All-Football Friday! The questions facing Georgia Tech

10-2??? No way. After Jax state, Tech has a tough 6 game stretch (tough for the ACC anyway). I believe they will be no better than 5-2 after that stretch, maybe 4-3. Let’s say they go 5-2. To go 10-2, they would then have to make it through the 2nd half without losing any games. They always lose at least one that they shouldnt; that will happen this year again. Then they would have to beat Georgia for the second straight year, and that has happened only twice in the past 35 years.

the more realistic prediction: 6-2 ACC; 8-4 overall.(1-2 vs. the SEC).and a trip to the Tire Bowl in Charlotte. Oh Boy.

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I know Georgia is a little down this year in terms of personnel, but I’m not sure I give Tech the game just yet. If I were predicting Tech’s record, I would go with 9-3.

And I’m with jjr – Tech doesn’t lose to the Commodores.

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thank you brad!

your kiss of death is 100% guaranteed! heh tech is going to be 2-10.. mark it down!!!

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45 – 42 hahahahahahahahah- oops, wrong site – but I am still glad it hurst so bad!

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Just win one game, 1-11 is good as long as we beat the crap out of uga. THWG !

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Mark…All Football Friday? You da man!!!!! Being a Tech fan, it would be nice to see them win that many games. Like UGA Sloberknocker said though (ugh!), they always lose at least one game they shouldn’t. I don’t see a loss at Vandy. I do see a slip up to a lesser caliber ACC team though. Hopefully, CPJ will end that nonsense though. I can foresee a loss to either Va. Tech or Florida State. And with all that score posting on UGA blogs and the bragging about the win at UGA last year, they are going to whip us good if we are not prepared. I see 9-3 or 10-2, but I hope they surprise and win more. Go Tech.

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…I sure hope someone is keeping all of these silly postings about “gomer” by m, especially the “new sheffif” stuff! When GT returns to its 7-5 ways maybe he will see that even though “gomer” under-coached and his recruits “under – played”, 9-4 is the best that GT can ever hope for as a football “power”.

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Ah, Bradley. After asking all those questions you did a Chris Matthews and answered your own questions by predicting a 10-2 season. In a Blazing Saddles moment, am I wrong, or did you just waste a column?

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I’m ready for COLLEGE FOOTBALL! Ramblin Wreck!

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Tech will go 11-1 losing only to FSU. Ga fans are obnoxious fools. Their team is rebuilding key positions. This offense won’t be stopped this year. The passing game will be so much better. We will average 35 a game.

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When the BCS Championship Game is moved to thursdays, Tech will be ready.

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Mark, would the reason you chose Vandy to beat Tech have something to do with their coach, Bobby Johnson, having coached at Furman during CPJ’s tenure at Georgia Southern? The Paladins and Eagles are big rivals and Furman always played GSU tough during those years.

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I don’t think they need to worry about pasing from way behind. We proved at UGA last year that we can be just as explosive and score points running the ball as other teams are throwing it. My biggest concerns are the Front Lines and Kicking game. If we are atleast average at both lines i think we have an opportunity to be good. Depending on how some of these guys play for the first time will be the key. The kicking game needs some special help. We couldn’t do anything last year with it. That can make or break you as we found out with LSU.

I don’t think we will lose to Vandy and I think the UNC game is our biggest trap game. Biggest Game is tied with VT and UGA.

GO TECH!

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MT..11-1?????? 41-17???? Now that is funny. And delusional.

as St Simons says five times daily: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

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Sharecropper: I’d rather Mark DID answer the questions. I think my grandmother could fill a column by asking questions. I want to see what Mr. Bradley thinks.

Mark: Great day of blogs ahead. Thank you. Just slow down with the predictions when a team looks pretty good. (i.e. predicting playoffs for the Braves during a win streak)

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It’s hard to beleive we will lose fewer than 4 games for one simple reason: SPECIAL TEAMS. Ours are easily one of the worst in the conference.

There’s basically a bunch of ACC teams, none of which are that much better than the others… Georgia Tech included.

Road trips to Miami, FSU and Charlottesville (don’t laugh, they own us there) and games vs. Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Clemson and Georgia???

Come on. We have a kicker that struggles to make extra points and I’m yet to see anyone on our sidelines that can catch 10 or 11 punts without dropping one.

8-4 would be a success, provided we beat Georgia.

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Its amazing that a Pro-Tech article turns into a DAWG hatefest. We really are under your skin, aren’t we?

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To answer the questions
1. yes – the offense will be considerably better. At GSU the offensive production rose 7.5 ppg from season 1 to season 2. At Navy it rose 11 ppg.
2. I think passing will be 30-70. It will be better. Nesbitt’s passing % will never be overly high because Johnson’s passing offense is a long ball type of offense. As he said, if I need 3 yrds i’ll run it not pass it.
3. Dwyer will get fewer yds due to fewer carries, but will stay healthier due to fewer hits and be fresher late in games.
4.A-backs will be much better in yr 2, which is why the offense will score more.
5. Defense will be good not great. Back 7 is strong. Front 4 will have to grow up during the season.
6. Special teams are still my greatest worry and will probably cost GT a game at some point.
7. Yes, Johnson will be a season long sourpuss, this season and every other season. I think the Honeymoon with the fans lasts for at least another season. And if he beats UGA again, it will last a long while.
9-3, 10-2 sounds about right as an expectation. I don’t see GT going 1-2 against the SEC though. 2-1 or 3-0 is more likely imo.

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Vandy? Come on Bradley, for Christ sakes. Vandy, really??

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I wonder what school will hire Paul Johnson away from Tech once he puts together 2 or 3 winning seasons. Chizik should be fired by then; Im guessing Auburn. One thing is for sure and has been proven over and over again: Tech is unable to keep a good coach very long. (e.g.Curry,Ross,OLeary plus asst Friedgen). That’s because there are probably at least 50 better jobs in the BCS conferences. Why should he stay at Tech and doom himself to a perpetual 8-4, 7-5 record, in a conference where going undefeated still wont get you in the BCS title game? Throw in only 30 or 35k Tech fans at each game and no wonder they cant keep anybody. (I know they average more than that in attendance, but I subtracted out the opposition fans) That stadium is depressing to me and I’m a Ga grad.

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Actually Mark, Roddy Jones was last seen getting dropped for 2-yard losses in the Georgia Dome.

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Mike, the answer to your question is:
YES.

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Well done Mark. Losing to Vandy seems a stretch, but expect a loss or two coming from FSU, UNC, or even Miami. The special teams has to be better than what we saw last year. The key to the season will be the health of Nesbitt. If he misses multiple games, expect 8-4 or so, unless we have a capable backup that no one has seen yet.

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Bradley, you are horrifically overrating the individual talent on the roster. It’s a system that produces successful numbers, but you’ve got to be kidding me. 10 receivers “in the land” better than Demaryius Thomas? There are two in the state (Brown, Green.) Derrick Morgan one of the best Defensive Ends “in the land?” He’s good, sure, but he also had Johnson lining up with him, who made everyone around him better.

“Will Josh Nesbitt, who’s talented enough to do almost anything…” No. He’s not. This gets thrown around for “dual-threat” QBs way too often. He’s already got the ultimate gimmick offense and he can’t complete 45%? Good running back, bad passer in a system that isn’t going to improve passers. If he had talent, why hasn’t he shown it? Also, he’s a 21 year old junior now who has yet to complete a full season.

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You mean Gt is a football team………that sounds kinda of a………IRRLEVANT!!

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The key is fumbles. Last year they fumbled away games agains UVA, VaTech, LSU, and…I can’t remember the UNC game. Stop fumbling means keeping the ball longer, scoring more, and keeping the D off the field.

Speaking of UNC…I predict they will be 10-2 and win the ACC. GT will be 5-3 in ACC and 9-3 overall.

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ANOTHER DAWG,
Who would you take Cox or Nesbit?

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Mark,

GT will be ready for every game. LSU lose reminded them not to get to hyped. CPJ will have the team ready for every game. Maybe in the past with you know who in charge but no more. CPJ will not allow it!!!!!

ANOTHER DAWG,
Nesbit came from a passing team in high school so he’s use to it. I agree his numbers weren’t that good last year. He was in new system and I believe he tried so hard to understand the nuancies of the ground portion of the offense that it hendered his developement in the passing game. If you saw him play last year, you would know he played hurt for most of the year including the CF bowl. This year he understands the offense much better and that will help his passing stats. He will be much improved and so will the offense. That’s scary isn’t it!!!!

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GT Rich,

You certainly don’t know UGA football if you think the DL is the weak spot. The UGA D-line will be a VERY dominating force this year, especially with Jeff Owens back. Stick with your own team’s evaluations and leave the Dawg’s to their fans.

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PB,

I’d rather have Joe Cox in our system. You probably would rather have Nesby in yours.

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I’ll bet GT finishes with a better record than UGA!!!!

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Another-

I think you are seriously underestimating Josh Nesbitt.

Keep in mind he played his freshman season under Gailey, where the extent of his play calling was to line up in the gun and run straight ahead….not really a method in which to improve one’s skill set.

True sophomore year he has an entirely new system under Paul Johnson, that by his own admission takes more than one year to learn to operate at even a modicum of efficiency.

I think his leadership of the Tech team was amazing given these facts.

The numbers will come for Nesbitt…remember, he was a 4 star kid that we recruited, so the talent is obviously there. I just think it is dangerous for defenses to continue to underestimate Josh and the rest of the Tech team.

Regarding in state receivers, are you already claiming that Marlon Brown is a better receiver than Damaryius Thomas? A.J. Green, no doubt, he may be the best in the country, but what data are you using to rank Brown above Thomas at this point?

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JOKE of a program. Tech fails MISERABLY running that Pop Warner offense. Too much game footage of it available now. Sorry Techies. You were a one-season wonder….. and a lousy 9-4 one-season-wonder at that……….. GO DAWGS

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Supes,
CPJ has run this offense 20+years. Didn’y your DC have 2 weeks to prepare for it last year? Remind your defensive backs that we’re not playing flag football

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Try selling out…why don’t you use your regular screen name?

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Mark Bradley…pi$$ing off more rednecks than the Iron Sheik ever did.

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Are the A-backs about to get even faster? Is there a capable backup should Dwyer tweak an ankle? Yes. Anthony Allen.

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KG quit wasting company time and get back to your cubicle. SugarHill Dawg needs his printer fixed right away!!

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Trade School Flunkie,

you should quit your day job of driving children’s trains and get into college football prognostication. You are a freakin’ genius!!! Did you also predict that a very mediocre LSU team would beat your beloved Jackettes to death, not even allowing a TD?

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Baba O’Riley….. why don’t you try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium. I was watching my Superior Dawgs last year in a close game while at a bar just blocks from the Bobby Dodd cracker box, while a game was in progress there as well. While Tech was losing, they spent more time watching the Dawgs, cheering against them. Explain to me why there is a NON-SOLD OUT stadium a few blocks away, and the Nerd-Herd is in a bar watching UGA?? Jealousy my friend. I cannot wait til you fools are calling for “CPJ”s head after the MISERABLE season facing you. GO DAWGS!!!!

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Look guys! Sugarhill Douche got a promotion to “Boss Man!” Head garbage man, way to aim high brother!

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[...] next: At 3 p.m., check out the questions facing the 2009 Atlanta Falcons. And look here for an appraisal of Georgia Tech. It’s All-Football [...]

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the idea that people will be able to stop Johnson’s offense because they’ve seen it once or studied it on film is laughable. it’s not like defenses have to wonder what USC, Ohio State, Texas (or Georgia, for that matter) will do on offense…and when those teams run their offenses efficiently, they put up lots of yardage and points. also, Johnson’s offense evolves constantly…what teams saw last year will not be what they see this year.

btw, MSNBC’s sports site has a link to a Sporting News article predicting GT will go undefeated this year. I’m serious.

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“Then they would have to beat Georgia for the second straight year, and that has happened ONLY TWICE in the past 35 years.”
‘84 & ‘85
‘89 & ‘90
‘98, ‘99 & ‘00

2009 will be the 4th time in 25 years. Glad to see you’re getting value from that UGA math course you paid for.

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Mark,

Has a team that’s in a conference ever played 3 other teams(sec for gt) from the same conference for their out of conf games? The wording may sound weird. Obviously ND has since they are indy. Maybe way back before the conferences expanded. What if…one can dream…GT goes undefeated and plays the Gators in the NC game. That would be 4 sec teams. We could still play another sec team in another bowl like last year(chik-fil-a).

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Yeah Baba, everyone knows selling out your stadium leads to great success, just ask Ole Miss, NC State, and South Carolina. Those teams have great winning traditions and always sell out.

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UGASlobberknocker – GT has only defeated georgie 2 straight years twice in the last 35 years? It has happened at least double that with 84-85, 89-90, 98-99, and 99-2000 that I can think of, and that is the last 25 years. 08-09 will be much like 98-99, another two in a row and at least three in a row with 08-10. In fact EVERY GT coach has done it, except B*** L**** and Gailey. Johnson is just going to check his off in his first two seasons.

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This two-time Tech alum is facing the harsh reality. Paul Johnson’s first year follwoing the honeymoon will be a rough one. Tech will lose to Clemson, Miami, F$U, Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Georgia. That is a 6-6 record, just enough to land in Boise in December. (Remember, you heard it here first.) Fortunately, Johnson can handle the pressure and the 2009 rebuilding year will be but a stepping stone to productive seasons. As much as I hate to agree with Dave Braine, Tech will not see another ten-win REGULAR season in our lifetimes … unless the NCAA allows a TWENTY-game schedule.

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The so called experts see a gimmick offense and say defenses will be able to stop the second time around is ludicrous. Reebok you’re right. No ones stopped the spread when it’s clicking. Every offense ever thought of has been stopped when it’s not clicking. Dumb Arse qoute by these so called experts. That means you also UGA fans.

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Defense is way to thin to muster 10 wins, especially if they get down on the score.

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drexel gal:

Put the rubbing alcohol down. Seek an internvention.

You cant ACTUALLY drink “rubbing alcohol.”

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Hey Drexel it’s going to be hard for Tech to go to the Boise bowl considering that the ACC does not go to that bowl anymore. And this is not a rebuilding year, we have soph and juniors all over the two deep. This year and next year are the years to do some damage. The only rebuilding year will be 2011 at the earliest.

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Bradley is right (did I actually type that?) that we killed ourselves at the Peach Bowl before it started with the kick out of bounds. I rarely read someone say how deflating that is to start by kicking out of bounds; I knew right then we were in BIG trouble.

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To GT4Ever …. no GT will not have a let at FSU b/c of playing VT the week before. Why? B/C the Jackets play VT the week AFTER they play at FSU.

The October (and it looks to be a killer right now for GT) is:

10/3 — at Miss St
10/10 — at FSU
10/17 — home vs. VT
10/24 — at Virginia
10/31 — at Vandy

For 2009:
If “if & buts” were candy and nuts we’d all ……

It is hard to make predictions, but IF the Jackets get back (OL, Jones, Jackson) and stay healthy then I can easily see them going 10-2 or better. Yes, I said better. Simply b/c GT will progress more at running PJ’s offense than D’s will at stopping it. It’s a proven fact, as many have pointed out including PJ himself, that his offense in year two is a lot better than in year one. And now you are adding a talent like Anthony Allen into the mix.

Here’s another fact of year one vs year two comparison:
In 1995 PJ went to Navy as OC (from Hawaii). Navy had 5 wins in 1990, and 9 wins total from ‘91 through ‘94. Taking it a step further, the Midshipmen hadn’t won more than 4 games in any other season from 1983 to 1995. In 1995 they won 5, finishing 5-6. In year TWO in PJ’s offense Navy won 9, finished 9-3, and won a bowl game.

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posting on a ‘column’ about gt.

the first post as usual was by a dog. weather it’s a blog or column or blurb about a new recruit ugagers have to post and insult us first. that happens with regularity. why is that?

talk about having an fixation sheeesh. 45-42 hurts bad dont it? maybe after we beat em two in a row they will just stfu and leave. i am tired of having burnt fries…. and i will never ever use a bathroom that a ugag grad cleans. NEVER.

funny how they post on our column and complain about us being on theirs. funny thing is though, by my count there are MORE frawgs posting here than jackets. by my count there are more frawgs than jackets posting on their blog/columns too. why is that?

talk about having an fixation sheeesh. 45-42 hurts bad dont it? maybe after we beat em two in a row they will leave. after paul johnson feeds them his johnson and beats them tiarb they will stfu. one can only hope that after fiar that they fire the reverend and hire jim donnan back.

than again…. we have seen the best that reverend richt has to offer. the last 10 years as far as recruiting etc is as good as it gets for the dawgs.

YET they still underachieved. even the ol ball sack at gamecock high is laughing his ass off at the ineptitude of the bullfrawg nation.

anyone want to go giggin?

their are more frawg posts

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I agree with some others… bugs will go 7-5 or 8-4 with a large loss to UGA

THWGT

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Mark it down. Jax. State will be one of the toughest games. Why? Tech trying to get up for this game knowing what follows. Tech beat them pretty bad last year but Jax. wound up going 8-3 including Tech game. The other 2 were close, being by 1 point and 3, I think. They have one of the best Qb’s around in Perriloux. Laugh, but I think you get my drift.

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UGA Slobberknocker, the first flaw in your thinking (first post) is that you assume that you’re right about the first seven games – you take that 5-2 as a given. That’s why they play the games, Slobber – who knows? As for the second piece of your “analysis,” you mentioned only twice that Tech had beaten Georgia two years in a row in the past 35. Here’s a thought: What happend 20 years ago has nothing to do with what will happen this fall. The only games that matter are two: the one last year and the one coming up.

As for this year, it will be a very, very interesting contest. There’s no way UGA’s offense will be up to last year’s – you lost two first-round NFL draft picks from you “O.” As for your defense, who knows? Bottom line, you better worry like the devil about YOUR first seven games – think you’ll be 5-2?

For Tech, they’ll play with the confidence of knowing that the seven-year loss streak (second longest to the streak owned by Tech over Georgia, as you may know, at eight) is off their back. They have far more depth on offense, and the plays will appear twice as fast this year as last because of familiarity with the scheme. The playbook will be deeper.

Should be a great game. The rivalry is back – whether you like it or not.

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Hey Mark,
How about letting me be your guest blogger. The Topic “How to Improve a Listless ACC Championship Game”. I’ve got the answer. Enjoyed the blog today.

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This just in after every Dawg home victory free admission to bubbas sheep farm for men!!!!!!! Ladies stay away you don’t want to know….. All right got to use my agriculture degree and go milk da bull….. I mean da cow

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Please require user registration to reduce the ignorant posts!

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Special teams are my biggest concern. I think the O & D should be fine – just hold on to the ball.

I can’ t wait to watch GT light up Ugag the last Saturday in November. Then hear all the gaggers say well you beat us 2 years out of 9, then 3 out of 10, then 4 out of 11. Then CMR will be down at FSU or UM if not before that time.

What’s The Good Word?!!!

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The NCAA Death Penalty Squad is hunting UGA for more lying, stealing, and just plain cheating. UGAY is going down, as in down for the count. Just remember, 45-42 opened the door for all the crooked boosters at UGAY to step up their game of lying, cheating, and stealing. To HE LL with Georgia.

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The only reason NATS will have a better record than UGA is because of their conference schedule. CPJ was great at Southern and Navy and will continue to be at Tech until he is summoned to climb further up the ladder. Until you guys can sell out your stadium without huge opponent fanbase support GT will remain a second tier job. Maybe if y’all weren’t such snobbish jerks to the “redneck” academically inferior GA populace you could sell 55K in a 4.5 million metro area. That said, you will lose to UGA this year and I’ll be there to help it sell-out

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Jon P, you should address that one blogger. Just because ONE person says it, doesn’t mean all GT fans believe it.

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UGASLOBBERNOCKER – FYI – I KNOW FOR A FACT IT’S HAPPENED MORE THAN TWICE IN 35 YEARS: 84-85, 89-90, 97-99

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Too Easy- Thats cute that you want suck up to Florida and praise all aspects of their program. Is the inferiority complex becoming that deep seated?

Junkie- I admire your enthusiasm but you either havent been watching tech/acc football very long or are just stirring the pot. If tech emerged with only 2 losses this year it would be incredible. 12-0 is what we are all hoping for but every one of our games poses a threat of some kind and we will be underdogs in at least 2 or 3 of them (miami, fsu and 1 other depending on how the season shakes out). For the record, VT in blacksburg would have been just as tough later in the year after Tyrod Taylor had settled in.

Here is hoping your right but keep a little bit real bro.

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Well when you only win a few every once in a while they are easier to remember, sorry all our wins between those kind of overshadowed your precious memories. The dogs will stomp the sh** out of tech this year. Guaranteed.

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Tech has a good shot to go 10-2, and play for the ACC title. I think the defense will be better, pressure will now come from the linebackers, instead of the down linemen, lot’s of speed on defense. The offense will be better. D.Thomas is one of the best WR’s in the nation because of his blocking, check last year’s film, lot’s of long runs were helped by his ability.I think all of the games have the potential to be tough, especially UNC,FSU,and VPI.I think the difference in a CJP coached team is the mental toughness he brings to the table, something the leg humpers don’t and won’t have under Rev. Richt ever. Be ready Mutt fans, GT is no longer going to self destruct against you.

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Baba- I hear ya. I think we win down there…AGAIN..but there is still alot of residual hype surrounding that program, deserved or not, from their haydays. They are at home. Have a new OC. Still have as good of talent as there is in the conference and all that Randy Shannon lacks in coaching he is a pretty darn good recruiter as they have been amassing some great classes during his tenure that will start to pay dividends.

Dont get me wrong. I am certainly not a hurricane fan as many of the miami fans in the orange bowl who were sitting near me when we held their #4 team in the country to 3 yards total rushing…but I digress. I may be wrong but if I had to bet right now whether or not we will be favored or not in that game I would say we are 2.5 point dog. ??? who knows. Probably better for us if we are.

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Tech will choke and their fans know it. How could they not? They are GEORGIA TECH. When was the last time expectations were high for the Jackets and they actually lived up to them? You probably have to go back decades. Tech fans know what awaits them. Its almost as if they are trying to talk as much trash while they can. Underneath all this supposed confidence and false bravado I sense a lot of apprehension and wishful thinking. “Maybe this really is it”, they think to themselves. “Maybe we’ve finally made it.” Maybe Techies, but history is not on your side. You are GEORGIA TECH, a never has been, a never is, and a never will be until proven otherwise.

Georgia Tech will get their 300 or whatever yards rushing per game and will win a decent amount of games, at least by their standards. But a lack of defense, special teams, and overall depth will keep them from getting where they want to be. And of course their’s the choke factor cited above. You won’t be surprising anyone this year Techies. They’ll be ready for you.

I know Tech fans just think I’m a flamer trying to get them riled up, but the above is my honest to god opinion. I really do think that you and your football program are a total joke. Promise.

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Damn!Damn!Damn! History is not on our side!!!!

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gtfanfrom1951-

your statement above should actually read; “UGA fans are delusional” and thats it. No need to qualify it with ‘ifs’.

They are the most entitled fan base in the country, by far. They think preseason accolades and the number of stars a recruit carries is a measure of success. The have been crapping themselves in all the big games under Preacher Richt and still don’t get it- you have to do it on the field to be considered elite.

They know that GT has the right coach as evidenced by the amount of negative smack from their fans on here. If our program was not heading in the right direction an instilling fear in them they would be silent and on some other schools blogs.

Bottom line is they have Preacher Richt at the helm and will have him for a long long time. Beautiful. He is not much on X’s and O’s but he is a very, very decent man. Unfortunately his spray tan and oakley glasses may work in seducing a 18 year old to play in Athens but it does nothing for preparing to play that kid against the likes of Saban, Meyer and Johnson each year.

But…HEY..what am I talking about. EW already said that his bulldogs “kick the $hit out of GT this year”. Typical bulldog fan. All sass and no a$$.

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“The have been crapping themselves in all the big games under Preacher Richt and still don’t get it- you have to do it on the field to be considered elite.”

Oooooh, that’s some mighty big talk out of a program that hasn’t won a major bowl game since 1956.

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Does it matter? When was the last time A UGA QB was taken #1 overall? Never that I know of but it happened. What does history have to do with 2009?

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Response to the previous post listed below …

hem o’roid

July 24th, 2009
11:39 am
Mark it down. Jax. State will be one of the toughest games. Why? Tech trying to get up for this game knowing what follows. Tech beat them pretty bad last year but Jax. wound up going 8-3 including Tech game. The other 2 were close, being by 1 point and 3, I think. They have one of the best Qb’s around in Perriloux. Laugh, but I think you get my drift.

…. hem o’oid,
FYI – Mr. Perriloux played for Jax State last year too. How’d that work out for them? But you are the 1st GA fan I’ve seen this year commenting on a GT blog how Jax State might or will beat the Jackets b/c they [JSU] have an ex-SEC qb (LSU). JSU also has a former GT player (Greg Smith, brother of Garrison Smith), a starter in the beginning last season for the Jackets b4 PJ realized he couldn’t cut it in his system.

A healthy GT offense will be night-and-day better this season than last season. You may want to consider bottling whatever it is you are consuming that has led you to the JSU being one of Tech’s toughest games in ‘09. Just ain’t gonna happen. In fact, I’m not sure exactly what O Jax St runs, but I believe it’s very similar to what Clemson will be bringing to ATL five days after the JSU game.

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Georgia Tech fans, you are about to learn what the rest of the SEC has already discovered (and what your coaches have already learned on the recruiting trail); do not take Vandy for granted because we are a very good team (the same team that beat Boston College from your conference and snapped the nation’s longest bowl game win streak). Contrary to above posts about the state of the team, Vandy hasn’t lost much at all. We are stronger at WR, RB, QB and arguably better in a our secondary (these are the areas we lost a few folks – 4 starters total – everyone else returns). We return everyone in the defensive front seven, and it’s going to be very difficult to run the option on us.

Maybe GT will win, but I think this writer is very astute to understand how talented the Vanderbilt football team will be this year. Ask your “friendly” neighbors in Athens, we are no longer a team to overlook.

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Here’s how things work for dawg fans:

Bama 41-30 (334 Total Yds = Funeral)

Florida: 49-10 (373 Total Yds = A CLASSIC BEAT-DOWN)

GT: 45-42 (428 Total Yds = “a fluke”)

Hmmmmm…a “gimmick, high-school offense running mostly freshmen, rolls up more yds on the dawgs than Bama or UF, and its called “a fluke.”

The only “fluke” here is the MASSIVE DELUSION emminating out of Athens.

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Didn’t Duke beat Vandy last year?

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“Thanks for that insightful post. It has a lot of supporting evidence.”

As does yours that said Mark Richt never wins big games. 2-1 in SEC Title games. How many All Crap Conference titles has your joke program won? 2-1 in BCS bowls. When was the last time the Joke by Coke was even mentioned in the same breath as a BCS bowl, except as the punchline to a really funny joke? 82 wins in 8 years and none of them were big? I just think that’s some mighty tough talk out of a program that has not won a major bowl (orange, sugar, rose, fiesta, cotton) since 1956. That’s all. Oh, and you don’t have to believe that’s true. I don’t really care. Facts never seem to matter to Techies anyway.

Tech fans are just the mouths of the south right now aren’t they? 9-4 and on top of the world!!!! Nobody will stop the Chicken Bowl runner ups!!! What a humongous gargantuan pile of excrement program Georgia Tech is. Its laughable.

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I think Tech will win nine games. Ten if we beat georgia, which will be very hard. Our defense is going to have to improve and special teams as well. Right now our defense is average..not great..which is what you need to win an ACC championship or a contender for the national championship. Go Jackets

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LOL @ Trade School Junkie. The absolute banal stupidity of Tech fans never ceases to amaze. You simply cannot make this stuff up.

Georgia 52 LSU 38
Georgia Tech 45 Georgia 42

And LSU is supposed to get a “surprise” win over GT?

What the HELL are you people smoking????????????????????????

Tech fans=the dumbest bag of rocks on the planet. The jokes simply write themselves….

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I like the 10-2, but I disagree about Vandy. Honestly, I think the loss is going to be Duke. ESPN’s ACC blogger has been saying the entire offseason that Duke is going to surprise someone, and even mutt fans know we always lose a game we shouldn’t (in my time paying attention to Tech since 07 anyway). Frankly, I agree with her. The team will be tired after a hellish ACC race and the pressure of going 11-1 or 12-0 (since they’ll be 10-0 or 9-1 by that point) and just like the Unspeakable Bowl last year, they’ll get too cocky and blow it. Who knows, they may even be so beat down by that that they’ll get taken by the dogg squad, but I hope that CPJ will use that week off to whip them into shape should this all happen.

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Tech will definitely be tested during the clemson, miami, nc, miss st, fsu, vt stretch. The only sure win in that group is MSU, however they have the talent and coaching to win all of those games. If they come out of that strech with only 1 loss it could be a special season for them. I think 2 losses during that run is more realistic, that said, I’d be surprised if they have more than 2 losses when they play the dawgs.
I hope tech wins em all til they meet the dawgs!

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Yeah, but I can sell carpet better than your coach. How do you like my haircut? I fashioned it after that guy on my favorite TV show Bosom Buddies. Wanna see my tanlines?

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I think a 7-1 record against UGA is pretty good.

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GA TECH will go 8-4 or 7-5 LOSING TO UGA !!!!!!!!!

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UGA 7 – Tech 1…you know what I meant.

Guess I’m just used to saying 7-1 as a Dawgs fan, being on the winning side and all

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DoreFan:

I wouldnt get too comfortable.

It wont be long before the SEC head-honchos come calling demanding that Vandy “start pulling their own weight in the conference, or get voted out.”

Think it wont or cant happen?

Do you REALLY think the SEC wants…YOU…in the conference….or do you think they would rather have Clemson?

See my point. What does Vandy actually CONTRIBUTE to the SEC money pot?

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GT: a highly respected, world renowned, Top 5 research institution, with a D1 sports program attached.

UGA: a well known SPORTS CLUB, with a Remedial Edcuation department attached.

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Media did not get Tech right last year, they did not get Navy right for 7 years and they will get it wrong again this year. Tech will go 12-1 if not 13-0. Paul Johnson is the real deal. UGA will have an off season. Don’t hand me Joe Cox and 2 sub par running backs and a weak defense and a patched oline and tell me you will win more than 6 games. DREAM ON! Sorry, not trying to insult UGA fans, but the Media is retarded every year, this years most retarded pick is UGA to finish in the top 75,

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Answers, What did you pick Tech to finish last season? Have you ever picked anything right? Who is a better team than Tech going into this season? Don’t hand me FSU, try reading up on them. Bobby wants his victories, but he is hampered by injuries, loss of scholarships and way, way more. FSU is closer to DOOMED than on the verge of a winning season. READ, then COMMENT you look like an idiot.

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inside info: If any of you followed this team by oh i dont know going to practices and actually seeing them play you would know that last fall CPJ installed tons of passing formations in practice but couldnt use them because he only had one reciever to throw to. Now with three receivers capable of catching a football (corey earls ugh) passing will be relevant. Arizona Cardinals proved if your really good at something and not at the other then you dont have to make your weakness better but make your strength better and win

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I’m a Tech fan but there is no way we can win that amount of games. You are a delusional fan. Our best year with O’Leary was 10 wins. I don’t agree with what David Braine said about us never getting past 9 wins, but I don’t think we’re at the point to put a season like your talking about together. Maybe in 2010 after we prove we can replace what we lost on defense. We have always lost one or two games we should have won. With our defense being young and thinner than last year and the violent nature of our offense somebody is going to get hurt if it’s a star (Nesbit, Dwyer, Morgan B.) were going to lose.

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Looks like 7-5 season losing to UGA

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T3 you must stop drinking during the day 3000 yards passing LOL !!!!!!

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Ahh, I love this time of year. Everyone is so certain that this is the year that their school is going to go 12-0. Every year less than 2% of them are right. Everyone can say “bank on it, book it or you heard it here first” and talk out their respective hind ends and throw 2nd grade insults at their rivals. Predictions are like opinions and ***holes, everybody has got one

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Tech will surprise us all again. I think the Jackets season will be special and better than last year. Now that everyone has learned Coach Johnson playbook – it’s gonna be real hard to stop the Buzz Express.

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You know what’s funny about this post ? It’s about GT football, but all of the Mutt fans clocked in late for the second shift, just to read about how we are legit, and no longer a pushover for them, and they are afraid. They are used to losing to Florida, and now know we could be reversing the trend set forth by our previous regime, and they just can’t handle it. Personally I wouldn’t read their board if my life depended on it. Get ready guys, there’s a new Sheriff in town, and his name is Paul Johnson !

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Paul Johnson is Bobby Bowden, 32 years later.

He has the offensive mind. We has the personality. He has the MoJo. He is picking up in recruiting. He has the experience.

Lots of similarities.

The recruits want to come to Tech for development, discipline, success, winning, and oh by the way a great education.

Go back ans look at FSU’s success in the late 70s, all of the 80, all of the 90s, and the first half of the 2000s.
Get used to Tech excelling for the next 20+ years under Paul Johnson.

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We UGA fans hesitantly enjoyed some of MB’s pillow talk last year… Now it appears it is your turn. I’m sure it will be GSU next year.

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southgadawg88, GT has dominated Clemson and UNC in recent years. That alone invalidates your point. UVA we usually split, with the home team winning. We’ve also split the last four with Wake, a team we haven’t even played since 2006. The only teams you list that have dominated us at all are FSU and UGA, and NEWSFLASH: We beat both last year. True, our D-line has a few questions, but the best of the line returns and our new guys get to cut their teeth on a cupcake and Clemson at home. Plus, our entire secondary returns that played after last year’s Clemson game. Not to mention, you and I both know what happens in a shootout. Something to the tune of 45-42.

Still unrealistic?

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409 yards rushing and we shouldn’t have won? Nesbitt taking a knee to end the game? We won’t be so nice next year.. Instead of calling it a fluke why don’t you bow down and thank us for having mercy on you it would make you look less stupid

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UGA might have been a close game, but GT was pushing FSU all around the field before Nesbitt was injured early in the third. Sure, injuries are a part of the game, but FSU was lucky to be in a position to win.

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CPJ would have beat UGA by 50 if he could have. UGA didn’t show up in the second half… You had 409 yards rushing because UGA’s defense didn’t wrap up… Also, I forgot 7-5 is a good year at Tech, they would have made rings even if they had lost only by 20 to UGA.

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- TechDan “True, our D-line has a few questions, but the best of the line returns ”
Name the best of your line and then name the three starters that are no longer there. Can you really believe that the BEST of your D line is still here??? I thought only UGA fans were supposed to be delusional. But I forgot that CPJ doesn’t even need a defense to roll up an undefeated record. Here’s to one hard fall Yech fans.

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Banker Dawg, thanks for the very reasonable comments. Now, onto the questions.

I predict that Dwyer will have fewer carries but more yards, increasing his 6 YPC average. He’ll have more yards in the fourth quarter (when he’s still in) due to defenses being very tired. Also, Nesbitt was a very accurate passer in HS, but didn’t practice it last year. He will be much more polished this year and complete a couple of those that were just long for Roddy Jones. Expect him to have about 1500 passing yards this year.

Tech has MANY capable back-ups. ESPN ranks us as having the best backfield in the ACC and one of the best in the country — interesting that we racked up the 4th best rushing attack with a broken O-line and Fr/So RBs last year…look out!

Thomas is good…actually probably going to be a 2nd rounder if he stays for his senior year. He’s much more polished than this offense shows him as being(think Calvin Johnson being stuck with Reggie Ball, but not as good as CJ).

Finally, I totally agree with the 6-1 comment. If Tech can come out 6-1 (I know they can start 4-0); watch out!!! If Tech starts 6-1, there will be NC talk and Heisman talk for Dwyer (maybe Nesbitt).

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Tokyo Jacket,

Good college football teams start with good recruiting. There are very few consistanly good college teams that are consistently good without great recruiting classes. Tech has not had any. 2 and 3 star recruits are not going to cut it. Last year was okay, but it won’t be consistant and it won’t get better.

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Actually, genius, the class that is putting most of our players on the field right now was our best class in the last 25 years. Dwyer, Burnett, and Nesbitt were potentially all underrated. But hey, GA got the 5-star (King) and we got the 4-star (Dwyer) and the 3-star (Jones). I’ll keep our class thank you.

I do agree with you though. Successful teams do get higher rated players. But, I really believe that in about 30% of the cases, they get bumped when they get offered by big time programs because Rivals studies the players a lot more that get offered by Alabama than they do the players that get offered by Troy. Marcus Wright is a perfect example. He was the state 5-A player of the year in Texas, the richest football state in the nation. He was also a 3-star because he’s 5′8″. If he were 6′, he would have been the number one back in the country. But, GT doesn’t need the 6′ RB for A-back. Se we got a great deal!

Also, they say of Bryant “He could take his’n and beat you with your’n or take your’n and beat you with his’n.” That’s the kind of coach that CPJ is. That is also the kind of coach Belichik is. That is not the kind of coach that Richt is. I like our chances at Tech.

Also, I do appreciate the fact that you did present a logical football argument. There’s not enough people on here that do that.

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I suppose it really does depend on what time period you pick.

We’re 4-1 against Clemson in the last 5 years.
And did you know that against UVA, the home team has only lost 3 times since 1990?

Or, something like that.

Kinda like, you know, 1-7, or 3-7 all depends on the starter mark.

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GATA: Derrick Morgan.

The general consensus is that he is better than anyone else on our D-Line from last year.

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Keep in mind people…Paul Johnson did last year, with “Chock” Gailey’s players, what “Chock” Gailey COULDN’T do with them…WIN!!!! Last year, AT Georgia, Tech went for TWO consecutive 2-point conversions and got them BOTH!!! Add a 26 point 2nd half to that game, and THA, my friend, is what “Chock” Gailey couldn’t do!! By the way, Gailey got the Kansas City OC job and last time I looked, they have been in the top 5 draft positions TWO years in a row. That’s NO ACCIDENT—He SUCKS THAT BAD!!!!

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Mutt fans are so dumb they can’t even get their intended insults right. To the mutt fan who stated Tech will be ready for the BCS championship game when it is played on Thursdays…..the next BCS title game is January 7, 2010….yep, on THURSDAY. You mutts are pitiful, but I gotta say, your prognostication abilities appear to have hope!

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Wow. My only response to this is even if we go 7-5 this year, the UGA fans sure do care a whole lot about the GT blogs, moreso than the last few years. Something’s working. And now UGA fans are even resorting to projecting bigger schools calling for CPJ’s services. That’s a compliment to the GT program and brings the desperation/worry glisten. Ah, you stupid, stupid puppies.

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Hey MuttsRStupid,
Maybe they are correct. The only time we will win the BCS National Championship will be on a Thursday night, January 7, 2010.

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Mark, you’ve really stepped it up in the last couple of years. You used to be a total UGA butt-kisser loser.

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And TechDAN … GT is 4-7 against UVA…4-2 AT HOME and 0-5 on the road.Actually UVA is 5-1 against Tech in the last 6.GT started playing VT in 04 and is 1-4.FSU 1-6.

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Steve, Tech is 4-7 over the last 11 years. You have had a run but you don’t own anybody. We are 2008 State Champions and we beat you 45-42. The only thing you own is the sewer problem under your stadium. Now if you want to talk about being owned, I think you’d better mention Florida in that conversation. And Yes Tech wins more games than Georgia this year. Including at BDS.

GO JACKETS!!! THWG

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heeldawg, well said!!! Your thoughts are echoed by this Tech fan…. GO RIVALRY!!!

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STEVE, can you say stupid? UGA fans are so arrogrant that it is hilarious.!!!!HAHAHA

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Tech will go 7-5 but Willie Martinez will lose his job as UGA DC after a second consecutive loss to the Jackets. 2010: “Willie” Bobo will lose his job as UGA OC after a third consecutive loss to the Jackets. 2011: “Willie” Richt will lose his job as UGA HC after a fourth consecutive loss to the Jackets. Georgia fans didn’t think that TECH would win in Athens in 2008 with a “high school” offense. It’s over kids. The Chan and Reggie show left town and all the beer in Bogart can’t drink ‘em back.

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Enter your comments here
UGASlobberknocker you are crazy, you listed bill curry as a good coach that we couldn’t keep.
what curry was was the biggest looser that we thought we’d never get rid of
pepper didn’ t really take the team down he just failed to take it up, curry took it way down and he was tech’s 2nd worse coach ever bill lewis being the 1st worse and curry was the absolute worse long term coach we ever had, that is if you consider 7 years long term, at tech it seems to be.
oh what a wonderful perfect man bill curry was and is. bullstuff. all that perfect man bullsh_t worn mighty thin with me with all the loosing he did and now some dumb broad at ga state hired him. is it a sexual thing or does she just love to lose?

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