Georgia Tech’s winning shouldn’t be a surprise by now
Georgia Tech, led by Paul Johnson and Roddy Jones, is off to a 5-0 start. (Johnny Crawford/AJC)
Georgia Tech is 5-0 and ranked No. 13 in the nation. We can’t really know what that means yet, other than the obvious, as stated so eloquently by coach Paul Johnson: “We’re better than the five teams we’ve played.”
Western Carolina, Middle Tennessee State, Kansas, North Carolina, North Carolina State.
We’re not talking about the right side of the menu. None were ranked in the AP poll at the time Georgia Tech defeated them. None are ranked now. None can even cling to hope in the “others receiving votes” category.
But to focus on any of that is missing the point about what is going on at Tech. This is Johnson’s fourth season. While it’s true most of his first freshman class in 2008 were recruited by Chan Gailey, the vast majority of the players on this team were brought in by Johnson. These are his guys, brought here for his scheme, schooled in his mindset.
If you’re looking for a reason to feel good about Tech’s future, it makes as much sense — if not more — to look at this year’s team than even Johnson’s first two seasons, when the Jackets were 20-7 and won an ACC championship (later to be stripped) with Gailey’s players. The foundation, the structure, the direction — that’s all Johnson.
Johnson is not the projecting type. He’s not going to speculate how good this team is or can be, other than to say: “I told people I thought we’d be better than everybody said we would be. But I didn’t know how much better, and we still have half a year to go. Trying to pick games is like trying to pick in recruiting. Nobody knows until three or four years how good classes are. So we’ll see how we finish this out.”
Tech wasn’t supposed to be very good this year. But now we look at the schedule and conclude it should beat Maryland on Saturday and Virginia next week. That would bring the Jackets to 7-0. Then come the three games that will decide their fate in the ACC and level of bowl game: at Miami (winnable); Clemson and Virginia Tech (both difficult, but at home). Then comes Duke, then Georgia.
Regardless of how the remaining games fall, the win total should exceed what most projected.
Things like this don’t happen by luck, not in a coach’s fourth season. This isn’t a star-laden group. They’re talented, but young. There’s chemistry. They like each other. But most of all, they’re following Johnson. He has a track record at Tech now for players and recruits to see.
“Most of them know what they signed up for when they came in,” he said. “So now it’s not about trying to transition. I’m not trying to talk them into everything when everybody was telling them it won’t work. That’s the biggest thing we fight here: [Perceptions that] it won’t work, you can’t do this, you can’t go to the NFL. Like I said when I got here, once you’re here, everything will take care of itself.
“The other thing about the fourth year is, they know, this is the way it is. It’s no big deal when you have to run at 6 a.m. for not going to class. It’s no big deal when you have to practice in pads twice a week. Nothing’s a surprise.”
Johnson wasn’t in a good mood this week. He didn’t like the way the team played at North Carolina State, he’s bothered by a cold and, well, he can just be a moody guy. When the rankings came out and the Jackets jumped from 21st to 13th, he hardly blinked, and he made certain his players didn’t blink.
“They know every day from the way I coach them that they haven’t arrived,” he said. “I’m on their butt all the time.”
By Year 4, it’s not a surprise. Maybe the winning shouldn’t be, either.
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Mike
October 7th, 2011
1:09 pm
First?
Dawg-Hatin' Jacket
October 7th, 2011
1:11 pm
Second!
FOOTBALL THIS
October 7th, 2011
1:14 pm
they need to stay diciplined so they won’t end up 3rd like Miami
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
1:14 pm
Same thing since PJ has been there. Beat up on mediocre teams, give up a ton of points (25+ to bottom feeders), lose to good ACC competition, lose to UGA, then get absolutely smoked in their bowl game.
Six straight bowl losses and counting.
Dawg-Hatin' Jacket
October 7th, 2011
1:15 pm
THWG
duece coupe
October 7th, 2011
1:15 pm
I smell 6-0 under the hood.
Burdell
October 7th, 2011
1:16 pm
UNC is receiving votes and was ranked #25 when we beat them.
LydiasDad
October 7th, 2011
1:17 pm
It’s early, but “Go Jackets” anyway. What’s the good word?
just saying
October 7th, 2011
1:17 pm
this is beating a dead horse but Chan would not have won the ACC with his players, it took CPJ to do it
Jacket Fan
October 7th, 2011
1:18 pm
Johnson has been a winner everywhere that he has coached. I am glad the we have him here at Tech. I no longer have to be satisfied with 7-5 seasons.
BRW
October 7th, 2011
1:19 pm
UGA JOE …………….. TROLL
jacket88
October 7th, 2011
1:19 pm
Same thing since PJ has been there. Beat up on mediocre teams, give up a ton of points (25+ to bottom feeders), lose to good ACC competition, lose to UGA, then get absolutely smoked in their bowl game.
Six straight bowl losses and counting.
You better listen to UGA JOE. He is drawing upon his vast experience as a fan of the Mediocre Mutts!!!
all I remember is
October 7th, 2011
1:20 pm
Georgia has lost 35-14 and 45-19 in the last two Knoxville visits.
TechDan
October 7th, 2011
1:20 pm
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
1:14 pm
Same thing since PJ has been there. Beat up on mediocre teams, give up a ton of points (25+ to bottom feeders), lose to good ACC competition, lose to UGA, then get absolutely smoked in their bowl game.
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What are you talking about? Two division titles and a championship (that should be restored) in four years is more than the pups and Saint Richt can claim. Sure, we got smoked by LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, but close losses in the next two bowls (one of which was a BCS game) show improvement in the post season.
Let’s see if thUGA can even make a bowl game this year.
Big Ol Stinger
October 7th, 2011
1:20 pm
“We’re better than the five teams we played”.
Love it.
He’s a no BS, not gonna hold any prima donnas hand, cut to the chase kind of coach.
I hope he’s at Tech for a long time.
Jacket Fan
October 7th, 2011
1:21 pm
@UGA Joe,
Nothing positive to look forward to with your team, so you have to come on here to trash a team that is 5-0. What is ugags record now? And don’t give me the strength of schedule crap. If you guys were as good as you fans claim ugag to be, then you would be undefeated.
Brock
October 7th, 2011
1:21 pm
” None were ranked at the time Georgia Tech defeated them”
how many freakin times I gotta tell someone to look it up. NC was ranked 24th in one poll and 25th in another. Why is that so hard to research? Am I missing something?
Burdell
October 7th, 2011
1:23 pm
You’re missing the ranked #24 Brock. UNC was #25 in the real poll…unranked in the cute sportswriter’s poll.
Jacket Fan
October 7th, 2011
1:23 pm
Enter your comments here
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
1:26 pm
Not trolling. Just stating the simple facts. What are yall, 2-8 in bowl games the last ten years? 0-3 with PJ? 1-2 against UGA with PJ? I am not even going to bring up your record against my DAWGS head to headd the last decade b/c you are all aware.
Enjoy the W’s now becuase we all know how hard they’ll be to come by in November and December.
Brock
October 7th, 2011
1:26 pm
well, they show both polls so if it doesn’t matter why waste time voting on it.
all I remember is
October 7th, 2011
1:27 pm
Georgia Tech has an awesome offense.
Brock
October 7th, 2011
1:28 pm
UGA Joe- glad to know tech makes or breaks your seasons now. Thanks for the compliment.
Yep
October 7th, 2011
1:29 pm
Once again the true test of Tech’s team will be whether they defeat UGA or not. Until they start playing at least other BCS eligeable non-conference teams during the year, it is hard to tell whether they are even decent or not due to the fact that the ACC is so traditionally soft.
Not to bash, but UGA should follow this formula as well. It is the low road to guarantee a great end of season record. Richt’s job wold be VERY secure if UGA played Tech’s patsy laden schedule.
duece coupe
October 7th, 2011
1:31 pm
Georgia Tech blocks REAL hard.
" HOT " seat
October 7th, 2011
1:33 pm
Another ‘must win’ game for Mark Richt.
rduck
October 7th, 2011
1:33 pm
CPJ has turned the culture of Tech football around since the Gailey era. During the Giley era, the Tech fans knew that we would win 7-8 games a year and go to yet another subpar bowl game and every once in a decade possibly play for an ACC championship and lose 6-3 to a Wake Forest. CPJ has raised expectations on the Flats. We now expect to have a chance at the ACC championship game regularly. It’s not a guarantee, but it is possible. We no longer have to fear playing the upper tier teams. We expect to play them hard and well. Nobody knows how many wins this team will have, but with CPJ at the helm, the sky’s the limit. We are now one of the feared teams. People hate to play us and that is a very good thing. People had better take notice and really appreciate the job CPJ is doing. With him around, we can expect a very good product on the field for years to come… G
ATL Dawg
October 7th, 2011
1:35 pm
“…when the Jackets were 20-7 and won an ACC championship with Gailey’s players.”
Not so fast Jeff, this one’s not on the books anymore! Sorry Jackets!
Yellow Jacket Smash
October 7th, 2011
1:35 pm
Dear UGA Joe,
Boise State.
That is all.
Ted M
October 7th, 2011
1:36 pm
Its surprising he can’t do better on defense & special teams. If he did great things would happen.
Smart Jay
October 7th, 2011
1:37 pm
UGA JOE – ya know, I was behind a guy with a license plate bracket that said “Georgia Bulldogs – 2002 SEC Champions” Has it really been THAT long (actually it was 2005, but that was 6 years ago!).
And 1980 was over 30 years ago. There’s not even that many seniors over at UGA who were even alive then.
Time flies.
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
1:37 pm
Where did I say Tech makes or breaks anything in my life?
Yall simply crap the bed every November and December. That’s all I am saying dude.
I, like Schultzie, am not surprised by the 5-0 start either. Congrats on it. I am just not sold you have a defense that can hold up against better opponents.
Tom
October 7th, 2011
1:38 pm
“Georgia fans are passionate, but let’s face it – they’re not the brightest fans. Passionate, but not bright.” – Former UGA QB Eric Zeier, Novemeber 21, 2001 on 790theZone
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
1:39 pm
smart jay aint so smart. Your last ACC champ got stripped bro.
Tom
October 7th, 2011
1:40 pm
or maybe November (just 2 e’s)
Rise and Fall of the 3rd Richt
October 7th, 2011
1:40 pm
all your 5 stars and all uga could do in 2010 was 6 wins as well, talk about a big ole pile of dog dewdew
Termites
October 7th, 2011
1:41 pm
Please Please Please – UGA Tech fans… (I know there are very few out here)
Please buy up tickets to fill your high school sized Grant Field – Bobby Dudd Stadium (55,000 for gosh sake) So we all can stop getting a splash page begging folks to buy tix for your product..
No matter how good your record “looks” – you’ll get punked the Sat after Thanksgiving…
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
1:42 pm
good one tom. you can’t talk football so fall back on the old we’re smarter than you.
classic.
Jeff
October 7th, 2011
1:43 pm
Get the facts straight in the article. Geez, what is this a dying newspaper with no editors – oh, wait.
09 acc champs
October 7th, 2011
1:43 pm
2009 ACC CHAMPS! 5-0
Reggie Ball
October 7th, 2011
1:44 pm
Tech is going undefeated!
Reggie Ball
October 7th, 2011
1:45 pm
Actually, Tech is not the 2009 ACC champions – don’t believe me – ask the NCAA
rduck
October 7th, 2011
1:45 pm
OK Dawg trolls. For the last time. Yes our SOS is not all that great. And yes, you guys played Boise State. You also got humiliated against Boise State. You also played Soft Carolina, who lost to Auburn who lost to Clemson (an ACC team last I heard) and had to survive against Utah St. and Miss. St. And SC had to fight for it’s life against Navy and has now dumped their QB again. You lost that one also. So you played 2 ranked teams and got beat. Only beat a weak Miss.St. team, Coastal Carolina (insert joke here) and the always mighty Ole Miss. So what is your point again?
Burdell
October 7th, 2011
1:46 pm
Once again the UGA season looks like it will boil down to beating up on little brother and then beating their chests…my, how the once mighty have fallen. Let me know when Murray beats a winning team.
Smokewagon
October 7th, 2011
1:46 pm
Though I’m a rabid UGA fan I have to admit that GT is clicking on all offensive cylinders this year. I wish them well and look forward to a barnburner in Nov. Hope everyone stays healthy so there will be no excuses.
beebee
October 7th, 2011
1:46 pm
Let’s let little UGA Joe have his slobbering say. He is right, you know. It’s the perceived tone of his rant that bothers us.
Tech’s defense has and will worry us sick. A team can contend for a National Championship with this offense. But the defense can cause us to lose to a North Carolina, let alone a game down IN Miami or at home against Clemson or UGA.
I Love my Jackets as much as any of you. But they have got to prove they can stop a real good team; one better than UNC and much better than N.C. State.
bee
reebok
October 7th, 2011
1:46 pm
North Carolina was ranked, barely, when we beat them. But I am the first to admit we have a very soft schedule this year. Tomorrow let’s get to 6-0!
gt45
October 7th, 2011
1:47 pm
All this Tech love is starting to get to the UGAfers. Hide the bullets!
Ted M
October 7th, 2011
1:48 pm
Reggie Ball
October 7th, 2011
1:44 pm
Tech is going undefeated!
If Tech beats Clemson I’m jumping on that bandwagon.
beebee
October 7th, 2011
1:49 pm
I mean lose to a team LIKE a North Carolina. Thankfully that did not happen this time.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 7th, 2011
1:51 pm
After this weekend you guys should be “bowl eligible”. I hope you are 11-0 and ranked in the top 5 when we roll into the Flats. I think if you guys do drop a game between here and us it might be the Clemson game. Any how, good luck on the rest of the season.
Jeff Schultz
October 7th, 2011
1:52 pm
Burdell — We’ve always followed the lead of the AP poll, not the USA Today/Coaches poll. You’re referring to the latter. But I’ll insert words “AP poll” to avoid confusion.
DawginLex
October 7th, 2011
1:52 pm
Going down to the game
I hope I get a better hotel this time
Last time I stayed in Knoxville, I called the front desk clerk and told her “I got a leak in my sink.”
She said “Go ahead, ain’t nobody looking but you.”
bamaguy
October 7th, 2011
1:53 pm
I agree that Tech “looks good”, but how do you think they would do if they came back to the SEC as the 14th team?
DawginLex
October 7th, 2011
1:53 pm
My wife got sick on the last trip to Knoxville.
Found out you can’t get a prescription filled down there.
No one ever figured out how to get the little bottle into the typewriter.
Harvey from Docs
October 7th, 2011
1:54 pm
I can’t believe y’all even have a conversation with UGA joe.
THWG.
GSUStud
October 7th, 2011
1:58 pm
I repeat….Tech has NOT played anyone yet. GSU would be undefeated with Tech’s schedule. Tech will have at least 4 losses this year.
rduck
October 7th, 2011
1:58 pm
Besides, last I checked, ol’ Magarity isn’t exactly ordering up alot of mighty teams for your OOC games. Face it, both teams still have alot to prove. Time will only tell how good either team is gonna be. If I were you guys, I would worry less about Tech, and worry more about your trip to Knoxville. You guys don’t have a great history there as of late. Best of luck to ya though….
Gbaby
October 7th, 2011
1:59 pm
@UGA Joe
I’ll take our coach over yours any day. You know as well as I UGA recruits higher caliber players than we do, yet all of the games between our schools remain relatively close because of coaching. If Saban had your players you’d be undefeated. Johnson is 1-2 against uga, but that will even out this year because your players are not disciplined. They make a tackle and celebrate every time like they have really accomplished something. Duh, that’s what you’re suppose to do. Until Richt DEMANDS respect from his players, I’m afraid you will remain in the middle of the pack.
Jeff Schultz
October 7th, 2011
1:59 pm
Brock — When was North Carolina ranked in AP poll? Received votes I think one week, NC State 1 or 2 weeks. Neither ever in top 25 that I can see (on AP).
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
1:59 pm
thanks beebee. didn’t mean to rant. Just giving my opinion on where Tech has been adn, based on the past 10 years, I was just guessing it could be the same based on a weak defensive unit.
I could be wrong though.
Reebok, you are a classy blogger.
kc
October 7th, 2011
1:59 pm
GT was ranked in the final polls in 2008 and 2009. They are presently ranked for 2011. I will take that any day. Of course GT isn’t up to the caliber of some of the SEC teams, but to say GT is irrelevant(which has been said on these blogs countless times) is just silly. Again, GT has been a top 25 football team in 3 of the last 4 years. We will see how we finish in 2011. I have a good feeling about it. Go Jackets.
Kenny the Jet fan
October 7th, 2011
1:59 pm
“We’re better than the five teams we played”
Paul Johnson certainly is not from the same coaching school as Rex Ryan.
Trojan
October 7th, 2011
2:00 pm
They haven’t even played a top 50 team yet. Why be surprised? They will win for another 3 weeks and then their winning will stop. It’s called playing a decent team. The winning will stop and the large crowds (yes all 36,000 of them) will be sad.
rduck
October 7th, 2011
2:00 pm
Oh Lord. The lone GSU fan is dilusional too….
Good ones Lex..
Richard Hungwell
October 7th, 2011
2:01 pm
There are at least 50 teams in the country who would be undefeated if they played Techs schedule. NC is the only thing they played that even might be called a football team and they would be middle of the pack at best in the SEC.
Dollar Bill
October 7th, 2011
2:03 pm
I thought GT would be better IF the passing game improved. It did. And the scary thing is there is a more room for improvement in the passing department. So much that when this offense is purring the other guys have to pick their choice of how to get shafted – on the ground or in the air.
If we had a passing game – I think the LSU game would have been somewhat different. LSU still had the size and quickness that we could no match.
This offense is just in 3rd gear now. We have 3 more to go.
DawginLex
October 7th, 2011
2:06 pm
Hard to get into a movie theatre down in Knoxville because Tenn people always go in groups of 18.
Sign says “17 and under not admitted”
Jeff Schultz
October 7th, 2011
2:07 pm
ATL Dawg — “…when the Jackets were 20-7 and won an ACC championship with Gailey’s players.”
Not so fast Jeff, this one’s not on the books anymore! Sorry Jackets!
Actually, that statement was accurate. What NCAA did after the fact doesn’t change what happened. (And technically, it’s under appeal.)
Jeff Schultz
October 7th, 2011
2:08 pm
Jeff — what is factually incorrect?
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 7th, 2011
2:09 pm
Your argument is with the voters of the poll that has GT at #13. I don’t think CPJ could care less about the polls right now. The polls make it harder to keep the players focused on improving. ” ROLL JACKETS “
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 7th, 2011
2:10 pm
Thanks, Jeff, I totally agree.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 7th, 2011
2:12 pm
Lex, that one made me lol.
Brock
October 7th, 2011
2:12 pm
So if no other polls matter then why put them out there? I saw them at 24 or 25 without even looking at what poll it was. But, if you’re going by the AP only then I take back what I said Jeff.
Bobby Walden
October 7th, 2011
2:13 pm
Beat up enough patsies and maybe the maggots can cheat their way back to the Orange Bowl.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 7th, 2011
2:14 pm
Dollar Bill, that’s the way I feel about all the bowls for Tech under CPJ.
RT
October 7th, 2011
2:15 pm
I thought we were ranked 24th and North Carolina was ranked 25th when we played them 2 weeks ago.
Jeff Schultz
October 7th, 2011
2:17 pm
Brock — When referencing what a team is ranked, AJC — and I’d say most media outlets — generally refer to AP rankings because it’s the oldest, most established set of rankings. Not saying one is better than the other though.
Maryland Jacket
October 7th, 2011
2:18 pm
@DawginLex
Hey, Tennessee isn’t all that bad! I heard that the toothbrush was invented there!
Of course, if it were invented anywhere else, it’d be a teethbrush…
Handy Manny
October 7th, 2011
2:20 pm
North Carolina would beat Georgia
LET THE BIG DAWG EAT!
October 7th, 2011
2:20 pm
You are absolutely right! With the “HIGH SCHOOL” teams they are playing they should be winning.The ALMOST COMPETITIVE CONFERENCE is a joke!
LET THE BIG DAWG EAT!
October 7th, 2011
2:22 pm
Maryland Jacket – If the toothbrush had have been invented anyplace besides Tennessee it would have been called the TEETH BRUSH!
NiquePhotog
October 7th, 2011
2:23 pm
UGA’s perceived strength of schedule has been getting weaker and weaker as the season progresses. Let’s compare the similarities to GT!
Western Carolina = Coastal Carolina
MTSU = New Mexico State
Kansas = Ole Miss
NC State = Miss State
Maryland = Kentucky
Duke = Vandy
UNC = USC
Virginia = Tenn
Miami = Auburn
Clemson = Boise
VT = Florida
So yes, we haven’t played many good teams yet. But UGA has no room to talk about SOS because they have the easiest schedule in the “vaunted” SEC, and the SEC East is currently a joke.
I guess if we have played NOBODY as most mutt fans suggest, UGA is a NOBODY as well. WAKE UP MUTT FANS, UNC is ranked higher than you!!!
Frank Lane
October 7th, 2011
2:23 pm
No bickering here. I am a DAWG fan, went to my first GA-FLA game over 60 years ago. I AM IMPRESSED BY TECH AND BY PAUL JOHNSON. DON’T CARE WHO YOU PLAY. YOU HAVE WON THEM ALL AND IT HAS NOT BEEN CLOSE.
I am officially afraid of TECH this year.
GTRay
October 7th, 2011
2:24 pm
I hope we (fans and players) don’t get overconfident. I just don’t think we are the 13th best team in the country – and I’m not so sure about even being in the top 25. Of course, I hope I’m proved wrong when we play that 3-game stretch against the U, Clemson and VPI (we’re THE Tech in the ACC). We could have easily lost the UNC game, and if the refs had called pass interference on us in the 1st quarter (NC State’s first drive, if memory serves), who knows how the game would have turned out. All I’m saying is the guys HAVE to go out and fight and play with discipline on every play, offense and defense.
I’m hoping we jump on Maryland early (say 28-0 in the first half) and the defense plays great.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 7th, 2011
2:25 pm
Maryland Jacket, that’s a picture that will be in my head for awhile. lol
crackbaby
October 7th, 2011
2:26 pm
Nice write-up, Schultzie.
If CPJ builds it, they will come…. Shhhhhh…. let the magic happen (like it did in Statesboro)
Go Jackets!
Scrap
October 7th, 2011
2:28 pm
Great Ed Jeff…….It looks like it’s going to be a fun season to be a Yellow Jacket. I swear, the people that dis this offense, just don’t like college football. There’s nothing more exciting than watching a good solid football team run up and down the field, break big plays, and hit the big pass when it’s called for. On top of that the defense is coming around, it seems a little more each week. They get a stop now and then, they get a sack now and then and the whole D seems to fly to the ball. This is a very fun team to watch. Yes, it’s been a very fun half season to be a Yellow Jacket. Here’s to seven more exciting games, and we’ve got a good chance in each of them.
crackbaby
October 7th, 2011
2:30 pm
@GSUStud – Tech will have at least 4 losses…?
Put your money where your mouth is and maybe we can have a conversation.
Boobie Bowden
October 7th, 2011
2:31 pm
El Jefe, anyway you can institute a minimum intelligence requirement to weed out some of these UGA trolls? You know, like you have to be this smart to post on this blog. That would certainly clean things up.
DawginLex
October 7th, 2011
2:35 pm
you would be the 1st one diqualified Boobie
Lee
October 7th, 2011
2:36 pm
UGA fans are retarded… There are mispellings on here, guys calling Tech UGA Tech, wtf it’s not the university of georgia tech. morons everywhere, read a book occasionally, or get an education, and stop trolling on a GA tech article. I know you’re tired of going 7-5 every year but you chose to root for that redneck school, so leave us alone.
Correction - UNC was ranked and has votes
October 7th, 2011
2:38 pm
“None were ranked in the AP poll at the time Georgia Tech defeated them. None are ranked now. None can even cling to hope in the “others receiving votes” category.”
Granted this is true for the AP, but North Carolina was ranked 25 the week we played them and currently has 10 votes in the USA Today Poll
Doug the Jacket
October 7th, 2011
2:38 pm
Would you and your co-workers please drop the NCAA comments (later to be stripped), please. It ain’t over til is over.
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
2:40 pm
I likes it when my daddy made us take turns washin down the Ford. I’s just simple country folk. I also likes to do the occasional dance with a farm animal too. Momma never did like it when she’d catch me doing that.
Richt`s Hammer
October 7th, 2011
2:42 pm
I can recruit punks better than Johnson. Johnson is an evil man who does evil things to win.
We are good christians at UGA. Someone stole my car last night in Athens. Russ was in it and my extra pair of red panties.
Lee
October 7th, 2011
2:43 pm
GSU stud, you don’t even go to a real school in a BCS conference jeez, get a life, GSU would be 3-2 at best right now with our schedule. You’re recruiting average for the last 4 years is probably right around 2.1. Kansas is at 2.7 or so and they are terrible, don’t bring that garbage in here.
Richt`s Hammer
October 7th, 2011
2:44 pm
Lord what a beatdown in Tenn. this weekend. DA RICK is going to score 10 touchdowns and run off with two of our cheerleaders.
Maryland Jacket
October 7th, 2011
2:45 pm
Stay classy guys.
Anywho, I’m calling a three-touchdown, three-turnover performance by Maryland, one of those turnovers being a pick-six
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
2:46 pm
And by dance I mean filthy farm animal tom-foolery not fit for folks under 17
Footbalfan
October 7th, 2011
2:46 pm
NiquePhotog – every game you have matched up, the team UGA played would win. When NC played Tech, NC was 25, because they had beaten James Madison, Rutgers and Virginia. Tech was 24, because they had beaten Western Carolina, Middle Tennessee, and Kansas. Tech is 13, because they have an additional win over NC State. The next two weeks they play two powerhouses, Maryland and Virginia. Now that is something to brag about. What a joke! Most SEC teams, including UGA, would be undefeated with that schedule. None of the teams Tech has played so far could beat either Ole Miss or Miss State. Most couldn’t beat Coastal Carolina.
Footbalfan
October 7th, 2011
2:48 pm
I love lamp
GT Dad
October 7th, 2011
2:48 pm
I tend to agree with GTRay, I’ve been pleasantly surprised so far this season, but don’t really think we are the 13th best in the country right now. If/when we lose, we will drop like a lead balloon.
That’s not to say we haven’t made HUGE strides from last year (yes, I was even at the Indy Bowl!). This year our guys seem to have passion and a “fire”. But they have a long way to go. For tomorrow’s game, we need to start strong and stay strong and not lose one that we are expected to win. (Please don’t let off the gas like last week.)
Go Jackets!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Footbalfan
October 7th, 2011
2:50 pm
I LOVE LAMP!!!!
duroniomo
October 7th, 2011
2:50 pm
I’m a UGA fan but the fact is that Johnson has been a good coach everywhere he’s been. What’s going on at Tech is not surprise. It may be a young team without stars by who want’s to play them? His offense rises and falls on whether or not they put the ball on the ground. When the play pretty much mistake free, they can beat anyone. The beauty of the offense is that they score quickly on poor teams and with time consuming drives on good teams. For a college football offense, it has all the bases covered. Playing mistake free is the key.
dawggone
October 7th, 2011
2:51 pm
ALL these jawga uneducated idiots come on the TECH blog talking smack about our schedule when your in the so called tough conference in the universe and you get by without having to play bama, LSU,ARK, yea I’ll give you Boise but Gamecocks weren’t who we thought they were and you got Vandy, kentucky, ole miss, miss state. Don’t tell me about your freaking hard schedule cause if you ask me it’s worse than the jackets and really unfair to all the other sec teams that have to man up and play the big boys in the sec.That’s all.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 7th, 2011
2:52 pm
Tennesee, 6.3 millions residents, 3 last names.
duroniomo
October 7th, 2011
2:52 pm
I love lamp too. No know difference between possessive use of words. I sometimes get their, they’re, there mixed up also. Maybe Richt’s tutors will lend me some help?
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
2:53 pm
I’s likes it when the cow goes moo.
JB
October 7th, 2011
2:53 pm
Regular on here and Dawg fan. I think Tech has a good team but will still struggle against a very athletic team,,,as duh anyone one would. There is very little doubt Johnson is a good coach with a different system, but will not win a NC title with it, due to not enough athletes to shut down a great team with their defense. Imagine Tech’s D trying to stop Oklahoma. Paul will win 8-10 games a year in the ACC .If he had a D like Bama or LSU, he would be unbeatable.
Omnipotent One
October 7th, 2011
2:57 pm
GT > Boise > UNC > USCe > UGA > Miss St > NC St > Kansas > Ole Miss
NiquePhotog
October 7th, 2011
2:59 pm
Footbalfan,
First, learn to spell footbalL.
Second, why are you so ignorant? Don’t put words in my mouth. I was comparing our season schedules, not the games we’ve played so far. I admitted than we haven’t played many good teams yet, besides UNC.
Kansas has beaten McNeese St. and Northern Illinois. Ole Miss has beaten Southern Illinois and Fresno State. Same GD thing.
Miss St. has beaten Memphis and squeaked by Louisiana Tech. NC State has beaten Liberty State and South Alabama. Same GD thing.
Need I continue?
I do concede that Boise would probably beat Clemson, but it’d be a HELLUVA lot closer than the UGA Boise game.
GTFan
October 7th, 2011
3:01 pm
It’s pretty sad when UGA focuses on our season, rather then their own!!!!
GT/FL football fan
October 7th, 2011
3:02 pm
Don’t be to delusional Omnipotent one We’re good, but not better than Boise st, and we have several tough games up ahead.
GTFan
October 7th, 2011
3:04 pm
LET THE BIG DAWG EAT!
October 7th, 2011
2:20 pm
You are absolutely right! With the “HIGH SCHOOL” teams they are playing they should be winning.The ALMOST COMPETITIVE CONFERENCE is a joke!
Please, the SEC is a joke!!!!! There’s only a few schools that are good in the SEC, the rest suck!!
Mark K.
October 7th, 2011
3:08 pm
Of course it’s not a surprise. Dude’s numbers are sick!!
http://coachesbythenumbers.com/coach-profile/?coach=Paul+Johnson
Jeff Schultz
October 7th, 2011
3:10 pm
Johnny Destructo — Are you looking to get banned? Because I can make that happen. I’ll give you one more chance, just to show you I’m a nice guy.
Nativebird
October 7th, 2011
3:10 pm
My Jackets will always be good when our opponent has one week to prepare. I guess when you’re described as a word that sounds like “Rick” but starts with P, going 8 and 3 and gettng blown out every bowl season will keep your job at least for a few full recruiting classes. But eventually, any program that wants to break out of betther-than-sucking mediocrity will have to move on.
NiquePhotog
October 7th, 2011
3:11 pm
Let’s Check the sagarin ratings…
Western Carolina #198 = Coastal Carolina #146
MTSU #119 = New Mexico State #148
Kansas #71 = Ole Miss #77
NC State #72 = Miss State #54
Maryland #64 = Kentucky #91
Duke #86 = Vandy #59
UNC #26 = USC #23
Virginia #74 = Tenn #30
Miami #46 = Auburn #17
Clemson #9 = Boise #5
VT #16 = Florida #11
Pretty freaking close if you ask me. Should have switched Duke and Maryland though. Both Miami and Auburn are highly inconsistent.
Jeff Schultz
October 7th, 2011
3:16 pm
DentalDawg — One more like that, you’re also out.
Burdell
October 7th, 2011
3:17 pm
Get ‘em Schultzie!!!
BobDog
October 7th, 2011
3:19 pm
I thought Paul Johnson was a good hire for Tech from the beginning. He’s turning out to be the class act I expected him to be. Tech will never consistently recruit 4 and 5 star athletes, but Johnson will have an eye for the kind of athletes he needs for his system and meld them into solid teams year in and year out. It’s worked everywhere he’s been and will keep working at Tech.
Good luck to y’all until Thanksgiving Saturday.
Unbiased Observer
October 7th, 2011
3:19 pm
@NiquePhotog
Tech Opponents Average Rank = 71
UGA Opponents Average Rank = 61
Close, but neither is impressive. You aren’t arguing over which is best, but which is worst.
Burdell
October 7th, 2011
3:19 pm
We had football Friday at work today…e’one got to wear their favorite team’s regalia.
Managers and Scientists — mostly Tech gear..a few Clemson…a few VT..
Technicians and admin assistants — UGA
GO JACKETS!!!
Unbiased Observer
October 7th, 2011
3:21 pm
Huh? Didn’t know Burger King employed Scientists.
NiquePhotog
October 7th, 2011
3:23 pm
Unbiased,
Agreed. I was just disproving the myth that just being in the SEC automatically makes a schedule harder. I guess when your team is as bad as UGA’s, you gotta jump on the SEC bandwagon to make yourself feel relevant.
bamaguy
October 7th, 2011
3:26 pm
This is all just banter and opinion for now. We will see how good GT is when they play Clemson, the team that smacked the SEC/National defending champion around. You beat Clemson, I jump on the GT bandwagon.
JM
October 7th, 2011
3:30 pm
I thought UNC was 3-0 and ranked when they played in Atlanta?
GTBob
October 7th, 2011
3:34 pm
Tech’s season will be defined in the VT and Clemson games. Until then just enjoy the ride.
OkieDawg
October 7th, 2011
3:36 pm
Tech is 5-0 and ranked #13. You would think someone would buy tickets so that pop-up add that shows up every time I go to AJC sports would go away. They are practically giving away tixs and no one wants them. Come on Techies, support your team.
UGA JOE
October 7th, 2011
3:36 pm
FARM ANIMALS SCREAM MOOOOOO.
GT Jeff
October 7th, 2011
3:38 pm
BobDog = Classy Dog!
UGAJOE = Classless Dog!
Nice article. I personally feel GT is ranked too high. The offence is potent, the defense scares me at times. CPJ has to be one of the best in the business. He does take 1-3 star players and builds them into men. I also think that his offense could win a NC. The numbers speak for themselves.
Boca Baby
October 7th, 2011
3:40 pm
1-10 Nothing more needs to be said.
PerimeterCenterJacket
October 7th, 2011
3:44 pm
Arguing about it is pointless, but the fact is in the first 2 games we said that we wouldn’t know about this team until Kansas. After Kansas we said, ok, next we have to be on par with the mid-level ACC teams. We’re seeing some early success there with UNC and NC State. We’re not out of that part yet. We have to beat Maryland, Virginia and Miami before we get through that mid-level portion of the slate. We STILL will not know anything until we play Clemson and VT. After those two games we’ll know if we can beat Georgia. Basically, going 8-0 wouldn’t mean anything more than we’ve achieved “good-by-ACC-standards” but going 9-0 would tell us we’ve achieved the status of “something special.” Only then will I expect greatness out of this Tech team.
The offense needs to get back on track, and the defense (without Drummond or Attaochu) needs to continue learning to tighten up against stiffer competition.
Omnipotent One
October 7th, 2011
3:49 pm
GT Jeff – CPJ has NEVER taken a 1-star player at GT….most of our recruits are in the 3-star to 4-star range…a few 2-stars are taken if they perform well at our camps.
Omnipotent One
October 7th, 2011
3:51 pm
Perimeter, UGA is in line with UNC and NC St and Miami….they are all mediocre mid-level teams. Our worries aren’t with UGA….they are with Clemson and Va Tech.
Evansdawg
October 7th, 2011
3:52 pm
ACC – Atlantic Conference of Cupcakes.
AP
October 7th, 2011
3:56 pm
Johnson better not do too well or a bigger time program will begin sniffing around the flats.
GT Jeff
October 7th, 2011
3:57 pm
Omnipotent One – I agree, my point was that CPJ and take players and mold them into what he need of them. I was sad when O’leary left. I am happy that everyone thinks that the option is a high school offense. Just don’t come calling on our coach.
Evansdawg – that was a good one. do you know any original insults or can you only repeat things that you have heard? Kudos for remembering it though.
Steve
October 7th, 2011
3:57 pm
Evansdawg
Since your team plays in the SECLeast, maybe you should start arguing conference affiliation with the MAC. I don’t think the real SEC (you know, the SECWest) wants anything to do with you apart from having a punching bag in Atlanta the first weekend in December.
PerimeterCenterJacket
October 7th, 2011
3:59 pm
Omnipotent One, I wouldn’t dare speculate on a late-season out-of-conference game until we’ve beaten some quality opponents in our own conference. UNC might find the rankings again at some point, because that’s a decent football team. My goal is to see Tech do well at the end of the season, and right now I’m optimistic only with a great deal of caution. 5-0 is good. It means we have some firepower in the offense. But that’s really still all we can know for now. 13th in the country? I think that’s a whole lot of good faith put into us by the media. We can only earn it with big margins of victory over our mid-level conference opponents until we get the chance to host Clemson and VT. Style points are our friend against weak competition if respect is what we want.
BobbyDodd21/20
October 7th, 2011
4:01 pm
One thing I like is the low ball & misdirection of the backfield, tuff for linebackers & db’s to commit in a particular direction…and Simms guy, pls. no more drops…focus….we win….
AP
October 7th, 2011
4:01 pm
Also, one or two big time games a year, what the ACC provides, may not be enough to stroke the ego Johnson has and is developing due to his short term success. Sorry, but the truth is, week in and week out the ACC does not provide the intrigue the rest of the nation does. Johnson realizes this and could bolt for a school that fills its stadium for conference games every Saturday.
Dawg '88
October 7th, 2011
4:09 pm
you’re right…it should be no surprise what Yech has done with one of the weakest schedules in history. When they play someone, then lets talk. Otherwise, that terrible defense that is giving up a record amount of points demonstrates that its not a good team….its a team with a good offense.
Where’s the D?
PerimeterCenterJacket
October 7th, 2011
4:10 pm
AP, trust me, Tech fans (and the GTAA) are well aware of how disinterested Atlantans are to watch games against ACC competition not named FSU, Clemson, or VT. There’s just so little passion for the fans (and really no bragging rights to be gained if we win) in playing Wake, BC, Miami, NCSU, UVA, Maryland, etc. The fans want to see us play SEC games, but CPJ wants the schedule to be identical to this season’s. It is what it is. Tech’s only chance at drawing fans is not to rely on big rivalries (we left all of ours in the SEC) but to ourselves be an exciting team to watch (kinda like why people tune in to see Oregon.) We’re doing it so far. Early season indications are that our offense is highlight-reel fuel. The late-season slate against CU, VT, and Georgia will fill the stadium, though. Our fans do like those particular matchups.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
4:15 pm
@1:29 “Until they start playing at least other BCS eligeable non-conference teams during the year”
Georgia Tech – Kansas
Georgia – ?
The Mountain West is not a BCS automatic qualifier conference.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
4:19 pm
@Boca Baby – Why 10? Is that arbitrary, or is the number of seasons that Mark Richt has completed at Georgia?
GTFan
October 7th, 2011
4:19 pm
OkieDawg
October 7th, 2011
3:36 pm
Tech is 5-0 and ranked #13. You would think someone would buy tickets so that pop-up add that shows up every time I go to AJC sports would go away. They are practically giving away tixs and no one wants them. Come on Techies, support your team.
You want to talk about supporting your team? How about you use your own advice. There was plenty of empty seats when UGA was losing to Boise, and South Carolina. Heck, even the announcers were making comments on it. I am pretty sure UGA is not selling out seats, even though that’s what you wanna believe.
bamaguy
October 7th, 2011
4:20 pm
How about this. All the UGA fans are saying “we win out and we win the SEC east and play for the Championship”. Maybe the GT fans should be saying “We win out and we will play Alabama/LSU for the National Championship!”
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
4:22 pm
Dawg ‘88 – Georgia’s schedule is ideal for winning the SEC East. Unfortunately, it was misplayed such that South Carolina has to lose another SEC game.
GTFan
October 7th, 2011
4:22 pm
Dawg ‘88
October 7th, 2011
4:09 pm
you’re right…it should be no surprise what Yech has done with one of the weakest schedules in history. When they play someone, then lets talk. Otherwise, that terrible defense that is giving up a record amount of points demonstrates that its not a good team….its a team with a good offense.
Where’s the D?
Well, the Dawgs or Dogs (the correct way) didn’t even have the potential to play against Boise. I can’t even believe you thought you had a chance. HAHAHA!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:23 pm
There were TONS of empty seats in Athens last week. I bet percentage-wise attendance at Tech is no worse than at UGA this year. Just because the stadium is so big, doesn’t guarantee that it’s full. Sanford and Son Stadium will be full for Auburn this year, and that’s about it, and that mainly because Auburn will fill it up.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:25 pm
UGA’s strength of schedule this year is built around Boise State and Ga Tech. Other than USC(east) nobody else UGA plays this year is worth a darn, although Florida might have been if Brantley had not gotten hurt.
PerimeterCenterJacket
October 7th, 2011
4:27 pm
bamaguy, GT fans (with some exceptions) try to stay realistic. IF Tech were to win out (notice my big IF there) it would probably not be enough to go to the big dance unless the margins of victory stayed impressive. And that means finding more defensive improvement to accompany offensive consistency. And we’d also have to be extremely well-prepared for Clemson, VT, Georgia, and whomever we’d play for the ACC-CG. And again, all with style points on top. It’s the only way an undefeated ACC team who started outside the rankings would make it past a one-loss LSU, Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon, etc. I trust these coaches to put us in position to win every game, but I don’t trust the young team to get it done. I will be there for all of it, though…
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:30 pm
Perimeter, the important thing is that, regardless of how the rest of this season plays out, we are on the verge of something really big at Tech. We are just witnessing the beginning, and I am happy and proud to be there every week to see it.
Jason
October 7th, 2011
4:31 pm
UGA Joe – you seem to be missing the point.
Tech has a lot of hope and optomism that they are starting to come into their own with Johnson as head coach. Meanwhile there seems to be a lack of confidence in the coach in Athens, with many wondering if the team will ever get better. The point is that the schools seem to be going in opposite directions regardless of their past.
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
4:32 pm
Shultz…on a Friday afternoon before a big college football Sat, would you go bush league and talk abt a team that lives on a cupcake sched. They will be exposed for what they are even if it takes until No. you know this and every little fake pump me some sunshine up my geeky butt bug fan knows it. Shultz write abt the best conf in the land..and the big game to Atlantans…the Dawgs going to Knox
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:33 pm
Hey, Perimeter, what part of the stadium are your seats in? Are you in or anywhere near the upper east stands. Several of us Tech bloggers who are up there, and in a couple of cases in the north stands, are going to try to meet either before the game or at halftime tomorrow just for the opportunity to say hi and put faces with names? Care to join us?
PerimeterCenterJacket
October 7th, 2011
4:33 pm
Right on, Surpersize. This year’s team is young, and we’re at the beginning of this. In the words of McDonalds – I’m lovin it!
Getting up early to tailgate get fired up for the game. Go Jackets!
DF
October 7th, 2011
4:33 pm
Unc was rankd 25th in the coeaches when we played them
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
4:33 pm
Bill King’s blog yesterday outlined the punitive measures being taken against the student body for not using their tickets. That was from an Email to Bill, and it had a lot of insight into the problems with empty seats, not only at Georgia, but around the country.
PerimeterCenterJacket
October 7th, 2011
4:35 pm
I’m in Upper North (bought the cheaper season tix as I’m a lowly recent grad).
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:37 pm
Cdpridg, just because it’s a big rivalry, which incidentally, Tennessee leads, does not mean it’s a big game. Knoxville this Saturday will be a battle between 2 mediocre teams with nowhere to go. What Shultz, and most sane football fans, are saying is that Tech is putting up big numbers, regardless of the opponents and is at least worthy of notice. Nobody outside of Knoxville and Athens is giving any notice to what happens in Athens, because regardless of who wins the SEC east, they’re going to get BLASTED by LSU or Bama.
calvin
October 7th, 2011
4:38 pm
‘Reggie Ball’ said:
“Actually, Tech is not the 2009 ACC champions – don’t believe me – ask the NCAA.”
Yet Tech WON the 2009 ACC Championship game. Until the NCAA invents
a time machine and goes back and changes history, it’s just talking
and threatening and intimidating. I’ll stick with actual history
as lived.
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
4:38 pm
Jason….even in a UGA down year and a perceived bug decent season…tell me who is your daddy and who will be whipping u for what I lose count…10 of 11? Really what is it like 32 of the last 40 or something…..just forget abt football bug and go back down in the basement
PerimeterCenterJacket
October 7th, 2011
4:38 pm
By the way, Tech fans, some trivia. Today is the 113th anniversary of Tech opening its doors to students and also the 95th anniversary of The Game of The Century wherein Tech shutout Cumberland 222-0. That’s still officially the most lopsided score in any recorded game of American football.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:39 pm
Well, Perimeter if you can (and want to) get from upper north to upper east, say at halftime, I’m sure we would all enjoy meeting you. I know you can get from lower north to upper east; I don’t know about getting from upper north to upper east
GT Jeff
October 7th, 2011
4:40 pm
Cdpridg – please talk in complete sentences. It’s really hard to read you post.
Ken
October 7th, 2011
4:40 pm
it’s laughable to read uga posters talk about a schedule when they haven’t beaten a single team worth a crap this year and that sc loss is looking worse and worse each week. when you beat a team with a winning record, then you can say something. you have nothing to stand on at this point and if bama or lsu played our schedule, they would be 5-0 just like us.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:41 pm
Cpdridg, keep holding on to the past. I guess that’s all you have anymore.
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
4:42 pm
Supersize….lol any Sec game or even a winless UGA/UT game is bigger with,ore tradition and moves the masses more than any game that a bug would play in. your lucky tout 35,000 in that crap stadium..UGA/UT…combines to sellout 200,000…so just keep it shut so u dont look foolish which I know as a bug man is hard to do
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
4:43 pm
Notice that UNC is in the “others receiving votes” in the Coaches’ Poll. Tennessee is the only SEC team in that category. Here is the bottom of that list:
North Carolina 10, Tennessee 6, Iowa 5, Air Force 3, Southern Miss 3, Ohio State 1, Cincinnati 1, Duke 1
Ken
October 7th, 2011
4:43 pm
what is it like to lose 18/21 to florida, a team that you are the equal to in regards to recruits. at least everyone knows you’re suppose to beat us most of the time. and i wouldn’t thump your chest too much after you lucked out the past two years in beating us. yes, 09 was luck in thomas dropping a pass and last year, going for it twice on 4th down, two costly fumbles and a missed extra point and we still lost by a point–not counting the freebie to outwit your dimwit coach.
PerimeterCenterJacket
October 7th, 2011
4:43 pm
Ok we can see about that. Kind of depends on what the family wants to do. Lots of times there’s a lot of hands to shake at halftime and lots of “Oh hey, it’s been so long how’s your momma?”-talk to get through. I have been known to move down to lower East occasionally.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:44 pm
Cpdridg, once again, the number of fans at the game doesn’t say diddly squat about the quality of the teams playing nor the relevancy or importance of the game. Nobody cares about that game tomorrow except the mutts and the hillbillies
Ken
October 7th, 2011
4:45 pm
i guess when the cubs come to play next season braves fans should mock them because of their stadium size. man is that argument so lame. uga rednecks very insecure and jealous of gt and cpj. now that is funny.
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
4:46 pm
Gt jeff…have u ever carried on a convo with a girl…..you know the opposite sex? Such an awkward pathetic fanbase…lol
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:47 pm
Perimeter, if you are interested, drop an email to supersizerorder@yahoo.com with some kind of proof that it’s actually you, and I will give you what few details there are about meeting. The early start time will probably result in those of us in upper east not being able to meet up till halftime.
GT Jeff
October 7th, 2011
4:47 pm
cdprig – your still breaking up. I’m not sure what having a conversation with a girl has to do with you lack of grammar.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:49 pm
You got to love it when the mutts can’t say anything intelligent, they resort to stadium size arguments, past history, name calling and belittling, and other displays of sheer lack of intelligence or class. Thankfully, there are a few true dawg fans on here who put the mutts on here to shame.
Boyz From North Ave
October 7th, 2011
4:49 pm
If we had a defense to match our O, we would be Top 5 this year….I can dream, there is no law against it!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:50 pm
And of course, they seem to love to try to make some kind of point about Johnson’s appearance, like that has anything whatsoever to do with football or coaching ability.
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
4:51 pm
Supersize…dont fool yourself son…..Dawgs whip your butts by 3td’s in the joke tomorrow if playedSize of stadium does matter nimrod…..shows the history, support and tradition of a program which you bugs have not had any since your great grandfather in the 20’s….it is happy hour…enjoy yourselves bug boys
Mike
October 7th, 2011
4:52 pm
I have no idea how to take articles like this. Is it really a big deal to beat UNC minus a ton of NFL talent, NC St minus possibly the nation’s best QB, Kansas, and two FCS opponents? Johnson is correct. They havent arrived. These arent the games anyone expects Johnson to lose no matter who he lines up with. These teams do not have the defensive discipline to stand up to the option offense…period. Nor do they have the offensive firepower necessary to make up the difference.
As long as the ACC is playing Conference USA level football, Johnson will win more than his share of games and get to a bowl. The question is what happens then? What happens when a team has a month to prepare for his offense? What happens when the ACC decides to wake up and play football again? What happens if UGA’s defense is for real who already slowed Johnson down enough to win when it was average at best? That is where the option typically fails the test.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
4:54 pm
There are internet connections in prison libraries for those who have been on their best behavior. Then they blow with weirdo posts on AJC blogs. Recidivists never learn.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:55 pm
Cdpridg, the mutts haven’t beat Tech by that much since 2000, and it sure ain’t going to happen this year. By the way, since you seem to dwell on the past so much, did you know that the two largest winning margins in the Tech – UGA series are held by Tech? No, I’m sure you didn’t know that, because that is a fact, and mutts like you ignore facts. Size of stadium matters, huh? Then why has USC(east) filled up that stadium in Columbia every game every year like forever, and they have had one good team in the past 25 years? Big crowds do not produce big wins; never have, never will.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
4:55 pm
Mike – That has been taken care of. Georgia scheduled Ga. Southern just before the Tech game.
Ken
October 7th, 2011
4:56 pm
attn mike
unc has two defensive players they will be nfl first early second round picks in the coming draft.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
4:57 pm
Mike, WHEN has UGA slowed down Johnson’s offense. Georgia won the past two games (by VERY SMALL margins) because of Tech mistakes and lousy Tech defense. You haven’t slowed down anything.
stan
October 7th, 2011
4:58 pm
UGA people worry about your own team gee wiz!!
Ken
October 7th, 2011
4:59 pm
and according to this they will both go in the first round
i don’t see any ugag players going in the first round and 1-2 late second.
http://www.draftsite.com/nfl/mock-draft/2012
GTBob
October 7th, 2011
5:00 pm
@Mike, what happens when this, what happens when that, blah blah blah. We have been hearing this for years now. Just face it. Everyone’s prediction that GT can’t win with Paul Johnson is proven false now. Nothing is going to change that.
Ken
October 7th, 2011
5:02 pm
funny who won between unc tenn last year in a home game for tenn? i seem to forget
Just Wondering
October 7th, 2011
5:03 pm
Dawginlex – A Kentucky hick who lives in Lexington and roots for the dogs trashing Knoxville….now thats funny!!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
5:04 pm
yeah, Ken, how about that !!! LOL That would be UNC 30 – Tenn 27
George O'Leary
October 7th, 2011
5:07 pm
I own the rednecks in Athens
Ken
October 7th, 2011
5:11 pm
hmm jeff sagarin has unc ranked higher than georgia and tennessee
Ken
October 7th, 2011
5:14 pm
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt11.htm
wreckmaniac
October 7th, 2011
5:14 pm
Bodog.com odds against winning the ACC championship at the beginning of the season:
FSU – 3:2
Va Tech – 11:5
Miami- 9:2
UNC- 7:1
Clemson- 16:1
GA Tech – 40:1
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
5:15 pm
Gonna love it when the SEC realigns and the mutts have to play Bama AND Auburn every year, plus another permanent SEC West team on the schedule. Guess they’ll make it one of the Miss schools, since you know it won’t be one of the good SEC West teams.
uga = sec doormats
October 7th, 2011
5:16 pm
mikey pooo – last year you lost your bowel game to a conference usa team coached by O’Leary who owns uga..
uga = sec doormats
October 7th, 2011
5:17 pm
uga will never compete for a national championship as long as they have mark richt. They will always by chumpions in the state of GA.
GT in my blood... always
October 7th, 2011
5:27 pm
This needs to be reposted frequently to remind dawggies what a grotesque embarrassment they are.
Georgia Tech had the nation’s best average SAT score for football players, 1028 of a possible 1600, and best average high school GPA, 3.39 of a possible 4.0. But because its student body is apparently very smart, Tech’s football players still scored 315 SAT points lower than their classmates.
Many schools routinely used a special admissions process to admit athletes who did not meet the normal entrance requirements. More than half of scholarship athletes at the University of Georgia, the University of Wisconsin, Clemson University, UCLA, Rutgers University, Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University were special admits. . . At Georgia, for instance, 73.5 percent of athletes were special admits compared with 6.6 percent of the student body as a whole.
Why doesn’t the AJC ever ask McGarity or Richt about those “special admits”??
Ha
October 7th, 2011
5:34 pm
UGA Joe is a pickle smoking ball juggler.
Tech Fans
October 7th, 2011
5:41 pm
Trust me. We’ll never get used to winning.
Tech Fans
October 7th, 2011
5:42 pm
But…
We’re academically superior.
Why, our basketball players are so smart that they complete their entire college education in a single year!
RipK46
October 7th, 2011
5:44 pm
These SEC fans absolutely kill me. You guys always praise your conference. I know all about the championships. There are other good teams out there fellas – i.e. Boise State.
Just remember, conferences cycle every so often. Teams that have been on top (Florida, Tennessee and Auburn for that matter) are not what they used to be. If you use any kind of logic and look at the game for what it is, teams like Tech and Clemson, should be extremely concerning for any team facing them as we reach the midpoint and home stretch of the season. Coach Johnson is the real deal AND he’s getting his recruits into his system. Get better on D and they are tough to beat.
heeldawg
October 7th, 2011
5:47 pm
I don’t disagree that CPJ is a good coach–and his system works great for Tech. But Mark Richt is, in your estimation, “on the hot seat,” and I could nevertheless almost guarantee that Georgia would also be 7-0 against Tech’s first seven opponents–and that Tech would be either 5-2 or, at best, 6-1 against Georgia’s first seven opponents (I don’t see them beating Boise under any circumstance). So is the CPJ genius designation truly earned here, or just a function of the soft ACC schedule? If Richt had played the same schedule and gone 7-0 to start the season, would you be proclaiming that the Dawgs were back?
Personally, I think either proclamation is premature.
It’s no surprise that Tech is winning. I’ll agree with that. But it’s no surprise simply because they have played a lineup filled with creampuffs. I’ll rest my judgement until after they have played against Virginia Tech, Clemson and Georgia. Win those games and we can talk. Making this sort of pronouncement now is like George W. Bush’s “mission accomplished” statement of a few years back–just a wee bit early.
wreckmaniac
October 7th, 2011
5:47 pm
The new SEC aligment will have UGA, both Mississippi’s, Kentuck, Vandy and two other lightweights so that UGA can be in a division it can win.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
5:50 pm
Where does this special admits info come from?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
5:52 pm
heeldawg, I don’t believe anybody is claiming that the mission is accomplished. The point is that the mission is in action and progressing with success. Meanwhile, while Tech is progressing, Georgia seems to be regressing; they are certainly not getting any better, although with the relatively easy schedule that they have this year, a lot of fans and neutral observers are thinking that things are looking better, when in fact, they are not.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
5:53 pm
Tulane is under consideration by the Big 12. I read that in the NYTimes site last night. They have put a lot of money into facilities upgrades. For those that are too young to know, Tulane was in the SEC.
GTBob
October 7th, 2011
5:59 pm
So is the CPJ genius designation truly earned here, or just a function of the soft ACC schedule?
Most of the so called experts picked GT to finish in the bottom half of the ACC. We lost 5 of our last 6 games last year. We recruit mostly 2 and 3 star players. We lost our starting QB. Yet we are 5-0, ranked, and putting up monster numbers. If a coach’s team performs at a higher level then most expect then the coach is going to get credit. Sorry but that is how it is.
RipK46
October 7th, 2011
6:02 pm
In reference to @heeldawg. This is what I absolutely HATE about football right now. I’ve got to look at who my team has played and then “wonder” or “guess” what their record would be if they played your opponents. And to add to this goofiness, then we have to say – “well if your team played in my conference you would only be 6-1 or 5-2 or 4-3″. Soooooo stupid and a waste of time.
When Paul Johnson coached the Eagles down in the ‘boro, he just focused on winning football games. When he got to the PLAYOFFS, his Southern teams took care of business there too. When the dust had cleared, Ga. Southern was the last team standing – end of story – undisputed National Champions. I know, I know, this is a whole other argument. My point is that what Tech’s record would be if they played in your conference is irrelevant. Let’s settle it on the field!
heeldawg
October 7th, 2011
6:07 pm
Supersize, having been to four Georgia games this year (and having suffered through the ignominy of the past two seasons), here’s my take: Georgia actually is better this season, especially on defense. They are horribly inconsistent on offense, but the team overall is improved. Had it not been for a ridiculous turnover-fest against USCe, Georgia would be 4-1 right now with that one loss to a team that is a legitimate top ten team (and a team which would beat either of our respective squads 9 out of 10 times). That being said, the mental errors have to cease, and the team needs to move the ball consistently on offense to beat a good team. The Georgia team of 2011 is not anywhere near the Georgia teams of the 2002-2005 era, but it is getting there. Like Tech, they are very young, and make many of the mistakes that young teams make. Richt has done a good job of rooting out the thug elementthat should never have been there in the first place–note that Cornelius Washington’s arrest last weekend was the first one this season (as opposed to 14 last year).
That being said, I don’t to take away from what CPJ has done at Tech. This is not smoke and mirrors; Tech is actually better than the sum of its parts, which is more than I can say for my alma mater. If we could combine your team’s offense with Georgia’s defense, that would be a team worthy of challenging Alabama or LSU. Sorry it doesn’t work that way sometimes….
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
6:11 pm
The whobeat.net rankings are finally out for Week 5. Georgia Tech still at 14, tied with Auburn now instead of Florida.
snapshot
October 7th, 2011
6:15 pm
Don’t know how this year will play out but when Paul Johnson was hired, someone from Navy said that we were getting a great coach and in 4 or 5 years, we would see his magic on the football field begin to work. Maybe this is the first year of great things to come.
Go Yellow Jackets!
heeldawg
October 7th, 2011
6:15 pm
@RipK46: It doesn’t take an engineer to calculate that Georgia would probably sit at 7-0 with Tech’s schedule. My major point is that Tech hasn’t really played anyone good–and won’t until they hit that VT/Clemson/Georgia stretch. If they win those games (and they might), then CPJ’s done a truly great job. I’m merely getting onto Jeff for writing a fluff article which is largely based on exactly what Coach Johnson said is true–Tech’s better than the teams they have played. He’s stating the obvious and calling it insight. This is NOT an indictment of Tech or of CPJ, who has clearly done a good job of getting the most out of his players.
And GT Bob, as I said, CPJ deserves the credit for what he’s done. But there is a double standard at work here. That’s all I’m saying.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
6:21 pm
Correction: Auburn has 16 whobeat wins, and Georgia Tech is in a group with 15 including Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
Alabama leads with 27 whobeat wins, and Clemson and Michigan are tied with 26.
heeldawg
October 7th, 2011
6:25 pm
Supersize, having been to four Georgia games this year (and having suffered through the ignominy of the past two seasons), here’s my take: Georgia actually is better this season, especially on defense. They are horribly inconsistent on offense, but the team overall is improved. Had it not been for a ridiculous turnover-fest against USCe, Georgia would be 4-1 right now with that one loss to a team that is a legitimate top ten team. That being said, the mental errors have to cease, and the team needs to move the ball consistently on offense to beat a good team. The Georgia team of 2011 is not anywhere near the Georgia teams of the 2002-2005 era, but it is getting there. Like Tech, they are very young, and make many of the mistakes that young teams make. Richt has done a good job of rooting out the thug element that should never have been there in the first place–note that Cornelius Washington’s arrest last weekend was the first one this season (as opposed to 14 last year).
That being said, I don’t to take away from what CPJ has done at Tech. This is not smoke and mirrors; Tech is actually better than the sum of its parts, which is more than I can say for my alma mater. If we could combine your team’s offense with Georgia’s defense, that would be a team worthy of challenging Alabama or LSU. Sorry it doesn’t work that way sometimes….
GT/FL football fan
October 7th, 2011
6:26 pm
heeldawg you guys would do good with our schedule, but your loss would be to North Carolina, because that is a good team with one of the best defensive lines in college football. Georgia would have problems protecting Murray against them.
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
6:33 pm
See Shultz…this entire message board is about the Dawgs. The bug fan can talk to one another about football….they quickly bore from the lack of enthusiasm and knowledge about football…..we forgive you this once but you have been in the neighborhood long enough to know better…tech and some other crap acc schoolmlike Maryland or a true southern rivalry like UGA/UT…..trying not to bust on you too bad but come on….must be feeling empathetic and blah on a happy hour Friday before a big game in Neyland
RipK46
October 7th, 2011
6:35 pm
As stated as such, does this mean at UGA, with all the $$$, top recruits, resources, etc. Coach Richt is not getting the most out of his players? But, on the other hand, these bulldogs would just run rampant through the ACC? I love it. It’s that conference, strength of schedule, my team has it so much tougher than you do kind of nonsense. It makes about as much sense as UGA fans cheering for UF or LSU in their bowl games – ’cause they want to see the SEC conference when a bowl. It’d be a cold day in hell when you’d see me root for another ACC team to win their bowl game. It’s about how well your team does, nothing more and nothing less.
GT/FL football fan
October 7th, 2011
6:41 pm
Yup cdpridg in which you guys will lose that game, and continue to be behing us in the standings. you’ll get another loss from us in a couple weeks.
GT/FL football fan
October 7th, 2011
6:42 pm
Hopefully Brantley will be healthy by that time though.
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
6:48 pm
GT Fl fan….stay out of this…this is between Jeff and I. You are obviously the worst of fans…a true Tech fan trying to include a team that can actually compete with the Dawgs….cause your true love….the bugs….don’t stand a chance..
GT/FL football fan
October 7th, 2011
6:56 pm
With the way your offensive line is man, I can’t see why we can’t beat you guys in Atlanta this year. It won’t be like last year when Murray had all day in the pocket, that will change this year. I see the score being 24 to 20 going either way.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
7:04 pm
CDpridg, since when is a blog reserved for a fool like you posting crap to Jeff, but nobody else should have anything to say. You, BUBBA, are among the worst examples of a POS I have ever seen. Stupid, arrogant, redneck trailer trash—that’s what you are.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
7:04 pm
“GT Fl fan….stay out of this…this is between Jeff and I”
Send him a private email, then. jschultz@ajc.com
gt45
October 7th, 2011
7:04 pm
Little baby jawja fans having a ppn contest. The beautiful thing about us winning is it keeps about 98% of you off our blogs. I love the fact that noone says anything about PJ winning only with Chan’s recruits. I know, we ain’t played anybody. But we won. You will lose, AGAIN, tomorrow night, rest assured. I am confident we can win every game except Clem, and it may be the last man standing. You guys can’t be confident about anything. You wake up every Saturday with your fingers crossed!
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
7:08 pm
GT defense is no better…UGA defense is starting to resemble old junkyard D’s of the past. Just need to see it against better competition. Therefore I don’t believe the tech offense will have great success. The addition of Crowell the best back UGA has seen since Knowson…I don’t know man. maybe if UGA shoots themselves in the foot with penalties and Murray fumbles and throws picks…but isn’t that the only way Tech ever trips up and beats UGA…seems about right to me
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
7:09 pm
Chuck Oliver did a feature on Georgia’s O-Line this afternoon on 680thefan. He talked about the 2008-2010 guys not living up to lofty expectations, and how much better this unit is doing with “6 guys that can be counted on”, 3 vets plus 3 young guys.
gt45
October 7th, 2011
7:13 pm
cd, you ain’t played anybody but boise, and you sure stopped them!
Cdpridg
October 7th, 2011
7:14 pm
Supersize…I live in a 2 story home in Alpharetta…quit stereotyping…proves your ignorance son…..I never go on a Tech blog….just felt like it today to see if I could get a rise out of an insecure bug fan such as yourself. Mission accomplished supersize…lol and you are the perfect candidate with a smug thinks of himself as better than with a sign on like that….have fun now…your hopes will be squashed in November
threetrone
October 7th, 2011
7:15 pm
Ken banned me from his columns. I guess he wants choir boys to comment and does not want a male Tech grad with healthy threetrone expressing his health. Well sorry Ken, I not choir boy, and I’ve read alot worse in these Tech columns when Tech and Georgia fans go at it.
GT/FL football fan
October 7th, 2011
7:16 pm
Yeah should still be an interesting game though in November. Looking forward to the Florida/Georgia game though, hopefully you guys drop one to Tennessee, we have are hands full tomorrow with LSU, and can’t afford to lose another conference game.
Ken
October 7th, 2011
7:18 pm
wow what a catch by the az center fielder
gt45
October 7th, 2011
7:18 pm
Look at gt getting all this media love, except for Palmer and Po-lock! Ain’t it sweet gaggers?
GT FAN
October 7th, 2011
7:33 pm
Thanks for your words, Jeff. I feel good about GT. I’ve been a fan since 1962, and so far, this has been a feel-good year.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
7:45 pm
Cdpridg, I don’t care where you currently reside, you are still redneck trailer-trash scum. Deal with it.
Jacket Man
October 7th, 2011
7:47 pm
Considering the Yellow Jackets are the second youngest team in the Nation, they’re setting up nicely for the future as well.
http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/06/07/2011-starters-broken-down-by-class/
Dumb rednecks
October 7th, 2011
7:54 pm
The reason why our defense gives up more points is simple and it’s amazing some of you don’t realize it.
The opposing team in many cases gets the ball 3-4 times as many times as they would in a normal game because we score so quickly. When you average 55 points, the opposing team is going to score some. And about 35 points we’ve given up this year were on fluke plays. If you were scoring 55 a game you would be scored on a lot too… Like a drunk ho at johnnys hideaway.
FrankJacket
October 7th, 2011
7:57 pm
Great article, Jeff. I’ve never doubted our “high school offense” with a track record like CPJ’s. He’s a winner. Let’s just take care of Maryland tomorrow and get bowl eligible.
Alan
October 7th, 2011
7:58 pm
Wow jacketman. We will be really good next year and 2013. Exciting time to be a gt fan.
Factchecker
October 7th, 2011
8:00 pm
@Delbert D.: “Where does this special admits info come from?”
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/paper-trail/2008/12/30/athletes-show-huge-gaps-in-sat-scores
walter
October 7th, 2011
8:18 pm
UGA JOE
Well it looks like the doggies are finally coming out from under their rock (that outright whipping by Boise State).
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
8:20 pm
walter, they’ll go back under the rock (Rocky Top) that is, after Dooley Junior sticks it to them tomorrow
G
October 7th, 2011
8:22 pm
I think CPJ’s ACC championships, his winning bowl record, his winning record against the in state rival and his winning record against top 10 teams should speak for itself… Wait a minute….
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
8:24 pm
Factchecker – Thanks a lot.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
8:26 pm
Super – Some posters are sociopaths, plain and simple.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
8:26 pm
Delbert, which gate will you be entering? Gate 10 at North and Techwood?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
8:27 pm
Delbert, ya think? lol
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
8:28 pm
You know the one in particular I’m referring to on this blog today.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
8:29 pm
Super – I think I have to go near there for will-call to pick up my ticket. BTW, check e-mail.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
8:36 pm
Delbert, could be on of any number of trolls. LOL
I just got your email…..AWESOME!!!! Check my response. I’m logging out for awhile, but I will check email as well as here later.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
8:37 pm
Delbert, ok, if you have to go to Will Call, I think that’s at the other end. At any rate, I will do what I said in the email. TTYL
Gorilla Biscuit
October 7th, 2011
8:39 pm
Wouldn’t matter if you were 11-0. You’re going to lose game 12. Al Groh’s defense is lightweight.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
8:40 pm
lightweight fast and agile, unlike those thugs under Choke Grantham who couldn’t even stop those 2-star athletes from Boise State
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
8:41 pm
not only couldn’t stop them……were totally winded by the middle of the 2nd quarter.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
8:42 pm
I’m not disagreeing, but Boise State’s defense was lightweight.
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
8:43 pm
and did a pretty good job except against that one run by Boykin
Gorilla Biscuit
October 7th, 2011
8:52 pm
You’re not comparing your defense to Boise State’s are you? And I meant lightweight as in not too good.
GCS
October 7th, 2011
8:55 pm
Dont be surprised if Fresno gives boise a good game. Something the mutts couldn’t do
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
9:10 pm
I beg to differ. Boise State’s defense is pretty good, too.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
9:14 pm
Ole Miss scored 28 on them. The game’s at Fresno; if Boise State gets by this one, Air Force and TCU are at Boise. These 3 are the toughest games left for them.
Delbert D.
October 7th, 2011
9:20 pm
If Boise St., Stanford and Wisconsin finish undefeated, I imagine that Stanford gets in the BCS CG. That would put Boise St. in the Rose Bowl against Wisconsin. Or, Wisconsin could be higher rated and get the CG invite. That puts Boise St. somewhere else. If, if, if…
Only a few hours to go...
October 7th, 2011
10:05 pm
Only a few hours to go for the special tribute to Saint Jan Kemp for the dawg fans. You won’t want to miss this moving memorial to the courageous lady who exposed Vince Dooley’s sleazy remedial studies scam.
Stay tuned!
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
10:14 pm
Hey, Only…., will fake grades be handed out in her honor?
Safety Alert!
October 7th, 2011
10:23 pm
Safety Alert: Cornelius Washington will not be in Knoxville with the team. All drivers in north Georgia are warned to be on the alert if this drunkard is on the roads.
UGA won’t do anything about this drunk driver, so it’s up to you to stay alert and protect yourselves.
Rodney Dangerfield
October 7th, 2011
10:34 pm
WHAT? rexneffect told me that Tech would LOSE LOSE LOSE with CPJ’s recruited players.
WTF REX??
Rodney Dangerfield
October 7th, 2011
10:35 pm
Boise St will have no problems with Fresno St. You people on the rock?
Supersize that order, mutt
October 7th, 2011
10:47 pm
Boise State is up 30 – 0 at the half, unless Fresno scored since I turned it off
Rolling Along
October 8th, 2011
1:52 am
Schultz; “But now we look at the schedule and conclude it should beat Maryland on Saturday and Virginia next week”. There is no risk for you to conclude. CPJ and Tech can’t afford to conclude. The only thing for GT to do is continue to win and get better week by week. Like it or not, this offense gives Tech a chance. It’s an equalizer when you have 2 and 3 stars and the other guy has 4’s an 5’s. Besides that it is dang fun to watch, especially when the passing game is clicking and opening up the run.
P B Orr
October 8th, 2011
3:17 am
I’ve said this to friends and I’ll say it in public – Johnson reminds me of Bear Bryant. He’s got the same gruff demeanor, the same no BS attitude, and the same leadership skill with youngsters. He gets the most out of a TEAM. If they execute that offense, no one can stop them. Just like the Bear.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 8th, 2011
6:25 am
Bobby Dodd wouldn’t want anything or anybody at GT compared to Bear Bryant.
Get a life Jeff Schultz
October 8th, 2011
6:28 am
“when the Jackets were 20-7 and won an ACC championship (later to be stripped)”
Give me a break Jeff, what’s the relevance to this article by making this back handed comment.
You lose your credibility with this kind of crap.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 8th, 2011
7:03 am
Fans continue to compare GT with UGA which is ridiculous. UGA has 4 & 5 star athletes and is expected to win against similar or lesser teams. GT has 2 & 3 star athletes and should never beat UGA. But they do.
MP
October 8th, 2011
8:41 am
Love Johnson and his style..but the D must improve. If we had a very good D, we could beat anyone
Clemson well– it will be a battle!.
GT
October 8th, 2011
8:53 am
What always gets me about reporters and stories is the reaction they have off the reaction a coach has when the press is telling him he won’t win. We pay CPJ a lot of money and he takes his responsibity seriously. I don’t find the man cocky like some of the press, I find him not feeling guilty or defensive about want he is doing at Tech for all that money. When a reporter insults him by saying he can’t win he gets upset, hell I get upset. The man has done nothing but win, yet he barely got a press clipping coming here. When there is no support and even resistance it makes his job coaching young men to believe in him twice as hard. He didn’t deserve that treatment, especially when the man in Athens could do no wrong, yet was taking the players he wanted and not producing anything special. Richt was getting a pass because he said all the right things and entertain the press while Johnson was the weird one. The press did Georgia no favors as they are stuck with a big hat no cattle coach, and they did Johnson no favors yet wonder why he is the way he is.
Need Uga's help
October 8th, 2011
8:56 am
Joey boy! I’m starving dude. Get off your break and get my burger. I’ve got work to do!
GT
October 8th, 2011
8:59 am
Keep kissing up to Georgia and Richt, that stuff kills a good football team. You didn’t understand Johnson when he got here, so don’t screw stuff up now by a slow light turning on that this may be the real thing and Georgia may have the problems. Mad hell yes Johnson stays mad, it would be like telling you that what you writes sucks when I didn’t even read it.
nerds are funny
October 8th, 2011
9:02 am
The #13 team in the country still has to advertise game day tickets because not enough nerds go to the games. Yeah, good luck with recruiting folks. Good news though, Clemson and Georgia fans will make sure you have at least two sellouts. And two losses.
nerds are funny
October 8th, 2011
9:04 am
P B Orr
October 8th, 2011
3:17 am
I’ve said this to friends and I’ll say it in public – Johnson reminds me of Bear Bryant. He’s got the same gruff demeanor, the same no BS attitude, and the same leadership skill with youngsters. He gets the most out of a TEAM. If they execute that offense, no one can stop them. Just like the Bear.
I knew Bear Bryant and Johnson is NO Bear Bryant. This is a new low for techies. Comparing Johnson to Bryant. What a hoot!
Gatorman
October 8th, 2011
9:17 am
I surely hope this is the year, after the debacle last year. Washington runs the offense differently, running only when that is the best option. This will protect his shoulder from being hit so often it affects his passing. Really, if Washington could hit his open receiver regularly, this would make blow outs a regular thing. I like how the defense is playing, but sometimes they don’t have the strength up front or the speed in the secondary. PJohnson needs to learn what Barry Switzer learned at Oklahoma, flashy offense gets the head lines, but his big fast defenses won championship
GT
October 8th, 2011
9:40 am
Johnson is doing very well and really doesn’t need to learn anything from Barry Switzer. I don’t compare Bear to Johnson, I doubt Bear could do near as well with the talent Johnson is using. Though I bet Johnson could have done just as well if not better with Bear’s.
5150 UOAD
October 8th, 2011
10:24 am
Getting READY. See some of you at the game. Heading to MARTA in a few minutes.
It doesn’t look like the Jackets are wearing the Black helmets and jerseys. The players are at the stadium and are not tweeting back to the Questions on the Black uniforms.
bobby dodd
October 8th, 2011
10:52 am
Undefeated against who. Good Lord biggest powder puff schedule in the land. Even Ga. State would be undefeated with this schedule.
Not Disappointed
October 8th, 2011
11:07 am
Jeff, you wrote a damn good article! Go Jackets!
Rampage
October 8th, 2011
11:17 am
I smell a fake…..the real Bobby Dodd wasn’t a moron.
dawgfan
October 8th, 2011
1:32 pm
Absolutely no one on earth is surprised when somebody beats Western Carolina, Middle Tennessee St., Kansas, North Carolina, NC St., and now Maryland.
This is a dumb column, but not nearly as dumb as Mark Bradley’s column the other day where he claimed that Paul Johnson actually LIKES having a crappy defense. Somebody call a surgeon because the AJC needs its lips removed from CPJ’s butt cheeks STAT!!!
J Clay
October 8th, 2011
3:35 pm
Also should not be surprised they can’t sell out stadium, even when 5-0/#13 in the land. No excuse for that at all
jay
October 8th, 2011
3:47 pm
Not sure that Tech has played a team that really challenged them but they look damn
good. I hope the Dawgs D will smack them down later in the year.
TechRon
October 8th, 2011
5:21 pm
Tech was unimpressive. Remember, this is the Maryland team that was destroyed by Temple! We were lucky to win this game. Typical crummy defense. QB’s passing gets worse every week. Penalties and turnovers.. Nothing to be proud of. I guess we won, so that’s good, but I cannot believe that we can beat a good team. We have 4 of them coming up.
TechRon
October 8th, 2011
5:25 pm
And, to JClay’s comment above, I say: The reason they do not sell out is that no one really believes this is a real good team. If they beat a decent team and look good in all phases, I will believe. I don’t see that happening. They have looked great on offense in a few games, but this was against low level competition. Plus, in those games, the defense still looked bad. I think Buford could get 20 points on our defense.
Jim from Roswell
October 8th, 2011
5:53 pm
Still waiting for Tech to play a decent team. The Clemson game will be where we all find out.
wag
October 8th, 2011
10:42 pm
Hey SHultz Georgia won so suck it!!! But you are probably right about the falcons, it could get ugly. This is a Dawg fan saying good win today Tech.
yearofthedawg
October 8th, 2011
11:21 pm
No disrespect to Tech or CPJ, but the reason the winning isn’t a surprise is that the schedule is one cream puff after another. Jeff, many years ago you wrote that the Falcons were beating teams that stink… which means they don’t stink.
And Tech doesn’t stink. But are they the 13th best team in the country? They’ve done nothing to substantiate that. I dare say there are at least 13 teams that would be undefeated playing these 6 tomato cans. But they did at least beat them all, which counts for something.
Beat Clemson and the rest and then we’ll talk.
molar roller
October 8th, 2011
11:42 pm
After the last two weeks I’m beginning to feel like Tech could finish 6 wins and 6 loses. That way they might not even get to go bowling with 6 straight loses, which might be a blessing. They would not lose a bowl game again. CPJ has finally reached the point where people make a joke out of the offense he uses unless he is playing teams like Western Carolina.
kenny fincher
October 9th, 2011
12:32 am
Your right they should win, Playing ing in the acc does that mean awful coast conf. What would have happen to ga tech in front of 102′000 in knoxville tonight, more than likley not pretty. ya’ll keep drinking that awful coast conf. cool-aid.
Tech fans hide at Varisty
October 9th, 2011
5:35 am
Oh really shultz that like all those ripoffs picks u have where everyone is prefect…ha ha Now true Tech is 6-0 as much as a slaw dog with chillie where the morons Tech fans at hidin in toilet upper deck in end zone half empty upper deck behind 50 yard line half full…must be nice run mouth n Ga fills up still n fla gators n alabama …Oh yes they rather protest free enterprise for marxist ways here at GT. why stands not full yet is it hard find staduim on campus again!
AHill
October 9th, 2011
9:27 am
Does anyone have any info on the injured Maryland lineman? That looked very serious…thnx
reasonabledawg
October 9th, 2011
9:43 am
Congratulations, Yellow Jackets on a great start to your season! Like us, you can only play who is on your schedule and you have to beat them regardless of where they are ranked. I must admit that your showing on offense has been very impressive, and your QB is very impressive. All of these detractors (and it works both ways) that posit these hypothetical “if you played so and so” means nothing, and neither do these comparitive scores! Play hard and I hope you are undefeated when we beat you this year!!
smilnjac
October 9th, 2011
10:15 am
Defense does look to be the soft point, but I see improvement, hopefully it will continue. As always we will be our worst enemy. We need to stay focused and not stub our toes against Va and UM. I expect a great battle against Clemson. Both teams will be “UP” for that one.
Stevie Ray
October 9th, 2011
10:26 am
GT overated once again. No true competition until Clempson (which could be very ugly with porous and 4th quarter stuggling defense. My guess is 9-2 best case with VT being tough offensively, Clempson likely definite loss, UGA definite loss. No true offensive competition that is fast and multi-dimenson…..Perhaps they will at least fill the stands a couple times….
Danny G
October 9th, 2011
12:07 pm
Can’t fill up your little stadium for an ACC battle. That is just sad.
Gatorman
October 9th, 2011
1:05 pm
I may be wrong, but much of the 4th quarter was Washington left, right and up the middle. Was PJohnson afraid that Washington was too rattled to pitch or was the offensive line play that bad? After hitting his receivers in the first four games, he’s having difficulties actually hitting them with a catchable ball. In the next three weeks, he needs to get his game going again or there could be three losses, wiping out a terrific start.
*Breaking News*
October 9th, 2011
1:33 pm
Georgia Tech
has moved up to #12 in the Coaches Poll.
Good Job Jackets!
Tchnation
October 9th, 2011
1:39 pm
Maryland is a great team….probably should be in top 25…same with Virginia…and MTSu and West Car would probably give a lot of teams in the SEC a run for their money…why can’t everyone just admit that Tech is good…why aren’t we in the top 10? I mean 12 is okay, but we are 6-0 against some pretty good teams…why is Clemson ahead of us? Why Oregon? I feel confident that we could beat LSU or Bama the way we are playing right now.
Tchnation
October 9th, 2011
1:47 pm
One more thing…the lack of respect from UGA fans is starting to annoy me…all they ever bring up is our head to head record over the last 10 years…like that means anything…how about this year…we are 6-0, they are 4-2…we’re better…they never want to admit that…head to head matchups and results aren’t even that accurate…just because one team wins, does that mean they are really “better” than the other team…I say a teams record matters more….but not head to head record… just regular season record. Take 2009, yeah we lost to UGA, but we had a better record = we had a better team…head to head shouldn’t even come into play. So suck it dawg fans.
OkieDawg
October 9th, 2011
3:56 pm
@Tchnation…that must be some excellent koolaid you’re drinking.
Born2Buzz
October 9th, 2011
5:00 pm
The slaps at us for not filling the stadium up don’t really bother us anymore. We;re 6-0, ranked #12 and in position to be playing for the ACC Championship and a BCS bowl game.
Tchnation just proves that there are goofballs on both sides of the fence.
James
October 9th, 2011
6:38 pm
They play in the ACC.They have yet to beat or play a top 20 team.They cant sell out their stadium, but I still wish them well and hope they run the table in the ACC and leap into the top ten in the nation.Georgia will need that victory over a top 10 opponent.
LawDawg
October 10th, 2011
11:53 am
Schultz, you are so in the tank for this team it is ridiculous.
GT has had one of the easiest schedules in the country. They have not played a team in the top 25 and only UNC is arguably in the top 50 of 1A teams.
Barely beating a team that lost 38-7 to Temple is not impressive.
LawDawg
October 10th, 2011
11:54 am
Why do my comments never post on this blog? Am I being shut out because I think Schultz is a poor excuse for an analyst?
LawDawg
October 10th, 2011
11:54 am
Oddly that one posted, but the substantive one did not.
Ronald 1981-1988
October 10th, 2011
1:57 pm
Not going to happen James. Georgia doesn’t even play anyone in the SEC that’s worth a crap this year. Should be no problem winning the east and lose to Tech
Return to Glory
October 10th, 2011
4:31 pm
PAPER TIGER: what a wuss of a schedule, may happen before but if not Clemson will steam roll the nerds, and of course the annual beat down at the hands of the Dawgs awaits the most over ranked team in the land.
Return to Glory
October 10th, 2011
4:38 pm
Baaaaahh Baaah give me a break…. Tech beat LSU or Bama……haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…..what if Bama and LSU start their trainers and water boys the glorified high school offense would be crushed into pieces, plus Bama would grind Tech’s defense into dust by the 4th qtr….what a joke are you really making this statement with a straight face…come on I am a Dawg fan and I realize if we do win out and make it to the SEC championship game either Bama or LSU will beat us down,