Unfortunately for Tech, Dogs once again caught not looking ahead!
Dogs prove it once again at Grant Field. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
I wonder what excuse Paul Johnson will use this time for the Dogs walking off Historic Grant Field as the victors for the sixth consecutive time.
Maybe he can take a page from all those folks (including the ESPN “GameDay” gang) who predicted Georgia Tech would prevail in Saturday’s annual Governor’s Cup game because Mark Richt’s Dogs would be looking ahead to the SEC championship game against LSU.
Perhaps Tech was caught looking ahead to the Hyundai Sun Bowl, or wherever they’re going to play next.
Or maybe Johnson’s excuse can be simply to acknowledge what the Georgia players proclaimed again after the game: When it comes to football, “We run this state.”
Actually, Johnson’s best excuse would be to point out that while he may have a little-seen offensive scheme that is tough to defend, he just flat-out doesn’t have the same caliber talent that Richt has in Athens, particularly on defense.
Even playing without their two top running backs, which made Georgia nearly as one-dimensional offensively as Tech, the Dogs still moved the ball easily against the Jackets most of the day, with Aaron Murray looking particularly sharp in the first half. It could have been worse, as Murray missed a couple of opportunities in the second half, but for the day he completed 19 of 29 passes for 252 yards and padded his UGA season record with four more touchdowns to four different receivers. Unfortunately, Orson Charles wasn’t one of them, but he still led the Dogs with five catches for 95 yards and was a big playmaker.
And while the Georgia running game managed only 128 yards, fifth-stringer Ken Malcome showed some gritty running and extra effort as Georgia handed it to him repeatedly in the fourth quarter to eat up the clock. He wound up with 43 tough yards on a dozen carries. Murray contributed 35 yards of his own on a day when Georgia dialed up more designed quarterback runs than usual, and even Zander Ogletree got into the act with a 21-yard burst on the only fullback run so far this season.
But it wasn’t just the offense that was masterful against the Jackets. Tech managed to get 243 yards rushing Saturday but never really got its running attack in rhythm against the Dogs’ resilient defense, despite all the cut-blocks. And much of the time Tech’s passing game was pretty inept, with Georgia snagging two interceptions.
Plus, while Blair Walsh missed one long field goal attempt, Georgia’s special teams generally had a fine day, with Drew Butler pinning the Jackets deep on a couple of long punts and Brandon Boykin’s 60-yard kickoff return setting up Georgia’s first score of the third quarter.
Really, from the time Georgia went up 14-3 midway through the second quarter, the Dogs appeared to have the game in hand.
Much was made by various pundits in the week leading up to this game about how “even” the rivalry has become in recent years, but in realtiy that’s certainly not the case if you look at the bottom line: who takes home the Governor’s Cup.
As Richt noted after the game with characteristic understatement, “Ten out of 11 ain’t bad.”
OK, now we can worry about LSU.
Feel free to share your own views on what excuses Johnson can use for his team’s showing and anything else relating to Georgia’s latest win over the Bugs.
Go Dogs!
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Dang
November 26th, 2011
7:26 pm
Wow,
I am a dog fan sitting in camp bastion Afghanistan.
This one was different than the other games against tech that came down to the wire. Tech really never had a chance, sad,
This isn’t a rivalry, it’s a annual beat down.
Maybe we need to swap tech for Ga State, or GSU eagles.
Go dawgs!
JB
November 26th, 2011
7:28 pm
Stay safe Dang over there.
wallydog13
November 26th, 2011
7:30 pm
GREAT win today over a better-than-average Tech team! As usual, got the lead and then went conservative. Kudos to Malcome for some hard 4th quarter running. And the defense hung in there. Pretty good job against the triple option IMHO. Only Miami held Tech to less points and yards.
For the SECCG… I love my dogs, and I know we’re on a roll, but I still don’t see us within two touchdowns of LSU. They are a machine. But hey, I say we’ve got a puncher’s chance! Let’s go in there and give it our best shot. Who knows? Maybe a few turnovers, a good day of defense… it could happen! GO DAWGS!
Yamadawg
November 26th, 2011
7:34 pm
Dang… Thank you for your service! to echo JB’s sentiments, Stay Safe!
Typical Tech Fan
November 26th, 2011
7:36 pm
and 3, 2, 1……..we don’t care about football anyway.
hahahahahahahahah…..that was for all of you pathetic, classless tech fans who made comments about the great Larry Munson. Football loyalty aside, I’ve never heard such disgraceful remarks from a fan base.
CHDawg
November 26th, 2011
7:41 pm
JB, I agree with your sentiment about LSU, but we had the same yardage per carry as Tech did today at 4.6 ypc. Bobo chose not to run it today; worked pretty good, I thought. He never really tried pounding it up the gut until the very end of the game when Tech crammed the box with the whole team. We still ran OK then, getting a few first downs. I think he figured, why not go with the more experienced part of the offense, which was the pass today. I also think the line on UGA and Bobo is stop the run and accept the big plays they get on you. I think DCs figure that when we can pound it on you, you will usually lose to us. So I like Bobo pouncing on that mind set and making them pay.
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
7:42 pm
Still@ the bar
Poor me a glass of that kool aid I’m thirsty!
Walshed Up
November 26th, 2011
7:45 pm
Great win for UGA but Blair Walsh sucks !
CaliDawg
November 26th, 2011
7:47 pm
How do you get people to notice a pathetic football program? Play on Thursday nights, be last in your Conference in graduation rates, hire head coaches that make a fool of himself…over and over and over…
We’ll think about you in about a year, you just keep thinking of us 24/7/365 – actually you get an extra day in 2012!
Former Georgian
November 26th, 2011
7:48 pm
To CBS: I have no problem with Les Miles resting his starters in the SECCG
Russell Hall
November 26th, 2011
7:49 pm
Dang – Thank you for your service. Wishing you a safe tour, and Go Dawgs!
Scott
November 26th, 2011
7:57 pm
The triple option is a play, NOT an offensive scheme.
Bill
November 26th, 2011
8:10 pm
Come on, Bill King and Flat Tire!!!!! Do some hating!!!!! Win number ten would just not be as good as the first nine without you two!!!! You can do it!!!!
Dawg89
November 26th, 2011
8:19 pm
I got very tired of the many camera shots of Paul Johnson pacing the sideline. He is flat ugly and difficult to view for extended periods of time.
Dawg89
November 26th, 2011
8:22 pm
Where is the outrage from ESPN about a potential rematch in the NC game between bama and LSU? A few years ago, they did all they could to tear down UGA’s chances of playing in the the NC game. They said if you didn’t win your conference championship, you didn’t deserve to be in the NC game under any circumstance. Now they are saying that even if LSU loses to UGA, that LSU vs. Bama should be the title game. How can this be.
Bill, why don’t you write an article on this subject?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 26th, 2011
8:24 pm
48…………..you better drink it up now. Next week you are going be chasing the Kool-Aid with some Golden Grain.
therealdog
November 26th, 2011
8:28 pm
Where are the nerd trolls?
Bigdsel5556
November 26th, 2011
8:35 pm
Fellow dawg fans. It’s gonna be a tough game against lsu. We need to be able to run and throw the ball flawlessly inorder to beat lsu. But I feel that if we can we have a good chance.
Warnell Dawg
November 26th, 2011
8:36 pm
I got to see first-hand the lack of class of the Tech students as they started chanting “To hell with Georgia” during the Redcoats’ tribute to Larry Munson at halftime. That goes beyond football or a rivalry, it’s just disrespectful as a HUMAN to do something like that when a person has passed away. As a UGA fan, I wouldn’t even do that during a tribute to a deceased steve spurrier, even as much as I hate him. However, I guess when you’ve lost 10 of the last 11 to the big boys in this state, it tends to make you a little bitter.
Bug Zapper
November 26th, 2011
8:42 pm
Ah, you bugs. You never learn.
With the exception of Washington, D.C., the world is in its rightful order.
Go Dawgs. Bring on the Cajuns. What we got to lose? Remember 2005?
JB
November 26th, 2011
8:46 pm
The rude behavior by some in the Tech crowd are Foreign or west coast students going to Tech and have no idea who Munson was. They just are taught to hate everything UGA, and that;s what they do. If you ever needed more proof, I don’t know where you would find it. Tech is full of “transplants” and are not of the Bobby Dodd cut of cloth. They are closer to the wall st protester type. I’m sure most of the Tech old guard was horrified.
Where are they now?
November 26th, 2011
8:46 pm
Can someone tell me where all the university of florida fans that used to post here are? I could always count on them to let me know what is wrong with the UGA program. I was watching UF play FSU and I thought about those fans.
DawginLex
November 26th, 2011
8:47 pm
Tech needs more players, not more x’s and o’s. Need a QB. Need D linemen.
Johnson also needs to keep his mouth shut. You always respect your opponent.
I am proud of Coach Richt.
Sign Grantham for life!
Les Miles
November 26th, 2011
8:48 pm
Not only am I going to rest my starters, I am not going to wear a headset, pay attention to the game, or wear pants. In fact, I believe I’ll be at the Cheetah until 10 minutes before kickoff. The ATL has the best ti++y bars I’ve ever been to.
But i will wear my hat.
JB
November 26th, 2011
8:49 pm
Bloggers on here who love Tech football know they are in trouble, unless 8 or 9 wins is OK with them. And for Tech, who has a difficult time recruiting the type players who get you to 11-1.12-0, Johnson may be as good as it gets for them.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 26th, 2011
8:50 pm
Where are they now?
The gators are probably on their game blog talking to FSU fans.
Why would they be on a UGA GT blog while their game is on TV?
Would you be on a Gator blog while your team was on TV?
JB
November 26th, 2011
8:54 pm
Gators are in trouble also. Meyer left a mess. You wouldn’t think so reading the recruiting results, but I see no one on that roster today who can come in next year and make a pro offense work, such as a QB,FB,TE,RB WR’s. None. 10 freshman can’t do it. The “fans” have already given up on Muschamp. The Ad know they owe him about 10 mil after this year…..so, he’ll get his chance. Dooley may not survive. I think he gets one more, but he may be toast after next year.
George O'Leary
November 26th, 2011
8:57 pm
If I was still coaching there Tech would have the streak. I owned UGA and I’m still the only undefeated coach in the history of Notre Dame.
And Coach Miles, the best ti++y bars are in Tampa. Need to take you to Mons Venus. And me & Mike Price have hit every ti++y bar in the south!
I do love me some ti++ies!
Cohutta Dawgman
November 26th, 2011
9:01 pm
Suck it Nerds!
wins-by-a-link
November 26th, 2011
9:04 pm
Great win for Coach Richt and staff, Under great pressure after losing season last year and losing first two games this year, Nice to see a smile on his face. Lets hope running game returns against LSU, Crowell should be full speed and word is Sammuel will be back, LSU has great speed but so does Georgia, LSU will be heavy favorite but I think Ga can play with them, Get the turnovers and anything can happen.
BLOOD TYPE: RED & BLACK
November 26th, 2011
9:04 pm
Still at the bar is just pooping his pants. HAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA…NANANANA BOO BOOOOOO!
Warnell Dawg
November 26th, 2011
9:07 pm
Really enjoyed hearing the Tech fans chanting “L-S-U, L-S-U!” at the end of the game….that really says it all about Tech fans; they obviously realize their team can’t accomplish anything against UGA, so they have to live vicariously through other teams….
Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 26th, 2011
9:08 pm
Great win DAWGS, now let’s get ready for LSU. WV put 504 yds of offense on LSU earlier this yr but LSU wears you down and scored a lot in the 4th to win 47-21.
DAWGS needs everyone on board to have a shot next week.
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
9:08 pm
The honey badger fears kool aid!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 26th, 2011
9:11 pm
Gator wheeled off on the cart. The hit from the one play didn’t look too bad, but he is strapped down for sure.
The Wes Durham Show
November 26th, 2011
9:11 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR,
Got Bitter? Hahahahahahahahahahaahaha. You always have tiddlywinks. My oh my, that kool aid does taste sweet after 10 straight VIC TOR IES.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 26th, 2011
9:12 pm
The Honey Badger is afraid of The BAILER. lol
BLOOD TYPE: RED & BLACK
November 26th, 2011
9:14 pm
Still @ the bar has chores to do………
BAILER, Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
9:15 pm
How do you like my new name?
BAILER, Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
9:16 pm
Muschamp looks lost as a head coach.
Mad Dog One
November 26th, 2011
9:16 pm
Still at the bar Where will you’ll be next week? G(got) ATA & GO DOGS
Go Jackets
November 26th, 2011
9:18 pm
Congratulations to Georgia for winning today. With that said, you really shouldn’t talk about anyone having a lack of class. I was 20 feet away from Todd Grantham all day and had to listen to his vulgar mouth nonstop. Not just normal football coach stuff, but downright vile and vulgar stuff. Todd Grantham is proof that Georgia has become a “win at all costs” program, and the fact that it is tolerated makes me question my grudging respect for Mark Richt. Georgia people should be embarrassed by Coach Grantham.
As for the “Munson tribute”, I felt that the acknowledgement by Wes Durham before the game was enough and appropriate. The chanters were the student section who we all know were drunk. If a prominent Tech personality had died this week, the drunk Georgia students would have been doing the same thing. It is college.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 26th, 2011
9:19 pm
48 I wouldn’t go THAT far. LOL.
You have seen the honey badger youtube video right?
What game are you watching? I got FSU caus it is halftime in the Clem&son v USCeast game.
Dodddamndogs
November 26th, 2011
9:20 pm
Can’t spell GATA without GT. Tech sux
BigGAdawg
November 26th, 2011
9:20 pm
@Richard
November 26th, 2011
7:08 pm
AMEN!!
@Dang
November 26th, 2011
7:26 pm
Thanks for serving your country Bulldawg! Get home safely.
For everyone who is so excited and sure that we will tear up LSU, I have to say that as much as I wish for you to be right I do have serious reservations about that happening. If you watched the LSU/Arkansas game you should understand why. They are justifiably the number one team in the country. I want for UGA to win as much as anyone but I think our expectations need to be tempered a bit.
No matter how that game turns out it has already been an amazing season–one we will remember for many years to come.
GO DAWGS!!!!! WOOF!!! WOOF!!! WOOF!!!
george
November 26th, 2011
9:22 pm
Yawn. Wake me up when it is 18 of 22. Have fun when lsu breaks the 1 year old margin of victory next weekend.
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
9:23 pm
Still
I’m trying to watch all three!
I hate it when three SEC games are on at the same time.
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
9:25 pm
Yea the honey badger doesn’t fear $h,t
Dawg48
November 26th, 2011
9:26 pm
Fla st should be up 28 to 0
Coach Johnson
November 26th, 2011
9:27 pm
“Hello,” I’m Coach Paul Johnson, Head Coach at Ga Tech.” “Welcome to Walmart…. Get your own damn cart.”