A Dog fan’s memorable night in enemy territory
Reshad Jones celebrates a terrific interception. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Saturday night’s Georgia-Georgia Tech game was memorable for me for more than just the unexpected result.
It was the first football game I’d attended at Grant Field since I was a teenager.
Generally, I’ve avoided the campus of the school that pretentiously likes to call itself “the Institute.” I’d been to a few concerts at the old stadium over the years and took the kids to a couple of Atlanta Beat games, but when it came to football I preferred not to mix with the folks in gold and white (and blue, the often forgotten Tech color). I can proudly say I’ve never given their athletic association a penny’s income.
But my son decided back in September to take me to this year’s Tech game as a birthday present. I have to admit that the way the season had transpired, I wasn’t exactly looking forward to the game, but I figured it would be an interesting experience. Different, at least.
That was the case right from when we arrived at our gate. I’d never been patted down before entering a football game.
Once we made it up to our seats in the upper deck of the North end zone stands, mostly among folks in red and black, I marveled at two things: First, the view of the nighttime Atlanta skyline was pretty spectacular. And second, how could a school of engineers come up with such a poorly designed stadium? The thing looks like it was just pieced together, with no thought about easy access from one side to the other.
One plus about our location was that the Redcoat Band, located diagonally across from us in a corner of the other end zone stands, could be heard just fine all night, while the Tech band down below us, looking as silly as ever in those all-white uniforms, couldn’t be heard at all where we sat. My son noted before the game that there weren’t as many red shirts as two years ago, when it looked nearly 50-50, but there was still a good representation of UGA fans and we fortunately had plenty of occasion to make noise.
I liked that Tech showed the seniors on the big video screen, introducing themselves and telling their favorite memory from their time with the Jackets. (Predictably, more than half cited last year’s win in Athens, all reciting the score as if it were engraved on their rings or something.) But the silly poses struck by many members of the team in frequent video clips of them clowning around in sweats and urging the fans on seemed kind of cheesy. And the Tech band still has the dorkiest announcer I’ve ever heard.
I thought the folks running the game took a big chance after pregame warm-ups, letting the two teams come face to face at midfield, jumping up an down with only a thin line of coaches and officials between them. That easily could have gotten out of hand. There was a little shoving at the end of the game, but despite the hatred between the two programs, I also noticed throughout the night players helping opponents up off the ground and patting the helmet of someone on the other team after a play, which brought home the fact that many of the Bulldogs and Jackets grew up with each other and played together in high school.
So a Georgia-Georgia Tech game is sort of like a family squabble. OK, a pretty dysfunctional family.
And in the end, as my brother Tim noted when I called him after the game, Saturday night’s game turned out to be a pretty nice birthday present. One of the best I’ve ever received, in fact.
Some other random thoughts about Georgia’s win over Tech …
Georgia’s offensive line finally lived up to its preseason hype Saturday night. It was great to see the Dogs’ backs racking up yardage like in days of old, but it also made you sigh and wonder why it took so long this season to get the running game on track. And what the season could have been like had that aspect of Georgia’s game come together sooner. Or if the Dogs hadn’t had such a turnover problem all season. Take away the last-minute loss to LSU and the four second-half turnovers against Kentucky, and you’d have the pretty decent 9-3 season that so many folks predicted. …
It’s a good thing the Dogs got off to such a fast start against the Jackets, as the offense sputtered somewhat in the second half, having to resort to kicking field goals too many times thanks to uninspired play-calling in the red zone. And the poor tackling that killed Georgia last season occasionally reared its ugly head on Tech’s successful scoring drives. Vance Cuff particularly had a hard time subbing for the injured Brandon Boykin in that regard. But as I said last night, the middle of the defensive line was magnificent. And that one-handed pick by Reshad Jones was spectacular.
An entire quarter of Mark Richt football without a pass? Who’da thunk it?
Georgia’s special teams play continued to be spotty, particularly on kick coverage, and Blair Walsh had an up and down night, getting three touchbacks but also kicking one out of bounds. I felt sorry for him that he wasn’t able to ice the game with that 55-yard field goal attempt, but the three that he made provided the margin of victory, so he definitely should join Washaun Ealey and Caleb King on the list of the evening’s Bulldog heroes.
The running game, the most productive of the Mark Richt era, was the story of the night, but Joe Cox nearly had a beautiful long touchdown pass to Rantavious Wooten. The ball was perfectly placed; it just wasn’t caught, one of a couple of drops the Dogs had in the game.
All in all, it was the most satisfying win of the season, and not just because it was over the Jackets. Let’s hope that Richt and Mike Bobo aren’t just single-game converts to the running game. It’s still the best way to dominate in college football.
And when you can run the ball better than the No. 2 rushing attack in the country, what could be sweeter than that?
Well, how about this: Tech and Clemson are meeting for the ACC title. Clemson lost Saturday to South Carolina. Tech lost to Georgia. And Georgia beat South Carolina. As the Dogs’ Michael Moore facetiously asked in a postgame Tweet, doesn’t that make Georgia the real ACC champion?
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260 comments Add your comment
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
12:11 pm
30-24!!! Glad it still hurts!!!!
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
12:12 pm
Oh, I guess I was supposed to say FIRST!
22 wins in a row
November 29th, 2009
12:13 pm
Jackets are no Gators. Congrats on a big win, way to represent the SEC and the UGA football program.
where r u st. simons
November 29th, 2009
12:14 pm
30-24 hahahahahahahahaha
south ga dawg
November 29th, 2009
12:17 pm
NICE HANDS # 8.
Kennesaw
November 29th, 2009
12:20 pm
Don’t forget about Russ. An admirable sub for UGA VII. Hope we keep him.
Dawgs2009
November 29th, 2009
12:21 pm
This was one of the biggest wins in recent memory. To just hand to Tech like they did was awesome. Personally, it erases a bad season and gives me hope for the future. All of the other losses could be considered a “Sunk Cost”. Sometimes it only takes one game to turn a program around.
Tybee guy
November 29th, 2009
12:21 pm
Where you at Saint Simons???? I love seeing an arrogant team (and coach) go down!!!!!
DawgEDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:22 pm
4th… I’ve never done this before so I’m proud of myself
BK
November 29th, 2009
12:22 pm
Too bad Butler can’t win with class. Way to tear up the GT on field with your cleats after the game was over – twice. His daddy wouldn’t have done that…
JV
November 29th, 2009
12:22 pm
Heard an interesting take from a Tech fan on the radio this morning. Their failed fourth down pass should have been the third down play (as opposed to the bomb), but Johnson had got it into his head that he is invincible on fourth down. Yes. That’s what they call “hubris.” In recent weeks I have been far less annoyed by tiresome posts from Saint Simons than by the premature coronation of Johnson. It appears that the laws for physics DO seem to apply to him. Who knew?
DawgEDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:23 pm
OK, so I still haven’t done it.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Larry
November 29th, 2009
12:24 pm
As a Georgia native, a graduate of neither school, but a supporter of both, I must say reading the blogs today the Georgia Bulldog fans must be the biggest goobers and rednecks I have ever read.
I am completely unbiased and always enjoy watching this game but clearly I don’t think either team was that good last night. Further, had GT not had the false start on fourth and goal, followed by a missed chip shot field goal, and the injury to Nesbitt I think GT pulls this game out in the end.
Saint Simons
November 29th, 2009
12:25 pm
(((UGA ACC Champions)))) ahahahahahaha
UGA>Tech
Fla>Fla St
Sc>Clem
(((( Acc IS GARBAGE)))) hahahahahahahaha
TECH will always choke
November 29th, 2009
12:25 pm
Tech and Clemson lose to SEC teams. Well the debate over whether the ACC is better than the SEC is over. Hope they enjoy the ACC championship, maybe they can get some hats or rings made. I think I hear the tech fans climbing off the wagon.
Hmmmmm
November 29th, 2009
12:27 pm
Hope you went to the Varsity after the game!
SD Dawg
November 29th, 2009
12:27 pm
Larry-
And if we didn’t have all those turnovers and penalties this season, we’d be undefeated. But we did. So were not. Tech couldn’t get it done. They lost. We earned that win. Let’s us be goobers and redenecks. We have endured a lot these last 365.
But no this year!
SD
DawgEDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:28 pm
Obviously, Larry hasn’t spent much time on these message boards over the last year.
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
12:33 pm
Stomped a mudhole in the middle of Grant’s Field.
MtnDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:33 pm
ST Simons, stop playing hide and go seek and come on out!!
Whats the matter, dawg got your keyboard??!! 30-24 hahahahahahahahahaha!
DawgNation
November 29th, 2009
12:34 pm
BK,
I suggest you take a look at all opponents especially Tech when they win in Athens. It takes a year to re-grow the hedge and as I recalled the Tech players stormed to mid field stomping and churning the G. So if they can’t take it then stop it when they win.
Love the win and the fact all my Tech “friends” can just STFU now and suck on their thumbs.
AltamahaDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:34 pm
Bill, dead on. Even with the maddening issues, its not hard to “imagine” 9-10 wins this year. And easy to see a 10 win season next year minus half the mistakes. 2011 before we have the horses on defense again.
And what is the deal with half-bro Russ? Same mama? Same Dad would be UGA lineage same as VII. Thought he was a pretty good looking dawg.
D.Ellis
November 29th, 2009
12:34 pm
Larry-We thank you for your “unbiased” would coulda shoulda opinion. I’d also like to add that if the game had 8 downs instead of 4 to get 10 yards Tech would have probably got a first down.
But rules are rules…you only get 4 downs and kickers kick and players get hurt and penalties happen. It;s football, and the State championship trophy is out of the hands of the dark side and in it’s right ful place
UGA
November 29th, 2009
12:35 pm
Didn’t Johnson get a contract extension? Tech looks like they are going to get into the same situation Notre Dame is in. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dawg Fan
November 29th, 2009
12:35 pm
Enter your comments here
UGA
November 29th, 2009
12:37 pm
Hey LARRY you are a TARD. Move to Florida
Michael
November 29th, 2009
12:38 pm
Isn’t it great how a pretty awful season can be redeemed by one win? I just hope Richt understands that this win doesn’t mean that there aren’t serious problems with the program that need to be addressed, and that he won’t use this win as an excuse not to address them. And won’t it be nice not to hear from that low-life creep Saint Simons for a year?
AltamahaDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:39 pm
Yea Larry, had Tech scored more than UGA, it’s quite possible they would have won. Brilliant! Sort of ignoring the 3 points spotted tech on the fumble or the many mistakes UGA made that kept tech in the game, aren’t you???
Gator Hater
November 29th, 2009
12:41 pm
To Larry….yea sure you’re umbiased. I guess Tech the only team last night that had plays not go their way. You know what they say….if and buts were candy and nuts..
georgiagirl
November 29th, 2009
12:42 pm
BK , Leave Butler comments out, maybe he did not like it last year when the Tech players broken the hedges off and ran around the field with them in their mouth. So he has class, he is a great player. But has the old saying goes what come around goes around. Tech players were taunting Georgia on the videos before the game. But I guess that was okay.
longtimedawg
November 29th, 2009
12:42 pm
Georgia vs South Carolina for ACC Championship?
ACC SUXS!!!!!!!!!!!!
(((((((30-24)))))))) GO DAWGS!!!!
AltamahaDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:45 pm
Michael, I think the chances that Richt would use a win as an “excuse” to not work on improving the team, is pretty low.
Buzz29
November 29th, 2009
12:48 pm
I’ll be the first Jacket fan to eat crow. As hard as it is to say, congrats on the win last night. I have great disdain for the school in Athens but ya’lls O-line was spectacular last night. Only 364 more days to catch the wrath of what Saint Simons brought on. See ya’ll next year in Athens. Remember, Saint Simons isn’t a good representative of the Tech fan base. Yeah we enjoyed the win last year but that damn fool caused us bad karma. THWG!
Saint Simons
November 29th, 2009
12:48 pm
I haven’t been able to post anything because I was arrested for child porn and I was in jail. I am sorry, but I now ready to remind everyone to lock up their little boys.
frank james
November 29th, 2009
12:48 pm
My brother and I rode into town to enjoy a Dawg victory. While waiting for the Dawgs to come into the stadium a Tech fan asked us if we really thought we had a chance? I wish I could have found him after the game. During the game we sat with some Tech and GA fans. I really enjoyed it. The Tech fans and Dawgs showed alot of class. What a great rivalry!
Razor
November 29th, 2009
12:53 pm
BK-
You’re a jerk. Typical Dawg fan…win and you gloat like you’re the Texas Longhorns or something. You beat Tech…whoopy-doo. Miss St beat Ole Miss too. Again, whoopy-doo. Best team doesn’t always win and didn’t this time….you’re season is over except for your crap bowl. Good luck with that. Jerk.
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
12:53 pm
There’s a new sheriff in town and the DAWGS just stomped a mudhole in him.
Chris
November 29th, 2009
12:57 pm
What a bunch of thugs…ya’ll cry cause some UF player tries to scratch your running back’s eyes….but I guess it’s ok for you mf’ers to stop and twist the ankle of our quarterback.
F U Georgia thugs…you’ll get yours….I hope stupid Richt and Willie are there for a long time….
AltamahaDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:57 pm
Even worst to lose if you were the “best team”, isnt it?
Dr M
November 29th, 2009
12:59 pm
Wish I had a dollar for every post that mentions “St. Simons”…LOL. What a brilliant game plan- winning by running the ball down their throats! Kudos to CMR, the seniors, the entire UGA team, and, yes, the OC and DC. For this to be the defining game of a very difficult season- priceless.
Dawgs2009
November 29th, 2009
1:00 pm
Chris:
Are we a tad bit upset this morning? I have a tissue and a glass of hot milk for you. Poor baby. You must feel terrible. It will be Ok. Don’t cry poor little chrissy boy.
HAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! EAT IT!
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
1:02 pm
Are these the same crybabies who made fun of our beloved mascot dying?
Palmetto State Dawg
November 29th, 2009
1:02 pm
Hey Larry, and if GA would have had AJ Green playing, this game wouldn’t have even been close. Get a clue you idiot.
Dawgs
November 29th, 2009
1:02 pm
Rumor has it that Martinez is resigning today and Rodney Garner who never signed a contract this year may be leaving. Any truth?
All Points Bulletin
November 29th, 2009
1:04 pm
Has anyone seen or heard from Saint Simons?????? Everyone has been looking for him, but to no avail. I guess he/she is still asleep, and hoping last night’s GA win was a nightmare. LOL!!!
UGAfireDAWG
November 29th, 2009
1:05 pm
Why are the patheTECH fans still on our blawg???
((((((((((((30-24)))))))))))))
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAA
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UGA ACC CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gimmick Offense
November 29th, 2009
1:06 pm
(((((((((((30-24))))))))))) HAHAHAHAHAHA
Mike S
November 29th, 2009
1:08 pm
Last night took the sting out of an otherwise bitter season, but Georgia still has a lot of work to be done.
First order is to get rid of Willie Martinez and that stupid zone. The D-line and LB were fantastioc against the GT option, but Tech’s RECIEVER (as in singular, one, only) was wide open running across the field all night long. We covered the deep stuff ok for once, but the underneath throws were still completely open every single time.
Still, the future on Offence is bright – Tavarres King, Rontavious Wooten, Orson Charles, Caleb King, Washaun Ealey, AJ Green — all Freshmen or Sophomores. Next season we willhave Aaron Murray or Zack Mettenberg stepping up to lead the Offense. Now to get some fresh meat on the defensive side of the ball!
Oh an finally – for the sweet kind wonderful Saint Simons
(((30-24)))) Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
AltamahaDawg
November 29th, 2009
1:08 pm
Dawgs, it’s all rumor till it happens, but logic tells you that Richt and Martinez have already come to a conclusion. The look on Willie’s face after the game tells you all you need to know.
I’d be very shocked if Garner isn’t the HC of some smaller school during the offseason.
ParrisIsland Dawg
November 29th, 2009
1:09 pm
The truth is GA should have scored 40. When the running game is working that well the entire playback is opened up. We could have run play action more, thrown on first down more, thrown in some gimmick plays and caught their safeties cheating up. No problems whatsoever with CWM’s scheme other that the fact that it took us till the 12th game to play assignment football.
Ramwreck,
November 29th, 2009
1:09 pm
As a Techie, I hate that our players tore up the hedges and disabused the field last year. Jumping around on the G or GT is just more fodder for next year…..PJ’s play-calling at the end was poor but he had only one time out so he couldn’t call a run – there’s another weakness – no two-minute drill. On the third down play at the end Nesbitt had a wideopen player for first down yardage but threw deep into two-deep coverage. And Nesbitt hit some passes agaisnt Clemson to pull that game out. Regardless, UGA played a great game, period. Congrats!
That said, Tech danced on the edge in too many games for too long (Clemson, FSU, Wake) and finally got exposed. A team with a great offense, porous defense and mediocre kicking game is lucky to be 10-2. Paul Johnson’s coaching moxie is a lot of why the Jackets are 10-2, (See VA Tech) but live by the sword, die by it!
frank james
November 29th, 2009
1:11 pm
Chris – I am sorry, but that is football. If UGA had of tried to intentionally hurt someone, believe me it would have been called. Go see if mommy will take you to get an ice cream or something. Maybe in Tampa you can go to Busch Gardens.
Love GEORGIA
November 29th, 2009
1:14 pm
Perfect picture that the game was going our GEORGIA way. A 35 year old tech lady that was sitting with her 2 children was seen crying during the first half of a great game.
Dawgs
November 29th, 2009
1:14 pm
Mike S I agree the future is bright on offense next yesr, but we are going to be playing an inexperieced QB which will be tough. Richt should have pulled the plug on Cox sooner and started developing Murray.
The Flats
November 29th, 2009
1:20 pm
Bill, I’ve been to nearly every Tech home game since 97 and I’ve never been patted down entering the stadium. You must just have a look about you or something, or else they just pat down Georgia fans. Which they should, your fans are the worst in college football and terrible losers and worse winners.
ORANGE BOWL
November 29th, 2009
1:20 pm
10-2
is still a lot better than
7-5
ParrisIsland Dawg
November 29th, 2009
1:23 pm
The touble with the triple option is playing from behind against superior athletes. Barry Switzer could roll up 500 rushing yards against Tulsa but always had trouble with Miami. As long as CPJ is there they will win their share but will inevitably have 1-3 hiccups per year.
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
1:23 pm
10-2
is still a lot better than
7-5
Except that the 7-5 team would still sell more tickets than the 10-2 team.
Cuz
November 29th, 2009
1:24 pm
The Flats, us fans have learned from the best. Saint Simons, m and Yellow Fuzz taught us the fine art of being sore winners. You are just a sore whiner.
Hopeful Dog
November 29th, 2009
1:24 pm
Let’s see, the two ACC division champs got beat by two mid-grade SEC teams. And I though Tech could hold it’s own against a Bama or a Florida. What the heck was I thinking?
Dawgs
November 29th, 2009
1:24 pm
Orange Bowl, you still gotta beat Clemson which shouldn’t take much but you got lucky first time around! Big East wins this bowl!!
Farsider
November 29th, 2009
1:32 pm
Bill, I’m a big Georgia fan, but I’m really disappointed in the post-game comments on this and other UGA blogs. The petty, snippy remarks about Tech’s facility, fans and personnel are completely inappropriate. It appears that the lack of class in victory and sportsmanship from Georgia supporters and bloggers are becoming the exception, instead of the rule. It’s embarrassing. If we truly are the #1 program in the state, then why not act like it? What happened to classy in defeat, classy in victory?
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
1:33 pm
This just in!!!!…..Caleb King just scored again….Paul Johnson is after all, human…..Tech once again irrelevant…..Washaun Ealey, another first down…..Tech player down, time out…..Caleb King, untouched, TOUCHDOWN!!!
Waltrell (Big) Ealey
November 29th, 2009
1:36 pm
Well, I am really looking forward to next season at how we shift things around and get good ball movement based on using the running game to open up the pass. The shifting of the Oline was made too late and immature mistakes were made due to having young players. We have the number 3 and number 5 QBs in the country entering this next year with Aaron and Zach. Washaun and Caleb are coming back as well as AJ and Tavarres on the Offense by adding AJ Harmon to the lineup. The defense will add Rambo to the Defense with Abry and more. I saw both of them play in HS when we were traveling through the State playoffs both years. With the changes in store, we should be okay if the changes are made with enough time to adapt before the tough games. The next years scheduled games are as follows:
Louisiana
South Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi State
Colorado
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Florida
Idaho State
Auburn
Bye
Georgia Tech
Anyone agree with me?
Cuz
November 29th, 2009
1:38 pm
Farsider, have you been on this blog in the last year? Did you read Bill’s Blog titled UGA rivalry defines Tech? Bill’s blog is the “UGA Fan Blog”. On that blog alone the first page had 57% comments from Tech fans. Page two had 65% comments from Tech fans. Page three had 48% comments from Tech fan. Few were classy. What goes around comes around. And this was 365 days in the making. Sorry if it offends your tender sensibilities.
Turnt Up?
November 29th, 2009
1:40 pm
BK–
Butler doesn’t have class? If you recall, GT players ripped out our hedges and stuck them in their mouth, Butler was not in the wrong!
dawgstephen
November 29th, 2009
1:40 pm
Well, I guess its time for me to get me a clemson shirt and wear it next saturday. NOTHING would make me happier than for tech to miss a BCS game AGAIN!!!
Martin Luther- BBA '79
November 29th, 2009
1:43 pm
First of all, SHUT UP GA TECH. I love the ACC Championship now-are they playing for 7th best team in the SEC? Tech wouldn’t be .500 in the SEC.
Hopefully, the coaching improvements start tomorrow; this doesn’t change the fact that we still need two coordinators. Our DBs were way too soft, and the playcalling was still brutal in a few situations.
Why put Branden Smith at TB when things were going so well? Why throw a screen behind the line on that crucial 3rd and 3 in the 4th quarter? When you are running as well as we were you don’t need to get so darn cute. Bobo may have a place on the staff but we MUST have a mature OC as well as an entire new defensive scheme.
With the right coaches, and a decent QB, this team can be awesome next season.
And did I mention that the North Avenue Nerds can just SHUT UP!! I thought the messiah, Paul Johnson, panicked in the last two minutes. He had plenty of time to go down the field 10 or 15 yards at a time, and he threw 3 straight bombs! Stupid, stupid, stupid.
“Shift of power” my butt. Shut up nerds and GO DAWGS! 8 out of 9!
Farsider
November 29th, 2009
1:43 pm
Cuz, I strongly believe my comments are spot-on. All the excuses this morning from Georgia fans acting like they won the Super Bowl or something are related to “getting back” at previous comments from Tech fans. I say we need to rise above it. As for Bill King, I stick by my criticism. I found his gibes at Tech to be immature and petty for guy with that much gray in his beard. We’ll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
Chris
November 29th, 2009
1:44 pm
lmao @ Saint Simons… For all the tech fans complaining that GA had no class – maybe not – but we had about as much as y’all did when you ripped the hedges up after the game and stomped on the G – what goes around comes around.
What’s funny is that if Tech loses the ACC Championship (which as a resident of GA I hope they win) they may well end up at a worse bowl than UGA
Wayshun Ealey – my God, a freshman
mashdogg
November 29th, 2009
1:47 pm
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
1:48 pm
News Flash….Sunday November 29th 2009
This morning Georgia Techs famed School of Engineering gathered at historic Grant’s Field at Bobby Dodd Stadium to see if they could figure out how to fix the GREAT BIG MUDHOLE that mysteriously appeared during the previous evening’s football game.
Rabid Dawg
November 29th, 2009
1:50 pm
Great read Bill,
I being a Dawg fan went to the toilet bowl on their inter city campus and the little flying insects fans were just plain nasty. Was nice to kick their butts and see them leaving early. The crying was a extra bonus. Wives consoling their husbands. PRICELESS
mashdogg
November 29th, 2009
1:51 pm
love the coment Chris
dawggirl
November 29th, 2009
1:54 pm
I appreciate the class Tech fans I’ve seen. No doubt that m, Saint Simons, Yellow Fuzz, Ramble On and the like have given your fanbase a lot of crow to eat. Saint Simons after a while was simply mildly annoying.
I do think GT played a good game, and definitely had the opportunity to come back. It just was not to be. You’ve had a good year and should be congratulated, but the bragging rights are ours again.
Finally, I resent any comments that we tried to take out Nesbitt. That is just simply whining and isn’t true. I always say when we lose, no excuses. We’ve certainly had to do that a lot this year. It isn’t so easy when it’s your turn and you’re not that used to it, huh?
Go DAWGS! Looks like we’ll get to beat up another ACC opponent in the bowl game, either here in Atlanta or in Nashville.
Dawg since 1965
November 29th, 2009
1:55 pm
Razor, best team didn’t win last year however the best team did win this year. Did you see the O line dominate tech? Did you see 389 yards rushing from UGA?
And did you see SC whip clemson? This is what your always chokes conference championship game is ====
Now the ACCCG = buy 1 get 3 free with 4 cokes and 4 hotdogs
30k tickets still available, will someone please buy some tickets!!
mashdogg
November 29th, 2009
1:56 pm
yo saint. how bout them dawgs!! they were just dropin like bees out there last nite!! Get it
Coach Richt
November 29th, 2009
1:58 pm
I agree with Damon that we need to seek entrance into the ACC. I have been reading about Urban’s recruiting class that is predicted to be the best in history of all schools. We have not been able to beat Florida with equal athletes, how are we going to fare when they pull in talent.
But the team can hang with the best in the ACC. That is where we belong.
AltamahaDawg
November 29th, 2009
1:58 pm
farsider, it’s an internet football blog, not sunday school, get over yourself. Nobody is going to go out and hunt down tech fans on the street in the real world , just to be rude to them. relax.
And who is acting like somebody won the SuperBowl? (if you are really going to pretend to be making a serious point, it helps to not exagerate to the point of silly) I think everyone is acting as if we just won a big game against an In-state rival, who took great pleasure in rubbing it in for the past year, salvaging a disappointing season. Isn’t that more likely?
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
2:01 pm
30-24!!!!
What a BEATDOWN!!!!
Washaun, first down!
Caleb King, touchdown!!!
Paul Johnson’s neck EXPLODES!!!!
Glad it still Hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bonairedawg
November 29th, 2009
2:02 pm
Hey 1eyedjack: 10-2 record playing in the Almost College Conference and the top ACC schools getting their asses handed to them by this years mid-level SEC teams- give me a break.
Iceman
November 29th, 2009
2:04 pm
I can’t remember the score..where is Saint Simons? He seems to remember scores pretty well..maybe he can tell me. lol
GO DAWGS!
Herschel Talker
November 29th, 2009
2:04 pm
WHERE IS RAMBLE ON!!!?
WHERE IS OLD GOLD?
WHERE IS YELLOW FUZZ?
WHERE IS M?
WHERE IS SAINT SIMONS?
WHERE ARE THESE MORONS? ARE THESE MORONS GOING TO SHUT UP FOR THE NEXT 364 DAYS?
AltamahaDawg
November 29th, 2009
2:08 pm
BTW, it seems to me as if all of this is pretty harmless, since tech fans are not required to be reading the comment section of a blog devoted to Dawg Fans, now are they? That’s thier choice. Now if you want to go over to the tech blogs and critisize Dawgs fan over there, at least you would have a leg to stand on. Good luck with that.
Ulysses Everett McGill
November 29th, 2009
2:09 pm
Well, I guess hard times flush the chump. Everybody’s lookin’ for answers…
Random
November 29th, 2009
2:15 pm
This is random, and not relevant to the conversation, but there used to be this keychain with an acrylic block on it that had a piece of the hedges in it, does anyone know where I can find one of those?
Blind Seer
November 29th, 2009
2:19 pm
You will find a fortune, though it will not be the one you seek. But first… first you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. Mm-hmm. You shall see thangs, wonderful to tell. ……………….. And, oh, so many startlements. I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation.
reebok
November 29th, 2009
2:23 pm
Tech fan here. I was at the game last nite and it was a beautiful nite for football and a great rivalry game…altho it certainly didn’t turn out the way I had hoped! I was in an area that was probably 70/30 Tech vs Georgia fans, and everybody was respectful (loud and passionate, but respectful). Congrats to the Dogs and their fans. Hope you get a good bowl game. SEE YOU IN 364 DAYS (unless it’s a leap year).
AltamahaDawg
November 29th, 2009
2:28 pm
In all fairness, Ramble On has been a pretty good sport, and we will see him in a day or so.
Top Dawg
November 29th, 2009
2:30 pm
As if the ACC Championship game needed any more help on the road to irrelevance, enter UGA and South Carolina. If this does not silence the ACC group once and for all, nothing will.
1eyedJack
November 29th, 2009
2:47 pm
Before I leave….
Caleb King just scored another touchdown!!!
animaldr
November 29th, 2009
2:49 pm
I cannot wait ’til next year. Can you imagine this game with aj green? we return everyone on offense, except cox. main loss on defense will be DT. but tons of young talent. easier schedule. all the talk (especially in the ajc) of gt being the more dominant program in ga is out the window. GO DAWGS!
DBCOOPER
November 29th, 2009
2:55 pm
Don’t miss the taped replay of the ACC Championsip at 2:00AM on the Food Network. What an important match-up. At half time both teams will get on their knee’s and give thanks to their Masters the SEC. A low flying fighter jet will do a fly-by while GLORY,GLORY to Old Georgia plays on the PA system. We own you Tech.!!!!!!!!
athensdawg
November 29th, 2009
2:56 pm
i was wrong….i admit it.
i didn’t think we could line up and smack em in the mouth…but we did. had that team showed up earlier this year, we would be playing in florida on new year’s day.
still dont understand why on 3rd and short with the game on the line and over 300 yards rushing in the bank, Bobo goes into the shotgun and tries to throw…..
you run once, and get to run at least another minute off the clock while you decide whether to punt or try a field goal.
Nice Job, Mark Ray…..
another ptc dawg
November 29th, 2009
2:59 pm
GT has finally figured out how to keep so many Dawgs out of Grunt Field.
1. Raise the ticket price to $75.
2. Play at 8pm in downtown ATL.
3. Make sure UGA is 6-5 every year going inot the game.
PHIL
November 29th, 2009
3:12 pm
It’s obvious to me the reason we didn’t run the ball like this all year is because we didn’t play the trade school all year. You see that they played no one. No one. The best that Tech can hope for is to beat Clemson, another no one and then play someone like Cinci or TCU, more no ones in the Orange Bowl. They’ve had practice games against poor teams all year long, why play one now?
BuLLdawg
November 29th, 2009
3:27 pm
GTPhenom
“UGAg fans need to get a life. Get over the fact that GT is going to completely destroy you guys tomorrow”
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Cuttysark
“With a week off to prepare, and a well rested Yellow Jacket squad, this should be a very good game as the triple option gets going in this one. Tech covers in this game against UGA. Paul Johnson rules in rivalry games! “
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Ramble On:
“THWG! GT romps! 50+ on the pups.”
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DCJacket
BuLLdawg –Forget stats that you worship to make your arguments. Ignore you and your ilk. Win and let things take care of themselves. Go Jackets! POUND THE HOUNDS!! THWG!!”
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Jackets21
“bulldawg, Paul Johnson is making the lunatic fringe of UGA fandom literally go insane.”
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Josh
“I work in athens I wear my Georgia Tech hats and shirts proudly and the lil bulldawgs never say a word but I love the way they look at me with hatred when I could careless about them. They are just another win on the season to me.”
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Ramble On:
“My guess is that your punter, Butler will break all the UGA punting records tonight. I say he punts about 20 times for a total of 1000 yards. Now, that my UGAG friends is an accomplishment. THWG!”
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Perrine
“TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!”
“Tech will cruise to a huge victory today over UGA”
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Perfect Option
“Ga Tech will win the game as well as the knock down drag out fight afterwards”
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DCJacket
“Hey buLLdawg!! As you can see, we are all sooo upset and rattled by your fiction. Come back tomorrow and tell us all the other ways UGAy is superior to Tech, except in what this whole thread is about. UGA 17 GT 38”
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. William Casey
“I hope that the Jackets beat the hell out of the Bulldogs. However, I’ll be happy if we win by 1.”
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CPJ
“I just can’t stand the Bulldogs. I wish we would break the old scoring record that we put up against Cumberland.”
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Bo in North Carolina
November 29th, 2009
3:29 pm
Where is that nerd who predicted a trifecter for the ACC for Saturdays games? How sweet it is.
JB
November 29th, 2009
3:33 pm
Bill’s best comment was the fact that the school of engineers couldn’t piece together a decent stadium! And a special thanks to commenter “Larry” for his “unbiased” opinions on the game. Thank you, Larry, on behalf of UGA and GT fans. We all feel enlightened now by your particular point of view.
45ACP
November 29th, 2009
3:54 pm
“doesn’t that make Georgia the real ACC champion”?
That’s funny, I don’t care who you are.