Countdown: Tech stashes ACC trophy; Ohio State’s stiff ‘I’
A new logo, via Sesame Street (with pal Elmo).
Vampires can be accused of a lot of things. Cheating is not one of them. There was that one three-legged race during the family picnic of the Underworld Optimists Club when I bit Vinnie, but most while most people thought I was cheating to win the race, really, I was just thirsty. Where was I? Oh yeah. Cheaters. Hate ‘em. Really hate ‘em in college. Seems safe to conclude that Georgia Tech wasn’t really cheating, even through the NCAA chose to hit them upside the fangs with a 2-by-4. But barring some unforeseen victorious appeal, the Yellow Jackets will have to mail back their ACC championship trophy. Which reminds The Count. Where is that trophy right now? Hmmm. We count down . . .
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10. Yes, I’m here to claim my coat and … whoa!
The trophy reads, "Football Champions 2009," but you have to find the right closet to know that.
You'll get this trophy when you pry it from Paul Johnson's cold dead hands.
So I went to Tech Monday to chat with the notorious, dirty, cheatin’ coach, Paul Johnson. (Stay tuned later today for Johnson’s venting in the general direction of the NCAA. Shameless plug from marketing.)
Tech still hasn’t decided whether to appeal the NCAA’s penalties, which include forfeiting the 2009 ACC title win over Clemson. Should they appeal and lose, or not appeal at all, they will have to return the trophy to the ACC. But given that Tech thinks this whole thing is a crock, they’re not in any hurry. Well-placed sources tell The Count that the trophy would not be mailed via Next Day Air. More likely, it will be regular mail. Or pony express. Dead pony. Maybe they just stick it on I-85 with a big inflatable thump pointing north with a sticky note that reads, “Greensboro,” and see if it gets there.
But for now, the championship trophy is on campus. You just have to find it. It has been removed from the trophy case in the The Institute’s Edge Athletics Center and is now out of view. The Count was directed to somebody’s office. Specifically, a closet in the office. Between the coats. Yes, that glorious piece of hardware Johnson raised above his head after a win over Clemson in Tampa is now sitting in darkness, fending off moths. If John Swofford contacts me, I’m willing to tell him where it is, but only if he discloses to the world whether he puts product in his hair. Unfortunately, The Count did not have his officially Countdown-sanctioned camera with him so he had to take a picture with his mobile phone: the Counterberry. So here’s the non-glamor shot.Also, for what it’s worth, Reggie Bush’s still-not-returned Heisman Trophy was not in the closet.
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9. Give me an I! I? Hello, I? Are you there, I?
Roy Miracle may be dead, but he's the sanest one in this picture. Just saying.
OK, on a scale of 1 to 10, this is an 11.2 on The Count’s creep-o-meter. It’s well known that the Ohio State band does this cute little thing where it spells out “O-H-I-O” on the football field (and possibly prison yards). So this Buckeyes’ fan, who is now dead, apparently was such a lunatic and fanatic that his family thought it would be cool to have the stiff in the casket be “I” in Ohio. I wish I were making this up. We present the late Roy Miracle, 80. That’s him in the wooden box, adjacent to three deranged surviving family members, as they spell out Ohio. The daughter, Juli Miracle (playing the “H”), told the Columbus Dispatch: “I didn’t do it for anybody but Dad and I. To me, it was the best honor and tribute to do for him and OSU.” Might want to get a second casket ready for Jim Tressel’s career.
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8. The Birdbrains of Alcatraz
Somebody please tell Cedric Benson he's not supposed to smile for his prison mugshot.
Oh, Roger Goodell said, “lock-out.” The Cincinnati Bengals thought you said, “lock-UP.” What is it with this team? In a span of eight days, three — THREE — Bengals were arrested: cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones (disorderly conduct and resisting arrest), Cedric Benson (misdemeanor assault) and safety Marvin White (simple assault and disturbing the peace). There are wings of Leavenworth with fewer combined arrests than the Cincinnati roster. Seriously, between the Bengals and Ohio State, it makes you wonder if the Chuck-e-Cheese-sponsored youth teams are playing in leg chains. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Bengals have had 35 arrests since 2000, the most in the NFL. One more and they’ll get an official invite from the SEC. Jack Brennan — an old pal who used to be a sportswriter until he followed some misguided belief that being the Bengals’ PR guy would lead to fewer headaches — said, “It would be inappropriate for the team to comment until the matters are resolved through normal legal channels.” It might save time if the team just built its own court room.
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7. Deep fried logic
Also, cheesecake actually burns fat grams.
Atlanta’s Stewart Cink did not win the British Open (he finished tied for 30th at 9-over, but then he’s only an American). But he may have had the best travel observation of Open week when he wrote on Twitter, “From the delusional category . . .” and Tweeted a picture of this billboard that illustrated the claimed nutritional benefits of fish and chips (”Make it a part of your nutritious balanced diet.’)
Of course, the advertisement compares fish and chips to an average portion of pizza, or a Big Mac and fries, as opposed to, oh, I dunno, a salad. And they wonder why they were too fat and stupid to stop the American Revolution.
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6. David Stern’s illogical magic trick
Watch me pull the NBA schedule out of a hat. Presto! Oops.
The NBA plans to announce the 2011-12 regular season schedule on Tuesday. Remember when Bullwinkle announced, “Nothing up my sleeve. Presto!” and then he would pull the wrong animal out of a hat? Well, just put David Stern in the moose suit. I mean, what’s the point? The schedule is pure fantasy. This will be sort of like looking at the next day’s breakfast menu aboard the Titanic. The owners and players aren’t even negotiating right now for a new CBA and the league pretty much wants to run the old one through a food processor. Of course, those hard-line union players are so broken up about this that they’re planning on playing in Turkey, Europe or China. Because, you know, if Josh Childress can make millions in Greece, just imagine how much a real NBA starter could make! There may be a half-season. There may be no season. But don’t bother looking at the schedule for November, December or most of January. It’ll be like waiting on Marvin Williams.
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5. One of Tiger’s mistresses so dumb, she may have lost $10 million payoff
This is Rachel Uchitel. And that's all I've got to say.
Rachel Uchitel, who reportedly was paid $10 million to not talk about the details of her alleged affair with Tiger Woods — and who even knew that many $20 bills could even fit on a night stand? — had to give back most of the money for breaking a confidentiality agreement, this via TMZ. Woods can’t win golf tournaments any more but this is worth way more than the John Deere Classic. His attorneys claim when Uchitel went on “Celebrity Rehab” to treat her “addiction to love,” it violated the agreement. She denies this, but word is her attorney, the Queen Vulture, Gloria Allred, sold her out to Woods in exchange for keeping her own fees from the original $10 million settlement. So now Uchitel may sue Allred for malpractice. I know, this is isn’t the heart-warming story of Darren Clarke winning the British Open. It’s just a lot more interesting. Besides, it gave me a real journalistic excuse to run a picture of Uchitel.
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4. Do not invite this man to your tailgate
We’ve discovered, via Kegs ‘N Eggs, the one person who actually has been living in a cave, or maybe he just went to Vanderbilt. Meet Christopher (no last name for his protection), who stumbled upon the “Daily Double” in Jeopardy and then botched it royally. Under “Colleges and Universities” for $600, the Jeopardy answer was, “In 2010, Cam Newton became this university’s third Heisman Trophy winner.” Anybody have a guess? Check out what Chris said.
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3. Move over, Green Lantern: It’s Tiger, the comic book
Woods is still winning in this book.
Back to Tiger. The company Bluewater Productions has released a Woods comic book. Great timing, huh?
If this was five years ago, it might seem like good business. But now Woods is in the worst slump of his career. He has lost his stature on the tour, his personal life is a mess and reportedly even his wealth is thinning. Who is the subject of Bluewater’s next project: Bernie Madoff?
From the company’s news release: “Tiger Woods is, in most respects, the most famous golfer of all time. He may have had some recent troubles, but his life is one filled with very interesting tidbits.”
It certainly is. Actually, Woods, Uchitel, Joslyn James and the Perkins waitress do make wonderful comic book characters.
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2. Shields accessorizes with tattoo (ugh)
Sam Shields transferred the bling to his neck.
The Count doesn’t wish to make this item a referendum on tattoos. But at the very least we can all agree, some qualify as really bad decisions. Like the one Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields just got slapped on his neck. Shields had a likeness of the Packers’ Super Bowl ring tattooed on himself. Apparently, just having the ring on his finger wasn’t enough. It’s worth noting that the ring also has the added advantage of being removable. Much like the mistake a guy can make when he has a girlfriend’s name tattooed on his arm, only to break up with her, Shields had better hope he doesn’t sign with the Bears or Vikings one day.
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1. And finally . . .
Remember when Osama bin Laden was killed and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Rashard Mendenhall sent out a bizarre series of Tweets (including this gem: “I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style”). Well, now Mendenhall is suing “Champion” for $1 million after the company dared to drop him as a product endorser. Turns out most of the buying public got their boxers in a bunch over the comments, and that’s just not good for business (surprise!). Mendenhall thinks he has a case. But there’s this clause in his contract: [Contract is voided if Mendenhall] commits or is arrested for any crime or becomes involved in any situation or occurrence tending to bring Mendenhall into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule, or tending to shock, insult or offend the majority of the consuming public.” Checkmate.
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127 comments Add your comment
MightyQuinn
July 19th, 2011
7:27 am
Could it be that I’m…..
MightyQuinn
July 19th, 2011
7:29 am
Blogger primero!
MightyQuinn
July 19th, 2011
7:41 am
On topic and re item 3, the next comic they put out should be on Rupert Murdoch titled; “How to Lose an Empire Without Really Trying.”
UGADawg83
July 19th, 2011
7:42 am
Second
MightyQuinn
July 19th, 2011
7:44 am
re item 2, Jimmy Buffett had a song titled “Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling”. Would love to hear the Count cover that one!
Herschel Talker
July 19th, 2011
7:45 am
Schultzie:
Stick a fork in Mr. Richt. He won’t make it through the season.
HT
RomeDawg
July 19th, 2011
7:53 am
Georgia Tech….2009 ACC Chumps!
Bill
July 19th, 2011
7:58 am
Great Bullwinkle reference Count.My favorite cartoon as a kid growing up.
Festus
July 19th, 2011
8:03 am
Nice to see the count again. Did he catch the comments on TMZ from that running back at USC? Perhaps those deserve an honorable mention in the world of the clueless.
Uh yeah
July 19th, 2011
8:06 am
Uchitel looks like a dude after ps.
Eric
July 19th, 2011
8:07 am
When will the ncaa investigate uga? I am sure jimdumbass donnan was running his ponzi while at uga and probably used the university to help operate it.
Buzzed
July 19th, 2011
8:07 am
Send that 2009 trophy to Athens. It belongs there anyway. A doorstop is needed in the new athletic building.
Heavy Dawg Walkin'
July 19th, 2011
8:08 am
Stick a fork in the NBA. Make that two forks for United States Choker, er I mean Soccer.
Al
July 19th, 2011
8:15 am
Um eric that would be the fbi, irs and sec.
Al
July 19th, 2011
8:20 am
It belongs there why buzzed? Because uga won one game? Are you really that stupid? So if clemson had beaten auburn last year, and they came closest to any other team last year, then they would have been sec champions?
GTFan
July 19th, 2011
8:21 am
RomeDawg,
Please your team keep losing players left and right!You’ll be lucky if your team even makes it anywhere close in the overrated SEC!
VOLinATL
July 19th, 2011
8:32 am
Loved the Bengals/SEC line….priceless!!!
Paul Casanova
July 19th, 2011
8:33 am
Herschel Talker = Mr. Irrelevant
Buckeye
July 19th, 2011
8:41 am
WHAT???? A tattoo on Sam Shields? And he’s not a Buckeye?? Unbelievable.
82Dawg
July 19th, 2011
8:46 am
Herschel Talker…I know a couple of real Ga. Fans that would love to take your seats, since you are no longer a fan. Either support the team and their coach or shut up.
Punch in the nose
July 19th, 2011
8:49 am
GTFan please use English in your post. You sound like an idiot engineer.
Timbodog
July 19th, 2011
8:50 am
Yeah, let’s support Richt no matter what, right?
I can’t believe so many of our fans are this stupid…maybe Stewart Mandel was right.
gdawginkalamazoo
July 19th, 2011
8:51 am
Holy cow where to start. That pic from Ohio is just deranged. Why the hell are they smiling? Her dad just died. They look as happy as Jim Tressel when he got the Tat5 kids eligible for the Sugar Bowl.
Christopher also doesn’t know that he can save 15% in 15 minutes with Geico because he lives under a rock.
I never cared for Bullwinkle or David Stern so that was a spot on comparison.
What is on that disc that Elmo is trying to hand to the count?
Tex
July 19th, 2011
8:53 am
Here’s someone worse than Madoff. Read then forward this link to everyone you know, so they don’t get scammed: http://texsquixtarblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/who-is-worse-bernie-madoff-or-rich.html
Buckeye
July 19th, 2011
8:54 am
Jeff,
Thank you for yet again keeping Ohio State in the headlines down here in SECville.
The stiff “I” just goes to show we Buckeyes are nuts. Pretty weird but you’ve got to give then an A for originality.
Regarding Tressel’s career, perhaps ex-dog coach Donnan could prep The Vest for a career in Ponzi schemes.
AJC DUMB HEADLINE: uga tailback job up for grabs
Really? Had no clue?
@eric
July 19th, 2011
8:55 am
Dude, come on, really? That’s the best you got? I’m embarrassed for you and you’re anonymous!
Buckeye
July 19th, 2011
8:58 am
Jeff,
Regarding Pac Man and the Bengal arrests, you insinuate multiple Ohio State players have also been arrested in this recent debalce.
There have been ZERO arrests. None. Zip. Nada, which by the way, will be the number of dog victories after week 2.
Eddie
July 19th, 2011
9:00 am
Looks like Miracle ran out of miracles.
Buckeye
July 19th, 2011
9:00 am
Kalamazoo,
You dogs keep multiple dead dogs on your field. I’m all for UGA and the tradition but…………how about a peaceful shady spot under a tree on campus? Oh, nevermind, y’all would just trash it on “built Ford tough” Saturdays.
Count this
July 19th, 2011
9:02 am
Tech’s eventual appeal will be far more convincing if the guy who messed things up were to resign.
gdawginkalamazoo
July 19th, 2011
9:11 am
Buckeye, I have never seen a photo of anyone smiling and making a “U” sign at UGA’s gravesite. Maybe when Mike Adams kicks the bucket.
Fierce Dawg
July 19th, 2011
9:13 am
well, at least Tech was so good in 2009 that they were state champions!……wait, no they weren’t.
Joey
July 19th, 2011
9:13 am
Mike Tyson still has Shields beat with the tat on his face.
The AJC Stinks
July 19th, 2011
9:15 am
Since you are attacking Tech, I shall return the fire: The lying, cheating, and stealing by a part of News Corp in England justifies all people everywhere in cancelling all their subscriptions to all newspapers. I urge all subscribers to the ajc to cancel their subscriptions in protest of Rupert’s crimes against humanity. You cannot trust anything written in any newspaper to be the truth, all newspapers and reporters are stained with the crimes of News Corp.
Volman
July 19th, 2011
9:16 am
Jeff, isn’t it “I wish I WERE making this up.” ?????
PMC
July 19th, 2011
9:17 am
So, maybe this will disuade people from going to Gloria Allred now? That would be cool.
bandit
July 19th, 2011
9:18 am
Tech should consider moving to 1aa football and have gsu as their rival.
Eddie
July 19th, 2011
9:21 am
Truth be told, most ACC fans don’t know or care who won the 2009 football trophy.
Now basketball…
BG
July 19th, 2011
9:22 am
Tech cheats?? Who knew??
juvenal
July 19th, 2011
9:23 am
send directly to the nzaa & let Sean stick it in the appropriate place……..
Seriously
July 19th, 2011
9:26 am
Sat. 09/05/09 Jacksonville State Won 37-17 —
Thu. 09/10/09 Clemson Won 30-27 —
Thu. 09/17/09 at Miami (FL) Lost 33-17 —
Sat. 09/26/09 North Carolina Won 24-7 —
Sat. 10/03/09 at Mississippi State Won 42-31 —
Sat. 10/10/09 at Florida State Won 49-44 —
Sat. 10/17/09 Virginia Tech Won 28-23 —
Sat. 10/24/09 at Virginia Won 34-9 —
Sat. 10/31/09 at Vanderbilt Won 56-31 —
Sat. 11/07/09 Wake Forest Won 30-27
(OT) —
Sat. 11/14/09 at Duke Won 49-10 —
Sat. 11/21/09 Open Date — —
Sat. 11/28/09 Georgia Lost 30-24 —
2009 ACC Championship Game
Sat. 12/05/09 Clemson 1 Won 39-34 —
2010 FedEx Orange Bowl
Tue. 01/05/10 Iowa 2 Lost 24-14 —
The best one is UGA kicking that GT butt!!!
juvenal
July 19th, 2011
9:30 am
so, Jeff, what penalty did osu get for playing dez……
Eddie
July 19th, 2011
9:32 am
BG,
For twenty months, the AJC didn’t know. Or did they?
GT
July 19th, 2011
9:33 am
I have about changed my mind about Tech appealing. The NCAA has dealt itself a poor hand, and Tech should let them twist in the wind. We are not a rogue school and can probably live on probation better than most. Now that the NCAA has set the bar so high that a petty offense gets serious time why hold them up with us when they can be going after the teams we play. Winning the ACC was not like winning the SEC and we actually got more press time losing it than we ever did winning it.
One question does come to mind. When the NCAA showed up and asked the AD not to tell his coach they were under investigation, yet allows that we should have supended players under investigation until the investigation was complete? Exactly how do we handle that without letting the cat out of the bag? Is it normal for the NCAA to show up on campus and tell the AD we are here but you have seen nothing, act like all is well? Who is the investigator and who is being investigated? Seem to me in the future they would be better off taking the whole gang in at one time and telling everybody involved at one time. This being tricky does not become adults and to ask a AD to be part of it is is a little rich.
Eddie
July 19th, 2011
9:34 am
The Bengals would get their butts kicked in the SEC.
Paul in RDU
July 19th, 2011
9:36 am
Jeff – Great Countdown this week – one of your best.
I loved the comment about 1 more arrest for the Bungles and they’ll be invited to join the SEC. Breakfast menu on the Titanic was a great line too.
buzzfarts
July 19th, 2011
9:36 am
TECH REALLT DID NOT WIN THE ACC IN 2009–THE DAWGS DID, HERES WHY– WE BEAT TECH AND USC WHICH BEAT CLEMSON , SO THATS PRETTY CLEAN CUT , I GUESS THEY CAN SEND IT TO US
Cornelius Green
July 19th, 2011
9:36 am
Buckeye is like a bad rash that just won’t go away.
buzzfarts
July 19th, 2011
9:37 am
UH HO, REALLY SPELLED WRONG , WILL CATCH HELL NOW
Matt Skole
July 19th, 2011
9:38 am
One thing is for sure.
Tech is now one of the dirties programs in college football.
Two probation’s in a very short period of time. One more might get them the death penalty.
JB
July 19th, 2011
9:38 am
Tech ” an institution above the fray,we don’t cheat, rules are not for us, Have you met Coach Johnson,Our second probation within 10 years,we’ve run out of miracles” football team is in for a rude awakening. The ACC looks to be getting stronger….and Tech Appears to being getting weaker. Other than a plum or two, the last two classes look weak. The national press is not optimistic at all. I know Tech, like us. likes to talk about how good they will be. Most writers not buying it.
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
July 19th, 2011
9:44 am
We are struggling With Tech over here at the Chamber. We’ve deleted them on our tour bus route, although it’s hard to get to Coco Cola without going by there. We have ask them for an area we could visit without the Athletic Dept. coming into play, but even some of our Japanese
guest ask, Aw, Jaw-ja Yech, Home of Jim Tressel…..Very confusing to them.
Matt Skole
July 19th, 2011
9:48 am
One thing is for sure.
Tech is now one of the dirtiest programs in college football.
Two probation’s in a very short period of time. One more might get them the death penalty.
Chuck Slovakia
July 19th, 2011
9:53 am
Of course Georgia Tech doesn’t cheat. The NCAA is just taking their ACC championship away for no reason at all.
Dabo Swinney
July 19th, 2011
9:54 am
Yes, Al, we did almost beat Aubarn in 2010. But, like many other teams, we did stomp Tech yet again…… The 2009 trophy should be sent up to the real 2009 ACC Champions, The Clemson Tigers!
buzzfarts
July 19th, 2011
9:55 am
you would think that they would play better cause they look better with the new threads–ala deion sanders
buzzfarts
July 19th, 2011
9:57 am
dabo, its the dawgs–see earlier post
Reid Adair
July 19th, 2011
9:58 am
Somebody needs to arrange for Christopher (last name protected) to have a date with Rachel Uchitel. Maybe they can have a nice dinner of fish & chips?
Surely that wouldn’t violate her confidentiality agreement.
Yaz
July 19th, 2011
10:06 am
The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.
And don’t forget the red panties.
Or Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the slimy mess in Athens that’s still a slimy mess thirty years later.
The painful truth that lurks in Athens
July 19th, 2011
10:10 am
You Dawg fans who keep repeating Tech-Georgia scores enjoy yourselves all you want. The thing is… Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. College sports are fun to follow, but the biggest reason for going to college is to get an education.
UGA fans don’t seem to care about anything but football, and they don’t care if their players are enrolled in silly majors that no parents who are paying the bills would send their kids to UGA for. The very few football and basketball players who graduate have no job opportunities and end up unemployed or working in menial jobs that hardly require a college degree.
Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a drunken party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is worthless.
Jan Kemp exposed the obscene crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or character.
The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against thug-athletes, it’s usually no contest.
So keep on posting your scores all you want, especially since you’re home with plenty of time on your hands. I wish you well, maybe you’ll get lucky and get your old janitorial job back before your unemployment checks stop coming.
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
10:14 am
Buckeye you and the other bucknuts must be unable to generate a fart right now awaiting what the NCAA has in store for you cheaters after ripping Tech a new one for much less wrongdoing.
Michigan 49
OSU 7
OSU 5-7
The AJC Stinks
July 19th, 2011
10:16 am
If the ncaa has labeled us cheats, than I suggest we embrace the dark side, that means brass knuckles and knives in the huddle!
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
10:21 am
The painful truth that lurks in Athens
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You really are a sad pathetic individual and a disgrace to GT.
Janitorial jobs?
Unemployment checks?
UGA grads have no life?
Jan Kemp?
Your inane drivel is evidence of a life lived in a sheltered existence where the only thing you interact with is a computer. No women. No children. No family except for maybe your mother that you still live with at the age of 42.
You speak of unemployment in a time where unemployment is at an all time high of near 10% and is really at 15% because a lot of folks have quit trying to find a job. The saddest part of your rambling is that a lot of GT grads are finding the road difficult these days also because of the poor economic conditions.
The best thing you can do is try and broaden your horizons. Go to a library, church or even a grocery store and start interacting with live human beings. Talk to a girl. Strike up conversations with strangers.
Try to escape your pathetic existence and become an actual human being.
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
July 19th, 2011
10:22 am
Yes, post @10:10, we all know if you didn’t go to Tech. life ain’t worth living, you can’t make a living, and doubtful spend your life with a woman. we get it.
beanster
July 19th, 2011
10:26 am
Painful, jealous much? You just wrote a book on the same old tired argument Tech fans have been making for years. You must be brilliant to be able to sum up an entire University and all of its alumni based on your observations of its football fans. Guess what, buddy? UGA will soon have mechanical and chemical engineering. And a medical school. And believe me, when given the choice of a beautiful college town like Athens or living in constant fear of getting mugged on 14th street, most sane people will choose the latter. So carry on with your Jan Kemp stories as we all yawn to the same boring arguments you dorks have been spewing for decades. But remember this, we will still OWN your @sses on the football field. Have a nice day!
JB
July 19th, 2011
10:28 am
I’m thankful everyday I didn’t go to Tech. I have a wonderful wife, friends, a great company I own, Enjoyed my days in Athens, going back, the game day experience. I’m sure Tech people have their world……….and I’m thankful I’m not part of it. Go Dawgs
GT
July 19th, 2011
10:31 am
We are above the fray JB. It is called academics. The reason Vanderbilt has not been on probation is because they don’t care about football as much as they do academics. We are what we are on purpose at Tech. We take seats out of our stadium, we lose recruits because we are a hard academic school not for everybody. You don’t call us nerds for nothing, we are nerds! We pay a price being what we want to be if that is a price. We run a wishbone offense because we cannot recruit the talent to run a regular offense. We are the ugly girl at the dance being punished for wearing makeup, it doesn’t help us to cheat.
JB
July 19th, 2011
10:33 am
Well said GT.
Seriously
July 19th, 2011
10:35 am
Yaz,
This year the only thing UGA has is three running backs who are either gone or suspended. Richt isnt taking crap from anyone and it is showing early through the summer. No drunk reports have come out that I know of. Anyone else heard anything this year?
beanster
July 19th, 2011
10:36 am
Pardon me, that would be former, not latter.
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
10:36 am
GT my bet is you don’t claim the idiot that posted the painful truth in Athens stuff.
GT + UGA = 1 Sad Joke
July 19th, 2011
10:36 am
The only thing both of these institutions prove is who has the best High School in the State of Georgia. GT – you cheat – period. Go read what happened at SMU because it’s a coming attraction for you folks. That ACC trophy means as much as Rosie Ruiz’s finisher medal from the NYC Marathon.
UGA – Just grow up and try to act like adults. We adults know that’s tough, but we are sure you can do it.
JB
July 19th, 2011
10:38 am
But, do me one favor GT, erase the image of the typical Georgia fan/alum from your mind. My Veterinarian, my Lawyer and my Accountant are ALL UGA grads. They are not dumb. They are not rednecks. They don’t flip burgers. They are fine people who worked hard, studied hard and contribute very well to society. I have only needed an Engineer once in my life…and i used a Clemson grad. It worked out fine. There are lot’s of fine Tech folk, but the line doesn’t end there with good smart people.
BigTimeTechFan
July 19th, 2011
10:40 am
“notorious, dirty, cheatin’ coach, Paul Johnson”
I think that kind of harsh, Johnson was not told he could not talk to one of the specific players involved. Johnson is a good guy and good coach and plays by the rules.
bucket
July 19th, 2011
10:40 am
The painful truth – I found it priceless that you committed an obvious grammar mistake in your first paragraph about the importance of an education. (”kids does” really???) It’s also very interesting that you take time to come to an anonymous blog to write 6 paragraphs about how your life is so much better than the rest of us who are obsessed with college football.
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
10:41 am
GT + UGA = 1 Sad Joke
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The only sad joke is you. Claiming to be an adult and bashing others while doing it sounds like a teenager bragging about his sexual conquests to his friends while he spent the previous Saturday night with his pillow.
GT + UGA = 1 Sad Joke
July 19th, 2011
10:43 am
JB – You only needed an engineer once? I guess you don’t drive, never go over bridges and how did you get your drivel on the web? Your total knowledge fits very well into your spitoon.
Richard Cranium
July 19th, 2011
10:44 am
We better listen to those folks from the Clarke County Correctional Institute.
They know the law.
BigTimeTechFan
July 19th, 2011
10:45 am
GT + UGA = 1 Sad Joke – UGA has more NCAA infractions this year then Tech, If Tech cheats then UGA cheats 3 times as much.
GT + UGA = 1 Sad Joke
July 19th, 2011
10:45 am
DawginLex – Here’s a mirror as well as a fresh pillow.
JB
July 19th, 2011
10:46 am
The only Engineer “I” ever need to hire………..And yes I hired the Clemson guy for the obvious reason………..I needed a good one…LOL
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
10:47 am
GT + UGA = 1 Sad Joke
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Go play in traffic idiot.
Since you are so smart, go invent a blow up doll that won’t deflate on your date.
macrotech
July 19th, 2011
10:54 am
JB, you state that you are glad that you are not a part of our world…yet, you can’t stay of a blog regarding Tech to save your life. Actions speak louder than words. You LOVE being a part of our world!
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July 19th, 2011
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cantondawg
July 19th, 2011
11:04 am
Herschel Talker = all time worst UGA fan. He’s already counting our losses before WE play. Most UGA fans wish CMR the best and hope he has a great season. He’s an absolute embarassment to UGA for us to have fans like him.
GT
July 19th, 2011
11:21 am
You want to see real winners take a list of alumni from Tech, like the new CEO at Wal-mart and compare that list to Georgia. Or even more compare Georgia to UNC or Virginia. We need a great Univerisity in this state a lot more than we need a great football team. Georgia was heading the right way with the Hope but when times get tough the first thing they mess with is education. Georgia is a lot more to this state than football, evenually we will have kids going there or to Tech. Why are we off with some NCAA idiot being treated like children when he is in reality standing for nothing higher education should stand for in the first place?
Trojan
July 19th, 2011
11:25 am
More is written about a UGA 3rd string TB committing “team” rules than is written about an institution being put on probation.
juvenal
July 19th, 2011
11:26 am
calm down, Lex, most of these posts making about as much sense as the nzaa, it’s mostly the non-alum supporters who are the puerile-posters……you & JB probably love having them hanging around this area 4 more years as much as we do……..
heartofdarkness
July 19th, 2011
11:32 am
Probably isn’t relevant, but I cannot view without dismay, how much more articulate, able to pursue logical inquiry and able to paint a picture that reflects the bounders and blackguards giving testimony before them, the members of Parliament seem, in comparison to our own congressmen. Wouldn’t it be delightful to have these Brits interrogating the governors of the NCAA on the telly? Even on Fox.
Student Athlete
July 19th, 2011
11:32 am
Hey Paul,
“PUNCH them, ‘NCAA,’ in the MOUTH.”
Waahoo!!!
beanster
July 19th, 2011
11:38 am
GT – tell me, as you seem to know so much about UGA’s future, where is Tech headed as an institution? The only stories I have heard lately are about the rampant crime in and around your campus and the sour grapes complaining about UGA taking on an engineering school that will rival and soon overtake the reputation yours has achieved over the years. My point is, I don’t hear much of anything that is positive related to your school. How long will it take before college kids grow tired of being tied up and robbed at gunpoint to the extent that they choose to find their education elsewhere? What growth is occurring at Tech that would lead one to believe there is a bright future there? What leadership exists at Tech that is able to take things like NCAA investigations seriously? Leadership that follows simple NCAA directives as to not be severely punished by their investigative committees? If such leadership exists, it must not like press coverage because I certainly haven’t heard a single positive thing about your school in years. Call us dumb rednecks all you want. We all know you are desperately clinging to the one single thing in your life you thought was such a great idea.
By the way, I work with a girl who recently got her master’s in architecture from Tech. She is the dumbest, laziest employee (total clock watcher who thinks she is entitled to leave at 5:30 p.m.) I have ever encountered in my career. Somehow she managed to get her master’s yet has the most remedial understanding of CAD of anyone in our office (even the dinosaurs who are near retirement). In dork-talk, yesterday she asked me how to create a polyline. She has a master’s degree and does not know how to create a polyline in CAD. Stellar education she received there, no doubt.
juvenal
July 19th, 2011
11:52 am
not part of our world, JB? never use elmer’s glue? gas from oil pumped by grasshopper pumps?
Jeff Schultz
July 19th, 2011
12:16 pm
Buckeye — Thanks. Just shows some wacko fans not exclusive to the South.
So, now, um what HAS HE won yet?
July 19th, 2011
12:19 pm
CPJ inherited some NFL bound Chan kids, he used a funky wishbone thing to pick up some meaningless yardage, he is now starting to have to use his recruits and losing more games.
According to the RECORD of this man, knowing that he has no bowl wins AND he lost to UGA in an era in which UGA is way below their 12- 14 year run of 9 and 10 game seasons ……………………….what HAS CPJ DONE for GT???
“Why, um, ah, you hateful UGA person ……………….we led the world in meaningless rushing yds!!!! “
Jeff Schultz
July 19th, 2011
12:21 pm
The AJC Stinks — “The lying, cheating, and stealing by a part of News Corp in England justifies all people everywhere in cancelling all their subscriptions to all newspapers.” … Wow, interesting philosophy. But that would be sort of like me never communicating with any readers, just because one in particular comes looking like a complete idiot. (See how I did that?)
Jeff Schultz
July 19th, 2011
12:22 pm
Volman — And that’s what it says. Now.
Jeff Schultz
July 19th, 2011
12:24 pm
Eddie — Are you suggesting we had a news story and sat on it? Seriously?
Jeff Schultz
July 19th, 2011
12:24 pm
Paul in RDU — Thank you, kind sir.
Jeff Schultz
July 19th, 2011
12:27 pm
Trojan — “More is written about a UGA 3rd string TB committing “team” rules [violation] than is written about an institution being put on probation.” … I’m not sure how strong you were in math but you might want to go back and count words. (You’ll lose this debate.)
Hey GT .......
July 19th, 2011
12:28 pm
MARTA and Atl public schools and GT sports are all alike:
All 3 in denial, need government support, are crime infested cesspools, no one interested in their product, need to CHEAT with grades and scores to have any chance of survival in the face of competition and all three liars from the top to the bottom. All 3 must beg the public to simply take a seat and ride or view.
GT IS a great school. UGA IS a great school too. Not all want to be a production manager or Ga Power plant engineer or well, um, NASA is being canned, so the aeronautical engineers have to look elsewhere, due to Obama’s failed economy that can no longer support space exploration. Oh well ……………… they can work in the GTAD.
Go Dogs.
Retired from international bidnezzzzzz career at 55, now 62 and a happy UGA Liberal Arts grad- AB History 71 and loving it.
macrotech
July 19th, 2011
12:30 pm
“The AJC Stinks — “The lying, cheating, and stealing by a part of News Corp in England justifies all people everywhere in cancelling all their subscriptions to all newspapers.” … Wow, interesting philosophy. But that would be sort of like me never communicating with any readers, just because one in particular comes looking like a complete idiot. (See how I did that?)”….TOO funny!
Ted M
July 19th, 2011
12:40 pm
nah HT even if Richt flops completely he still makes it thru the season.
yes, i'm a koolaid drinker....
July 19th, 2011
12:41 pm
i cant believe people are against CMR and the bulldogs. Turn in your season tickets and go pull for another team. CMR is the finest, most christian coach in the entire NCAA and he will SHOW THE WORLD
yes, i'm a koolaid drinker....
July 19th, 2011
12:42 pm
HOW GREAT HE IS WHEN THE DAWGS WIN ANOTHER SEC TITLE AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.
yes, i'm a koolaid drinker....
July 19th, 2011
12:43 pm
we don’t need runningbacks, we don’t need an offensive line….we don’t need a defense… All we need is MARK RICHT AND JESUS TO LEAD US TO THE PROMISE LAND.
dawgfan
July 19th, 2011
12:44 pm
Tech is getting more publicity for losing the 2009 ACC Chumpionship than they did for winning it. Didn’t care then. Don’t care now.
Thanks.
Buckeye
July 19th, 2011
12:46 pm
Cornelius Green,
Careful. My older sister dated a teamate of yours – linebacker Ken Kuhn who has since passed at a young age.
I could tell a story or to about your “extra-cirricular’s”.
Ken Kuhn, by the way, drive a nice Mercury Cougar at the time – silver with a red leather interior. I had the pleasure of washing it a time or two.
heartofdarkness
July 19th, 2011
12:51 pm
Rupert might hire that guy with the pie to crash the NCAA hearing,… IF it’s exclusively on Fox.
Coach Grohbo
July 19th, 2011
1:12 pm
@drinker,
I agree. How Great Thou Art.
Brock
July 19th, 2011
1:19 pm
dogfan’s most famous line- “Didn’t care then. Don’t care now.”
so why say it then. why take the time to logon to your computer, search for the ajc website, click on sports, go to Schultz’s page, read through the comments, type in a response, and hit submit.
You did all of this because you don’t care. Me thinks you may be a liar.
heartofdarkness
July 19th, 2011
1:24 pm
Vague blanket apologies, pervasive obliviousness to what subordinates are doing, organizational compartmentalization, document flushing, slush funds without cellars, reference to undefined ongoing criminal investigations, timely flashes of amnesia, sanctified confidentiality agreements with well compensated potential witnesses, corporate supplied legal fees, accountability for non-salaried staff exclusively, reticent mention of tea with the prime minister… I think Tech and Goldman Sachs should be taking notes.
The AJC Stinks
July 19th, 2011
1:36 pm
Right jeffy, I see how you did that, cut and paste, a specialty of the ajc.
ClinchCountyDawg
July 19th, 2011
1:38 pm
Buckeye
How is it going? There is an opening for a detail specialist at the Panther Carwash in beautiful downtown Homerville. One benefit is that is close to the Daury Queen.
Paul Johnson slams NCAA for Georgia Tech’s probation | Jeff Schultz
July 19th, 2011
2:03 pm
[...] But not as a coach. It’s why Johnson took a verbal 2-by-4 to the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions. He says he did nothing wrong. He says the punishment slapped on Georgia Tech’s football program, including the forfeiture of the 2009 ACC championship, is wrong. He wants the school to appeal. That decision hasn’t been made yet, but the trophy has been removed from a case in the Edge Athletics Center and is sitting in an office closet. [...]
ROFL
July 19th, 2011
2:06 pm
These are priceless. Especially the last two ghetto trash athletes.
Buckeye
July 19th, 2011
2:14 pm
Yo Clinch,
Good day for a Dilly, eh? Gotta eat ‘em quick before they melt!
Getting any meaningful rain down in your neck of the County?
repeat offenders
July 19th, 2011
2:15 pm
Tech shows their usual class or lack thereof by not promptly returning the trophy.But we are dealing with a program that had rings made for a regular season win.
Ben
July 19th, 2011
2:19 pm
The NCAA stuff is bull. Real cheating is when you get an unfair advantage. Did $312 worth of clothing give Tech’s football team an unfair advantage? Did it make it easier for them to score touchdowns? Hell, no. This isn’t about cheating, it’s about the NCAA believing in guilty until proven innocent, and wanting to take revenge against a school who did not immediately dance to the NCAA’s (immoral) tune.
Jacket Man
July 19th, 2011
2:34 pm
“Seriously;” have you even read the NCAA report and transcripts of what transpired from the beginning? Have any of you making your wisecracks? Do any of you have a clue what REALLY went down and what GA Tech’s position was/is?
First of all, no one is allowed on campus to speak to student athletes without permission, and that includes NCAA investigators. The kids have schedules set up, including tutoring, lifting, and other mandatory meetings, and GA Tech has the necessity to work with the kids to free up their schedules. Now if you were a student athlete and were being told that you were being taken out of mandatory tutoring, etc., wouldn’t YOU become suspicious or nervous and ask for an explanation? Do you think that it’s unreasonable to tell someone that someone from the NCAA is coming to speak with them and they just need to speak with them honestly about any questions they might have for them, and this is what the process is about so they won’t be overly anxious or nervous?
Now I would also ask you…is it unreasonable for GA Tech to not start their OWN investigation until AFTER the NCAA has COMPLETED their investigation and they only have a short window of opportunity to respond to any alleged allegations? Why was the fact that Paul Johnson was spoken to, so he could begin investigating the matter with his players the same time the NCAA was investigating them, was constituting NOT cooperating with the NCAA? Where’s the fairness inmthat?
Finally, our country was founded on the premise of people are innocent until proven guilty, and trying to force players to be disqualified because of the POSSIBILITY of being involved with a MINOR NCAA infraction, which could impact the entire outcome of the season of the entire team comprised of mainly innocent players goes totally against that principal. You cannot un-ring a bell. What if players are investigated and it’s discovered to be innocent? If the players had been forced tomsit out and the Jackets had lost games and, therefore, NOT won the ACC Championship, they would have never had the chance to even be in this position in the first place. Would THAT have been fair (which is basically what happened)?
No, what we have here is the NCAA placing GA Tech in a no win situation that could happen to ANY University, and is inherently unfair and should be challenged. Remember, this all started over around $350.00 that was immediately returned and the players were exonerated…and the NCAA and GA Tech spent over $100,000 dealing with this $350.00 fiasco. Isn’t our Country in an economic crisis and the cost of college educations skyrocketing? Do we need to have this kind of wasteful spending? I think not.
ClinchCountyDawg
July 19th, 2011
2:38 pm
Buckeye
It is always a good time for a Dilly Bar. It is so dry around here that the mosquitos are carrying canteens.
Dawgfan
July 19th, 2011
2:42 pm
Here’s some good ideas. Send the 2009 ACC championship trophy to Athens. Caleb’s not busy right now; he can run it over there. Also, tell your center that was pretty cool refusing to send the NCAA his ACC championship ring. Be even cooler if he sent them one with no meaning, like the one to celebrate Tech’s lone victory over UGA in the last decade. lol
Stinger2
July 19th, 2011
2:59 pm
Does anyone have anything new to say about the GT probation story? Everything I am reading now is the same old dumb wisecracks by UGA fans that have already been said a 100 times. Either come up with something new or get lost.
The AJC Stinks
July 19th, 2011
4:33 pm
Death to the NCAA, all schools should drop out. I myself will never, ever give one red cent to any college, university, or community college, for any reason what so ever. Drop Dead NCAA!
cheating rules
July 19th, 2011
4:55 pm
who cheats more:
a. Georgia
b. Georgia Tech
Answer: (a) — player suspensions or probation most years
BamaBean
July 19th, 2011
8:19 pm
Stick a fork in Paul Johnson. He will be back repairing air conditioners within two years.
Hide the Trophy!
July 20th, 2011
9:32 am
Tech should hide their ACC title trophy in the nuclear engineering building. The ncaa will be terrified to go in there and look due to the possibility of radiation.
jeffjacket
July 20th, 2011
7:10 pm
jeffjacket
July 20th, 2011
6:16 pm
When ga. fans stoop to making fun of a coaches physical appearence its because they do not have the wit nor the intelligence to discuss the facts. Here you go, if you guys had a coach with just half the guts and fire of Paul Johnson you probably would have had a conf. title sooner that 6 years ago.
Give me a break, you guys cannot stand the fact that we have the coach you wished you had!