Predicting Georgia Tech’s season: Fast start, tough finish
Demaryius Thomas, Jonathan Dwyer and Morgan Burnett helped lead Georgia Tech to the ACC championship, but they're all in the NFL now. (Johnny Crawford/AJC)
Here’s another sneak peek at a column that will appear in print in this Sunday’s special AJC College Football Section. The 34-page section will preview Georgia State, Georgia Tech and UGA seasons, the SEC and ACC, top games, Heisman candidates and more. Today, we look at Georgia Tech’s schedule, predicting the Yellow Jackets’ season, game by game. Previously posted: Mark Richt feels Georgia is poised for a bounce-back season.
Paul Johnson has won more games in his first two seasons than any Georgia Tech coach in history. It’s just the ending that he’s having trouble with. Despite going 20-7 with an ACC title, Johnson’s Yellow Jackets have been thumped in consecutive bowl games by LSU (38-3 in the Chick-fil-A) and Iowa (24-14 in the Orange).
Endings also could be the issue this season. With the way the schedule lays out, it’s conceivable the Jackets will win their first eight games before hitting a wall (at Virginia Tech, Miami and at Georgia among the last four opponents). The other question: Will losing four top players — Demaryius Thomas, Jonathan Dwyer, Derrick Morgan, Morgan Burnett — to the NFL have a significant impact?
Here we go . . .
Sept. 4, South Carolina State: Smaller programs schedule these games to give their players the “experience” of playing a BCS conference school. Wonder how often the trip (and the money) actually seemed worth it. South Carolina State is 20-5 in the last two seasons but was slammed by Clemson, 54-0, in 2008 and South Carolina, 38-14, last season. This won’t be any different. Prediction: Jackets win.
Sept. 11, at Kansas: The Jackets defeated Kansas in the 1947 Orange Bowl. There shouldn’t be much of a hangover. This match-up looked more daunting years ago when the Jayhawks went 12-1 in 2007, but they slid to 5-7 last year, leading to the exit of the combustible Mark Mangino (also accused of verbal abuse of players). New coach Turner Gill will do a nice job. But he might’ve best summed things up when asked who the fastest guy was during spring practice: “Me.” Prediction: Jackets win.
Sept. 18, at North Carolina: Coach Butch Davis annually has one of the nation’s top defensive teams again but that hasn’t done much for the bottom line. He’s 11-13 in the three ACC seasons. Optimism is high in Chapel Hill, but another anemic offense could leave the Heels in the Meineke Car Care Bowl again. They just can’t score enough to beat the Jackets. Prediction: Jackets win.
Sept. 25, North Carolina State: Tom O’Brien has done worst than Davis in his three seasons (16-21, 9-15). The difference: He has beaten UNC three straight seasons. That will buy you some love (and time) in Raleigh. Besides, he inherited a kind of a mess from Chuck Amato. It says here the Wolfpack will be better than some people think this season, but they’re too weak up front defensively to stop Tech. Prediction: Jackets win.
Oct 2, at Wake Forest: It took a gutsy call in overtime – a one-yard run by quarterback Joshua Nesbitt on fourth down, which set up a touchdown run – for Tech to escape with a win over Wake last season. But as good a coach as Jim Grobe is, the Demon Deacons’ roster is devoid of experience and talent. Their win totals the last four seasons: 11-9-8-5. It won’t take overtime this season. Prediction: Jackets win.
Oct. 9, Virginia: There’s an upside for Al Groh to getting fired at Virginia. OK, so he went 5-11 in the ACC in his last two seasons, and recruiting dropped off a cliff. But now he gets to punch Virginia in the nose from the other sideline. The Cavaliers are bad, really bad. They’ll likely finish behind Duke in the Coastal Division. New coach Mike London won at the FCS level (Richmond), but he has little to work with now. Prediction: Jackets win.
Oct. 16, Middle Tennessee State: This is what Paul Johnson doesn’t want to do before the Middle Tennessee State game: Phone Ralph Friedgen for advice. Maryland has lost to the Blue Raiders the last two seasons. MTSU has a nice program for the Sun Belt. But if the Jackets struggle here, forget about the difficult final stretch because it won’t matter. This needs to be a tuneup game. Prediction: Jackets win.
Oct. 23, at Clemson: The Jackets won two meetings last season (regular season and ACC title game) by a total of eight points. Nonetheless, coach Dabo Swinney’s contract was bumped up from $800,000 to $1.8 million. The extra million should ease the pain of losing C.J. Spiller to the NFL but it won’t help the team. Don’t be surprised if the Tigers take a step back, although having quarterback Kyle Parker back (after he declined to sign a baseball contract with Colorado) helps. This likely will be a pivotal game for both teams in the ACC. Prediction: Jackets win.
Nov. 4, at Virginia Tech: The Hokies aren’t imploding. But they went 27-5 (.844) in their first four ACC seasons and 11-5 (.687) in the last two, so clearly the conference has caught up to them. Consecutive losses to Tech and North Carolina (at home) were telling. But this season they get the Jackets in Blacksburg and following a bye week following the Duke game, and an offense led by quarterback Tyrod Taylor and running backs Ryan Williams and Darren Evans (out last year with a torn ACL) should be potent. Prediction: Jackets lose.
Nov. 13, Miami: The Hurricanes looked like a BCS bowl team at times last season (wins over Oklahoma and Georgia Tech) but a young team looking for an identity at others (losses to North Carolina and Clemson and a 31-7 blowout to Virginia Tech). But Miami, led by QB Jacory Harris and a solid and aggressive defense, is solid, even if coach Randy Shannon inexplicably hasn’t completely won over the fan base. This could be your ACC champion. Prediction: Jackets lose.
Nov. 20, Duke: Don’t take this as a suggestion Duke is going to the ACC title game, but coach David Cutcliffe has won almost as many games in the last two seasons (nine) than the Duke program had won in the previous eight (10). With touted sophomore quarterback Sean Renfree, the Blue Devils will be just good enough to scare you. But no – no upset here. Prediction: Jackets win.
Nov. 27, at Georgia: Paul Johnson pulled off an upset “Between the Hedges” in year one and then, at 10-1, laid an egg at home against the 6-5 Bulldogs last season. So predictions seem futile. But here goes: The game goes to the home team. Dogs’ defense improves enough under Todd Grantham to slow the option and Georgia wins a low-scoring game. Prediction: Jackets lose.
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Glory Glory
August 27th, 2010
3:18 pm
First.
And Tech SUCKS
Georgia Tech and Zombies!!!!!
August 27th, 2010
3:19 pm
What do Georgia Tech “fans” and UGA fans have in common??
Both are OBSESSED with any and all news coming out of Athens, GA.
Tim Tebow's Tears
August 27th, 2010
3:21 pm
Tech won’t lose to UGA. Bank on it
Animal Control Officer
August 27th, 2010
3:23 pm
Agree with all except Miami and ugay
Tim Tebow's Tears
August 27th, 2010
3:24 pm
I wonder what Washaun was doing up at 5am? Probably studying. Yea that’s it.
Animal Control Officer
August 27th, 2010
3:24 pm
What do Georgia Tech fans and UGA fans have in common you ask?
Neither go to uga
Glory Glory
August 27th, 2010
3:25 pm
Chances are, Joshua “don’t call me Josh, cause I’m a big boy now” Nesbitt will get a nice skull-thumping early in the season. Then you Nerds will get a sneak preview of how Tech will fare with ONLY PJ’s recruits.
And it’s going to be hillarious!!!!
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
3:27 pm
Nice quote by Gill. Being faster than his players was never something Mangino had to worry about.
Tim Tebow's Tears
August 27th, 2010
3:27 pm
Haha dilusional UGAy fan Glory Glory with a bold, yet misinformed prediction. The great thing about the system is anyone can do well in it. Remember Jaybo getting key 3rd down conversions 2 years ago? Enough said. Loser
JACKETNATION BABY
August 27th, 2010
3:27 pm
VT blanks sheep and Beamer will cry once again, boo hoo, Foster won’t know what the blank is going on…and Miami talks a big game, great recruits like ugay, but will choke for the 5th out of 6th time we have played them
chuckster
August 27th, 2010
3:27 pm
NO WAY that GT beats Clemson in Death Valley this season. GT has had their number since the butt-whipping a few years ago when ESPN College GameDay was at Clemson, but the Tigers have much more talent on the roster. It’s the Jimmys and the Joes, not the x’s and the o’s…
PJFAN75
August 27th, 2010
3:28 pm
Will UGA even have players left by the Thanksgiving? Been averaging an arrest a week for a while now.
Timmy
August 27th, 2010
3:28 pm
Robert Hall,
why can’t your program just accept your impending victory of the Fulmer Cup with dignity and pride? Oh that’s right…if you had any, you wouldn’t have recruited all of those thugs to begin with. Richt may be a great guy off the field, but let’s face it: he takes the Barry Switzer approach and turns the other cheek to what his players do.
Mettenberger of UGA
August 27th, 2010
3:28 pm
Tell him if he needs tips on beating the tar out of a woman, give me a call. And tell him not to worry, it’s only worth a 1 game suspension.
Tell Zack Mettenberger to stay away from bars and wild woman.I am TRUE REDNECK. Moron UGA fans, got to love them.
Georgia State Runs Your City
August 27th, 2010
3:29 pm
5 short years fromnow, Atlanta will be much more associated with Georgia State football, and nobody except you snobby little geeks at Tech, will give a damn about Tech football.
Keep telling people how you are superior, and how your academics are so hard, and that if you don’t aspire to be a socially awkward engineer that you fail at life. The recruits will take note, and allwho wish to have the Downtown Atlanta experience will go to State.
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA TECH
Chan Gaily
August 27th, 2010
3:30 pm
Miss me yet?…you will trust me
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
3:31 pm
Anyone else notice the irony of posts #1,2 and 4 (all by glory obviously) on an article written about Georgia Tech football?
Too funny. Only time will tell how the Jackets will fare this season…and it’s getting close folks. Less than 8 days until toe meets leather!!
GO JACKETS!!!
Timmy
August 27th, 2010
3:32 pm
LOL Georgia State football? That’s going to work well…just like Georgia State basketball is such a big hit. Seriously…you reside right in downtown in a black city and no one wants to come to your basketball games. It’s not going to be any better in football. At best, you end up like Tulane – playing in a pro city and an empty dome against teams nobody cares about.
GT runs over your Cow town
August 27th, 2010
3:33 pm
GA State will never be on the same level as the Jackets. Wishful thinking Rednecks. But that was a good laugh. Socially awkward engineer? Umm Engineers are pretty intelligent but not awkward. BTW, they make good pay.
Dawg House
August 27th, 2010
3:34 pm
HA!!!!!
You Tech morons act like Tech didn;t recruit ANY of the players that have found themselves in trouble…..
go take a look at Scout.com, and you will notice that every single player, each had an offer from Tech as well as UGA.
Double edged sword when you want to talk about how UGA recruits “Thugs” (if “thug” is defined as vehicle violations and underaged drinking). That’s a debate you don’t want to start, because you will lose.
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
3:34 pm
Schultz, how can you pick the trembling chihuahuas over Tech? Don’t you know your the official Dawg-hater and Jacket-lover for the AJC?
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
3:36 pm
Georgia Tech and Zombies!!!!! -
Ironic that you make that comment on a blog posting about Tech’s upcoming season where the first 2 comments are from puppies.
wasssssssup
August 27th, 2010
3:36 pm
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Destin Dawg
August 27th, 2010
3:38 pm
this is an article about GT”s upcoming season and all the Techies are talkiing about ??? the great Bull Dawgs… I LOVE it… Go Dawgs !!!!
Timmy
August 27th, 2010
3:38 pm
Dawg house,
The difference is that there thug activity was encouraged by UGA…even your own [former] athletic director indulged in it. They knew they would fit right in.
RE: Zombies Moron
August 27th, 2010
3:39 pm
Whose article is this? Tech’s, right? What are you doing here? How is it that UGA fans are here for the first couple postings? Oh, I see, working the night shift at the Waffle House today. Great hashbrowns though…
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
3:40 pm
Destin Dawg— lay off the Friday PM post-golf cocktails and re-read the comments…they are all from Dawgs…dolt.
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August 27th, 2010
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Destin Dawg
August 27th, 2010
3:45 pm
hit a car in a parking garage ???? happened to me in a church parking lot.. news must really be slow… hardly a “hit and run”… no injuries. no alcohol, no drugs/ weapons …. dumb for sure.. but nothing really bad ???
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
3:45 pm
Destin Dawg, maybe that’s because 3 of the first 4 posters on here were puppies trying to stir something up. Who’s obsessed with whom?:
The Varsity, Downtown Atlanta
August 27th, 2010
3:46 pm
Dear Tech Tailgaters…. all 7 or 8 of you.
Please refrain from leaving your empty asthma inhalers in our upper deck parking lot before your home games. Also, we will not be providing security escorts to get you safely from our parking lot to your “stadium”. You are going to have to deal with the muggers yourselves this year. Finally, please do not add extra sugar to your frosted oranges. We all know you nerds love getting a nice sugar buzz, but last time y’all did this one of you stuck your bare chest against the building’s window, scaring a group of girlscouts on their way to the World of Coke.
Thank you for cooperating… you stupid geeks.
The Varsity
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
3:49 pm
Destin Dawg, you’re right, it’s stupid, but it’s not like it’s seriously going to impact his career or the TCs season. But, with how many UGA (sic) players have been arrested, investigated, suspended, kicked off the team, etc, every incident is now an excuse to pile on. Not saying it’s something I would engage in, but is it really all that unexpected or unfathomable?
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
3:50 pm
Desitin Dawg–too many PBRs on the public course today?
Give me a break. Glory/Zombies/RobertHall is the ONE that is obsessed…how many handles can one guy try to hide behind?
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
3:51 pm
Schultz can access the IP addresses…please Jeff do tell…
@WreckBuZZ
August 27th, 2010
3:51 pm
You know, I’ve finally come around to the Dawg fans way of thinking. UGA DOES have a an advantage on the depth chart
GEORGIA TECH
Arrested: Robert Hall
GEORGIA
Arrested: Washaun Ealey, Zach Mettenberger, Montez Robinson, Trent Dittmer, Dontavious Jackson, Tavarres King, Josh Parrish, Jordan Love
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
3:52 pm
I hope we do well this year. I am sick and tired of losing. We don’t get the players like other schools, and it makes me sick. I think we will do well because our schedule is easy. South Carolina State, Kansas, UNC, NC State, Wake, Virginia, Middle Tenn State, and Clemson. We have a very easy schedule. We should be fine. I mean if we had to play a real schedule we would be hurting. I think PJ has things under control. GOOOO TECH
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
3:54 pm
Robert Hall = charges dropped
But don’t let facts get in your way….
KC in Smyrna
August 27th, 2010
3:54 pm
Jeff, 9-3 is acceptable the way you laid it out. My thoughts are slightly different. If GT runs off the first 8 games, I doubt we’d finish up 1-3. Momentum is a beast. Nesbitt won’t allow 8 straight wins to crash and burn like that. This is his chance to put his name next to Joe Ham’s. 8-0 start, and we are going BCS again.
GTman
August 27th, 2010
3:59 pm
GT and Zombies – What a loser! We don’t give a s%#T about what comes out of Athens and I never waste my time on UGA blogs. Apparently you do care what is happening at GT.
VT game will be tough, but we beat Miami at home with no problem and we get the pups again this year in their house. Paul Johnson will once again refuse to take some hedge after the victory because “he’ll be back to put another ars whoopin on the dawgies in 2 years”.
THWG
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
4:00 pm
I wish Nesbitt would be more accurate with his passes. He is not a real QB. He is just a big guy who runs a lot. We need more toughness on D. Like I said earlier, I am so thankful for our WEAK schedule.
wreckbone
August 27th, 2010
4:00 pm
I don’t think we will lose both of those ACC games. I admit, before I was not wanting to see the tough games. But with PJ at the helm, bring on, the stiffer the competition the better!
All you SEC folks talking smack about the ACC. Well looks like we got some teams now that may be pretty good. Time will tell.
And uh te fact that Ga State will have game sin the ga Dome does not propel their program to the heights of the BCS conferences. You my firend are wrong, Tech football will become more relevant. Especially if there is ever a playoff system for college football! UGA may have beaten Tech quite a bit since I’ve been a fan (’90). If that happens UGA does not want to see Tech in a football playoff!
Realist
August 27th, 2010
4:01 pm
How will Paul Johnson handle the heat if the Jackets lose the final four games of the season
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
4:02 pm
Actually, most strength of schedule predictions for this season have Tech’s schedule being tougher than UGA’s (sic). And it would seem that’s the general perception, too. All the analysts are talking about how tough a schedule GT has to end the season, but how the Dawgs’ schedule is squeezably soft.
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
4:03 pm
GT man – Let’s not piss off the pups. They did kick our trash last year. I mean we would of won if we could have caught the last pass. We need to be careful about what we say. The pups look good this year. Let’s trash talk after we beat them at their house this year.
Destin Dawg
August 27th, 2010
4:04 pm
Burdell that’s dumb name to hide behind…. we’ got rained out at Raven @ Sandestin… maybe martini’s later PBR.’s were 40 years ago…..
DawginLex
August 27th, 2010
4:08 pm
I don’t know about Miami Jeff. Coaching is just not there in my book.
I see 10-2. UNC could beat GT but I believe they are about to implode with the NCAA.
VT is my sleeper NT pick. Gotta take care of the potato boys first.
The mike bobo 17 interception idiot will have to take all the boise state stuff off of his ‘73 Pinto if that happens.
Unicorn
August 27th, 2010
4:13 pm
GT is like a Unicorn. They are mystical but still not relevant.
Destin Dawg
August 27th, 2010
4:15 pm
I think GT will only lose 2 and of course UGA will be one… so that should put ‘em in ACC championship vs. FSU?? Go jackets in all but one !!!!!!
clint castleberry
August 27th, 2010
4:16 pm
Glory, Glory to the dawgies….Glory, Glory to the dawgies….Glory, Glory to the dawgies, the CHAMPS OF CELL BLOCK 3.
saban
August 27th, 2010
4:17 pm
Tech will win 10 this year.
Puppies win at most 5.
Of course most of the puppies will be in jail by November.
ben
August 27th, 2010
4:17 pm
Jeff, since you boldly predicted Tech to win the conference and go to the Orange Bowl last year, we know you know your stuff.
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
4:19 pm
GT Alum—stop pretending to be what you’re not.
Destin—when you go around bragging about being a millionaire on an anonymous sports blog you’re going to catch the PBR/public course stuff. Man up old timer. Just remember Texas A&M was better than Iowa last year..isn’t that what you said?
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
4:21 pm
Destin–Another thing…you should do a little research before knocking someone’s handle for being dumb. Maybe not the most original handle but George P. Burdell has “done” more in this world than any mortal man could ever dream! GO JACKETS!!
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
4:25 pm
Burdell, most of the posts bearing my name are from a GT alumnus. But, since you don’t have to register your handle here, some puppy who can’t come up with intelligent replies to my posts is also posting under my name.
Jay W
August 27th, 2010
4:29 pm
Tech loses ot Miami, Georgia, NC, VT, Clemson, also loses Bowl game, where PJ never wins Bowl games.
7-6.
Hed
August 27th, 2010
4:35 pm
I think we will surprise and go undefeated.
Destin Dawg
August 27th, 2010
4:36 pm
Burdell.. Great memory…. if you don’t have at least a mill $$$$$ ( not much these days ) .. you can’t enjoy a busy life style… country club golf, offshore fishing, Carribean cruises, Etc… steak & lobster etc.. Come to destin we”ll wine & dine… Go dawgs and Tech in all buy one !!
Brock
August 27th, 2010
4:38 pm
UNC’s problems are not with the NCAA as much anymore but with the school itself investigating the work supposedly done by tudors doing work for the players. 10-12 players being investigated. That could hurt.
GT Anchorage
August 27th, 2010
4:39 pm
GT Alum, man your a real optimist aren’t you? I bet you do a lot of complaining. Are you sure that you aren’t a uga fan in disguise? Also, the schedule is pretty tough. The last stretch is brutal. I think that if we go into the Clemson game without a loss, we may finish the season with only 1 loss. If Tech can stay somewhat healthy, and keep the momentum, we will be hard to beat.
SatchelBuzz
August 27th, 2010
4:40 pm
Jeff,…Jeff,…Jeff,you disappoint me. Thought you had come around. Like CPJ says,..just let us play the games. Miami?…..C’mon man, give me a break. Also,..payback in Athens town if going to be sweet.
THWG!!!
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
4:54 pm
Destin–My home away from home is in Pensacola…gotta love the Emerald Coast! A nice lifestyle indeed. Cheers!
Paul in RDU
August 27th, 2010
4:54 pm
A joke making the rounds in RDU
There’s good news and bad news for UNC with the recent admission that a number of UNC football players may have had “help” from a tutor,
The bad news is that 9 starters may be out
The good news is that one of them is TJ Yates.
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
4:55 pm
GT Alum — Sorry, must’ve forgotten my “agenda.”
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
4:58 pm
Robert Hall of Georgia Tech … Are you looking to get banned, because you’re about there?
Destin Dawg
August 27th, 2010
4:59 pm
Burdell oil spill really screwed up our fishing ths year… but we’ll fish in the Destin fishing rodeo In Oct….then start back with cobia fishing in late March next spring… 1 week till FB.. Go dawgs
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:00 pm
SatchelBuzz — They asked me to predict, so I done predicted. But I promise to let the games be played.
SatchelBuzz
August 27th, 2010
5:05 pm
Jeff,…one more thing. The “upset” occured last November at HGF@BDS…heck,..it made their season. Most folks in the predicting bidness seem to have grasped this fact,…..just saying.
THWG!
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
5:06 pm
Oh come on JS—
Mr. Hall only threatened to beat up my wife…give the guy a break!
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
5:12 pm
Oh I guess you removed that post…it was my favorite. Time to leave the “ghetto” as many Dawgs like to call it and head back to the ‘burbs.
Everyone enjoy the last weekend without CFB for a while…Good HS games tonight…Braves homestand…8 more days!!! GO JACKETS!!
Paul in RDU
August 27th, 2010
5:14 pm
I don’t expect GT to go undefeated. I don’t expect them to lose 4 games either.
UGA-GT is a toss up. Have to give the nod to the Dogs as I’ve seen too many losses against them that should bave been wins
VT in Lane, on Thursday night, with VT coming off a bye week, I expect VT to lose
I can’t make my mind up on Miami. They have lots of talent but were overwhelmed by Wisconsin in the bowl game. Hopefully it will be scheduled for a night game and it will be cold – they flat out didn’t want to play in the cold in the Citrus Bowl.
Paul in RDU
August 27th, 2010
5:14 pm
Oops – I expect VT to beat GT.
boog
August 27th, 2010
5:18 pm
you are predicting Tech lose to UGA? Wow… I am shocked! Maybe you are not the biased @#$%
that I have always thought…
buzznsc
August 27th, 2010
5:19 pm
this just in….washaun was wearing the same red panties that his former AD had in his lap
So Funny
August 27th, 2010
5:19 pm
Glory Glory to old sorry UGAG. Our players are arrested everyday, but hey, we are preseason # 1 in arrest with 8 which equals the arrest SOS of # 1. Congrats to a sorry program, fanbase, alum and coaching staff. JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE.
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Delbert D.
August 27th, 2010
5:21 pm
VT needs magic or luck on defense this year. They lost all but 2 13-game starters, 2/3 of all the combined starts on defense overall. #1 backups at DT & LB are 1-letter guys. I think Boise State will take them in Landover. 20 out of 22 starters including Kellen More and 91% of all lettermen back. Tyrod Taylor is either great, or not very good. Best Passer Rating in the ACC (0.8 points ahead of Nesbitt). 56% overall completion rate; 4 games under 50%, 3 games over 70%, none from 60-69%. Hand it to Williams, and had it to Evans. I don’t think they’ll play TB at the same time.
Miami is monstrous on the OL, avg. 318 lbs. Also the backups. All told, 10 are 300+, 6 are 315+ and 3 are 330+. But can they move? The DL is large, too. But, Jacory Harris is 5th in the returning ACC QB Passer Ratings, and he threw 17 INTs last year. Miami has the ACC’s 2nd toughest OOC schedule behind FSU. The flakiest team in the ACC, I say.
North Carolina has a very good defense. They have had in the last 2 years a bad passing game. TJ Yates’ Passer Rating is 115.4. That is lower than anybody in the returning QBs of the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, PAC-10 and the SEC except for Mike Hartline of Kentucky and the combined pair that QB’d Vanderbilt last year. The average Passer Rating of those 5 conferences’ returning QBs is 132.1 Yates threw for 14 TDs and 15 INTs in 2009.
Georgia has too many unknowns to pick at this point. They lost 1,000 lbs. of DTs to the NFL. They won’t need as many in the 3-4, but how will that work? Can’t be worse? Neither can Georgia Tech’s. QB? Murray may emulate Greg McElroy, which would be good. If he gets hurt, uh-oh. Hutson Mason’s courses this fall should be electives: Playbook 101, 102 and 103.
NolesRule
August 27th, 2010
5:22 pm
Tech will lose to UNC, Clemson, VT, Georgia and Miami, all those teams have better players than Yech.
coachx
August 27th, 2010
5:26 pm
Tech should have a strong year. As long as they are only playing ACC defenses and smaller teams they rock the house.
When they meat a real team their limited game plan and inability to throw the ball gets them beat.
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
5:26 pm
Oh, goody, a Noles fan. Hoping you can win that weak division now that you ran off your old coach and Spiller has gone to the NFL?
T
August 27th, 2010
5:27 pm
I think Tech will have a great season and Johnson is a good coach. I really don’t see Tech having a lot of Bowl wins with him. His system can sneak up on a team whan they only have a week to break down film. Give a team 3 or 4 weeks before a bowl and you can kind of see what happens.
Joe Schmoe
August 27th, 2010
5:28 pm
GT only losese two at most this year. Revenge year for Tech on Miami… Tech players wont forget last year, and come out and handel The U. Time to snap some necks.
Joe Schmoe
August 27th, 2010
5:32 pm
May I also bring up that PJ has yet to lose two in a row as well.
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
5:35 pm
T, I honestly don’t know that I buy the whole give a team a few weeks to scheme for him and they can stop them critique. If that’s the case, shouldn’t ACC coaches who’ve seen this offense multiple times be coming up with fail-proof plans to stop this offense?
The scheming wasn’t the problem against LSU. The execution was the problem. The team screwed up almost everything they tried to do. Chalk it up to nerves, I don’t know. But the execution was terrible, and the most brilliant scheme in the world would be rendered useless by poor execution.
And Iowa doesn’t get nearly enough respect for how they played last season. They were one of the best defenses in the country. As another poster said, if their QB hadn’t gotten hurt, they might’ve gone undefeated.
Bug Zapper
August 27th, 2010
5:37 pm
Agreeing w Nolesrule on this one…..4 to 5 losses minimum for the insects….Not only do they have noone who can throw the ball but there is noone who can make a clutch catch
GT Fan
August 27th, 2010
5:37 pm
GT will finish somewhere between 8-4 & 14-0. If we stay healthy can win every game, but VPI will be out to get us and their cry baby coach will be all over the refs. I hope we take them to the woodshed this year.
UGA – if they can keep their players out of jail should finish 8-4 or 9-3 – will lose to Florida again, USC, AU and GT. They just might choke again against UT.
Delbert D.
August 27th, 2010
5:39 pm
Who is Noone?
Bug Zapper
August 27th, 2010
5:40 pm
I like guys, especially those soft UGA guys like Ealey…. Cant wait for the suprise he is going to give me, since he left jail! Wooo.
ArkyTech
August 27th, 2010
5:41 pm
Nice to have the program at a point where our fans get upset when predicted to go 9-3.
GT Alum
August 27th, 2010
5:42 pm
Bug Zapper, of course you would agree with someone who’s a supporter of a team that’s clinging to past glory and that isn’t even on our schedule this season, but still trolls on a blog posting about GT football.
Delbert D.
August 27th, 2010
5:43 pm
Harsh comment coming here. Now that Jimbo Fisher is in charge, will we see the real ‘Noles like in the past, or the semi-’Noles like in the past decade under Bowden?
Jack G.
August 27th, 2010
5:48 pm
Jeff—-why do you put up with all this name calling and bull Sh## on this blog. Start blocking some of these loud mouth juveniles and maybe (just maybe) you can start getting some meaningful Comments.
Richt Needs to GO
August 27th, 2010
6:06 pm
Doubt we slow the Jackets down more than in Atlanta last year!!! We out rushed them and that was the key. We may have several more arrests by then as well. Richt can recruit but unfortunately is not as good at coaching as Johnson and certainly can’t teach enough morals to keep our kids out of jail. Shoot he recruits the jailbirds according to LeMay.
superDawg
August 27th, 2010
6:19 pm
burdell you must have been the quarterback when O’liery won his NC at tek.
bandwagon
August 27th, 2010
6:22 pm
just like last year you nerds will jump off and bump you stinger in the jello!
MD
August 27th, 2010
6:27 pm
Both Miami and UGA have just as many questions as Tech.
I just don’t see how Tech could take 2/3 over VT, MIA and UGa during the first year of the offense yet drop all three this year, it just doesn’t seem reasonable. I’m pretty sure some questions on the recieving corps and the defense will be cleared up by then.
Two of those three don’t even have a proven QB, Harris doesn’t impress me.
GIVE ME A BREAK
August 27th, 2010
6:54 pm
I like GT at 12-2, more balanced this year and CPJ will add some new wrinkles to the passing game. GO JACKETS !!!! THWG !!!!
K who knows Derrick Morgan's Mom
August 27th, 2010
7:10 pm
You are all going to be disappointed when Ga Tech goes UNDEFEATED!
Mark that down!
K
August 27th, 2010
7:14 pm
Ga Tech may have the sweetest, smartest cheerleaders, but boy, are they hard to look at!
Why in this world can Tech not get ANY pretty cheerleaders??
There are pretty girls at Tech, but the current cheerleaders are not one of them!
Now, the dancers are goodlooking, but wow those cheerleaders!
Delbert D.
August 27th, 2010
7:29 pm
So join the squad, “K”
Reality
August 27th, 2010
8:03 pm
UGAg fans need to be more concerned winning their own little division before they enter on this blog to ‘woof’ about GA Tech! They need to be more concerned with finding some RB to replace their jail bird ‘hit and run’ guy. They need to be VERY worried about how Richt seems to continue to recruit and support the thug mentality of the team.
Why do they waste their time here? Jealously????
Reality
August 27th, 2010
8:04 pm
The only game I think that GA Tech might lose is the one in Blacksburg. We win the others.
Since VA Tech is in our division, it will be up to VA Tech to lose two other games. If that happens, GA Tech goes to the ACC title game again.
Bank it.
Going to be fun
August 27th, 2010
8:15 pm
Dogs will lose to the jackets…reason improved Jackets defense and continued consistency on offense. For the first time in a long time GT is deep, still underrated- hallelujah to that – great motivation. Go Jackets!
Cuttysark
August 27th, 2010
8:30 pm
Can’t wait for the season to start to see how accurate these wins and losses are for the Yellow Jackets. Paul Johnson and Al Groh will be ready for the challenge and I see another successful season on the Flats. For more Georgia Tech Football articles go to http://isportsweb.com
Crystal Ball
August 27th, 2010
8:51 pm
Tech wins by forfeit because Dogs can’t bail enough players out of jail to field a team.
Flak "Jacket"
August 27th, 2010
8:59 pm
You have to love the way the techies boast of minor arrests in Athens and how “Thugish” our players are. If you think for a moment Atlanta PD cares about the kind of violations UGA players are committing or have the time to be concerned about Tech players being arrested for like incidents, you are only fooling your own kind. They would only love to have things that easy…..Remember, almost game time in the ATL. Wear your “flak Jackets”
Coolest in the Clutch
August 27th, 2010
9:11 pm
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NESBITT
…..for…..
HEISMAN
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Delbert D.
August 27th, 2010
9:20 pm
“You have to love the way the techies boast of minor arrests in Athens and how “Thugish” our players are.”
Why?
Delbert D.
August 27th, 2010
9:21 pm
Write in the first person if you want to say something.
Flak "Jacket"
August 27th, 2010
9:50 pm
Will try to keep it simple for you in the future.
alcoholic
August 27th, 2010
10:01 pm
cant wait to hear techies crying to get rid of chan gailey jr. after this year. Eat s@#t nerds!!!
Butts Wagner
August 27th, 2010
10:54 pm
This is a very reasonable prediction. I see the VT, UM, Uga, Climpson, and UNC games as all being toss ups. And maybe you throw either the NC State or Kansas game into the toss up pile as well. That’s 6 definite wins, with 6 toss ups, with the definition of toss up being a 50% chance, and that’s a 9-3 season. I don’t think GT is going worse than 8-4. And I want to say the ceiling is 12-0, but 10-2 is a more realistic ceiling. For GT, it comes down to line play. And the 5 big games are the teams that have at least one side of the ball that can dominate at the line. We saw Uga destroy GT’s defense last year. We saw UM destroy GT on both sides last year. Climpson was dominant at times last year. VT is VT, they will provide a tough game, no matter what the names on the jerseys are. And we all know about the hype surrounding UNC’s defense. If I were a betting man, I’d go 9-3 for GT(I think that’s the over).
????????
August 27th, 2010
10:56 pm
I hope tech is undefeated when they come to athens but I also hope I win the lottery. Odds are about the same, lost to much talent in draft and if Nesbitt gets hurt tech is DONE. Ga. needs CMR to have his best year coaching and we could win 10 games but it will be a challenge. I pull for tech to do good just not against Ga.
Ted Striker
August 27th, 2010
11:05 pm
Nice column.
AFDawg
August 27th, 2010
11:15 pm
Anyone who doesn’t think Georgia State has the potential to be relevant in the next five to ten years doesn’t is goingto be very surprised. PJ had better get them on the schedule now, because certainly won’t want to play teh Panthers five years from now. Georgia Southern has been begging Tech for a game to help them out financially — Tech is too scared to play them. GSU has been very appreciative of UGA putting them on the schedule every four years — some of those games were tough. I have to admit I envy Tech’s cupcake schedule. If only UGA played in the ACC or Big 10. In the last decade we have only one loss to both of those conferences, and that was the fluke against Tech when we started fumbling kick-offs and trying to push running backs out of bounds — and that’s playing against the likes of GA Tech, Clemson, FSU, VT, Mich ST, Wisconsin, Purdue, Ohio State. The ACC is irrelevant as a conference these days.
Butts Wagner
August 27th, 2010
11:26 pm
they flat out didn’t want to play in the cold in the Citrus Bowl.
As someone who was born and raised in Orlando, went to college in Atlanta, and now live in the Northeast, Orlando is about as pleasant as it gets in late Dec. Atlanta, which I now realize is not cold at all, is much colder than Orlando. As an ACC fan, let’s hope Miami lost because of the time off. As a GT fan, I hope it was because of the cold.
DOG DOO DOO
August 28th, 2010
12:41 am
ga state, ga southern, ugay can all go to he!! or shreveport, same difference..who cares..just like the gooberdogs, walmartscooterdog, hotdogdog, burgerdog, milledgevillephildog, idrownedindestindog, drunkyardog, drunkanddrivingdog, trailertrashdog, isleptwithmysisterdog, inbreddog, iblanksheepdog, dozendonuteatingdog, 7thgradeducationdog, etc,…GET A BLANKING LIFE hit and run morons
GT BABY
August 28th, 2010
1:52 am
chuckster- clemson has a deeper roster? they lost spiller and ford, you dumb a$$!
Yellow
August 28th, 2010
7:06 am
http://wrecklessramblins.blogspot.com/
Run, ealey, Run
August 28th, 2010
7:53 am
glory glory, along with his dumb dog fans, suck. Yeah, your boys run this state with stupidity and your what if attitude. Say what you will, but the bottom line is you, et al, suck. Have a Blessed day.
Chan Gailey Strikes again
August 28th, 2010
8:24 am
Don’t be talking about OUR cheerleaders! If you talk about one of them, you’re talking about our entire team. Don’t make me come off this field and stick your face in the mud K boy.
Chan Gailey Strikes again
August 28th, 2010
8:27 am
Doo Doo Doo… Do that again, that was funny!
Navigator
August 28th, 2010
8:36 am
Any time you pick the second half before it’s played is throwing the dice. Injuries can drag a team to a mediocre record, but the other side is emerging talent that makes a team better than expected. That’s why we play the games.
dawgfan
August 28th, 2010
9:11 am
It’ll be same ole same ole. They’ll rack up a bunch of wins against ACC creampuffs. The Clemson win will probably be their “big” win that they hang their hats on. They’ll get run out of town by either VT or Miami, or both. They’ll “almost” beat Georgia and then lose yet another bowl game. A classic Georgia Tech football season.
I say 9-4. Maybe 10-3 if the ACC sucks as bad as it usually does.
YAWN.
Not Disappointed
August 28th, 2010
9:35 am
The gamee depend upon Nesbit. I believe we have a shot to win every game, but you have to play them one at a time. The young QB at UGA hasn’t played a game. We shall see.
Man, I’m ready for some “College Football!”
calvin
August 28th, 2010
10:00 am
A Chan Gailey team beat Virgin Tech in Blacksburg. A
Chan Gailey team beat a highly ranked Miami in Florida.
As for Georgia, we won’t have ‘Bay Bay’ to drop the pass,
and Johnson doesn’t like to be humiliated. So much for
Schultz’s hopes, I mean, predictions.
GT hasn't won a bowl game since 2005 (Champ sports Bowl)
August 28th, 2010
10:17 am
Wow, it is official tech fans are more delusional than uga fans. You won the ACC once in a down year for the conference and you think that you are NC bound! HAHAHAHHA! What a joke!
dawgfan
August 28th, 2010
10:29 am
calvin, will you still have that laughably undersized D-line for our O-line to push around like a blocking sled?
Doug the Jacket
August 28th, 2010
10:44 am
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA
Greg
August 28th, 2010
11:48 am
That’s really pretty much a cupcake schedule, especially with UNC having the problems they’re having. Really only VA Tech could be considered a possible top ten caliber team; and we don’t know for sure about them.
Abdullah the Bitcher
August 28th, 2010
11:50 am
Jeff is correct on almost all counts. Tech will beat Miami at home.
Once a decade!!!
August 28th, 2010
12:40 pm
Nerds win once a decade and think they are back in this thing….We still own you!!!
WE ALWAYS WILL RUN THIS STATE!!!!!!!!!
UGA OWNS TECH!!!
Twilb Dawg ‘01
Ash
August 28th, 2010
1:29 pm
Tech’s season will hinge on the same thing it did last year. Defense. I have confidence the offense will improve, but if we can’t stop the opposing team a least once in awhile we are not going to go anywhere fast.
It’s going to be a good year…see you at Bobby Dodd!
steve millar
August 28th, 2010
1:32 pm
Until johnson sees the light and adds a genuine passing element to the office I think every season will go much the same with a strong start and a weak finish. I think his system works largely because teams only have a week to prepare for it but as time goes by there will be more film for the defensive coordinators to dissect. And Bowl games will by definition be problematic because Tech will always be playing a quality oppontent with ample time to prepare. I love my jackets but I don’t see the triple option alone continuing to deliver wins over the long haul.
MD
August 28th, 2010
1:51 pm
Steve–
Think about your post for a second. How long has Johnson been coaching? Do you think there is any lack whatsoever of film? There is decades of film on this type of offense.
The preparation excuse is about the 7th or 8th excuse on why the T.O “will not work”, despite the fact it has already worked many, many times. The bowl game excuse that other morons are using is even sillier, when did Tech last win a game under their anemic pro-set? 2005?
Tech could have ran a UF style shotgun offense but their OL did not match up with at all with LSU or Iowa’s. If you get dominated on the LOS, any offense will sputter.
T-MAN
August 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
Jeff…the jackets will finish with wins over Miami and Ga…may lose to Va tech at home..the defense will be better and I don’t see a drop off with the offense,they’ve got a stable of running backs and the offense line will be better…I’m just saying this could be a very special year for my beloved Yellow jackets…….MY PROJECTIONS 12-1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BABY….TO HELL WITH GEORGIA
Robert
August 28th, 2010
3:09 pm
Not surprising to see you pick Tech to lose all of the toss-up games. They won’t. For sure they won’t lose to UGA, because their fans and players have pissed off Paul.
Los Angeles
August 28th, 2010
3:31 pm
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Joshua Nesbitt for Heisman
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dawgfan
August 28th, 2010
3:36 pm
Why have we pizzed off Paul? I thought he had bigger fish to fry than UGA? And what have we done since 1980? Why should Georgia Tech measure themselves by UGA? I have no idea why we would have pizzed off Paul. We’re nothing. Its all about ACC Championships against 8-5 Clemson and overtime victories over Wake Forest for that man.
Now, lets leave la la land and get back to reality. I’m pretty sure your punk azz players might have pizzed some folks off tearing up our hedges in ‘08. Good luck trying to do it again.
'Sack Schultz!' . . . . .starts NOW!
August 28th, 2010
3:55 pm
Georgia Tech and Virginia Polytechnic will both be 8-0 when they meet November 4th.
The Hokies should be ranked pretty high after beating Boise State.
The Jackets will beat Beamer again and be 9-0.
Miami will lose in Atlanta and UGA will lose in Athens to GT.
Looks like a great 12-0 regular season for Georgia Tech
TheTiger
August 28th, 2010
4:08 pm
Get a clue, Jeff. Your precious Paul Johnson is a master of the triple option offense, but he’s a terrible recruiter. Look at how GT’s recruiting classes have tanked since he took over. He has won the first two years using talented 4-star players like Nesbitt, Dwyer, and Morgan. Look at their current class. Not a single 4-star on it.
Paul Johnson is a flash in the pan just like Fat Friedgen was at Maryland. It’s not Clemson who will take a step back this year, it’s GT. It’s all downhill from here, bee fans.
YellowFellow
August 28th, 2010
4:13 pm
We are not going to lose to the Tar Heels? Excellent….we will have one heckuva Tickle Pile after that thrilling win over the Rams. Cum if you can.
THWGT
August 28th, 2010
4:53 pm
What is laughable is that gtu fans actually think they will will 9 games. LOL
THWGT!!!!!!!!
HATE RED AND BLACK!
August 28th, 2010
7:06 pm
LET’S GO GATORS!
Ironic
August 28th, 2010
8:08 pm
I read the article with interest, then saw all the comments. I am a UGA Alumnus but actually pull for Tech when not playing the Dawgs. It is pointless for Tech fans to comment on Dawgs trolling this article as the reverse happens all the time. I personally respect Tech and its academic standards, but UGA is no slouch. I personally have a biochemistry degree from UGA and a graduate degree and am very successful. I make more than any engineer I know. I do realize we have many fans that are not Alumni, but it is the state school. It is wrong to criticize those fans for liking UGA. Have you ever been to a Florida game?? There fan base is very similar to ours. Plenty of alumni, but plenty of “country folk” as well. Also, I know plenty of people who are Tech fans and never attended one class at Tech. All this is silliness. I say go Tech until they play my Dawgs. Good school, good people, just like UGA. Best of luck this season.
CrackDaddy
August 28th, 2010
8:20 pm
This is the guy who Tech lost to UNC: Rushed for 3 td’s in 1st half of Friday game. Romar Morris had plenty to smile about after accounting for nearly 300 yards of total offense against East Rowan. And he did it the way the UNC coaches envision him doing it at the next level with a couple of touchdown catches and several long runs.
ATL Dawg
August 28th, 2010
9:33 pm
Tim Tebow’s Tears please tell me where I can wager with you. You stated that GTech will not lose to UGA – “Bank On It”. That is exactly what I would like to do is go to the bank with the money I would take from you. Buy a vowel and get a clue!
DAWGS#1
August 29th, 2010
2:57 am
Why do tech fans think they can justify there words when they say tech will beat GEORGIA but GEORGIA fans are “dumb” and “ignorant” if we try to justify our words when we say we will beat florida but anyways I’m staying away from north avenue to many “THUGS” are sitting and waiting to mug and rob me. GO DAWGS!!!
UGA Crumbles
August 29th, 2010
7:17 am
The only possible losses for GT this year are VT and Miami. They are the only teams GT plays which have top 10 potential. Gt is looking at a 10-2 season at worse with either an ACC championship or a BCS at-large bid.
No matter What
August 29th, 2010
8:13 am
Tek couldn’t beat the worst UGA team in a decade with two weeks to prepare and playing at home. The loss in Athens to UGAin November will be #4 after losses to VT, Clemson and Miami.
No matter What
August 29th, 2010
8:15 am
Don’t forget bug turds that UGA will be much better than last year and you know what happened last year. Think you guys will ever win a bowl game again..ROTFALMAO
Joey
August 29th, 2010
8:19 am
Animal Control Officer, there would be a lot of near-empty college stadiums (you know, kinda like Tech’s) if only attendees of the game were graduates.
Do you Techies mass-mail talking-points weekly for posting? You guys are the only blog-posters who make idiotic assertions like that. Fans are fans.
I am an avid UGA fan – was born in Athens when my daddy was in school, but didn’t have the grades to get in, but attended Valdosta State instead.
I have followed every UGA football game since the early 70s. I know the history, the players, everything about UGA from Coach Butts to Coach Richt. Does the fact I didn’t get my degree from UGA mean that I am less of a fan? I don’t think so.
BigDawg
August 29th, 2010
9:14 am
Don’t worry about Ealey- CMR is sending him to my pool for the weekend to clear his head. CMR asked that some of you send your daughters to console him. Hit and run led to a one game suspension? Are you serious? William Bell came off a national championship year and was suspended a year for stealing a text book. Cheer on UGA fans- you remind me of Obama fans.
GT
August 29th, 2010
10:03 am
Miami has got to find some coaching before they are what they want to be. They fall off the map towards the end of the year too, but not to top 10 teams like Tech. Tech gets clipped by Va. Tech in a barn burner. I am thinking our new defensive coach may bring something to this party but need to see some games under his belt before I predict a win for Ga. Tech. You spend that much time in the same state watching an arch rival you pick up a few pointers on how to beat them. The offense will always show up for Tech. If you want to beat Tech watch how Georgia figured it out last year. Their game plan was repeated by Iowa in the Orange Bowl. They really had no choice but were even more successful, with ball control and did more on defense than even Georgia. Ball possession beats Tech and Georgia came within one dropped passed by a first round draft choice wide open of even losing that game, and Tech was in that Iowa game till the forth quarter. This is why PJ fired his defensive coach, and now has one of the best in the business. If that defensive which is very talented shows up this team is better than last year’s and last year’s wasn’t bad.
Bobby Dudd
August 29th, 2010
10:58 am
Jackets Lose.
Washaun Ealy
August 29th, 2010
11:32 am
We hit and run this state
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girl know better than you dog idiots
August 29th, 2010
8:23 pm
none of the AJC writers predicted GT to win the ACC title last season so what do any of you know about this season, nothing. And you armchair never worked out in my life or bench pressed dog geniuses couldn’t even predict your own team losing 5 last season but you know- it-alls have it all figured out this season for GT. Yeah right.
By the way for the 1% on here that did play football, peewee league doens’t count. The truth is you didn’t like being tackled or hit and God forbid you do not have the discipline to work out in the weight room week in and week out, but Lord can you run your mouths about how much you know about each kid that does have the guts to try and be the men you couldn’t be. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU.
Goldfinger
August 29th, 2010
9:04 pm
Glory, Glory scorns what Tech will do with “ONLY” Johnson’s recruits. He must think Gailey was a red-hot recruiter.
James T. Kirk
August 29th, 2010
9:06 pm
Jeff,
Is it safe to say we are the feared, intimidating team in the country this year?
Zombie Club President
August 29th, 2010
10:40 pm
Is it true that Al Groh called up UGA Parking Services to get the video tape on how they were able to stop Washaun?
Hmmmmmmmm!
August 29th, 2010
10:49 pm
Got to agree with you DAWGHOUSE. It’s not the recruits, because as you say they are recruited by both schools. So that obviously leaves it to be one thing……..the school. thUGA needs to quit ruining the good kids of the state of Ga.
The UniPenitentiary of Georgia
Uni because “All for one and one for partying”.
At Georgia partying is code word for alcoholics and druggies.
Hit and run U…….and I’m not talking about football.
Party on thUGA……Party on………….
If you want to solve the violence and drug cartels in Mexico
then may I suggest putting a wall around the thUGA campus
instead of on the US and Mexican border.
That will stop the demand for drugs and the cartels biggest
source of income and it will dry up the cartels.
Ron
August 29th, 2010
11:12 pm
Is football over yet?
No matter What
August 30th, 2010
8:11 am
HUMMMMMMM Glenn Beck could not have said it better…. nothing like complete hyperbole to make a pointless point.
Applingshire Dawg
August 30th, 2010
1:29 pm
Yes, I hate on y’all who hate on UGA on our blogs but I see a very good season in the making at Tech. Get over the debacle in Miami against Iowa and let’s have a slugfest in Athens after T’giving. Always cheer for y’all unless you’re playing us even against other SEC opponents. Good luck, guys.
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GT Electrical Engineering
August 30th, 2010
5:26 pm
For all Dawg Fans
Wanted y’all to know we’re now BETA testing the new PETA approved robotic Dawg mascot. So far he whines, runs around in circles 3 times and pees all over himself. We need your input on a 4th trick. Would you rather see him
a. Hump the leg of the nearest UGA cheerleader
b. Run under a bus or
c. Explode into a million pieces?
DAWGS#1
August 30th, 2010
6:44 pm
Hey GT electrical engineering… How about an option d… Sing glory glory everytime washaun and caleb score on Techs Defense this year hahaha 30-24 WE RUN THIS STATE!!!
tommy
August 30th, 2010
10:41 pm
Your predictions are to commonly easy. Most everyone in the country who doesn’t study teams closely can and do make the same predictions. I think it would be very tough to beat the dawgs again in athens. I will give you credit there. I think too many people are hyping up Miami which happens every year. “Miami’s Back” Don’t we hear this every year? Can we not say that maybe great athletes need a good coach at Miami? Same for FSU. They make a coaching change and everyone is saying that they are ACC champs. People forget that we would have beat VT two years ago if not for the bad call late in the game. That was back when our option was doing to well. We dominated them last year and will this year. VT will always have a good defense but there offense stinks as always. Your predictions are very mediocre.
tommy
August 30th, 2010
10:42 pm
UGA runs the state in DUI’s and domestic violence. Hahahaha. Thugs
Nesbitt for Heisman
August 31st, 2010
7:34 am
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http://www.nesbitt4heisman.com
James T. Kirk
August 31st, 2010
8:19 am
How exactly will we lose to the mutts Jeff? We own them!! They are one of the worst teams in the country year in and year out. We have 5 Highsman candidates and they have how many, negative 3? Give me a break. Johnson will never lose to the mutts from the farm.
GT+CPJ=SUCCESS
August 31st, 2010
2:25 pm
Dear UGA fans,
I will start to take you seriously when you can point out facts to the same old blanket statements you make every year. The new ones are CPJ will fail with his own recruits and GT will fail if a team has time to prepare. There is no evidence to support this, yet some of you love to look stupid and ramble on about it. I know you will point out the bowl games, and I will point out that LSU had a defense that won the NC and Iowa was the #4 defense in the land. Oh and let’s not forget GTs lack of depth the last two seasons and using converted d-lineman and RBs on the offensive line. If GT is so irrelevant then why oh why do so many of you spend so much time obsessing on GT blogs?
Saint Simon
August 31st, 2010
9:57 pm
(((((((((((((((((((UGA 30 – GT 24))))))))))))))))))))))
(((((((((((((((((((((UGA 73 – GT 66))))))))))))))))))))))
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE RUN THIS STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
outsider
August 31st, 2010
11:15 pm
Saint Simons, get a new tag line. The one you use is boring and meaningless. What are you going to do next year after G.T. whips your boring butt. Ruining the state is not a great accomplishment. Oh, I’m sorry you said run not ruining. Make sure you lock the doors to your trailer tonight.
As with most of you bloggers on the Tech site, you never went to school in Athens. Pathetic losers to Florida and of late to Kentucky. I would learn to keep my mouth shut until after the season unfolds.
Saint Simon’s where did you really go to school? All of us want to know where stupid is taught.
fast start . . . FAST FINISH
September 2nd, 2010
6:19 am
. . . .. * 14-0 *
for Georgia Tech in 2010.
GT Sambo
September 2nd, 2010
1:59 pm
I just can’t believe there are UGA fans on here continuing to perpetuate the myth that Chan Gailey was a great recruiter and CPJ is a terrible one. Chan had one good recruiting class, 2007, and it still wasn’t as highly ranked as every UGA recruiting class over the last ten years. CPJ’s two recruiting classes so far (09, 10) have been nationally ranked in the high 30s to low 40s, which is better than every Chan class except 2007. Plus I maintain, that CPJ’s classes are always going to be under-ranked becuase he isn’t even trying to recruit 4-star QBs, OLs or RBs. They don’t fit the system.