P.M. Roundup: SEC East prediction, defending triple option
SouthernPigskin.com picks the Dawgs to finish second to Florida in the SEC East this season, heaping praise on Georgia’s offensive front (”perhaps the top offensive line in college football”) and saying that “a defense filled with veterans has the potential to be very good” though it “badly needs a pass rusher to emerge.” Their conclusion: “Expectations are down a notch after Georgia was preseason number one entering last fall. All things considered, that may be a good thing. With a little less pressure on the team, the Bulldogs could surprise this fall.”
Georgia Sports Blog links to a Navy football blog that examines Georgia’s failed defense of Tech’s triple option last year and concludes that Willie Martinez was using some antiquated defensive concepts designed to stop the old wishbone. However, the Georgia Sports blogger points out that film clips included with the piece show a bigger problem with the Dogs defense: terrible safety play and poor tackling. While I think the Navy blogger may have a point about some of the schemes Georgia used against Tech, I’ve felt all along that the Jackets weren’t doing anything that playing smart assignment football and good tackling fundamentals couldn’t handle. As LSU proved.
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uga_b
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
It is hard to evaluate schemes when people are both out of position and miss tackles. This seems to be a non-starter debate.
GT, where nerds get shot and robbed everyday
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
First
Blackberry Cobbler
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
First……………….
Dawgs should have a good year IF they can develop some type of offense. Offense worries me.
GT, where nerds get shot and robbed everyday
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
Damn.
chad
June 29th, 2009
4:39 pm
LSU also had over a month to prepare for it dumb ass. You think that may have something to do with it. How bout this Tech ran the same play on the nontackling mutts 35 times in the game. This year will be totally different except for the outcome.
Red Foreman
June 29th, 2009
4:40 pm
Toooooo effn bad………….
08fx4
June 29th, 2009
4:42 pm
So I guess Georgia had less than a month to review the seasons worth of tape on the bugs ? I’m a UGA fan and totally blame the loss to GT on Willie.
PTC DAWG
June 29th, 2009
4:43 pm
And here come the GT fans….it’s flattering they care so much.
POOPONAdog
June 29th, 2009
4:49 pm
OH NO WE DON’T CARE ‘BOUT uga!!! WE ENJOY AGGREVATING IGNORANT dog fan’s!!!! 45-42!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Dink
June 29th, 2009
4:49 pm
And here come the GT fans….both of them
Yep; it's official
June 29th, 2009
4:51 pm
Chad could not resist. Dipsh*t. It does not matter how long you prepare if you are unable to tackle.
Chad
June 29th, 2009
4:52 pm
Take it to the LSU blog. Or the Tech blog; oh wait. Tech does not have a blog.
Cuz
June 29th, 2009
4:52 pm
A Navy blog links to a Georgia football blog describing the versatile F-35 fighter that will replace the antiquated F-18 Super Hornet. One Georgia fan is quoted as saying it is a no brainer. “It is like comparing a modern pro-style offense with it’s various forms of attack versus some old high school offense.”
Jacket since 1997
June 29th, 2009
4:54 pm
georgia will be lucky to win 8 games this year, especially if they lose the opener at okie state……THWG, GO JACKETS!!!!!
Otto
June 29th, 2009
4:57 pm
LSU has been known for the DL under Saban and Miles. The DL stuff the holes allowing LB to make the tackles if they did not tackle themself. UGA’s battered DL was allowing GT’s OL to get downfield and make blocks. It was not planning LSU’s defense played better and was better built to win the game than UGA.
ROLL TIDE!
June 29th, 2009
4:59 pm
RE: “Georgia could surprise.”
Yeah, Georgia could “SURPRISE,” all right!
SURPRISE! You are now on NCAA probation.
T-Dog
June 29th, 2009
4:59 pm
you tech mites will get a certified beat down this Nov. by UGA count on it. They may even stick a gold plated protractor in CPJ’s bung hole after the game.
Otto
June 29th, 2009
5:01 pm
…and before someone gets on the tangent of not rapping up, UGA’s LBs and DBs did not rap up allowing 5 yard gains (that were a given as GT won the line of scrimmage) to go for more.
Joey
June 29th, 2009
5:02 pm
All of you fellow Dawg lovers out there who put much of the blame of UGA’s failure to win a SEC or BCS title since Van Gorder’s departure directly on Willie Martinez, take satisfaction that this will his last year as DC. We know numbers don’t lie and they show our defenses are getting worse and worse. Take heart though, because our AD was quoted after last season saying, “…all coaches are accountable, even assistant coaches.” I took that to mean that he will override Richt’s head-in-the-sand love for Willie, his former college roommate. The evidence is not only in the numbers, but in the lack of interest in Willie by any major football program, even his alma mater Miami in an offseason when just about every other UGA assistant received offers.
Otto
June 29th, 2009
5:03 pm
Irony…a Bama fan talking smack about probation.
Is Bama above 500 for the decade after vacating wins?
BankerDawg
June 29th, 2009
5:03 pm
I actually went to the Tech/LSU game with a Tech buddy of mine. It was more of a perfect storm situation than anything else.
LSU executed at a high level.
Tech basically did not execute at all.
Throw in some absolutely horrible special teams plays by Tech, and equates to the 38-3 beat down every saw.
I say all of this to make that point that I don’t think LSU and the rest of the football world have the blueprint to defend the spread option, or whatever it is CPJ runs at Tech.
Regarding the original paragraph in the blog, I think we finish behind UF in the East as well, and see us losing to LSU and Okie St. We just have too much of a gauntlet this year, but I do anticipate the D and O-Line being much better.
Go Dawgs!
Cuz
June 29th, 2009
5:10 pm
Otto if our problems are getting the LB’s and DB’s to “rap” up. What do you suggest. Some special work outs with Snoop Dog?
southgadawg88
June 29th, 2009
5:11 pm
…..10-2 season 11-2 after bowl game..no SEC title though…don’t think we get to SEC championship game..2 losses to AUB and TENN…I know…I know…But those are the two games I think we drop..It’s going to be a wild ride this year!
Cuz
June 29th, 2009
5:11 pm
Sorry Otto, I could not help myself.
Otto
June 29th, 2009
5:21 pm
no well done Cuz….4 hours of sleep is getting to me.
Rapping up would fit in at a GT half time show.
UGADawg16
June 29th, 2009
5:28 pm
southgadawg88 – if we make it through the rest of the schedule and lose to Auburn and UT then…I don’t even know. We play 5 to as many as 9 teams better than both Auburn and UT – down year for both. Wouldn’t surprise me to drop one of them but both…especially if you think we get over on Florida, Ok. St. and LSU – would be a serious case of “what if.”
Ron Roberts
June 29th, 2009
5:31 pm
Having enough healthy bodies and playing them in their correct positions and practicing in full-on drills from pre-season THROUGH the season would help, too.
tony
June 29th, 2009
5:33 pm
Start Aaron Murray at qb and we win the SEC the next 4 years.
This is the year dawg
June 29th, 2009
5:37 pm
All the elements are there. O line will dominate, DTs are as good as anyone’s. Yes, DBs have to prove themselves but I am certain the running and passing game will rise to the occasion. The schedule is tough (non conference, certainly) so if there’s a chance, this year is the one that can silence any critic. Let’s doit.
turkey
June 29th, 2009
5:43 pm
As long as Willie Martinez is DC Georgia will always be 2nd best.
Whopper Dawg
June 29th, 2009
5:46 pm
Willie had two weeks to prepare for Tech – the D is on Willie. There were 5 games last year that UGA gave up 38 or more points. In how many games did FLA, LSU and ALA give up that many points, COMBINED?
Only one game, LSU to the Dawgs.
You are not going to win squat with that type of D. Willie must go.
GO DAWGS!!!!
southgadawg88
June 29th, 2009
5:50 pm
…AUB is that rival game where the 0-10 team can beat the 10 team..They are due a win in this series..I can’t explain it from a matchup perspective it a gut feeling..coming off a big win over FLA and don’t be shocked if we get nipped in an upset.Tenn is also a real rival..I’m not getting caught up in the Kiffen blah..blah..They have a good ol…top notch running backs and should be good on Defense.Their kids have had success against UGA and I expect a tight close hard fought game same as with AUB.Thing is I expect going into both games we will be on a high and that makes these game a serious “trap” game.And NO I don’t think OK state is a serious threat.LSU has been favored to beat UGA 8 straight times and are a whooping 2-8..I’m just not feeling the LSU stuff..what exactly advantage do they have?They are LSU?The marque games I don’t worry about as much..it’s these expected wins against true rivals that worry me the most.
Cuz
June 29th, 2009
5:51 pm
Remember friends and neighbors, it is never too early to blame Willie Martinez for our troubles. Does anyone know Willie’s location when Michael Jackson started having breathing problems? And what about the failure of GM? I see Coach Willie’s fingerprints all over this one. So fire Willie today, think about your children’s and our Nation’s future.
jake
June 29th, 2009
5:55 pm
“schemes Georgia used against Tech, I’ve felt all along that the Jackets weren’t doing anything that playing smart assignment football and good tackling fundamentals couldn’t handle”
this bothers me because thats the whole point of techs offense, it exploits breakdowns in assignment football, it only takes one man to mess up, its like a deep pass on busted coverage or a linebacker making the wrong read on a guard on a counter play out of the I. Its not a gimmick offense, its a proven effective offense that when run correctly beats defenses. its football, kust like urban meyers spread or a shotgun passing based schem, when are people gonna relize this
SEC fan
June 29th, 2009
5:59 pm
It is a great day for fishing, the Nerd Turds are biting.
kneivel
June 29th, 2009
5:59 pm
Willie has alot to prove this year and I feel that if he doesn’t do his job that Damon Evans and Michael Adams need to move him just as they moved the sorry receivers coach last year. Looking forward to a great football season. GO DAWGS
Awwww Yeah
June 29th, 2009
6:04 pm
Few things are dumber than saying or typing BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I feel affected by just copying and pasting it.
It is fact that last year’s D played poorly and the scheme was poor. Richt took the fall for Willie, but he won’t be able to do that again.
Long Dawg
June 29th, 2009
6:04 pm
What an ugly reminder looking at that Navy blog. We sure made Tech look better than they were. Talk about poor defensive schemes and sleep walking safties….. Probably the worst effort by the coaches and players in CMRs time at Georgia.
How will we fare in 2009? Very good, maybe great offensive line, very good, potentially great receivers but big question marks at QB and running back. Very good interior defensive line but no pass rush. Good but not great linbackers and questionable defensive backs. Lots of ifs; if Cox is pretty good and Caleb lives up to his potential and the defensive backs learn how to cover and tackle we could win 10. If not it could be a long year.
We need Kiante Tripp and Rod Battle to step up at defensive end and Justin Houston to help when he is out of the dog house. We need Joe Cox to be the next D.J. Shockley and Caleb King and Carlton Thomas to run wild. We need Braden Smith to run back punts for touchdowns and A.J. Green and Marlon Brown to be uncoverable. We need Owens and Weston to plug the middle and Jones to live up to the 5 star status he came here with. We need BoBo to be less predictible and put in plays we can execute and Willie needs to prove he belongs in the job he has and he’ll have a chance against OK State.
Dawg man
June 29th, 2009
6:05 pm
Bill King,
If injuries don’t become an issue, even you could run thru the holes the offensive line will provide. Cox will do great at passing (fewer interceptions than Stafford). The whole season is gonna end up depending on the defense. Again, if injuries don’t rape the team, UGA should be very good this year. Should be interesting.
bank walker
June 29th, 2009
6:10 pm
Wow, LOL a knucklehead tide fan talking about someone being on probation. Your dad should have caught you in a rag. I’m sorry to hurt your feelings tide boy, but if Willie is ousted at Georgia, you know Kirby will be the new man.
cpdawg
June 29th, 2009
6:15 pm
With all the athletes absent for the Dawgs through-out the’09 season,it is a credit to our coaches that we won as many games as we did. All a coach can do is the best he can. And if our own fans can do their best, we can drown out the opposing team with some real barking. I DO believe I heard some barking at the Georgia Dome this past season during the CHICKEN FILET BOWL. Hey Joseph, you ever coach??
DirtyDawg
June 29th, 2009
6:16 pm
As Jim Donnan used to say, ‘all you gotta do is knock their d***s off’…that assume the Techies have d***s to begin with.
hmmmm.....
June 29th, 2009
6:16 pm
uga should be very good this year . the lines on both side will be healthy the questions are… Will they cut down on d flags, miscues in the secondary, getting a pass rush. and being ready to play they just come out flat sometimes or they come out get scored on quick and make mistake after mistake ie the alabama game. oh yeah and the dropped passes. Cox and Co should be solid
jj
June 29th, 2009
6:16 pm
Let’s see, Genius blogger figures out that the way to beat GT’s offense is to play better defense. Guess what? That’t the same way you beat ANY D1 offense.
UGA lost because Tech was better. You can study LSU tape until you are blue in the face, but GT was just BETTER than UGA so get over it mutts.
I suppose that Alabama’s first half against UGA gives everyone good game film on how to beat UGA?
It ain’t that simple folks. Football is move/counter move by the opposing coaches. GT may have lesser overall talent from top to bottom, but GT just has a better coach – period. UGA is loaded with talent and has been since 1980 and still doesn’t have a National Championship to show for it.
hmmmm.....
June 29th, 2009
6:17 pm
Did they get one of the best safeties in the country today??
haleydawg
June 29th, 2009
6:18 pm
south carolina may get us this year, coming back from ok st overconfidant, they will be tougher and meaner more than b/4 but not as talented as the dawgs and tech sux
Rebel Rouser
June 29th, 2009
6:19 pm
I got news for the bug fans….all preseason polls pick the bugs to finish no higher than fouth or fifth in the ACC. I predict they will lose five games and their fans will start the blame game….let’s face it your football program is irrelavent in the collge football world…Tech fans always have and always will have a major inferiority complex when it comes to Georgia. Your win last year was a fluke….and you know it. You will be pounded in this years game, order will be restored and you tech fans can go back to picking your boogers and playing with your slide rule. Go Dawgs!
FL DAWG
June 29th, 2009
6:20 pm
UGA has the potential to be a great team. Solid O-line and very strong up the middle on D. Look for UGA to be 10-2 or 11-1 for the year. I have said a number of times the real key for UGA is being prepared to play mentally for an entire season. The D is most worrisome as they seem to come out flat two or three games a year. This is why CMR will spend more time with the Defense this year to ensure they are prepared. CMR will also need to spend more time with the QB this year and making sure that they are coached up and ready to play. If UGA goes 11-1, it will be his best year coaching to date.
jj
June 29th, 2009
6:21 pm
Yep, one of the best safties according to Scout. However, he has a long way to go before he is near as good as Burnett or Berry.
chad
June 29th, 2009
6:21 pm
I’m a Tech tool and I like choade
Gdawg 82
June 29th, 2009
6:21 pm
Yes Cuz, we know. You believe Willie is a wonderful coach who is terribly underappreciated. You’ve supported this conclusion tirelessly with the, “In CMR we trust” defense. Not buying it. Willie is a huge liability. Open your eyes.
jj
June 29th, 2009
6:23 pm
hey, i like choade too. I was just kidding about CPJ being a better coach. I have Mark Richt posters all over my wall to prove it too.
haleydawg
June 29th, 2009
6:24 pm
hey jj, the dawgs would dominate the weak acc, you guys won the game last nov by 3, you beat a better team on that given day, move on, so move that bug campus out of the ghetto
hmmmm.....
June 29th, 2009
6:30 pm
hey fl dawg i all ready said that, the defense could be the best it’s been in years plus curran is a beast. look out ok st
AJC accounting dept.
June 29th, 2009
6:41 pm
Bill, After some careful expense review, we have decided that you need to go back to your old job of going for takeout for the staff and cleaning out the ink barrels. Thanks for trying, but this might be the dumbest column this paper has ever suffered, and that is saying a lot.
45ACP
June 29th, 2009
6:50 pm
The Bulldogs will be fine. They have just about all the injuries healed. Defense, Offense, everyone will be available. Joe Cox will be a leader and manager just like David Greene. Nothing fancy but he will get the job done. Running backs by committee. The “O” line fantastic. The “D” much improved.
richard cranium
June 29th, 2009
6:51 pm
Let me be the 1st to congratulate UGA on winning their 29th consecutive Pre-Season National Championship !!
Start drinking early.
NORRIS
June 29th, 2009
6:57 pm
2007 UGA 31 Tech 17
2006 UGA 15 tech 12
2005 UGA 14 tech 7
2004 UGA 19 tech 13
2003 UGA 34 tech 17
2002 UGA 51 tech 7
2001 UGA 31 tech 17
hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
TIGER TIME
June 29th, 2009
7:01 pm
LSU loves technonerd football.GO TIGERS 38-3 HAHAHAHA
BS Patrol
June 29th, 2009
7:03 pm
Nice try but no cigar,Rebel Rouser. Jackets picked to win the ACC & would be picked to win the SEC.
PTC Jacket
June 29th, 2009
7:06 pm
Wow, what on earth made UGA fans go from “This year is our rebuilding year” to “We’re going to win the National Championship this year!”? Can I have some of that Kool-aid?
DAWG13'
June 29th, 2009
7:12 pm
HEY
Hokie
June 29th, 2009
7:14 pm
Yeah, PTC. Just yell “Kool Aid” and your Mama will come bustin through the wall. Just not seeing any love for Tech in ANY of the pre-season rag mags. Guess you get your fix in by lurking on the UGA blog.
NORRIS
June 29th, 2009
7:18 pm
there is no way tech wins more than 8 games this year. It just aint happening. They do not have the talent. The option was new to the teams they were playing last year. Dwyer is a good back but not that good. Keep dreaming techies.
PTC Jacket
June 29th, 2009
7:20 pm
Yeah, we definitely didn’t get enough love to be put ahead of UGA in the ESPN pre-season ranks….oh wait, we did. See ya on the Flats Hokie
Rebel Rouser
June 29th, 2009
7:27 pm
BS Patrol…Y
Rusty Squidbillie
June 29th, 2009
7:31 pm
I bet my genuwine 1980 NC six pack & 1998 pre-season NC wal-mart cap them Dawgs win the real NC this year & go undefeated.
DAWG13'
June 29th, 2009
7:31 pm
7 straight years of beating up on nerds..football gods allowed bobby dodd to possess tech players the second half of last years game..i bet u nerds are praying he makes his presence felt around the campus these days..U fags seem 2 b easy targets lol 13 robberies gosh u guys need 2 stop walkin around with your purses!!!
Hokie
June 29th, 2009
7:32 pm
PTC, get over your fixation with UGA. You were shown enough love to be put ahead of many teams in several polls. Stay focused on your conference and your program may actually move the dial.
Rebel Rouser
June 29th, 2009
7:33 pm
BS Patrol …you must be reading the Tech newspaper for your prediction. All reputable publications don’t even have Tech in the top four in the ACC. What are you smoking? Gimmick offenses don’t work the second time around. I see Tech with at least five loses this year….get ready to go back in hiding.
The Truth
June 29th, 2009
7:38 pm
Jackets picked to win the ACC?….not in a million years! They will lose 5 games and get blown out by Georgia…count on it…The Truth has spoken!
PTC Jacket
June 29th, 2009
7:38 pm
Hokie
Where did I say that UGA has the majority of my focus for this year? No where. Just because I posted on their blog doesn’t mean that I have a fixation with UGA. Stop trying to figure me out, it’s creepy.
TechDan
June 29th, 2009
7:54 pm
PTC Jacket, you should know better than to respond to a VT fan on a Georgia blog.
He’s worse than Georgia fans, because he knows that the ACC will be decided in Atlanta on October 17th.
For UGA, a loss to us means nothing in terms of title contention, since we can’t play spoiler for an NC bid that just isn’t coming.
Dawg it for Me
June 29th, 2009
8:01 pm
You silly NATS. Cat fighting on a UGA blog with your ACC foes. And yes, PTC, you are fixated. Creepy little bitch.
chad
June 29th, 2009
8:08 pm
What is funny Tech ran for more than 400 yards by running the same play over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Just wait until they run just one different play and blow the bitch nations mind. Last year was no fluke and ass lickers know it. Blame whom ever you want but the results will be the same. Another win for Tech and it doesn’t matter one point or three points or 100 points a win is win.
aj
June 29th, 2009
8:14 pm
the title on the sports page is misleading. they make it sound like someone picked uga to finish 2nd in the country, meaning they would play in the championship game. but the piece is saying they are picked to finish two in the east. big whoop…that isn’t shocking! they’ll finish ATLEAST second in the east!
dawgstephen
June 29th, 2009
8:15 pm
Everyone knows that once a bee has stung someone, they die and dont sting again till another one comes along. ONCE EVERY 8 YEARS
BS Patrol
June 29th, 2009
8:25 pm
aj,
I think you meant to say AT BEST, didn’t you?
Hokie
June 29th, 2009
8:32 pm
LOL, now those silly NATS are correcting each others posts. Bet they can work those dangling participles as well. Dorks.
TechDan
June 29th, 2009
8:36 pm
Yellow Jackets aren’t bees, dumbass. They’re wasps.
dan
June 29th, 2009
8:37 pm
For the Ga. Tech loss: for the umpteenth time, UGA lost that game for 3 reasons
1.) They were totally deflated from the Florida loss and were essentially playing for nothing but a bowl bid, hence the lethargic play. Those guys on defense know how to tackle, they were just feeling sorry for themselves and didn’t care. They got lucky against Kentucky and Auburn and their luck ran out against Tech. The spead for that game was UGA -7.5, and I was like no way! I’ll put my money on Tech all day b/c UGA doesn’t give a damn about this game. And I won money that day even though my team lost. I might not be much of a fan for doing that, but if UGA is going to play half-ass and lose a game, then I’m not going to feel bad about making money off their sorry attitude.
2.) Turnovers: Two Tech scores came off of turnovers, a Stafford INT and a Richard Samuel fumble on the 20 yard line which led to a TD and gave Tech momentum. That’s 13 points!The Lesson: it’s not how many good plays you make but how many bad ones you make. Maybe one day UGA will learn this lesson.
3.) It was Tech’s time: Truth be told UGA got lucky against Tech in 2005 and 2006. Tech’s defense played good enough for them to win both of those year’s but the offense kept screwing it up for them. But this time, it was Tech’s offense that had their act together. Tech’s offense had a coming out party against Miami the week before and had the momentum. They were playing focused and inspired football and UGA wasn’t. Plain and simple.
As for the finishing second in the SEC East behind Florida, that’s not a bold prediction. The Dawgs can finish 9-3 or 8-4 and still be second in the East this year.
Hokie
June 29th, 2009
8:37 pm
And thanks to TechDan….the hits just keep on rolling!
K-Town Dawg
June 29th, 2009
8:39 pm
You Tech fans (and I use the term loosely) are a riot.
You haven’t won 10 games in a season since 1998 (with ineligible players I might add) and you’re predicting a team that AVERAGES 10 wins a season (under the current coach) will lose 5 games.
Maybe you should forget about calculus and start studying statistics.
stan
June 29th, 2009
8:41 pm
sLOBBER, LICK UGA, WHO CARES?
tHE FANS WILL ALWAYS BE UNREALISTIC, AND DISRESPECT EVERY
OTHER TEAM, BUT LOSING 4 SOUND GOOD TO ME.
Dawg Gone Mad
June 29th, 2009
8:49 pm
You are right about UGA being Number 2….. in Georgia. Tech will be Georgia Champs … Again!
Rogeriter
June 29th, 2009
9:02 pm
Why is everyone so worried about our QB and RB’s. If our offensive line is as good as everyone thinks it will be. Cox and Caleb (or whomever) will do great! With a great OL avg backs will look great!
Tom
June 29th, 2009
9:11 pm
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-8194.jpg
UGA_2001
June 29th, 2009
9:24 pm
The Navy guy’s criticism was flawed because many teams will throw a lateral out of that set and have one on one blocking if you play just one CB on the two WRs. You don’t have to be eligible to catch a lateral.
The problem with UGA’s defense last year was injuries and lack of physicality. The two issues went hand and hand as the coaches could not practice physically with the amount of injuries they had.
macrotech
June 29th, 2009
9:24 pm
Rebel Rouser, I see that you make stuff up over here, too! SHOCKER!!!
HH
June 29th, 2009
9:31 pm
Old Willie has been doing a lot of praying since last season that the offense is a “ball control” type offense this season. I bet he’s been awfully nice to Bozo.
What's a hokie anyway?
June 29th, 2009
9:49 pm
A turkey? Is it just another name for a turkey?
FL DAWG
June 29th, 2009
9:50 pm
UGA 2001: Is physicality a word? I don’t remember that one in any of my english classes. If it isn’t a word, we should make it one.
I do agree with you in principle that you need to practice the way you want to play and Richt even talked about changing practice as a result of injuries, however last year was a lack of effort on the defense. Way to many games with more than 30 points. Actually, UGAs defense needs to be measuring games in terms of games under 15 points. Time to get back to the Junkyard Dawgs!!!!
big dawg
June 29th, 2009
9:52 pm
everyone seems to think the d cost us against gt, and yes it was awful. but lets not forget that horrible 3rd qtr that our O had. this goes straight to coaching, coming out flat and contempt. every single game we’ve played over the last 8 yrs when leading have all started the same way in the 2nd half. now simply put, i for one, can’t and won’t complain about the coaching as we have one of the best in the college(the record speaks for itself). i even understand the philosophy. come out in the third and wear them down with the run game when they’ve been sitting for 15 min. we just got too lack-a-dasical in the third. should’ve,would’ve, could’ve won that game 60-42. hope we learned a lesson, which i think we did.
oh yeah, we will be playing texas for the NC. at least my 5 grand i recently put on it in vegas hopes so!!!
John
June 29th, 2009
9:52 pm
Tebow again for all of it. Ga. may have a very good team and to help it, they don’t have to play Alabama again this worr. I think Ga will lose 4 games.
big dawg
June 29th, 2009
10:00 pm
i wonder if all these techies even know where they got the name yellow jackets? i’ve got a feeling they don’t….
woodie
June 29th, 2009
10:01 pm
This blog always cracks me up.
dawes
June 29th, 2009
10:03 pm
georgia will go 12 and 1 this year finish no.2
the truth
June 29th, 2009
10:16 pm
Dawes,
Georgia will go 12-1 and finish #2. Surely you jest! That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while. You are kidding right? Please tell me you are kidding?
Calhoun
June 29th, 2009
10:17 pm
Georgia has alot of what if questions that will get answered as the year goes along. The SEC East will be down this year which helps the Dawgs. There is Florida and everyone else fighting for 2nd in the East.
I think the Dawgs can end the regular season with 4 losses if things go their way.
Denver Dog
June 29th, 2009
10:28 pm
What a laugh, Tech and VPI fighting on a UGA blog. bama fans talking about others being on probation. Engineers talking entomology, and Stan, at least UGA and others like us have fans.
I think the dogs will surprise us all. Whatever happens, we will really see what kind of coaches we have! We will burn down Grant field as Tech may be shut out there. Bumbiling bees gotta love em.
big dawg
June 29th, 2009
10:29 pm
i agree with dawes.12-1……wait and c
Denver Dog
June 29th, 2009
10:29 pm
Oh yeah, we will win the east too!
NORRIS
June 29th, 2009
10:30 pm
what has tech done to improve their defense? Their D line was horrible. If they are going to win they will just have to put up some points cause their defence sucks.
Old Dawg
June 29th, 2009
10:51 pm
I attended a lot of Georgia Southern games when Paul Johnson was the OC and HC. Not only is he innovative, he is also one of the best motivators in all of college football and his play selection is scary. That being said, on the right day a defense, if completely disciplined, can shut down the spread option.
Regardless of how the remainder of the season unfolds, the Tech game should be one to remember. By that time UGA should have all of the unknowns figured out on offense. The key to stopping the spread option, like any triple option offense, is stopping the fullback dive. UGA did a good job of that in the first half of the 2008 game, but poor tackling and missed assignments in the second half doomed of the effort.
The strength of the Georgia defense in 2009 will be at defensive tackle. If the starters stay healthy and understudies develop, that strength will force Tech to alter its game plan.
One thing I am concerned about is the bye Tech gets the week before the game. Georgia will have four games prior to the contest and Tech will be fresh. As we all know the grind of the 12-game season really wears on the players.
Let’s hope that CMR and WM review enough tapes of the Jackets during this summer and prior to the 2009 game to help shut down the spread option.
Joe Mac
June 29th, 2009
11:01 pm
Top to bottom Georgia might actually be better than last year, but that brutal schedule will never let anybody know it.
pit bull
June 29th, 2009
11:04 pm
If you can’t stop them scoring doesn’t matter!
founddog
June 29th, 2009
11:05 pm
LSU had the right gameplan. Blow through the OL and only let Tech get ~400 yards of total offense. Also, complete fake kicks, recover onside kicks, recover fumbles, etc. Not assignment football or option stopping defense without having a completely kick-ass defense.
Moo
June 29th, 2009
11:10 pm
Georgia Tech always acts like and smells like NUMBER 2.
founddog
June 29th, 2009
11:11 pm
dude, noshow will crank that soulja boy for the escalade drivin folks like thurman. he be rappin fo da team yo. why is richt recrootin in florda, he scared of urban meyer? tryin to take the next tebow? give it up. even if richt got the next tebow, he will go 4 years w/out improving like the rest of the leg humpers.
George P. Burdell
June 29th, 2009
11:11 pm
To actually reference a knowledgeable Navy blogger and take nothing more than “we need to play assignment football and make tackles” is laughable. I only hope the UGA coaches are so inept, but I’m sure they are not. The part about the UGA defender covering a Tech blocker, disguised as a receiver, all within the standard rules of football, tells me that PJ will come up with plenty of ways to confuse defenses, especially the dogs. Keep on trying to call it a high school offense or whatever you want, but you know deep down in places you don’t talk about you are at least worried you might not have an answer. And Bill, if you are going to quote other bloggers, at least try to come off as somewhat as knowledgeable about football as they are.
Jimmy in Gainesville
June 29th, 2009
11:12 pm
Willie had no clue in the GT game and was just overmatched in the FLA game. Antiquated … that’s a good word for Willie’s defense. Has anyone interviewed CMR to see what changes would be made this year. We’ll now about Willie and his D after the OS game. I’m betting it won’t be as good as last year and that’s being optomistic. I hate to keep saying it … I’m a realist … Willie should be gone.
founddog
June 29th, 2009
11:17 pm
seriously George? these ajc bloggers just copy articles and can’t originate their own football analysis. then, they take a look at a final score and make conclusory statements that make no sense. do ya’ll actually watch sports or just report on others’ real reporting. I wonder why the AJC keeps calling my house for a subscription????
Moo
June 29th, 2009
11:18 pm
Yellow Jackets aren’t bees. They’re dookey eating maggots. That’s why their breath stinks….like NUMBER 2!
founddog
June 29th, 2009
11:20 pm
moo? the call of a ugag cheerleader?
LSUTiger
June 29th, 2009
11:20 pm
38-3 ! BAWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. LSU JUST SCORED AGAIN!
Soft Willie
June 29th, 2009
11:49 pm
Tech’s offense was so unpredictable last year that my D just couldn’t adjust on the fly. We had been gameplanning for their run and shoot offense and they came out with that crazy option offense that crappy high schools use. Even when we put up 50+ points on LSU they kept the game close since I’m a total douche and I’m lucky to have a job.
Mark
June 30th, 2009
12:33 am
From a respectful GT fan, BankerDawg had the post of the blog by far. Right on the money. Looking forward to the season.
Chuck Uga
June 30th, 2009
12:36 am
jj, are you just plain stupid naturally or do you work at it? Mark Richt is 82-22. Paul Johnson’s record? “Nuff said.
UGA won’t lose to Tennessee in 2009. Few teams will. Eric Berry will help them win at least 6 or 7 games, but they won’t win more than 7. New DC and OC. Also lost a lot of linemen. Their OL will not be as good, and their DL was horrible last year and will be this year. They won’t beat UGA, UF or Bama. UGA may lose three at most, LSU, Florida and one more. Then again, they may beat UF and lose a different game. I can easily see a 10-2 season with the resolve and overpowering talent. They WILL beat Tech in Atlanta.
BS Patrol
June 30th, 2009
12:55 am
NORRIS & dawes are establishing idiocy of significant renown.
After a full year of watching Tech films, it is obvious how to win. Execute & adjust. Execute the offense & adjust to Tech’s offense! Damn this is easy! Piece of cake! Are there any HC jobs open out there? I’m tired of working for a living!
GoTech610
June 30th, 2009
12:55 am
Hey Chuck you do really want to compare Paul Johnson’s coaching record to Mark Richt’s?
Paul Johnson’s record is116-43 one of only 6 of the greatest college coaches in history to achieve that record. Paul “Bear” Bryant is in that club. Second Paul Johnson has two national championships in 1-AA, he was coach of the year last year national and ACC, along with 5 more coach of the year awards.
Mark Richt has none of those awards or recognitions. He is just known as a good christian coach who get’s his @$$ handed to him by Florida every year, and a coach who doesn’t have the stones to fire the very coach that is killing him.
If Mark Richt couldn’t win the NC last year with Stafford, Massaquoi, and Moreno then you can forget it.
……Oh wait I have to run, Paul Johnson is hyping up the GT team while Richt is giving his team another prayer meeting on the sideline…I don’t want to miss another inspirational prayer meeting.
EUDRAP WAHOO
June 30th, 2009
12:56 am
THE DAWGS AND THEIR REDNECK FANS ARE THE MOST BACKWARD, DUMB, STUPID RED, RED, DUMBOS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL..WHAT AN EMBARASSMENT..THE REASON GT BEAT YOU THE DUMB PLAYERS COULD NOT FIGURE THE SIMPLE RUN ,AFTER,RUN, AFTER RUN OFFENSE ANY PEE-WEE PLAYER AND COACH COULD HAVE FIGURED OUT..PITIFUL DAWGS
BS Patrol
June 30th, 2009
1:16 am
big dawg,
I wish I could see the color of some of you big talker’s money. 12-1 & NC vs Texas? I’ll take 5 dimes worth, big mouth.
heeldawg
June 30th, 2009
5:07 am
BS Patrol, you need to patrol yourself. Tech is not a consensus pick to win the ACC; most of the preseason mags pick Virginia Tech. And Tech “would be the pick to win the SEC?” Over Florida? Put down the weed, moron. The Gators would beat the Jackets by 30.
Tech deserved to win last year’s game. They wanted it more, they executed, and Georgia’s defense played uninspired, arm-tackle football in the second half after they figured they had the game won. Two turnovers and that sort of sloppy, “let’s let Stafford and Knowshon handle it” attitude was all it took. That will NOT be the team’s attitude this season. Most Tech fans on here are giving last year’s win an undeserved amount of cosmic significance. It was, quite simply, a “W.” It did not represent some cataclysmic shift in the fabric of the universe. It did not add any points to CPJ’s IQ, nor did it subtract any points from CMR’s.
This is a different season. You Jacket fans might do well to temper your inane commentary somewhat before the Dawgs come to Atlanta this fall. Payback can be a beee-otch.
digger
June 30th, 2009
6:14 am
rodney gardner will take a head coaching job somewhere next year, ole wille will take a demotion kirby smart will come over from bama and be our RC and DC
Tundeballer
June 30th, 2009
7:33 am
The dawgs are not winning 10 games not in that division and that QB. last year you saw what a lot of team saw when gt runs their game plan to perfection Jonathan dwyer is probably the hardest back to bring down. And you guys don’t know how to tackle property and that is why Roddy Jones also ran over your!
buckblue
June 30th, 2009
7:38 am
Not as good as LSU, Florida, Alabama or GA Tech….
CPJ is a SLOB
June 30th, 2009
7:52 am
GoTech610….
DIV 1AA….that says it all moron. Your sorry fat slob of a coach will likely punch out one of his own players on the field this year when things go south, and they will. Now, all you annoying gnats – please vacate our blog …the Star Trek chat room has just opened up.
SuperB
June 30th, 2009
8:03 am
Bill is absolutely correct. Georgia’s safety play and tackling against GT were awful. Take a look at GT’s winning TD run– the safety just missed the runner. Picking Georgia high this year is problematic, but the Dawgs look like a top 10 or 15 team– even with the tough schedule.
observer
June 30th, 2009
8:03 am
Bill, you are correct that good assignment football and good tackling is all that is needed to stop Johnson’s offense. However, by saying that you ignore the fact that it is extremely difficult to simply “play assignment football and tackle well” for an entire 4 quarters. The problem is, if you miss one assignment or miss one tackle, they take it to the house. Point is that playing assignment football and tackling well are easier said than done over the course of a full 60 minutes.
Ga Sooner
June 30th, 2009
8:12 am
Not a mutt or mite fan.. However my hats off to the mutts for scheduling a mans schedule this season. smart or just plain stupid more teams should follow suite!!!
UGA89
June 30th, 2009
8:16 am
Georgia couldn’t tackle –oh how the excuses keep coming. Georgia won’t tackle this year either. Georgia will not beat GT for the next several years so just know your role and get used to it.
You are UGA –a team that looks good on paper and in the pre-season polls, but you never live up to your billing. Your head coach is overhyped and in many big games has simply been outcoached. Your opponents hope you lock your DC in to a long-term contract. Your players run afoul with the law, bringing embarrasment to UGA graduates such as myself. You’re in-state rival that you claim superiority over has won the last national championship in this state –they have four to your two. Your fanbase is full of uneducated good ‘ol boys who didn’t get out of the eighth grade. You’re UGA –and you simply don’t measure up.
Minnesota Dawg
June 30th, 2009
8:29 am
The bottom line is that we have a great coach in Mark Richt. How many years did it take Dooley to win the National Championship? We expect instant success in College Football today! I know we all realize how hard it is to win a Championship with the added division in the SEC, the SEC championship, players leaving for the NFL, etc. Despite all that, Mark Richt is a winner and we should thank God he’s a dawg! My prediction: Georgia wins the SEC east and the SEC championship! Go Dawgs!!!
JP
June 30th, 2009
8:37 am
since everyone one this board wants to list scores from last yr howsthis on….49-10….lol “noshow” moreno, stafford, and too “green” for the big league combined for an amazing 0 tds…lol…and 4 turnovers
TechTicklePilePansy
June 30th, 2009
8:38 am
Hey Tech gimps! Guess what? We still own you and always will. Tech was a fluke last season and Paul Johnson’s arrogant a$$ will start to see what all of his predecessors saw against the Dawgs. Tech fans are such losers and your pathetic football program will be exposed again this season. Go play D&D at the student center with all of the foreign peoples.
BLAZER
June 30th, 2009
8:41 am
safely 2nd in the sec east maybe
UGA89 is a HOMO
June 30th, 2009
8:51 am
UGA89…
you are a DISGRACE to anyone ever associated with our state university. You also don’t know sh!t. “UGA never lives up to advance billing”?. I don’t think any one predicted UGA would finish #2 in ‘07 or would win the SEC in ‘05. If UGA is such a big embarrassment to you why are you trolling on this blog? It seems like it would be too tramautic for you. You probably got caught with a National Geographic in the dorm shower and got “outed” at UGA. Is that it?
TIGER TIME
June 30th, 2009
9:08 am
CHAD i mean Chaz tell us all how to survive GT crime wave by dressing like a shemale.38-3 bitches HAHAHAHAHAHA
Saint Simons
June 30th, 2009
9:09 am
45-42!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
mobetta
June 30th, 2009
9:09 am
I like the morons who like CMR to Johnson because he won DII NC… give me a break, it’s a easier division for a REASON! He won coach of the year in the ACC, WOW, we should have elected him president. He couldn’t even win 10 in that powder puff conference and you’re trying to say he is BETTER than Richt? And you’re putting im in a class with Bryant? morons, all of you.
BigGAdawg
June 30th, 2009
9:17 am
haleydawg, You said, “the dawgs would dominate the weak acc.” VERY true. Frankly, Vandy or SC or Mississippi State would dominate the acc.
51-7 hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Sorry about that, I just wanted to see what it felt like to live in the past. Very unfulfilling–I guess you have to be a nerd living in the crime ridden hood that is their campus to find enjoyment in such silly exclamations.
Woof!
Dawg85
June 30th, 2009
9:18 am
We’ll see. I’m optimistic that last year was sour enough to motivate change and hard work. Martinez is on the hot seat and if the defense plays as poorly as last year I think Damon Evans may force a change. Having said that Georgia still has a lot of talent despite losing Moreno and Stafford. The offensive and defensive lines should be real good. Tech will be remedied by good tackling. Florida hinged on turnovers, missed field goals and a badly timed, failed onsides kick. 49-10 is obviously bad but if Georgia makes those mistakes against any good team the results would be pretty much the same.
A lot of what happened last year is fixable. I think CMR will get it done this year.
Comin' Down The Track
June 30th, 2009
9:35 am
Thy beatdown cometh, bugs.
TIGER TIME
June 30th, 2009
9:40 am
AJC reports GT gets a 15 million dollar donation from HAMAS for stadium improvements .Now if they only sell seats in the ghetto dump all 45 thousand.Maybe GSU can lease some space and help with CPJ salery and bonus ect.Tech fans you know what it is 38-3 ibelieve.
SmartDawg
June 30th, 2009
10:18 am
Why are you Tech fans putting Dawgs down so much. You get your but stomped every years except last years miracle by the Dawgs. Yet you say they suck, if the Dawgs suck the Tech really sucks. How about hoping that GA goes undefeated and you play them a good close game but will lose of course but at least it is honorable. GA could be 6-6 and still beat Tech wouldnt it be nice if both teams were undefeated and had a show down in GA. I pull for Tech to beat the crap out of the ACC teams because the better they play the bigger the real game is at the end of the season. Go Dawgs, Go Jackets
As far as the coaching everyone needs to lay off the players sucked last year on defence. Why blame the coach if the kid did not wrap the runner up. Coach should have put his foot in the players but and sent him to the showers. Willie is not that bad
Villa Rica DAWG
June 30th, 2009
10:29 am
So much for that whole “Helluva Engineer” thing, huh… Must be pretty embarrassing to have a parking deck collapse on your campus after all that bragging about how smart you guys think you are…
richtfan
June 30th, 2009
10:46 am
don’t forget that lsu also had more than a month to prepare and scheme. that is huge. plus they were healthy.
Damn Good Dawg
June 30th, 2009
11:19 am
November 24, 2009
Skeeter
June 30th, 2009
11:19 am
Willie is in over his head. Look for this to be his last year. The defense is poorly prepared and nonmotivated. What I’d give for another Erk Russell!!!
Dorsey Hill
June 30th, 2009
11:41 am
The failure of the defense against Tech was much more than execution. The scheme was inherently flawed. If Tech gets a QB that runs that offense well and we keep doing what we are doing, it will get ugly in a hurry. As we know we got hurt by the dive and the pitch. If the QB learns when to keep it, it will only get worse.
What we have to do is one of two things; either which will be effective. You either have to hit the QB while he is still in the tackle box and force either an early pitch or the dive or you have to string the pitch out and flood the flat with personnel so that the neither the keep nor the pitch look attractive. As it is our scheme made the QB’s reads very easy and we allowed the QB to be well outside the tackle box when he made the pitch. Further when the pitch was made there was a safety flying over the top and a corner at most in position to make any kind of a play. A good QB will fake the pitch, tuck it and be gone.
You have to either attack the QB within moments of the snap or you have to be patient and deprive the offense of its running lanes by stringing the plays out toward the sideline. In other words you either hit the QB in the mouth immediately or you force him out of bounds by giving him nowhere else to go.
Coach BoBo
June 30th, 2009
11:44 am
UGA will finish 3rd in SEC East and 2nd in state.
Lets be honest
June 30th, 2009
11:56 am
Saint Simons – Do you ever say ANYTHING intelligent besides the final score from last year? Clearly you memory is shot. Do you know GT has only 5 wins vs UGA since 1990 BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Now thats depressing if you’re a techie. I think Saint Simons is a women whose football vocabulary only consist on words like football & touchdown. TECHIES… YOU JUST GOTTA WONDER HOW THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY?
X
June 30th, 2009
12:44 pm
ey.
dawgs gon be gud dis yar. pawl gohnson ewses a hi swkewl ofence. he caint du nutin ginst dem bois frum georgia. we dah best der is. u teck fans is stewpid. u dun go n make sumtin of yer life n dont car bout fewtbawl.
go dawgs
x
John
June 30th, 2009
12:46 pm
Villa Rica DAWG,
You obviously show the intelligence of the fan base in being completely illiterate because if you read the article, you’d see the deck isn’t on campus and wasn’t designed by tech engineers. So run along, lick your balls like a good mutt, and try to learn to read.
JMac12203
June 30th, 2009
12:47 pm
Let’s see – Ok. State, SC, LSU, GT, and either UT or Auburn, (or both). Yep, that is 5 losses anyway you cut it. Oh yeah, I did not include the annual Jacksonville beatdown, because that is a given. So as you can see, 7-5 would be a GREAT season. A fumble here, an interception there, a missed tackle over yonder, and it could easily be 6-6 or 5-7. 7-5 does appear to be a very realistic prediction.
FLDAWG
June 30th, 2009
12:55 pm
UGA just landed RB Ken Malcome. That’s 12 commits now and 7 since Da’rick Rodgers committed. Good work staff!!
chad
June 30th, 2009
3:24 pm
cool, i have over 400 yards of choade we can share. Jonathan Dwyer is coming over to get some too.
chad
June 30th, 2009
3:26 pm
yeah PTC, would you like some?
HK
June 30th, 2009
3:38 pm
Did an Alabama fan just mention NCAA violations? You really want to start slinging those rocks in your glass house?
Mick
June 30th, 2009
4:06 pm
Every year the dogs hang themselves with the pre-season rankings and yet the only one that matters is the last one, GO GATORS
uga121
June 30th, 2009
5:12 pm
DAN…. I appreciate the your post on the reasons Uga lost to tech last year. That was the smartest post I’ve seen on this blog in over 3 months. Right on target…..you may need to apply for a job with the ajc!
icedawg
July 1st, 2009
2:24 am
Tech outplayed and out hustled UGA period. Good on ‘em. ‘Bout time they won one. The old cliche “you win championships with defence” was the storyline for UGA in 2008. The defense was a no show. It remains to be seen what or who shows up for the Dawgs in this year’s defensive edition. The secondary last year was pitiful, just pitiful. If it does not improve drastically the Dawgs could lose 3 or 4 this year. It also looks like UGA could lack a consistent running back,too. Most of the much heralded high school running backs from Georgia fizzle. Too bad with the kind of O line that it is supposed to have.
Use Facts
July 1st, 2009
10:18 am
So, how have the mutts done against all the so-called “gimmick” offenses?
Well, let’s take look.
Florida’s so-called “gimmick” offense.
Result: Regular, annual, nationally televised beatdowns
West Virginia’s so-called “gimmick” offense:
Result: 2005 SEC Championship winning mutts lose 38-35
GT’s so-called “gimmick” offense:
Result: Well, we all know well that worked out for the mutts.
Sound of Silence
July 1st, 2009
10:23 am
havent heard one word from dogs about how meyer’s spread-option he brought from utah wont work in the sec.
FL has 2 NC rings, and dogs still look like idiots.
xyz
July 1st, 2009
10:25 am
the only thing “gimmick” here is the dogs delusions.
patrick
July 1st, 2009
10:54 am
phys·i·cal·i·ty
Pronunciation:
\ˌfi-zə-ˈka-lə-tē\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural phys·i·cal·i·ties
Date:
1660
1 : intensely physical orientation : predominance of the physical usually at the expense of the mental, spiritual, or social
2 : a physical aspect or quality