Georgia Tech doesn’t look ACC ready, starting with defense
Coach Paul Johnson's offense, led by Joshua Nesbitt, managed just one touchdown in the last nine possessions, but the Jackets struggled big-time on defense. (AP photo)
LAWRENCE, Kan. – In the final game before opening the defense of its ACC championship, Georgia Tech missed tackles, missed assignments, dropped passes, roughed the kicker, roughed the quarterback, certainly roughed its own fan base, shanked a punt 13 yards, seem to float in and out of consciousness against a team that a week ago was dropped by North Dakota State and looked so bad on defense that one was tempted to ask, “So, anybody have Dave Wommack’s phone number?”
Forget the question of whether the Yellow Jackets are ready for next Saturday’s ACC opener against North Carolina. They’re not. The only question is: How deep is the hole?
“There’s nothing magic I can say, like, ‘Abracadabra, kazaam,’ and it’s going to be fixed,” coach Paul Johnson said. “You just have to get better.”
The Jackets just suffered the worst loss of the Johnson era. Projected to win by two touchdowns, they lost 28-25 on Saturday to a Kansas team that a week before was dropped by North Dakota State 6-3.
Fortunately, North Dakota State isn’t also on Tech’s schedule.
Kansas receiver Daymond Patterson spins away from Tech's Kyle Jackson. He finished with seven catches, including a touchdown.
Humiliation was well represented on both sides of the ball. Even Johnson’s vaunted offense struggled. The Jackets scored one touchdown in their last nine possessions.
But the problems really start with the one area on Tech’s team that figured to improve this season, and the one area that absolutely had to: defense.
When Johnson fired Wommack and hired Al Groh, he had no illusions that Tech suddenly would morph into Alabama. He just figured the Jackets would be better than Alabama-Birmingham. Hasn’t happened.
Tech continues to miss tackles and blow assignments. The middle of the defense looks soft against the run, even going back to last week’s game against South Carolina State (178 yards rushing) . When Kansas went to a no-huddle early in the game, watching Tech’s players was like looking at a kicked fire ant hill.
The Jayhawks scored touchdowns on two of their first three possessions. They converted four of their first five third-down situations. It would have been five out of six, if not for a dropped pass. They had a freshman running back, James Sims, rush for 101 yards. They had a receiver, Daymond Patterson, with seven catches for 85 yards and a touchdown.
So much for the Groh effect.
To what extent this can be attributed to a slow transition to Groh’s 3-4 and how much of it is simply bad play can’t be certain.
“You’ve got to get off blocks,” Johnson said. “Sooner or later, it can’t all be the scheme.”
True enough. But who takes the fall for players coming out flat (linebacker Kyle Jackson: “We didn’t look like we were ready to play. We came out kind of dull.”)? Or failing in basics like making a tackle?
“I’m in charge of it,” Groh said. “If there’s any finger to be pointed, it’s at me.”
Groh said the Jackets have practiced enough against the no-huddle, so “to say that was the issue would be a cop-out.”
He said of the 3-4 scheme: “It is what it is. We’ve made the transition. We’re playing the defense. We just have to play it well enough. You’re not going to be competitively tough if you just start making excuses.”
When asked if Kansas — who managed only a field goal in 12 possessions against North Dakota State — is a team that should score four touchdowns against the Jackets, Groh got a little testy.
“That’s fantasy football. I just deal with what happened today,” he said.
But it’s not fantasy — Kansas really did score only three points.
Groh: “That was then. This is now. That’s not the game coaches play. Coaches play the game that’s played today. The rest is talk radio, those guys who have all the answers.”
If Groh has the answers, it doesn’t show. The Jackets go to Chapel Hill next week to start things for real, and as Jackson said when asked if he felt like the team was ready: “You know — I feel like we’ve got a lot of work to do.”
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248 comments Add your comment
mmgtfan
September 11th, 2010
5:42 pm
First! Unlike Tech.
mmgtfan
September 11th, 2010
5:42 pm
Yes. I was first on Bradleys blog too! 2-0
flagboy?
September 11th, 2010
5:44 pm
When Kansas went to a no-huddle early in the game, watching Tech’s players was like looking at a kicked fire ant hill.
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Ouch.
GT Man
September 11th, 2010
5:47 pm
We still need a defensive coach and not an 65 year old man from Virginia
flagboy?
September 11th, 2010
5:47 pm
When Kansas went to a no-huddle early in the game, watching Tech’s players was like looking at a kicked fire ant hill.
_________________________________________________
Ouch.
Gonna be a lonng season
September 11th, 2010
5:48 pm
Somebody must have drugged this tek team. They looked like they could care less. About as sloppy as it ever was under Chan. I would like to hear from yellow fuzz and ramble on. What you got to say boys.. or is it girls?
Dawgs2010
September 11th, 2010
5:50 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Tech Man
September 11th, 2010
5:52 pm
They look like they where surprised like when they played the muts last year. They thought they were going to blow them out and kansas wanted it more. It is a good thing that the muts lost or it would be a waisted week n!
hello
September 11th, 2010
5:54 pm
Hopefully this acts like the Miami game did last year….we won the next 8 straight after that beatdown in Miami. UGA fans talking trash kind of surprises me…you guys did not look any better…6 points in 4 quarters….just saying.
HugoStiglitz
September 11th, 2010
5:56 pm
Only positive thing I can think of is that we played possibly our worst game under CPJ and still had a chance to win at the end. We should have gotten killed the way that we played.
Ralph
September 11th, 2010
5:56 pm
Gotta agree with the headline.
A dwag laughs, evidently not noticing his overrated (yet bookie underdwag) team didn’t even come close to the spread. Both Tech and UGAy are in trouble if they expect to go bowling to any place better than Shreveport.
Gee
September 11th, 2010
5:58 pm
What happened to all the NC talk the mutts were yelling after last weekend? Focus on winning your division before you aspire for bigger and better things.
Mcsteveb
September 11th, 2010
5:58 pm
This loss was all on the coaches. Tech was confused in all 3 phases of the game. They looked as though they had no scheme for either the offense or the defense. Despite all their ineptitude, they had a chance to win this game at the end. But even then, they didnt really look like they knew what they wanted to do. The scariest thing was the offense. Just as in their last two bowl games: if the option gets stuffed, they have no way to adjust. They meekly go down in flames. If they can’t put up 45 points per game, this will be a long, cold sesaon…
the truth...
September 11th, 2010
5:58 pm
So much for the vaunted pro defensive gurus at both Tech and GA…..
Not Don Waddell
September 11th, 2010
5:59 pm
Man, remember the mid-1990’s when a Gt or UGa fan would watch some of their game, then get ready for the real games that day to follow. There is some form of relief in knowing that your team just isn’t in line for anything big, so you can instead watch the rest of the games and enjoy your day.
All The Way
September 11th, 2010
6:08 pm
Tech still has no defense, it is pitifal. Tyler Melton couldn’t catch a cold, and should never be allowed to play wide reciever, and Mr. Hill is not much better. Face it, without Thomas we have NO passing game, and for all the good Joshua does he is no passer. However, when he does put the ball on target no one can catch it consistantly. We looked lost out there at times, worse than CPJ’s first season. Looks like at least 4 maybe 5 losses for this team maybe more. Today was really pathetic, and feel that for the first time CPJ was out coached, and his team was not ready or focused, of course if somebody could throw and catch, it might have been different.
Tech Man
September 11th, 2010
6:11 pm
Both teams got a fat L and that is what the bottom line is!! Only difference is; the muts was supposed to lose and tech was should have won, but both are a Lost. Tech will probably not be ranked tomorrow. They better get it together or it is going to be long year.
Dooley
September 11th, 2010
6:12 pm
Say what you want to say but this team is in trouble. Until we develop a passing game, every team we play will put 8-9 men in the box and DARE Tech to beat them with a passing game. Tech’s passing game is an embarrassment. Our receivers had man-to-man all day and we could not capitalize. Without a passing game, the LB’s will play tight and crush the LOS on every play. A strong passing game keeps the defense honest and gives the running game space to operate.
The defense is a joke. Our defense looks like it is coached by Peewee Herman. They are not mean, dirty, nor nasty. Look at some of the top NCAA defenses. These guys look mean and act like they want to rip off your head. Our defense looks like they are afraid to get dirty. Defense wins championships but not Tech’s.
It could be a long day against UNC next Saturday.
Bama 13
September 11th, 2010
6:13 pm
Have you seen the carnage amongst ACC teams today? Tech looks like the best thing going!
SC
September 11th, 2010
6:15 pm
GT Man
September 11th, 2010
5:47 pm
We still need a defensive coach and not an 65 year old man from Virginia
You’d have to actually pay one of those GT Man. How embarrassing is it that you have Groh for no other reason than UVA is picking up the tab and your sorry program couldn’t afford to go out and get a quality DC.
reebok
September 11th, 2010
6:17 pm
We didn’t tackle, we didn’t catch the ball, we committed stupid penalties. Offensively we went away from what was working and tried to get too cute. The only positive is that this was a non-conf game. I hope the players are embarrassed by this, and I hope they use it as motivation. and hey, to all my Bulldog-loving frenemies who frequent the Tech blogs, let me offer this humble opinion…neither Tech nor UGA is very good.
Rich
September 11th, 2010
6:17 pm
The football team resembles the basketball team – overrated, under achieving and poorly coached
Pearl Bodeen
September 11th, 2010
6:20 pm
Missing Chan’s players it appears to me!
TDone
September 11th, 2010
6:21 pm
The problem is penalties, then a lack of execution. Our guys have defenders one-on-one in open field and they don’t make the first guy miss. On critical plays in the game, our guys make the stupidest penalties.
layinlow
September 11th, 2010
6:21 pm
What happened to the great Al Groh the super bowl champion? Thats all I heard from tech fans. Anybody with a functioning brain cell should have seen this coming after the debacle he had as head coach at Virginia. Al Groh is an old dud who rode the coattails of Parcels and Belicheck. He is now being exposed as a crappy coach, which turkey neck should have saw with his work at UVA.
Jeff Schultz
September 11th, 2010
6:22 pm
MMGTFAN — I’m not if that will open doors for you or not, but mazel tov.
Breaking News
September 11th, 2010
6:24 pm
looks like the domain name “nesbitt4heisman.com” is now for sale….weird
Art
September 11th, 2010
6:24 pm
Hiring Paul Johnson was a huge mistake. His recruiting will bury this program for 10 years after DRad fires his butt next year. I pity the poor coach that has to clean up his mess.
Dawgman566
September 11th, 2010
6:24 pm
Groh and Johnson. Grumpy Old Men.
Born2Buzz
September 11th, 2010
6:25 pm
I didn’t watch the game (recorded it) and may not. But did Groh have TJ Barnes sitting on the bench for most of the game like last week? Somebody tell me please.
Logan Walls may have a great motor but you’ve got to have a big dude playing NG in the 3-4.
But this sounded like a bad game all the way around. Only upstaged by VT losing to James Madison.
GWB
September 11th, 2010
6:25 pm
No talent, no coaching, no hope. It’s going to be a long year.
GTJeff
September 11th, 2010
6:25 pm
Hello are you serious? That was MIAMI, not a horrible Kansas team that lost to a BAD FCS school. And comparing UGA’s loss to a tough SC team to this is asinine. They played a HELLUVA lot better than Tech. Stick a fork in it…this season is DONE!
UNC 42
GT 13
Wake 54
GT 23
Clemson 35
GT 3
and so on…
Emmett Merchant
September 11th, 2010
6:27 pm
Paul Johnson showed a lot of class to that female sideline reporterette today…..he realizes that Chan Gailey’s best recruits are gone now and that he has a triple chin and manboobs.
ga gator
September 11th, 2010
6:32 pm
Jeff you are wrong, Tech does look ACC ready; they suck like the rest of the ACC.
Lil' Barry Bailout
September 11th, 2010
6:37 pm
Idiots.
stendek
September 11th, 2010
6:38 pm
SO IT GOES!
http://hubpages.com/hub/Yellow-Jackets-Swatted-By-Unranked-Kansas-In-Major-Upset?done
safetydawg
September 11th, 2010
6:41 pm
Tech ACC Ready? How ready do you have to be? Lets look at all the notable conference glosses over the last four weeks. GT loses to Iowa, Kansas, and Georgia. UNC loses to Pitt & LSU, FSU loses to Florida & OK. VT loses to Boise & James Madison, Miami loses to Wisconsin & OSU, Boston College loses to USC. Clemson loses to SC.
Has there ever been a major college conference that has ever had this pathetic a stretch of football in history?
SRF
September 11th, 2010
6:42 pm
I do not see a single team on the schedule that GT can beat playing like this…..
smitty
September 11th, 2010
6:43 pm
yep, the ACC is getting drilled today…..fsu, gt, um, vt, etc are toast today…….not sure where to start with the problems at GT…….they were pitiful on defense….terrible penalties, turnovers, all of which can happen and put a team in the hole and yet GT still had a chance to win ( or tie ) at the end………and unfortunately it was GT’s passing game that needed to provide the lift which didn’t happen…….tech had several third/fourth and longs in which the passes fell incomplete…………nesbitt is spot on with his passes sometimes and then he misses a receiver by a mile…..too inconsistent…..maybe we need a platoon QB, using one who can pass when we need it………if kansas can do this to GT, you can bet NC, etc will too…….lots of work to do…….i love the option, the coach, but you gotta have balance to beat the big boys ( and kansas too)……go jackets
FUZO
September 11th, 2010
6:44 pm
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A high school offense, Absolutely no passing game, no defense in spite of Groh expertise. It takes first class athletes to win. What athlete with a Pro career on his mind would accept an offer to play for Tech? The 4 that went to the pros early were Chan Gaileys boys. Thanks CPJ for killing the season early, Started listening and loving Tech in the late 40’s with my late Dad. Living retired in Florida–going boating. This offensive scheme will keep Tech a mediocre team until it is replaced. You freed up my Fall season and made my wife happy. I no longer care!
Tech Man
September 11th, 2010
6:45 pm
We don’t have a punter, kicker, or passer. Looks like a 7-5 season and the blue turf, if we’re lucky.
HugoStiglitz
September 11th, 2010
6:46 pm
The ACC does look pretty lousy today. I think the hype for basketball season might start a little early this year.
Bug Zapper
September 11th, 2010
6:47 pm
Now now now people…..Both UGA and Tech will be jus fine this year……This wknd is just a reality check for both teams…….UGA has found one heck of a QB and the D is good….Tech just ran into a desperate team…….Not an ACC fan but was really pulling for a better showing than what I’ve seen today from Mi, FSU, and VT…..Get ready ACC fans but the trash talk about the ACC is gonna continue….Jus sayin….
ben
September 11th, 2010
6:49 pm
I love Johnson, but it does seem like the playmakers on offense and defense were all Gailey recruits. Without Morgan, Burnett, Dwyer, and Thomas, this team looks very ordinary. Where are our future big time playmakers? I don’t see any. On either side of the ball.
JSS
September 11th, 2010
6:52 pm
It’s alive!!! Run from this blog before IT posts again!
And for a lot of you who have completely lost your minds and perspective… Flip over to the FSU-OU game… These kids deserve any perk they can get…
@ Jeff Schultz…
If you staying the night, see if the 23rd Street Brewery is still there
and tech signed who?
September 11th, 2010
6:56 pm
Just wait till PJ gets his recruits!!
ben
September 11th, 2010
6:59 pm
Born to Buzz: You can’t have a mammoth, unmotivated, weak pile of blubber in the middle. Which is why we must start someone who doesn’t fit the profile of a nose guard.
dagnabit
September 11th, 2010
7:01 pm
ga. tech looked confused.
St Simons friend
September 11th, 2010
7:02 pm
HugoStiglitz
September 11th, 2010
5:56 pm
Only positive thing I can think of is that we played possibly our worst game under CPJ and still had a chance to win at the end. We should have gotten killed the way that we played.
Considering who you played today, HugoS, you did get killed. I mean they scored 3 whole points against No Dakota State. That is a 31 point turn around against Groh’s defense. Wow!!!
Mark Bailey
September 11th, 2010
7:02 pm
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C.D. Collins
September 11th, 2010
7:07 pm
GT Fans, I told you so. On behalf of the state of Virginia, thank you for talking Al Groh off our hands.
Tech is Tech
September 11th, 2010
7:10 pm
Kansas, really Kansas! According to Tech’s logic if you lose to a team, you lose to all the teams they play. In which case, Tech lost to South Dakota. Yes, Tech really is football stupid, that’s the only reason I hate Tech!
Damon Evans
September 11th, 2010
7:10 pm
Sniff sniff
Gonna be a lonng season
September 11th, 2010
7:10 pm
South Carolina will wind up in the top ten before year end. Murray loked good but the offensive play calling was too conservative to win and the defense couldn’t tackle Lattimore.
On the other hand Ga Tek looked lost against a team that got beat North Dakota St. , North Dakota St. guys. No way you can spin this to make it sound like the losses were similar. UGA was the underdog. Tek was favored by 14.
Angus
September 11th, 2010
7:13 pm
Worst day in the history of ACC football?
layinlow
September 11th, 2010
7:13 pm
The way I see it Tech is in a catch 22. PJ is certainly a superior college coach to chan gailey. However, like gailey or not he recruited some pretty damn good football players to Tech. And PJ? I just don’t see any of his recruits rising up. Where is the up and coming talent? I just don’t see it. What happens next season when Nesbitt is gone? I’m willing to bet he won’t be so damn arrogant in the future. His mouth has wrote some checks his a$$ can’t cash. lol.
Techredneck
September 11th, 2010
7:14 pm
The Jackets lost some great players to the NFL. They’re just not that good this season. There’s no great mystery in PJ’s offense. I’m glad he’s the coach but theres not that much talent on the tech team!
DeepDiver
September 11th, 2010
7:15 pm
Oh yeah, Tech is most definitely ACC-ready. What a pathetic stretch for this wretched conference…so basketball practice officially starts in just over a month. Can’t wait!
UVA Fan
September 11th, 2010
7:15 pm
That’s what you guys get for hiring Groh. Hope you enjoy the next 7 years of smart-ass, conceited comments like we did!
Captain Obvious
September 11th, 2010
7:17 pm
A long year it will be for these Jackets. It looks like we believed that if we rolled our helmets on the field we would win based on our season last year. Kansas did not get that memo. Neither will anyone else left on the schedule. The coaching needs to improve. The all powerful offense was offensive today. I expect the defense to be mediocre. I have been told that this offense will score points and be very difficult to defend. I think I have been told an untruth. It will be interesting to see what CPJ comes up with moving forward. I will be watching.
HugoStiglitz
September 11th, 2010
7:18 pm
St Simons friend. You know it doesn’t work like that. A lot of teams struggle early in the season. Kansas unfortunately struggled too much. They came back strong though, kudos to them. Oklahoma looked terrible last week too, as well as Florida. We won’t really know how good anybody really is until mid season.
Boise Dawg
September 11th, 2010
7:26 pm
Well the Hokies just cost Boise State any shot in the BCS championship game. Virginia Tech was pretty stupid to schedule anyone on a short week after such a big game. I have to laugh that they were the ones that insisted on Boise moving the game to Labor Day…. game was supposed to have been played in October.
I really thought FSU was going to beat Oklahoma too. This could be the worst single day in ACC football history. I guess look on the bright side Tech fans…. it is anyones conference for the taking.
Jetbuzz
September 11th, 2010
7:31 pm
I agree with SC’s comment about the DC’s position/pay. We may have taken the “easy” road in hiring a semi-retired and inexpensive DC. A younger guy who’s hungry to eventually make Head Coach, who’s both skilled and passionate in D coaching, might be worth the extra bucks. The D squad needs spit-n-fire from above. Preparation/execution might be valuable also.
Poor showing all around today. No excuses top to bottom. Let’s get it moving Jackets! This is your talk radio dimwit – over & out.
Demonic Deacon
September 11th, 2010
7:45 pm
You better stick with the service academies.
gt has put the ZZZZzzzzzzz back into football.
LOL
macrotech
September 11th, 2010
7:46 pm
Hate that we lost…I give credit to the Jayhawks for their execution of play! Our ‘D’ seemed lost through the entirety of the game and someone needs to teach Hill how to run routs. He seemed as lost as our ‘D’. I hope that THIS game will wake our team up…two weeks in a row that they showed up flat. Not a good week for the ACC…gonna HAVE to do better representing. There’s plenty of time to get our act together…UNC is gonna come at us with their ears pinned back! GO TECH!!!
ACC LOL
September 11th, 2010
7:46 pm
Ut OH!!!!! It seems the CPJ lovers are turning on him. I said it when he was hired, “teams will figure out that triple option”. If teams force Tech to pass they will win. ACC is the best high school football in the nation.
The acc SUX!
September 11th, 2010
7:47 pm
Year after year its the same old story.
The acc SUX!
CrackDaddy
September 11th, 2010
7:47 pm
I’m seeing reports that UNC’s no. 1 RB and top D-back have been declared eligible for Tech. They will probably get several more back as well. Tech will most likely have to play its best game. UNC has a chip on its shoulder.
Tech Man
September 11th, 2010
7:49 pm
If we don’t get the d on the right path, we are going to lose a lot of game this year!! This was very stupid lost. We were just standing around and very poor tackling. I am shocked of how we played!!
BehindEnemyLines
September 11th, 2010
7:52 pm
“Fantasy football” = thinking there’s anywhere near enough D1-caliber talent or heart taking the field defensively for GT. Or adequate coaching to overcome those deficiencies.
reality
September 11th, 2010
7:56 pm
GT will be OK.They will still win the ACC.
and tech signed who?
September 11th, 2010
7:58 pm
Annapolis South
reality
September 11th, 2010
8:00 pm
hello? Does that make you feel better? You will be 0-2 when you lose to Ark. Then how will you feel?
Mark Bailey
September 11th, 2010
8:02 pm
reality…you’re hilarious! Based on what?? GA Tech will lose to UNC, Miami, Clemson, UGA and probably one other. That’s 7-5 and a Humantarian Bowl bid. Have fun with that. Your season is over. The gimmick is up.
ACC rules the day .........not
September 11th, 2010
8:04 pm
Based on what I have seen from the ACC lately GT has a chance to run the table – the conference is that weak.
Sadly that will lead to retaining the two Grumpy old men CPJ and CAG.
We can then continue our march to mediocrity.
reality
September 11th, 2010
8:05 pm
Mark…how do you realy feel about getting your A** kicked in Columbia. The reality is that UGA is a 3rd tier SEC team. Enjoy your 7-5 season.
Dontavius Supremo
September 11th, 2010
8:09 pm
Tech was beaten by a fourth rate team. This is not good for the stingers.
Mark Bailey
September 11th, 2010
8:10 pm
HAHA…I’m not a Georgia fan, not even kind of! Nice try though! Please try to back your rediculous statement with something better.
Mark Bailey
September 11th, 2010
8:11 pm
Reality….HAHA…I’m not a GA fan. Not even kind of. Nice try though. Now, why don’t you try to back up your rediculous statement with something more concreat.
Mark Bailey
September 11th, 2010
8:13 pm
HAHA. I’m not a GA fan…not even kind of. Nice try though. Now try to back up your rediculous statement with something concrete.
Joshua
September 11th, 2010
8:17 pm
We seem to have a tradition of coming out flat in a lot of games going back to before Johnson. The attitude, mindset and ‘culture’ that’s supposedly being changed is obviously still mired in the same apathy in regards to playing on the field. The problem isn’t so much the offense or defensive schemes but simple fundamentals, execution and attitude. I saw it last year and I see it now: come out and smack Tech in the mouth a few times and they seem to lose interest and focus. With such basic issues continuing to exist it doesn’t matter one iota what offensive/ defensive scheme Tech runs. They will struggle.
@reality
September 11th, 2010
8:17 pm
You chumps caught a beat-down from a team that NEVER should have beaten you. BTW, did you see the highlights from the Wake/Duke game? Duke would have killed you guys today. Sit down and shut up.
jorge
September 11th, 2010
8:17 pm
The jackets are about a ready for the acc as the dogs are ready for the sec. NOT!! And speaking of gimmicks……how about those intense dogs?
Diablo69
September 11th, 2010
8:18 pm
The difference on offense this year is Bay Bay. Miss St. played us the same way last year under the same DC and we burned them for more passing yards than rushing.
The difference on defense this year is – not much…
jorge
September 11th, 2010
8:20 pm
Why don’t all you what if dogs shut the ++++ up. Even the acc champ of 1969 whipped your whiny butts today. Brag on blow hards.
Old School
September 11th, 2010
8:26 pm
Been a Tech fan for more than 50 years, so I’ve seen a lot of highs and lows. I don’t jump on and off the bandwagon, and I will not ridicule the players and coaches. But the disappointment and frustration with how they played and coached today are there, nevertheless.
I would be less than honest if I said I was hopeful for the rest of the season after the first two games. As Schultzie noted, the middle of the defense looked so “soft.” That was the exact word that went thru my mind watching last week and this week. They may be lighter than most teams– especially the interior three— but they also appear slow off the ball and slow to react. That’s a combination that does not bode well. And frankly, experience as the season goes on won’t help size and speed/quickness.
As for the new scheme, I am no coach but common sense says that you play the 3-4 you darn better have interior people who have some size and are not easily man-handled. So what do you do? Live with what you have? Go back to the 4-3? I dunno. I’m not paid the big bucks to make those decisions.
Offensively, I like Johnson’s office, but when you simply are not going to be able to grind it out and bust a big play on the ground down after down, series after series against an athletic, well-coached defense. You have to be able to throw the ball some for crying out loud. And not just the homerun ball. Tech’s short-mid range passing game is absolutely horrendous.
Nesbitt is a warrior thru and thru, and he is able to take a tremendous amount of punishment, Neither can anyone ever question his heart. He can rocket it long, but he seems to have little or no consistent touch, especially on out patterns. I just wonder how much they work on throwing the ball in practice, especially when it comes to timing routes.
I am still trying to be hopeful. I won’t give up on this team, players or coaches. But from what I have seen against a pair of teams which were to be— and nothing has changed my mind— two of the three weakest teams on the schedule, well, it’s going to be tough road.
Guess the main reason I have hope is that the ACC as a whole is weak with the possible exception of Miami which at least competed today against a strong opponent.
Oh yes, there was some good news today. It came out of Columbia.
Let's Go
September 11th, 2010
8:27 pm
GIve Kansas’s defense some credit. This was a well coached defense today who played their zones perfectly and made the tackles which forced Tech to try more pass plays than I think they would have liked. Tech did not look like a well coached defense or special teams today.
Phi Beta Kappa
September 11th, 2010
8:27 pm
Can we get a spell checker on this blog?
Old School
September 11th, 2010
8:28 pm
Sorry. I like Johnson’s “offense”, not his “office.” Although I hear it is very nice.
Mark Bailey
September 11th, 2010
8:29 pm
Reality…I’m not a GA fan…not even kind of! Nice try though. Now try to give some concrete information to back up your rediculous statement.
JSS
September 11th, 2010
8:33 pm
@ PBK…
A spell checker won’t correct a properly spelled that is misused.
By the way, Firefox and Google Chrome have spell check…
Robards
September 11th, 2010
8:36 pm
Sorry about your Dawgs, Jeff. Maybe next week.
MrDan
September 11th, 2010
8:37 pm
Cheer up Tech fans. You’re still in the ACC.
Look up and to the right............
September 11th, 2010
8:38 pm
Speel cheeker is on the tool bar dolt……………
Delbert D.
September 11th, 2010
8:44 pm
Unfortunately, Georgia Tech does look ACC-ready.
stan
September 11th, 2010
8:46 pm
i think we are in trouble with no passing game and no defence.
RAMBLINWRECK
September 11th, 2010
8:49 pm
Man, some real joke of GT fans out there! We did stink today guys and likely may not win our division given what i saw today. However, you still support your team..period!! I will take 8 wins if we can get it considering our talent level seems a bit depleted. We played so bad on special teams and defense that it was painful. I think Groh is a good coach but we DO NOT have the personnel to run that 3-4 scheme. UGA has better athletes than we do and can pull off that scheme better than us. We are to small up front and our linebackers are just not fast enough and just don’t have great skills i’m afraid. I am surprised a little that we have not improved on defense at. Same bad habits as last year with some of the same guys. POOR TACKLING!!!
A 13 yard punt and roughing the kicker and quarterback were the real killers. Stupid penalties and the combination of dropped passes and nesbitt struggling throwing, is tough to watch. I stand with the people who are upset about this loss, but it’s only our 2nd game guys and we can turn it around. It will be up to the players and coach johnson if he can get their attension to step it up on both sides of the ball. We are still 0-0 in conference play unlike uga who is 0-1 and have ryan mallet coming into town next. I think both teams could be in for a potential long season.
bighoo93
September 11th, 2010
8:55 pm
Good luck with Groh, folks. I actually feel bad for you because I hate Groh more than I hate GT. If you had been paying attention to how Groh dismantled UVA with his incompetence over the last four years or so, you would have been screaming bloody murder when you hired him as DC. Get used to Groh’s “testy” responses to any question he doesn’t like. He thinks he is smarter than everyone else, and is insulted that anyone would dare question anything he does. The worst part? By the time your coach realizes the 3-4 isn’t going to work, you’ll have a roster full of the wrong recruits slotted in the wrong place learning the wrong technique. And then you’ll have to waste another year transitioning back to the 4-3. In the meantime, try to love “read and react”. By the way, if you think you will get Groh to leave quietly, think again. He doesn’t take rejection well.
PS If he hires his son to coach the d-backs, run for the hills
canes1
September 11th, 2010
8:57 pm
OUCH! Not a good day for the ACC. At least we lost the #2 team. The Boise St win against VT doesn’t seem that good now.
Gonna be a lonng season
September 11th, 2010
9:06 pm
Sad when only enjoyment tek fans is whren UGA loses. Pretty pitiful. This is Spurrier’s best team at SC. They were ranked and favored by 2.5. We started a freshman QB and played without our best player. The dawgs will get better and better…. there is no hope for this tek team or the program and after today there is no hope for the ACC. They are going to be rplaced in the BCS by the WAC.
Reality you refuse to face reality so you should change your handle to delusional…. Tek will lose 4 to 5 including a good beating in Athens. But by then you won’t be blogging you’ll be hiding.
Gonna be a lonng season
September 11th, 2010
9:11 pm
jorge…. I sense in you frustration that comes with realizing that the new sheriff in town is BOSS HOG and he can’t even beat a team that lost to North Dakota St. Tek is tek and will always be. SC would kill tek.. Lattimore is the real deal… Tek will lose to Duke this year and Weak Forrest.
Poindexter Jugdish
September 11th, 2010
9:15 pm
No free slurpies for you this week my friends. Somebody tell Mr. Groh his shipment of depends came in.
Clayton
September 11th, 2010
9:18 pm
We suck!!
Tech Man
September 11th, 2010
9:19 pm
Tech fans.. Don’t let this get you down.Good teams fall in a big way sometimes. Especially don’t let the mut fans mess with you.Tech will learn from this.You can’t go into a game and think it is automatic!!, that is what happen last year agianst the little muts! We will be alright!!
Mohammet, Jugdish & Sidney
September 11th, 2010
9:19 pm
Yeah…we really suck!!!
Breaking News
September 11th, 2010
9:25 pm
Where’s all the Nesbitt 4 Heisman talk now? QB from Michigan makes Nesbitt look like a freakin’ joke, and he’s a freshman!
Bullyelf
September 11th, 2010
9:25 pm
ACC!! ACC!! James Madison wins!! Kansas Jayhawks win!!! Ohio State Buckeyes win!!!!!!!!!
I predict no ACC team will be in the top 25!!! Stick to basketball skip football
GTJeff
September 11th, 2010
9:27 pm
Ramblinwreck shove it buddy! I GT alum here & I have supporte the team for many years . But this garbage is inexcusable & I have had it!!! Garbage pass game, ridiculous excuse for a defense. Great teams play hard & take care of business. Good teams might drop one now & again. Mediocre teams choke & humiliate their fanbase. Thats what GT has done against good ops (Miami, UGA & Iowa) & now against those that couldn’t be Parkview high (Kansas). Pathetic & embarassing. 5-6 season. Thank CPJ & Groh. Nice job guys, nice job.
GTJeff
September 11th, 2010
9:30 pm
Tech man….you have got to be kidding. You’re delusional. This was NOT Ohio State or Oklahoma. It was Kansas, you know the team that lost to ND State? Groh, go take your defense & shove it buddy. Put Nesbitt at B-back because he can’t hit the broad side of Stone Mountain.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
9:34 pm
Tech will not lose to Wake or Duke.
It’s saturday night.
I’m old and retired.
You young dawg fans must be real losers not to be out and about.
What happened?
Lose your fake ID.
Tech82
September 11th, 2010
9:35 pm
Our lack of a passing game falls directly on Paul Johnson. Nesbitt was hitting receivers in the hands and they couldn’t hold on. Why? Because in practice they get no reps catching the ball. They spend all their time learning blocking schemes for the running game. I love the option but if we can’t pass reliably we will never achieve prolonged success.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
9:36 pm
When is Uga going to finally win the NC?
Next year?
10 years of Richt and not getting any closer to it.
Let’s compare Uga to the other state schools nearby.
Bama Champion and looking for more.
And hated Florida with three BCS championships to your zero,
What has it been like going all the way to Jax to lose 17 out of 20?
That drive back must be awful.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
9:38 pm
GTJeff. You sure are jumping off the bandwagon early.
Kansas had a new and better QB which is the most important position.
It can make all the difference.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
9:40 pm
Football experts.
All I heard was how terrible Vols would be.
Hanging with #7 Oregon at 13 all at the half.
If Oregon were to lose, how would anyone be able to explain it?
ACC Rules.. Oops
September 11th, 2010
9:42 pm
As it is written (the ACC hopes to be relevant in BCS Champ discussion at the end of Nov, but could be out the discussion in Sept with a bad day today…) as it will be! I will never doubt the AJC again (at least tonight)…
Mohammet, Jugdish & Sidney & Clayton
September 11th, 2010
9:47 pm
Let’s go play Zombies versus Humans.
Gatorman
September 11th, 2010
9:50 pm
Based on what I’ve seen so far, BC and Miami look like top teams, and maybe NC. FSU, the two Tech’s, look like middle of the pack in the conference. Good thing, in the BCS Boise States win against VTech has no weight, so we get two real teams playing for the National Championship.
smitty
September 11th, 2010
9:56 pm
well said **old school**………..really do not know what to say about the defense…….it really doesn’t matter whether the offense picks it up or not if our defense gives up YARDS (over 300) to a kansas offense that could muster only 3 points against a school in the dakotas and is ranked in the 15th percentile for offense…….”does not bode well” is putting it mildly……..as far as the offense, the rushing yards were there…..the option worked……but as happens in college football, penalties, special teams play, and turnovers can muck things up……..and then adjustments need to be made……and when you’re playing catch-up, you might need to be able to complete a pass or two…….it’s called balance……..and being able to pass the ball would do wonders to keep opposing
defenses “off balance” when running the option……..and until nesbitt proves he can pass with
consistency, then tech will be at the mercy of a running game that cannot afford ANY miscues on handoffs,pitches, etc, and a porous defense that in a few seconds, can negate a 10 minute triple option drive for a TD…..go jackets
a porous defense that in seconds can negate a 10 minute offensive possession
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
9:59 pm
Dooley’s son appears to be doing alright with what was thought to be terrible players.
Uga’s schedule just got tougher.
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larry the lover
September 11th, 2010
10:00 pm
Yo, can a tech nerd calculate how many pocket protectors lost their lives in anger today?
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:01 pm
The Kansas we played was not the same team that lost to ND State.
They got coached up and got a better QB.
Plus their D coordinator is good against the triple O.
FSU lost their first game to Southern Miss with Favre at QB many years ago.
Should they have given up on their season?
They didn’t.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:02 pm
Our schedule just got easier as VT looks demoralized.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:04 pm
I’m impressed with Derrick Dooley, Tennessee fans and their team even if they lose.
I guess they didn’t get the memo that they had no chance tonight.
layinlow
September 11th, 2010
10:06 pm
How will man boobs react when the Tech fans turn on him? The honeymoon is over! I wonder how well PJ will handle the media scrutiny. So far he has been the darling of the AJC but when he goes to 1-2 after the loss at UNC next week things are going to get a bit testy.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:08 pm
The Tech vent tonight reminds me of the Braves vent before the last two wins over the Cards. Most of the venters were declaring a lost season.
I wonder sometimes if venters ever attend a game.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:10 pm
Tech fans will not turn on Paul Johnson.
Did you check the Dawg blog today?
Richt has a much unhappier fan base than CPJ.
Not even close.
GT fan in MS
September 11th, 2010
10:12 pm
Yes the D is a problem. But it really isn’t any worse than last year. Didn’t we give up alot of points last year to questionable teams? MS state? FSU? Vandy?
The real problem is the offense and special teams. Going from a marginal passing attack last year to a non-existant one will kill us. The opposing D’s have no reason to not sell out against the run when the QB can’t hit his targets and the recievers can’t handle the passes. Special teams was atrocious this afternoon. A 13 yd punt that resulted in a KU TD? A running-into-the-kicker penalty that resulted in a KU TD? An out of bounds kickoff that resulted in a KU TD?
Last year our D was not good but we could outscore opponents and control the clock.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:14 pm
Agreed, GT fan in MS
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:15 pm
Had we managed to win a high scoring affair like last year, most of this whining would not have been written.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:17 pm
Anyone watching the Vols?
They sure are giving an effort.
I hope they win but they may wear down as the game goes on.
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:25 pm
Damn I hate being right.
Ducks just broke an 80 yard TD run with a missed tackle at the 20.
Vols not quitting though.
Butwadduino
September 11th, 2010
10:40 pm
Kansas looked like they had ignored SD St and prepared all summer for Tech. If so, it wasn’t a bad strategy. They ignored the pass, stacked the line, knew their assignments, and contained the running game just enough. As we’ve seen repeatedly, when the rushing isn’t quite getting it done and Tech plays poor defense, they can get beat by anyone.
OK, Tech saw man coverage and attempted to pass more. Good idea. But, based on recent performance I have to wonder if they really practice this part of the offense, or just draw it up in the huddle. The “route running” was imprecise, the timing was off, the balls that were decently thrown appeared to surprise receivers, and Nesbitt’s sloppy mechanics often resulted in passes being badly off target. The running game was not effective when needed. The A-backs didn’t break many one-on-one tackles and there were too many 2nd or 3rd and longs to sustain drives.
The defense was the biggest disappointment, though. They were on the field forever and looked untalented, physically overmatched, and confused about their assignments. They didn’t tackle worth a damn. Even when they got close enough to make contact, they didn’t wrap up and the D-line and LBs were manhandled much like Iowa did last year. Groh’s in-game adjustments didn’t impress, either.
Finally, all facets of the kicking game looked like they are viewed internally as an afterthought.
Appears everyone – coaches and players – have a lot of work and soul searching to do if they are going to get better and have a year they can be proud of.
DP
September 11th, 2010
10:47 pm
Just when I thought the ACC couldn’t embarrass themselves any worse they have what might be the worst Saturday of any alleged major conference in BCS history. Tech loses to a team that lost a week ago to North Dakota State, Va Tech loses at home to a subdivision team, Florida State is slaughtered by Oklahoma and Miami would have lost to Ohio State by 30+ points but for 2 kick returns for touchdowns.
How about taking away the ACC’s automatic BCS berth this year and giving it to the Mountain West winner?
GTFan
September 11th, 2010
10:50 pm
All U so called fans knocking Johnson just wait till seasons over before you hang the man. Johnson has always been a win and GT will win again.
The Football program is not 1/4 as bad as the Paul DA Bewitt program.
The ACC ain't much...
September 11th, 2010
10:56 pm
GA Tech IS ready for the ACC. It’s the out of conference games they need to worry about. The ACC is pathetically weak conference. The ACC two weeks into the season has easily proved to be absolutely wimpy!!!! I’m sorry but the ACC has lost everyone’s respect. They’re getting their butts kicked left and right by Div. 1AA teams, those who lose to Div. 1AA teams and minor conference bottom feeders. Tech could win the ACC and not even be a Top 50 team. And right now they’re not!!!
No Respect for the ACC
September 11th, 2010
10:59 pm
Here is a list of some conferences better than the ACC:
WAC
MAC
Mtn West
Conference USA
Big East
Gulf South
GA High School Region 7AA
just to name a few…..
KANSAS? REALLY?????
September 11th, 2010
11:00 pm
You guys lost to Kansas? In football?
that’s pathetic
KANSAS? REALLY?????
September 11th, 2010
11:01 pm
I guess we can start using that name JACKETTES again!
RoadtripForAthensHos
September 11th, 2010
11:04 pm
“Fans will be fans,” Coach Johnson says. Well, Coach, from all of us fans let me say, “Let’s hope coaches can start acting like coaches.” Many of the problems we saw today are a direct result of the poor job the coaching staff did in having the team prepared.
dawgonateckblog
September 11th, 2010
11:16 pm
Yes, I’m a Dawg fan but I have to say this (Kansas) was a humiliating loss (Kansas only scored 3 against N Dakota State??)…true UGA looked like crap against SCar,,,but lets compare records of Kansas and SCar at the end of the year. Still when you look at some of these early season out of conference losses (Ole Miss, TN, FSU, Miami, Tech) it would appear in all fairness that both the SEC and ACC are underperforming…looks like Bama is head and shoulders above everyone….
dawgonateckblog
September 11th, 2010
11:17 pm
Geez – and I forgot to mention the Hokies!!!!
mowreck
September 11th, 2010
11:18 pm
Did anyone but me notice that Joshua pitched the ball lots more than he kept. He only kept it mostly when he passed it or was going for a touchdown.
Teams with quick backs are gonna hurt us cause we seem to get caught up with the flow and down stay at home at position.
Kansas stopped our pitches with the corners coming up hard and tackling. Speaking of which how many times did GT player use their shoulders or head to try knock the players down. You only do that if they are running up the sideline to knock them out of bounds. THEY HAVE GOT TO LOCK UP on oppositing RBs or WRs.
In my opinion, Joshua had a good game throwing the ball. Problem seem to be nobody could catch it or run the right route. Good example: going for it, 4th and five, from THEIR 49 yd. line, he threw a pass about 7 yards to Hill on the right sideline. Problem is Hill was 25 yards down the field. We only needed 5 yards.
I have always been AGAINST “going for it” all the time. Inside their 20 maybe 2 yards or less, OK.
Old School, I have been a GT fan for almost 60 years. I have seen most all the games except when I was in the Air Force for 3 1/2 years and all I am saying is something is wrong whether it is the players (lack of talent?), coaches or preparation.
Same thing happened to GT as happened to South Fla. and Tennessee. Looked good til the other team scored a touchdown … then the real offense showed up on the opposing team.
When Kansas scored it was like someone turn a light on.
I still think we are gonna kick Caroliina Blues azzes. GOOOOOOO JACKETS!
mowreck
September 11th, 2010
11:20 pm
Error: don’t stay at home
mowreck
September 11th, 2010
11:22 pm
Worth saying again. PLEASE LOCK UP WHEN TACKLING!
Die Hard
September 11th, 2010
11:23 pm
Today was the worst tackling I have seen since the Dawgs defense when Tech beat UGA in 2008. God help us.
mowreck
September 11th, 2010
11:24 pm
dawgonateckblog, don’t know what you are comparing …. LOST IS A LOST when I last looked.
mowreck
September 11th, 2010
11:25 pm
By the way … Kansas was a very good football team a couple of years ago. Lets see how they end up this year before we compare.
CrackDaddy
September 11th, 2010
11:27 pm
The best SEC win this year was LSU’s skin-of-the-teeth win over a one-arm UNC team. Arkansas, Tn, Ole Miss, UGa, where’s the meat? SCar is good, not great. Same w/LSU. Alabama would get rocked by Oregon.
mowreck
September 11th, 2010
11:37 pm
Jeff, help me out here. I need USC to beat Virginia. Who sets these lines anyway? USC is a 19 1/2 point favorite. Score is 0-0 with 7 mins. til half.
Both teams are playing like one is scared and the other is glad of it.
cattle dawg
September 11th, 2010
11:38 pm
I tried to tell some of you tech folks you would miss Bay Bay.
GTJeff
September 11th, 2010
11:41 pm
Jacket2010, how can you honestly DREAM that a team that was humiliated by a horrible Kansas team today has any SHOT at a decent season? Did you not watch the game??????? Fat chance we’re able to keep within 2 tds of UNC next week.
REALIST
September 12th, 2010
12:17 am
I’ve been saying it from day 1…Johnson is going to completely decimate our program of bonafide Div 1 athletes. We were not a legit top 20 team last year and we dang sure aren’t going to be there this year either… turning into Annapolis South. Take a hard look at recruiting…ouch. We are one high ankle sprain from a meltdown.
cattle dawg
September 12th, 2010
12:20 am
How cute is cpj’s comments now? Hes such a tough guy, right?
HugoStiglitz
September 12th, 2010
12:21 am
How did Kansas humiliate us? Because they won a close game? Its not the end of the world. They played well, we didnt, it happens. We dont really know how good they will end up being. We also looked pretty terrible for the first three games last season and then caught fire after that. Writing the team off for one game seems a little too crazy panic driven for me.
cattle dawg
September 12th, 2010
12:23 am
Its not about Tech, its about paul johnson. Its never how good tech is, its how good his offense is.
cattle dawg
September 12th, 2010
12:26 am
Hugo, if a cmr led Georgia team lost this type of game , what would you say?
TGT
September 12th, 2010
12:42 am
Tech not ACC ready?! The ENTIRE ACC does not look ready!!! VT, GT, and FSU all with embarrassing loses!! (Miami as well, but more respectably of course.) How much lower can this conference go?!
GO JACKETS
September 12th, 2010
12:54 am
Remember the highs are never as high and the lows are never as low as they seem. It was a bad weekend for the ACC, it was a bad weekend for Tech. I do think that we are missing a couple of guys on D and quite frankly probably some speed and size in general. This isnt the end of the world. We will show up to play against UNC. Heck, we may not win that one either. But yall have to put things in perspective. Its one game! Keep a little faith. Things can and will turnaround. UGA fans really dont have a whole lot to talk smack about today. Although of course they are going to. This happened last year. Remember Miami?? What happened after that? UGA, they can kiss my as*. So what? We still get to play the games. I got a feelin we will be ready for them this year too.
GO JACKETS
September 12th, 2010
1:00 am
It must feel good to lose to South Carolina with a bunch of 5* thugs UGA. Congrats, you lost to a better team than we did. Who gives a damn. Your 1-1 and we are 1-1. There is alot of football left to be played. We have a chance to forget about this one while UGA fans cant cause they are going be looking up at Spurrier the rest of the year. So Im glad you guys feel good enough about your loss to talk so much crap.
HugoStiglitz
September 12th, 2010
1:04 am
cattle dawg, I would say they played a bad game and probably laugh at them. We deserve some trash talk for losing but the doom and gloom talk over one game is a little ridiculous. Im pretty sure Kansas, Va Tech, Minnesota, and Ole Miss arent all going to pack it in for the season and fire their coaches and their losses were way worse then ours.
cattle dawg
September 12th, 2010
1:08 am
I dont feel good about the dawgs loss.. I will borrow a line from tech. The dawgs are on the way up, tech is on the way down. Dawgs will win the next 57 hundy vs tech..
HugoStiglitz
September 12th, 2010
1:10 am
cattle dawg, I would say they played a bad game and laugh at them. We deserve some ragging for todays game but the doom and gloom talk is a little over the top. Ole Miss, Kansas, Minnesota, and Va Tech have all had losses way worse then ours today but im sure they arent going to pack it in and fire all their coaches. We have played bad before and came back strong. We can do it again.
cattle dawg
September 12th, 2010
1:49 am
Not sure who yall got next week, but I guess we will both learn alot from how well we rebound.
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3:19 am
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Terry J. Walraven
September 12th, 2010
3:51 am
“A kicked fire ant hill” — Good analogiy. Great line. Terry
Conyers GT Fan
September 12th, 2010
4:44 am
GT will never be able to pass (no matter who plays QB) with PJ coaching. Its reality. GT fans may as well accept this and be thankful
for any wins we get. I am now thinking that 7-5 will be the best
we can hope for and not be surprised if its 6-6.
GT75
September 12th, 2010
6:00 am
Jackets2010
September 11th, 2010
10:10 pm
Tech fans will not turn on Paul Johnson.
Did you check the Dawg blog today?
Richt has a much unhappier fan base than CPJ.
Not even close.
Could that be because their expectations are higher, and rightfully so. It is starting to really look ike GT football is what is always has been. Mediocre. Hiring Pau Johnson was absolutely the worst long range hire in college football history. Drad traded our future for short term success that really, at this level is nothing more than gimmick ball. The gigs up. The monumental flaws of Paul Johnson football are front and center now. Get rid of his fat, arrogant butt today before he can recruit us another #50 class. What quality recruit in his right mind wants to come here and abandon all hope of an NFL career, QBs..forget it. WRs..LMAO! Even RBs don’t want to come here that have NFL aspirations and leave with no preparation whatsoever for the nuances required at the next level. And what coach in his right mind would be stupid enough to follow a Paul Johnson team devoid of anything resembling real offensive football talent.
Dan F.
September 12th, 2010
6:08 am
You have to admit it guys. GT75 has a point. GT’s talent level continues to regress under PJ. It’s obvious on both sides of the ball. Furthermore he needs to shut his mouth. He has done absolutely nothing yet to justify all the man love some of you guys show him. Winning last years ACC Championship against a 7-5 Clemson team and then getting his butt handed to him in embarrassing fashion proved what guys? When is he going to consistently beat even moderately good OOC teams? The way it looks now that may be never. Face it. trying to portray the ACC as anything but mediocrity is like putting lipstick and a pretty dress on a pig.
Big Steve
September 12th, 2010
7:50 am
A pop gun, high school offense that is incapable of playing catch-up or incapable of throwing the football will only beat the weak sisters of football…..NotreDamus
BUZZ ME
September 12th, 2010
8:09 am
we’ll be lucky to win 6 games
Matt
September 12th, 2010
8:29 am
The offense was bad too. What have they been doing all Summer? This looked like a lost clueless team. Nice job coaches. You get a F and should all take a paycut for obv not doing your job.
chris
September 12th, 2010
8:38 am
the way this team looked, we will be lucky to get 5 wins. middle tenn won’t be a cakewalk. and who knows with nc state. next week is a sure loss. i think 5 wins is likely. at least that way we won’t have to lose another bowl game.
GTJeff
September 12th, 2010
8:47 am
GT75 at this point I would have to agree with you. I was talking to my brother last night & he & I agree that this offense & the hiring of Groh are going to be the downfall of Tech football for years to come. Someone made a comment earlier “great teams sometimes fall hard”. Maybe so but we are not a great or even good team. Great teams like Alabama, Florida Ohio State don’t lose to vastly inferior competion. Great teams don’t choke in bowls. Great teams play win week in & week out. This is probably going to be a 6-6 year & a loss to Utah State in the Humanitarian bowl IF we get there.
GT #1 Fan
September 12th, 2010
8:57 am
It is sad that all Tech fans are claiming victory cause UGA lost. I am just glad WE don’t play an SEC schedule. We might could beat Vandy! Abowl game this year looks iffy at best, and next year looks very scary.
Jayhawk Fan
September 12th, 2010
9:02 am
I pulled up the sports section to read this from Kansas City. Believe me GT fans, we are as stunned as you are. After last week, we felt our year would be longer than yours. Now we are saying… “Who are those guys?”. We still do not know which team will show up each week. You have to understand a lot of our offense today was based on a yellow flag. Can’t live on that forever, but it sure boosted the effort today. Clearly Tech is better than they played Saturday. Keep the head up and the Buzz On.
JSS
September 12th, 2010
9:12 am
GTJeff…
Alabama lost to LOUISIANA MONROE three years ago! It was a turning point. Florida lost to a vastly inferior (on paper) Mississippi team. Southern California lost to a meddling Stanford when they hadn’t lost to the likes of Auburn or Ohio State. Sir, that argument does not stand the test. There’s not one team in the staged atmosphere of what is D-1 college football that can not have their butt handed to them by anyone if they don’t play the game correctly, smartly, and with respect that your opponent might just beat you…
Doc Holliday
September 12th, 2010
9:15 am
Willie Martinez is ready when you are.
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GT
September 12th, 2010
9:20 am
Have these pro coaches every worked out for Tech. This defense looked exactly like the stuff Gailey use to put on the field. Maybe Paul bought into what we all buy into now days the hype. Groh’s resume looks impressive, but you start to see a pattern of a man going though the motions. His press conference sounded a lot like a Gailey press conference too. Johnson has been pretty good at cutting through the crap and I think he will figure this one out. This is the kind of stuff that make coaches like Spurrier legends, they see beyond the resumes and press clippings. They have their own minds. Even over at Alabama they don’t hire a resume they go out find a promising young assistant right out from under Georgia’s nose and make him into the resume. Both teams in this state need to find a dc on the raise not the back end of his career. Johnson will adjust.
footlong Dawg
September 12th, 2010
9:22 am
you could see it coming…. Groh’s been around.. but never a good coach… now he’s just old and tired… Dawgs need help to get the offense going.. Richt needs to take over .. much more aggressive play calling for sure !!
footlong Dawg
September 12th, 2010
9:25 am
Nesbit “s completion rate would be about 50% if NO defense on field at all….
Real Tech Fan
September 12th, 2010
9:27 am
You guys are idiots about the talent level. Johnson has really only had one full class, and this year’s class for 2011 is looking really good. Chill out on that nonsense. This year’s team simply lacks leadership and true playmakers. These guys got used to Bay Bay, Dwyer, and Morgan making all of the big plays. Someone is going to have to step and start making plays.
hahahahaahahaa!!!!!
September 12th, 2010
9:29 am
Schultz are you blind!?!?! The entire ACC doesn’t look ACC ready!! James f’n Madison….ON THE ROAD!!?!?! It’s time to strip the ACC from their automatic bowl bid. This is a disgrace and highway robbery for other conferences that can actually compete.
go GAYhawks!!!!!!!
September 12th, 2010
9:30 am
So much for that Johnson experiment, ehh tools? LOL!!!!
Robby
September 12th, 2010
9:31 am
Hey bug nation. Your HEISMAN contender couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat in the middle of the Atlantic!! He is the worst passing QB I have ever seen at the D-IA level.
Brad
September 12th, 2010
9:31 am
Now we know why they closed the practices to the media and public.
Bee Lover
September 12th, 2010
9:36 am
Yellow Jackets have been reading their press clippings……coach has got to put an end to that. Bees did not come to play nor did the coaches do a good job. Some of the worst calls by Johnson I’ve seen from him
Nativebird
September 12th, 2010
10:00 am
Once again…it “aint” defense. Love the jackets, long time fan. But unitl this brilliant CPJ (not!) can get his head out of his @#$% and develop SOME (any) level of passing attack and recruit a QB that can throw a football without looking like he’s “flickin poo”, this football program will do “okay”, maybe even win an ACC every now and then, but will alway, always, always underperform compared to what real TOP 20 college football programs do. It’s locked in.
Vick=Dog killing Thug
September 12th, 2010
10:00 am
I had decided I wasn’t going to bash the bugs on their loss to a basketball school until I saw how many GT fans were posting garbage on the dawgs blogs. Bunch of punks.
At least we lost to a ranked SEC team with a legendary coach. I wouldn’t trade our freshman QB for your senior QB that’s for sure.
eaassyy
September 12th, 2010
10:03 am
Better start preparing for a solid UNC team. If Tech has another letdown next week it could get ugly, FAST.
86Dawg
September 12th, 2010
10:05 am
Glad to see at least a few of you Tech fans (Stiglitz notably, among others) get it…one week does not a season make. CPJ is a heckuva coach and motivator and will put a better team on the field in the coming weeks.
Looking back now, can anyone be surprised Tech was overconfident and ripe for upset? Had this years players really done anything to earn that ranking in the teens?
Much as it hurts today, this game will make your team better, just like yesterday’s loss at SC will make mine better.
GTman
September 12th, 2010
10:15 am
The good (or at least hopeful)
We lost our first road game last year at Miami (an ACC game) and still won the ACC. Since the rest of the ACC sucks (has to be the worst BCS conference after yesterday’s debacles), I think we still have a chance.
1. CPJ really choked with the play calling. He panicked and went to the pass. We had plenty of time to run the ball and grind it out and score the last touchdown. In Nesbitt’s legs I trust, In Nesbitt’s arm I do not.
2. A new defensive scheme is going to take time to learn, but please teach the guys how to tackle. Way to many guys trying to make the highlight film “blow up” hit instead of wrapping your arms around the ball carrier and bringing him to the ground.
3. Move AA back to A back. He is not a B back, but he is a very good A back. Rotate in Lyons and Cox at B-back – they don’t mind getting beat up and they run hard.
4. Can we find someone that kick a ball into the endzone? I see high school guys kick it through the endzone every Friday night. I know the college kickoff is at the 30 (10 yards further back), but we can’t seem to even kick it past the 10 yd line.
5. We are in our 3rd year of CPJ recruits. Anyone wowed by any of his recruits?
6. Where is the speed option? That was one of our best plays the last two years and I have not seen it run this year.
Brock
September 12th, 2010
10:16 am
all you dumbass so called fans jumping off, go ahead and jump. We don’t need or want you. Chill the F out. The season is not over. We haven’t even played a conf game yet. JFC, it’s always what have you done for me today. You guys need to get a grip.When we win next week the same guys on here bashing will be praising again. STFU and watch some football. It is just a game afterall.
TazzDawg
September 12th, 2010
10:27 am
Nesbitt for Heisman, I’m still rotflmao on that one.
Trade school nerds are more retarded than even I thought possible!
groundfog
September 12th, 2010
10:28 am
Simply amazing,Nesbitt in his third year, has gotten worse throwing the ball. I’m starting to miss Reggie Ball
JSS
September 12th, 2010
10:34 am
@ Doc Holliday…
Willie Martinez has a good job already…
LOL
September 12th, 2010
10:39 am
Ah, at least the dawgs lost to a real team!
LOL
September 12th, 2010
10:41 am
Enjoy Shreveport!
GTman
September 12th, 2010
10:45 am
LOL – the problem is you have to play many more “real teams”, you will not even get a sniff at your conference championship. You will not even be close to winning your division. You will be lucky if you guys even get to Shreveport again. Sad day in muttland.
GT still has all of our goals ahead – win the ACC (yes I know it is a terrible football conference) and win the Orange Bowl game and beat UGA.
THWG!
MC
September 12th, 2010
10:48 am
Johnson will adjust, GT? LMAO!!! The guy knows 5 plays. There’s nothing to adjust. 5 plays and no talent combined with non-existent recruiting is a lethal combination. I’ve taken my last drink of that CPJ kool aid. What a horrible hire.
Brock
September 12th, 2010
10:49 am
GT Jeff- tell me I didn’t just see a post from you on a ga blog bad mouthing tech. You are pathetic. Please leave the fan base now loser.
Brock
September 12th, 2010
10:52 am
GTJeff
September 12th, 2010
8:37 am
At least UGA lost to a good team. Not bottom feeder Kansas. Georgia’s D looked much improved over last year. Can we trade the old man for Grantham?
Traitor!
MC
September 12th, 2010
10:52 am
GT Man, what is it you don’t get about no talent. The cupboard is bare pardner. Recruiting sucks. Every team we play is going to bully our D line. And sorry, but when his 5 plays don’t work Paul Johnson becomes without a doubt the dumbest azz coach in all of college football. He’s a clueless one trick pony. LSU, UGA, Iowa….and now…KANSAS! Don’t you get it?
Arno
September 12th, 2010
10:55 am
Expected the new defense would take some time. Most disappointed with passing game. It had to improve this year for Tech to compete.
PJClue
September 12th, 2010
10:56 am
I believe when one of the television announcers said toward the end of the game yesterday that this offense is not a “come from behind” offense, where the quarterback must drop back in the pocket and throw the ball when time is running out. No truer statement that I have heard. Nesbitt cannot pass and he proved once again yesterday that unless PJ can have a secondary passing attack, this team will always go down, even to Kansas who lost last week to a 1AA school in N. Dakota State. They depend solely upon the run, and when it’s not there or they need to come from behind, game over.
TechBuzz
September 12th, 2010
10:59 am
The way the total ACC looks in playing big games, (Tech, Miami, FSU) and even little ones (Va Tech losing to JAMES MADISON) doesn’t speak well of the conference. I only hope that Paul Johnson understands (FINALLY) he needs a passing game. Without it, Tech will continue to beat the Duke’s, Wake Forest, and ACC types but will NEVER compete outside the conference.
SC Cock's Fan
September 12th, 2010
10:59 am
I dont want to see any UGA fool saying anything about anyteams football team after we manhandled you guys. Who is your daddy?
Response to TechBuzz
September 12th, 2010
11:01 am
The Virginia Tech loss only makes Boise State’s win and against a strong opponent bode poor for them. Since Boise State doesn’t play anyone else the rest of the year, forget the talk of them going to the NC.
SC GameCock's Fan
September 12th, 2010
11:01 am
I dont want to hear from any DAWG fans today after the mand handling we put on you yesterday. Definetly not ready for the SEC spot light. Who is your daddy?
ernisTbass
September 12th, 2010
11:02 am
ACC = All Cup Cakes and shouldn’t even be tied automatically to the BCS, they aren’t even dominant in Basketball any more
db
September 12th, 2010
11:06 am
UGa, GT, GSu = 0-3.
Thank God for Alabama!
db
September 12th, 2010
11:07 am
to ernisTbass – Love the name. Let me guess. I JUST WANT TO SAY MY SENTENCE!
TechBuzz
September 12th, 2010
11:08 am
All I can say is that I am appreciative of Paul Johnson and his ability to bring Tech back out of despair, but I believe his ego is getting the best of him. He is going to run the same plays, same offense no matter what. Outside of the ACC, (and I love the wins against Vandy and Miss, State) but they are the bottom dwellers of the SEC, he has not won not ONE big out of conference game and it’s because Tech has NO passing attack. Look back, big losses to LSU, UGA, Iowa and now Kansas of all teams. When will he let his ego slide and start passing. I don’t understand it, unless Nesbitt just can’t pass? Johnson will win, yes, in the ACC but before long frustration will set in. Just look in Athens. Richt has 2 SEC championships, 3 BCS bowl games, 8 Top 20 rankings and a 91-27 record and his job is on the line. I hope Johnson wises up sooner than later. The ACC can’t be THIS bad out of conference.
TechBuzz
September 12th, 2010
11:10 am
ernestTbass…….You are my mother figure…lol
Always a Jacket
September 12th, 2010
11:25 am
It’s one bad game! GT is defending ACC champs! Paul Johnson brought back excitement to the program. Predicting the season after one very poor performance is crazy. I would much rather Johnson and Groh fixing the problems this week than Gailey and Tenuta. If the poor performance continues throughout the season, then we should be concerned. Until then, our football program is in good hands and on the way up.(unlike the direction of the basketball program)
Jeff… great summary. The ant analogy was perfect.
Gatorman
September 12th, 2010
11:25 am
Now why is everyone getting so worked up about PJohnson not developing a passing game. He’s not dumb, but his QB is woeful throwing, and before he let’s his team get in disarray, he will work some new tricks into the game plan. As he goes forward, I think he’ll have the future QB’s pitching more to save the QB from so many hits, which truly affects the QB’s ability to throw.
Jack G.
September 12th, 2010
11:30 am
Quit dumping on Grow Put the blame where it belongs, CPJ hired Groh so put the blame where it belongs.
My opinion on CPJ football is well documented. It is what it is.
ACC is pathetic!
September 12th, 2010
11:33 am
Doesnt look ready for ACC play? A little lossed here, GT look about as perfect as the whole ACC did yesterday… ACC is a mid level conference at best. NCAA needs to give the auto BCS birth to another conference. LOL
SC GameCak's Fan
September 12th, 2010
11:36 am
I know we dont have UGA fans talking smack on here, after we mand handled you little pups. Who is your daddy. Back to being irrelavent in the SEC for you!
William Casey
September 12th, 2010
11:37 am
One thing I disliked about coaching is the fact that “everybody’s a coach”… after the fact. Doesn’t matter if they ever played, much less coached. Just the way it is.
(1) At this level, motivation is ALL on the players as Bedford said. If you can’t motivate yourself by now, you don’t belong playing Division I football.
(2) GT did look confused at first by the Kansas up-tempo approach. Took too long to adjust. This IS on the coaches.
(3) Team play depends on muual respect and trust. This will happen with Coach Groh and the players from game-to-game. His age has nothing to do with it.
(4) Some of the play calling might be questionable but that should wait until Coach Johnson debriefs the game.
Everything else is just so much farting into the wind.
GA Team guy
September 12th, 2010
11:38 am
Lets face it, both UGA and Tech just dont look good for this year. Tech might go 8-4 while UGA might do the same or a little worse since they are in the SEC.
MC
September 12th, 2010
11:38 am
ON THE WAY UP, Always a Jacket! Puhleeze! Look how weak both our Oline and Dline are. Look at it. And Paul Johnson has HIS recruits now. So much for that. This program can’t afford another 2 or 3 years of that kind of recruiting. It’s plain as PJ’s chin. This program can’t afford this kind of talent drain and be viable in the near future. Paul Johnson’s recruiting, 5 play offense, and GT’s inability to go out and get REAL coaches is going to bite the entire program in the butt. We need a real coach with a real vision and the ability to get us there. Anyone that doesn’t see this train going in reverse just doesn’t want to.
Bulldogs or Jackets — which team worries you more? | Jeff Schultz
September 12th, 2010
11:38 am
[...] Georgia Tech just lost a non-conference game to Kansas, a seemingly punch-drunk program that was reeling from a defeat against North Dakota State, and doesn’t seem nearly ready for conference play (notwithstanding that the ACC didn’t exactly look like a super power this weekend). [...]
DRad
September 12th, 2010
11:42 am
Does anybody have Mike Leach’s phone number?
kenneth
September 12th, 2010
11:42 am
http://cjonline.com/sports/football/2010-09-11/ku_stings_yellow_jackets
MSN
September 12th, 2010
11:43 am
Is it me, or does it seem Grantham and Grohl dont know how to coach.
MC
September 12th, 2010
11:45 am
GT is in by far worse condition than UGA Jeff. Tech’s only salvation is an ACC schedule. Put UGA in the ACC and they win the damn thing. By the end of the season the gap between us and UGA will be as wide as the Pacific Ocean.
Butts Wagner
September 12th, 2010
12:21 pm
I don’t think anything is really wrong with the running game. Teams don’t respect the passing game and are just loading up the line of scrimmage to take away anything inside. Instead, GT is getting their 5 yds per running play on the outside. As we’ve been saying since sometime last year, if GT can just make 10 pass completions per game, the offense will be transformed from outsiders’ perceptions. If defenses have to honestly worry about passing plays on all downs, there will be so much more space for the running game to operate.
The story on defense is the same as last year. Not sure which is the problem that needs immediate fixing: Getting blown off the line of scrimmage or the missed tackles. I lean towards trying to get some control back at the line of scrimmage. Being able to block running lanes and getting some pressure on the quarterback is probably going to solve some of the missed tackling problems. I don’t think Groh is the problem. We had these problems before he came here.
Nate
September 12th, 2010
12:38 pm
+1 to Butts on all accounts! Anyone giving up hope on this team now isn’t a real Tech fan plain and simple. This is the same f-ing story that UGA fans said after the LSU, Miami, Iowa, and UGA losses. Teams lose games and CPJ will correct, period. This team will rebound and finish 8-4, 9-3 at best. Anyone who thinks we were better off with Gailey obviously never watched Tech play then. Even with acceptable talent the best Gailey could do was 8-4 and he would never win the ACC Championship, period. Grow a pair and support this team.
Beesnut
September 12th, 2010
12:44 pm
Ya know, I’ve stayed away from the boards for the past several years due to all of the idiots out there who don’t know a darn thing about football posting up crap. Here is the bottom line folks… not one team in the ACC outside of UNC has an OL or DL worth a crap. It showed today in every ACC game against a quality opponent. This conference is officially irrelevant.
CPJ is a good coach and knows X’s and O’s better than most in the business. However, his ego is what keeps him from joining the elite. I like Nesbitt… he’s a heck of an athlete but he is not a true dual threat QB. The Tech WR’s act like prima donna’s while the OL is undersized and couldn’t open a hole in the middle of a DL if Moses was there to help them part it. Don’t get me started on the RB’s… soft, soft, soft.
The defense reminds me of pop warner days when the kids are young and cannot properly cover their assignments. Kind of like having a six year old at cornerback that shoots in to the backfield on every play and the opponent runs a sweep to that side scoring a long TD four or five times.
The 3-4 defense is a joke unless you have a flippin’ nose tackle to man that middle. Tech obviously doesn’t have anyone capable of filling that position so we end up with the Twinkie defense… nice and firm on the outside but soft and mushy in the middle!
On the bright side… the mutts have the same problem!
One other thing… Georgia State got whooped yesterday as well so I guess that lends itself to the lack of folks taalking about a team from the ATL they can be proud of lol.
Alabama Jack
September 12th, 2010
1:08 pm
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To kick delusional dawg ass.
BuzzBasketball
September 12th, 2010
1:14 pm
Johnson came in with lots of promise and hope, but we are no better off than we were with our previous coach. Yesterday was an embarrassment to the ACC and especially to the Jackets. We are going to have a long year if that was any indication. If we lose more than three games with the talent we have, it is time for the Navy guy to be sent back to the high seas.
BobbyDodd21/20
September 12th, 2010
1:57 pm
How bad was it?…espn3 kept the replay out of the schedule, …damn boys, tackle, catch the ball and quit reading the clips of how inferior the opposition IS….
jacket221
September 12th, 2010
2:07 pm
Guys, if you want to see what this offense is capable of doing in passing game search 2004 Georgia Southern vs. Georgia on youtbue. If Nesbitt can learn how to throw Tech should be ok. I don’t know who that qb was but he could pass and looked faster than Nesbitt. I haven’t seen Tevin throw yet. any of u think he is capable of helping our passing game?
Big Dog 98
September 12th, 2010
2:34 pm
The ACC is a joke.
The winner of the ACC Conference will not be ranked in the top 25 !
Buzzman
September 12th, 2010
2:38 pm
I said this last year at the end of the season when Tech announced that Al Groh would be the defense coach. I don’t get it, Virginia fired him because he couldn’t coach. The head coach is responsible for both Offense and Defense. He proved he couldn’t do neither. Then he comes in wanting a new scheme. Take a survey of coaches and they will all say DEFENSE Wins games. Paul Johnson needs to read the riot act to both Al Groh and Josh Nesbitt. In quoting Johnson back during the practices he said his Tech teams looks better than ever, and not concerned with Josh not being able to throw passes. Well Tech is one-dimensional, run run run, sounds like a little pig. You better wake up or you will have this first losing team under your command.
TheTaxJacket
September 12th, 2010
3:01 pm
*** Nesbitt for Heismen ***
((( 45 – 42 )))
NCDawg
September 12th, 2010
4:33 pm
The biggest problem I see is that Tech’s talent level continues to drop off… they haven’t replaced the players they’ve lost over the past two years with the same caliber of talent…the question should be: can Johnson recruit?
Russell0931
September 12th, 2010
5:14 pm
The game was played on Fox Sports so naturally it will not be available for replay on ESPN3. GO JACKETS!!!
Joe
September 12th, 2010
9:13 pm
Perhaps Al should adhere to his own “one voice” policy and let PJ do all the talking. It’s about the only way he will engrace himself with the ATL media.
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
September 12th, 2010
11:47 pm
The Tech coaches are going to develop a backup plan when the option is not working. Nesbitt has to learn to effectively throw the ball and the WRs need to be able to catch otherwise it is going to be a very long season.
The defense is not good (at all) so the offense is going to have to score a lot of points in order to win games.
Bobby
September 13th, 2010
1:13 am
Part of the problem is GT is not playing like a team. Josh, or Joshua or whatever name he is calling himself is trying to win the Heisman and simply denies handing off the ball when he should. There were at least a couple of times GT would have had major yardage if not a TD but Nesbitt simply kept the ball to himself. He needs to learn there are more people on the team than just him.
bulldog 12
September 13th, 2010
9:41 am
So much much for Yech passing UGA by. What a joke. Cant even beat a team that didnt score against North Dakota State. LOL. And so much for The All Crappy Conference. also.
link
September 13th, 2010
11:47 pm
ok how is this supposedto mean?
droopydawg
September 14th, 2010
2:31 pm
“So much for the Groh effect”
Um, as someone who watched UVA flail around helplessly for my three years in law school up there, this IS the Groh effect. Good luck with that bumblebees.
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September 14th, 2010
8:06 pm
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Yellow Panties
September 15th, 2010
10:02 am
TheTaxJacket
September 12th, 2010
3:01 pm
*** Nesbitt for Heismen *** (Never stops being funny)
((( 45 – 42 ))) (Never stops being irrelevant )