Georgia projects well for 2013, even with flaws in win
Mark Richt gets the Gatorade bath after Georgia's Capitol Bowl win over Nebraska. (Brant Sanderlin/AJC)
ORLANDO – The players wore hats reading “CHAMPIONS” in all cap letters. The fact that “Capital One Bowl” — and not SEC or BCS — also was stitched on the caps in a much smaller script might deflate that declaration a bit, but it doesn’t take away from where Georgia may be headed.
Were the Bulldogs great in their final game of the 2012 season? Hardly. The defense, purported to be loaded with NFL talent, too often played sloppy and undisciplined. The quarterback, Aaron Murray, threw two interceptions in the team’s first three possessions. It is what happens sometimes in bowl games. The Dogs didn’t save their best for last. Their best came in the next-to-last game against Alabama.
But ultimately, what came out of Georgia’s 45-31 win over Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl were signs that this program isn’t likely to take a step back next season.
There will be new players. There will be a different team personality. The schedule will be tougher. But the Bulldogs just finished a season that saw them go 12-2 and come within five yards of winning the SEC championship and going to the BCS title game. They rebounded from the crushing loss in the SEC championship game to win a significant bowl game. They showed resiliency by losing two starting wide receivers (Marlon Brown, Michael Bennett) during the season and a third in Tuesday’s game (Malcolm Mitchell). They endured several early season suspensions on defense and played without two defensive starters against Nebraska (John Jenkins, Abry Jones).
Jarvis Jones and several defensive starters now are expected to leave for the NFL. Maybe Murray comes back, but probably not. But Georgia is in a good place now, a player again on the national scene, and nobody could have seen that coming two years ago in Memphis when the team schlepped off the field a loser to Central Florida in the Liberty Bowl, dragging a 6-7 record.
“The seniors started a legacy here,” freshman running back Todd Gurley said Tuesday. “They’re passing it down to us, and we’re just going to keep moving forward and winning each year. I know a lot of teams will have the goal of going to the national championship next year, but we really believe that. We’re going to bring in a great recruiting class and we’re going to get it done next year.”
Todd Gurley, here breaking through for a 24-yard touchdown, finished with 125 yards rushing to lead the Bulldogs. (Brant Sanderlin/AJC)
As flawed as the Dogs looked against Nebraska, the result and the season projected well for the future.
It starts with the two freshmen in the backfield, Gurley and Keith Marshall. There were questions about the running game going into the season following the excommunication of Isaiah Crowell, but the two quickly eased concerns. In the final game of the season, Gurley rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown and Marshall made a difficult back-shoulder, 24-yard touchdown catch to give the Dogs a 38-31 lead early in the fourth quarter.
There’s the future.
It doesn’t matter if the starting quarterback is Murray or Hutson Mason. Georgia’s offense should function well, and the team should be in the middle of things again.
When asked about Marshall’s catch, offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said, “We’ve kept things pretty simple for him and Todd because they’re freshmen. But that play there gives us a level of confidence next year that we can expand their package.”
Gurley, Bobo said, brought “a physicality to the offense that we needed. He did a great job leading us as a freshman. I told him after the game, ‘You had a great year, but now you have a chance to be great. So let’s go to work.’”
Marshall said he battled knee tendinitis before the season, affecting his workouts. “I lost some of my explosiveness,” he said. “But it’s finally feeling better. I’m looking forward to getting started on my workouts.”
And then this: “Honestly, I feel we’re the best team in the country. We can play with anybody. We were one play away this year.”
There were hiccups Tuesday. The first half took nearly two hours. The two teams combined for 47 points, five offensive touchdowns, three interceptions (including Nebraska’s pick-six against Murray), a field goal and a blocked punt for a safety. The Dogs trailed 24-23, then 31-23. But Murray, after starting 11 for 24, stopped scaring NFL scouts. He connected with Chris Conley for a 49-yard touchdown, then later scrambled away from pressure to connect with Marshall. Later, he found Conley again on a “jailbreak screen” against Nebraska’s blitz — nice call by Bobo – for an 87-yard score. Checkmate.
It ended well. There’s reason to believe it could end well next season, too.
By Jeff Schultz
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Jason
January 2nd, 2013
12:10 pm
If Murray stays, it’s going to be hell to pay for SEC defenses or anybody else. With another offseason Murray will only get stronger, even more accurate, more power behind his throws, trust his O-line more (who by the way, will be intact next year), get more chemistry with Mitchell, Conley, Bennett, Tibbs, Scott-Wesley and BOTH Tight Ends, and get more in tune with Gurley and Marshall. UGA’s offense is going to be damn near unstoppable next year, if and only if, Murray returns.
Jason
January 2nd, 2013
12:10 pm
GTBoob, I was referring to your team, and somehow I think you knew that.
DawginLex
January 2nd, 2013
12:11 pm
Vandy hired a coach. A real coach. A coach who will sign a top 15 recruiting class at a top tier academic school. A coach who won 9 games at a place with zero football history EVER.
That’s why Vandy is better than Tech. That’s why Vandy will end the year ranked.
Stanford had more than 1 year. Harbaugh left, no dropoff. Run a prostyle offense. Have NFL players on the OL and at TE. Just put the QB in the NFL and he has his team in the playoffs.
Keep pretending that Stanford is a one hit wonder. All you are doing is refusing to admit that high level college football can be done with high level academics.
5150 UOAD
January 2nd, 2013
12:12 pm
Thomas Brown did you look at some of the degrees the Vandy players are graduating in? I provided you a link but it seems you didn’t use it. look at the idiots the State of Georgia graduates from high schools in turn Vandy and graduate dumb football players too with the right major and help.
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:12 pm
UAB and Tulane do not have fans (both of them) in our blogs every day telling us how great they are at Georgia Tech and why their other sports graduate 73 % and football only 45 %.
UAB and Tulane are not in the ACC but in the Conference USA. 1 supposedly is a BCS Conference, UAB and Tulane are not.
Georgia Tech is 35-13 vs Tulane and hasn’t played UAB I recall.
Tulane and UAB are not the same as Georgia Tech, are they ?
DawginLex
January 2nd, 2013
12:12 pm
suckeye
Considering Ohio State had no big games, I guess that makes our record and schedule better.
Purdue in OT?
Cal?
Marquis de Mercury
January 2nd, 2013
12:12 pm
Franklin>Richt right now.
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
12:13 pm
So, why 45 % Football graduation ?
Read this article:
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2012/12/25/tech-2008-signing-class-delivers-in-classroom/
The graduation problem is a thing of the past. CPJ has a much higher emphasis on academics than the previous coaches. The graduation rate will rise in the future and hopefully the Hill will reward the football team with a few special admissions.
Marquis de Mercury
January 2nd, 2013
12:14 pm
Tulane and UAB, like you, suck. So does Tech.
Marquis de Mercury
January 2nd, 2013
12:15 pm
Of course my last post was directed towards Mr. Brown.
5150 UOAD
January 2nd, 2013
12:15 pm
Jason…..yes the best in the SEC is just shaking in their boots over the thought of PMS(pad my stats against crppy teams) Murray coming back for 2013…….PMS Murray will be in New York at the Downtown Athletic Club too right?
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:16 pm
__________________________________
“the degrees the players are graduating in”
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That’s not my point, now is it GTBob ? I said Georgia Tech graduates your other sports at 73 % and football 45 %.
What degrees are the players graduating in ?
All the same damn degrees, all in the same classes, all with the same professors, all at the same time – and, all judged EXACTLY the same by Georgia Tech the # 36 national university. Quit acting like you’re # 1 Harvard when you’re # 36.
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
12:17 pm
All you are doing is refusing to admit that high level college football can be done with high level academics.
Honest question. Why has Vandy, Stanford, Northwestern, GT, Duke, and most other academic schools been so poor at football in the last 50 years if academics have nothing to do with it at all? Why isn’t Vandy competing for SEC championships every year?
Buckeye
January 2nd, 2013
12:23 pm
Looking ahead, B1G basketball beings conference play today with 4 teams in the Top 10 including #2 Michigan.
I’m looking forward to the Falcons and Ohio State basketball.
Are you dogs excited about dog basketball?
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:24 pm
2008 recruiting class ?
2008 you won 9 games
2009 you had to VACATE wins
2010 you won 6 games
2011 you won 8 games
2012 you lost 7 and won 7
Federal Graduation Rate 2011-2012 :
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/newmedia/public/rates/index.html
45 % football
100 % men’s golf
80 % men’s swimming and diving
88 % men’s tennis
74 % men’s track and field
Now, you said that the reason was that the question is
WHAT IS THEIR DEGREE IN ?
I said the degrees for ALL these sports are the SAME.
Now, you offer up the latest results are better.
BS to that too, right ?
You get this URL Link ?
Therut
January 2nd, 2013
12:25 pm
I’ll make it plain and simple for you. No chance for Murray to be a starting NFL QB. No way!!
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:25 pm
The Falcons do not play basketball.
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:26 pm
Vandy certainly graduates their football players at the same Federal Graduation Rate again for 2011-2012 as they do all their other sports.
So, why can’t Georgia Tech ?
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:31 pm
If Franklin is better than Richt right now, why has he lost every game against Mark Richt including 48 to 3 this season when he is # 25 AP Poll at 9-4 and Mark Richt # 6 AP Poll at 12-2 ?
No. Franklin is not better than Richt right now.
Now, is he ?
I am addressing that handle which has NEVER POSTED in here, ever before.
DawginLex
January 2nd, 2013
12:31 pm
Why do you keep bringing up 10 years ago and 50 years ago?
Discuss now. 2013
How did Stanford, Vandy and Northwestern pass Tech as a football program with no dropoff in sight?
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:33 pm
Stanford
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
are not # 36 national university either.
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:38 pm
US NEWS and WORLD REPORT RANKINGS 2013 :
# 36 Georgia Tech
# 17 Vanderbilt University
# 12 Nortwestern University
# 6 Stanford University
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
We’re # 36
We’re # 36
We’re # 36
No one brags about being # 36 at anything.
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
12:39 pm
How did Stanford, Vandy and Northwestern pass Tech as a football program with no dropoff in sight?
Simple, they didn’t. Vandy and Northwestern aren’t even close to being better programs than GT is and Stanford is on a solid short streak of success that no one knows if it has any chance of lasting. Sorry, but history tends to catch up to teams.
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
12:40 pm
No one brags about being # 36 at anything.
What is UGA?
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
January 2nd, 2013
12:40 pm
Aaron Murray will basically be John Parker Wilson in the NFL. He will make a team and be a third stringer for a couple of years. GTBobby
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^^^^^^^^ This right cheer…….but making 500k per year for about 3 is a good thing for Murray and then he can get on with his life. He will get to return to UGA and walkon the field and have his name called when then…
Dream Team,RingTeam, Missing Man Team, Betty Crocker Brownie Team,Finish The Drill Team all step forward…..just saying
forgot….. Murray will be also honored as the only member of the Quinton Dial knock the dude out team
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:42 pm
he nearly knocked you out, as your best win 2012.
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
12:42 pm
Now, you said that the reason was that the question is
WHAT IS THEIR DEGREE IN ?
I didn’t say anything at all about degrees. You are mixing me with someone else. I was just responding to the graduation rate comment. That is certainly embarrassing for our school and a good reason why our admissions standards for athletes has risen so much in recent years. Thankfully it seems to be improving.
Elephant in the room
January 2nd, 2013
12:43 pm
Hey Thomas B, compare the UGA stats vs top teams with the rest of the top tier SEC…that’s the problem. I’m not saying get rid of CMR or that UGA is not good. Just pointing out the fact that all the traditional power SEC teams have NC/undefeated seasons since the BCS has been in place. Except UGA. Most had a grueling schedule during their champ season. UGA has had the benefit of scheduling as well as down division and top tier recruiting. When everything is said and done, CMR has 2 SEC champs the last one in 2005. All the SEC power teams have at least 2 SEC champs. 2 SEC champs is nothing to brag about unless you are comparing UGA to the bottom half of the SEC. To date, UGA is not, has not and I have no reason to believe that UGA will be NC material under CMR.
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:50 pm
70 % Fed Grad Rate Football 2011-12 Vandy is 9-4 ranked # 25 AP Poll
90 % Fed Grad Rate Football 2011-12 Northwestern is 10-3 at # 21 AP Poll
87 % Fed Grad Rate Football 2011-12 Stanford is 12-2 at # 8 AP Poll
45 % Fed Grad Rate Football 2011-12 Georgia Tech 7-7 unranked any poll
What’s wrong with this picture, especially given the Fed Grad Rates of Georgia Tech’s other sports ?
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
12:58 pm
The other SEC teams have done better than UGA against Top 10 teams, if that is your question, but not by much in the Mark Richt era with our win over # 4 Florida 2012, which is why I harped on that that we needed to win games like that. Not all of them. I am happy with 1 for 2012.
Like another in 2013.
We’re top 10 program all-time in wins.
# 3 in Bowls
We should win some of these.
We did with Florida.
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Mark Richt Era 2001-2012 all teams:
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# 1 with 137 wins Boise State
# 2 with 129 wins Oklahoma
# 3 with 125 wins LSU
# 4 with 123 wins Texas
# 5 with 118 wins Georgia Mark Richt era
University of Georgia AP Poll Rankings :
# 22 UGA 2001
# 3 UGA 2002
# 7 UGA 2003
# 7 UGA 2004
# 10 UGA 2005
# 23 UGA 2006
# 2 UGA 2007
# 13 UGA AP, # 10 Coaches’ Poll 2008
# 19 UGA 2011
# 6 UGA 2012 when Florida wins bowl*
# 6 UGA 2013 pre-season polls already out
20* Won who made AP Poll Top 25:
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# 4 Tennessee 2001
# 24 Georgia Tech 2001
# 11 Alabama 2002
# 14 Auburn 2002
# 21 FSU 2002
# 15 Tennessee 2003
# 18 Purdue 2003
# 22 Clemson 2003
# 17 Wisconsin 2004
# 16 LSU 2004
# 6 LSU in 2005 SEC Championship
# 19 Virginia Tech in 2006
# 9 Auburn 2006
# 13 Florida 2007
# 15 Auburn in 2007
# 19 Hawai’i in 2007
# 13 Georgia Tech in 2009
# 4 Florida 2012
# 27 Vanderbilt 2012 in top 25 with Franklin’s Bowl Win
# 23 Nebraska probably drops out of Top 25 after 2 TD win*
# 6 university in the nation Stanford
# 12 university in the nation Northwestern
# 17 university in the nation Vanderbilt
# 36 university in the nation Georgia Tech
# 63 university in the nation University of Georgia
# 65 university in the nation Texas A & M
# 68 university in the nation Clemson
# 72 university in the nation Michigan State
# 73 university in the nation Virginia Tech
# 77 university in the nation Alabama
# 89 university in the nation Auburn
# 92 university in the nation TCU
# 93 university in the nation Vermont
# 94 university in the nation San Diego
# 97 university in the nation Florida State University (FSU)
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SEC against teams who made Top 10 in Mark Richt era :
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13 Wins Florida # 1
12 Wins LSU # 2
11 Wins Auburn # 3
7 Wins Alabama # 4
6 Wins vols # 5
4 Wins UGA # 6
4 Wins Arkansas # 7
4 Wins Texas A & M # 8
I say Arkansas worse because none this season, upward trend UGA, and Texas A & M 8 because all but 1 are against non-SEC opponents.
But give all these teams their due, they have beat teams who made the AP Poll Top 10 you harp on I am the one who has studied all these years for us here with you quoting ME.
I wrote all this post myself of my own words, and cut and pasted NONE of this from any site. This is my own research. Thank you for asking me.
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
12:58 pm
What’s wrong with this picture, especially given the Fed Grad Rates of Georgia Tech’s other sports ?
You seem to be obsessed with graduation rates. Why? Tech in general has a lower graduation rate than most schools.
Mr. Hankey (Pankey.)
January 2nd, 2013
12:58 pm
Loved the victory, sis boom ba, yaddy yaddy, ad nauseum. One thought. Kwami Geathers played more like Kawmi Brown. A big ole’ giant bust. He was squarely blown off the ball by an offensive line he outweighed 50 to 80 pounds any way you count ‘em. It’s a good thing he has a reverse gear or he’d have been DOA. Mr. Geathers, as big as you are — I don’t know personally — but you appear physically behind every single other defensive lineman the Dogs have. You are by far slower and weaker at fighting off blocks. While huge is huge for a lineman, son, you need to lose about 30 pounds, live in the weight room and do laps around the practice field pulling tractor tires. I watched Jumpy as a Falcon and he was ridiculous and nearly as bit though not an ounce of fat. Heck man, your thighs rub so hard together it’s lucky you didn’t start a brush fire chasing some of those runners. I’m by no means hating on him, I want only the best for the young man, but it’s painfully obvious that he’s not even close to being ready for the NFL if he’s getting smaked around by those smallish Nebraska linemen.. “nuf sed.
Marquis de Mercury
January 2nd, 2013
1:02 pm
Bama’s best win was LSU…Georgia was a sloppy afterthought…
DawginLex
January 2nd, 2013
1:03 pm
marquis the idiot
Clemson 25
LSU 24
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
1:06 pm
UGA fans should be happy. I heard that Alabama players were pretty embarrassed by how they played against UGA and they are looking to beat Notre Dame soundly to prove they aren’t that bad. So kudos to you guys for keeping it close and raising Bama’s motivation level.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
January 2nd, 2013
1:10 pm
@Thomas Brown….I nearly sold my home in Destin in 2006 as well. Instead I lost my azz like most others in the area.
Marquis de Mercury
January 2nd, 2013
1:19 pm
gotta love dawg fans…lost to the least-talented of Bama’s last 4 squads(yet celebrate it like a huge win)…had to come back against a team that in its previous game had 70 put on them…the 2013 preseason national championship season is underway…30+ years of, well, nothing…celebrate, you have earned your stupidity…
DawginLex
January 2nd, 2013
1:28 pm
marquis de idiot
You love us so much you spew your inane crap at us all day long
That’s called owning you son
Your hatred for Georgia allows all of us to own you
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
1:30 pm
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“To date, UGA is not, has not and I have no reason
to believe that UGA will be NC material under CMR.”
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Well, I am not asking for a national championship from our guys, coaches, and program. I am asking that they beat top team, and they did that in 2012. We have every reason to suspect being ranked higher than every opponent on our tough 2013 schedule in the preseason polls out already for 2013, that we will beat top team again 2013 if we just emphasize the run a lot more to protect our defense.
That’s all I ask of us.
If you want a national championship, and that is your goal, maybe Alabama is a better team to root for.
I am a Bulldog.
I root for Alabama when they play Notre Dame, like I did when they beat LSU last year and Texas 2 years before that. I even rooted for Alabama against Michigan State in 2010. I am rooting for Florida tonight like I did when they beat Florida State (FSU.) This is not the PAC-12 here. You can root for other SEC teams because we know we’re the # 1 conference and this gave us this chance I went to at the Dome 5 Saturdays ago. We were # 2 in 2007 and # 3 in 2002. Yes, I wish we hadn’t lost to 6-6 South Carolina 2007 and to unranked also in any poll Florida in 2002. I have no wishes about whom I wish we had not have lost to in 2012. I am happy. I am satisfied. I am fine with 2012 as a Great Season and the win over # 4 Florida as the BEST WIN in the Mark Richt era. A season in which we had a GREAT SEASON 2012, we beat # 4 Florida. I have asked for that and that only, and to beat a top team at the end of the season on the national stage in a bowl game, which Mark Richt has NOT done yet.
I want us to do that, too.
NC ?
I am not saying I am not interested in it.
I am saying it is NOT my goal.
This is my alma mater. I root for us whether they are good or not. I don’t root against them to have the coach fired. I might not think the coach is the sharpest knife in the drawer; but, I root for us.
And, I try to tell him and what David Pollack calls the blind homers he detests so much, the areas where he and we need to improve upon for the next season.
If that takes Shawn Williams’ type speeches, then fine : I’m all in for that. How’d that turn out for us ?
Best win in Mark Richt era.
In a GREAT SEASON for us.
If you want more than this, I am happy for you.
I secretly would love to see it too. I think we need to improve upon many areas I have detailed in specific gruesome research I have provided to these blogs for years what we need to do to do that.
We aren’t there yet.
Our coach is young. He’s not coached before. This is his only gig. If he would’ve had Vince Dooley teach him what I have tirelessly pointed out, but Mike Adam$ prevented that, he might have beat Alabama 5 Saturdays ago.
I said pre-game run the ball.
I said pre-game they only run the ball.
I said pre-game if we run the ball, Aaron Murray will be the difference in our favor.
They’re not real smart, you do know this, right ?
They did not run the ball and nearly proved me wrong that they could use 1 RB and him up the middle in a we run the ball time or 2, and flung the tater all over the place, as they are wont to do.
He has other holes, his coaching staff comes to mind.
And, his star QB only playing comes to mind.
And, this walk-ons on special teams I still saw out there yesterday again while our opponents get after it with their stars. He did some more of this 2012.
He will learn these lessons.
Either here or at his next gig, if he doesn’t become a full-time minister which is his real calling.
I like the guy.
The kids LOVE him.
I like watching the talent.
I like seeing them recruit top classes for me to watch and them to go to the NFL.
I also want to win.
Win all 14 ?
Not in 2013.
11-3 in 2013. Sorry, no NC. But, hopefully, we can beat a team like # 7 pre-season 2013 Florida, or # 10 pre-season 2013 South Carolina, or # 1 pre-season 2013 Alabama, or # 3 LSU although that pre-season 2013 ranking is going down, or # 8 preseason 2013 Texas A and M and beat # 13 pre-season 2013 Clemson. If you want 14-0, try FSU’s schedule in the stinking ACC where they did not deserve a BCS Bowl bid, and neither did Northern Illinois or Louisville, or 6-Loss Wisconsin unranked in any poll.
Life is not fair.
Life is life.
Just beat the heck out of somebody, anybody, and play your SEC Schedule and be happy with our program 2012.
We did what I asked of the men and coaches.
I predicted no NC for 2012 and predict none for 2013.
We have issues in our program which must be addressed.
I have detailed those and do so on a daily basis in here.
But, I am not looking or demanding a NC.
Wish I could.
1 day, maybe ?
Jason
January 2nd, 2013
1:35 pm
What would we do without our precious little Tech trolls? When they leave, then you worry.
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
1:37 pm
Willie, sorry to hear that. Happy New Year 2013 !
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
1:38 pm
I just wish that 1 of the trolls here would actually man-up and discuss the points they purport to be making.
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
1:41 pm
LSU is # 9 AP Poll and dropping out of the Top 10 at 10-3. There were 27 teams who put up 10-Win seasons in 2011.
Georgia is 12-2 and # 6 AP Poll.
Georgia CLEARLY was the best win by Alabama 2012.
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
1:48 pm
_________________________________________________________
“You seem to be obsessed with graduation rates. Why? Tech in general
has a lower graduation rate than most schools.”
_________________________________________________________
Are you impaired in some fashion not readily recognizable, or just plain stupid ?
You have been asked 10 times.
10 times, you have replied.
All 10 times you have
DUCKED THE ISSUE.
Why is that ?
Federal Graduation Rate 2011-2012 :
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/newmedia/public/rates/index.html
45 % football
100 % men’s golf
80 % men’s swimming and diving
88 % men’s tennis
74 % men’s track and field
Now, you said that the reason was that the question is
WHAT IS THEIR DEGREE IN ?
I said the degrees for ALL these sports are the SAME.
Now, you offer up the latest results are better.
BS to that too, right ?
Now, the graduation rates for all Georgia Tech including all their student-athletes are lower than most schools. No, that’s not the issue either, now is GTBob, sir ?
All the student-athletes at Georgia Tech ALL have the same graduation rate ability. True ?
45 % football Fed Grad Rate Georgia Tech 2011-2012
100 % men’s golf Fed Grad Rate Georgia Tech 2011-2012
80 % men’s swimming and diving Fed Grad Rate Georgia Tech 2011-2012
88 % men’s tennis Fed Grad Rate Georgia Tech 2011-2012
74 % men’s track and field Fed Grad Rate Georgia Tech 2011-2012
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
1:50 pm
Georgia CLEARLY was the best win by Alabama 2012.
That is pretty sad for a National Title contender.
Joey
January 2nd, 2013
1:55 pm
“…celebrate, you have earned your stupidity…” – Marquis de Mercury
*******************************************************
Stupid? Your picture should be next to this definition . . .
stupid: – tediously dull, especially due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless
– annoying or irritating; troublesome
Danny
January 2nd, 2013
2:05 pm
GT and GT Bob, you are the guys that should know of cupcake schedules. I was wondering how tech could outdo Presbyterian and middle tennessee. Amazingly they have added Elon and Alabama (AM) to Duke and Virginia.
GTBob
January 2nd, 2013
2:05 pm
All 10 times you have
DUCKED THE ISSUE.
I haven’t ducked the issue at all. I acknowledged that GT has been poor in graduating football players in the past and that CPJ has done well to improve that. It is embarrassing and our recruiting has suffered because of it. You seem to want to completely ignore the fact that GT is a hard school in general though. Here are 4-5 year graduation rates for some of the schools we have talked about:
Stanford (5 years): 91.9%
Northwestern (4 years): 86%
Vandy: (4 years): 87%
GT (4 years): 31%
For some reason you expect GT football players to graduate at the same rate as the others though.
Thomas Brown
January 2nd, 2013
2:08 pm
Same rate as others at the same school also in sports, student-athletes.
You’re damned right I do.
Discount DoubleDawg
January 2nd, 2013
2:09 pm
Maybe all the Murray haters will chill for a while now. They seem to rant and rave so much about rankings and Murray just dismantled the #1 ranked pass defense in the country.
He finished with 427 yards, 5 TD’s (almost 6), 2 INTS and most important a W against a ranked team.
Georgia will likely finish as a top 5 team. As poor as we played against USC this is not a bad way to finish. Again, to all the haters who seem to point to rankings so much. UGA will likely be a top 5 team (maybe #6).
Let the excuses or lame comments from haters follow.