Paul Johnson slams NCAA for Georgia Tech’s probation
Paul Johnson wasn't happy during Tech's probation news conference. He's still fuming. (Johnny Crawford/AJC)
Paul Johnson doesn’t cheat. Doesn’t like cheaters. Calls the suggestion that he would cheat “almost insulting.”
“I’m sure I cheated in board games,” the Georgia Tech coach said. “And when I played, yeah, you’d do stuff. Move the ball forward. Move it back. Kick it. Maybe grab a guy where you’re not supposed to. But heck, everybody does that.”
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.
At the very least, Johnson wants it known that the Yellow Jackets gained no competitive advantage before the conference title win over Clemson. Also, he’s not giving his ring back.
“I’m proud of what those guys did on the field — they won it on the field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened on the field. Let’s say somebody took something illegal. I’m still not convinced that happened, but let’s say it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off.”
Johnson said he’s still “stunned” by the NCAA’s actions. He never expected anything of significance would come of the investigation until, “They started ripping [former compliance director] Paul Parker in the hearing.”
He understood why the NCAA might be upset that athletic director Dan Radakovich informed him of the impending investigation after he been told not to, but said, “I knew there was no coverup. If we were trying to cover the thing up, we would’ve just said that Dan never told me anything. Their perception of what happened and my perception of what happened wasn’t close.”
Johnson’s perception: “That they came in here and talked to seven or eight kids and they didn’t find what they were looking for.
“I’ve been in this business a long time. You see all the things that are going on in college sports today, and you get slammed for this? I mean, come on now. I feel for Dan and [Tech president G.P. "Bud"] Peterson. I’ve known Dan since I got here. Dan Radakovich isn’t going to cheat or cover up anything. Did you get bad information or maybe make a bad decision? You can debate that. But I certainly wasn’t privy to any information we had.”
The Tech case will go down as one of the strangest in NCAA history. Investigators never found proof or established a paper trail indicating former players, specifically Demaryius Thomas and Morgan Burnett, received improper benefits from agents. But there was the suspicious matter of $312 worth of clothing given to Thomas. Radakovich also went against the NCAA’s mandate by forewarning Johnson (and indirectly players) of the investigation.
Any potential violations might’ve been secondary, but the NCAA didn’t like the way Tech acted during the investigation, perceiving administrators tried to hinder the process.
Johnson said, “We thought we were cooperating,” then pointed to a black book on his desk and added, “I guess if they say that book right there is red and you don’t agree, then you’re not cooperating.”
He named at least five Tech players who were interviewed during the bye week before the Georgia game — Thomas, Burnett, Derrick Morgan, Jonathan Dwyer and Cord Howard (as well as Morgan’s roommates) — and said they shuttled off and on the field during practice. Peterson, who was relying primarily on the advice of since-retired school counsel Randy Nordin, ultimately cleared Burnett and Thomas to play.
Johnson said an investigator also interviewed one of his assistant coaches.
“They tried to say that he [the assistant coach] was directing players to agents,” Johnson said. “He even asked me if I was directing players to agents. I told him, ‘Dude, I don’t even know what you’re talking about.’ ”
The assumption here is that the NCAA was not expecting a warm embrace. Maybe they’ve just got a thing about bluntness.
“If you went out and you did something to gain a competitive advantage, if you knew you cheated or you paid somebody, it might be easier to swallow,” Johnson said. “But when you don’t feel like you’ve done anything wrong, it’s tough to take.”
The one saving grace for Tech is that the NCAA didn’t take away scholarships or issue a postseason ban. Also, this whole ugly process and resulting anger might help Johnson’s cause in at least one area with his players.
“Motivation won’t be a problem,” he said.
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891 comments Add your comment
Anteater
July 19th, 2011
2:11 pm
DAWG fan here – NCAA is trying to give out speeding tickets at the Daytona 500.
Dawg Fan
July 19th, 2011
2:12 pm
Kinda hard, even as a dawg fan, to dislike Johnson. He lays it out there.
ROFL
July 19th, 2011
2:13 pm
Johnson is on the edge delusional. He should not be representing a D-1 school as head coach if he acts like he talks.
His words make it seem that he will cheat without caring as long as he feels he did not cheat.
There are written rules, coach, abide by them.
By the way isn’t he from Auburn originally? Nuff said
buzzfarts
July 19th, 2011
2:13 pm
huh
Dawg Fan
July 19th, 2011
2:13 pm
Anteater—- That’s pretty funny right there!
Bruce Mac
July 19th, 2011
2:13 pm
“I never had sex with that woman” Okay, “I never had real sex with that woman”. Okay, “I might have had sex with that woman”. I assume man boobs is a Democrat. What a moron.
buzzfarts
July 19th, 2011
2:15 pm
motivation for what , cheating or playing 100 percent effort, whats he mean?
Worm
July 19th, 2011
2:16 pm
Just keep Chop blocking Paul..BTW-That new rule change was put in just for you..
ROFL
July 19th, 2011
2:16 pm
Does sound like Bill Clinton on the cheating definitions
JM
July 19th, 2011
2:16 pm
Speak the truth, coach. NCAA is a joke.
ROFL
July 19th, 2011
2:18 pm
Can somebody else confirm he was GA Southern via Auburn?
And wouldn’t that explain a lot?!
icallbs
July 19th, 2011
2:19 pm
I’ll take the GT side in this one. Screw the NCAA.
Herschel Talker
July 19th, 2011
2:20 pm
Schultzie:
Please tell this clown to get a brassiere for his manboobs before yapping his flappy gums.
HT
reality
July 19th, 2011
2:20 pm
Enter your comments here
Worm
July 19th, 2011
2:21 pm
Ga.Southern via hawaii…BTW-Paul, Jacking those “Jowls” at the NCAA might get you on “Double secret Probation”..Not wise
Sammy Dawg
July 19th, 2011
2:21 pm
Lying Cheater Nerds! This arrogance you have will eventually lead to the death penalty. Then we can put better team on the schedule. Anybody have Bill Curry’s phone number? We will fill the Georgia Dome every other year with that game.
Dawg4Ever
July 19th, 2011
2:21 pm
As a UGA alumnus, I hate Tech. BUT, I hate the NCAA more. They have lost all credibility and all instituions should leave that organization and form another — and start all over. Things have gotten out of hand. The cases the NCAA makes against schools only to allow Cam Newton to play the system is a travesty. NAAA — you suck.
Hey Jeff
July 19th, 2011
2:22 pm
Good investigative journalism reaching deep into that Tech closet!
Is that trophy next to the janitors uniform?
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
2:23 pm
NCAA practices selective enforcement but if GT had held out DT from the last 3 games, all of this would have never made the papers.
I can’t blame D Rad for telling CPJ. good lord these NCAA bozos must have NEVER worked with anyone where your relationship was based on trust and honesty.
reality
July 19th, 2011
2:24 pm
….Sammy…you are living in a dream world…are you excited about your preseason national championship?
SatchelBuzz
July 19th, 2011
2:24 pm
Never more proud to have CPJ as our leader,….Preach on Coach, Preach on! ROFL,….you’re an idiot.
THWG!!!
Tech Fan
July 19th, 2011
2:24 pm
Well done Coach Johnson!!!
ROFL
July 19th, 2011
2:26 pm
I still say he has Auburn ties which explains his delusional arrogance. That’s a new psychology term I made up!
Him and Chiz-head seem to have a lot in common.
JackDennis
July 19th, 2011
2:26 pm
I say good for PAUL JOHNSON.
The NCAA screwed up the USC deal; now want to be bad asses to everyone else.
Tech Fan
July 19th, 2011
2:27 pm
ROFL, stay off the oxycotin……
trophy
July 19th, 2011
2:27 pm
can tech pawn the trophy for some extra athletic dept. cash or will they have to ship it to the ncaa office?
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
2:28 pm
The bottom line is that the players in question were coached up in how to talk to the inspector prior to their meetings. Paul Johnson knows as well as I do that interviews with players over minor infractions can often lead to bigger fish and tech intentionally acted to obfuscate the process with an aim to protect the talent. Of course, I think the NCAA is overbearing and the punishments are often capricious and inconsistently applied but how can you not know that it’s not ok manipulate or even give the appearance of manipulating your athletes’ testimony? They bear a lot of responsibility for turning this molehill into a mountain.
Birdawg
July 19th, 2011
2:28 pm
Im a huge UGA fan, but I have to say well done Coach Johnson. The NCAA flat out screwed you guys. This has to be appealed.
Stinger2
July 19th, 2011
2:28 pm
As a GT fan who knows nothing about CPJ personally, I do not like his TO offense that almost completely ignores
passing as part of his scheme. That said, there are two points I will make in his defense. He is the coach and has the right to run his team offensively and defensively as he believes is best. Also, I do not beliee he is a cheater. Nothing has ever be brought up throughout his career to indicate otherwise. Anyone who post blogs that he has cheated is completely wrong or simply does not like GT.
Sammy Dawg
July 19th, 2011
2:28 pm
reality, reality is 10 out of 11, then the ncaa will be back to vacate the 2008 season and we can all just say 10 straight before you turn the dump into a soccer stadium with no football program, which is not much different from what you have now.
hackjobs
July 19th, 2011
2:30 pm
Uh…according to his bio, he graduated from Western Carolina, then was OC atlees-McRae, GSU, then at Hawaii, then Navy, then back to GSU, then Tech. So. No, no Auburn.
Nice attempt at a cheap shot, though, but who wants things like facts to get in the way of the truth?
Birdawg
July 19th, 2011
2:30 pm
GeoffDawg, why would they be coached up? Nothing wrong was done here, read the report. The NCAA found no wrong doing by the players.
Bill Clinton
July 19th, 2011
2:30 pm
Hey ROFL, watch your mouth (keyboard).
Anyway, sounds like this NCAA dude had some attitude and was very impressed with himself. Probably trying to get promoted from assistant investigator to senior investigator. I agree with PJ. Given what is going on in the college football wuurld, why is the NCAA wasting resources on something like this.
Smokey's Bandit
July 19th, 2011
2:31 pm
Good Lord Techies…..
If this EXACT same situation had taken place at a school up the road (who has beaten you 9 of the last 10 meetings), you would all be screaming for the death penalty. And if the coach of that team up the road was vocal about his disdain for getting caught CHEATING, you would say he is way out of line, and demand he shut up and take his punishment like a man.
The vast, vast majority of you techies have spent the majority of your lives being made fun of, and outcasted because of your weirdness and nerdiness. Now that you convene with others just like you at a geek school in Atlanta, and have a football coach who enjoys speaking his mind, you feel like you can vicariously adopt his attitude and crassness. But the truth is, you are still as odd, weird, nerdy, and outcasted as you were before the manboobs coach of yours decided to open his mouth in an outright manor.
So YOU, techies, quit being hypocritical…. take a second and imagine these headlines being about UGA and Richt, and then realize that you are far from immune to bad press.
Keep the stories rolling Schultzie….. just like you do every time a UGA player gets a parking ticket.
GO DAWGS!!!!!
9-1
THWGT
Take your punishment like men, not goofy little nerds.
Tide Rising
July 19th, 2011
2:33 pm
The NCAA is an arbitrary, capricious, and heavily politicized organization that would not stand up to public nor congressional scrutiny. They convicted Tech without a paper trail and basically with no proof except maybe one player got some clothes? Seriously? I believe the NCAA is also accused of fabricating evidence in this case- just like in numerous and I mean numerous other cases.
Hopefully some of you folks are starting to realize what we Bama fans have known about the NCAAfor a long time- that this organization is rotten to the core.
Birdawg
July 19th, 2011
2:34 pm
People like Smokey’s Bandit give my alma matar a bad name
ROFL
July 19th, 2011
2:34 pm
Tech fans, man-boobs Johnson is no Bobby Dodd.
And Bobby Dodd ain’t coming back. Go back to your slide-rules and get behind all the other I-tech geeks in the unemployment line.
ed
July 19th, 2011
2:35 pm
shut up chop block
any school who has to lie about the capacity of their stadium has no cred.
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
2:35 pm
The NCAA will spend years investigating GT over $312 when over in Auburn, big bucks changed hands.
Also, our new DT Mr Jenkins was apparently offered $$$ to attend Auburn.
This story is starting to get legs in Athens as he apparently went to the NCAA about it
PMC
July 19th, 2011
2:35 pm
Absolutely the wrong reaction. Paul Johnson should be slamming Paul Johnson for this if he slams anyone.
He came into the school when they were on probation for other offenses and he and Radakovich didn’t do any better.
I understand being angry, but seriously, look in the mirror coach. It’s your fault.
Matt Skole
July 19th, 2011
2:36 pm
This is the second time in ten years Tech has gotten busted and manboobs is upset?
You guys are lucky it isn’t worse given Tech’s recent history of cheating and using ineligible players.
Tech has turned into one of the dirtiest programs in College Football.
NCAA Gestapo
July 19th, 2011
2:36 pm
The worst administrative organization in the history of American society. The NCAA gets away with whatever they want – to whoever they want – with no accountability. Georgia Tech should be exonerated and Paul Johnson is an admirable leader for the stand he is taking. To Hell With the NCAA.
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:37 pm
I do think Tech got treated heavy handed, But by ALL accounts and listening to Paul speak to the press for three years, They ( Tech) probably get some of the blame on this. You can’t get pulled over for speeding and ask the cop ” What the F— to you think you’re doing. you gotta kiss the ring….and I don’t think Johnson kisses anything. IMO
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
2:38 pm
Birdawg – I’m not saying they were coached up. I’m saying that when DRad was specifically told not to tell anyone about the investigation with the exception of tech’s president and then goes on to tell coach Johnson who then talks about it with his players, from the perspective of the investigator, that looks lack of cooperation and that you’re potentially trying to proactively cover something up. Investigators are going to be suspicious of inconsistencies and tech athletic department knows that. If they’re confident that there’s nothing to hide, they should’ve kept the info high level as intended.
James
July 19th, 2011
2:38 pm
Matt Skole just got plowed on the head with cinder block, ignore him.
Big Macon DAWG
July 19th, 2011
2:39 pm
You pissed off the wrong, dude.
GT Football will be back, and meaner and madder than Hell.
can't stand him
July 19th, 2011
2:39 pm
What a blowhard. He’s an ignorant, horse’s a$$.
Big Macon DAWG
July 19th, 2011
2:40 pm
That said….
UGA is still the #1 in the state, until proven otherwise.
Bob Rathbun
July 19th, 2011
2:40 pm
Gotta Love CPJ!!!
repeat offenders
July 19th, 2011
2:40 pm
Arrogance, disregard for the rules and stupidity turned a secondary violation into 4 years probation.
Pj too dumb to shut up.
Pauls Johnson
July 19th, 2011
2:40 pm
GO DAWG!
JJ
July 19th, 2011
2:40 pm
That CPJ is awesome baby!!
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:41 pm
I hope it’s True about Auburn. I will never forget Trooper Taylor Chest bumping Fairly coming off the field and waving the towel after hitting Murray like 2-3 seconds after the ball left his hands and Chisik grinning about it. Screw’em.
JOE
July 19th, 2011
2:41 pm
Man, Coach Johnson is the man!!!
Hollywould
July 19th, 2011
2:41 pm
Dawg in Lex, Here we go again with your rumors. Show some proof just ONCE will ya?
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
2:41 pm
Totally unproven, GeoffDawg. Further, are you really comfortable punishing appearances in the future?
To the moron dawg fans, please go ahead and get the nerd, hot dog/coke, high school offense (that y’all still can’t stop), high school stadium nonsense out of the way so we can actually discuss the content of Johnson’s comments.
Banks
July 19th, 2011
2:41 pm
I heard the Varsity gave them free hotdogs, the NCAA might want to check on that also…
Big Macon DAWG
July 19th, 2011
2:41 pm
@ can’t stand him
I actually like the guy.
If he coached our talent, we would have a NC by now.
HARD-A$$
North Over South
July 19th, 2011
2:41 pm
NCAA is ajoke out live it’s self
Skip Caray
July 19th, 2011
2:41 pm
Dude, you tech fans must love CPJ, I like that guy!!
jarvis
July 19th, 2011
2:42 pm
Huge Dawg fan and even bigger Tech hater, but this is crap. The punishment goes so far over the line when compared to the “cover up”. The NCAA is going to get itself in real trouble if it is not careful.
tc
July 19th, 2011
2:42 pm
You gotta respect CPJ for sticking up for his players, hes the man!!
St. Richt
July 19th, 2011
2:42 pm
PMC, read the report or shut up, because you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. Its obvious to everyone with a brain that Paul Johnson didn’t do anything wrong. The one who screwed up was Radakovich, which he admits.
TJ
July 19th, 2011
2:43 pm
I have a man crush on CPJ and his man boobs
repeat offenders
July 19th, 2011
2:43 pm
Pj shows he has no business being on a big stage, this man was born to coach at Navy or Southern Conference..
TJ
July 19th, 2011
2:44 pm
Jarvis, the funny thing is that there was nothing to “cover up”
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:44 pm
Boy, here we go……….500 hits of old news
Habersham Dawg
July 19th, 2011
2:45 pm
I am dawg through and through, but Tech’s punishment is way out of line for any perceived offense. I’m still angry about the NCAA’s ruling on A.J. last season and what they’ve currently done to Tech. It is not right.
aon
July 19th, 2011
2:45 pm
My, my. I am sure there is way more to this story. Like I tell my kids, “a rule is a rule, and they are in place for a reason.” Trying to bully and intimade because you think you are better than, gets you no where. Case in point, GT.
Buzzed
July 19th, 2011
2:45 pm
This is no way to start the appeals process. Might as well have punched them in the face.
Yep
July 19th, 2011
2:47 pm
Johnson seems to be using that Chiz-Aub logic of yelling at the ncaa….never usually turns out good.
TJ
July 19th, 2011
2:47 pm
Actually buzzed, I would have no problem with that….
bob jacket
July 19th, 2011
2:47 pm
You can appeal the thing without making yourself look like a fool. Running your mouth DOES sound like an Auburn tactic. It’s not very smart.
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:47 pm
The NCAA has NEVER tasted his fish I bet…………….No fish for you…..Fish Nazi.
TJ
July 19th, 2011
2:48 pm
aon, if there was more to the story, the investigation wouldn’t be over doooofus…
BRW
July 19th, 2011
2:48 pm
BruceMac, I don’t have to assume to know your the moron, moron….
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:48 pm
Will he wear that Baggy blue wind suit to the appeal hearing?
Matt Skole
July 19th, 2011
2:49 pm
4 hotdogs 4 cokes 4 programs
4 years on probation.
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
Did Johnson really say he wasn’t giving his ring back? That’s rich.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
Do you also teach your kids to be totally uncritical of the rules too, aon.
Sheesh. I hope most of you people don’t vote.
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
I am pretty sure I said it was a rumor so there is no link
There was a rumor several weeks ago about LSU and guess what is happening at 3 pm today?
a press conference to announce NCAA report
Matt Skole
July 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
Maybe manboobs should have just punched them in the mouth.
Who was that?
July 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
Who was that Tech QB recently that was always the other teams best player?
Johnson is turning into all the other schools best coach…and that ain’t a compliment nerdos.
BRW
July 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
BruceMac, I don’t have to assume anything to know your the moron, moron. You couldn’t hold CPJ’s bra or jock for that matter…..
James
July 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
I am amazed how many idiots come on this blog and try to say GT deserved what they got with out looking at the facts…….the facts are, no player did anything wrong. The AD did something wrong. The punishment does not fit here, kudos to CPJ
Smokey's Bandit
July 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
The most amusing thing to come out of this entire entity, is the fact that the techies consider it classless for a UGA fan to revel in their misfortunes…….
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St. Richt
July 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
At least our coach has the stones to call the NCAA out for what they are.
Manager at Athens McDonalds
July 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
Sammy Dawg, would you please stop playing on the internet and get back to work? There is a customer at the counter who needs his fries.
juvenal
July 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
Lex, nzaa did nothing to osu for playing dez-explain that!! none of the fine investigative reporters i have pointed this out to have bothered to comment-& Bay-Bay was never declared ineligible, even in the retroactive way the nzaa does things now, since their moral backbone got tresseled….appreciate the other fans who realize the nzaa is everybody’s enemy, & the biggest..hope there is something to Andrew Jones saying there’s a rumor there may be secession…for the usual dumbmasses above whose GI system is causing reverse flatus, see a Gastroenterologist! sic ‘em, CPJ!
dawgspeare
July 19th, 2011
2:52 pm
I am NO FAN of Tech, but Johnson is in the right. I have reading NOTHING concrete that says Tech so much as definitely broke a rule, other than not getting on their knees and kissing the NCAA’s feet.
Dawgs fans….if they can do this to Tech, they can do it to us. The NCAA needs to be reigned in by the university presidents.
Cheating and breaking rules calls for penalties. Ticking off the NCAA by not giving a “perception of cooperation” is not against a rule, and there is also no rule that says that Tech AD had to abide by the NCAA’s order to not alert Johnson to the fact that his team was being investigated.
Heck, if I were Johnson and my AD kept that kind of info from me, I would resign on principle.
James
July 19th, 2011
2:52 pm
That was already said Matt Skole, pfffft
Former UGAy Coach Jim Donnan
July 19th, 2011
2:53 pm
Would anybody like to invest in my $20 million Ponzi scheme?
James
July 19th, 2011
2:53 pm
Well said dawgspeare
cattledawg
July 19th, 2011
2:53 pm
Has anything ever been Paul Johnsons fault? This guy thinks he walks on water.
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:53 pm
Tech ought to capitalize on this and have Probation night. Let everyone in the city jail fill up the stands for one on those Thursday games of theirs..Make them wear those black and white prison garb and really make a evening of it. I know most of those guys in lock up are familiar with the Campus.
SW Brown
July 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
The NCAA can ‘find’ $312.00 worth of clothes, but can’t connect MSU or AU to Rev. Newton. Funny.
Jaspar Sanks
July 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
If only I hadn’t fumbled on Tech’s goal line…
PR
July 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
Wah! You got caught with your hand in the cookie jar and now you’re upset that you got spanked. Paul Johnson is a disgrace and needs to be fired. He is a prime example of what is wrong with college athletics today. Coaches and AD’s are willing to lie and break the rules to keep the alumni happy. There are no ethics left in college sports. Hooray to the NCAA for nailing GT.
Ben
July 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
Cheating implies getting an unfair advantage. In what way did $312 worth of clothing help them win football games? Please, give me one reason.
65dawg
July 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
Coach Johnson, and the rest of the Tech crowd, are forgetting one thing. You were already on probation for previous violations, and you did it again within the time frames established by rule. So take your punishment, and shut up!
aon
July 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
TJ, I did not make myself clear – I will give you that much, doooofus! Read the ESPN article that goes into more detail and explains WHY this happened. The article on AJC did not include all of the details (selective editing, maybe?). Therefore, my statement – though not clear – that there is more to the story, is true.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6769894/ncaa-places-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-four-years-probation
ToccoaDawg
July 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
If he doesnt cheat then why is his program on probation? Hey coach did the ncaa pull this out of the air? Maybe just maybe your techie arrogance had something to do with it.
Dawgdom
July 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to run into this arrogant fool in public, and talk some smack to him, and watch him get irate and belligerent towards me.
I would gladly let him punch me without any offered retribution.
That would make one hell of an ajc story.
Trojan
July 19th, 2011
2:55 pm
I agree with PJ but atleast he can take comfort in knowing that Jeff Schultz is pulling for him and GT.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
2:55 pm
Not quite as amusing as your misplaced comma, Smokey’s Bandit.
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Manager at Athens McDonalds
July 19th, 2011
2:55 pm
Smokey’s Bandit has been smoking some sweet stinky weed.
Links at Lunch: NCAA Collecting Bodies, Red with Envy for EWU « Saturday Blitz | College Football Insight, Interviews and Analysis
July 19th, 2011
2:55 pm
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Mr Charlie
July 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
Cheaters, hahahahahaa
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
George Stein – I’m not saying the punishment fits the crime which it doesn’t and I’m not saying that I’m comfortable with punishing appearances, which I’m not. The point is though that you hinder or give the appearance of hindering an NCAA investigator by not complying with their requests at your own peril. What they got is not fair but it is predictable. Maybe not to this extent but surely they would have to know there would be some blowback for ignoring their instructions. If they didn’t know, then the question become why didn’t they know which raises the point on whether or not tech has competent people in place to deal with compliance.
From personal experience, I’ve been working in the pharma industry for the last twelve years dealing with the FDA and if my company just blatantly ignored instructions given by an inspector trying to conduct an audit, boy-howdy, you better believe there’d be some hell to pay.
James
July 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
PR- clueless
65dawg – clueless
dawgspeare – probably truly represents UGA well
SW Brown
July 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
The NCAA can ‘find’ $312 worth of clothes, but can’t connect MSU or AU to Rev. Newton.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
Please enlighten us all on what Johnson did wrong, Toccoa.
Woof Woof
July 19th, 2011
2:57 pm
Cheater !
42-34 Dawgs All Year Long
July 19th, 2011
2:57 pm
Paul Johnson is scum, a low class cover-up artist that is pi$$ed off at life.
You STILL got bigger fish to fry Paul?
Bobby Walden
July 19th, 2011
2:58 pm
BFH, whiny old man. Go lick Gerge O’Leery’s crooked butt.
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:58 pm
Johnson has the personality to get the last word in.
James
July 19th, 2011
2:59 pm
42-34 Dawgs All Year Long – you started drinking way too early
GT-Jake
July 19th, 2011
2:59 pm
@Habersham DAWG
Thanks!
Damn good county!
JB
July 19th, 2011
2:59 pm
Tech got one year for the infraction and 3 more years for giving the bird.
Hershel Walker
July 19th, 2011
2:59 pm
Which one of my multiple personalities won the Heisman?
Harvey D. Pooka
July 19th, 2011
3:00 pm
Ladies and gentlemen; boys and girls; children of all ages (and administraters): it just might be time that somebody stands up and fights back against the NCAA. They won’t work on legitimate issues and concerns but will show their “strength” in such an arm-twisting, thug nature?!
I say: “hot damn! Yabba Dabba Do! Good for Coach, now let’s all stand with him, shoulder to shoulder, in show of unity and prevent this garbage from happening again.
UGA_2001
July 19th, 2011
3:00 pm
Typical arrogant tech douchebag.
Same school with the player caught with pounds of marijuana who played the following game, the same school with the cheating scandal, same school playing ineligible players.
Just because you’re a bunch of nerds, doesn’t mean you don’t cheat.
Former UGAy Coach Jim Donnan
July 19th, 2011
3:00 pm
Fran Tarkenton said I would get away with this $hit, no problem…
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:00 pm
But the issue then becomes whether they actually find anything in the audit, GeoffDawg. In Tech’s case, it’s not clear they did.
I am also amused by the fact that the NCAA (and apparently Tue feds) expects institutions not to be adversarial. Tech tried that last time and we saw how that worked out.
BRW
July 19th, 2011
3:00 pm
And ToccoaDawg is ruining the name of my home town…..Gee thanks….
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:00 pm
But the issue then becomes whether they actually find anything in the audit, GeoffDawg. In Tech’s case, it’s not clear they did.
I am also amused by the fact that the NCAA (and apparently the feds) expects institutions not to be adversarial. Tech tried that last time and we saw how that worked out.
Vicki
July 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
Thank you Paul Johnson….it’s about time somebody spoke up about the NCAA. They let the criminals go, and try to look tough with colleges like Georgia Tech. Makes you wonder who at the NCAA is taking the $$$$ – Maybe we should have the NCAA investigated. I was at the ACC Championship game, and no matter what anyone says, we won – fairly!!! They cant change that….
What a moron
July 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
“I’m sure I cheated in board games,” the Georgia Tech coach said. “And when I played, yeah, you’d do stuff. Move the ball forward. Move it back. Kick it. Maybe grab a guy where you’re not supposed to. But heck, everybody does that.”
So we are supposed to believe he won’t cheat as a coach when the most common excuse heard from cheaters is that everyone else is doing it. Very mature attitude taken by this clown.
gt11
July 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
pj is the man.
Hmmmm
July 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
JB writes:Tech ought to capitalize on this and have Probation night. Let everyone in the city jail fill up the stands for one on those Thursday games of theirs..Make them wear those black and white prison garb and really make a evening of it. I know most of those guys in lock up are familiar with the Campus.
JB that would be an excellent idea but I don’t think Tech’s stadium is big enough to hold all of your current, ex players and ADs. Even the Hedges might have a hard time holding them all.
Tech Tard
July 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
St Richt
Would you consider PJ’s actions a MORAL VICTORY? HA!
Buckeye
July 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
If this is what happened to Tech over $312 and the AD talking to his coach what awaits Ohio State–Death Penalty?
BRW
July 19th, 2011
3:02 pm
UGA_2001, Would you graduate already?????? My cows need milking…..
Gary Busey
July 19th, 2011
3:02 pm
All you UGA football players better start wearing a helmet on those scooters, else you’ll end up on Celebrity Re-Hab with a chronic head injury like me.
Melinda
July 19th, 2011
3:02 pm
ROFL, I hate to inform you of the truth, but the former Georgia Southern coach you are thinking of made a pitstop between his Auburn days and his Georgia Southern days at none other than Georgia. He was the DC during the championship run.
I think we all know that if they want to put Tech on probation for this, they might as well put all teams in Division I-A (or whatever the hell we’re supposed to call it now) on probation. It is happening at every school. If he HONESTLY believed his players were telling the truth, what kind of a person would you have thought him to be if he had denied them the opportunity to play in some of the biggest games of their lives just to cover his own butt? I
The NCAA can TELL Auburn how to cheat, can let Ohio State players play in a bowl game while under investigation for worse, can’t keep an eye on John Blake at UNC who has a 25 year reputation as a cheater… and they bring the hammer down over THIS? What a joke. No wonder they are ineffective, incompetent and can’t figure out how to implement an 8-game playoff system.
Sarah McLachlin
July 19th, 2011
3:02 pm
Hey Dawg Fans!!!!!!
Stop being mean to those wittle yellow jackets and support my new campaign…….
Here are more details……. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yerKM6YWu0k
BehindEnemyLines
July 19th, 2011
3:03 pm
The more I see & hear, the more I become convinced that it’s time for CPJ to go. He’s shown no ability to recruit, judge talent, or manage his staff. Apparently he also doesn’t know when to shut the hell up nor have enough sense to understand what (pretty obviously) was screwed up here.
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:04 pm
I bet Schultz is laughing………We’re like a bunch of old dogs laying on a porch waiting for someone to throw a bone in the yard….LOL
Manager at Athens McDonalds
July 19th, 2011
3:04 pm
UGA_2001 is about to graduate from urinal scrubbing to putting pickles on Quarter Pounders.
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:05 pm
@3:03………..more Tech folks than you know feel like that.
Somewhere over the Dwayne Bowe
July 19th, 2011
3:05 pm
If we come across as arrogant, UGA_2001, we apologize. It’s not our fault your IQ is stuck in the double digits.
Athens-Clarke County Sheriff
July 19th, 2011
3:05 pm
I make $125 every time I serve a warrant on a UGA football player. Have you seen my new Mercedes?
Tech on Probation....
July 19th, 2011
3:06 pm
PRICELESS
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:06 pm
McDonalds Manager……..you must be a Freshman………The working at McDonalds for Dawgs is on page one of everything and reason to hate Georgia manual…LOL
gbal
July 19th, 2011
3:07 pm
You know UGA once had a coach that just layed it out there too like PJ … called a spade a spade,… And I always liked his attitude too but it got him fired for not playing the politics game… Who was this????
Sting Em
July 19th, 2011
3:07 pm
Smokey’s Bandit-What do Dawg fans call a GT Grad?……..Boss! The fact that the NCAA’s report found and included no proof of wrong doing on the players parts…………What should Coach Johnson and the Tech administration do? Lie down and take it? The issue is that Tech did not kowtow to the almighty NCAA and the egomaniacal investigators. It is high time that the all powerful NCAA be brought into check by it’s members. That includes you Dawg fans and…….This would be equally outrageous if this happened in Athens.
BehindEnemyLines
July 19th, 2011
3:07 pm
I eat my own poo
Coach Mark Richt
July 19th, 2011
3:07 pm
I would suspend Paul Johnson for the 1st quarter of the LA-Lafayette game if it were up to me.
Coach Grohbo
July 19th, 2011
3:08 pm
Ma Tech needs better lawyers.
This wouldn’t even be discussion if it were at an SEC school.
ChizHeads going down next....
July 19th, 2011
3:08 pm
Aub, Oh.St. next to go bye bye
Coach Grohbo
July 19th, 2011
3:09 pm
I also have no clue what I am talking about. Forgive me. I love GT baby!!
Football Insider
July 19th, 2011
3:09 pm
Forget Tech and UGA rivalries. Put that aside.
What the NCAA is saying is that if your program won a championship since 2009, they are looking into it even if they have to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
UGA fans, don’t be surprised if the NCAA comes a calling on campus for the “dreamteam”.
Anything good that happens in college football now days, will be looked into.
The system is broken folks, and it goes beyond rivalries, all programs should be afraid.
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:09 pm
Sting’em…………Start writing college and University Presidents. It’s their system and they control them.
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
3:10 pm
George Stein – From their perspective though, they still have the smoking gun of the $312 worth of merchandise which they know exists but can’t tie to explicitly to anyone because their interview process is going nowhere. When they examine why their interview process became a dead-end, they see that the head coach and players were notified of their interest against their instructions. Not as applicable as with a government regulatory agency, but I believe the NCAA does expect member schools to be cooperative and non-confrontational simply because they lack any other warrant power to compel people to testify. As such, all they have to ensure the integrity of the investigation is the honesty and cooperation of those targeted for inquiries. Maybe more than any other reason, the penalty was so harsh because they want to make an example of tech to show what happens when you don’t comply.
Buck Belue Nov 28, 2008
July 19th, 2011
3:10 pm
No way that high school offense will rack up 400 yards against UGA.
Russ, the Temporary Running Back
July 19th, 2011
3:10 pm
The AJC has some of the best headlines . . . “Ga. execution drug unsafe, attorneys say”
A little dog could have told you that.
JOE
July 19th, 2011
3:10 pm
Well said Football Insider
Buck Belue Nov 28, 2008
July 19th, 2011
3:11 pm
I am also an old has been…..
SEC Fan
July 19th, 2011
3:11 pm
Funny to hear UGA fans call others arrogant and hypocritical…they have one of the most delusional, arrogant, and hypocritical fan base’s in college football.
In addition, 80% of their fat fans have bigger boobs that CPJ.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:11 pm
Thanks for your input, Enemy Lines. Would you care to offer an alternative? Any Monday morning quarterbacking you’d like to offer the coach?
Lot of Techies in the unemployment lines these days
July 19th, 2011
3:12 pm
I T hit hard…better get a new degree….Hitting Vegas and betting against Tech is always a winner
Dawgdom
July 19th, 2011
3:12 pm
There is VIDEO EVIDENCE of “bay bay” Thomas taking the benefits!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KDrPUcUsFY
How you gon’ explain that one, nerds??
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:12 pm
Classic Tech…..This is their second probation in less than 10 years and all they want to talk about is Georgia………..Hell, we better not be cheating the way we’ve played the last three years… LOL……..
But good enough to beat Tech though…..
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
3:13 pm
That being said, Paul Johnson has a legitimate beef to be teed-off about. It’s Dan Radakovich that apparently soiled the bed sheets on this one.
Dawgdom
July 19th, 2011
3:13 pm
I hate myself. But I love GT baby!!
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
Except that they specifically said Tech wasn’t being made an example.
Lot of Techies in the unemployment lines these days
July 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
I just shat myself
Jim Harrick, Jr
July 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
Hey Dawgdumb,
How many points do you get for a 3-pointer?
BamaBean
July 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
Old “Bigger Fish to Fry”, chop-blocking Coach Paul Johnson should quit whining, take his medicine and shut his fat mouth.
Cheatin'? This ain't no stinkin' cheatin'....
July 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
Now that Bear Bryant could teach ya’ll about cheatin’ !!
Lindsey
July 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
As a Dawg fan I have to say, the NCAA stinks!!
tc
July 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
George Stein, they also said in the report that it was a cuationary tale of a program not cooperating with an investigation……not being made an expample of huh
Jimmy Crack
July 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
“I’m sure I cheated in board games,”
You gotta love the biting honesty coming from ole Paul. You also gotta love a head coach of a major technical college who doesn’t mind looking like a town drunk.
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
I hope they have ample Security at the appeals hearing…..Isn’t this guy (Johnson) a little unstable talking about punching people in the mouth all the time? Geez.
BamaBean
July 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
I love CPJ!!!
Potter
July 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
I guess CPJ has “bigger fish to fry” than the NCAA anyway, huh??
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
Jimmy Crack……..i’m still laughing…..quit it…..
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
Well, they’re doing it for some reason. Maybe your guess is as good as mine. Personal vendetta and a napoleon complex on the part of the investigator? Maybe but you should still know better than to piss off the guy that has the authority to drop a bombshell on your program.
Where's Charley Pell when you need a cheater?
July 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
Cheater extraordinaire!
Moobs Johnson
July 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
Screw the NCAA – I’ll punch them in the face.
VJacket
July 19th, 2011
3:18 pm
the NCAA can suck my big black
Where's Charley Pell when you need a cheater?
July 19th, 2011
3:18 pm
I love the Jackets!!
BamaBean
July 19th, 2011
3:18 pm
I predict that Paul Johnson will be back repairing air-conditioners within two years.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:18 pm
DRad was caught between a rock and a hard place, Geoff. Does he not tell his coach something that will obviously affect the game plan and Johnson’s job security and adversely affect his relationship with his most important hire? Or does he take the chance of declaring the player(s) ineligible and try to have them reinstated on the Wednesday before the Thanksgiving weekend. Under those circumstances, his actions are not only defensible, bit in my opinion correct.
I also happen to think he simply fell on the sword.
Damon Evans
July 19th, 2011
3:18 pm
Anybody seen my red ladies panties?
repeat offenders
July 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
Bush league coach, bush league program.
Big time?? Not
July 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
PJ is now Otis?
Watch out Coach man-boobs....
July 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
Woody Hayes will knock your block off!
Football Insider
July 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
My question with the NCAA is:
How do you expect to take out all 8 of GT’s most prominent players 3 days before the UGA game and not expect this to be communicated to the coach? It just doesn’t add up and it sounds like the NCAA was asking DRAD to either go ahead a tell him against them, or break trust with his head football coach.
The NCAA put DRAD in a lose-lose situation and, I for one, am glad to see the GT AD put trust above taking orders from the bully.
Truth, justice, and the American way
July 19th, 2011
3:20 pm
There are some fundamental differences between Georgia Tech and UGA.
Tech stands for principles, honor, and scholarship.
UGA stands for sleaze, drunkenness, and illiteracy.
It’s really that simple.
In your heart, you know that’s right.
Syed Haris Ahmed
July 19th, 2011
3:20 pm
Paul,
I need to know how exactly, do you cheat in Dungeons & Dragons?
Do you just make stuff up?
repeat offenders
July 19th, 2011
3:20 pm
Go Jackets!!
Watch out Coach man-boobs....
July 19th, 2011
3:21 pm
I want your man boobs
Ma
July 19th, 2011
3:21 pm
Enter your comments here
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:21 pm
They did say that, TC. But in an interview, they said Tech wasn’t being made an example. I’m sure I could craft a way to explain the cautionary tale language into a way that it didn’t mean Tech was being made an example but I’m just not that motivated to parse the nonsense the NCAA regularly puts out.
Sorry, I got a a group session w/ Dr. Bob N. to get too
July 19th, 2011
3:21 pm
Hi Bob…Bye Bob…Bob?….Bob….Hey Bob…..
Hines Ward
July 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
I was NOT drinking and driving.
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
@ 3;20………..slander and narrow minded. You are what gives Tech it’s Rep.
BamaBean
July 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
I hate myself….
T3
July 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
OK, here’s a refresher course put all this in PROPER perspective.
Here’s what ESPN wrote on Friday, December 3, 2010, the day before the SEC Championship:
“Auburn quarterback Cam Newton is eligible to play in the SEC title game this weekend,
though the NCAA says his father broke rules by shopping his son to another school.”
The NCAA released its finding in a statement on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. The college sports governing body had concluded on Monday, November 29, 2010 that a violation of Newton’s amateur status had occurred. Auburn declared Newton ineligible Tuesday and requested his eligibility be reinstated.”
“Newton has been cleared by the NCAA to compete without conditions.”
“Based on the information available to the reinstatement staff at this time, we do not have sufficient evidence that Cam Newton or anyone from Auburn was aware of this activity, which led to his reinstatement,” said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president for academic and membership affairs. “From a student-athlete reinstatement perspective, Auburn University met its obligation. … Under this threshold, the student-athlete has not participated while ineligible.”
OK. Here it is:
NCAA made it CLEAR they had CONFIRMED AND DOCUMENTED PROOF that a
MAJOR MAJOR……….MAJOR violation had occurred involving an estimated $180,000 in a
BLATANT pay-for-play set-up.
The NCAA was ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that Cam Newton had violated his Amateur status
and was not an eligibe NCAA player. Auburn declared Newton ineligible.
And yet……….the NCAA cleared Cam Newton……….in less than 24 hours…..
to play in the SEC Championship Game and a likely future BCS Bowl game.
So now the NCAA has seen fit to slap probation on GT, for a “supposed offense”
without ANY DOCUMENTED PROOF and much circumstantial evidence
over WHO gave WHAT.
And yet, the NCAA is angered by GT lack of coopoeration??
So again, the NCAA…..HAD CONFIRMED PROOF OF A MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR violation,
and yet because the Auburn staff appeared “cooperative” by declaring Newton ineligible, the NCAA
was kind enough to turn around and in LESS THAN 24 HOURS, and reinstates Newton.
And here, we have a $312 “issue”…..for which the NCAA has produced…..NO DOCUMENTED PROOF WHATSOEVER, and yet supposedly because the NCAA didnt think GT was (ahem) “cooperative” (aka kissifn the NCAA’s azz) the NCAA slaps on 4 yeas of probabtion, $100,000 fine, and strips the ACC title.
So, one hgas to ask: So if the NCAA had DOCUMENTED PROOF that Newton was ineligible,
then wouldnt that have meant that Newton had been ineligible….ALL SEASON ??
This simple comparison between the cases of Cam Newton and GT prove beyond a
shadow of a doubt the DUPLICITY, STUPIDITY, and DISCIMINATORY PRACTICE and ENFORCEMENT by the NCAA.
And yet, the AJC, ESPN, CBS Sports, etc. have all wantonly ripped GT
without ANY consideration, comparison or review of the RECENT AND INCONSISTENT
actions by the NCAA.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
Thanks to all the (more than I would have thought) CLASSY DAWG fans posting here today. But to all you ignorant, school-yard bully, redneck, trailer-trash MUTTS who obviously have higher opinions of yourselves and your worthless rants and opinions than anybody else does….well you can K M A and go to f**ng bloody H*LL
SOGADOG
July 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
After reading CPJ’s comments I understand why the NCAA came down so hard on Tech. PJ is in denial that his player did anything wrong. Thomas received $312 worth of free clothes from “my cousin’s friend who I dont really know as an early christmas present”, or the later version “from my cousin as an early christmas present.” Bull$#!^. There was definitely a violation here and PJ should have admitted it in the first place. I agree though that the punishment for the violation is far too excessive.
SOGADOG
July 19th, 2011
3:24 pm
But hey, I am in denial too. I have a penis, but think I am a woman…..ya know?
MIchael Adams
July 19th, 2011
3:24 pm
I had to close the quad from football tailgating because UGA fans, much like pigs, will soil their own environment and wallow in it if you let them.
MIchael Adams
July 19th, 2011
3:25 pm
I just pooped myself a bit
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:25 pm
Supersize…………I’m sure……..no, more than sure, if the shoe was on the other foot, you would be leading the charge………you know it……we know it,,,,,,,THWGT.
Michael
July 19th, 2011
3:25 pm
Denial – not just a river in Egypt. Hey Paul, you knowingly used an ineligible player in 3 games, once of which you won. How is that not gaining competitive advantage? I’m sure Clemson would have enjoyed using an ineligible player or two themselves had they known that doing so wouldn’t have given them a competitive advantage.
More ridiculous Techie lies, and the arrogant denials that always accompany them. Same ole Tech.
All the Tech talk...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
July 19th, 2011
3:25 pm
How ‘Bout Them Braves!
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
But I love GT secretly…..THWG
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
Read the report, SOGADOG. They never proved it. It is entirely circumstantial.
Floyd
July 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
Look, it doesn’t matter what the NCAA found or didn’t find or thought it was going to find. What matters is that the NCAA strongly urged Tech not to play Thomas and it chose to play him anyway. And, unless I’m mistaken, didn’t he score on a 70-yard reception in a game Tech won by five points? So I’d hardly say Tech didn’t gain some advantage by having him on the field that day. Perhaps the lesson Johnson should learn here is this one: Right or wrong, when the NCAA tells you to do something, put your ego aside and do as you’re told.
Glenu
July 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
From what I read apparently Paul Johnson answered a question in the investigation by replying “Dude I don’t even know what you are talking about”. Not only is that not cooperating but I would consider the comment as antagonistic & certainly not worthy of a head coach of a college or university
MH
July 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
What a tool!!
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
JB, I will admit that I never fail to capitalize on problems in Athens, but I don’t make up crap, like these fools have been doing.
Foxy
July 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
“UGA is still the #1 in the state…”
Yes, they are #1. #1 in player arrests, #1 in moron players who can’t write a complete sentence, #1 in number of students who are blotto drunk most of the time, #1 in whoring athletic directors, and #1 in phony saint coaches.
Be proud of your #1!
Vince Dooley
July 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
Jan Kemp makes me wet.
Bodda Getta
July 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
Auburn makes a lot of money for the NCAA and its TV contracts. Georgia Tech does not.
It is really that simple.
Big Ten Champs Nebraska
July 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
Anteater
July 19th, 2011
2:11 pm
DAWG fan here – NCAA is trying to give out speeding tickets at the Daytona 500.
OK….Stupidest analogy ever. Keep trying sport.
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
I hear ya supersize, alot of dawg fans are idiots
Freddie Freeman will be teams next Dale Murphy
July 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
or Chipper, but not before B. McCann retires to the Hall of Fame after another 10 years or so….
rt77
July 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
The NCAA is an association made up of its member institutions. There should be questioning and NEVER should someone “FEAR” making comments…….ALSO, Auburn has not been accused of anything you MORONS>
DawgInaTruck
July 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
CPJ is probably right in his comments but, geez dude, shut up! The NCAA may well be a bunch of hypocritical morons but they have long, collective memories. Better to let that sleeping dog lie-no pun intended.
Foxy
July 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
Actually UGA sucks, not sure why I said that
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
I read his explanation George and I can understand his perspective on the issue but obviously, he still made a bad call. I think he also probably got some bad advice. If I’m not mistaken, he relied on a general practice attorney for the Institute and not a compliance specialist for consultation, correct? I think he underestimate the potential fallout and didn’t give the inquiry the serious focus it deserved. Coming from LSU, I’m surprised his experience didn’t transfer in that regard but I think he mishandled this from the moment he didn’t go into information lockdown at the start. The lesson here is that every interaction with the NCAA needs to be handled with care bordering on paranoia.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
I know I wouldn’t lead the charge, JB. When it was AJ getting suspended, I was perfectly happy to defend him.
A lot of UGA fans know how fickle the good graces of the NCAA are. I’d be a bit more careful hammering Tech as you never know when your day is coming.
Larry Munson
July 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
I wet my pants again.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
3:29 pm
Floyd, from what I have read on these blogs, both the ACC and SOMEBODY from the NCAA said they were cleared to play because there was no substantial evidence against them. NOW, they are saying there was a problem and that Tech didn’t cooperate. And yet STILL no player has been declared ineligible by the NCAA. And Glenu, who are you to know what Johnson did or did not know??? Are you a mind-reader?
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:29 pm
On that, we can unquestionably agree, Geoff.
Nerd Talk is officially Fin........
July 19th, 2011
3:29 pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Manager at Athens McDonalds
July 19th, 2011
3:29 pm
Show me an MBA from UGA and you can be the night time shift manager!!! It pays $19K per year!!!
Football Insider
July 19th, 2011
3:30 pm
Dawg fans,
Some of your mentalities are very indicative of your HC and football team.
SOFT. You all would love to have a coach like Paul Johnson, Les Miles, or any coach that tells it like it is or how he really feels. No coachspeak.
It’s not wonder UGA is in such a decline. That team has taken the personaility of Mark Richt and mark my words, Mark Richt is too soft to ever win a National Championship and I think most of you really know that.
Not many coaches like Paul Johnson, Erk Russell, ect. anymore. I am not even a GT fan, but I’d love for him to coach my team. I like the way he doesn’t back down and does not pander to the media.
Especially like that he doesn’t consider olympic diving as part of football practice…
DreamTeam '11
July 19th, 2011
3:30 pm
Well punch me right in the face!!!!! What a shocker!!!!
Nerd Talk is officially Fin........
July 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
Oops I crapped myself…
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
ROFL YOU AND ALL THE OTHER GEORGIA MORONS COME ON HERE AND EMBARASS
YOURSELVES. GET A JOB – LEAVE THE TRAILER PARK-
JB
July 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
fair enough supersize…………..We really don’t like this, we’re just messing with you guys….you give us hell with every little thing…you are correct, most Dawg fans agree you guys got stiffed. The four year deal is the worst. One little hiccup and they could get testy. Good luck this year,
Former UGAy Coach Jim Donnan
July 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
Can my bankrupt wife and I get some of those free clothes from Demaryus?
DreamTeam '11
July 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
Go Jackets!!!
Two sides of the coin
July 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
On the other side of the coin, let’s see what UGA has to be proud of last year…
1. A drunken, whoring athletic director with red panties in his lap. Very moist panties, to be exact.
2. Fourteen players arrested. And 41% of UGA football players were arrested while they were at UGA.
3. A player suspended for violating NCAA rules.
4. Winning the Fulmer Cup for the most players arrested.
5. Winning the title of #1 party school (i.e., the most drunken student body in the USA).
6. A sleazy assistant coach who razzes opposing players, unethical coaching conduct in violation of NCAA rules.
7. A super sleazy head coach who thinks he’s a saint, but recruits thug wannabes, gangbangers, and illiterate morons.
8. A 6-7 record despite having a team full of 4- and 5-star recruits.
That’s really something to be proud of!
Former UGAy Coach Jim Donnan
July 19th, 2011
3:32 pm
I love CPJ!!
snapshot
July 19th, 2011
3:32 pm
Duck mutts, CPJ is POed. Me thinks he will take it out on the dog turds this year. Yall better get under your trailers and hide.
G
July 19th, 2011
3:32 pm
Paul Johnson cries more than any coach in football… And it is always someone else fault, the players, his coaches, the refs, the NCAA… Be a leader and take some responsibility for your program.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
All you dawg fans loved Erk Russell. Well, I can assure you he was every bit as brash and outspoken as is CPJ. You would kill to have had Erk as head coach in Athens. You would probably be better off with the likes of CPJ as well, whether you choose to like him while he is at Tech or not.
Tennessee is next to go down....
July 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
22 months and counting for the the final verdict
mom to 3
July 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
This guy is such a loser. All they had to do was sit the players down (much like UGA with AJ Green) and wait and see what happens. Instead he thought because he is Paul Johnson he could do whatever he wanted. LOSER!
Loran Smith
July 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
Coach Donnan, are our players cramping up because they are poorly conditioned?
G
July 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
I love CPJ, go Jackets baby!!!
Big Ten Champs Nebraska....Dawg
July 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
Rules are rules. You break them, you suffer the consequences. This should not be such a huge mystery to you all……Well, maybe to the UGA grads. Never seen a bunch of brain dead rednecks in one place.
mom to 3
July 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
I want CPJ’s man boobs
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
Thing is, JB, I’m fine with Dawg fans giving us grief. Secretly, I’d be hugely disappointed if y’all didn’t. I just expect a little creativity in the jabs.
Big Ten Champs Nebraska....Dawg
July 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
GOOOOO JACKETS!!!! THWG!!!
Love the DAWGS
July 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
TC you are so right. I am a UGA grad (and certainly no Tech fan) but no one can dispute that Tech is an asset to our state. So I have to stick up for Tech on this one. Regardless of whether Tech administration should have handled this differently, the punishment does not fit the crime. How can the NCAA justify this punishment over $312 and some extra tickets and act like it is ok for a father to ask for $180000 as long as the player didn’t know about it? That is just so wrong. What is the disincentive for fathers, mothers, cousins, uncles, to demand money as long as the player doesn’t know it. This is going to be a huge problem. NCAA is a dictatorship and something needs to be done.
G
July 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
Football insider… so you are saying GT is not in a decline, you guys are actually on the rise? Interesting thought, how about beating somebody worth anything and then talk. Your statement lacks reason.
Never learn do you idiots
July 19th, 2011
3:35 pm
hmmm
Melinda
July 19th, 2011
3:35 pm
ROFL, The coach you are thinking of was Erk Russell. Who made a small pitstop at uga for that championship run before going to Georgia Southern. Oops!
The NCAA can tell Ohio State and Auburn how to get around its rules, but CPJ stands up for players he feels didn’t do anything wrong AND stand up for the rest of the team who HAS done nothing wrong and gets slammed? A guy who has NO reputation as a cheater or even a rule bender? And then they trash his reputation by saying the players were coached on their interviews? The NCAA is a joke. No wonder they are incompetent, ineffective and can’t figure out how to implement a playoff system.
TC
July 19th, 2011
3:35 pm
Well said Love the DAWGS
G
July 19th, 2011
3:36 pm
I just licked my boogers
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:36 pm
ANY ONE GOT ANY RED PANTIES?
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:36 pm
Dobyou honestly believe they’d sit AJ if they opened against Boise last year and Richt was under the pressure he’s got on him this year, mom of 3? Lord knows I may be wrong, but I think he’d play this year.
This is ridiculous
July 19th, 2011
3:36 pm
As a UGA fan this ruling is deeply disturbing for college football everywhere. Taking away a title because you were offended how a school responded and took it personally should not be allowed. I think the NCAA needs to be investigated and tight controls put on judgements based on facts not agendas and allegations.
doc
July 19th, 2011
3:37 pm
ohio state better not have any wins for the last ten years and be on the death penalty with only enough players on scholarship to equal what ga state has at their level of play if there is going to be any fairness involved. the problem is no one put money under the table and played the game right? ncaa is a farce only becoming more farcical by the day.
JoeFan
July 19th, 2011
3:38 pm
The NCAA didn’t find any wrong doing regarding player eligibility. Their investigators were left gasping for reasons to justify this investigation and ultimately found no solid basis for sanctions. Yet magically ruled that GT disobeyed them and certainly should be fined and placed on probation. It is way past time for the BCBS schools to withdraw from this delusional organization and form their own entity.
Joey
July 19th, 2011
3:38 pm
George Stein, there’s a dozen jackass UGA fans on here today. Just remember we get a dozen jackass Tech fans on our blogs daily.
Daily.
Football Insider
July 19th, 2011
3:38 pm
G,
It’s not about GT.
Last time I checked anyways is that GT has had a more recent BCS showing than UGA and a conference championship. Whether they keep it or not, they won it.
GT has beaten a top 4 teams (VT in 2009), UGA has not. Paul Johnson has had more wins than UGA in the last 3 years.
There are plently of arguments.
Paul Johnson with UGA’s talent would be ridiculous. He would win big at UGA.
Johnsons players actually hit full contact in practice, unlike sissy Richt. Like I said, Richt is soft and will never with a MNC.
UGA Fan
July 19th, 2011
3:38 pm
I now love CPJ for stepping up there!!
The jealousy of all things Dawg is so thick in here
July 19th, 2011
3:39 pm
obsession over Bulldogs other than Bulldogs very unhealthy geeky ones.
Paul Johnson's Grammer school
July 19th, 2011
3:39 pm
Newsflash: The principal in Hicks ville, NC has ask that ALL of Paul Johnson school test and records be checked. It’s come to light that Paul has a history of some light cheating with the attitude of ” everyone has done it” as quoted today by the AJC. He follows in a long line of character disappointments since Bobby Dodd left Georgia Tech, ( see lying George ‘Leary) More news to follow.
Matt Skole Sux
July 19th, 2011
3:39 pm
What an idiot you are MS. I know you are delusional if you think Tech has a dirty program. Do the MS initials really stand for moronically stupid?
The jealousy of all things Dawg is so thick in here
July 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
I love Paul Johnson. THWG
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
So do we Joey.
Dan Radakovich
July 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
I don’t have near the experience dealing with and defusing athletic improprieties as my esteemed colleagues in Athens. I’ll try and do better next time.
SEC Will always Rule
July 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
You bunch of jealous farts
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
The jealousy of all things Dawg is so thick in here
Jealous of what 4 good years of football. Enjoy your 4 wins this year
Glenu
July 19th, 2011
3:41 pm
My response to Supersize that Order, Mutt: I am quoting from the article:
“They tried to say that he [the assistant coach] was directing players to agents,” Johnson said. “He even asked me if I was directing players to agents. I told him, ‘Dude, I don’t even know what you’re talking about.”
Have I missed something here?? I would like to think so-
JT
July 19th, 2011
3:41 pm
Uh…Hackjobs…did you retrieve that bio from the same source as George O’Leary’s??? Woops… you sort of backed into that one…
sheepdawg
July 19th, 2011
3:41 pm
Why can’t Tech just copy the pristine college athletics program being run over in Athens? The dawgs never cheat, or recruit “student athletes” of questionable character. We may not beat Florida but at least our players are all fine citizens and achieving students.
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:41 pm
SEC Will always Rule
Another Georgia Fan here always talking about SEC because your school sucks
Coach Paul Johnson
July 19th, 2011
3:41 pm
Next time I’ll call Phil Fulmer for advice.
Peter
July 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
Funny the NCAA allowed the Ohio State players to play in the “Big Game” for profit, then decided they were so bad they had to sit out 5 games the “Following Season “……HA HA HA.
Really so the NCAA is NOT playing favorites ? Sure !
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
I am a loser
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
I eat my own poo sometimes
Old Blind Dawg
July 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
The NCAA needs to be looked into by congress. It would serve two purposes – get the NCAA off its high horse and keep the dimwits busy so the economy can recover.
No fan of CPJ or the Bee’s but something stinks when OSU and Auburn can take suspensions at their convenience. Can you smell the money – the NCAA can!.
46 Days
Beverly Hall
July 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
Now, I can show you some cheating!
Football Insider
July 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
G,
It’s not a comparison of GT and UGA. Paul Johnson has more wins than Richt in the last three years, including a conference championship and a BCS appearence, with lesser talent, but nevermind that, UGA fans won’t hear of such fact, you all will dismiss it on technicality.
But it’s true. How many top 10 recruiting classes with no conference championships and borderline bowl eligibility seasons will you all take before you admit he is soft?
P.S. He doesn’t go full contact in practice like PJ does either.
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
I am a loser
ONCE AGAIN A GEORGIA FAN SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC WHO YOU GUYS ROOTING FOR THIS YEAR MISS. STATE?
Coach Spurrier
July 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
UGA gets all the good players, but then I don’t know what happens to them after that.
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
TRUTH HURTS DOESN’T BOYS
Coach Spurrier
July 19th, 2011
3:44 pm
Beverly Hall
July 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
“Now, I can show you some cheating!”
Funniest post of the day!!!!
LMAO
July 19th, 2011
3:44 pm
Well, yeah thats right, I EAT MY OWN POO SOMETIMES!!! Woohoo
Damon Evans
July 19th, 2011
3:44 pm
It’s my understanding that the Tech folks were disappointed when the red panties where not shown in the Article. The Editor of the AJC was quoted as saying. ” We are not going to draw an arrow to the panties just for them”.
Howdy
July 19th, 2011
3:44 pm
Just stopped in from that conference that can’t count. Called big 10, 11 or 12…something like that….funny how all these conferences copy the SEC master plan but still can’t beat ‘em…
Howdy
July 19th, 2011
3:45 pm
Go Tech THWG!!!
NCAA Undercover Agent
July 19th, 2011
3:45 pm
We don’t usually concern ourselves with teams that go 6-7. You would have to be galactically inept to cheat and still go 6-7.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:45 pm
44 for us, OBD!
NCAA Undercover Agent
July 19th, 2011
3:46 pm
Hey LMAO….I eat my own poo too…
doc
July 19th, 2011
3:46 pm
funny all those players from ohio state were able to play in an important bowl game and the punishment delayed though it was recognized they were getting a lot more than a mysterious 300 bucks or so of merchandise? puhleese follow the money folks as it leads to espn for getting that one through so the game could be relevant and help advertising dollars. what a scam the ncaa is.
Student Athlete
July 19th, 2011
3:46 pm
Paul Johnson pissed about losing that trophy, he could careless about players, players loose games, Paul Johnson wins games.
It would be cool to see Johnson “punch them NCAA guys in the mouth” buts he’s really a @#$$y, all mouth…….
Suicide is painless...it brings on many changes.....
July 19th, 2011
3:47 pm
Take a pill Techies
Heels Rock and Rule
July 19th, 2011
3:47 pm
I’m glad to see a coach with balls! Butch Davis should have done the same thing. It’s pathetic how haters just pile on with their ignorant rantings. You can see through them clearer than a judge can at a wet T-shirt contest.
Clay
July 19th, 2011
3:47 pm
Paul Johnson is such a tool. This is the most absurd thing he’s said since telling Tech fans to punch Georgia fans in the mouth. Tech was busted hard for obstruction. Tech was stupid because the NCAA told them they were looking at some players and Tech’s president said to play them anyway. His decision cost Tech the trophy. Yes, Tech has the memories and they won it on the field; but, it’s just an asterisk in the record books now.
Johnson is such an arrogant jerk that I don’t know how you can even stand to look at the guy.
Suicide is painless...it brings on many changes.....
July 19th, 2011
3:48 pm
Go Tech!!! THWG!!
CLINTON (I lied too--so what)
July 19th, 2011
3:48 pm
The NCAA (No Class At All) wasting time and money on this trivial matter is like congress wasting time and money on Roger Clemons for steriods. If he did or didn’t what does it do to the country’s economy. Those bozos led by an inept president have still not passed a budget for last year and cannot agree on how to balance the budget. Start with repealing Obamacare and the stymy plan. abandon subsidies for ethanol and big oil companies and quit using so much time and fuel campaigning on taxpayer’s money..Also keep his wife at home and off the govt jets with her socializing. Back to the NCAA. they need to burn their rule book and start from scratch with more practical rules. All appeals should be heard by a neutral arbitrator outside the NCAA and paid by a joint fund of the NCAA and the schools so no pressure can be put on the arbitrator by either party. Other than that have a nice day.
Clay
July 19th, 2011
3:48 pm
I love Paul Johnson and his man boobs
DawginLex
July 19th, 2011
3:48 pm
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6784149/ncaa-hits-lsu-one-year-probation-recruiting-restrictions
********************************************************
LSU got one year primarily because they self reported.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:48 pm
Agreed, Coach Spurrier. +1 Beverly.
Coach Paul Johnson
July 19th, 2011
3:49 pm
Hey Clay…45-42 baby!
CLINTON (I lied too--so what)
July 19th, 2011
3:49 pm
Enter your comments here
Johnson, The Tech one, not yours
July 19th, 2011
3:49 pm
I ‘m busy getting this team ready to play Western Carolina………..Hundreds of folks excited about this game……..And we will follow most of the rules , if not all of them.
Clay
July 19th, 2011
3:49 pm
I hate UGA…Love me some Tech baby!!
Veteran Fan
July 19th, 2011
3:50 pm
Coach Johnson is right and you all know it! There was no violation but Tech gets four years of probation for not living up to the bylaws of the NCAA? As a graduate and season ticket holder, please appeal this penalty and get it reduced or thrown out! I have read the report and they are basing everything on Tech being on probation at the time for the 2005 action. These sleazy bureaucrats and low-life academics are waiting for another minor violation to throw the book at Tech and that’s why they put forth 4 years probation without a shred of evidence of wrongdoing! They didn’t come up with anything after wasting everyones’ time and are thoroughly embarassed! Anyone been to the IRS lately and pointed out to them that they are wrong on something! Well these people are the worst form of bureaucracy, one without oversight! Thank you to the Dawg fans for their support in this matter as one writer put it so well “If they can do this to Tech without proof of wrongdoing, will they come for us next?” Think about it folks! We must stand together and President Peterson should be talking with every president of many other schools about this and getting their support for his appeal! To Hell with the NCAA!!!!
Clay
July 19th, 2011
3:51 pm
UGA is too fat to lick his own balls, so I do it for him.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
3:51 pm
Someone tell me again why anyone would be compliant with the NCAA.
Thanks for the link, Lex.
Buzzed
July 19th, 2011
3:51 pm
Yeah, Truth and Justice. Those darn Rhodes Scholarships, and Goldwater and Maxwell awards keep getting in the way over in Athens. Gotta watch that in the future.
Clay
July 19th, 2011
3:51 pm
Its tasty
Mrs. Richt
July 19th, 2011
3:52 pm
Would somebody please tell Mark that mullets went out of style 20 years ago. well, went out of style everywhere but the SEC anyway…
Jan Kemp
July 19th, 2011
3:54 pm
Anybody seen my red panties?
GA grads are the doctors, lawyers and bankers of this state....
July 19th, 2011
3:54 pm
and we run this whole F’ing state from the capital on down, so if you don’t like it smarta$$es then get the heck out. That’s the F’ing truth so shove it up your a$$. We can squash you like the piss ant that you are. Just like we do to you in football
bb
July 19th, 2011
3:54 pm
Does it seem strange to anyone else that the NCAA admits that the actual infractions were secondary offenses, but are upset that Tech played the players. When have players ever been declared ineligible for secondary infractions???
Seems that the NCAA wanted Tech to sit the players until they were cleared, even though no evidence existed yet that they would be declared ineligible. In other words, guilty until proven innocent. Every other case recently (read Cam Newton, etc) have gone the other way (i.e. innocent until proven guilty).
Seem the NCAA has a grudge against Tech for some reason.
Mrs Johnson
July 19th, 2011
3:55 pm
Boy, I know Paul has had a rough day…He called and told me to thaw out some fish…..He normally only does that after losing to Georgia….Oh my.
GA grads are the doctors, lawyers and bankers of this state....
July 19th, 2011
3:55 pm
Go Jackets!!! Wooooo!!! THWG!!
Eagle
July 19th, 2011
3:55 pm
Paul Johnson is standing up for the guys who left it all on the field, and if I were a Dad with a son wanting to play college football, I’d want him to play for PJ…………the action by the NCAA truly sounds overly punitive, and I commend PJ on standing up for his team and his school.
BJOHNDAWG
July 19th, 2011
3:56 pm
They are suppose to be super smart at Tech. Lets see…the NCAA said “Dan, we are investigating you guys, whatever you do,dont tell you coaches or players because we want to interview them and we dont want you coaching them on what to say.So what do they do, Dan runs and tells the coaches who tells the players. And in this article Coach Johnson, admits that he was informed by the AD.
And you think the NCAA is just going to say ” no problem, when we tell you to do something, we are just kidding. It does not matter if you listen to us. Dan, you do whatever you want..”
The reason they were harsh has nothing to do with the $312 worth of clothes. The AD was a dumb ass for not listen to directions. Harsh…yes. Justified…Yes.
But now Tech personnel cannot let it go. Their dumb asses keep it in the news by you guessed it, talking about what they did wrong.And how not listening is the right thing to do. Yeah you win a ton of appeals by urinating in the wind.
Best course….shut your piehole Coach Johnson( who by the way is a great football coach but a lousy philosopher ) and move on to preparing for the season.
BJOHNDAWG
July 19th, 2011
3:57 pm
I love the Jackets!!!
Now that is telling the TRUTH..
July 19th, 2011
3:57 pm
UGA grads run this state….So sip on that a-holes…..Are you bitching? Then leave..
Diehard
July 19th, 2011
3:58 pm
Because Paul Johnson has never done anything wrong in his entire life. Ever.
BJOHNDAWG
July 19th, 2011
3:58 pm
I pooped just now
Randall "Pink" Floyd
July 19th, 2011
3:58 pm
It’s not about cheating. It’s about arrogance and believing you are beyond reproach. Do things the right way and you have nothing to worry about or bend the rules and sound like a whiny b*tch on the interwebs. Bad choice, Nerd Nation.
Now that is telling the TRUTH..
July 19th, 2011
3:58 pm
Just kidding I love TEch
Randall "Pink" Floyd
July 19th, 2011
3:59 pm
THWG
AMG
July 19th, 2011
3:59 pm
Until someone investigates the NCAA then I have to assume they are as bad or worse than the worst of college football. USC should have been given the death penalty but money will get you out of anything these days especially with the NCAA. How can you compare USC, Reggie Bush to GT and $312 of clothing that was given back? Same penalty of vacating wins? Really that seems balanced to these guys? Get a clue, the NCAA is a show for under the table money, Tech did not pay so they flexed there muscle much like the old school mafia.
flagger
July 19th, 2011
4:00 pm
Sounds like ROFL has a thing for man boobs…or maybe a man crush on coach Johnson..
I’m just saying….
beebee
July 19th, 2011
4:00 pm
Fellow Tech fans, I hate the punishment that was given. However, given that orders were disobeyed and a process was thushindered, I agree the punishment should stand.
bee
Diehard
July 19th, 2011
4:00 pm
Good job CPJ!!! you the man!!
beebee
July 19th, 2011
4:00 pm
thus hindered
ROFL
July 19th, 2011
4:00 pm
Love me some CPJ, he sexy!
Yep
July 19th, 2011
4:01 pm
Not a TECH fan for sure. But is does seem somewhat disparate from the NCAA investigation of Ohio State. They actually knew that the players had been compensated and allowed them to play in a bowl game with penalties to be meted out in the following season. Is this about money? Tech does not represent a powerful football school, but what is fair here? I do not compare a few alleged clothing gifts and potential agent recommendations to Reggie Bush’s parents home in SoCal or cars for Buckeye players or Cam Newton’s payoff whatsoever.
It seems the NCAA (or the collegiate Gestapo) should have punished the real criminals here, not the fringe infractions.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
4:01 pm
The whole tax base would leave with us, GA grads. I’m amused by the fact that you lump yourselves in with politicians and bankers, though. It’s not as if they’ve caused any economic problems recently.
Now that is telling the TRUTH..
July 19th, 2011
4:02 pm
Once we get rid of all the a-hole transplants in this state, we’ll even be better….
Hey a-holes, if GA is so bad why did you move here? The late great Lewis Grizzard (another UGA grad) always said “Delta is ready when you are”.
UGA grads will always run this place…suck on that
NCAA (No Class At All)
July 19th, 2011
4:02 pm
All appeals to the NCAA should be handled by an independent arbitrator outside the NCAA and be paid from a joint fund from the NCAA and the schools so no pressure could be put on the arbitrator from either side. The NCAA is now the investigator, prosecutor and judge. This is a conlict of interest and the schools should not stand for it. The NCAA needs the schools more than the schools need them. The NCAA needs to shape up or the major conference school should form another organization to rule them (one with some common sense).
JB
July 19th, 2011
4:02 pm
Eagle, you are missing the point. right or wrong, until something replaces it, the NCAA is the governing body of college athletics. The school received a letter saying there was an issue with a couple of players and an investigation was going to take place. We advise you to not to play said players until we make our conclusions. No, it’s not right. I understand you were three days away from playing UGA and had your ranking and the ACC title on the line……….At the end of the day, Tech chose to ignore their letter. Thus, the results.
NCAA (No Class At All)
July 19th, 2011
4:03 pm
conflict
Lewis Grizzard
July 19th, 2011
4:03 pm
I hate UGA…just needed a degree Go Jackets!!
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
4:04 pm
Then you aren’t thinking critically, beebee.
Dan
July 19th, 2011
4:04 pm
Tech Lies! Tech Cheats!! CHEATERS!!!
JB
July 19th, 2011
4:04 pm
Oh, and I eat cat poop
Randle "Tex" Cobb
July 19th, 2011
4:04 pm
I would whip Hershel’s ass
Excellent!
July 19th, 2011
4:04 pm
Good for Coach Johnson to stand up to the NCAA. They come in, and even if they can’t find something the need to fabricate to justify their weak existence.
Dan
July 19th, 2011
4:05 pm
Just kidding, go Jackets!!
Fan of the Yellow Jackets
July 19th, 2011
4:05 pm
It’s no longer confusing but rather amusing at how many GA fans (and even some GT Fans) think PJ & GT cheated.
Per Schultz’s article:
“The Tech case will go down as one of the strangest in NCAA history. Investigators never found proof or established a paper trail indicating former players, specifically Demaryius Thomas and Morgan Burnett, received improper benefits from agents. But there was the suspicious matter of $312 worth of clothing given to Thomas. Radakovich also went against the NCAA’s mandate by forewarning Johnson (and indirectly players) of the investigation.
Any potential violations might’ve been secondary, but the NCAA didn’t like the way Tech acted during the investigation, perceiving administrators tried to hinder the process.
(Bud) Peterson, who was relying primarily on the advice of since-retired school counsel Randy Nordin, ultimately cleared Burnett and Thomas to play.”
The NCAA is saying, because DRAD spilled on our “secret interviews” you lose the ACC Champ, get 4 yrs prob, and a $100,000.
JB
July 19th, 2011
4:05 pm
Johnson has just screwed the appeal. Yes, life works like that. Get pulled over and smart off to the Cop.
damnthebutcher
July 19th, 2011
4:05 pm
Bruce Mac
Why would you slam Pres Clinton for telling what you call a lie and not mention G.W. Bush lying to us all about WMD. Even he now admits he was wrong and that it was a lie!!!! You idiot.
Hershel Walker
July 19th, 2011
4:05 pm
Hershel needs therapy for mutliple personalities. And why does Hershel always discuss himself in the 3rd person?
74 UGA grad
July 19th, 2011
4:06 pm
It would be nice if media members, including the one who authored this piece, would follow Johnson’s lead.
The NCAA is a dictatorial, corrupt organization that benefits from the labor of unpaid athletes, but treats them only marginally better than it would indentured servants.
Unfortunately, guys like the AJC columnist who wrote this are mostly shills for the NCAA, offering up outrage when some coach/athlete bends the rules set down by people who profif from those they sit in judgment of.
This entire incident is a joke. It’s laughable to use the phrase “improper benefits” when just about every dime the NCAA makes off the efforts of the players constitute a real “improper benefit.”
In the NCAA’s eyes, players are guilty until proven innocent. And even if they are innocent, if they don’t cooperate as subserviantly as the NCAA demands, they can still be sanctioned.
Tech won the ACC Championship that year. Nothing the NCAA can do can take that away.
Tech should send back the original trophy and replace it with a replica of the school’s own making. Let the NCAA do something about that.
One time, it would be nice if writers like Schultz used their finely honed outrage and sarcasm to go after the NCAA, rather than the players, coaches and administrators who have to deal with that organization’s self-appointed watchdogs.
Not holding my breath.
BigTimeTechFan
July 19th, 2011
4:06 pm
BJOHNDAWG – What NCAA rules says an AD can’t tell a coach about a pending investigation??
Last I check NCAA allowed teams to have their own investigations and compliance teams and stuff.
NCAA can’t just make up rules as they go.
Now that is telling the TRUTH..
July 19th, 2011
4:07 pm
Still keep your money in a bank?….Good..we run that…so kiss our a$$es
DAWG MAN
July 19th, 2011
4:07 pm
PUT A BRA ON JOHNSON, YOUR A CHEATER!!!!!
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
4:07 pm
You can’t make that statement, JB, for a few reasons. First, the NCAA didn’t say what the penalty would be for not following their directive. Secondly, and more importantly, the NCAA doesn’t feel the need to be constrained by precedent, so there was no way of predicting this.
Manager at Athens McDonalds
July 19th, 2011
4:07 pm
damnthebutcher (UGA grad) doesn’t know the difference between a lie and being mis-informed by intelligence operatives. Anybody surprised by that?
74 UGA grad
July 19th, 2011
4:07 pm
I lick a cows anal cavity for a living
Dan
July 19th, 2011
4:08 pm
Tech should get the Death Penalty! They think there is nothing wrong with obstructing and NCAA investigation and are too stupid to see that’s why they got whacked to hard!
Manager at Athens McDonalds
July 19th, 2011
4:08 pm
Oh…and it’s not just what WE call a lie, it’s what the court who dis-barred Clinton for perjury called a lie.
DAWG MAN
July 19th, 2011
4:09 pm
Actually take that shirt off, let me lick those man boobs
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
4:09 pm
Excellent post, 74 UGA Grad. I wish I had written that myself b
Dan
July 19th, 2011
4:09 pm
I am such an idiot
woodrow
July 19th, 2011
4:10 pm
This is pure politics. The NCAA is playing power games and some of them are probably getting paid. No one makes bad decisions for no reason. I assume the NCAA is corrupt in this case.
Coach Spurrier
July 19th, 2011
4:10 pm
Wow…lots of Dawg fans on here today. They must have wi-fi down at Swingin’ Richards…
74 UGA grad
July 19th, 2011
4:10 pm
Thankyou, I love you
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:11 pm
damnthebutcher – 1. I must’ve missed it when George Bush said he was lying about WMDs. 2. Can we keep politics off this sports blog? That’s the fastest way to ruin a productive discussion.
Swingin’ Richards
July 19th, 2011
4:11 pm
WE now have wifi honey!!!
Joey
July 19th, 2011
4:12 pm
Thanks Coach and George. Couldn’t help myself with all of the “cheating” talk.
the truth...
July 19th, 2011
4:12 pm
Johnson is right and it is high time some folks stand up to those jerks…they wouldn’t know an honest man from a bank robber is the bottom line.
To jump on Tech like they did is absurd…somehow you have to get the feeling that if Johnson cheated he would say so…why because he isn’t worried about political correctness….
Some of the other programs need to stand with him and make those smucks become accountable to someone…right now they think they are God….
…you know what? They’re not….maybe even a bit of the other one…..
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:12 pm
I can we start talking about men…I love men….mmmmm luv me some CPJ
Stop whinning
July 19th, 2011
4:14 pm
Ok, let’s get this clear: This has NOTHING to do with $312. NOTHING. Had that been it, there would have been no team penalty. Want a comparison? Look at AJ Green. $1,000 jersey sale, and he missed 4 games. However, he was honest and UGA cooperated. UGA wasn’t penalized (well, except for losing their best player for 4 games).
Also, everyone is talking about how harsh the penalties are. Are you kidding me? $100,000? Big deal. Losing the ACC Championship? It is symbolic and that is it. Everyone still recognizes USC as the champ in 2003 (or whatever the Reggie Bush year was). If the NCAA was really interested in harming GT, they would have taken scholarships away.
Stop yapping, learn your lesson and move on.
The Truth
July 19th, 2011
4:14 pm
LOL! GA Tech is the only school is history to be punished for doing absolutely nothing wrong. LOL! Yea right coach. GA Tech Lies & Cheats & EVERYONE knows it. Keep Lying Tech. Maybe one day a few fools will believe you. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damon Evans
July 19th, 2011
4:14 pm
I never expected to get fired…thought I’d be suspended for the 1st half of the Bethune-Cookman game at worst…
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:14 pm
Harry Dawg arrouses me.
Awwwwww, wittle babies.
July 19th, 2011
4:14 pm
“but the NCAA didn’t like the way Tech acted during the investigation, perceiving administrators tried to hinder the process.”
Awwwwww, wittle babies.
To dawg man
July 19th, 2011
4:14 pm
It’s actually YOU’RE a cheater. Learn to read and write or get your crayons back out.
Stop whinning
July 19th, 2011
4:15 pm
Let get this straight, I love GT, and hate UGA. Go Jackets!!!
midtown
July 19th, 2011
4:15 pm
Isn’t it kind of amazing how tones change when it is me or my school that has broke the
rules. Believe me, if this was another school all the Tech people and coaches
would be moralizing for the rest of us.
Tech constantly talks about graduation rates and is always near bottom when a report comes out.
Tech never does anything wrong and now we fine out they were no better or worse than Tennessee, Ohio State or you name it.
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:16 pm
lol…you know your words have impact when losers resort to stealing your handle.
midtown
July 19th, 2011
4:16 pm
I love GT, great program, great school. Woohoo!!
Manager at Athens McDonalds
July 19th, 2011
4:16 pm
The NCAA can ask all the Tech players for their championship rings back. On the other hand, if UGA ever gets sanctioned, all those rings were long ago sold on eBay and craigslist…
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:17 pm
I dont always act like a douche, but when I do, I prefer to like CPJ’s man boobs while Im at it.
St. Richt
July 19th, 2011
4:18 pm
LSU got one year of probation for a violation involving one of their coaches providing benefits directly to a JUCO player/recruit. The same assistant coach then tried to cover up the transgressions. 1 year versus 4 years… go figure. Nice job NCAA!!
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:18 pm
I have a sticky copy of the 1980 Sugar Bowl poster under my mattrress.
St. Richt
July 19th, 2011
4:19 pm
The LSU case is proof that the SEC plays by different rules than the rest of us in the NCAA’s eyes..
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:19 pm
Hey harry Dawg…I call “bottoms” tonight…
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:19 pm
And a sticky bulldog stuffed animal
Footballrules
July 19th, 2011
4:19 pm
GeoffDawg….UGA loses even one of their two opening games, you will be calling for JESUS FEVER to get the ax.
Joey
July 19th, 2011
4:20 pm
“That’s the fastest way to ruin a productive discussion.”
************************************
You call this productive, GeoffDawg?
Swingin' Richards
July 19th, 2011
4:20 pm
GeoffDawg, the VIP room is reserved just for you tonight, sweetie.
MarsAZ
July 19th, 2011
4:20 pm
Cry me a frickin river. – USC Trojans
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:20 pm
No I will be calling for Harry dawg to come over and give me a handy
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:21 pm
HAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! Cool Ill be there
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
4:22 pm
Wow, what an idiot. I am sure that appeal will be warmly received and good to see CPJ respects the process. What an immature, irrational man.
Uhh, coach, your player took an improper benefit, you assisted in manipulating the investigation, and played a player show at a minimum should have sat out of caution (as your neighbors down the road would do).
Damon Evans
July 19th, 2011
4:22 pm
Does Harry Dawg wear red panties?
Fan of the Yellow Jackets
July 19th, 2011
4:22 pm
For all the GA fans (and some GT fans) who are still stuck on “cheating” ….
“(Bud) Peterson, who was relying primarily on the advice of since-retired school counsel Randy Nordin, ultimately cleared Burnett and Thomas to play.”
“The Tech case will go down as one of the strangest in NCAA history. Investigators never found proof or established a paper trail indicating former players, specifically Demaryius Thomas and Morgan Burnett, received improper benefits from agents. But there was the suspicious matter of $312 worth of clothing given to Thomas. Radakovich also went against the NCAA’s mandate by forewarning Johnson (and indirectly players) of the investigation.”
“Any potential violations might’ve been secondary, but the NCAA didn’t like the way Tech acted during the investigation, perceiving administrators tried to hinder the process.”
Wow, I’m no Rhodes Scholar, but I don’t read much about CHEATING in those facts from Schultz’s article.
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that the NCAA was upset that DRAD “spilled” on its “secret interviews” after they asked him to stay mum, thus the punishment. It seems the more intelligent thinkers on this, and many other blogs, can actually see the NCAA’s ARROGANCE, and that the penalties were bogus.
athensdog
July 19th, 2011
4:22 pm
Well, the world is turning backwards, hell is freezing over and beef barbecue must be my new favorite….I actually agree with Tech, and hope Johnson and the Jackets prevail in the appeal, which Rad surely must pursue.
The NCAA is totally out to lunch.
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:22 pm
Damon, no but wow would that be a great idea
Logic
July 19th, 2011
4:23 pm
If the government punished athletes for tax evasion (jail time) and the harmed schools sued for losses players may get the message about rule violations. Of course the coaches, administration, and boosters should also be liable for penalties and open to lawsuits as well.
Jim Harrick, Jr
July 19th, 2011
4:23 pm
Where’s this Swingin’ Richards place at?
athensdog
July 19th, 2011
4:23 pm
I’d still be remiss if I didn’t add…9 of 10, Go Dawgs
Joe
July 19th, 2011
4:23 pm
Huh
athensdog
July 19th, 2011
4:24 pm
But I am not remiss…..what the heck does that even mean??
Hal
July 19th, 2011
4:24 pm
One thing you can say about Dawg fans they are consistent. They all lift their leg in unison as they open their mouths.
Low Country Dawg
July 19th, 2011
4:24 pm
I love CPJ. His attitude towards this is great. You will never hear him apologize for any comments. Both UGA and GT have great men for coaches. CPJ may be more prickly than CMR but he is still a great guy.
Coach Mark Richt
July 19th, 2011
4:25 pm
My wife seems to be missing a pair of red panties…
Terminator
July 19th, 2011
4:25 pm
You dog fans just wish your coach had a huge, brass set of b*lls like CPJ.
Gatorman
July 19th, 2011
4:25 pm
Tech has always had a special place having grown up in Atlanta, and other than Florida my favorite school. However, PJohnson is wrong here, and should just shut up. The NCAA found dirt and if his hands were totally clean the two players in question would not have played. If there is a chance there is a problem, you don’t take that chance and you sit them. There seems to be a parallel with Johnson and Hewitt, with both doing well when they first came and then the program started down. Johnson has time to rectify that history, but something tells me he won’t. He runs an ancient offense that any big quick defense can stop and refuses to move the direction Florida did by incorporating a solid passing game to match an option run.
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:25 pm
My mouth is always open…….
GeoffDawg
July 19th, 2011
4:26 pm
Footballrules – Not at all. CMR definitely needs to show that the program is improving and has stability but I wouldn’t make any early predictions as to what that means without the benefit of a full season to go by.
Joey – by college football blog standards, it had a higher than normal number of serious posts. That was at least until my homophobic doppleganger broke out the meth pipe. Whatcha gonna do?
JOE
July 19th, 2011
4:26 pm
Sounds like Gatorman didnt read the report….
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
4:27 pm
I think a good analogy would be this:
Auburn is driving down the highway going 50 mph over the speed limit in a stolen car.
u(sic)ga is parked on the side of the highway selling drugs with a dead hooker in the back.
And GT is going 10 over and gets pulled over. Then the cop comes and says, “Sir do you know how fast you were going?” And PJ says, “Probably 5-10 over officer, I don’t think it was a big deal.” And the officer says, “Look, I don’t have a radar gun so I can’t prove it, but I’m pretty sure you were going really fast so here’s a $100,000 fine, and we’re going to need the keys to your car.”
Yes, GT was breaking the law. Yes it is DRad and CPJ’s faults because they knowingly made a few small mistakes. But everybody goes 10 over the speed limit, so they assumed that it would be a good choice to make, so they could have the prize of getting home on time (winning the 2009 ACC title). So by saying ‘we don’t cheat,’ PJ means that under his lead, we haven’t done anything overtly wrong, we’ve merely bent the same rules everybody else does and the NCAA is being really harsh about it, which sucks balls.
Anybody who’s here merely to argue that u(sic)ga puts out all of the political leaders of this state, I hope you get elected and have to pander to a Tech student for campaign contributions some day. I expect very heartfelt and warm regards to the people who actually hold the reigns in GA.
Anybody who points out that GT folks are supposed to be smart will kindly see that none of the administration mentioned in the article graduated from GT. On the other hand, the CEO of the largest company in the world DID graduate from GT, so I wouldn’t question Tech’s ability to put out great leaders.
Anybody who claims there is a history of cheating should kindly look at what the current administration was doing separately from what past administrations did. PJ was saying that HE didn’t cheat, or gain a competitive advantage. That’s the truth.
Anybody who claims any comparison to Auburn or u(sic)ga’s level of cheating clearly has a different view of reality. Or, as Paul put it, if you claim a black book is red and we disagree, well…
St. Richt
July 19th, 2011
4:28 pm
Gatorman and the other idiots on this blog, do us all a favor and read the report. And then STFU.
secfactcheck.com
July 19th, 2011
4:32 pm
TShirts to College Athletes, $312
UGA Jersey on eBay, $1000
A Coach that stands-up for your Team and Your School, PRICELESS!
Go CPJ!
That That Dude
July 19th, 2011
4:33 pm
When was UGAs last national title? When was Techs last national title? When was UGA last conference title? When was Techs last conference title (the NCAA can say it didn’t happen, but it passed the eye test)?
Sorry UGA fans, but your school (and team) can’t win anything!
Towlie
July 19th, 2011
4:33 pm
I have no idea what’s going on right now
Sam the Sham
July 19th, 2011
4:33 pm
The NCAA has become an overbearing totalitarian organization with no sense of balance or fairness. When it became an infraction for coaches to publicly question the boneheaded calls of NCAA on field officials it should have been obvious to everyone that they had overstepped their mandate (ask Coach Spurrier). There needs to be independent oversight of NCAA decisions (a fair appeals system).
wcm3dawg
July 19th, 2011
4:34 pm
As a Dawg, I can’t stand Paul “has a little” Johnson but the NCAA is worse. Get the hell out of the way NCAA. You’ve lost your credibility. stop trying to get it back by punishing unproven accusations. Lane Kiffen is still coaching???? USC is still playing ball??? UT??? COME ON!!!!!!!!! You call yourself fair and impartial?? Man up NCAA and quit bullying the weak and infirm. Leave Tech alone, they got enough problems already.
Maggot Killer
July 19th, 2011
4:34 pm
Coach big tub o’goo:” There was no attempt at a cover up if there was we would’ve . . . ” REALLY ? then why did this story break ONLY 6 HOURS before NCAA ruling ??? Why didnt YOU be forthcoming to the media in march/april 2011 when YOU were being interviewed by NCAA, or in the MONTH before the Orange Bowl.YOU thought you could cover up / stonewall and this would go away. YOUR arrogance, TECH holier-than-thou attitude got you.
This case similar to Ruben ‘62lbs. o’ Weed’ Houston in how it was covered (NOT) . And let’s not forget the women beating goons incident when 3, yes 3 f’ballers beat a girl and an APD cop senseless in a bar. THAT would’ve NEVER been in ajc if TV hadn’t got it first. BUT NO COVER UP … yeah, right
As Bill Curry said @ 1986 “We will bring the cheaters to their knees !! “. Go buy some knee pads Techmites. ha ha ha
Joey
July 19th, 2011
4:35 pm
GeoffDawg (4:26), I know you don’t want this to get political, but this blog has evolved into what the House debate on the debt ceiling has become – lies and insults . . .
That That Dude
July 19th, 2011
4:35 pm
Other than UGA, GT has a better conference win % in the SEC than UGA over the last 7 years. And that includes beating Auburn.
Nazan Yar
July 19th, 2011
4:36 pm
The NCAA is on life support. One false step and Texas, USC, Ohio State, or Notre Dame will walk away. That will be the start of the end.
gdawginkalamazoo
July 19th, 2011
4:38 pm
Can anybody imagine how Clemson feels right about now? 2009 ACC Champions……..nobody.
yellow britches
July 19th, 2011
4:38 pm
Smokey’s Bandit. sometimes I wonder if it makes any sense to attempt a rational conversation with fans who think like you. Look, UGA and A.J. Green got screwed over the jersey deal. Currently the NCAA has a nice plantation system working and the overseers and masters are making tons of money while the field hands get nothing. Heck, many if not most never graduate. If any group needs a union it is top flight football talent on the college level. For what its worth, most of these kids do not belong in college to begin with. The NFL should go ahead and foot the bill for a minor league feeder system. This will never happen of course because the NCAA and universities are making way too much to decouple. This whole mess is a farce and what happened to Tech is a joke, a big joke.
Al
July 19th, 2011
4:39 pm
Motivation is also what I am thinking. I think he will have them really pumped up this year to kick ass. F them Paul. Let’s go 12-0 and stick our middle finger at the ncaa.
John Couey
July 19th, 2011
4:39 pm
I am a huge Dog Fan – Season ticket holder from 1980 – 1996 (ran out of money). What the NCAA did to Tech was a joke. They better BURY Ohio State! I don’t know who is more ignorant the United Sates Congress, Executive Branch. Judical Branch or the over-zealous, pompus NCAA. John C.
Stop whinning
July 19th, 2011
4:39 pm
Rambler, your comparison is absurd and just a bunch of hyperbole. Also, exactly how has UGA cheated? Name it. Please. AJ Green? He cheated. Not UGA. That’s why he missed games and UGA wasn’t punished. And was his infraction any different than the reported $312 deal that the Tech player received?
I thought Nerds were supposed to be smart?
EnoughAlready
July 19th, 2011
4:39 pm
Actually GT would have only been on probation and fined if they had not won with ineligible players against Clemson, hence losing the ACC Trophy. They lost against UGA and Iowa in the other 2 games.
Yella here
July 19th, 2011
4:39 pm
Seems they do not like Rad to me. They were fine with an AD that thought Tech could not win and a goof coach. Suddenly NCAA dreams stuff up to use on Tech and takes away not just a game or two but a season finally trophy?? Two Years later?? With no true evidence?? WITCH HUNT!
Paul Garmon
July 19th, 2011
4:40 pm
As a dog fan and a ex player for the Bear, I would like to say “Sic,em Paul”. These people from the NCAA have nothing better to do, just like my bosses at work. They are nit pickin all these schools with so so rules. Stay on course GT. You have a good coach and program to be proud of.
David
July 19th, 2011
4:42 pm
Hey puppies, this fixation on CPJ’s man-boobs seems kinda weird. But considering that most of you seem to have spent some amount of time behind bars, maybe not.
Now please get back to work before your probation officer catches you. And, yes, I do want fries with that.
EnoughAlready
July 19th, 2011
4:42 pm
BTW, the difference with AJ Green and Tech issue was that while the investigation was ongoing, UGA DID NOT PLAY AJ. Tech knew and played the players anyway based upon a conversation between the AD, Coach, Legal, President of the University and compliance officer and decided instead of declaring the player(s) ineligible and then asking for immediate action or reinstatement, they went ahead and played them anyway. If they had not lost to UGA and Iowa, those games would have been forfieted too.
Todd
July 19th, 2011
4:42 pm
Funny how everyone I talk to about this says it’s a joke what they did to tech. They are trying to make the ncaa look serious yet they let crap like this go all the time at the big name schools. Heck the ncaa even allowed ohio st to play there big guys all in the name of money and eyeballs for the bowl game. We should take them to court. We’d win in a landslide
BIG BEE
July 19th, 2011
4:43 pm
Hey you idiots. We will quiet down Johnson if you will stop CMR from playing pocket pool. What a lame excuse!!!
kevin
July 19th, 2011
4:45 pm
I too am a dog fan, but this is absurd. The NCAA is completely corrupt and greed–continually thwarting college football by participating in these contrived witch hunts with unfair penalties–not to mention, will not listen to having a playoff system. It’s about $ and the NCAA cannot grab enough.
GT
July 19th, 2011
4:45 pm
Paul Johnson doesn’t say something for political consumption like some coaches around here. I have no idea if the guy is religious or rightwing or leftwing all I know is he is an honest coach and if you don’t want an answer don’t ask him a question. You know when your coach is a cheater, you may not admit it but you know. You also know when your coach is honest, he is not trying to convenience you of his good character and most of these guys aren’t liked very much, because they don’t play the immuture games. Steve Spurrier is one of these guys. The press loves to stir it up with him. When you are honest you can say what you please you have no agenda. The shock here is Georgia Tech probably has one of the most clean programs in the country under Johnson. His coaching style doesn’t need the high school hot shot that come on campus and steals everybody’s stuff out of their lockers or dormrooms. He gets none or next to no support from this paper which suits all of us because we owe em nothing either. We like Johnson at Tech, we think his character is fine. He doesn’t sell out and he doesn’t call his wife on Ford commercials.
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
4:45 pm
Stop Whining:
You’ll note in my analogy u(sic)ga wasn’t speeding. They were off breaking other laws. This is mostly in reference to your reigning Fulmer Cup. u(sic)ga is widely recognized as the trashiest football program in the country with, what, TWELVE arrests during the summer and fall of 2010? Plus the brand new AD getting arrested for speeding, driving drunk, and then lied to an officer about the whereabouts of the panties of his young passenger?
That’s my drugs and dead hooker analogy. Sorry I didn’t explain it further, I always think people are smart enough to catch my references. Silly me forgot u(sic)ga students [attempt to] read this.
Big A
July 19th, 2011
4:46 pm
Apple just blew out the quarter. Tech will do some blowing out this quarter. Getting wrongfully screwed has a tendenacy to make people mad.
gtalum06
July 19th, 2011
4:46 pm
It’s nice to hear a lot of dawg fans out there who can agree to see this story for what it is… a case of the NCAA going over-board in attempt to set an example for the first target they find (it could have happened to any program, really). CPJ has attitude…I wouldn’t wanna be on his bad side, which is one of the many reasons I’m a fan!
As for the dawg fans (and others) who see this as a chance to compare programs, please shut up. UGA is SEC… GT is ACC… I grew up watching SEC football. The fact that GT holds our own w/ UGA every year is impressive enough, even if we don’t win. I can admit that historically UGA is a better football school. Simply put, if you wanna watch a bunch of skilled athletes play football, UGA does have that. If you want a well-rounded above average athletic program at a school with a top engineering program, GT wins that one. Ok, are we finished comparing now?
The NCAA was fishing for an opportunity to throw the book at someone… that is all.
Stop whinning
July 19th, 2011
4:48 pm
Todd is just another Tech fan that doesn’t understand football. The NCAA didn’t ALLOW Ohio State players to play any more than they allowed Reggie Bush to play when he was at USC. UGA could have played AJ Green, but they would have faced disciplinary action if he was found to be ineligible. Ohio State played those players at their choice, which is why they have forfeited the Bowl win and are about to receive the death penalty (or something pretty close).
macrotech
July 19th, 2011
4:48 pm
I’ve read the first couple of pages of posts on this blog and it is obvious who has read the report and who hasn’t. For the Dawg fans that see the stupidity in all of this, I say, “Thank you” for your willingness to set aside our differences. For all the pups out there that just spew venom because of their hatred for all things Tech…whatever! CPJ DOES come off as a straight forward kind of man that doesn’t waste a lot of time worrying about peoples feeling…I understand how this translates as a pompous ass to those that ALREADY hate Tech. As a proud Tech fan I am pleased with his style! The best coaches I ever played for were NEVER worried about feelings…they just wanted the best out of their players. CPJ wants the best and isn’t interested in candy coating things…just calls it like he sees it!!! GO TECH!!!
Ryan K
July 19th, 2011
4:50 pm
Doesn’t matter, Iowa dominated your “unstoppable” triple option in the Orange Bowl that year.
Coach Hewitt...
July 19th, 2011
4:50 pm
Don’t waste all you’re money on an appeal gt…. You owe me another $1.7 million on Sept. 1st….
LMAO…see ya later suckers….Paul…
A better analogy
July 19th, 2011
4:51 pm
Your two best friends drive drunk, speed, run red lights all the time. They never get caught. Ever. You rarely speed and no more than 10 over which is what everyone does anyway. Never run red lights. You go out with them and drive one night. You play it safe. You don’t get hammered. YOu drink 5 beers. Leave 2 hours later. Get pulled over. Blow a .08. Dui. Your pals who have driven drunk 50 times the past 2 years, say that sucks dude. Ya think!
repeat offenders
July 19th, 2011
4:52 pm
@that that dude Don’t think Tech 40% is better than Ugas, and winning record vs auburn over the same time period .
UGA 13-1 vs ACC since 2001.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
4:52 pm
Rambler: You are getting desperate and your insecurity is beginning to show. Our player took an improper benefit and we sat him until we received our ruling from the NCAA. Compare and contrast. Our AD behaved unethically – and we promptly fired him. Compare and contrast. You are so insecure about your existence and so desperate to justify why you spent 4 (or more) years at that school that you have lost the ability to reason on these issues.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
4:53 pm
I suggest you review your facts, Stop Whining.
Al Groh
July 19th, 2011
4:55 pm
Do I still get to keep my job?
ACC Champs: my T-shirt doesn't lie!
July 19th, 2011
4:55 pm
Glad CPJ did not “cow”.
Toccoa dog, you need to read more before you make accusations. CPJ sorta reminds me of the late Coach Carl “Red” Boyd (a uga grad)…a straight shooter!
Stop whinning
July 19th, 2011
4:55 pm
Rambler, just more hyperbole with no substance behind it. UGA is “widely recognized as the trashiest school in the country”? Give me a break…where exactly did you get that “fact.” Did you administor your own opinion pole to the other Dungeons ‘n Dragons participants?
midtown
July 19th, 2011
4:56 pm
gtalum06
And how many of you athletes have engineering degrees?
I am sure they all are working for NASA now.
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
4:58 pm
dbldawg:
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2010/9/1/1663448/the-fulmer-cup-season-closes-and
This is what I was referring to. Here are the facts. I’m not really sure why you’re insulting me on a personal level…
ATLER (Ramblin Wreck)
July 19th, 2011
4:59 pm
We will get another ACC Championship this year!!!! Mark my words!!!!!!!! Go GA TECH!!!!!!!!!
midtown
July 19th, 2011
4:59 pm
gtalum06
And if you believe the football and basketball players at GT are held to the same admisson
requirements and standards as the regular students then you are a F—— Idiot.
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
4:59 pm
Stop whining:
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2010/9/1/1663448/the-fulmer-cup-season-closes-and
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:00 pm
A better analogy: the blue lights go on while you are driving drunk (barely, but legally intoxicated) and you try to out run the cops and then when the cops come to your door you try to switch seats with someone who had not been drinking. Why, because you so badly want to beat that team down the road from you and you play them in a couple of days.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:03 pm
Rambler: Yep, facts – LOL. By the way, the trashiest fanbase is the discussion you are having with the other guy. However, interestingly enough it shows the silly hypocrisy of questioning why I was insulting you (by merely pointing out your insecurity which you demonstrated by your need to insult UGA fans). I am not sure if you can follow this though the rage but if so I trust you will understand how this only furthers my point.
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:04 pm
I feel like you call what I’m saying hyperbole because what your saying only takes into account GT’s actions presently and your view of GT, and no bigger picture (such as u(sic)ga’s actions, and those of Auburn, Ohio State, etc).
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:05 pm
So the 12 players who were arrested and won u(sic)ga the Fulmer Cup are their fanbase? I’m confused.
GT
July 19th, 2011
5:05 pm
The best thing dawg fans could have done is ignore us. One thing CPJ has done is get the good old fashion hate back. Yall give us something, 12 or 15 times a year to let go on so we have kind of grown with the process. You enjoy yourself Georgia, we needed something in this hot weather to motivate us and you have helped tremendously. To that I say “go dawgs”.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:05 pm
That made absolutely no sense, dbldawg.
recruitnik
July 19th, 2011
5:08 pm
Crybaby paul johnson.. love it.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:09 pm
George: I would be happy to explain it to you but you are going to have to let me know where I lost you.
Rambler: You may be confused but you are primarily deflecting. It will be Ok, though,
michael
July 19th, 2011
5:11 pm
someone got pee’d off in the ncaa and made a tragic rash decision. can we now revamp the ncaa by hiring professionals, perhaps former coaches, players from the nfl and not those that never played any sports??
GT Grad 1995
July 19th, 2011
5:11 pm
I love being called a nerd. I think it is great! You know what UGA grads call Tech grads after college? BOSS! I use this line often to the several UGA engineers working beneath me!
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George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:13 pm
Let’s start with switching seats to beat your rival.
More specifically, your analogy isn’t parallel. I’ll let you figure out why.
GT
July 19th, 2011
5:13 pm
GT Grad 1995 I am with you.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:13 pm
GT Grad 1995. No you don’t. In fact in haunts you. However, if you post enough times that it doesn’t bother you maybe it will be true. Me thinks all of those who are above you are not Tech grads but, hey, it is a great engineering school so maybe you also get the pleasure of calling a Tech grad boss.
JM
July 19th, 2011
5:13 pm
I wonder why the call came into the NCAA on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving?
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:14 pm
I’m not sure where I brought the fanbase in (except my jab about you ‘trying’ to read). I was referring to the Fulmer cup in my analogy. Georgia is the reigning Fulmer cup champs. That’s as far as it goes. I’m not sure where I’m using hyperbole in that. The Fulmer cup is considered by anybody who reads EDSBS to be the definitive measure of football program trashiness, regardless of school. So I’m not sure where my claims are wrong or overstated or what part of stating the fact that georgia has a trashy football program makes me an insecure nerd. Being a rocket scientist makes me a nerd, and being insecure would be totally unrelated to that. By the way, your plane is going to crash. I’m building it now.
Wade Garrett
July 19th, 2011
5:14 pm
The punishment did not fit the crime. Crime, that is something even the Dawg fans should be able to understand. But, I doubt it.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:15 pm
Methinks is one word, dbldawg.
Is there anything sadder than an idiot trying to sound intelligent?
geechee
July 19th, 2011
5:16 pm
Very Simple to understand. Our lawyer made their lawyer mad and they were dead set to find something.
Doggies need to be quiet, season has not started and you need RB’s.
Jeff
July 19th, 2011
5:17 pm
For once I agree with Johnson and Tech. That the NCAA did this is a disgrace to our intelligence. I wish someone would take a good hard look at the NCAA from the President down and do something to straighten out this sorry excuse for an organization involved with college athletics. Someone needs to stand up to the piece of slime president of the NCAA- if the college institutions would all band together- something would change. Meanwhile, Cammies Daddy can solicit 180,000 grand for his kid to play at Auburn and this same president condones it…..talk about a disgrace…….more like a complete and utter loser.
Un-Tank
July 19th, 2011
5:17 pm
So does this mean that the NCAA isn’t invited to PJ’s next fish fry?
This is why he is ...............
July 19th, 2011
5:17 pm
He is angry, and maybe he should be. To my knowledge, he did no wrongs.
He is also mad because ……………. he knows now that his chances of ever, ever winning an ACC title at GT are very much dimmed with FSU and VaTech and Clemson and Miami being in the league and a couple of these schools do have legit shots at national successes.
North Carolina? When Davis is fired …………….being a native son North Carolinian, CPJ might JUMP at the chance to coach the flagship North Carolina school as far as brand awareness is all over USA ……………..why not? He might then be able to win large. He now knows how tough it will be at GT to be successful on a consistent basis. He might also be fired, if they go 5-6 and 5-6 over next two years.
Until then, he has won nothing at GT. His w/l record vs a “‘down” UGA has been dreadful. It might be time for CPJ to move on if/when Butch Davis is blown away.
Jackets …………….. you know this COULD be a scenario that he considers going forward. Davis goes ………………….. watch out for NC.
Sporty Black
July 19th, 2011
5:19 pm
BREAKING NEWS!!! The NCAA is going to vacate two conference title we won 20 years ago becasue my pee-coach gave me a helmet when I was in the 4th grade.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:19 pm
Ok, George: Switching seats – i.e. trying to get out of the DUI. Very much in keeping with the attempts by GT to thwart the NCAA’s investigation. If you will recall, one of your distinguished fans tried to compare what happened to Tech to a guy getting pulled over and blowing a .08 while his buddies have been driving hammered for years. You see, not only did your player get an improper benefit (driving drunk) but the kicker was and is that you tried to avoid any punishment by thwarting the investigation.
RipK46
July 19th, 2011
5:19 pm
UGA fans can be such hypocrits. Wasn’t it your world class receiver out there selling his game jersey on EBay? What about that infamous teaching scandal back in the 80’s – asking that professor to pass those “student athletes” of yours. At least PJ has some fight in him instead of laying down like a dawg!
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:20 pm
They were all in the league two years ago, this is why he is.
Tossed Salad
July 19th, 2011
5:20 pm
Big deal. If Tech holds BayBay from the ACC title game like they should have they lose, anyway. Why all the crying over an ACC title? It’s like winning the shortest midget contest.
puppydawg
July 19th, 2011
5:20 pm
So, you’re not cheating if you don’t think you’re cheating??? What a moron!!!
Tossed Salad
July 19th, 2011
5:21 pm
Or tallest midget contest, rather.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:21 pm
George: Are you sure Me thinks is actually a word (or two words)? However, the answer to your question lies within but atleast (or how at about at least) you avoided any attempt at sounding intelligent in your post – just terribly insecure. Seems to be a theme.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:22 pm
The problem, dbldawg, is that the NCAA never proved we drove drunk.
Sporty Black
July 19th, 2011
5:22 pm
It’s okay to sell your son for $100,000 (and lie about it) but it is wrong for your teammate to give you a pair of shoes and some jeans. Oops I forgot… risking $1,000,000,000 on bowl revenue is more important than $312. NCAA: National Constipated A$$es of America.
Paddy
July 19th, 2011
5:22 pm
I love this guy!!!! What a stand up guy!!
Rogeriter
July 19th, 2011
5:22 pm
I am a die-hard dawgs fan but I agree with Coach Johnson. The NCAA is becoming like the Gestapo on a witch hunt.
GT
July 19th, 2011
5:23 pm
Good question who did turn us in? I can’t imagine someone that needs a life that bad. Hell I can see Auburn and Alabama going after it, but this is Tech for crying out loud.
Todd
July 19th, 2011
5:23 pm
WOW…finally a coach that isnt “AFRAID” to stand up and defend his team and spit on the NCAA. That we dont have others that do the same is why this body is allowed to call the rules and punishment as they want. maybe if other coaches had some backbone and would call them out things would change. Here in the SEC, we have Mike Slime that muzzles his coaches and ADs because he is so spineless he could care less about whats right and wrong…..
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:24 pm
Nicely put Sporty Black.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:25 pm
Rambler: Look, I took no issue with your claim about trashyness – (or, George, is it trashiness) that was the other guy. I think the conversation is silly and this statement furthers that silliness: The Fulmer cup is considered by anybody who reads EDSBS to be the definitive measure of football program trashiness, regardless of school. I was the one who asked you to compare and contrast how we handled the AJ situation as well as how we handled the unethical behavior of our AD. You might learn a bit by looking at that situation. Now, as for your insecurity, it is very much relevant as it is as the heart of your attacks and defenses and your need to now tell us what it is that you do (congrats on that, by the way).
Go Dawgs!
July 19th, 2011
5:26 pm
I have a totally new found respect for coach Johnson……at least he isnt afraid to stand up and speak his mind when something is clearly wrong. I just wish the coach 60 miles to the east could do the same…….
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:26 pm
A more proper analogy would be driving completely sober, being pulled over, questioning why you were pulled over, never having a field sobriety test or breathalyzer test taken, reacting angrily when you were booked, and being punished for fighting the traffic stop.
And, yes, methinks is a word. Who’s really the insecure one? I’ll take the guy who tries to sound smart but has an IQ in the 80’s for $200, Alex.
GotGame?
July 19th, 2011
5:27 pm
News Flash – They ALL cheat. Every single school. If the say they don’t it’s BS. Anytime you try to lure uneducated black kids to play for you and offer them the moon….well, you understand. And what’s really, really funny is that most of those “die-hard” football fans are Republicans (just take a look at the bumper stickers at any college game) and just love the poor black kid when he’s helping the team win..but, help his family with any type of federal aid program – OH HELL NO…just another day in America…yippiee!
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:30 pm
George: The NCAA doesn’t have to – they got you for resisting arrest and thwarting their investigation. Further, they didn’t have to get you for the DUI – they knew you were drunk as does everyone. Further, the DUI example was the naive attempt by a GT fan to portray this as an honest slip up that the NCAA is hammering you for.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:30 pm
So in your mind NCAA rules equate to ethics rules?
As I stated earlier, I believe – although freely admit I could be wrong – that if the opening game last year was Boise, UGA would have rolled the dice. It was easier last year because UGA opened up against a girl scout troop.
GT
July 19th, 2011
5:31 pm
Most coaches can’t call em out because they are guilty. I think Richt could let it rip a little more. His players stay in personal trouble and he has a hard time keeping alumni in the hoster but I don’t think he cheats. I bet you could go down to Arkansas right now on a dull Tuesday and find something upside down. When you have a quarterback that is almost a drug addict something is going on down there. Lot easier coming to Atlanta, having a steak on the expense account and leaving a dirty note at Tech.
Matt Skole
July 19th, 2011
5:31 pm
Tech cheated plain and simple.
Twice in the last ten years.
Tech has turned into one of the dirtiest programs in college football.
WTF?
July 19th, 2011
5:31 pm
As a Tech fan, I can’t believe this guy still has a coaching job with his Pop Warner offense that EVERY SINGLE team in the NCAA has figured out how to stop cold. He should be fired immediately.
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July 19th, 2011
5:32 pm
[...] “I’m proud of what those guys did on the field — they won it on the field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened on the field. Let’s say somebody took something illegal. I’m still not convinced that happened, but let’s say it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off.” [...]
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:32 pm
I agree that the DUI analogy was poor. I was going with it.
You assume everything in the NCAA report is true. They had no proof any thwarting ever happened.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:34 pm
George: “I’m sorry, that is not correct. You see, George, the insecure one is the guy trying to correct the spelling of the word ‘methinks’ on a message board”. Alex Trebec
At least the Tech fan who started the DUI analogy acknowledged your were legally drunk. Oh yeah, you were sober and you simply reacted to the fact that the NCAA would dare accuse you of being drunk.
gt4ever
July 19th, 2011
5:34 pm
I don’t like his offensive system, but I just LOVE how he lays it all out….. I really like this coach, but I sure wish he would hire a OC to put a real offense in place…
ROFL, the only thing I am truly sure of,,, YOUR AN IDIOT! A Complete MORON!
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:35 pm
Oh, I didn’t understand that you were asking ME to do the comparing/contrasting.
So:
Situation 1) your ex-teammate offers you a handful of T-shirts. You may or may not have taken them. You claim not to take them. There is no proof you took them. Your coach mentions offhandedly that the NCAA is going to ask you if you took a few t-shirts. You tell them you didn’t. You get fined $100,000 and your championship ring on the assumption that you took the t-shirts that you claim not to have taken and don’t currently have, and the fact that your coach mentioned something offhandedly to you.
Situation 2) you decide on your own free will and accord to try and make money for being an athlete at your school by selling a keepsake jersey from a really memorable game for $1,000. It is very public and everybody knows you did it, so your coach sits you out for a game.
The situations aren’t particularly comparable, but you decide who was trying to make gains off of being a student athlete, and who wasn’t. Using that information, think about who you would sit out of a game and who you wouldn’t. Now think about whether the punishment fits the crime.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:35 pm
You are either not a Tech fan, WTF, or you’re an idiot (or both). UGA, for one, sure hasn’t figured out that Pop Warner offense.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:35 pm
I’m the smartest, least insecure person I know. Whoops … that was boasting wasn’t it, which must mean I AM insecure. I’m so confused.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:38 pm
George: We were holding AJ out for the USCe game as well. Look, I know it helps to rationalize that we would have “rolled the dice” as well but we committed to sitting him until the ruling was handed down. You should have as well.
Chris
July 19th, 2011
5:38 pm
Having Thomas vs not having Thomas is “no competitive advantage”? You have to be kidding me Paul johnson. Then why didn’t you just do like you should have and sit him. And Burnett? No competitive advantage. Losing the championship is the thing that is bugging Tech the most. They don’t care about remorse, the fact that the school’s name will be associated with probation until July 2015! They just don’t want to lose that title that they won while playing an ineligible player or two.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:39 pm
You are awfully defensive about your spelling for such a secure, intelligent person.
gt4ever, the offense isn’t the problem. If he ever gets a defense, we won’t lose a game.
Chris
July 19th, 2011
5:40 pm
If you didn’t want to “punish 115 guys” for the actions of one or two, there’s an easy solution. Sit the one or two ahead of time. Then, if you win the game, you get to keep the trophy. It isn’t rocket science.
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:43 pm
You know what IS rocket science?
L=Cl(1/2)(rho)V^2S=k1+k2Cd^2
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:43 pm
Only problem, dbldawg, is the UGA held him out one game. He was ruled intelligible by the NCAA before the South Carolina game. Those darn facts keep getting in the way, huh?
GT
July 19th, 2011
5:44 pm
Truth of the matter is CPJ has more character than four or five of us. You will see it next year. It will translate to the players and they will be better men because of it. You know the kid that got those gifts was a 4 year player for Tech. Went in the first round, could have gone last year. This is the guy the NCAA decides is a troublemaker.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:45 pm
We have nothing to be remorseful for, Chris. Nothing was ever proven.
sldkfjslk
July 19th, 2011
5:45 pm
Another Dawg in Tech’s camp on this one. The NCAA is capricious and inept. They can’t even do their job without yahoo.com or someone doing all the homework for them. They’re just trying to bully Tech to make an example of what they want everyone to think the NCAA is capable of. Tech wasn’t trying to cheat. The people who are trying to cheat and get away with it will pull the wool over the NCAA’s eyes every time unless someone spills the beans. That’s why Auburn will get away with it. They’ve cheated and been caught too many times to leave a trail.
Im A Jacket
July 19th, 2011
5:45 pm
Damn Good Yellow Jackects, Damn poor NCAA.
dbldawg
July 19th, 2011
5:45 pm
Rambler: That would be interesting if that is what happened. But answer this: when was the last time a buddy just gave you $312? For no reason. Further, I love the off handed mention. How are your studies? Ready for the UGA game? Oh by the way, did you take an improper benefit and have I mentioned to you that the NCAA will want to speak with you about this.
AJ sold a jersey for what it is worth, Your player was given items. In neither instance are we talking about a significant sum of money.
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RipK46
July 19th, 2011
5:47 pm
Hey WTF?, I guess you’d like for us to fire PJ so we can go back to the Chan Gailey days of winning 7 games a season for a decade!
Johnson has put Tech in contention every year AND his offenses have been leading the nation in rushing ever since he landed in The Flats. Figure it out? Richt said it himself when facing one of PJ’s Ga. Southern teams: “The Option is the equalizer in football”. PJ will be here for years and UGA fans know it. They just wish their coach had PJ’s fire and guts to say what’s on his mind.
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:48 pm
This is an issue because the NCAA who “focuses” on promoting the term ’student-athlete’ is laying down a heavy-handed punishment for a pretty minor infraction that may not have actually happened on a very academically focused school that is has a program full of illiterate criminals to the east and a program that lies and cheats to the west, and neither of them have gotten busted.
crackbaby
July 19th, 2011
5:49 pm
If some hotties gave a player sex because he is a star football player, should the NCAA get involved and investigate? Vacate victories, etc.?
Would like to know because some of us would pay more than $312 for some of that action!
Hey Coach..........just sayin
July 19th, 2011
5:50 pm
“If you want to kick the tiger in the ass, you’d better have a plan for dealing with his teeth”
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
5:53 pm
Nice, crackbaby.
Hit A Single
July 19th, 2011
5:54 pm
I do and will always like Coach Johnson. I appreciate what he did at the Naval Academy and Ga. Southern and I hope he goes 11 and 1 at Tech every year. And I also dislike the NCAA and my feelings comes from Coach Ron Polk’s stance on the limited number of scholarships allowed in college baseball. It is definitely the most discriminated collegiate sport. But I do not believe the NCAA would have come down as hard if somebody in leadership would have shown some leadership. Somebody dropped the ball at Tech. Also I don’t care if 115 busted their tails it doesn’t take but one selfish individual to ruin it for everybody. If you broke rules you broke rules. But like I said the leadership was not there.
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:54 pm
When your friends pull down what many Tech alum do, they don’t feel too bad about giving you $312. A certain executive (I won’t say who so as not to sound ‘insecure’) took myself, my girlfriend, my roommate, and some of our family to a dinner that probably cost well over $312 after a game just this past football season. One of my coworkers bought another about $200 of single barrel bourbon. I would say a handful of t-shirts wasn’t an issue.
And if you ever speak to PJ, you’ll understand what I mean about offhanded. He says everything how he sees it, with about the same emphasis. That’s actually probably what he said (in your comment dbldawg).
Mike S
July 19th, 2011
5:55 pm
I am not a Tech fan, and certainly not a UGA fan, but reading this blog shows one thing. UGA fans (not all of them, but a large majority who post here) are the most delusional, immature, uneducated, spiteful blowhards in the history of the world. You make the ancient Romans look shy and bashful about conquering what was then the known world! You guys have not hardly won squat in almost thirty years, yet you act so high and mighty. I am a big fan of both Coach Richt and Coach Johnson. I admire both of them, though they are completely differnt type men. Even if you UGA guys are only high school graduates, you should still see that the NCAA is wrong in this situation. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a great college rivalry, but you guys take it to an incredibly vindictive level. Would you ever say these type things to a person’s face or are you just a bad a** behind your keyboard? Grow up!
By the way, I have complete admiration for CPJ standing up to the tyranny of the NCAA, for his players, his program, and his institution. Would you not have the same admiration if it was your coach?
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July 19th, 2011
5:57 pm
[...] “I’m proud of what those guys did on the field — they won it on the field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened on the field. Let’s say somebody took something illegal. I’m still not convinced that happened, but let’s say it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off.” [...]
Vince
July 19th, 2011
5:57 pm
Enter your comments here
Bleed red
July 19th, 2011
5:58 pm
What’s wrong with chop blocking it’s a game all you puss won’t to make it a sissy game can’t touch the QB football should go back 30 years and start over get rid of the pre madonas and the winers
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
5:58 pm
I appreciate your insight, Mike S. Spot on.
Footballrules
July 19th, 2011
6:00 pm
Tossed Salad….so, winning the ACC is like winning the title “Shortest Midget.” Guess that means winning the SECheat is like being declared biggest Neanderthal of the Knucklehead Conference.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
6:01 pm
BIG Dawg fan here. I could laugh this off or throw insults the way Tech fans do whenever UGA has misfortunes…. but I will refrain from doing so. Tech is right in this. The punishment was overblown and the evidence of a cover up seems circumstantial at best. Besides…if they had made the offending players sit out we never would have had that legendary play where bay bay dropped the ball!
repeat offenders
July 19th, 2011
6:01 pm
So a man who admittedly cheats at board games or whatever everybody else does expects me to believe he wouldn’t cheat to win conference championship?
gt4ever
July 19th, 2011
6:03 pm
I’m up for that crackbaby….
Vince
July 19th, 2011
6:04 pm
@ Mike S
I am not going to read through 11 pages of comments,but most of the UGA fans’ comments I have read on here seem to side with Tech……and that is something I can GUARANTEE you Tech fans would not have done in reverse.
dawggone
July 19th, 2011
6:06 pm
why is it that dawg fans are infatuated with men with boobs. just asking
Mike S
July 19th, 2011
6:06 pm
By the way, I should give kudos to the UGA fans who provide a reasonable discourse of the “situation” and are willing to see past the rivalry to debate the issue without pettiness.
Vince, sldkfjslk, etc.
Matt Skole, you don’t qualify.
George Stein
July 19th, 2011
6:06 pm
Then I suggest you go back and read 11 pages of many UGA fans doing it, Vince.
Mike S
July 19th, 2011
6:10 pm
Vince, read my comment above that must have posted at the same time as yours. I read a good deal of th 11 pages (I only have myself to blame!) and there was a lot of vindictiveness in there.
If the shoe was on the other foot, I would call out Tech fans also. In fact, their responses at times are no better. I just get tired of the crap I see here all the time, about any subject. In the immortal words of Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?”
Rambler
July 19th, 2011
6:11 pm
If u(sic)ga were being heavily punished for something quite small, I would probably say that it was bs and side with the leghumpers (with a comment or two about fleas and their sisters, just for fun).
If u(sic)ga is in the news for the 2nd time this week because a player, recruit, or staff member is going to jail for theft, duis, driving without a license, etc, I’m going to keep up my making fun of the trashiest program in the country.
I appreciate the students and fans from the community college in athens who return Tech the same courtesies.
Thanks Vince, and others like you.
Bama
July 19th, 2011
6:13 pm
@ripk, Just what was Pj in contention for in 2010? Chan never had a losing season.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
6:14 pm
@ George Stein
Okay..On the first page, seven people identified themselves as Georgia fans and six sided with Tech. On to the next page……
Beast from the East
July 19th, 2011
6:15 pm
You gotta admire PJ’s spunk. That guy just tells it like he sees it.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
6:17 pm
@ George Stein
Okay…page two…^ 6 UGA fans……4 side with Tech.
RipK46
July 19th, 2011
6:19 pm
I love what Paul Johnson is doing here. How can you not love what he is doing?! He could have stayed quiet and taken this slap on the wrist from the NCAA. Instead, the man sticks up for his school and those players that layed it all out there in 2009. The NCAA has it’s priorities completely upside down on this. This is not even in the same universe as what happened at USC, Ohio State, Auburn, and soon to be discovered at Oregon.
Paul Johnson has sent a message to the NCAA that this is wrong on so many levels. Georgia Tech will not win the appeal, but by fighting back so vehemently will ensure that the NCAA thinks twice about such frivolous “investigations” in the future.
DJ
July 19th, 2011
6:21 pm
You idiot Dawg fans (only addressing those of you who are idiots) do know that Paul Johnson’s mentor is your very own Erk Russell….Yes, there’s a reason that deep down you really do like him, and now you know why you can admit it.
ROFL is retarded
July 19th, 2011
6:22 pm
why don’t you read something before you post your ignorance. Johnson never went to Auburn or coached for Auburn. Born in NC, went to Western Carolina and App St. Coached at Hawaii, Navy, Southern and Tech. Where did you get Auburn from?? Are you mad bro?
PMC
July 19th, 2011
6:23 pm
All this said, it seems odd they would start busting people from suspicion now.
Mike S
July 19th, 2011
6:23 pm
DJ- I think Georgia Southern owns more of the legend of Coach Erk Russell than UGA can claim.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
6:24 pm
@ George Stein
Page 3…. Five UGA fans….3 with negative comments, but it should be pointed out that there were 11 Tech fans with negative UGA comments.
Wife says I must come to the dinner table. I can checkout pages 4 – 10 later if you would like.
Mike S
July 19th, 2011
6:25 pm
Vince- does your wife understand the importance of your work here?!?!?!
Watcha Talkin Bout Willis?
July 19th, 2011
6:25 pm
GT can’t keep kids off NCAA probation and UGA can’t keep kids out of jail. It all evens out in the state of GA. But I will say this…GT got screwed on this ruling.
GT1975
July 19th, 2011
6:27 pm
I agree with coach 100%. The NCAA is a joke!
JacketNation
July 19th, 2011
6:39 pm
Oh, “sammydawg”…no mutt, including you can say a word. UGAG has done far worse than this. Clean up your own house before you worry about others.
beachdog
July 19th, 2011
6:41 pm
30-24
Arrogance, good job, man boobs.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
6:42 pm
@ Georgia Stein
back!
Page 4 – Two UGA fans side with Tech, 2 against….4 Tech comments that are anti-UGA.
Saywhut
July 19th, 2011
6:43 pm
Hey pal, if you don’t like the rules get out of the game. You are starting to sound like Tressel: the rules don’t apply to us. Maybe you should have stayed at Navy!
Saywhut
July 19th, 2011
6:48 pm
Hey “jacket nation,” the Jackets slam UGA over trivial crap like selling a used jersey. Now you’ve been ticketed for let’s see— a trivial infraction. You should’t be punished this much for this infraction; but neither should UGA over that jersey. A. J. Green sat out 4 games while Alabama’s Marcel Darius sat out only 2 for taking about $2,000 worth of free trips. Pick on them.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
6:48 pm
@ George Stein
Page 5 …particularly heinous…Three UGA comments sided with Tech, two against. There were seventeen Tech fan comments slamming UGA.
Merlyn Brown
July 19th, 2011
6:52 pm
‘65 dawg, Tech went off that probation in ‘07.
The NCAA is absolutely petty. College football needs to dismantle the NCAA.
The SEC, ACC, Big 12, & Pac 12, & Big 10 or 12 need to drop out of the NCAA.
They are about 50% of Division 1 football teams. Presidents of colleges don’t have
the guts. Penalties should fit the “crime”. Even our society’s criminal system
has better balance/credibility. Penalties usually fit the crime and there are
guidelines that judges go by. Seemingly the NCAA can do whatever it wishes.
Crush student athletes, coaches, administrators, and college fans, for petty
reasons. That’s way too much power. The NCAA needs to be taken down
a notch or dismantled.
There are around(assuming 175 student athletes per BCS college)21,000 student athletes
under the jurisdiction of the NCAA. Add all of the smaller colleges and you get very large student
athlete population. Once an investigation starts, the student athletes in quesiton should be innocent
until proven guilty.
Also, I’ll bet the NCAA investigators all graduated charm school and never let their egos interfere
with their approach to advising a college of possible infractions. And, I’ll bet the NCAA investigators
don’t let the facts interfere with their opinions.
This vast number of athletes don’t have an ‘offset’ for the NCAA. They have no voice in these matters.
It’s all between the college administrators and the NCAA(a dictatorship). The student athletes need
representation of some kind. Sure, they get a scholarship of some kind–after that they have no say. Student athletes are a population that can easily be taken advantage of, by agents, colleges,
the NCAA, and others.
In the military it is an axiom that 10% ‘don’t get the word’. College coaches and administrators
are working diligently to get the word out to all student athletes about the rights & wrongs in
the eyes of the NCAA. Do they all get the word or do they all understand it? Probably not.
So, it’s a human nature thing that the the NCAA can penalize as they see fit. It’s kind of like
trying to legislate the weather. The NCAA must be so very proud to be the top pettifogger
in college sports.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
6:56 pm
@ George Stein
From page 6 ….. Four UGA fans sided with Tech and two against. Two comments were unitelligable, I’m afraid. There were eight anti-UGA comments by Tech fans.
antonio romero
July 19th, 2011
6:59 pm
Enter your comments here
Vince
July 19th, 2011
7:00 pm
@ George Stein
Page 7 – No UGA fans sided with Tech and two spoke against. There were nine anti-UGA comments by Tech fans. Go figure.
Patrick
July 19th, 2011
7:02 pm
I am a UGA fan but this is SUCH a raw deal for GT. Those guys went out and played their guts out week after week and they were actually exciting to watch. The punishment does not fit the infraction. The NCAA is the same group of clueless clowns that allowed the Ohio State players (TattooGate) to suit up for the Sugar Bowl. It just smells!!!
antonio romero
July 19th, 2011
7:02 pm
GO DAWGS! Any trouble for the trade school is GREAT TROUBLE. Give your cheating trophy back. And, give back the 90 trophy too, since you only earned 1/2 of it.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
7:05 pm
@ George Stein
Okay…Page 8…Two UGA fans sided with Tech, three spoke against Tech. There were 19 anti-UGA comments by Tech fans.
MC
July 19th, 2011
7:06 pm
PJ is like a catfish. All mouth.
tech99
July 19th, 2011
7:07 pm
As a Tech alumnus, I’m as mad as anyone about what happened and think it was too harsh. I would like, however, to hear someone in a position of responsibility for Tech football (DRad, CPJ, both?) say something to the effect of “We screwed up how we handled this and we apologize to the Institute, the players on the ACC championship team, the alumni and fans for that.”
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 19th, 2011
7:07 pm
Stinger 2: Go back and read your comments. Don’t you wish you had never hit the “Submit Comment” button now?
How do you know that CPJ has never cheated? Have you closely followed his career and his private life? Where do you get off calling people names if they say CPJ has cheated. After Rad told CPJ about the investigation who do you think rehearsed the accused for their upcoming meetings with the NCAA.(That is why the NCAA told Rad NOT to tell CPJ) Probably wasn’t CPJ but we really don’t know do we? Maybe he had someone do it for him. Maybe not.
I’m not sure how $300 worth of clothes(One cheap suit or tw dozen pair of underware was worth all the thousands spent on the investigation but rules are rules and they must be obeyed regardless of how stupid they might be and CPJ didn’t help GT’s situation for possible future run ins with the NCAA. In my opinion the NCAA should be torn down and rebuilt. Too much inconsistancies and apparent favoratism.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
7:10 pm
@ George Stein
Page 9 – Four UGA fans spoke up on Tech’s behalf and two had negative comments. There were eleven anti UGA comments from Tech fans.
Yellow Fuzz
July 19th, 2011
7:15 pm
Worm
July 19th, 2011
2:16 pm
Just keep Chop blocking Paul..BTW-That new rule change was put in just for you..
HAHAHAHAHAH. WORM, YOU ARE A TYPICAL GEORGIA MORON!. Please describe the rule and please describe “chop blocking” mr potatoe head 30 lb lard azz couch potatoe.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
7:15 pm
Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: Setting CPJ’s office, November, 2009 –
DRAD: Paul, BayBay and Derrick will not be able to play next week.
CPJ: Oh? Why is that? What happened?
DRAD: Paul, I can’t tell you. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: But are they sick, or has there been a death in their families?
DRAD: Paul, I can’t tell you. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: So they don’t even know about it yet, and I’m supposed to tell them.
DRAD: No, you can’t tell them. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: But what am I supposed to say to them?
DRAD: Paul, you can’t tell them anything. They and you just need to accept the fact that they can’t play
I guess this is what would have made the NCAA goon-squad happy. GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!
Vince
July 19th, 2011
7:15 pm
Page 10 was difficult as many comments were actually about the discussion. Two UGA fans sided with Tech and 4 against. Nine anti-UGA comments from Tech fans.
Yellow Fuzz
July 19th, 2011
7:18 pm
trophy
July 19th, 2011
2:27 pm
can tech pawn the trophy for some extra athletic dept. cash or will they have to ship it to the ncaa office?
SHIP IT OVER TO ATHENS SO THEY CAN ADD A STICKER OVER THE TITLE THAT SAYS 2011 PRESEASON NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. Hahaha. Hhahahahahahaha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vince
July 19th, 2011
7:20 pm
@ George Stein
I took your challenge
35 UGA fans spoke in favor of Tech and 30 against. there were 75 anti-UGA comments from Techsters.
Vince is boring
July 19th, 2011
7:21 pm
What did you prove?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 19th, 2011
7:22 pm
Yellow fuzz 7:15; Potato has no “e” in it(except when VP Dan Quail does the spelling but “tater” does so maybe you may want to change it.
Ramblin Man
July 19th, 2011
7:23 pm
For the people saying there was a cover up, do you really think talking to one of the eight or so players questioned and then telling the NCAA you did that is the best GT could come up with to hide this? There was no cover up or cheating just a lack of intelligence in how the investigation was handled by GT staff and the NCAA. Do you really think the players would not have talked about it amongst themselves?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 19th, 2011
7:23 pm
Keep at it Vince. I.m keeping notes.
Patrick
July 19th, 2011
7:24 pm
I think that GT should make an appeal and at least get a hearing on it. CPJ doesn’t deserve this witch hunt. He’s a great coach and would some day like to see him on the UGA sidelines. Hey – it’s possible.
Brainiac is boring
July 19th, 2011
7:24 pm
Can you even spell dog?
Yellow Fuzz
July 19th, 2011
7:29 pm
Big Macon DAWG
July 19th, 2011
2:40 pm
That said….
UGA is still the #1 in the state, until proven otherwise.
hahahahahahah. lololololol HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. yOU ah’S ARE THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE WORLD, NIT JUST THE ncaa AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA. uNTIL WEEK ONE AND TWO AND Twelve OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND THE PAPA JOHNS EARLY DECEMBER BOWL IN ALABAMA……………HAHAHAHAHAH…….hahahahah…..HAHAHAHAHAHA!
STINGER
July 19th, 2011
7:29 pm
F@ck you dog fans. You buntch of loud mouthed redneck bitches.
STINGER
July 19th, 2011
7:30 pm
F@ck you dog fans. You buntch of loud mouthed redneck pricks..
STINGER
July 19th, 2011
7:34 pm
Every time I catch one you loud mouths in a bar I make a point to b*tch slap your a$$.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
7:38 pm
STINGER, one of these ignorant, red-neck, trailer-trash mutts just said on Ken’s blog that Tech fans’ reaction to the NCAA decision showed that we have no class whatsoever. Wonder where all that class was when the mutts got hit with that excessive celebration penalty in that game two years ago. That call, after all, was due to an NCAA rule. The refs were just enforcing it. Imagine their reaction if (or when, more than likely) the mutts get hit with some kind of probation AGAIN.
m
July 19th, 2011
7:42 pm
Smokey’s Bandit
July 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
The most amusing thing to come out of this entire entity, is the fact that the techies consider it classless for a UGA fan to revel in their misfortunes…….
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Rambler
July 19th, 2011
7:46 pm
Vince, I appreciate your count. My count looked a little more skewed against Tech, but the dawgs were a pretty even split for/against in what we see to be as a pretty obvious deal. Sure we’re biased, but the comments of Tech fans against uga were probably based on 1) more tech fans here (an article about our coach) 2) more tech fans here (the internet) 3) assuming that the unintelligible and downright retarded comments came from uga fans, which is often the case, and possibly 4) years of having to defend a football program that actually has student-athletes as we (in recent history) lose to a football team that has criminal-athletes.
St Athens
July 19th, 2011
7:47 pm
(((((((((( cheaters )))))))))) hahahahahahahahahaha
St Athens
July 19th, 2011
7:48 pm
(((((((((((((((((((( 4 years probation ))))))))))))))))))) hahahahahaha
GT GRAD
July 19th, 2011
7:49 pm
GT, Paul Johnson, Bud Peterson & DRAD should continue fighting this unfair nonsense, keep telling the truth and maybe (just maybe) the truth will be exposed with regard to how ridiculous the NCAA employee has handled this situation. One moron at the NCAA has decided to prove how much power he has and that everyone should be afraid……..this dude should be fired. Fire this guy and go find college programs that really do try to cheat!!
Jorg'e O'leary
July 19th, 2011
7:50 pm
Laughing at the dawg fans. What have you done since 1980? If your not first your last bubbas. By the way, still ROFL at your last bowl game. 7-6 to my CUSA team. Who has done less with more talent? We punked you dawg losers! Bwaaahaaa Bwaaahaaa Out coached and out played by 2 and 3 star talent. Your Dream Team means 8-3 losers! Now go make love to your moms and your sisters you inbred, phone pole family tree,moonshine drinking, bulldawg centerfold loving degenerates!
Stick your stinger this way
July 19th, 2011
7:51 pm
Stinger, I bet you’re just another scrawny nerd hiding behind your fat girlfriend.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
7:53 pm
If STINGER has a girlfriend, at least she doesn’t graze in the pasture.
Heels Rock and Rule
July 19th, 2011
7:54 pm
Certain of “you guys” can prostrate yourselves in front of the NCAA if you like. I prefer to stand up and fight for what is right. The NCAA is closer to the Gestapo, and I can tell that many of you like that type of servitude. Defend them you ball-less sacks!
Stick your stinger this way
July 19th, 2011
7:55 pm
LOL a tech man wanting to compare the women at Tech to those at UGA, kind of like comparing the head to head records of the football teams.
Buzzzed
July 19th, 2011
7:57 pm
Appeal!!!
CPJ rocks! NCAA sucks!
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
7:57 pm
I didn’t say a thing about the women at Georgia, bubba. I was talking about the women that most of you mutts get stuck with. The women at Georgia have more class than to date or marry somebody like you.
m
July 19th, 2011
7:58 pm
Just because georgia’s coaches dont have large enough members to stand up to justice, don’t take it out here on the tech faithful.
Patrick
July 19th, 2011
7:59 pm
Got to go now that Stinger and Yellow Fuzz are spewing their venom. Must be a couple of obese teenage nerds who never had a date with a girl (blow-up doll does not count).
As I stated before, I think that GT got a real raw deal from the NCAA. We will see what happens next and I really hope that GT wins the appeal. Again, I am a UGA fan but this NCAA ruling is just wrong.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
7:59 pm
Stick, have you seen the “women of WalMart”? Google it and you will see what I am talking about. Most of them in this part of the country are wearing Georgia shirts, and some of them are dragging along their redneck farmer hubbies or bf’s.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
8:00 pm
Patrick, thank you. You show that a person of class can rise above the rivalry and post intelligent remarks.
Dubvee
July 19th, 2011
8:08 pm
Here’s the deal. We need to get back to Tech values. A friend of mine played for Bobby Dodd, and he told of how Dodd would talk to the team at the start of every season — saying “if you ever do anything to disgrace the name of Georgia Tech, I will personally cut your (insert favorite body part here) off”. The veins on his neck would stick out, he was so passionate. Quit skirting the rules, and quit disgracing the name of Georgia Tech. Let’s start being like we’re supposed to be.
Gunslinger
July 19th, 2011
8:09 pm
Enough about this garbage already!!!! File an appeal, then just let it go. The past is the past, we lost NO scholarships and haven’t in any way been banned from post-season, so who gives a rat’s rear what some NCAA punks want to rule. We have a new season coming up REAL soon, and the NCAA douchebags have been kind enough to provide us with enough motivational material for a decade. Trust me, the ACC is going to have to deal with one SERIOUSLY pissed off team of Yellow Jackets this year!!
As an aside though, why hasn’t more been made of the fact that GT contacted the ACC for guidance and Swofford/the ACC said that D. Thomas was eligible and to go ahead and play him! And according to the report, someone from the NCAA headquarters told them the same thing — go ahead and play him. Now they want to slam us for doing what they said to do?
Yep, lots of motivation to to put a hurtin’ on some people this season!!!!!!!!
Vince
July 19th, 2011
8:12 pm
What did I prove?
I was reacting to a challenge by a Tech fan. George Stein made a derogatory comment about UGA fans and how they were overwhelmingly on this blog enjoying Tech’s problems. I stated that most comments I read from UGA fans were in support of Tech….something I know would not happen if the situation was in reverse. That fan suggested I go back and read the entire blog…..so I did…and I took count.
I was right! Most UGA fans expressed comments that sided with Coach Johnson and Tech in this situation. What I didn’t expect (but should have) was the overwhelming number of vitriolic comments from Tech fans about UGA….so I started counting those too, after page two.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
8:15 pm
Does it strike anyone else as hilarious that “Supersize that order” would commend someone for posting intelligent remarks? If that isn’t the most hypocritical remark I have ever read on a blog then I cannot imagine what was!
Bull Meacham
July 19th, 2011
8:17 pm
What arrogance!
Yep
July 19th, 2011
8:17 pm
The ironic thing about the situation is that it involved a WR? A position he doesn’t use????
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
8:20 pm
Vince, I only responded in kind to what Stick said. Unlike those Tech fans you said lambasted even the good UGA fans’ comments, I have shown nothing but gratitude for the classy remarks that many dawgs have posted today. Frankly, I was surprised at the number of classy posts, but when I come across one of the putzes who post most of the time on here, then I’m going to fire right back at them.
Danram
July 19th, 2011
8:24 pm
Sorry Paul, it doesn’t work that way. If you say the NCAA is punishing 115 guys for what one kid did, then you can just as easily say, if 20 cheated, that they’re punishing 95 guys who don’t deserve it. Where do you draw the line? 5 cheaters? 10? 20?
No, that fact is that everyone knows the rules and the potential consequences of failing to abide by them. As we can plainly see from what’s going on at Ohio State, UNC, Oregon, Auburn, etc., cheating is rampant in college football today. The only it’s ever going to stop is if the NCAA starts coming down like a load of bricks on programs that are caught breaking the rules.
While I have sympathy for the GT team and for Coach Johnson and his staff, who put together a great season in 2009, it is entirely right and proper that they be stripped of their ACC title and be required to return their championship trophy.
Reality
July 19th, 2011
8:27 pm
Its the ACC Championship their giving up, not that big of a deal in today’s college football……..
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
8:28 pm
Danram, the problem with what you posted, which I agree with in principle, is that the Tech players involved have NEVER been leveled with charges of breaking ANY rules. Both the ACC and somebody from the NCAA said that they were NOT ineligible, and that was back before the games in question were ever played. That has not changed. That being the case, EVERY player on the Tech team is being punished for what NOBODY did wrong. You call that justice???
Jorg'e O'leary
July 19th, 2011
8:32 pm
STFU? Is that the next CUSA team you lose to in a bowl game jowelmolesters?
Sartre
July 19th, 2011
8:33 pm
To those accusing Coach Johnson of having Auburn ties: Remember Coach Dooley was as tied up with Auburn as tied up could be.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
8:34 pm
EXCELLENT point, Sartre
Paul N Destin
July 19th, 2011
8:45 pm
Timing is everything in life and GT is very unlucky with this issue. The NCAA has the hammer and OSU,UT and soon to be Auburn will get the full dose. Auburn will be the last because that program will be the example to college football about what you can expect if you decide to take the auburn path. Just hold on GT fans and take a deep breath and allow the NCAA to complete their process. The you can appeal and get some relief but don’t start that process now if you’re smart. Need not think LSU is done with the NCAA either because this is just phase I for the Tigers. This street agent deal is going to explode. When this is all complete the SEC will be getting blasted by the rest of the country for all the cheating and Slive will get a lot of the blame for how it let it unfold last year even though the AU lawyers had both the NCAA and the SEC over a barrel….at that time. That time is over and it will soon be AU’s turn in that barrel and they will have a better understanding of what “ALL IN” really means. They deserve what they shall reap.
MC
July 19th, 2011
8:45 pm
There hasn’t been a story about GT in Bleacher Report since 11 Feb. Until today. GT Hit By NCAA Hurricane. LMAO! GT football is o irrelevant.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
8:46 pm
@ Supersize
As stated earlier, I think the punishment is way over the line, but to say that no one did anything wrong is incorrect. Did you read the report?
The compliance officer was told not to speak to anyone about the investigation other than the university president and the athletics director. Instead, he told Coach Johnson. Johnson and a team then interviewed the athletes. This compromised the integrity of the investigation. Furthermore, the NCAA told Tech that the players COULD be ruled ineligible at a later date and that they might want to consider not playing them. They played them anyway.
Investigators also noticed a difference in their first and second interviews with the players and decided they could have been coached in giving their answers.
So, I side with Tech (as hard as it is to get that phrase out of my mouth), but tell me honestly: Would you do the same for Georgia?
Woof Woofy
July 19th, 2011
8:49 pm
Lemme rap a bit…
Ga Tech got caught wiff pants down
Got a player taking money what a clown
PJ is da coach rite now
His momma big and fat like a dairy cow
Dem bees done got dissed by NCAA
The game of football dey don’t know how to play
A bunch of nerds with no game
Lost their trophy from da case what a shame
Dem Yeller jackets thought dey had it made in da shade
But dey got cold busted with a can of Raid…
Vince
July 19th, 2011
8:50 pm
@ Sartre
So, Dooley went to school at Auburn in the 1950’s….what’s your point? I went to Atlanta City Schools in the 1960’s but I don’t have anything to do with their cheating scandal.
MC
July 19th, 2011
8:50 pm
PJ will be out of here on the first thing smokin after this season. Probably back to some conference where his Mickey Mouse offense, massive ego, and over sized mouth can survive.
Buzz ME
July 19th, 2011
8:51 pm
NCAA+ Non Competent A-hole Association
Buzz ME
July 19th, 2011
8:52 pm
Hey Woofy Woofy…let me guess…PHD in English from UGA!
dawgfan
July 19th, 2011
8:54 pm
Vince, as long as Tech did it it can’t be wrong. Its impossible. If Tech did it its okay. If anybody else does the same thing its wrong. If UGA does the same thing its evil, corrupt, and probably the work of Satan. I have heard Tech fans say that they entire University of Georgia should be shut down because we drink too much beer at football games, but its okay for Tech to obstruct an NCAA investigation, play an ineliglble player, and then show absolutely no respect for the rules after they break them. That’s okay because Tech did it. Are you following me here Vince?
You’re fighting a losing battle Vince. These idiots just don’t get it. Never will. They are very much like a cult. Seriously.
MC
July 19th, 2011
8:56 pm
STINGER
July 19th, 2011
7:29 pm
F@ck you dog fans. You buntch of loud mouthed redneck bitches.
How old are you little girl?
Vince
July 19th, 2011
8:57 pm
@ Dawgfan……. Yes, I definitely get it…but I want at least ONE to admit it. (crickets chirping, owls hooting, etc….)
MC
July 19th, 2011
8:59 pm
STINGER
July 19th, 2011
7:34 pm
Every time I catch one you loud mouths in a bar I make a point to b*tch slap your a$$.
With your panties on your head or off?
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:00 pm
@ Buzz me
Actually, woof woofy has done a fairly good job of enacting the vernacular he meant to impart in his poem. It’s very clever. (He/she actually knows that is not the proper spelling or grammar one would use in a formal paper) That’s Composition 101.
TechRedNeck
July 19th, 2011
9:01 pm
Come on people, Tech and UGA have good solid programs. This penality was way over the top and we all know it. Some of you calling CPJ arrogant and man boobs are the ones arrogant and if you want to see nerds just ride around Athens.
MC
July 19th, 2011
9:06 pm
Not to mention GT is a serial violator. Remember the worst academic fraud case in ACC history? 11 ineligibles. You guys are damn good to out cheat Free Shoes and the U. Kudos. Keep up the good work and the world will soon be rid of GT football forever.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:07 pm
Vince, I didn’t say NOBODY did anything wrong. I said none of the players did anything wrong. Obviously DRAD and his counsel didn’t do exactly what was right (read my post from 7:15PM though if you want to see how absurd the NCAA rules are). So I have no problem (other than the logic behind it) with the 100K penalty or maybe even the 4-year probation. But even though the NCAA said the players MIGHT YET be charged with some kind of violation, SOMEBODY in both the NCAA offices and the ACC offices, said they were NOT ineligible. Also, read the transcripts of the interviews and tell me you think they sounded coached in their responses. They sounded like typical kids not knowing what the hell was going on to me. If that was the result of being coached, then whoever coached them is either the best on earth or the worst. As far as the argument about Dooley going to Auburn in the 50s, you are exactly right, but by the same logic what possible connection could there be between CPJ having been at Auburn (which I don’t think is correct) and what’s going on at either Tech or Auburn now?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:08 pm
MC. you are an example of the pot calling the kettle black, assuming you are a Georgia fan. Remember the Jan Kemp revelations and the Jim Harrick exams??? Talk about a serial violator. SHEESH
MC
July 19th, 2011
9:10 pm
And that was when Supersize? This entire decade has been one sordid incident after another at GT.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:11 pm
Vince, in case you don’t want to go back an find and read my 7:15 post, I am pasting it in again here —
Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: Setting CPJ’s office, November, 2009 –
DRAD: Paul, BayBay and Derrick will not be able to play next week.
CPJ: Oh? Why is that? What happened?
DRAD: Paul, I can’t tell you. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: But are they sick, or has there been a death in their families?
DRAD: Paul, I can’t tell you. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: So they don’t even know about it yet, and I’m supposed to tell them.
DRAD: No, you can’t tell them. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: But what am I supposed to say to them?
DRAD: Paul, you can’t tell them anything. They and you just need to accept the fact that they can’t play
I guess this is what would have made the NCAA goon-squad happy. GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!
MC
July 19th, 2011
9:13 pm
And by the way, how damn dumb can a compliance staff be to not know some of those 11 had 1 year of credit toward graduation after being on campus 4 years? Give me a break. Can you say Reggie “duhhh” Ball?
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:14 pm
@ Supersize
Actually, in your 8:28 post you did state that “all Tech players are being punished for what NOBODY did wrong.” …but I don’t want to get bogged own in emotional semantics.
I did read the interview transcripts and thought to myself,initially, “gee these are college kids?” But then I had to remember that they were just (most likely) very nervous kids in a tough situation.
There is no connection between CPJ and Auburn that I care about. Besides, no one has offically alleged any wrongdoing at Auburn.
You didn’t reply to my last question: Would you stick up for UGA if the bulldogs had gotten the same treatment from the NCAA? (be honest here)
This is a "what if"?
July 19th, 2011
9:15 pm
When that $1k already worn uga shirt was sold and the nzaa found out…what if the investigator told your legal guy that he could tell your prez and the AD but he could not tell your coach…and he told you guys that a highly talented receiver could not play in the first game. What would your coach say when your AD told him Mr Green could not play…etc etc etc
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:18 pm
It is actually your compliance director you guys should be most upset with……
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:20 pm
MC, you’re telling me there is a time-limit on sleazy behavior????
MC
July 19th, 2011
9:23 pm
Mark Bradley
Memo to Georgia Tech: LSU shows how to handle the NCAA
Damn! LA swamp rats are smarter than techsters. Imagine that.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:23 pm
Vince, I didn’t see that last question until your most recent post. To be honest, I don’t know if I would stick up for UGA in a similar situation or not. Once upon a time, I would have, but since I began reading these blogs and seeing the mostly inane comments made by so many (not all, but so many) UGA fans, I guess I am no longer able to be as gracious as I once was. Believe it or not, I was once a big UGA fan, second to Tech, but still I always pulled for the dawgs except for T’giving weekend.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:24 pm
MC, what did you expect from LSU? Hell, they got off easy. A slap-on-the-wrist ONE YEAR PROBATION for what the NCAA admittedly describes as a MAJOR violation. Hell, I’d keep my mouth shut too.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:24 pm
The LSU report really lauds the Tiger’s compliance office for being cooperative, upfront and honest.
MC
July 19th, 2011
9:25 pm
Hey supersize ever heard the old saying what have you done lately? In GT’s case it’s an entire new decade of sleaze and slime. By the way is Rueben still peddling pot over there?
MC
July 19th, 2011
9:26 pm
And Tech wasn’t smart enough to do that were they supersize? They turned the proverbial molehill into a mountain with sheer stupidity.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:27 pm
@ Supersize
But look at your blog name dude. You rant against UGA fans for their uncivil behavior but most of them go a name that is positive….not derogatory.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:27 pm
MC, I don’t know. Is Hines Ward still drunk driving? Is your former AD still wearing red panties? Do any of your basketball players know yet how many points are in a 3-point basket?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:30 pm
Vince, the blog name is part of what I consider Ole Fashioned Hate — when the rivalry was fun but clean. And actually, I only came up with that name 4 years ago because of some of the mindless drivel that some of your fans post on our blogs. And you think that all the blog names with reference to “nerds” or “man boobs” are positive??? I’m not just talking about what they say; many of the names are every bit as pointed, and a helluva lot more uncivil, than mine are.
1eyedJack
July 19th, 2011
9:32 pm
Woof Woofy, you got talent. You’ll go far.
Coach Fishfry is floating down crybaby river without sunblock.
The lesson to be learned is that you can get away with cheating with a handslap if you fess up and cooperate. However, if you cheat and lie about it, or throw up roadblocks, it’s going to hurt.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:34 pm
1eyedJack, roadblocks apparently WERE thrown up, but I haven’t heard of anybody yet who is guilty of telling any lies about anything.
RWill
July 19th, 2011
9:34 pm
What a joke the NCAA is. Some of the same people investigating these programs and handing out penalties came from shady situations. Wasn’t Miami’s former AD or president during the thug U time later a rules infractions guy for the NCAA?
It’s such a dumb system. Can’t even blame Jim Tressell. Cheating is just a resume enhancer to move on to bigger and better jobs working for the NCAA itself. Of course they lay the hammer on GT, instead of some bigger-name football powerhouse. Helps them look tough on cheating while they turn a blind eye to much more blatant cheating going on at Florida, Auburn, Oklahoma, etc…
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:35 pm
Vince, when I said earlier that everybody was being punished for what nobody did, I was only referring to the players on the team. Obviously DRAD screwed up at a minimum. To be frank, part of me thinks he should be fired for it; he definitely should have known better.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:36 pm
@ Supersize
I was once a Tech fan. I went to Emory (did graduate work at UGA) but my two best friends went to Tech. One has even been head of the alumni association for a few years. There were many times I went to Sanford Stadium with them and cheered against UGA! Things changed. I really dislike the vandalism Tech fans and players commit when they beat UGA in Athens. It’s ugly.
Secondly, and I know you won’t agree with me on this, but Tech’s fans are so very…..over the top…with their hatred of UGA. They beat them in a game and suddenly they are national championship contenders and UGA stinks.
Take today’s blog for instance. More UGA fans have sided with Tech and Johnson than have spoken against them However, oddly, most comments on here are from Tech people blasting Georgia! Only a couple of Techsters have said, “Thanks guys.” The overwhelming majority blast us.
And, thanks for your honesty, you KNOW Tech fans would be all over UGA if the situation was reversed.
MC
July 19th, 2011
9:37 pm
They do now. Do yours? Can Reggie Ball count to 4 yet? The problem with GT this decade is they just can’t seem to learn from past experience. Are they learning disabled or something?
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:41 pm
@ supersize
I do not think of “nerds” as an insult. I tell my kids I am a proud nerd.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:44 pm
Vince, I know that Tech fans on these blogs would be all over UGA if the situation were reversed. But away from these blogs, there are tons of fans of both schools who are supportive of the other school. I might kid those I know personally if something like this happened, but it would be good-natured, and they would know it was only kidding. NOBODY deserves to be trashed over nothing, and if have complimented several UGA fans over the past few days for their supportive remarks on here. In fact, even before that, I have come to appreciate the input the some (unfortunately very few) of your fans have posted……for instance DawginLex, Byrddawg, lately even Old Blind Dawg. But if you read this blog on a daily basis, you would see more crap coming from others of your fans than you realize, and they unfortunately are in the majority.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:45 pm
Vince, it depends on the context in which the word “nerd” is used. Is is seldom used on these blogs as a compliment. I’m a proud nerd too, by the way. LOL
TheAntiMe
July 19th, 2011
9:47 pm
The NCAA definitely puts the DIC in DICTATORS.
Bill Maher
July 19th, 2011
9:47 pm
Paul Johnson is a male version of Sarah Palin!
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:47 pm
MC, I don’t have any facts to support what I am about to say, but growing up and living in eastern Georgia, which by the way is PRIME bulldawg country, rumors have abounded for years about some of the shady dealings going on in Athens. If any of those rumors are true and are ever verified, you had better watch out, because the hammer hits hard.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:49 pm
The opinion of anybody using the name “Bill Maher” is immediately discounted as totally worthless garbage.
Big Bob
July 19th, 2011
9:50 pm
(((((Cry Baby, Cry Baby, Cry Baby)))))- A.J. sold his OWN jersey and got suspended for 4 games, so stop the crying!
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:50 pm
@ Supersize
When UGA beats Tech I will call my friend and bark into the phone. When Tech loses to anyone else I leave it alone as I think the wounds are too fresh.
I once demonstrated the Tech hatred for UGA to my friends by saying this, “We are all Georgians and when Tech plays an Ohio State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State, etc I must admit that I find myself pulling for Tech. Can you say the same for Georgia when they play someone on the national level?” Their response was a resounding, “NO!”
As an aside,I once flew to South Bend to see Tech play Notre Dame and I cheered for Tech. Not sure I would do that anymore after reading the comments from Tech folks on these blogs.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:51 pm
Vince, as far as the behavior of Tech fans in Athens after a win there, I can only say I was once spit on by a Georgia fan in Athens after a Tech win there.
CFT: NCAA gives LSU 1-year probation
July 19th, 2011
9:51 pm
[...] “I’m unapproachable of what those guys did on a field — they won it on a field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take divided a memories or what happened on a field. Let’s contend somebody took something illegal. I’m still not assured that happened, though let’s contend it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything though work their boundary off.” [...]
MC
July 19th, 2011
9:52 pm
You guys know all about that hammer so I’ll take your word about it’s impact supersize. Can’t ignore the voice of experience can we?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:52 pm
Vince, see, your reason for not cheering for Tech anymore is the same reason I can never cheer for the dawgs. The fans on these blogs (other than those like you and others I named earlier) make all of you look bad.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:53 pm
@Supersize
…the hedges, man…..the hedges….
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:54 pm
Vince, take MC for an example. Can you honestly say that you are proud to call him a fellow dawg?
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:55 pm
Supersize…I would never pretend that all UGA fans are kind to Tech, but many of us are. Again, I cannot see the same in reverse.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:55 pm
Vince, do you remember that UGLY giant inflatable Buzz in the end zone at Grant Field that your fans destroyed back whenever it was. Hedges grow back; the balloon, which frankly I hated cost big bucks and could not (perhaps fortunately) be restored.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:55 pm
Is MC a Dawg fan?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:56 pm
Oh, c’mon, Vince, of course he is. DUHHH. lol
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:57 pm
I remember the rumor that UGA fans destroyed it in retaliation for the vandalism against the hedges.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
9:57 pm
I just thought he was anti-tech!
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
9:58 pm
Vince, I doubt that it was in retaliation for anything, but even so, like I said, hedges grow back; the balloon was irreplaceable (thank GOD!!! lol)
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:00 pm
Vince, how many anti-Tech people post on here besides Georgia fans? An occasional FSU or VT fan, but that’s about it. I can’t really recall any Clemson fans coming on here trashing Tech. All the anti-Tech venom comes from your fans, with an occasional UF or UT or Bama fan. There might be others on the Georgia blogs, but I never post on those, or even read them.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:02 pm
By the way, Vince, do you remember the water hoses at Auburn several years ago? Those were turned on the Georgia fans, because they were digging up the turf there. Your fans are not immune to vandalism either.
Jorg'e O'leary
July 19th, 2011
10:03 pm
Bill Maher is a living twin of the joker in Batman with more makeup. And not near as funny..
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:04 pm
Vince, I have actually enjoyed this back-and-forth, but I need to get off this damn computer for awhile. I’ll check back later to see if anything new has been posted, or if you have had anything more to say. But until then, have a good evening, and thanks again for being a positive and classy Georgia fan.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:05 pm
right on, Jorg’e
Vince
July 19th, 2011
10:05 pm
Sure it was in retaliation for Dewberry and crew tearing up the hedges the year before….but as far as I know, no one ever proved UGA fans even did it. Dewberrys’ smiling face, with hedge branch in clenched teeth, was on the front page of the AJC.
I must go. I have some interviews to conduct in the morning and I need to be coherent.
If UGA gets in trouble in the next few months, years, etc…. I long to see how many Tech people show up on a Georgia blog to express support for them.
Vince
July 19th, 2011
10:08 pm
@ Supersize
That tearing up the turf story is one that the Auburn folks have dreamed up and want you to believe. The hoses were actually turned on people in the stands who were celebrating a victory and the stadium staff wanted them to leave. The turf idea came up YEARS later.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:08 pm
Vince, I was at both games. It was clear who destroyed the balloon.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:09 pm
Vince, actually, I watched that game on TV, and the cameras showed Georgia players and fans digging up the turf. I never read that anywhere, but I definitely saw it.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:10 pm
at any rate, I hope the interviews go well in the morning. Take care and good night
Vince
July 19th, 2011
10:10 pm
…then why did they spray the fans in the stands?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:13 pm
Well, they turned on the sprinklers, as I remember, and that hit the ones on the field first. Then they turned them on the fans in the endzone, I assume with the logic of keeping them there. There was an older couple at my church who got soaked and were totally pissed. I can understand that, but the fact is that there were people on the field digging up the turf. Auburn did wrong by hosing the stands, but some of you fans did wrong by digging up the turf.
Jorg'e O'leary
July 19th, 2011
10:13 pm
To get them to quit dry humping each other Vince…
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:14 pm
I hate to admit it after such a friendly conversation, but Jorg’e’s comment was priceless. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
July 19th, 2011
10:16 pm
Jorg’e, if you haven’t already, you need to watch the new show called “Wilfred” on the FX network on Thursday nights. Without going into lengthy details, Wilfred is a dog who on the show is played by an Australian actor in a dog suit. It is bizarre, downright dirty at times, and totally hilarious.
Sam Shoemaker
July 19th, 2011
10:28 pm
Dawg fan or not MC is spot on about GT’s most recent history.
Native to the ATL
July 19th, 2011
10:30 pm
Love all the dawg fan trailor-park brother-cousins gettin on the blog. Smoke break is over guys, clock back in and see about that clean-up on aisle 5.
Sam Shoemaker
July 19th, 2011
10:31 pm
You’re compliance staff has to be the most incompetent in all of college football.
NERDS!!! 9-1!!!! $312!!!
July 19th, 2011
10:35 pm
Next, Paul Johnson slams 5 cheesesteaks. (He had too much fish and hushpuppies already.)
Jorg'e O'leary
July 19th, 2011
10:39 pm
Supersize, I appreciate the tip on the Wilfred show. I will have to check it out. Sorry for being salty tonight. I only vent on occasion. Somehow MC got me started. But I appreciate the respectful bantering between the two sides, it beats the current politics. I also enjoy the real O’leary at UCF. If you aren’t watching, his recruits get better and better each year and it’s a very attractive venue with a huge alumni base. And a pro style offense. That being said “GO JACKETS”
Andrew
July 19th, 2011
10:40 pm
He got what he deserves.. Just like everyone else an anything in life.. You wanna make fun of UGA an Mark R?? Well guess what A.J Green out so you saw what happend. Paul lets see what your made of..
Andrew
July 19th, 2011
10:45 pm
Native to the ATL
July 19th, 2011
10:30 pm
Love all the dawg fan trailor-park brother-cousins gettin on the blog. Smoke break is over guys, clock back in and see about that clean-up on aisle 5.
Really? So what degree do you have? Whats your income? An oh thats right you dont shop at walmart
Jorg'e O'leary
July 19th, 2011
10:51 pm
So Andrew I guess everyone gets what they deserve .. like your dawgs laying down like a bunch of omega dawgs to an alpha male in your bowl game last year. You hang your hats on recruiting, but you got beat by a meaner, less talented, hungrier and better coached team. Embarrassed the SEC you did, but hell like everyone else who gets what they deserve you deserved it!
indianman
July 19th, 2011
10:52 pm
he just a soar loser
Hit A Single
July 19th, 2011
10:57 pm
College baseball is the one that the NCAA is screwing.
Jorg'e O'leary
July 19th, 2011
10:59 pm
I have a sore on my wing so I can’t soar…
Hit A Single
July 19th, 2011
11:02 pm
I don’t know who cheats more ,the Atlanta Public Schools, College football or College basketball.
CFT: OU TV channel not close to completion | Referee - Bad Call!
July 19th, 2011
11:17 pm
[...] “I’m proud of what those guys did on the field — they won it on the field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened on the field. Let’s say somebody took something illegal. I’m still not convinced that happened, but let’s say it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off.” [...]
FalconNation
July 19th, 2011
11:27 pm
65dawg. you shut up! GT didn’t do anything wrong. NCAA is just pissed about the whole OSU stuff and wants to flex their muscles. UGA better watch out. Compared to your prison institute, we’re saints!
Technically Speaking
July 19th, 2011
11:29 pm
Tech will bounce back from this, no biggie.
And come November we’ll take it to the Dawgs AGAIN! Just like we ALWAYS DO!
Every 7 or 8 years we whip those rednecks all over the field.
Just like Andrew @10:45 said, go back to your trailor puppies!!!!
sports
July 19th, 2011
11:32 pm
Oh! The warden’s upset at tech…hilariously.
wreckmaniac
July 19th, 2011
11:49 pm
As the days go by, this is beginning to sound more like a crock. And Ohio State, Auburn, and North Carolina are squeaky clean. Please explain.
But on the other hand , since the NCAA allows itself to be run by the BCS, we know they’re not running their own ship.
JacketNation
July 19th, 2011
11:51 pm
“Enoughalready” the difference between AJ and Tech is AJ was proven to have actually violated NCAA rules….Tech was found not to have violated ANY rules. The probation, etc is solely based on the fact that Tech didn’t show the investigrator the “love” and “respect” they think they deserve. Nothing similiar at all!
Surprise! Paul Johnson not happy with NCAA sanctions against Georgia Tech | Food Wine Lifestyle
July 20th, 2011
12:09 am
[...] “I’m proud of what those guys did on the field — they won it on the field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened on the field. Let’s say somebody took something illegal. I’m still not convinced that happened, but let’s say it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off.” [...]
RipK46
July 20th, 2011
12:35 am
@Vince: The real reason GT fan doesn’t play nice with UGA fan
It’s real simple Vince – why GT fans sooooo despise Joe Blow Bullpup fan. Growing up in the ATL and ever since I can remember at school, at church, hanging out with friends, one is easily inundated with all things Georgia. Since you have proven to be very good at counting, take this survey – look at how many stories there are on UGA in the AJC vs. that for Tech. This stems from UGA pumping out a bunch of Journalism majorsly whom invariably find themselves working for the newspaper. Continue the test and count the number of Georgia “G” license plates you see. There has always been a natural bias for Georgia and it is foolish to say otherwise. So when you wonder why GT fan has a hard time with UGA fan, just look how this is a story about Tech, yet there are a large number of UGA fans chiming in and giving their two cents. Gotta love this rivalry.
I like the fact that I don’t follow the herd. It’s easy to root for UGA – it’s the status quo for sure. I like the fact that I’m a Tech fan and I always will be. So when Tech wins Vince, GT fans can revel in the fact that they might just get Mr. Dawg fan to shut up – if only for a brief moment. Hope that clears it up for you.
m
July 20th, 2011
4:09 am
At the end of the day, Georgia fans earn about half of what Tech grads earn (not the other way around). And it bothers them. Call it arrogance but also call it reality
BravesFan79
July 20th, 2011
5:21 am
Yet another example of why College Football is the biggest Joke in all of sports. Over $300 bucks… really?? It will never be a real sport because of the NCAA and BCS are dumb as rocks. CPJ is a great coach. GT will always be ACC champs in my books.
Surprise! Paul Johnson not happy with NCAA sanctions against Georgia Tech | News Georgia
July 20th, 2011
5:26 am
[...] “I’m proud of what those guys did on the field — they won it on the field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened on the field. Let’s say somebody took something illegal. I’m still not convinced that happened, but let’s say it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off.” [...]
big time dawg
July 20th, 2011
5:36 am
I am a long time Dawg fan and Tech you got screwed big time!! Coach went too soft on the NCAA, he should have ripped their arrogant heads off in this interview. Good luck in ‘11
big time dawg
July 20th, 2011
5:39 am
Andrew, Jorge and RIP-class acts..Typical tech jerks who give GT a bad name.
Crimson Crush
July 20th, 2011
6:41 am
RipK46
July 20th, 2011
12:35 am
“I like the fact that I don’t follow the herd. It’s easy to root for UGA – it’s the status quo for sure.”
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Insert Bama for UGA and you just gave the silly azz reason most of the AU clan found themselves in a cult of the fambilly .
No good reason to support a loser program other than TRYING to be “different” . Like junkie looking piercings and tramp stamp tatoos … they don’t end up being “different” because their is a HUGE crowd of losers who think( and look) JUST LIKE THEM .
That would be all well and good IF the people who decide to identify with mediocrity didn’t then turn around and get p*ssed off that the program they “love” is primarily one built by losers , run by losers and cheered on by ….. losers .
Be glad that all the GT got was a slap on the wrist fine and was asked to return some trophy for “winning” a conference that isn’t worth bragging about being in to begin with .
Your ideological brethren at AsteriskU have bought themselves a mountain of trouble for a once in six decade shot for their loser fanbase to see what it feels like to win an NC … even temporarily … It won’t be long before you are looking back at what happened to GT and saying … “At least we didn’t get donkey punched like Auburn”
ban the NCAA
July 20th, 2011
6:53 am
Might it be time for a replacement college athletics association? The NCAA is out of touch, out of control, and maybe should simply be “out of it”.
Vince
July 20th, 2011
7:11 am
@ RIPK46
So, Tech fans are so over the top anti-Georgia (that they cannot even be civil to those of us you come on here to say Tech got screwed by the NCAA) because Georgia gets more press coverage and because there appear to be more UGA fans?
Yeah, that makes sense. I suppose it doesn’t matter that UGA is much larger than Tech.
Gee…..thanks for clearing that matter up. That’s so logical.
Thomas Brown
July 20th, 2011
7:27 am
1st Bedford, who got zero Division 1-A scholarships and plays in Spain, says that The NCAA cannot take away his memories; and, now today Paul – punch UGA fans in the face – Johnson says The NCAA cannot take away his memories either : News Flash Bubbas, your 2009 season is as Tainted a Season as ever. Get over it.
Erks Eagle
July 20th, 2011
7:38 am
I played for CPJ at Southern in mid 80’s. He’s the most down to earth person you will ever meet off the field. He talks to people like he’s known you for years like an uncle or something. On the field he’s a pit bull. He means what he says and will get in your face. Most of all he’s brutally honest. One thing he’s not is a cheater. Next to Erk he’s the best Coach I have ever played for. So for all you people insulting him when you have no clue what your talking about. Go back to your trailer and keep looking on Craigslist in the jobs section and maybe you will find employment and you can start helping your mother with the bills.
Thomas Brown
July 20th, 2011
7:47 am
Dear Eagle :
Paul – punch UGA fans in the face – Johnson, with the 1 horse pony offense best-suited for a division other than 1-A whose only weapon on offense is the illegal chop block in his high school offense, should have told Dan Radakovich that Dan cannot tell Paul about The NCAA investigation. Paul Johnson knows this. Therefore that is prima facia – cheating. He purposely told his players, then, in an attempt to cover-up. If Georgia tek appeals, the Committee on Infractions will absolutely put a show cause on Paul Johnson, and part of that will because he said today that The NCAA is punishing 115 players for what he, Paul, did. He and Dan Radakovich.
Georgia tek has always been sanctimonious in their comments about their wrong-doings and so as a direct result now, they are serving back-to-back repeat offender NCAA PROBATIONS in football.
Did you get that Mr. Eagle ?
tiger7_88
July 20th, 2011
7:52 am
Hilarious! It is apparent, reading through the comments to this blog entry, that Auburn has taken up permanent residence inside the athens dawgies heads! LOL! And I must say that is a stark, barren place in here!
tiger7_88
July 20th, 2011
8:01 am
@Vince (July 19th, 2011, 10:08 pm), I was at that Nov. 1986 “Nothing Stinks Like A Wet Dawg” game… if UGa fans had not been throwing cups and miniature liquor bottles FROM the stands at the security personnel on the field trying to stop UGa fans from digging up Jordan-Hare Stadium turf, the water would not have been directed in the stands. But after the first security person was down and bleeding from the head, your crowd got EXACTLY what it deserved after it was told repeatedly to (1) leave the field and (2) exit the stadium
When your people act out of control, they deservedly get hosed down. DEAL WITH IT.
There’s such a fine line between motivation and excuse. | Get The Picture
July 20th, 2011
8:08 am
[...] So if 2011 doesn’t prove to be the year when Paul Johnson gets his mojo back, how quickly do you figure the Tech faithful blame the NCAA for that? [...]
Erks Eagle
July 20th, 2011
8:08 am
You just proved to me you have no idea what your talking about. A chop block is a when a player lunges at another player below the knees and rolls up their legs on the ground. I know I practiced against it for 4 years. The blocking scheme they use is reach blocks and zone blocks where the blocker stays as low as he can without falling on the ground. If it was illegal they wouldnt get a play off because of the ref would call it every play. So now the refs are incompetent ? I have heard it for 25 years. Its just an excuse because its hard to defend. High School Offense? They won ACC with it. They beat Ga. with it. He beat Notre Dame with it at Navy. If its a high school offense what does say about the defenses he beat? “He purposely told his players”? Because you were there. What? WTF? How do you know? “Paul Johnson Knows this”? You dont know jack. Let me guess you know CPJ. You were right next to him during the whole time . Why would you make comments about something you know absolutely nothing about?
Erks Eagle
July 20th, 2011
8:08 am
Did you get that Thomas Brown?
John
July 20th, 2011
8:13 am
It is at the point with the NCAA that any coach or student should not talk to a NCAA without a lawyer representing them. The NCAA has completely lost any creditability and is more corrupt than the schools it investigates
JB
July 20th, 2011
8:28 am
I guess this makes the book” Clean old fashion hate obsolete” ?
MJC
July 20th, 2011
8:33 am
Dawg fans are delusional. “YOU WERE ALREADY ON PROBATION!!” Technically, we were not. We were still in the timeframe for repeat offender status, but we were no longer on probation.
“BUT, BUT YOU CHEATED!!” Well, if you read the NCAA’s report (which may be difficult for many of you) you will see that there isn’t any definitive evidence of anything. And even if there was, this wouldn’t be a cheating offense.
“BUT NERDSS!!” I’m sincerely sorry that the burger flipping machine took your job.
“MAN BOOBS IS A HYPOCRITE!!” Why are y’all so obsessed with a dude’s chest? That’s kind of a queer thing to be obsessed with, no?
dawgfan
July 20th, 2011
8:35 am
Paul- Take some ownership for your faults. Its not what the 1 person did, its what the coach, athletic director and president did or failed to do. Its like a person crying in prison saying its not fair. If you followed the rules and made the right choices this would have been taken care of quickly.
Georgia
July 20th, 2011
8:55 am
Of it gave them a competitive advantage.. their best offensive weapon at the time, without they dont win the ACC. The problem isnt the $312.. its the 2nd violation, their attitude, and they tried to hide it.
Animal Control
July 20th, 2011
9:01 am
Well, thank God for all the comments or I wouldnt know that UGA is the #1 school in the state. Hang on to that with all you’ve got pups because that’s all you have going for you at this point. You’re in the #1 conference in the nation and can barely beat Mississippi State. SO congratulations on beating the “sucky school on North Avenue”. All the inmates at Athens Correctional are really proud! I must say it is a bit refreshing to see smoething in the paper about GT instead of about what UGA has gotten into for the day.
Fred's view from the stands
July 20th, 2011
9:06 am
when the NCAA shows up; just fold and agree to whatever they say…..it’s like the IRS; it doesn’t matter if they are right or wrong; just be like LSU and get it over with as soon as possible….the NCAA is soooo bad for the game….teaching “our way or the highway” does not benefit anyone……
The AJC Stinks
July 20th, 2011
9:06 am
Failure to kiss the butt of the ncaa is not a crime, nor is exercising all a school or individual’s legal rights. May the ncaa fail, all its workers become unemployed and unemployable, and its management drop dead!
Carter
July 20th, 2011
9:07 am
CPJ and Yech deserve each other. Each behave like your typical liberal wingnut. Always bitter, always angry, always miserable, always pointing fingers at someone else, always passing blame, always making up excuses, the list of laughable negatives goes on and on.
This clown has his man thongs in a wad because he now has the most horrific bowl record a head coach can possibly have and his man bra no longer is able to contain his moobs.
Georgia Tech!!! The dirtiest program in the nation and proud of it!!!
Abolish the NCAA
July 20th, 2011
9:18 am
The football schools should form their own system rather than work on the NCAA plantation. I would like to see the sources of all money to the NCAA and an accounting of where it goes. These people are parasites living off the bodies of the coaches and athletes. It is time for the NCAA to be investigated by the people who provide their income.
DawginLex
July 20th, 2011
9:34 am
And folks say Tech can’t generate any blog hits.
Jeff, you have raised the bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course a lot of these comments are from folks who apparently just left the bar………………………….
just facts
July 20th, 2011
9:35 am
after reading most of these blogs, ROFL, whatever that is, wins the contest for stupidest posting. so what if Johnson came from auburn… seems lime the greatest dawg of all, Vince Dooley, came from Auburn.
and I agree with a previous poster… most of you wouldn’t know chop blocks from chop sticks.
it is just something you have heard about and it’s the trendy thing to say.
zincc
July 20th, 2011
9:35 am
Tech was wrong to let the players involved in the investigation play. Having said that, the NCAA is WAY WRONG in their punishment considering they decided SCAM NEWTON did nothing wrong and “didn’t know” anything that his “dad” had done on his behalf! Give me a break. Next you’ll be telling me that our country isn’t really in a recession/depression right now!
PTC DAWG
July 20th, 2011
9:45 am
So did they warn Fish Fry that certain players might very well be ineligible?
Did they tell your AD NOT to tell anyone about the Ncaa inquiry?
Did GT give one chit?
schmeckdawg
July 20th, 2011
9:51 am
Erks Eagle
July 20th, 2011
8:08 am
You just proved to me you have no idea what your talking about. A chop block is a when a player lunges at another player below the knees and rolls up their legs on the ground. I know I practiced against it for 4 years. The blocking scheme they use is reach blocks and zone blocks where the blocker stays as low as he can without falling on the ground. If it was illegal they wouldnt get a play off because of the ref would call it every play. So now the refs are incompetent ? I have heard it for 25 years. Its just an excuse because its hard to defend. High School Offense? They won ACC with it. They beat Ga. with it. He beat Notre Dame with it at Navy. If its a high school offense what does say about the defenses he beat? “He purposely told his players”? Because you were there. What? WTF? How do you know? “Paul Johnson Knows this”? You dont know jack. Let me guess you know CPJ. You were right next to him during the whole time . Why would you make comments about something you know absolutely nothing about?
@ Erks Eagle: Uh WRONG! A chop block is when one offensive lineman is engaged up high with a defensive lineman and another offensive lineman blocks him below the waist. Usually down around the knees.
the volJacket
July 20th, 2011
9:52 am
ok ROFL CPJ was at Auburn when they sucked ass and were the patsy for alabama. The man runs a offense that i dont carefor but his track record where ever he goes has been good!!!! To call him delusional is way to low. Ok clothes wow what a reason for stripping us of a conference title when you didnt find anything that gave us a atletic advatang the NCAA is pissed trying to shine light on someone other than their golden child the boring Ohio cheatting state prepschool
Andre "Pulpwood" Smith
July 20th, 2011
10:18 am
“At the very least, Johnson wants it known that the Yellow Jackets gained no competitive advantage before the conference title win over Clemson.”
Except that Thomas caught a 70-yard TD pass in a game Tech won by 5. You might’ve bothered asking him about that, Schultzy.
vince
July 20th, 2011
10:21 am
@Tiger7_88
Oh the legend continues to grow about the hosing down of the UGa students! Above all, I must admit you guys have more creativity than I thought!
Face it, Auburn was upset that UGA won and that their fans were daring to celebrate in the stands by singing their fight song….so you hosed ‘em. Nothing more, nothing less.
If everyone who says they attended that game REALLY attended it, it would have had the highest attendance of any sporting event in history.
Oh…and Fairley intentionally ground his facemask into the QB’s chin, speared him in the back after a play was over and started a fight because he “was chop blocked.” Right?
You guys are hysterical!
charliedawg
July 20th, 2011
10:36 am
Jeff, nice puff piece….you still have a little brown on your nose.
Bring Down The Banners
July 20th, 2011
10:37 am
and throw away your 2009 ACC champs gear
Bring Down The Banners
July 20th, 2011
10:38 am
CPJ looks like the love child of Susan Boyle and Liberace
Bring Down The Banners
July 20th, 2011
10:42 am
Too bad Thomas didn’t receive some free receiver gloves and some stickum.
Bring Down The Banners
July 20th, 2011
10:44 am
No ACC trophy + Orange Bowl Humiliation + Another loss to UGA = 2009 Epic Fail
Bring Down The Banners
July 20th, 2011
10:45 am
Oh I forgot + No (wait a minute bbbwwhhaahhhahahahahah) Heisman Trophy for Nesbitt
Ted t
July 20th, 2011
10:45 am
Good for Paul. I like CMR also, but Paul is not going to let the NCAA bully have its way. They need someone better to do their appeal versus their anemic reply to the NCAA.
Rodney Dangerfield
July 20th, 2011
10:46 am
Coach Johnson is freaking awesome! An investigator asked Coach Johnson if he was directing players to agents. LOL WTF. “Dude, I don’t even know what you are talking about” AWESOME ANSWER!!
Screw the NCAA and their selective punishment.
Rodney Dangerfield
July 20th, 2011
10:48 am
If they sat Bebe out of the UGA game, Tech might of won. Haha, jk.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
10:56 am
Rodney, unfortunately, you’re probably correct.
Ramblin Man
July 20th, 2011
10:56 am
Some of you really need to learn reading comprehension skills. CPJ talked to Burnett, who was exonerated, not Thomas. Thomas was interviewed first so there is no way you can say anybody on the GT staff tainted that interview. By the way it is the worst interview I have ever seen. GT checked with the NCAA and was told they were cleared to play and to date there is zero concrete evidence to say anybody on that team took anything from an agent. I will agree that the water is dirty, but if the NCAA rules players eneligible for that then Cam Newton never should have taken the field. GT should be punished for what general counsel and DRad did, it is just to harsh a punishment as it stands now. Even if the title is still vacated the probation should be reduced. Time will tell what the NCAA will do to all the other programs out there, but in my humble opinion they have just further proven that they have no control and no checks and balance system.
Ramblin Man
July 20th, 2011
11:00 am
It also makes me laugh about the NCAA actually asking a coach if he is directing players to agents. WHY on earth would a coach direct his players to an agent? Excuse me sir but could you try and direct my best player(s) to the NFL early as I feel it would be best if they left early so I can try and replace them with somebody with little to name game experience.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
11:01 am
It’s obvious that virtually nobody in here has a clue what a chop block is. Erk’s Eagles came close; Schmeckdawg got it. CPJ doesn’t use chop blocks, although Beamer at VT would disagree, and has. CPJ uses CUT blocks, which are 100% LEGAL. Tech has gotten penalized several times over the past 3 years for CHOP blocks, but with only 1 or 2 exceptions, those calls were wrong, and Beamer was wrong too.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
11:04 am
Ramblin Man, did you read the transcript of that interview with Thomas. Anybody who thinks that was a “coached” interview is a damn fool. I agree with you that that was the worst interview ever.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
11:14 am
For clarity, in the simplest terms possible…..A cut block (legal) is a below-the-waist block on the line. A chop block (illegal) is a below-the-waist block on the line while being blocked by someone else. The difference in the blocks are whether you are taking on someone at the same time. If you are being blocked and are cut by someone else, that’s a chop block.
Trojan
July 20th, 2011
11:17 am
The NCAA got stonewalled by someone at GT.
CFT: NCAA must address ESPN-Texas relationship | Referee - Bad Call!
July 20th, 2011
11:21 am
[...] “I’m proud of what those guys did on the field — they won it on the field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened on the field. Let’s say somebody took something illegal. I’m still not convinced that happened, but let’s say it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off.” [...]
Tech-nically Blonde
July 20th, 2011
11:32 am
Good Lord, it’s hard to tell whether any of these U(sic)GA fans went to school there or not. Sadly, their grammar skills are the same regardless.
SamJ
July 20th, 2011
11:35 am
You got to be kidding? Probation, I don’t see where they did anything wrong. The NCAA is a joke.
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
11:36 am
Only thing worse than cheating is cheating and you still stink
How funny is that.
Tech should just embrace its Thug Cheating ways and call itself the “T”
Kind of like Miami calls itself the “U”
SamJ
July 20th, 2011
11:37 am
Dan should have told the coach. He was going to know that something was going on with his palyers being interviewed.
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
11:39 am
Former Tech players grammar
Just heard they so called, “took our acc championship away,” dats funny..lol! Take something away from gladiator(ha), YEA RIGHT! All they can say is that they tried…
Sad.
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
11:42 am
Dan should have told the coach
No he shouldn’t have. The NCAA explicitly told him not to and he did it anyway.
I guess the rules don’t apply to Tech ???
If manboobs would have found out on his own thats on him.
Ramblin Man
July 20th, 2011
11:48 am
SamJ,
That is one of my favorite parts about this. If I am reading it all correctly the NCAA comes in and interviews Thomas then says do not tell anybody. They return and interview up to eight more people, pulling players from practice to do so and in some way thought that the coach did not need to know and I assume that they believed the players would not talk amongst each other. What you gonna do the NCAA is ruining collge football and the owners/players are ruining the NFL. I will now be following Canadian and arena football as I have seen very little in the way of negative press on them eh.
PureEvil
July 20th, 2011
11:51 am
I guess since hear-say is enough to take a title from a team Auburn will have it’s BCS championship taken from them soon. I can’t stand the way the NCAA operates it’s a joke.
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
11:52 am
I will now be following Canadian and arena football
That will be a step up from watching Tech. They have something called the forward pass in those leagues.
Tech-nically Blonde
July 20th, 2011
11:54 am
World of Warcraft, in true UGA fashion, you’ve mistaken poor spelling for poor grammar.
Here’s an example of both from (academically ineligible) U(sic)GA senior football player Caleb King:
“Somethings u cant control, and what seems bad right now might turn out good. Too [sic] all of my homeboyz hold UGA down don’t let them brake [sic] u…”
The fact that he was academically eligible for three years is truly sad. I guess he at least knew how many points a 3-point shot is worth.
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
11:54 am
Its not all bad.
Just 1,453 days until you guys are off probation. Or 4 butt kickings by UGA.
Whichever you prefer.
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
11:56 am
Just heard they so called, “took our acc championship away,”
That’s good grammar ???
Maybe at Tech.
Better watch out. Next probation you guys get is going to be really bad.
I wouldn’t lie to the NCAA again.
Death Penalty next time.
PureEvil
July 20th, 2011
11:57 am
Why can’t Tech be more like UGA? We never have members of our team getting into trouble!!!
okiewreck
July 20th, 2011
11:58 am
gotta like the coach.
Move out of your mom's basement, Redneck!
July 20th, 2011
12:01 pm
Grow up and find a job. Pleanty of GT grads are hiring right now!
Randy Rhino
July 20th, 2011
12:22 pm
Appeal the decision, then if no change, take the medicine and move on. Not really a bad deal, since there is not ban on post-season. GT needs to learn from this, the NCAA is the law, plain and simple and they are going to drop the hammer wherever they please.
Randy Rhino
July 20th, 2011
12:23 pm
Only one thing matters during a GT season, beating UGA….
Rufus
July 20th, 2011
12:29 pm
Could it be that the NCAA is trying to reassert its relevancy?
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
12:29 pm
Only one thing matters during a GT season, beating UGA….
And yet it happens so rarely.
DawgsOnline » Take it like a man, Tech.
July 20th, 2011
12:29 pm
[...] becoming evident that the program just can’t let it go. And it’s evident that this attitude starts at the top. Paul Johnson right in this respect: no one can take the memories of the accomplishment away, [...]
Michael Allen
July 20th, 2011
12:32 pm
I am a Texas Longhorn and I have no vested interest in Tech football, but the NCAA is going over the top on this one. It is another example of the Gestapo tactics they use to intimidate players and programs. Show me the meat on this one.
Zac
July 20th, 2011
12:34 pm
@ World of Warcraft,
Can you give me one example where GT lied to the NCAA?
lolatyou
July 20th, 2011
12:37 pm
“Tide Rising” sounds like he is bitter that he got rejected from attending Georgia Tech and probably wound up working at McDonalds.
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
12:41 pm
Can you give me one example where GT lied to the NCAA?
Yes. D Rad told the NCAA he would not tell CPJ and then he did.
That’s called lying. I know you are probably unfamiliar with that concept with your history of using ineligible players at tech.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
12:47 pm
Warcraft, how do you know what DRad told the NCAA or anybody else? Were you there? Nothing in the transcripts I have read indicates that he said anything like that. And if you want lying, then how about the NCAA rep and the ACC rep who said the players were NOT ineligible. Now they turn around and penalize Tech for treating them as ineligible. Who’s lying there?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
12:49 pm
I posted this yesterday, but it’s worth repeating —–
Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: Setting CPJ’s office, November, 2009 –
DRAD: Paul, BayBay and Derrick will not be able to play next week.
CPJ: Oh? Why is that? What happened?
DRAD: Paul, I can’t tell you. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: But are they sick, or has there been a death in their families?
DRAD: Paul, I can’t tell you. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: So they don’t even know about it yet, and I’m supposed to tell them.
DRAD: No, you can’t tell them. Just accept the fact that they can’t play.
CPJ: But what am I supposed to say to them?
DRAD: Paul, you can’t tell them anything. They and you just need to accept the fact that they can’t play
I guess this is what would have made the NCAA goon-squad happy. GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!
AGTFan53
July 20th, 2011
12:55 pm
You know I enjoy the “Good Old Fashioned Hate” as much as the next guy. Some of you take it too far. Last year, when AJ Green was in trouble for what was actually a more serious offense, I teased some, but I thought the NCAA over-reached. No, if UGA was being screwed this way, I’d be equally pissed at the NCAA. And yes, Big Macon DAWG, UGA is number one in the state until someone beats them on the field.. Yes, ‘repeat offenders’, “Arrogance, disergard for teh rules and stupidity turned a secondary violation into r years probation.” However the guilty party is the NCAA and a certain UNC graduate investigator with a thin skin.
Trojan
July 20th, 2011
12:57 pm
CPJ’s arrogance is probably what got GT the probation. Why is he so arrogant?
Zac
July 20th, 2011
1:01 pm
@ Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
First of all the NCAA investigator requested that D Rad not tell anybody besides the President, he (D Rad) never said he would or he wouldn’t. Also there is no NCAA bylaw that doesn’t allow him to inform CPJ. Also if you look at the report nobody was declared ineligible because no direct or indirect link could be established to the clothing Thomas received and an Agent. Furthermore Bennett had bank statements that showed the cell phone was paid by his parents.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
1:01 pm
Trojan, CPJ had nothing to do with the probation. It all lies at DRAD’s feet. As far as CPJ being arrogant, if you are a mutt fan, then I bet you LOVED Erk Russell, and yet he was the most arrogant coach ever. The GA Southern fans love him too, and CPJ is out of the same mold. You would probably kill to have a coach who is so outspoken
GT18YJ
July 20th, 2011
1:03 pm
Did St. Mark lie by telling the ncaa that he didn’t realize that allowing a recruit to practice with the team was against the rules? Either way, Richt is a liar or a moron for not knowing that rule.
Pitbull
July 20th, 2011
1:08 pm
That’s it Techies. Just keep hacking the NCAA off. Wave the red flag at the bull. The NCAa obviously has a long memory. And remember…
Georgia Tech needs college football a lot more than college football needs Georgia Tech.
billdawg
July 20th, 2011
1:08 pm
CPJ, tell it all, brother! NCAA, National Collegiate Arrogant Ass., does go in for extremes, pat on the wrist for the favored, overkill for the unloved. That said, GT needs to look at their athletic administration beyond the coaching staffs. ADDR is ultimately responsible for “misleading” the investigators and “hindering” their investigations. Can’t blame Dave Braneless for this one.
Gary
July 20th, 2011
1:08 pm
FYE – Your coach “out of context quotes”
“DUDE, I dont even know what you are talking about… If we were trying to cover the thing up, we would’ve just … maybe grab a guy where your not supposed to… Move the ball forward, move it back… we were trying to cover the thing up… they came in…seven or eight kids and they didn’t find what they were looking for…
its tought to take… you paid somebody, it would be easier to swallow… everybody does that… The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened… you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off…
CFT: Lineman wants release from USC | Illinois News
July 20th, 2011
1:14 pm
[...] “I’m proud of what those guys did on the field — they won it on the field,” Johnson said. “The NCAA can’t take away the memories or what happened on the field. Let’s say somebody took something illegal. I’m still not convinced that happened, but let’s say it did. Well, you’re punishing 115 guys who didn’t do anything but work their butt off.” [...]
Tom Shane
July 20th, 2011
1:15 pm
@Gary
What was that? “I…swallow…115 guys”
Are you trying to hide something Gary? (see I can do that trick too)
Football Fan
July 20th, 2011
1:16 pm
I love watching Tech’s arrogance get in the way of their own success and they are too prideful to make the necessary adjustments to become more successful.
Tech has made a history our of acting like they are better than everyone else when it is apparent to everyone but them that they are not as good.
Tech reminds me of today’s teenages who feel entitled what the world has to offer although they certainly have done nothing to earn it on the field in the last 60 years. I know – 1990 – an orange bowl victory over nebraska who was playing a second string qb due to injury. And colorado still got a share of that crown.
If Tech didn’t have HATE for others, their program wouldn’t have anything at all to stand on.
DentalDawg
July 20th, 2011
1:16 pm
Did you sit in his lap for the interview?
Dean
July 20th, 2011
1:28 pm
As a Dawg fan I see this NCAA action as one of the most rediculous things ever. They should be ashamed of the way they compose themselves and really have no business serving in the interest of kids playing sports.
go
July 20th, 2011
1:32 pm
Congress please please investigate the NCAA..College board of regents pull ALL schools from NCAA
TruthHurtsInsects
July 20th, 2011
2:00 pm
I don’t cheat, well I might have cheated before, might cheat again, but didn’t cheat this time. Whatever Paul. The Slick Willie defense doesn’t work.
As far as I’m concerned, every Tech fan that looks down his nose at Dawg fans, thinks they’re somehow superior, cracks some joke about being the boss, rips on UGA for every little mishap or loss….you know the average AJC tech poster….DESERVES every bit of this. So much for that meaningless ACC title you ran your little insect mouths about for so long huh? Never happened.
Trade school full of cheats.
Hedgepruner
July 20th, 2011
2:02 pm
Or do like uga and hire Tolley to bail your ARSE out of all sticky situations like he has been doing in Athens since Mark Richt (Bowdens boy) got there ….THWG
Hedgepruner
July 20th, 2011
2:04 pm
football fan kiss my arse !!!!
Skeezix
July 20th, 2011
2:08 pm
Some folks don’t know when to keep their mouths shut. He should have kept these comments private.
TruthHurtsInsects
July 20th, 2011
2:08 pm
“If Tech didn’t have HATE for others, their program wouldn’t have anything at all to stand on.”
Truer words have never been spoken on the AJC blogs. Being falsely arrogant is bad enough, being ignorant while being falsely arrogant is pure comedy. Thanks for the laughs insects.
We Own You
July 20th, 2011
2:15 pm
PJ is a liar AND a cheat….he knew he wasn’t supposed to play DT and did anyway……what a low-class loser….
Talk about arrogance
July 20th, 2011
2:17 pm
TruthHurts, you’re too dumb to realize that you are describing yourself….whatever arrogance may exist amongst Tech fans pales in comparison to the arrogance of the mutts who year in and year out brag about their recruiting classes, and yet can’t even beat the likes of Colorado and Central Florida, let alone Florida, who even on off seasons beats the mutts like a drum. I guess you are too ignorant to realize that you are no longer relevant in the SEC, not even the SEC east.
PureEvil
July 20th, 2011
2:19 pm
Yet you call GT fans insects. Are you sure GT fans are the ones filled with HATE? UGA has a much better college football program than GT, so it surprises me that so many UGA fans get so concerned about GT.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
2:20 pm
We Own, Derrick Morgan was not the problem; Thomas was the problem (well, supposedly so, but in fact not). Both the ACC AND the NCAA had already said that neither Thomas nor Morgan were ineligible prior to the ACC Championship game. CPJ neither lied nor cheated in any way at all. The probation has come down on Tech because of DRad and his counsel. If you’re going to post here, at least post the truth.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
2:21 pm
PureEvil, they apparently not only concerned about GT, they are OBSESSED about GT.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
2:22 pm
oops, graamar (actually typing) error there—–they apparently ARE not only concerned……
PureEvil
July 20th, 2011
2:28 pm
I didn’t go to GT or UGA so I can’t really call myself a fan of either one. People who do that seem a little shady at best. I read everything the NCAA has to offer the public regarding GT and there have been so many other schools that have done worse and received far less. GT should appeal and they should be able to get the 2009 title and at least a reduced probation period. Based on the NCAA findings in the GT case Auburn WILL lose there BCS title from this year.
Ted Striker
July 20th, 2011
2:31 pm
I don’t think Johnson tries to cheat. It wasn’t his intent.
However the ACC championship was clinched using the services of an ineligible player. What’s more, Johnson, Radakovich & Peterson warned players in advance of an ongoing investigation in advance — in clear disregard of the instructions of the NCAA.
As for his comment about “they came in and talked to 7 or 8 kids and didn’t find what they were looking for” — so what? That’s not how most violations are uncovered. Most violations are uncovered by looking for one thing and finding something else.
Forget D. Thomas.
In this case the administrators (President, AD, Head Coach) were the folks that messed up.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
2:37 pm
Ted Striker, unless CPJ “coached” the players on what to say during the interviews (and if you read the transcript of the interview with Thomas, it’s pretty clear he wasn’t “coached”) then he is not guilty of anything, nor did he mess up. If Thomas, Morgan, or whoever, were held out of games, what the hell were they supposed to be given as a reason? Was DRad simply supposed to say, “Paul, you can’t play them; don’t ask questions”? There may be some stupid bylaw that says that DRad wasn’t supposed to tell anybody, but what else could he do? IMHO, this all just defies logic.
cluett peabody
July 20th, 2011
2:41 pm
johnson started at the high school level (like a lot of coaches) hired by coach russell at g.southern, hired at hawaii then navy then head coach at g. southern then head coach at navy and then georgia tech – other than working for coach russell never had a job at auburn.
hornblowermg
July 20th, 2011
2:43 pm
tech’s coach just makes me want to vomit. he coaches his blockers to use the “crack-back” block to the point that it is just barely legal, and then crows about how “honest” he is. what a liar! just ask Darryl Gamble what he thinks about how legal that coaches’ crack-backs should be. if Gamble’s leg hadn’t been broken from such a block the night that tech lucked out a win, then they wouldn’t have been awarded that win; their only win over UGA in ten(10) years. honesty rationalized.
GT18YJ
July 20th, 2011
2:44 pm
Ted Striker – who declared him ineligible? The ncaa didn’t. The ACC didn’t. Tech didn’t. Who did?
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
2:46 pm
Bottom line D Rad was told NOT TO TELL MANBOOBS.
I’m sure at that meeting he agreed to those conditions.
He then went right out and told manboobs.
Maybe they don’t teach ethics at Tech BUT THAT IS CALLED LYING.
Anyway you slice it.
Lie again to the NCAA Tech and see what happens.
Get back to World of Warcraft, nerd
July 20th, 2011
2:49 pm
Wanna know how I know CPJ is a liar too.
He has stated on many occasions that no one has ever stopped his offense ( talk about arrogant )
Its been shown time and again when teams have time to prepare for gimmick manboobs offense it goes absolutely nowhere.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
2:51 pm
Warcraft, please tell me what the players were supposed to be told if they were held out of a game? What would you have done in such a situation? Would it be ethical in any sense of the word to tell a player, “you can’t play; don’t ask me why”? By the way, are you obsessed with men’s chests? Have you been hanging around all the arts and music majors in Athens too much?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
2:54 pm
Warcraft, you want to tell me which team has stopped CPJ’s offense? The mutts certainly have not. The only team who came close to STOPPING it, was Iowa, and it was not because they had “time to prepare for it”; it was because they ran a DISCIPLINED defense that could rise to the occasion against pretty much any offense. Even then, however, Tech was still in the game with 6 minutes left, and had Nesbitt been able to throw the ball to someplace other than the ground, the offense would have clicked…..win or lose.
TV Watcher
July 20th, 2011
2:55 pm
Maybe the NCAA will cancelled the football season to get to the bottom of this. They have a double standard. Which is subject to interputation.
Paul Johnson
July 20th, 2011
2:56 pm
Maybe grab a guy where you’re not supposed to!
tiger7_88
July 20th, 2011
2:59 pm
@vince (July 20th, 2011, 10:21 am) been a season ticket holder since 1985. Was at the 1986 game and the 2010 game (and all in-between).
1986 – You stink and you got wet because you and your sorry fellow fans were destroying Auburn property and throwing objects at security personnel on the field. PERIOD. FACT. END OF STORY. When asked to leave an area by those enforcement personnel in charge of that area, my recommendation to you in the future? LEAVE. If you want to stay, sing songs, throw whiskey bottles and cups, and destroy property, then you damn well get what you deserve.
2010 – Nick Fairley speared Aaron Murray in the back. That was cheap.. That was wrong. That was PENALIZED ON THE FIELD. What you have a problem with is, like present day UGA fans, you have a coaching staff and team full of wusses. They couldn’t handle Nick Fairley. They couldn’t block him. And that’s why Saint Mark ordered the Code Red on Nick Fairley. Because he couldn’t handle him either. And if you’ve got a problem with some scraping, grabbing, squeezing, and jabbing while on the field from one player to another, I guess you are too young to have watched ol’ Erks Junkyard Dawg defenses back in the 1970’s and 1980’s who left opposing players laying on the field bleeding. They weren’t accomplishing those things through tender loving care, brother.
I must say that I am extremely saddened to observe the low, cowardly, wussy state to which Mark Richt has brought the UGA program and their fans down. It is indeed disappointing to see.
Paul Johnson
July 20th, 2011
3:00 pm
Dude, I don’t even know what you’re talking about!
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
3:02 pm
hornblowemg, maybe you had better read the following —– A crack block or crack back block is when an offensive player starts out wide and comes in to block a defender who is unaware of his presence. The crack is normally preformed by a wide receiver or slot. A crack block is normally executed when a team wants to run to the edge. If a team wants to toss to the outside the wide receiver will run at the outside shoulder of the outside linebacker. As long as contact is made above the waist and to the player’s front it is legal. Defensive backs are taught to alert the interior defenders by yelling crack. This block can be a de-cleater if your wideout is tough enough. Many teams put the crack blocker in motion towards the formation prior to the snap also.
Nothing illlegal at all about that nor the way Tech executes it. If Gamble got hurt as a result of a crack-back block, then that’s just tough. Getting hit on a LEGAL hit or block is part of the game, and getting hurt is one of the possible consequences.
Paul Johnson
July 20th, 2011
3:04 pm
it might be easier to swallow!
hornblowermg
July 20th, 2011
3:15 pm
like i said, “you rationalize your honesty.” how convenient for a bunch of repulsive liars. i think that beating you nine(9)-out-of-the-last-ten(10) years qualifies for stopping your jr.high school offense.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
3:16 pm
Warcraft, you’re always on here posting meaningless drivel. Why don’t you man up and answer the questions you’re asked? Or are you too busy obsessing over men’s chests…..and who knows what other body parts?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
3:19 pm
hornblowermg, you have only faced CPJ’s offense for 3 years, and you haven’t stopped it yet, regardless of the final results of the game. Prior to 2008, Tech ran the same kind of offense that THUGa runs. Or are you too stupid to realize that? The ONLY reason the mutts won the last two years was because Tech’s defense was worse than yours; on neither occasion did you stop our offense. Talk about rationalizing.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
3:20 pm
I guess what you are saying is that if offensive plays don’t work 100% of the time, then that qualifies for it being stopped. Well, hell, I guess Florida has proved year in and year out that the mutts’ offense isn’t worth a crap.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
3:22 pm
Even Central Florida proved that.
Tom Shane
July 20th, 2011
3:35 pm
@We Own You
Thomas was never declared ineligible by the NCAA. Get your facts straight.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
3:36 pm
Tom Shane, surely you jest……FACTS ??? Do you really think that mutt fans are interested in FACTS???
Tech-nically Blonde
July 20th, 2011
4:16 pm
@Tom Shane – Don’t you know that facts are for the arrogant?
hornblowermg
July 20th, 2011
4:54 pm
s.t.o.m. – please S.T.O.P.
you are terminally techie (i.e.just plain silly/stupid). two out of three WINS makes us THE winner.
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!
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
7:06 pm
hornblowermg, I didn’t dispute the fact that the mutts have won 2 out of 3 against CPJ, not that they have won 9 out of the last 10. That is an undisputable FACT (something you apparently don’t deal in on a regular basis). You said, however, that the mutts have figured out Tech’s offense, as evidenced by 9 out of 10 wins, when, in fact, Tech has only run this offense for 3 years. And in all 3 games since CPJ arrived, the mutts have yet to “figure out” Tech’s offense or contain it, and win or lose, I GUARANTEE you that you won’t this year either. And you also said that EVERYBODY has it figured out now and will stop it. On what do you base that opinion (again certainly not a fact)? Name me one team who has figured out CPJ’s offense in the 25 years in which he has been running it. Just because one of his teams loses a game or more does not mean that the offense was “figured out.” It simply means that the other team was better, at least on that given day. And yes, I regrettably but freely admit that in 2009 and 2010 (as well, I might happily add, as in 2008), the better team won on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Robin Of The Hood
July 20th, 2011
7:15 pm
Cam never got suspended by the NCAA only by Auburn for a day then was re-instated…..Auburn was never stripted of any wins, ended up winning the Natl Title and the NCAA makes a crap load of money off of merchandise with their logo on it.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
7:17 pm
hornblowermg, I never disputed the fact that Tech has lost 2 out of the past 3 to the mutts, nor that we have lost 9 out of the past 10. But YOU stated that the mutts have “figured out” CPJ’s offense, as evidenced by 9 out of the past 10 games. CPJ has only been at Tech for 3 years, and Tech has only been running his offense for those 3 years. The 7 losses prior to that have absolutely nothing to do with the mutts’ figuring out anything regarding CPJ’s offense. In those past 3 games, however, the mutts have yet to show any ability whatsoever to stop Tech on offense, regardless of the outcome of the games. And you also said that everybody has now figured out Tech’s offense and it will no longer work. Do you realize that CPJ has been using this same offense for 25 years, and nobody has yet “figured it out.” That doesn’t mean, and shouldn’t mean, that CPJ has won every game he has coached in that time. And none of those losses meant that the other team had “figured out” his offense. Anything can happen in a given game, and the winner is always the better team on the field on that day. And yes, I realize that means that I think that the mutts were the better team on the field in both 2009 and 20010, although not really the better team either year. Similarly, in 2008, I believe that the Jackets were the better team on the field that day, although not actually the better team overall. The fact is that in none of those 3 games were the mutts able consistently to stop Tech’s offense. They haven’t “figured out” anything, nor has anybody else, and win or lose, the mutts won’t be able to stop the offense this year either. You can bet the house on that.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 20th, 2011
9:10 pm
@Supersize that order: Those 7 years prior to CPJ coming to GT were spent preparing for CPJ’s Middle School offense since we anticipated his hiring by GT. Notice how much it has paid off?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 20th, 2011
9:17 pm
@Supersize that order: You are wrong as usual. The reason UGA won 2 out of 3 is we scored more points than GT. That is why they keep score because in the end a win is really all that matters.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 20th, 2011
9:30 pm
@tiger7_88: You really shouldn’t concern your tiny brain about Coach Mark Richt. He will always do the right thing You need to go get the NC Trophy out, clean and polish it and send it to the NCAA. Your Coach “Cheesenick” has really stepped in it now because he smart-mouthed the NCAA rep. Not that they don’t already have enough to give your cow college the DEATH PENALTY.
third quarter fan (couple years ago)
July 20th, 2011
9:31 pm
dog for life sure is smart.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 20th, 2011
9:32 pm
@Tiger 7_88: When did Awbarn last defeat a Richt team PRIOR to 2010?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 20th, 2011
9:42 pm
TechRedNeck: I pretty much agree with you:
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
10:10 pm
Brainiac, of course you won two out of three because you scored more points. DUHHH, that’s a nobrainer. I never said you didn’t score more points or that you didn’t win. I said that in all 3 of the years CPJ had been at Tech, the mutts still haven’t stopped. And remember, Tech won in 2008 because we scored more points too. And, as I said before, this year, the mutts STILL won’t be able to stop Tech’s offense. The deciding point of the game, as it was in 2009 and 2010, will be whether Tech’s defense can prevent the mutts from scoring more points. That, as I am sure you realize, remains to be seen. But, since the Tech defense cannot be any worse than it has been, and I truly believe we have the personnel now to do it, I predict that Tech will win…..that is, score more points than the mutts.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 20th, 2011
10:15 pm
Brainiac, if the mutts spent 7 years preparing for CPJ’s offense, then pray tell, why have you not yet stopped it? Just because you won 2 out of 3 (i.e., scored more points) doesn’t mean you stopped the offense. That preparation doesn’t seem to have paid off in that sense of the word. And “Choke” doesn’t have a clue; never has and never will.
Tom Shane
July 21st, 2011
12:14 am
@Brainiac
How many times has UGA beat Florida since 1990?
Sam
July 21st, 2011
2:21 am
Haven’t read AJC sports comments in a couple years; good to know that UGA posters are as obnoxious as ever. Calling people nerds just reveal that you are forever stuck your glory days back in high school. At least there are some UGA fans that can be objective enough to agree that the NCAA is being a pompous institution with regards to Tech’s “violations.” Tell it like it is PJ!
Sam
July 21st, 2011
2:32 am
1990>1980
Elliot
July 21st, 2011
9:06 am
Coach Moobs is just mad that they got caught cheating. This guy is equally the scumbag as the institute of crime that is Ga. Yech. Both need to be banned from college sports forever. So shameless and embarrassing, but that is Yech for you. No honor, anything-to-win mentality yet they never do. Karma is hilarious sometimes.
what an idiot
July 21st, 2011
9:08 am
@ Tom Shane –
Probably as many times as the cheating tools from North Ave. have beaten UGA, winner. How does that make you feel, Einstein?
downtown brown
July 21st, 2011
9:10 am
Any objective and honest football fan is well aware Yech got off light. Refusing to allow investigators on campus and not receiving a reduction in scholarships or post season bans is criminal.
I guess the NCAA figures Tech is so pathetic they will never land any real talent or ever make it back to a real bowl anyway. At best they will be back at the Smurf Bowl where they belong so they can be used as a punching bag by the mighty WAC.
hahahahahaha!!!!
July 21st, 2011
9:12 am
So the most overrated coach in football has yet to win a bowl game while at Yech!?!?!! Too funny!!!
Old Gold Britches
July 21st, 2011
9:14 am
elliot………….what a laugh! Your goat is waiting for you back at your mother’s trailer!
Even I am shocked....
July 21st, 2011
9:15 am
In the face of being forced to vacate wins for the second time in less than 10 years, and proving to the world as being the dirtiest program in college sports, all the tool fans can do to deflect is to continue to hide behind UF? Are you social rejects serious with this?
I knew you losers were spineless and deranged with rage and jealously, but even the depths of this pathetic reaction is a bit surprising to me…..
Crawl
July 21st, 2011
9:19 am
Hey Old Gold Britches, how does it feel to be a fan of a school that is only known for it’s students being involved in one of the biggest reported cheating scandals in history, homemade bombs being set off on campus and students killing one another with swords? Nevermind the fact your laughable football team has been forced to vacate wins for the second time in this new century? That must sting?
Well hey, at least you have your nonexistent online gf you can chat with from the safe confines of your mommy’s basement, ehh winner?
NCAA = Joke
July 21st, 2011
9:56 am
I’m a big fan of Coach Johnson. He is down to earth and not affected by spotlight. He is here to coach and win. I couldn’t ask for more.
ncaa rules
July 21st, 2011
10:37 am
when the ncaa says jump next time, johnson, rad and ga tech better jump. Drop the arrogance–the ncaa runs the street.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
10:40 am
Hey, Crawl, how many more different names are you going to post under?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
10:41 am
Whoever said Tech did not allow investigators on campus is full of s***t. That has not been said or alleged anywhere.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
10:42 am
To all you holier-than-thou mutts (apologies to those who actually have a brain and contribute to the conversation), what about a professor who murders his wife in public and in front of their children?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
10:44 am
What about “red panties” and Fulmer Cups and Jan Kemp and Jim Harrick’s basketball exams and campus-trashing incidents that we the tax payers had to pay for. What about using Ga taxpayer money to build your basketball coliseum (sic), because it was to be used as an exhibition hall for cattle and livestock?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
10:46 am
Incidentally, crawl, this is the ONLY time Tech has had to vacate wins (assuming their is no appeal). The last time vacating was proposed, it was rescinded. I’m not proud of either incident, but you, bubba, are an example of the pot calling the kettle black if you think your school and your program are above reproach.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
10:59 am
oops, sorry, that should have read “assuming THERE is no appeal”. My bad.
Pitbull
July 21st, 2011
12:03 pm
Supersize that order, mutt needs to move out of his mother;s basement and go out and meet some real live girls.
Lose the blowup doll even if you did dress it up like a tech cheerleader, and for pete’s sake stop the self abuse.
Have you no pride?
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
12:29 pm
Bubba, I was born probably long before your momma even thought she would get a man. Too bad she had to settle for what she got, if you are any indication of his quality.
hahahhaha!!!!
July 21st, 2011
12:43 pm
Hey supersize, Im sure there are some girls at Ricky Mountain you and your fellow scumbag Tech players can put in the hospital. What an idiot.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
1:17 pm
I don’t know what the hell you are talking about, haha, but I’m sure it’s just more distortion of facts, since you mutts can never deal with FACTS. Not a thing I mentioned earlier was conjecture, assumption, distortion, exaggeration, or lie. I defy you to counter each of the things I mentioned. Of course, I know you won’t; you don’t have the b**s to face facts.
Nebitt for Heisman bbwwaahhaa
July 21st, 2011
2:21 pm
Supersize,
What about the GT terrorist development program? Just ask loyal jacket fan and Al Qaida member Syed Haris Ahmed.
Nebitt for Heisman bbwwaahhaa
July 21st, 2011
2:29 pm
Georgia Tech Student Places Ad on Craigslist to Learn How to Kiss
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,377121,00.html
You just can’t make this stuff up.
BBBWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAA
NERDS
BBBBBWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAA
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
2:31 pm
Heisman wannabe, that’s old history and not even remotely involved with the athletic department. It is about as relevant to any discussion here as is the violence in downtown Atlanta. I have no sympathy with terrorists anywhere, but don’t think that jerk who was a student at Tech is the only one in this country. Not saying there ARE any, but there could EASILY be punks like him even in Athens.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 21st, 2011
2:40 pm
By the way, why don’t you tell us all about Montez Robinson ???
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2010/04/04/uga-football-player-montez-robinson-jailed/
Rick H.
July 21st, 2011
10:09 pm
dog scum on here making a big deal out of this? really?
Thomas Brown
July 22nd, 2011
7:25 am
NCAA PROBATION
4 years
back-to-back in FOOTBALL
CPJ after 3 ful yrs.
July 22nd, 2011
11:16 am
CPJ after 3 full years:
No major wins, no title in a weak sister conference, no bowl wins and only 1 lucky win over UGA in their worst era in maybe 20 years.
No wonder HE WILL JUMP at the soon to be open NC Tarheel job in his home state.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
Casey and Joey
July 22nd, 2011
11:18 am
Casey Anthony and Joey Hamilton and their trunks full of fun. No, please do not look in my car truck.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
My best advice
July 22nd, 2011
11:20 am
I would urge all GT students to vacate …………… ETHEL ST.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Ted Striker
July 22nd, 2011
2:30 pm
Supersize — Take it up with the NCAA. They’re the ones who specifically instructed Peterson and Radakovich not to tell anyone about the ongoing investigation. It’s a matter of public record that Tech didn’t follow the instructions.
GT18YJ — It was the same folks who said Reggie Bush was ineligible when he played certain games at Southern Cal. If you don’t believe that was the NCAA, who was it?
GT18YJ
July 22nd, 2011
4:12 pm
Ted Striker – Please tell me what page of the NCAA report this is listed on.
CPJ is protecting his brand
July 22nd, 2011
4:18 pm
CPJ is protecting his ID or his brand of cleanliness as HC at a so called mid-lower school and conference. He has to do that ……………. he knows that HE COULD BE DAMAGED by this all when or if another school like North Carolina comes calling after they DUMP Butch Davis and his ilk.
I am sure that CPJ’s attorney suggested to “get out fron on this” and “publically slam the NCAA, as you could get pulled under by all of the swirling noise and smoke.”
No, CPJ has no choice, otherwise his resume will be as dirty as his predecessor’s, O’Leary the resume liar. No, lately with phony HC credentials on resumes and now with this LATEST NCAAA scandal at GT, he has to project independently from it all.
No, CPJ is just now trying to survie until another lower level program comes calling, like S Mississippi or Memphis U or maybe College of Charleston or Elon or maybe Davidson.
Afterall, CPJ”s record has no accomplishments after 3 full years and THAT IS WHAT has him worried from a careeer standpoint. GT has torpedoed him with this NCAA scandal, through no fault of his own. He is a troubled man.
wreckmaniac
July 23rd, 2011
7:01 pm
Coach is absolutely right. If anyone other than 2 or 3 NCAA dimwits think that Tech is not the 2009 ACC champ, please stand up. Some have said that Tech needs a better PR team. No. The NCAA is the institution that needs a better PR program. It has lost much of its clout to the BCS organization and if not careful will become insignificant.
macrotech
July 24th, 2011
11:20 pm
BRAND….OR, it’s a BS move on the ncaa’s part. Nice speculation, though!
the dude
July 26th, 2011
8:17 am
WHO IS THIS paul johnson ANYWAY. HE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO NAVY AND LEARN HOW TO COACH. 10-4. BUT HE IS DOING A FINE JOB NOW. LET HIM STAY FOREVER. I LIKE HIS RECORD.
hersey
July 26th, 2011
8:27 am
Coach Moobs is just angry that it is loud and clear he is the most overrated coach in America and his high school offense cannot work with the big boys, well, the ACC. Not only that, but his cheating tactics have been caught, finally, and even more armor has fallen off this deadbeat of a coach. Yech will yet again fire another coach and start anew only to end up with the same exact fate as they always do, that being LOSERS and CHEATS.