Georgia opens as 5.5-point favorites over Tech (surprised?)
Mark Richt got the obligatory Gatorade shower after clinching the SEC East. (AP photo)
Paul Johnson's team is 8-3 but had some hiccups at Duke. (Johnny Crawford/AJC)
Welcome to Georgia-Georgia Tech week. Is it just me or does the point spread seem a little thin?
Most sports books have installed Georgia as a 5½-point favorite. Granted, the game will be played at Tech — home field is worth three points in wagering circles — and this is a rivalry game, which generally screams, “Beware!”
There’s also the uncertain status of Georgia running backs (either because of injury or immaturity).
But the Bulldogs (9-2) have won nine straight and secured a spot in the SEC championship game. The Jackets (8-3 after a 6-0 start) have had a better season than expected, but they just allowed 31 points to Duke in a 38-31 win (the Blue Devils entered the game ranked 99th nationally in scoring offense at 21.8 points per game).
Georgia is ranked 13th in the BCS and the Associated Press. Tech is 23rd and 25th, respectively. I would’ve thought given the way perceptions tilt, the line would open at 10 points or higher.
I’ll have more looking ahead to the game in the next few days, but I figured this would be a good place to start the banter.
By Jeff Schultz
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ok
November 21st, 2011
2:52 pm
Paul is twice the coach of richt fake tan and bobo redneck
kevin
November 21st, 2011
2:52 pm
It’s UGA’s game to win. They play well and it’s not even close. They play poorly and GT can sneak a win. UGA will not play poorly enough and will cover 5.5.
Just Wanna Say
November 21st, 2011
2:52 pm
Wait, why are people arguing over who has a better law school? That is perhaps the most ridiculous argument I have every seen on a FOOTBALL blog.
Don Draper
November 21st, 2011
2:53 pm
@UOAD — Stop evading the question, you are bringing up the academic rigor of UGA and your pal Biff Pocaroba is claiming most UGA fans didn’t attend UGA. Again, let’s hear what prestigious university you graduated from — it has to be GT — right??? Come on now, stop avoiding it.
5150 UOAD
November 21st, 2011
2:53 pm
I still say if larry isn’t going to be buried then cremate him. Put his ashes in an Urn and hang it around the granite Uga statue on Sat.urday Games. Larry and the Fans can have Sat,urdays together.
kevin
November 21st, 2011
2:53 pm
OK,
Yeah, that mickey mouse high school offense is awesome–especially when you’re losing by more than one score and can’t throw.
Palmetto State Dawg
November 21st, 2011
2:54 pm
5150: I know plenaty of Tech fans that never attended the school. What is the point? A fan is a fan…period.
Deano
November 21st, 2011
2:55 pm
I find it ABSOLUTELY hilarious that a Tech fan would make fun of the UGA fan base. Tech fans are offered a free hot dog and a coke in the AJC just to purchase a ticket for F-sakes!!! You’re home stadium will be 50% filled with Georgia fans J!!
Finebalm
November 21st, 2011
2:57 pm
Larry’s ashes need to be spread at Sanford and Dodd Field. We own both places.
LSU!!!!!
November 21st, 2011
2:57 pm
F*@% Both Teams!!!! Let’s talk about the bashing that Ugay gets in the Dome following this game…. enjoy beating up on a smaller team this week georgia… enjoy it, party hard, because the following game will be maximum destruction…….
WDE
November 21st, 2011
2:57 pm
J I promise you that Bull Dog nation doesn’t hate you, we just don’t care what you think or care about anything.
5150 UOAD
November 21st, 2011
2:57 pm
I never said you HAVE to go to UGA to be a fan. I do find it funny MANY UGA fans never even attended ANY college and Never go to the UGA games.
Don D…………..If you have been around the blogs then you know what college I graduated from.
Don Draper
November 21st, 2011
2:59 pm
@UOAD — Yeah, we do know, so shut the hell up about academic rankings of UGA or any other institution for that matter. You have ZERO credibilty on the topic and look like a jack-ass for even bringing it up.
Palmetto State Dawg
November 21st, 2011
2:59 pm
5150 UOAD: you’re a classless punk for making crude statements about a man that just passed away. You should be ashamed of yourself, and I know that Tech fans with class are also ashamed of you. I would never say such things about Tech’s famous announcer that died several years back (Al Ciraldo).
Belcher
November 21st, 2011
3:01 pm
“Pothead” Crowell is another Ealey!! Move him on now!!!!!!!!!
J
November 21st, 2011
3:01 pm
Hey Russ, i think it’s funny how when Tech wins, UGA fans will still be on here citing past victories to make themselves feel better. It’s a two way street moron.
Gordon
November 21st, 2011
3:03 pm
Tech actually does better against UGA in Athens, winning 3 of the last 7. We’ve only beaten UGA once since 1989 in Atlanta (1999), and if replay had been in effect then we wouldn’t have won that one.
5150 UOAD
November 21st, 2011
3:04 pm
Whatever.
I greatly respect what LARRY MUNSON did and the mark he made on my life good and bad. He led more people to the Dawg nation than Herschel Walker. I don’t know if Larry and the Lord had a passionate relationship or not. If he did then he will be calling games in heaven. If not he will be calling the game on the sideline behind Satan and Paul “The BEAR” Bryant.
From the day you are born you start Dying
From the day you are dead you start Lying
In between it is your job to send peoples souls Flying
If you are good at it thousands will be left Crying.
Larry you did that and there is no Denying!
J
November 21st, 2011
3:04 pm
WDE – you one of the few that actually didn’t go to the school? or did you go there for one semester and drop out?
NorthwestDawg
November 21st, 2011
3:04 pm
Still not confident about Georgia over Tech in this one … injuries are taking a toll and remain an X factor.
As far as the talk about the rankings, fellow Dawg fans … you can only look at your “good losses” when you have some “good wins”. Georgia hasn’t notched a win that has moved the needle on college football’s richter scale this season. The SEC East teams’ struggles with FCS teams only underscores the fact the national perception is the Dawgs have skated by on a Boise State-type schedule. Georgia’s ranking is higher than it should be, but then again this season has underscored the wonderful parity college football is achieving. If Georgia is close against LSU, then I’ll finally believe this is actually a really good team. Right now, it’s just slight above average and Richt is the beneficiary of one horribly weak schedule in a down year for the SEC.
Palmetto State Dawg
November 21st, 2011
3:04 pm
Hey J, Richt is 9-1 vs. Tech so the scenario that you just described is about as frequent as seeing a comet. I think you’re the moron.
essss eeeeee seeee
November 21st, 2011
3:06 pm
If stadium size, preseason rankings, crootin rankings, and offseason arrests could determine national championships, ugay would have more than bama and ND combined.
BreakingNews
November 21st, 2011
3:07 pm
5150 UOAD:
Why do you even continue to make posts on here? Your GT team is garbage…you’ve been owned not only by UGA, but the ENTIRE SEC. Seriously…1 time in a decade and you still want to run your mouth. We’ll see you at the ol’ high school stadium on North Ave. this weekend.
Russ
November 21st, 2011
3:07 pm
“Delusional”: Your name’s appropriate. Tech’s taken care of UGA 1 out of the last 9 years, and you know as well as everyone else that the overall series is lopsided……
Palmetto State Dawg
November 21st, 2011
3:08 pm
5150: you should change your name to Socrates with that fascinating diatribe of dribble.
Arno
November 21st, 2011
3:08 pm
Georgia won’t let Tech have enough clock, will get ahead and that will be it. Hope I’m wrong.
calvin
November 21st, 2011
3:10 pm
It’s good that Tech is the underdog, which means they will
play better.
Rampdawg
November 21st, 2011
3:11 pm
Biff Pocaroba Fan Club
November 21st, 2011
2:18 pm
I do actually respect most UGA fans. The world would shut down without them.
I need the UGA fan to come fix my toilet when it breaks down.Damn! Engineering degree, and can’t even fix a toilet=stupid
I need the UGA fan to serve me my burger and fries at McD’s drive through.All that money, and you eat at McDonalds?=Cheap
I need the UGA fan to mow my lawn and trim my bushes. Your wife has an UGA fan mowing her lawn and trimming her bush. If you know what I’m saying.
I need the UGA fan fix my copy machine when it breaks. Pull outthe paper jam stupid.
I need the UGA fan to do the janitorial work around my office and make sure it is clean. How does a mop work? Use your brain Biff. Again=stupid
I need the UGA fan to do my laundry and clean my house. Should’nt your wife be doing it? Oh I forgot, shes to busy getting her bush trimmed by an UGA fan.
I need the UGA fan to wash my car .Honey how do you make the water come on? Again=Stupid
I need the UGA fan to change my oil and fill my tires with air.Do it yourself dumb azz. =Lazy and stupid.
The world wouldn’t go round without the UGA fan. I am actually thankful this Thanksgiving week for all of them
Your wife is extremely thankful I’m sure.
J
November 21st, 2011
3:12 pm
Palmetto, well we both agree on something … and you just validated my point i just made about the morons who will always cite past victories during a loss. I could care less if UGA was 99-1 against Tech all time. A. I’M NOT A TECH FAN OR A UGA FAN B. Past victories don’t mean future success. Stupid dawg.
DawgNation
November 21st, 2011
3:12 pm
Yawn!! It is so nice that a blog about GT, or at least half of it, is out there for you Tech fans to comment on. Most of your blogs last about as long as it takes for one of you to mutter something like “I hate UGA” and jump up and down squealing like a girl. If it wasn’t for UGA blogs you guys wouldn’t have ANYTHING to try your childish rants on. Now if any of you girls want to talk football and the up coming game then here is my thought. I believe GT will give UGA fits with the triple option. If the Dogs can contain the outside and not let anyone get the corner then the GT game plan will rely on the pass and that is what the Dogs want with Tech. On offense if the tailback situation is the same as against Kentucky then the OL had better do a much better job. The game will be close. Another typical UGA/GT game. LSU fans? I don’t give a bowl movement about you till after Saturday.
See I did not have to spew stupid names and one liners.
Go Dogs!!
Gorilla Biscuit
November 21st, 2011
3:14 pm
It’ll be interesting to see how Coach Fishfry outsmarts himself this time.
bubba
November 21st, 2011
3:15 pm
me own UGA diploma…no me official dummy
SansWorld
November 21st, 2011
3:15 pm
Did UGA cover the kentucky line?
Cold reality
November 21st, 2011
3:17 pm
Tech hasn’t been consistently competitive with Georgia during my 32 years on this planet, with the exception of a two-year winning streak attributable to Tech playing multiple ineligible players.
This year will remind Tech and its mutant denizens once more of their place in the college football food chain.
Georgia 35, Tech 10.
honest_abe
November 21st, 2011
3:17 pm
tech is almost as relevant as the lingerie football league. not quite.
5150 UOAD
November 21st, 2011
3:17 pm
People stop with the KEEP IT CLASSY.
This has not been CLASSY for 40 or so years.
If you want Classy get off a Football Blog.
UGA fans are always so classy.
Nerd. Homophobic name calling. Blog name Stealing.
Yes, UGA fans always keep it CLASSY.
Really?
November 21st, 2011
3:20 pm
GT fans calling UGA’s schedule weak is the ole’ “Pot calling the kettle black”. Please, you play in the ACC……
5150 UOAD
November 21st, 2011
3:20 pm
UGA fans did keep it by staying for the WHOLE Kentucky game. That is right you HAD to because Bobo was 1 play call away form getting UGA a loss.
J
November 21st, 2011
3:21 pm
We all know what the triple option can do, just ask BAMA. So you’re prediction of UGA 35, Tech 10 is a very boneheaded one. It’s going to be a LOT closer than that.
J
November 21st, 2011
3:26 pm
UGA’s fans are not classy, not by a long shot. When i think of UGA, i think of bullies b/c half their fans are basically just bullies with very biased opinions on the world around them … well, that and most are just flat out racist. I see them on my Hawks blog all the time saying distasteful things about the NBA all the time. It wouldn’t be so bad if it were just one or two people with the handle of “dawg” somewhere in their name. No, it’s at least 15-20 of them everytime making racist comments. So, classy is NOT A WORD to even use for a UGA fan.
GTBob
November 21st, 2011
3:26 pm
GT fans calling UGA’s schedule weak is the ole’ “Pot calling the kettle black”. Please, you play in the ACC……
The ACC looks like the NFL compared to the SEC East.
DawgNation
November 21st, 2011
3:27 pm
J, You are absolutely right. The triple option will give us fits if we can not contain the outside and the defense playing their assignments.
bigGTfan
November 21st, 2011
3:27 pm
ugakev
Two things:
1. How do you consider Tech fans to be ‘trolls ‘ on a neutral blog about the point spread? Aren’t we allowed to comment or did you lose the point of the thread because it ran longer than two posts?
2. You should direct your comments about a day of grieving to the AJC. FWIW, Munson was a great announcer and did as much for your program as your play on the field.
5150 UOAD
November 21st, 2011
3:27 pm
Is it TRUE what Bill King is saying? UGA to wear the Power Ranger uniform for the Tech Game? That can’t be true.
Really?
November 21st, 2011
3:29 pm
Me own GT dipoloma…
Me live in mommy’s basement….
Me 45 years old…..
Palmetto State Dawg
November 21st, 2011
3:29 pm
J, I never said that past victories meant future success. You stated that UGA fans talk about past victories when they lose to Tech, and I merely pointed out that has happened once in a decade. BTW, who is your team?
St. Richt
November 21st, 2011
3:31 pm
No, I think Bill King is looking past GT altogether and is talking about the Power Rangers uniforms showing up again in the dome for the SEC championship. I love to hear about all of the Georgia fans looking past us.
DawgNation
November 21st, 2011
3:32 pm
Alright it has disintegrated into the romper room hour again so I’ll go and listen to some real sports talk and turn on ESPN.
Don'tBelievetheHype
November 21st, 2011
3:32 pm
The spread certainly shouldn’t be any more than that – it’s probably about right. I know UGA fans are all feeling giddy right now, but in their minds they know that this team is the beneficiary of perhaps the weakest SEC schedule in memory. I know you can only play what’s on your schedule, but outside of one game against AllBarn, UGA has looked very underwhelming against a woeful SEC east. Let’s face it, if the dawgs had to have played even ONE of the big three from the west, they wouldn’t be playing in the SECCG. Swap SEC schedules with USCe and its the ‘cocks who would be in Atlanta. Dawgs will get smoked by LSU…mark it down.
gt 94
November 21st, 2011
3:32 pm
If we could put up 26 on vt who is 6th in total defense when we played them against the run, we can score on uga. Uga never stops our offense. We will hang 450 plus on the dream team d of yardage. Bank on it