’ve got to be kidding me. How bad is your memory, old man? Do you recall the Chan Gailey era? How can you complain about this win? I’ll take this victory and I’m happy to have it. Good job, Jackets!

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The dawgie contingent seems awfully silent tonight. I was hoping to get their thoughts on retiring the color black. After the Alabama game last year and tonight’s “black hat” debacle, I’m beginning to think that 50% of their school colors are bad luck. Maybe instead of red & back, they might want to consider changing over to red and very red.

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Tech’s defense and special teams are pretty weak, but WOW is this offense good, and fun to watch. Not a ‘let down’ at all. Like a great boxer that throws a lot of body shots, tech hogs the ball and wears out the opponent. By 4th quarter, tech is moving the ball at will while the opponent is sucking wind.

And to think that this is only the 2nd year of the CPJ era. In year 2, Tech is playing at a level that some of us figured would take more like 4 years to get to. It shows what a real coach can accomplish.

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stiggy, I loved the black helmets. I hated the way the red helmets looked with the black jerseys. I guess we could retire the color black. Kinda like Tech did the last time we slapped them silly when they were wearing it.

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Good idea, Cuz. Past glories are fine antidotes to current failures. Dust off your old “Munson’s Greatest Hits” cassette and listen to him scream Lindsay Scott’s name over and over. That might help.

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Shultz, like your columns, we read the whole column before we pass judgement, you can watch the whole game before you act like you are a head coach with a winning record.

Unless you are Mark Richt.

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You know, I don’t imagine what CPJ says to the team is much different than what Jeff wrote in his column. None of us should EVER be satisfied with mediocrity, even it is only for one half. I imagine CPJ thinks it was a pretty lousy win too. And that’s what I love about the man. He’s never totally satisfied, and with that kind of attitude, that means there is always a desire and an attempt to improve.

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No doubt about it, the offense ROCKS!

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Anyone see Manu Ginobli kill a bat on Sportscenter? PETA’s gonna be all over him now.

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One more thing… I gotta give props to the announcers during the Tech-Vandy game on ESPN 360. At least they “felt” like Tech was the best one loss team. I would say they are one of the top two with Oregon, but lets see how this season pans out.

PS. It is so awesome at work, the dawg fans don’t even talk about their team anymore. It is like if you don’t talk about it, it will go away! When Tech beats UGA this year all hell is gonna break lose in Athens, doom and gloom and honestly Tech should beat them next year baring injuries or early departures to NFL.

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This dawg only bites when he is provoked. I am a fan of Georgia Tech. I have always been one since I was a kid. As a kid I also was a fan of UGA. Both were Georgia schools. I attended and graduated UGA. That does not, nor has not, eliminated my being a fan of Georgia Tech. Why is that so hard to understand?

Tech beat the number five defense in the SEC. That defense had given up an average 2.14857 offensive touchdowns per game. Tech got 8. If that is not dominance then send me a chick in black leather and latex so I can understand what is domination. I have been really naughty.

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The 2nd half counts just as much as the first half.

Look at the Defense in the 2nd half vs. the 1st half.

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As bad as the defense plays at times- I don’t care if they give up 50 a game as long as we have 51 on our side-If Josh can continue to progress and pass like he did tonight- I don’t see the Jackets losing another game this season. The Jackets have made people stay for mistakes which we saw tonight. It will be interesting to see what time next weeks time will be- Go Jackets- good win- I was hoping the WF would beat Miami today as that would have given us a game cushion but win out and don’t worry about I guess-THWG!!!

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I believe. I believe.

So did you get tired of suicide watch over on our side?

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Good observations Jeff. Our defense looked bad in the first half, and our kicking team looked bad ALL NIGHT! The “high school” offense contnues to roll, but Georgia Tech will not gain national respect until we show that we can consistently stop “lesser” teams … even if they are from a “superior” conference. Personally, after watching Wake Forest and seeing the stats from the Duke game today, I’m more than a little concerned. Certainly the Jackets are CAPABLE of beating these two teams, but mistakes such as we saw tonight show that we are also capable of LOSING to them. The QB’s from both Wake and Duke are excellent passers, and our defense has not shown themselves consistently adept at stopping the pass. (Kind of reminds me of the Falcons!)

In any event, it was a good win tonight … just as the other eight have been. I’m hoping we’ll pick up three more before the regular season ends … and two more after that! Go Jackets!

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Oh, it’s so depressing. I’m afraid there will be blood everywhere.

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PJ aka EF Hutton continues his dominance over Bobby Johnson and the SEC. Wommack needs to step up, though, or he’ll be looking for another job next year.

SEC fans would consider this a good SEC road win(since they’re all so tough), but now that we won it will be “so what, you only beat Vandy.” Gotta love the double standard…

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Don’t say MD. It reminds me of MD 20-20.
I had therapy for that.

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Wommack’s D is pathetic. Just wanted to comment in order to pile on. He’s got to go.

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They can ride around in the balloon and reminisce.

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Ignore the bees behind the curtain Jeff. I loved the High octane > scotch comment BTW. I think you hit the nail on the head in that this game served a reminder that there is room for improvement. I’ll take the W and move-on regardless. CPJ for COA!! THWG!

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I agree. CPJ for Coach of Alabama. We play them less than Tech.

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Unis was a star for Ringling Brothers. He did the 1 finger hand stand on a ball!

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I would say goodnight but I am too tired. So g-nite.

Where is that Scotch that Jeff hid?

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I will leave everyone with this thought. Would CPJ want to retire at Tech?
Just asking.

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I would much rather that Tech get a wake up call now than to lose to Wake or Duke. However, I also wish that the voters would finally give Tech some respect. ESPN called Tech the best one loss team in the nation and yet we are not in the top 10????

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Come on GT fans … you know darn well if GT wants to play with the elite in the nation … WE NEED A GOOD DEFENSE!! A defense that comes to play the whole game, that outplays lesser foes, that stands toe-to-toe with their equals.

I’m not a Wommack fan, and I believe he is the issue with how we play. You’re the teacher and you teach a subject. If you are not good at what you teach, it shows up in your students tests. Being a DC is no different.

You can’t be a Top 10 team and just show up. Glad we won, but I agree with the article – got to do better and coaching needs to make that happen.

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Glad to have the win…another sec team bites Tech’s dust!!! However, this Jeckle and Hyde defense of ours is going to be the death of me!!! It’s a good thing that our offense is scoring so much….WE’RE 8-1!!! GO TECH!!!

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two weeks ago after uga beat “vandy” all of you gt fans were saying it was just “vandy”. So now you want a little respect for beating what is probably the number 10 or 11 team in the SEC. what would you say if it were uga beating say nc state, duke or virginia which are the 10-12 teams in the acc. of course right now it looks like 6-12 may all have the same records. is it weak or is it equal strength?? i for one say weak. maybe lsu and gt get a rematch?

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I was there in Nashville people.. and I agree with Jeff. The first half of this one we gave up 28 points to the team that could barely put up double digits on Army. They only managed 10 on Willie Martinez….

I was sick at my stomach. We shouldn’t have to put up nearly 60 to beat Vandy. I’m way more worried about the next 3 games now. We have to get better.

That being said.. the Offense was awesome, other than the supposed fumble. We also had a couple of questionable turnover calls that (vandy fumbles), one in particular that should have gone our way, so this was a great win all in all. Besides my 2am tire blowout at the Georgia line out of Chattanooga what a great trip. The trees were awesome up i-24.

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Jeff, no offense, terrible article. What if the score had been 23-3? That was the score after halftime. We had a terrible first half. Our coach came in to halftime and made an adjustment (unlike the guy in Athens). And we destroyed them in the 2nd half. Look at the stats. Almost double the time of posession. 56 points and 597 total yards. How can we not celebrate this? Most yards for the Jackets under Paul Johnson. Please.

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1st half had me chewing my nails, too. But even more than that, looking ahead is giving me cause to fret a bit as well. Neither Duke nor Wake are going to be pushovers, and as clueless as the Dawgs look now, anything can – and usually does – happen on Thanksgiving weekend.

I say enjoy this win, but get hard at work for next week. Rinse and repeat for the next three.

Go Jackets!

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bring on Texas and GT wins 31-27

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Jeff – I have to agree completely with your comments. Vandy has a BAD offense. They could only muster one touchdown in 4 quarters against ARMY! We have struggled on defense and special teams all year. Our saving grace….CPJ’s halftime adjustments. With the exception of the Clemson game, we have proven to be one of the top 2nd half teams in the country.

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Jeff, this is not a surprise …. football teams get up about 4 or 5 times a year and you have a desperate Vandy team looking for a win and a tech team playing out of conference after that gauntlet stretch of games they are probably tired and while the def is rough this was going to be one of those games. Hell Jeff they covered 2x the spread!!!!! This game is the classic Tech game they would lose under Gailey,,,,

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See he has to say something, anything that’s negative. It means he’s a journalist.
Scores off of fumbles. Did the players just drop the ball or did we play great defense in the second half?
It was VANDY. Yeah they don’t play football there, right?
Ignore us. Wouldn’t that be what you do already?

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Drew … I agree, the Tech vs. Houston match-up would be entertaining, to say the least.

I’ve read many comments by people who are willing to throw Wommack under the bus, and who credit the defense’s 2nd half performance to the coaches’ half-time “adjustments”. However, the coaching staff said last night that they didn’t really MAKE any adjustments. They just “motivated” the guys to play better football. At this point, we’ve not heard CPJ make any disparaging remarks about the members of his staff … and that’s as it should be. Personnel decisions should be made privately after a time of quiet reflection and analysis. While I’m less than thrilled by our defensive performance at times, I know that injuries have contributed to their ineffectiveness. Rather than calling for someone’s head on a platter, I’m content to let CPJ make his own evaluation of the program. From what we’ve seen so far, I’m pretty sure that he will take the actions that he thinks are in the best interest of the team. In the meantime, let’s support the WHOLE team, including its coaching staff. No need to be like the Dawg family who wants to consume their own.

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THANK GOODNESS THE VANDY qb PULLED A HAMMY!!! The score probably would have been a lot closer and the way the game was going…who knows.

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As I said in your pre game post – “I am always concerned about a letdown taking place in the players between the ears. I am an old guy & have seen it happen many dozen times.”

But apparently I was wrong. The offense played exceptional. The defense & spec teams stunk. I do not see how one part of the team is ready to play & the other not ready. My conclusion. The GT defense just does not have many good players. GT will be damn lucky to beat both Wake & Duke. Not a prayer against UGA.

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At first, I thought this column was unnecessarily harsh, but upon further review, I can’t discount anything Schultz is saying. Its a good analysis and points out the things the Jackets need to fix to continue this run. Lets hope for more consistent D and more stops against Wake and Duke.

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Jeff,

If I recall correctly, there were several pundits out there reminding all of us that Vanderbilt played LSU and South Carolina, both Top 25 Teams, and both away games, very close. GA Tech played Vanderbilt on the road. LSU only scored 23 points on them, and gave up 9, and South Carolina scored 14, and gave up 10.

Take away the kickoff return, and then we see that GA Tech’s defense gave up a total of 24 points.This is less than stellar, and I’ll be the first to admit that GA Tech’s defense looked pedestrian the first half of the game, but they only gave up 3 points the entire second half, once they settled things down; more in line with both of the SEC ranked teams I just mentioned.

On the other hand, GA Tech’s offense scored more points against Vanderbilt’s well respected defense than any other team they faced this season, including both of those ranked teams I just mentioned. In fact, The Jacket’s offense scored 22 MORE points than any other offense the Commodores defense has played all season, and that was the Georgia Bulldogs a couple of weeks ago.

Why isn’t it a bigger deal when Florida barely escapes Arkansas, and gives up 20 points, just 4 more points that GA Tech would have given up to Vanderbilt with out the kickoff return, than when GA Tech was playing on the road while Florida was playing at home?

How about when Florida gave up 17 points to UGA and they only scored 10 at Oklahoma State, or 13 at LSU, or 19 at Tennessee? Isn’t ANY defense entitled to have an off day without the entire team being driven off the cliff on a bus?

Like I said, at least GA Tech’s defense woke up and played tough the second half of the game, only giving up 3 points after Vanderbilt’s opening drive, which was aided by a tipped ball I might add.

The bottom line? GA Tech won on the road against an SEC team which everyone had been saying had one of the better defenses out there because they played LSU and South Carolina tough on the road. GA Tech put up a ton more points on them than any other team than they have faced all season and they ended up winning the game handily.

The Jackets are now 8 – 1 (2 – 0 against the SEC); Jonathan Dwyer is just starting to heal and run like he did last season; Josh Nesbitt and GA Tech’s passing attack is starting to come around; the defense is staring to show signs of life; and Wake Forest is coming to Bobby Dodd Stadium next Saturday afternoon for the Jacket’s next step towards Tampa.

So far, so good if you ask me.

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# 9 LSU led Vandy 13-7 at halftime.
# 21 South Carolina and Vandy were tied 7-7 at halftime.Give Vandy a littke credit,
The Jackets are really a second half team anyway if you look at the games against FSU, Virginia Tech, and Virginia.
8-1 Paul Johnson usually makes good halftime adjustments.

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Georgia Tech out-scored Vanderbilt 28-3 in the second half and won by 25.
The first half was painful for a Tech fan.
……..GO JACKETS!

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Actually, last night’s game should be taken as a corner turned; as a good sign; as a sign that GT has really arrived. When was the last time you can remember GT playing a sub-par game (really a bad game) and still winning by 25 points? In the past (read Chan Gailey years or even O’Leary years), this is a game GT losses. This is the loss to an obviously less talented team that reminds us that GT has not turned the corner. This is UVA in 2001, this is WF in 2002, this is Duke in 2003, UNC in 2004, NC State and UVA again in 2005, UGA and WF in 2006.

CPJ and the Jackets have one last streak to break this year. Every year since 1990, 18 years, GT has lost to at least one unranked team. In years past, last night would have been that game.

How is the GT/Vandy game any different than Iowa/Indiana (Iowa trailed by 10 in the 4th qtr) or Penn State/Northwestern (Penn State and NW were tied in the 4th qtr)? Or Fla/Tenn or Fla/Ark or Fla/MissSt or Ala/Tenn or Ala/SC for that matter??? Great teams win even when they don’t play well.

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Outscoring Vandy 28-3 in the 2nd half and winning by 25? On the road? Why wouldn’t we celebrate? We could have hung 60 on them.

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But georgia played before a bigger crowd. And florida is ranked number one. And vandy, well they’re a crappy team. And even if tebow did surpass herchael it was in four years. And why did you even write an article about tech? This is the ajc and you’re supposed to just write about uga. But at least you made it so pessimistic that maybe we can still beat the nerds on the 28th (please lord).Sorry bout the great win nerds.

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…we could have scored another TD on them in the end if we wanted to. IMHO, you couldn’t have asked for a better result leading up to our next couple of games. PJ will be busting @(#&s this week…stay grounded and humble…

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I believe the season average for Tech would be 49 points per game against the SEC. The BIG BAD SEC.

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read what insider said. much better insight than the crap that was paid for by the subscribers and advertisers.

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Bottom Line: GT ain’t that good.

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The spread was 12 and a half and TECH won by 25.
………..Why not CELEBRATE Jeff !

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enjoy your run gator. don’t think we have a dog in the fight. oh thats right we do. thanks!

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Pretty good article my man! Have another scotch. Should have praised the offense a lot more because they were awesome. The defense and special teams have real issues. The Defensive Backs looked lost and one in particular is afraid to hit someone. He could have stopped the TD if he would have just hit the runner head on at the 2 yard line, but he tackled him to the side allowing him to score. Then on the Vandy break away run he caught him at the 10 yard line and just followed him into the endzone and didn’t even attempt to tackle him. Tech needs to shake of some positions.

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Jeff, no problem with your article at all. And for Tech fans who think Jeff is biased, that’s ridiculous – he calls ‘em like he seems ‘em. My favorite Schultz column is the one you wrote following the Jasper Sanks “fumble.” Tech fans, read that one if you want to see how a great writer can take out-of-line, whining fans to the woodshed.

I think we’ve got some issues with our defense – some of which can be corrected now, some that can be addressed only with time and recruiting, to strengthen depth and talent – but overall, we’re a good team that survived a bad first half. I’d much rather learn a tough lesson with a win that after suffering a loss.

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Was agonizing over the first half, and think the strength and maybe conditioning of the team pulled them out during second.

will expect that Mr Johnson might have several discussions this week. hopefully

fans should not expect this sloppy attitude from this team

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USC lost and Georgia Tech SHOULD move up to the top 10 in the BCS.

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IMHO, before GT can ever challenge for the big prize they are going to have to have a serious upgrade on the D. The one thing I have faith in is that CPJ will get the defense fixed….whatever that takes he’ll get it done. 8 of the 12 commitments for next year are on the D side. We also lost true freshman DT JC Lanier before the season started. He would have been a solid contributor to the D though he was a freshman.

CPJ knows what it takes to win championships. BTW, hanging 56 points on the 23rd ranked scoring defense in the nation is pretty good.

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Everybody calm down. Yes our defense has issues but you didn’t have to watch the Vandy game to realize that. I think a lot of it is we were due for a let down and we got that out of our system in the first half. Hell, Bradley has been pointing to this as a trap game/loss since the before the season started. The important thing is the defense came out and shut them down in the second half. Every team, including Florida and Bama, have struggled at times this year. I’ve said all along because of our defense we would probably lose a game we had no business losing. Just be thankful that hasn’t happened so far. Bottom line is under a Gailey led team, this one would have been a loss and we’d all be feeling pretty bad this morning with our record sitting at 6-3. I’ll take a 25 point win anytime over any opponent and not find a way to feel too terrible about it.

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We won and that is all that matters. However, our defense does need help / work. We will bounce back next week. At least we held them to 3 in the second half. We still might be a year away (funny saying that at 8-1) – d is still young and we are missing some starters from last year (Jackson, Cooper & Hall was supposed to start). Just keep winning.

Note we did score more points on Vandy then any other SEC team.

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Jeff, I cannot believe this article. Seriously.

Thought I would read some blogs before I left Jacksonville to make the somber trip back to Atlanta and to read this really blows my mind.

Trust me when I tell you I would love to have to “suffer” through a 25 point victory on the road in the SEC to move to 8-1 on the year.

Nothing to celebrate?

Sports writers are so much a part of the problem in college football, because people read your stuff and start to believe you know what you are talking about…when you clearly do not.

How about an article talking about how difficult it probably was to step out of conference and play a night game on the road? How about mentioning that Tech played only one home game in October (I think) and did not lose one game? How about the whole “8-1″ thing?

There are plenty of things you could have chosen to celebrate, but you did not. Your choice, I guess.

Also, I don’t think you have an agenda, I just think you’re an idiot.

Anyway, congrats Tech on the win. Man, this is going to be a looooooong ride back up 75….

As always….GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS! SIC ‘EM!

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“Defense wins CHAMPIONSHIPS…” Coach Vice Lombardi

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Mr. Schultz:

All teams get hyped to play the top teams

All teams improve to some degree by midseason

Under Johnson, Tech has always been a better second half team
Take away the tipped pass, the blown coverage on the run from scrimmage, and the kick return(the lucky plays), this game is 56-10 and you would have nothing to gripe about.

The other team had a coach, who’d played Johnson 9 times already

You wish they were the “dawgs”

Apparently seeing, is not believing, at least for you

Fla., nor Ala. has looked good every game (if not for the refs, they should have had at least one loss, and possibly two)

Paul Johnson put the breaks on in the 4th qtr or you’re looking at 70-31

I will bend, to say the defense was shaky in the 1st half, but it’s the same D we’ve had all year.

Yes, the BCS is noticing Tech

Nesbitt should get a mention for the Heisman, he has more rushing TD’s than most RB’s in the country, doesn’t throw much, but they count for more when he does.

Kudos to you for inciting a blog riot

Peace, from the most Native Son

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Yea, our D, specifically our pass D played terrible, but really only for one half. Look, we are the #11 (maybe higher after this weekend) team in the country and we have suspect Special Teams and a suspect D. The O makes up for a lot. This tells me there is room for improvement and with Coach PJ in charge I’m confident there will be improvements. That means challenging for BCS titles are a possibility.

Jeff, I appreciate the fact that you read and respond to the comments. It is a blog afterall. Maybe you could teach Tony B how to do so. Nah, nevermind.

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Is there anyway I could persuade #26 D. Reese to transfer to Ga., he would fit right in with our defense, oops, he just missed another tackle

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Thanks, for a good post. We’ll take the win, and pin this up in the locker room. One great truth is that all fame is fleeting.

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There is absolutely no doubt that Tech is on the way up and UGA is on the way down. When the fans run Richt out of town on a rail, I hope they have a spot for Adams too. Will Tech have bowl junkets for members of the legislature now that Adams will be spending the holidays at his villa in Italy?

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Anybody know if a time has been set for the Wake game ?

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We also fumbled on the 5 yd line. 56 could easily have been 63.

Take the W and move on. It is obvious that GT will not get respect from the national press unless we run the table and finish 13-1.

It will be interesting to see what UF does against Vandy next week as a comparison.

Now, let’s focus on Wake. They almost beat Miami and can throw the ball.

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The Wake QB was hurt yesterday…could have made a diff against Mia…and hopefully he will be OK against Tech. Concussions are serious.

The Dook passing game is cause for concern for the Tech D.

I was not worried about the outcome against Vandy…even when they gained the lead.

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And might I add, not as a total excuse, GA Tech’s defense was playing hurt all night, yet again; or they were slowed by players just back from being out for various reasons, therefore slightly out of shape. This list isn’t insignificant:

Jerrad Tarrant – bad back

Sedric Griffin – played with hand in cast

Dominique Reese – bad shoulder

Steven Sylvester – not sure, but didn’t play

Robert Hall – still out, but may be able to return sometime this month

Cooper Taylor – out for the year

Kyle Jackson – out for the year

Julian Burnett – returned after being out two weeks with a knee injury

Jason Peters – returned after missing last week due to illness

After looking at this list, and remembering the Yellow Jackets have been playing non-stop since 2-a-days, let’s cut the guys on defense a little slack for slipping in the first half.

Several guys came in playing out of position for the injured players, like Mario Edwards and Corey Earls, and once things got settled down in the second half, the guys came through quite nicely.

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You were too easy on the poor defensive coverage especially D Backs and Linebackers.

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LA mutt idiot

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/polls/119

Strength of Schedule GEORGIA TECH # 13 the black non magic nadd lickers #48

Go back to your pizza delveries.

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OGB, so GT and the BCS are JOKES, what’s your point? Be thankful you were playing Vandy and not the Gators yesterday. Georgia’s colors are Red and Black; Tech’s are YELLOW and white. I bet Tech will have a YELLOW out when the Dawgs come calling.

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Bulldogs……………..SUCK

Falcons………………..CHOKE

The Yellow Jackets are the CLASS & SAVIOR of the State!

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Saint Simons

November 1st, 2009
10:01 am
UGA = THUG ball

You mean WORTHLESS THUG at QB!

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It will hurt all the Dawg fans when the Falcons miss the playoffs, select Tim Tebow and bench Ryan. That would have to hurt

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Thanks, Jeff. I for one have not been more frustrated and yelled at the TV more during a game in a long time. Our secondary plays ridiculously soft (except for MB). Watching them take bad angles, lazy pursuit, and dive at people’s feet trying to tackle was driving me crazy. Good teams do NOT play like that, even if we’re tired, beat up, or know we’re going to score 56 points before the game starts. The defense needs to get serious and GET NASTY! Missing Cooper Taylor has turned out to be a much bigger loss than ever expected.Cooper knew how to tackle.

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Did number 26 make a tackle the entire game vs Vandy?? Every big play that the Dores made-26 missed a tackle. I don’t know who is backing him up, but if I were the coach he would not see the light of day anytime soon. But then why lay all the blame on him, the entire defense stunk in the first half. No way is tech a top 5 team with this defense–and brother I love the Jackets!!

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Oh and Jeff. The line was 12-13. We won by 26. We doubled the spread and you are complaining? Nuff said.

Dawgs lost by what? 25 when the line was fla by 16?

Go back to the Ga game last year also. Do you see the trend. Come out getting beat or barely ahead first half. Make adjustments at half time. Steam roll to an easy win in the second half. Too many of you media pundits think football is a one half game. We’ve had 3-4 games this year where we dominated the second half over good offensive teams. The same will likely play out again against ga this year.
Close in the first half. We blow them out in the second.

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Of course if vandy loses to fla 61-24 next week, everyone will say look how dominant the gators are. It’s a joke.

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It’s easy to criticize the jackets now since the expectations are so much greater but look at this team now and compare them to what they were just 2 years ago under Chan Gailey Night and Day.
Instead of battling for a .500 record and bowl eligibility this team is contending for the ACC championship and is a legitimate top 10 BCS team. Paul Johnson has done a tremendous job in just less than 2 years. Give the man some time to recruit and fix the defense and this team could be scary for many years to come.

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Jeff, are you kidding? Nothing to celebrate??? Mighty LSU beat Vandy by 14 pts; Ole Miss beat them by 16 pts; and South Carolina beat them by 4 pts. The worst loss previously was to UGA 34-10. We scored by far more points on them than anyone has and beat them by more points 25, than anyone else has. This was the mighty SEC on the road that we clobbered. Yeah, our defense did not play that well, but a football game is 60 minutes and we absolutely destroyed them in the second half like we have done most of the year. I am very pleased with this stomping of a mighty SEC team.

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The Tech team played with heart, a Gailey team would have lost that game. What team in the country has the kind of record Jeff is talking about. We have bigger fish to fry so the article was somewhat on the money, we have a very weak first half defense almost by design it looks like. I am just glad we are having the year that wins along are not enough, this is a special year and these article are welcomed in that light.

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ajc– TECH STEAMROLLS VANDY

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The Yellow Jackets (8-1) rolled up a season-high 597 yards total offense against a Vanderbilt defense that was ranked 34th nationally, giving up 320 yards per game. They wore Vanderbilt out, holding the ball for nearly 40 minutes and rolling up 404 yards rushing.

And you write this crap? What about the offense Jeff? Give me one big break.

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“And by the way, decaf is a waste of time. I generally go straight from high-octane coffee to scotch”

that is great. thanks Jeff

By the way GT what is up with GT. Wins at VT and gets destroyed at UM??? GT will be humiliated in a BSC bowl game

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LAdawg, no offense intended, but the sec just isn’t anything special without UF, BAMA and LSU (lsu is still questionable this year). The BIGGEST problem with Tech’s offense is that we’re going to have a tough time getting people to play us…right now, we have a schedule that we must play; we’re 8-1 with it! If you think the mutts could beat UM, FSU, NC, BC, then you’re as delusional as they come! No offense plus no defense means no chance! We have half of the equation working REALLY well….the other half is in the works! Amazing offense plus good defense equals a NC in the next couple of years. We all know how tough this season has been for all the dawg fans…sorry…Tech is the sh**, now! You know it! And, it KILLS you!!! GO TECH!!!

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Schultzy, puhleeeeaaaaase!! Are you kidding me?!! Our boyz made the adjustments that were necessary on defense… they were opportunistic when it mattered most… and their offense rolled yet again… that is what great teams (and, dare I say it, great programs) do… CPJ is the real deal…

Let’s talk a little bit more about those black helmets in Jacksonville: What the hell was that all about?!!! I think Jerry Glanville was the guy who invented that concept… dress an underachieving, poorly coached football team in black in a desperate ’slight-of-hand’ attempt to keep the fans (and the critics) at bay. Unfortunately, the black helmets are here to stay with the Falcons (Glanville’s only tangible legacy in Atlanta if you set aside his decision to send Brett Favre packing…). Let’s hope Richt gets back to red helmets on Thanksgiving weekend… if we wanted to play Grambling, we would have put them on the schedule!!

… and for God’s sake, CMR, please stop talking about men wanting respect and women wanting love in your post-game press conference… we’re really starting to worry about you…

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Jeff, those Vandy fumbles were forced by GT defense. I don’t recall any missed center/qb exchanges, bad handoffs, etc. A rout is a rout.

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Paul Johnson 56 Steve Spurrier 14

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Vandy and Miss St. are only in the SEC when they play SEC opponents……

Giff Smith for DC!

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I wonder if there isn’t a girl on Tech’s women’s soccer team who could get the kick-off past the other team’s 15 yd line…..

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Shove it up your exaust pipe Shultz. Had this been a Dawg win, it would have been a hard – faught victory over a tough SEC opponent……….and BTW (LA DAWG), you can shove-it too!!!!!!!!

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LA DAWG California deserves you… BTW your mop up QB did a lovely forward lateral to Brandon Spikes or was that supposed to be a forward pass?

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Just spent an hour this morning watching Sportscenter for their coverage of the GT game. Iowa got at least 10 min worth of love for a horrible game. TCU got plenty of coverage “still trying to figure out how they are even ranked… they dont play anyone worth a crap.” Oregon got spotlight props for the good win over a horribly overrated USC.

GT……buried in the 1 min “and in other football news section” showing one pass TD.
Of course UGA got a few good mins for their thumping by Florida. By the way UGA… the helmets are lame….seriously…when your uniform makes better press than your play on the field, its time to reevaluate your program….

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That was an embarrassment. If Vanderbilt hadn’t made so many mistakes in the 2nd half, Tech would have lost the game. I usually feel great on Sunday after a win, but not this time.

If we play like we did Saturday in Nashville, we’ll lose the last three games AND lose the devision championship.

Why can’t we play with any consistency?

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Gen Neyland, let’s see how the Vols perform against Vandy. Then you can try and defend how long Vandy hung with the Vols – - or perhaps how they hung one on the Vols.

BTW, one of those SEC bottom feeders gave Florida fits. So either Florida is close to being a bottom feeder, or MSU isn’t.

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A bit off-blog, but it was quite enjoyable watching the Dawgies go down in flames yesterday. They’ve evolved into a very entertaining team as we try to guess how many bonehead penalties they’ll have each week and how many of their illiterate thug players are arrested.

It’s hard to have any team speed when half their players are wearing those heavy ankle monitors.

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Oh and when are the dawgs going to get a real quaterback like Nesbitt. Cox looks so pathetic and overwhelmed each time they lose.

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very impressive. I said after the lose to us that if GT defense plays good, they will be the team to beat in the ACC. Right now GT deserves mid-top ten, maybe top 5 consideration. Great game!!

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GR82BAG8R : Until the game is played, one never knows what may happen. The point today is that GT-Vandy was played so now we can be critical of what was seen. Anyway, congrats to your guys…

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Would someone take a look at last nights game on ESPN360 at the 3:27:55 mark, take a look at Jonathan Dwyers photo? Who is that? It isn’t Dwyer so just wondering whose photo they have up with Dwyer’s name under it?

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Thank God for Oregon, I know Tech fans want to be ranked ahead of them, but I hate hearing how great USC is, when it was obvious they were not all that. way to go DUCKS! USC should be ranked 15th or higher if anyone votes for the truth and not for some west coast bias.

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BTW, this blog is still on daylight savings time.

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Gen Neyland, agreed. However, the same “an any given day” applies. As much as we all like to think our teams are much better than other teams, upsets do occur. The overall stats of last night’s Tech game show domination. What impresses more about Tech is how they make adjustments at halftime. They don’t have the talent, yet they find ways to engineer victories.

Congratulations on your victory over South Carolina. I have to say, though, those black jerseys look odd. Have you been taking fashion lessions from Georgia?

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Mr. College Football predicted Georgia Tech would win by 25 points against Vandy and they did so.

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per the espn analysis crew. lmao.

i find it sad (not really) that the only adjustment that coach richt knows how to make is an adjustment in the dawgs uniform. by the time they play us i fully expect richt to have them playing in pink panties.

as far as those that disparage our d… give me a freakin break already. some points…

-we lost a ton of talent from last year on d so we knew we would be in a learning curve.
-obviously coach w and j both knew we needed more talent on the d at the begining of the year. look no further than our current recruits. almost all of them are d players.
- tenuta the coach that never met a game day adjustment that he liked aint looking all that stellar at nd. even though nd is a senior ladden team of 4 and 5 star players.
-insider had it right. we have a ton of injuries on d and we are still performning well enough to win and win big.
-we have no senior leaders on d.
-of 31 points, 3 came after the half. great adjustments on both special teams and on the d as a whole.
-the d really only gave up 17 points when you consider the run back and the hail mary tipped pass that vandy was gifted.
-anybody else notice that we ’shut’ down the ko returns after the half? shut them down. shut down a guy who tied will gaults return record.

i am way happy with coach w. those of you who whine an cry about him need to look at the facts before you prejudge the guy.

if he isnt doing his job than cpj will toss him out on his can (unlike chan) after the season is over.

something that coach richt has never had to do in his entire head coaching career.

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Mike Lum writes: “Tech scored 21 points off four Vandy fumbles. Without those, it’s a 4 point game (if my Tech calculus/math is right).”

Using the logic of that brilliant commentary, I could say, “Without the tipped pass, 62 yard run and kickoff return, it would have been 56-10.” What a ridiculous statement. You don’t get to analyze a game by removing the plays that didn’t go your way. If you could, then UGA would actually have a winning record right now.

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Tech’s mouth runners better hope they can score 50+ points on UGA becuase it is going to take that many to beat the Dawgs

Tech cannot stop the pass, UGA will throw the ball all over the yard

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Tech fans who are being hard on JEFF,

remember when you were making fun of UGA for beating VANDY “only” 34-10?

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I feel sorry for CMR having to suffer through the alumni who force his hand on filling skill positions.

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Todd

give me a break! You want a pat on the back for beating another 2-7 team?

Tech’s wins
JAX st (get real)
Clemson 5-4
UNC 5-3
VaTech 5-3 your biggest win is over a 3 loss team
Miss St 3-6
Virginia 3-6
Vandy 2-7
Flat St 3-5 or 4-5

Tech’s wins are over teams combined 26/27 and 35

Give me a break and play somebody

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Jeff, kudos to you for writing an article that creates controversy (and draws comments), even if it’s wrong. You always celebrate wins, no matter the score, margin of victory or the “luck” of the play or plays that made the difference. Granted, you dont celebrate long, because there just isn’t time – another game looms next week. The most bothersome thing to me about the Tech season is exactly what this article demonstrates – media bias. Tech gets almost no converage on the national halftime shows. Why is this? We lose to LSU last year; so what? LSU outplayed Tech. We lose to UM this year, for the same reason. Hey, it happens. Anybody can lose one game. You write a negative commentary, after Tech wins by 25. OK, the hell with it. All we can do is keep playing, keep winning (hopefully) and eventually we will get some positive press. (I prefer Mark B. anyway; he’s more of a straight shooter and never mixes politics with sports).

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Jeff,
I am a huge Tech fan (season ticket holder/contributor) and have been for decades.Some of our fans just cannot “stand the truth” which is what I think you gave them. The defense and special teams play are ultimately going to bite us if they don’t improve. It is absolutely amazing we can over-come these problems which is primarily because we have one of the top head coaches in the nation. Yes we lost some very good defensive players from last years team, and we have had some injuries this year, but we gave-up a ton of points to UGA in last years game.

Go Jackets!
Make sure you heap some more misery on the dogs this year.

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i love reading crap posted by fans who look for the perfect game and can’t find it anywhere.

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O was NOT fantastic. Forget that. Hello, Tech was playing a 2-6 team called Vandy. Big Orange fans call Vandy “Possum.” Why? Because they get run over on the road and die at home. Tech needs to step way way up. BCS team? Nah. Hey guys — worry about Weak Forest and Dook. One of these ACC “weak sisters” will beatcha.

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What game did you watch??? Tech won the game LARGE. Turnovers count. 8 touchdowns was a season’s worth of points under Gailey. And the tv announcers (SEC Shills!!) had the nerve to say the Tech offense is not built to come from behind. Obviously they know nothing about which they speak. This offense makes very big plays both on the ground and in the air. Vandy is not a great team but they played hard and lost again. A football game is 60 minutes long and it ends after the 4th quarter. Cutting performance into segments means nothing: The final score counts….
Give it a rest.

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easy charlie = coach smith and im sure more will pop up throughout the day. what a waste of a life this sicko has.

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Not long til the til the rubber meats the road at Grunt Field Dudd Stadium. Dogs will roll on this one. Keep it up Jackets, great team play.

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So Tech ran it up in the 4th quarter. What is different about that.

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Has anyone seen Jeffrey?

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The best defense is a good offense. For Tech, it may be the only defense. It is a good thing Tech’s offense is a truly great offense.

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For a win that was apparently so unimpressive, the ESPN commentators were sure impressed…

Dunno if anyone else caught this, but during SCar./UT game on ESPN they cut to an update on our game in the 4th qtr. right after we had just scored on the long pass. While they were showing it one of the commentators remarked “I can’t believe that these guys aren’t in the top 10″

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Jeff,

Do they actually pay you for your “insight” on college football? The way this crazy year is going, any win is a good win (see Iowa). And you do know that Tech rolled up 600 yards of offense on a team from the SEC – where we always here from UGA fans and AJC writers that every game is tough? Better luck on your next article.

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I watched the game on CSS. It was billed as an SEC football game. Yet the commentators constantly complemented Tech on it’s offensive prowess.
They fairly much knew that it was going to be a beat-down.

P.S. There’s a tin soldier that needs to ride away.

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nice win nerdos, you have officially beat nobody ranked in the top 20 , lmao

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sorry for the typos-using my daughter’s laptop

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To: “acc still athletically challenged conference ”

Uh – where did the dawgs go to get their head coach? Isn’t FSU in the ACC?

GT 4-1 against the SEC the past 2 years.

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Team success can’t be based on the attitude that no matter what the defense dosen’t do, the offense will take care of it. Wrong. This defense dosen’t seem to be able to learn and continues to let marginal
opponents score big. A strong defense is the surest route to football
success and can carry a marginal offense a long way. The converse is not true. After QB, running back and wide receiver, you put your best atheletes on defense. Coach Spurrier seems to be learning this lesson.

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If I were a dawg fan and thought my team could beat anybody I would keep my mouth shut about it. Even if the dawgs beat Tech, based on what has happened so far, anyone who predicts it now looks like an idiot.
UGA is down to its last gasp for the year. A win over Tech is the only thing left. Whoever gets to play them over the next 2-3 games is getting
a gift.

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I am a UGA fan and see no way UGA can possibly keep GT from 400 to 500 yards in offense when the teams get together. Your program is on the rise and its appears that UGA is heading in the other direction. Good luck to you for the restof the year and may your team get the respect it deserves.

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Good teams win in the second half, but wouldn’t expect an AJC reporter to know that. I saw on some post that Yech outscored Vandy 23-3 in the second half. Sounds like what good teams are expected to do? But hey let’s hope they stumble over turkey after Thanksgiving.

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I still can’t understand has Miss State lost to LSU. The same LSU that looked like the Steelers in the Peach Bowl is not in the class of Miss State. Is that another ” good teams find a way to win” story ?

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Jeff, please stop with this garbage. 1) It’s hard to get too excited about playing Vandy. 2) We have so many injuries on our defense it’s ridiculous and Vandy ran an unconvential offense with some guys that are pretty fast. 3) We put up 56 freakin’ points.

I’m still excited and can’t wait for the UGA game and (hopefully) the ACC Championship game. Tech is the best we’ve been in about a decade or so and we still get terrible articles.

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so bubba doggs – give us the nov 28 game plan? got a new qb yet?

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yes, dog squeeze.

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Dawg fan
I know you are craving attention. But at least write something logical. We have two wins against the sec you idiot and we don’t even play in your conf. When we beat you, we will have the same amount of wins as your crap team does now. That is funny!

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I wonder what will happen when….
Oregon loses again.
Lsu beats Bama.
Lsu loses to Ark or Miss
Fla loses to Bama
Iowa loses to Oh st
Cincy loses to Pitt or WV
Texas loses to A&M
TCU loses to wyoming or utah

It will get interesting when all this happens and GT wins out.
But we all know what will happen. They will say the sec is so good that a one loss team deserves to go nevermind the fact GT will have gone 3-0 against that very same sec.
And texas or some other team will get the nod and they will put GT at 3 or 4 saying they just aren’t good enough to be at the top. This is why a playoff has to happen. Each year CF crowns a champion, it is ridden with fraud. The bcs is a joke. Every team sport in the world crowns their champion by playing in a playoff AFTER the reg season. But not Div 1 football. Even 1aa has a playoff. Yeah those 1aa schools are so different where they can have a playoff and the teams they play against can’t. This sport is a joke.

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Hahahah, this is an awful read. Look at Iowa they have stumbled a ton over the past 5 weeks and they are still a top 8 team. Im so tired of the media tring to find something wrong with GT. The offense is top 10 in the nation and hard to stop. The defense is awful but are O scores enough points to win.

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i’m celebrating-we win by 28(how many teams beat vandy that many?) not playing our a game & some people call that a stumble? 9 wins his first year, maybe that many next week, i bet michigan fans wish rr was that good with another coaches recruits; me, i’m just wondering what kind of d we’ll have with his kind of kid..& with full scholarship limit of 85, our last coach skimped on d recruits…

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hey daugs-wud u trade coachs?we wud not!

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Why would anybody respect Tech, what have they done lately on the national scene? NOTHING!

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Dawg Fan 74 – we are 5-1 (soon to be 6-1) in our games vs the SEC the past two years. We beat Auburn twice with Reggie Ball and they are too scared to play us again. The SEC is a two team league – UF and AL and you are a joke.

Jeff, why do you choose to focus on the first half instead of the second half or the whole game? We totally dominated Vandy in the second half. Even their field goal was set up by a lucky deflected pass reception and they had a KO return for a TD in the first half.

What you fail to understand or appreciate is what has set GT apart from every other team this year – second half adjustments. I have not seen a team as good as GT this year in making adjustments and imposing their will on the opponent in the second half. CPJ is truly a genius when evaluating the game and making adjustments.

The other thing you fail to mention is that this team is just flat out FUN to watch play. Their execution gets better every week on offense (did you see the passing game??!) and the defense gets the stops and the turnovers necessary to control the game.

Go Jackets and keep it up!

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Here’s what I think. The defense shows up when it has to. When they see the offense is going to trounce, they play to laid back. Then after the tongue lashing after halftime, they get it in gear. It’s happened almost every game this season. This is a prolific offense. Dwyer, Allen, Nesbitt and Thomas are studs. They would be all over sports center if they played on an sec team or tex, oh st, usc etc. They will all be back next year and they will be even better. Next year this offense is going to be just like Nebraska in 95. We are going to score 50-60 a game. By the end of the season, after we crush some big 10 school and are riding a 11 game winning streak, that will be when the idiot media finally talk about us. next year we will be pre season top 3 and in great shape to win a Nat Champ. You don’t need a bama type defense when you have this kind of offense. why is it no one says anything about bama’s offense as being a reason they can’t do this and that??? the best defense is a good offense. Over the past 20 years I have seen amazing offenses win Nat Champs from Fla, to Neb to Usc to Texas. Sorry but rarely do defenses win Nat Champs. It’s usually the offense. And if they ever do get a playoff, watch out. Cause you could see this type of offense win 2-3 Nat Champs over a 5 year period. Because it’s unstoppable when it’s run right. And right now it’s almost perfection.

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And the time of possession. This is a huge asset for gt. Holding the ball for 70% of the game. I wish we had bama this season instead of 2013. We would beat them 45-20

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I’ve read and heard complaints about our latest ranking, but I really don’t think we need to be too concerned about it. First, there are seven teams ahead of us who have not yet lost a single game. Regardless of their conference or their mythical “strength of schedule”, a perfect record should count for something. Suffice it to say that several of those teams will be playing each other within the next few weeks, so at least a few will drop from the ranks of the unbeaten.

There are also three 1-loss teams ahead of us … and all three have lost their only game to one of the seven teams mentioned above. Our single loss, on the other hand, came to the U … which is obviously not undefeated. While I personally think the Jackets are playing as well as virtually anyone in the country, you could make a case that our current ranking is “reasonable”. We just need to take one game at a time … win the rest of them … and let the polls take care of themselves. I believe that, if we win our last five games, we will finish the season somewhere between # 3 and # 5. If we build on that foundation, then next year we should start higher and stay higher throughout the season.

Go Jackets!

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I find this very telling of GT football and the ignorance of the media types like Jeff S.

Since the Miami loss Gt has won 6 in a row. I may be off a point or two, but I am pretty sure GT has covered the spread and in most cases doubled or tripled it in every game since the loss.

UNC the line I think was 7 and we won by 17
Miss st the line was 5 1/2 and we won by 11
FSU was fav by 5 and we won by 5
VT was fav by 3 and we won by 5
We were favored by 6 over Va and won by 25
We were favored by 12-13 over Vandy and won by 25

So if you took Gt every game since Miami, you won the bet. That is amazing in itself. Something that JS should write about but he and this crap paper’s columnists are too lazy to do any research.
Next week we will likely be favored by 12 over Wake. We will win this by 30.
How long before the media wakes up to the fact this is a top 5 team and is the most underrated team in football? We are on a march for a nat champ. If not this season, next year. GT reminds me of neb in the mid 90’s the way we are running all over teams.

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Behind. Huh? Football is TWO, that’s 2 halves. Not one. We gave up 3 points in the second half, and that was only on a fluke play. Quit making it sound like the D was bad all game. What’s the difference between playing great the first and 2nd qtrs and not so good the 3rd and 4th? I would rather play good the last 2. Funny how no one said anything about the def in the VT game, but that’s what happened. Great 1st and 2nd qtr. Not so good 3rd and 4th. The bottom line is until someone stops us offensively, we will win no matter what the def does because we control the ball. And the fact the def stepped up in the second half, well I am not worried about it.

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Here’s a reason to celebrate. We have twice as many wins as UGAg. LOL. And 2 of our wins have come against the mighty unstoppable SEC

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Drexal
We will run all over clemson. They won’t be a problem. and learn your bowls. the chik fila takes the acc #2 team, therefore it’s BETTER than the gator.

You’re obviously the same ugag loser posting idiotic stuff on here with your cute ever changing aliases.

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3 sec teams ranked now. Hmm just like the ACC.

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USC drops just 8 spots after getting blown out? They have 2 losses, with one being to a horrible wash team. And they are still ranked top 12? They should be 20-25. The polls are a joke.

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RamblingWreckFan
Same ugag loser thinking he’s so funny masquerading as a gt fan.
I would love to take on Fla and Bama. They would not stop us. Our off is better than their def. We could beat them both.

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“Beware of Clemson” won’t be a problem if we lose to Wake or Duke. FOCUS!!!

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tell it

Did you even graduate high school? My gosh are you ignorant. Nice spelling and grammar. Being a UGAg is perfect for you.

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Georgia Tech, Penn State, USC. That’s interesting. Iowa is still a sham, though. They are hanging by threads, AND they’ve already beat Penn State. That Iowa-Indiana game looked like ACC-Lite.

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Those Vandy fumbles were *very* forced.

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My new favorite stupid quote: “the woeful ACC.”

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SEC has 3 ranked teams just like the ACC. So simple math even a Uga fan can understand
Sec 3
Acc 3
3=3.

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@Drexel Gal, the peach bowl (I still call it that) is better than the gator bowl. The Gator gets #3 in the ACC while the peach gets #2 and I like Dome better than Jax.

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coach smith – Well, whatever. UGA beat Vandy by 24, and Tech beat them by 25. We all know the Tech-Georgia game will be competitive.

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Horn, See my comments to Matt on rankings.

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coach smith – for your analysis, try this: subtract one loss from and add a win to Clemson, Vandy, FSU, Virginia, Clemson, MSU and UNC because those teams lost to Ga. Tech. Their records would be more respectable if they’d played somebody like Charleston Southern.

Delobert’s Law – “It never pays to beat a top 10 team. Beat them, and theyre not top ten anymore.”

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Rename the Cynthia McKinney Parkway the Jeff Shultz parkway, and it would be an improvement.

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SEC Fan – Yes, but #1 hasn’t played #3, and #3 hasn’t played #9 yet. Refer to Delbert’s Law. Anyway, Iowa had better not sneak up there, or the BCS will be seriously compromised.

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I see the Tech-Wake game is set for 3:30. Does anybody know whether Wake’s QB did in fact suffer a concussion? Any word on his availability yet?

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BehindEnemyLines: “Denial”…Are you serious? Last night “not a performance that wins the next 3 games”?!?! What you smokin?

Name which team in the next 3 (Wake, Duke, UGAG) beats Tech when the offense produces 56 points and 600yds…There’s NOT AN FBS TEAM that would’ve beaten Tech last night when scoring 56 pts and rolling up 600 yds….PERIOD.

Stop joining Schultz’s Pity Party and CELEBRATE an awesome road win with an offensive performance that won’t soon be forgotten…Long passes, TDs, Dwyer runs, TDs, Nesbitt runs, TDs…WOW! Anyone referring to last night’s TROUNCING of Vandy as a “stumble” is looney tunes!

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how quickly that tech idiot forgot the louisiana state bengal tigers, you remember them don’t you little buggie, nice conference nerdo , we’ll see ya in Atlanta after thanksgiving even if the bug nation gives the dawgs no shot at winning……..its setting up beautiful with all the smack talk from the trainbuilders, llmmaaoo

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And guess where 1 3 and 9 will be when they play each other or when they all beat each other which is very possible. Try 5 10 and 20. Not much of a difference eh?

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Matt

November 1st, 2009
5:58 pm
And guess where 1 3 and 9 will be when they play each other or when they all beat each other which is very possible. Try 5 10 and 20. Not much of a difference eh?

You cant beat a flawed system, but you just got to go out and win.

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still waitin to hear your game plan doggs. and who you starting qb will be. time of possession boys.. time of possession.

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It’s funny to read some of the bs on here. They say vandy and miss st are crap. Well fla struggled to beat miss st. Lsu did too. Fla has already played 2 cupcakes. They also played miss st who these ignorant types call sec crap. miss st beat ky last night so i guess that makes ky crap. and fla has vandy next week. so 5 of fla’s 9 games so far are against crap. then throw in ark who a crap ga team beat and you got 6 teams. make is 7 when you realize tenn was playing like big crap when fla played them in week 3. and now since ga is crap, that’s only one team that fla has played, lsu that isn’t crap. but wait. miss st nearly beat them, only losing by 4. miss st had 4 turnovers in that game. lsu had 0. so imo lsu is crap too. so there you have it. fla has played nothing but crap this year. bama too. so you are undefeated playing crap. makes sense.

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sec fan
are you really this ignorant?
sagarin’s sos shows gt’s sos at 12. here’s where your sec teams and their “tough” sos are now.

fla 27
bama 36
lsu 39
so don;’t give me this sos crap. oh yeah vt is 7 and miami is 11. nice try sherlock.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm

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Don’t sweat it, Tech fans. I got a good deal yesterday on some used black helmets we can wear for the rest of the season. They haven’t even been sweated in. We will have to affix a T after the G, but hey, the price was right. I got them for tebow, I mean, two bucks. Anyway, their magic will surely propel us over the rest of the schedule.

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Delbert D yeah I don’t think Iowa is that good either, but the polls do. It is what it is.

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Very informative article. I love tech but as far back as I can remember they have always neglected their defense. If they would improve it they would be hard to handle. I’ve watched college ball for over 55 years and let me caution our fans. I know its fun to boast and brag but beware these successful seasons never last. Just look at that bunch over in Athens. They’ve had sucess for awhile, but now they’re on hard times. Remember that old saying, “what goes around, comes around”

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Yeah I agree, Bama, Texas, and Florida lose which i think is going to happen but I still think the BCS wil put one of them in the Champ game which would not be fair because the SEC is over rated. And I know Iowa will lose one prob Ohio St.

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What type of article is this? When Florida and Alabama struggle with a terrible Arkansas team, a weak Miss St team and you make the excuses that the SEC teams are tough to play. Well GT played and SEC team on the road and won going away. Give GT credit for blowing out Vandy!

UGA did not blow-ut Vandy and they played at home!

A road win in the SEC is a great win if continue to the overrated SEC football conference! GT has 2 road wins against SEC teams! What does that mean to you?

UGA fans GT is really going to stomp you this year!

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Yellow Fuzz, please cite one team(above #8) that GT could beat.

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About last nights game: I was out taking my little boy trick or treating and listening to the tech game on the radio. I could not believe how bad our defense was playing against a very weak Vandy offense. I am thankful we have a great offense like we have or we would be in bad trouble. After i got back home at halftime and saw the highlights I couldn’t believe the holes in the line that Norman had to run through and that other back ran through. Untouched. This has got to stop! I am happy for the win and happy that our offense once again had a great performance. Tech can beat you so many ways on offense. I just don’t think anybody can stop that. Our defense had better have their game faces on next Saturday against a very dangerous Wake Forest team who is gonna be pretty upset after losing to Miami in the last minute of that game. Skinner is a dangerous QB who can eat us up. I think we’ll win because Wake won’t be able to stop that offense and we will generate some long drives that eat up the clock. Go jackets!

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techredneck – You probably unknowingly called slobberknocker “genus” instead of “genius”. I have to agree, slobberknocker is not only a separate species, but a seperate genus as well.

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SEPERATE

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This article, if you can call it that, is the reason the AJC has dropping circulation. I have dropped the delivery and only buy one on occasion to get coupons or sepecial items. There is nothing good about the article, usless you are trying to please the Dogs. They got a better write up after giving Flordia a lot of help in pentalies.
I agree with the first comment, Kurtdt Kobain, just reread his. Max

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This win, statistically and on the scoreboard, reminds me of the wins made by Johnson’s absolutely dominant GSU teams. The defense will improve, but CPJ’s best defense has always been his superb, soul-crushing offense.

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Question for SECfan and other dawgs – Since UF beat the dawgs 41-17 at home and if Tech were to beat the same dawgs on Nov 28 say by a score of 42-17, would you then concede that Tech is equal or better than Tebo’s team???

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Dave Wommack take Note – comments from power ranking:
Why The Ranking Should Be Higher: 404 rushing yards and six touchdowns against a strong Vanderbilt defense is nice, and no one’s going to stop this running game the rest of the year, but …
Why The Ranking Should Be Lower: … Vanderbilt can’t score, and it got 28 first-half points. Yes, the Tech defense put the clamps down in the second half, but the D really isn’t that good.
Wommack, you have 5 more games to show that you can coach defense. If you can’t do better than the first 9 games then Donald Trump has a message.for you.

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In four SEC games so far, the most Vandy has scored is 10. Tech’s defense is absolutely pathetic and will be exploited against a real team if they ever play one.

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They couldn’t beat us with KnowShow Moreno and Matthew Stafford…how can they expect to beat us with Cox and no running game? Oh and that’s right a suspect D. 10 points is what they scored but whats the most scored on them? 56 was the most on Vanderbilt since Kentucky score 56 a few years ago.

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you’re a dispshick nessel

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