Meet Jonathan Dwyer, unannounced Heisman candidate
Pretty good ballplayer right here. As good as C.J. Spiller. (AJC photo by Johnny Crawford)
Theoretically, every collegiate football player in the land is “a Heisman Trophy candidate.” But we tend to attach that label to a player only when the player’s school first attaches it. And Georgia Tech, being practiced in the lost art of understatement, hasn’t gone wild over Jonathan Dwyer just yet.
He’s billed on the cover of Tech’s media guide not as an “HTC” but as something a tad more tangible — the ACC player of the year. Which he was in 2008, and which he was just voted by the league’s media, assembled in Greensboro, N.C., to be again this season. And that if that doesn’t make someone an HTC … well, my name’s not George P. Burdell.
In Sporting News Today, Matt Crossman noted that Dwyer met the media in Greensboro from the seat “previously occupied by C.J. Spiller, the blazing-fast Clemson running back. Clemson brought with it life-sized posters of Spiller to hype his Heisman candidacy, a perfectly valid endeavor. But Dwyer will thrust himself into that conversation before long.”
Before long? Spiller rushed and caught passes for 1,065 total yards in 2008. Dwyer’s total yardage last season — 1,604. I’d say he’s there already. (Clemson, as we know, has never been shy about tooting its players’ horns. This is the school that, in 1982, sent out cereal boxes boosting Terry “Special K” Kinard.)
Loading ...Dwyer might get cast as “a system back,” but he’s no more a product of Paul Johnson’s system than Tim Tebow is of Urban Meyer’s. They’re both tremendous college players. And I’m not suggesting Dwyer is going to win the Heisman — quarterbacks always have the inherent edge, and there are two previous winners (Tebow and Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford) still playing as amateurs — but I will say this:
If Jonny Dwyer — that’s what Paul Johnson calls him — doesn’t finish in the top five, I’ll be surprised. And if C.J. Spiller finishes ahead of him, I’ll sit myself down and eat a bowl of Special K.
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MatthewH
July 28th, 2009
8:20 am
MB-Excellent point about being a “system back”. He excels in the system that is being run-which can be said for any candidate. For those that think GT runs a pop-warner offense, this offense was the topic of discussion at the ACC Kick-off. Defensive co-ordinators are already worried about it.
By the way, I’d rather Dwyer finish second-the runner-ups seem to have better pro careers.
Angus
July 28th, 2009
8:37 am
My guess – GT has to go 11-1 for JD to get an invite.
Also, being a GT fan, I’m glad they are not doing stupid promos like Clemson. Seriously, they’re promoting a RB that only had 700 yds rushing last year on a 7-6 team.
RAMBLE ON!!!
July 28th, 2009
8:38 am
I don’t think he’ll get enough touches to win it. He could get over 2000 yards, but there are to many other weapons in the back field for him to get enough carries. Plus he’ll be sitting on the bench in the 4th Quarter.
rduck
July 28th, 2009
8:39 am
I love the fact that GT and JD are not buying into the hype of the sport and just focusing on the job at hand. This shows the character of both the player and the school. As for JD being labeled a “system back”, every player in America plays in some type of system. Should we punish the QB’s who play in a spread offense?
Robert
July 28th, 2009
8:44 am
Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves with easy win talk. Miami wants revenge, the game is there and they finally wised up and fired their O coordinator, the guy who wouldn’t get Calvin the ball enough.
Robert
July 28th, 2009
8:52 am
The Wishbone offense was a hot offense in the early seventies? Why did it fall out of favor?
Mark Bradley
July 28th, 2009
9:09 am
Dwyer might not get as many carries as the traditional tailback, but he also breaks more long runs.
Don’t discount that.
Robert
July 28th, 2009
9:14 am
First time ever on this blog, I reached an agreement with a “foe” yesterday. Michael Vick draws a lot more debate, ya think.
Paul H
July 28th, 2009
9:15 am
Tech’s “system” has been figured out. Every school they face this year will spend a week watching the Chick-fil-a Bowl beforehand.
Robert
July 28th, 2009
9:16 am
What I want to know is whether either the Jackets or the Falcons or even the Bulldogs will be able to stop the opponent enough to have a championship team?
Robert
July 28th, 2009
9:18 am
They’ll need LSU’s personell too to pull it off.
Spiller can't hold Dwyer's jock
July 28th, 2009
9:18 am
Bradley, you finally wrote a column worth reading in the AJC. If Dwyer isn’t a Heisman candidate, then the powers that be aren’t watching. This kid is every bit as talented, if not more, than Eddie George. In fact, he is Eddie George with breakaway speed. He’s going to play football for a long time on Sunday.. Lets enjoy him while we still have him on the flats.
I say we let Clemson hype their 2nd rate back and let Dwyer make his case for the HT on the field. Typical Clemson, a lot of big talk before the season starts.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
9:23 am
Only way he will be on the bench in the 4th quarter is while the other team is controlling the clock with the ball, he is hurt or you are so far behind that he is being saved for the next game.
Your powerful opener might be the exception to this. We go and play a ranked team on the road who is opening a brand new stadium against us on national TV. You play Jacksonville state.
Class dismissed.
BankerDawg
July 28th, 2009
9:26 am
Paul-
Luckily for Tech, no one in the ACC as the O-Line and D-Line of LSU, so I’m not sure how much success teams could derive from simply watching tape of a game played almost 8 months ago.
Regarding Dwyer, he should certainly be considered a legit Heisman guy, but unfortunately for him, McCoy, Tebow, and Bradford are still playing college ball.
I don’t think Dwyer cares one way or the other. He knows he is scary good.
Pago Flyer
July 28th, 2009
9:27 am
Tebow will earn his 2nd Heisman when he takes FL to another #1 finish!
Robert
July 28th, 2009
9:27 am
Congradulations Uga fan, it’s the first time in awhile you’ve opened with a tough game. Usually it’s best to get your suspended players back first before taking on a good team.
Paul H is an idiot
July 28th, 2009
9:27 am
Paul H, are you really that much of a moron? Can someone really be that stupid? I guess if you are using that warped logic, then anybody who watches the 2nd half of the UGA-GT game last year can figure out how to exploit UGA’s defense.(or Willie Martinez)
Yeah, I’m sure we’ve been exposed and everyone has figured us out. uh huh. You can’t hide stupid. If I’m a betting man, my money is on Paul Johnson.
ant banks
July 28th, 2009
9:29 am
PAUL H,
i hope teams spend a week lookin’ at the chic-fil-a bowl. that was an anomaly. tech tried to get too cute. i am sure that paul johnson is watchin’ that game too. and i am sure that he will not do the cute stuff again.
Mark Bradley
July 28th, 2009
9:34 am
LSU didn’t so much figure out Tech’s system as Tech forgot how to kick the ball and field kicks. Go check the play-by-play. That game was lost by special teams in the first half.
Robert
July 28th, 2009
9:35 am
What really gripes Dawg fans is that their National Championship chance has passed. Too bad they can’t find a coach as good as Suzanne Yoculan for their male teams. I even pull for her teams.
Too Easy
July 28th, 2009
9:39 am
Mark: They also forgot to score more than 3 points.
DawginLex Loser
July 28th, 2009
9:39 am
DawginLex, of all the moronic statements, yours may top them all. Did you forget opening up with stalwarts Georgia Southern and the Central Michigan Chippewas last year? And are you serious? Georgia is the king of playing chumps to start the season, which works out well with the meaningless suspensions Richt hands out every offseason.
So we play our cupcake game first and you guys don’t take on the mighty Tennessee Tech squad until later in the season. So what? We opened with teams like Auburn/Notre Dame several years back and ya’ll opened with the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. So what is your point?
Brian22
July 28th, 2009
9:43 am
Thank you, Mark for your 9:34 post. That’s EXACTLY what happened.
LSU game will be a blessing
July 28th, 2009
9:45 am
I hope others are watching the LSU game- the only thing it will show is that we sucked that night. I like the fact that our players have had to endure an entire offseason with that game being the most recent memory. And I’m pretty confident that these other teams studying that film won’t see the same team we saw that day. Paul Johnson wont’ let that happen. Bring on the season and bring on the Dawgs. We will put you in your place and shut you up again this year. Bring it little puppies.
Robert
July 28th, 2009
9:47 am
Dawg fans, if the Jackets were so crummy, why didn’t his Holiness fire Martinez for a D that allowed such a team to score 45.
Joe Cox for Heisman
July 28th, 2009
9:48 am
we won’t miss a beat this year with the redheaded freckle faced pimple boy Joe Cox. He is going to win the Heisman and we are going to take home the NC this year. Not to mention he can beat anybody at bass fishing, too. Go Dawgs. Woof woof.
We love our Cox
July 28th, 2009
9:51 am
Joe for Heisman. He can throw a football almost as good as he can throw a crankbait or #2 wiggle worm into some structure.
Robert
July 28th, 2009
9:52 am
You’d rather have Cox than Stafford? Sorry your guy isn’t like the three QB Heisman contenders who turned dowm the money for their last year of college.
Paul Johnson
July 28th, 2009
9:53 am
State title is in Atlanta little dawgies, come and get the strap. Space mountain, baby! Stylin’, profilin’, woooooo!! We got the strap. All bark and no bite, come and get it.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
9:53 am
If you paid attention to the UGA sports news, you would notice that our AD is upgrading our OOC schedule in the coming years. No one else is playing 3 BCS schools OOC of the caliber we are playing.
Thanks for the personal attacks. That GT class just keeps on shinging through.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
9:54 am
shining? not shinging.
although it could be a combo word for shining and singing………
PTC DAWG
July 28th, 2009
9:55 am
He’s a quality back, no doubt…
Not Disappointed
July 28th, 2009
9:56 am
Tell the truth Mark Bradley! Special Teams killed the Jackets in the lsu game.
Dwyer is a force to be respected. Let his gigantic thighs hit you with his head down! “Pure punishment!”
He truly is a Diesel Truck that will be ready to run the Highway. “The Football Field interstate.” Do yourself a favor and stay off the road when he comes a RUNNING!
I don’t know about Dwyer and the Heismen, but we all will see him on Sunday.
Ramblin Wreck!
DawginLex Loser
July 28th, 2009
9:57 am
LoginLex, your OOC schedule couldn’t go anywhere but up. Its been atrocious up until now. Have you actually upgraded it yet or are you still “trying” to upgrade it in the coming years. Big difference.
Volman
July 28th, 2009
9:58 am
Beautiful blog, Mr. Bradley. Very well written. Thank you! So much better than Schultz’s Twittering and Texting conversations with David Pollack.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
10:00 am
Have we upgraded it yet? Go read some information comparing 2009 OOC schedules. Get your answer.
Again, thanks for the personal attack. How much did your parents pay for that fine Tech education that taught you that?
Robert
July 28th, 2009
10:01 am
Just think last year at this time, two future first round picks and a couple of later picks to lead Georgia back to the 1980 promised land.
That was almost as cruel a bubble popping as the credit and real estate bubble crash. You were all set to stop listening to Munson repeat Lindsey Scott over and over again. But now that’s all you’ve got again.
Robert
July 28th, 2009
10:03 am
Not disappointed, go reread Mark’s comment. That is exactly what he said.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
10:04 am
No robert, we have stockpiled talent galore for 2009 and the future.
Who recruited Dwyer anyway?
Alabama Jack
July 28th, 2009
10:05 am
dawg fans suck
And that’s all I have to say about that.
CFBFan
July 28th, 2009
10:06 am
Are you fing kidding me? Legit Heisman candidate? No one outside of Georgia knows his name.
Robert
July 28th, 2009
10:08 am
Let’s face it. Dawg and Jacket fans need each other. This blog was dying until the Dawg fans showed up for us to argue with.
GT FAN PA
July 28th, 2009
10:08 am
Bankerdawg- Glad to see you back- Always nice to see logic spoken as a true class dawg fan- I love Tech, but here in yankee land always try to pull for them both- Oh course all you hear up here is PENN ST- I would have to agree that JD is going to let his talking be done between the lines-it will be interesting to see how the Jackets improve this year based upon CPJ’s past. The one thing if you look at the Triple option one missed assignment can lead to something big-look at the BC game last year their top LB said the same thing “we blew an assignment” and JD took it to the house-It is based upon teams being undisciplined or over aggressive, which the teams that gave Tech issues were those who stayed in the lanes- if CPJ brings the pass part this year you will see things open up more. The speed should also improve- Look at any of the Navy tapes they have more plays they run then Tech has even scratched upon. yes it will be interesting to see UGA go to OK ST’s house and play- here is to a great season to both-more so for Tech—THWG!
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 28th, 2009
10:10 am
(((38 – 3))) CHICKEN BOWL. I’ll buy a ticket to see him, just for the free hot dog i get at The Varsity with purchase. LOSERS!!!!!
FisheriesDawg
July 28th, 2009
10:10 am
Dwyer is very talented, no doubt (he’s the one player on Tech’s roster that I would trade for in a heartbeat), but he’s going to have a hard time getting much Heisman press unless GT is in the national title hunt. I’m not sure that’s very likely. GT is going to be a lot like Paul Johnson’s Navy teams-capable of beating anyone but also very capable of laying eggs in headscratchers (Virginia, anyone?). Our Lord and Savior Timmy Tebow is the only person in college football allowed to be considered for the Heisman when his team has a mediocre season, and everyone knows this.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
10:12 am
Keep rambler and m off of the UGA blogs and these Tech blogs can become cricket chirping filled lovefests without me around.
gte268p
July 28th, 2009
10:12 am
Most of us got real scholarships and paid our own way through Tech since we care about quality educations. This is opposed to others that went to schools that have raquetball, golf, and the fundamentals of basketball as classes that were needed so students could keep the HOPE scholarship and improve their GPA.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
July 28th, 2009
10:13 am
I think what Mark is trying to say here is that Clemson is a bunch of morons. I think that this is something both GT & UGA fans can get behind. This is another example of Clemson’s stupidity along with the selection of a coach. With all these great coaches at Cincy, USF and so forth and they go with Dabo.
Benjamin
July 28th, 2009
10:14 am
Question: If given a choice between Dwyer and Knowshon and future NFL production, who do you take?
I take Moreno…
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
July 28th, 2009
10:15 am
Hey Dawginlex, Uh Georgia recruited Dwyer. They wanted him bad.
Justafan
July 28th, 2009
10:15 am
To dawgexlax-Play in your own yard puppy. We don’t need your crap on ours.
Benjamin
July 28th, 2009
10:16 am
And Bank Walker, you’re going to be pleasantly (or perhaps unpleasantly?) surprised by Dabo. The man has been very successful as an assistant in two different programs, and has both a sharp football mind and the ability to lead his players. Sweeney’s a good coach.
CFBFan
July 28th, 2009
10:17 am
Tech has lost 7 of 8 to UGA, why is there even a debate about who is better?
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
10:17 am
Wrong answer bank walker.
The correct answer is m’s hero. CHAN GOMER GAILEY.
Who consistently had higher rated recruiting class than what your current coach will get.
Phil McCrotch
July 28th, 2009
10:17 am
We go and play a ranked team on the road who is opening a brand new stadium against us on national TV. You play Jacksonville state.
….and your point is? or is this just the beginning of the excuses.
Benjamin
July 28th, 2009
10:18 am
Because it’s 2009, CFBFan. The Red Sox lost to the Yankees for a near century, but they were better in 2004 and 2007-2008. And that’s coming from a Dawg fan.
militarydawgindc
July 28th, 2009
10:20 am
dwyer will never win the heisman as long as mr tebow is at flarda, and mr bradford is at okrahoma
CFBFan
July 28th, 2009
10:22 am
Benjamin-
I understand that but the one thing that makes UGA fans feel awful is how they’ve lost SO many games to Florida over the years. That one victory in 2007 was amazing, but in the long run it didn’t mean much. Same with Tech, sure they beat an injury plagued, unprepared UGA team in 2008, but who cares? No one thinks of Tech when they think of football in the state of Georgia. They think of the dawgs, period.
Huh?
July 28th, 2009
10:22 am
Mark, you’ve said yourself that Georgia Tech is going 10-2 this year. I think that answers your question about whether Dwyer is a legit Heisman trophy candidate. Heisman trophy candidates do not come from 10-2 ACC teams. The crybaby Techies will kick, scream, and moan, but it is the truth. Sure, Tebow won it while quarterbacking a 9-4 team, but Tebow plays for Florida. They were the defending national champions at the time, not the defending Chicken Bowl runner ups. I’m not saying its fair because I think Dwyer is a great player. He just plays for a not so great football program. A Heisman is a total pipe dream. This is all very much a true story. Have yourselves a wonderful day.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
10:22 am
Now that I have made this otherwise dull GT blog a rousing success, I will depart.
As a parting comment, I will acknowledge your current coach is not bad. After all, ERK trained him.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
July 28th, 2009
10:23 am
I could have swore that UGA recruited Dwyer. Are you sure dawginlex or did you just not write the question correctly?
militarydawgindc
July 28th, 2009
10:26 am
Mark
you are wrong again. The LSU D swarmed tech. The tigers controlled by Lines of scrimmage the entire game. Tech tried to get cute and pass some down field. The game was over before it started. LSU had a month to prepare for the peewee league option attack. The reason LSU won was because of their assignment football and speed. The same reason UGA will smash tech this year. Your blatant hate for UGA is obvious. You are always wrong on your picks. Phil Steele is much more accurate and worth paying to read than your senseless drivel on this site. I’m still get a chuckle at your braves predictions last year..man you were way off, as usual…Go Dawgs !
militarydawgindc
July 28th, 2009
10:28 am
mark’s
prognistications are based on emotion rather than logic….he’ll be wrong again this year…
Go Dawgs !
MyWhiskeyClear
July 28th, 2009
10:28 am
I don’t care if Dwyer gets the Heisman. I don’t care if he gets any awards, really. The only trophies Tech needs come with letters like A-C-C and B-C-S. There’s a smaller one with the Governer’s signature that will already be in our trophy case more often in the next few years. Now that that monkey is off our backs it’s time to hunt Titles. Division. Conference. Bowls. Crystal Balls. This year the crosshairs are afixed not on any Dawgs but instead on that ridiculous orange turkey.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
July 28th, 2009
10:28 am
Yep I just checked Rivals web site and Georgia offered Dwyer a scholarship. The great coach Mike Bobo was his recruiter. Also, Muschamp recruited for Auburn. http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=46903&sport=1
Benjamin
July 28th, 2009
10:28 am
CFB, I agree with you 100 percent when you say people think about UGA when it comes to football in the state of Georgia, but as a Dawg fan, I still have to give credit to the work Johnson’s doing in Atlanta, and while this is possibly going to be a season of rebuilding for my red and black in Athens, Tech is riding as high as they can ride right now.
I knew immediately when they hired the new coach that they were going to be forces to contend with, because Johnson’s already done some special things at Georgia Southern and Navy (of all places). Tech is on their way up.
UGA is still the face of Georgia football, but I’m afraid that they’re going to be the second best team in the state a second straight year this year. (And that’s okay — we’re young, and very talented, with a guy I have tremendous respect for leading the way. We’ll be back on top soon enough, in my opinion.)
JoeV
July 28th, 2009
10:29 am
Dwyer had 40 something more carries than Spiller last year and was a feature back while Spiller shared duties. lol. Dwyer.
GT Rich
July 28th, 2009
10:29 am
Three things have to happen for Dwyer to be a finalist:
1) huge games on Sept 10 and 17, both are national broadcasts on Thursday nights. 150+ yd performances in those big games would get him early season hype and be added to EVERYone’s watch list.
2) 2000 all purpose yards
3) the team needs to go 12-1, which includes winning the ACC championship.
Doubter
July 28th, 2009
10:30 am
With Tech’s Offensive system:
1. No one will never win the Heisman.
2.Tech will never win a NC.
3.Will never beat GA 2 yrs. in a row.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
10:31 am
Bank walker,
Gailey SIGNED him. That was my point.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
July 28th, 2009
10:32 am
Ah note to idiots, this is not a GT blog DawginLex, this is M B’s blog.
MyWhiskeyClear
July 28th, 2009
10:33 am
Doubter, that looks more like a wish list than any kind of realistic predictions.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
July 28th, 2009
10:34 am
Gailey got lucky, actually he wasn’t a bad recruiter just a bad coach. UGA’s going to miss him. At least PJ will make UGA’s schedule look a little better.
Lance
July 28th, 2009
10:36 am
((((7-1)))) Hahahahahahaha
BankerDawg
July 28th, 2009
10:36 am
Yes, we recruited Dwyer.
Anyone claiming otherwise is either suffering selective amnesia or is a practicing revisionist historian….or just doesn’t know any better.
Halberstram
July 28th, 2009
10:39 am
Dwyer should definitely be considered a heisman candidate. He had a breakout year last year in winning the ACC Player of the Year. He should be in the discussion at the start of the year, it’s up to him to put up the stats to remain in the discussion.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
10:43 am
A MB blog with GT for a topic. Without the UGA folks on any of the Tech topic blogs, the blogs shut down within 20 minutes because of a lack of comments.
CFBFan
July 28th, 2009
10:44 am
Benjamin-
I agree with you that Tech may be perceived as the best preseason team THIS year, but overall, its all about the Dawgs. Plus, I think once the season starts and Tech drops a couple early on while UGA is beating teams like OK State, UGA will quickly leap Tech in the rankings.
One thing you said is true, Paul Johnson seems to have things running well in Atlanta, but his system has flaws and now that the honey moon phase is over, it’s time for teams to dominate Tech’s high school offense once again (much like LSU did in the Chickfila bowl).
Great to see Tech up there for now, but it won’t last. UGA has a tradition of winning established, and even in a rebuilding year they are bound to win 9 or 10 games.
Mac
July 28th, 2009
10:49 am
And, the thing about it is, Roddy Jones is just as good.
handshandy man
July 28th, 2009
10:50 am
Hey Doubter, Noone will NEVER?? I smell a double negative.
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Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 28th, 2009
10:53 am
Get it in your heads people!!!!!! Tech is coming off one of the WORST and most EMBARASSING loses in their history!!! WHY all the hype surrounding the nerds?? Because they beat a struggling UGA team by 3 in the rain, due in most part by careless UGA turnovers. That same team also lost miserably to North Carolina anda weak Boston College…. The “Triple Option” High School offense has been exposed!! Tech goes 7-5, and plays a bowl game somewhere between December 25th and December 30th. CHUMPS!!!
Dawg Foot
July 28th, 2009
10:55 am
I don’t want to meet him. I heard he is a drunk.
GT FAN PA
July 28th, 2009
10:56 am
Folks- this is why the games are played on the grid iron- everyone can could of, should of, would of, all they want- you can say LSU did this, injuries here and this person is back healthy automatically makes us contenders- well not until you play the game-We can all make the excuses-bottom line you come out and excute- CPJ is a no non-sense kinda of person and that will carry over to the team.
Huntsville Yellow Jacket
July 28th, 2009
10:58 am
Mark,
As you get older, you probably should be eating more Special K. That or Fiber One.
K Michael Hall
July 28th, 2009
11:00 am
Guys, let’s not get carried away on bashing CJ Spiller. He’s pretty good.
Benjamin
July 28th, 2009
11:02 am
Time will tell, CFB. I really think you’re undervaluing the Jackets, to be honest.
As Bradley and others said, the LSU game wasn’t lost by that offense. That game was lost in the first half by special teams.
Benjamin
July 28th, 2009
11:03 am
Spiller’s main problem has nothing to do with his own abilities, but the line that’s charged with blocking for him.
Big Ed
July 28th, 2009
11:03 am
The only thing an upgraded UGA schedule will mean is more losses. After a 7-5 season this year and the call for Richt to be fired, the upgraded schedule quickly revert back to the cupcakes of old.
Tech82
July 28th, 2009
11:03 am
DawginLex – Pull on a pair of big girl panties and deal with the personal attacks. After all, it was you who decided to come on here and start talking smack with the Tech fans. Now, stop crying and go finish your housework.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2009
11:08 am
Tech82,
My point is with that fine Tech education you all brag about, why do you have to resort to personal attacks?
answer: Because the GT education doesn’t include courses in tact, class and character.
Housework? That’s equal to me using D&D instead of WOW to insult GT folks. You can do better hopefully.
Gerald Ball
July 28th, 2009
11:16 am
So, Georgia Tech lost to a much more talented LSU in the Peach Bowl in Paul Johnson’s first year running an offense that takes at least three years to teach and recruit personnel for. Big deal. Last year was Mark Richt’s 8th at UGA, he had the #1, #12, and #50 picks in the NFL draft at QB, RB, and WR (not to mention A.J. Green and a slew of talented TEs that weren’t even utilized until the 2nd half of the bowl game against MICHIGAN STATE which you were in great jeopardy of losing because a much less talented Michigan State team outcoached UGA on both sides of the ball!) and you got crushed by Florida, humiliated AT HOME by Alabama, and lost to Georgia Tech!
Georgia Tech has real reasons to think that they are going to be better in 2009 when Chan Gailey’s recruits for whatever offense it was that he was running have better assimilated the system and will actually be able to run the triple option (last year Tech might have actually run the triple option maybe 5 or 10 times all year, they were barely able to manage the double option, and most of the time it was just handing off to Dwyer or Josh Nesbitt running draw plays), and much better in 2010 when Nesbitt and Dwyer will be seniors (that is, assuming Dwyer doesn’t come out early this year, which is a real possibility) and 75% of Tech’s depth chart will be guys recruited for Paul Johnson’s system.
Now as to Chan Gailey being a better recruiter than Paul Johnson: my goodness Johnson is in his second year. Gailey started off getting two star recruits, and it took years for Gailey to start getting 4 star recruits like Nesbitt and Dwyer, plus a lot of those guys were recruited by Patrick Nix, who was a great recruiter but a horrible coach. There isn’t a single Georgia Tech fan in the world who thinks that the couple of 4 star recruits that Nix brought in a year were worth having an offensive coordinator that had Calvin Johnson for 3 years and wouldn’t throw the ball downfield, or having a running QB in Reggie Ball for 4 years and not running any spread or option.
Another thing: Johnson is recruiting option personnel, and Gailey was recruiting passing game personnel. If you look at the recruiting rankings, passing game personnel will always be more highly ranked than the option guys. But a lot of those 4 star recruits that Gailey recruited for the passing game weren’t any good. Take that much hyped QB that Gailey recruited: Threat. Who did he have in his final two? Tech and Arizona State. Wow. He couldn’t cut it at Tech, he couldn’t cut it at Michigan, and now he is at his third school. By contrast, Pat White, the guy who dominated for 4 years at West Virginia (including that bowl game against UGA) was a 3 star recruit that none of the SEC schools invested much time in recruiting. So, Georgia Tech will be going after the Pat Whites while UGA will be getting the 4 and 5 star recruits that are never heard from again.
By the way, I think that you are underestimating Georgia Tech’s recruiting this year. They have 9 commits, 4 of them are 4 star and 5 of them are 3 star. In 2006, the alleged super recruiter Gailey only signed a single 4 star recruit (the bust Jamaal Evans), 9 three star recruits, and 6 two star recruits. In 2005, Tech signed 7 three star recruits and 12 two star recruits. Recruiting classes like 2007 (8 four star recruits, 10 three star recruits) were the exception, not the rule.
And Johnson isn’t doing that badly. 2008 doesn’t count … you know how things go when a coach is fired and another coach comes in, and Tech took a long time to hire Johnson because they really wanted either Edsall of UConn or a big name. But look at 2009. A four star recruit and 17 three star recruits. Laugh at the three 2 star recruits if you will, but they are LBs and safeties that run 4.5. And the lone 4 star recruit in the class is a 335 lb. run stuffing NT that will likely play as a true freshman to help replace some of the defensive linemen that Tech lost to the NFL. And Tech has a 280 lb. 4 star DT already in this class.
What I like best is that while UGA is now trying to be a “national program”, Tech is working on building ties in Georgia. If Tech strings together a bunch of 9+ win seasons, it will pay off … guys like Mack Brown will start seeing Tech as a viable option to UGA. Tech already signed a guy that FSU wanted, something that was unthinkable 7 or 8 years ago.
So keep laughing UGA fans. There isn’t a lot of difference between a 10 win program that deludes itself into thinking that it is competing for more (UGA’s demanding to go to the BCS title game in 2007 when they didn’t even win the SEC East or beat a top 10 team all year, and the “preseason #1″ nonsense in 2008) and a 9 win program that knows it can’t be much better because they require ALL STUDENTS – including football players – to pass calculus. 10 wins a year with a bunch of guys who spend the offseason getting arrested versus 9 games a year with guys who actually belong at a major university as students. Hmmm … most Tech fans will choose the latter.
Required Reading by Hard Knox Sports
July 28th, 2009
11:17 am
[...] Homer Alert: The AJC’s Mark Bradley said he would be surprised if Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer doesn’t finish in the top five for the Hesiman Trophy. Mark, did you forget about Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford, Jhavid Best, Jevan Snead and Dez Bryant? I love Georgia Tech this year and might pick them to win the ACC but Dwyer will not finish in the top five for the Heisman. [AJC] [...]
rick
July 28th, 2009
11:19 am
Dwyer wants a 14-0 season not a Heisman.
Jared
July 28th, 2009
11:23 am
Dwyer is actually held back by being a “system back.” If he were the feature back in a pro-style offense he would probably get 100 more carries per year. He never had more than 23 carries in a game last year and he had less than 15 carries 5 times last year. Now, his ypc would not be as high, but Dwyer is an 1,800 yard back in a pro-style offense. As it is now, he shares his carries with about 4 other players on a regular basis.
Spiller is a good player, but the hype around Clemson is always unbearable. Look at how their hype turned out last year.
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 28th, 2009
11:26 am
Just bought my $99 season ticket special for Bobby Dudd!!! This assures one less seat filled for every game since I refuse to go to any but the total whoopin’ that will be handed to the bugs on Nov 28th. JOKE OF A PROGRAM, JOKE OF A COACH, JOKE OF SO-CALLED FANS. TECH SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BG
July 28th, 2009
11:30 am
Funny!!!!!!!!!!!
macrotech
July 28th, 2009
11:31 am
DawginLex, i thought you said, “Now that I have made this otherwise dull GT blog a rousing success, I will depart”. You didn’t make this blog a ’success’…you just drooled all over the place. ANOTHER reason why bulldogs suck! Your words are as empty as your promises….why’d you come back?
CFBFan
July 28th, 2009
11:35 am
Benjamin-
Indeed, we shall see.
Stinger
July 28th, 2009
11:55 am
Anyone who thinks that they can stop this offense is delusional. LSU didn’t stop it. We simply did not come to play and beat ourselves. We would have beaten them 9 out of 10 games last year and would have beaten UGAY 10 out of 10. We own the SEC. Jonathan Dwyer will be the best back by far in this years college football and a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate with our explosive offense and a top 5 team Nationally. Tech will win the ACC and play in a BCS Bowl game and contend for the National Championship. The Kid from Virginia Tech who thinks that he has our offense figured out won’t know what hit him. His head will be swimming so fast during the first quarter that he won’t want to go back in the game. He will try to come over to our sideline and our coaches will tell him that he is on the wrong side of the field. He will say to our coaches, ” I can’t go over there, if I do they may put me back into the game.”
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
11:56 am
Yeah, somehow I missed those classes at Tech- Tact 100, Class 101, and Character 2000. I’m sure those classes are in the curriculum at UGA. Those were probably classes that Harrick Jr. taught to the likes of Odell Thurman and Quincy Carter.
Why are you here if you keep crying like a little girl about all the “personal attacks?” Take off your skirt and grow a pair. I thought you said you were leaving anyway.
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July 28th, 2009
11:58 am
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Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
12:01 pm
Show me some names for 2010 and beyond as far as UGA’s OOC schedule. My point is that the 2009 schedule is an anomaly for UGA. And you have yet to provide any rationale to prove otherwise.
Snore
July 28th, 2009
12:01 pm
Gerald Ball,
do you really believe that crap? You must have been really steaming to type 500 pages of BS.
MSYounker
July 28th, 2009
12:01 pm
J. Dwyer vs. Spiller – JD not only exceeded Spiller with stats but he did what all great FOOTBALL players do . . . he put the team on his back and personally reversed the 7 year skid with a key rival . . . UGA. Remember the second half of the UGA game? TECH was behind. Dwyer takes it to the house in one play, the first pplay from scrimage. That lifted his team, the fans, ad turned the corner for the program. Spiller is a geat athelete, Dwyer is a great PLAYER.
Snore
July 28th, 2009
12:03 pm
Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, Clemson……and you play? Gardner Webb, Charleston Southern, Samford.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
12:04 pm
PS- i bet Damon Evans didn’t think Oklahoma St would be good when you booked the game originally. Face it- you booked it thinking cakewalk and the fact they appear to be good in 2009 is just pure coincidence. And its not like they are a sure thing to finish in the top 10. Just look at that “big” OOC game last year at Arizona St.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
12:14 pm
ummm, snore, how about Auburn, Notre Dame, Alabama, Ole Miss, Kansas and Georgia as far as past/future GT OOC opponents? Its funny how you left the Ragin Cajuns, Coastal Carolina, New Mexico St., Ga. Southern and the Chippewas off of your list of UGA OOC opponents. We all have our cupcake games.
aztec
July 28th, 2009
12:28 pm
da, the heisman is lock between 3 qb’s, really no one else has a chance at it so tech should not waste any money like clemson did promoting him
Bigtymer
July 28th, 2009
12:28 pm
Will someone look at this defense and tell me why cooper taylor is not a starting free safety? Look at the stats. He gives gt a much more viable option from safety than he does the wolf (essentially a nickel package linebacker position). Cooper was 2nd on the team in tackles, played more than reese, was ACC freshman of the year runner-up, and has proved his big game worth by his goal line work in the fsu game, and hawking the field during the bowl game. CPJ and Womack, give this kid some love.
JoeV
July 28th, 2009
12:29 pm
Clemson did not waste money; posters were paid for and distributed by sponsors.
Tech75
July 28th, 2009
12:36 pm
I think that it is impossible to plan enough to stop Johnson’s offense. Regardless of how you practice, I think the following is true:
1. The offense will line up in a balanced formation where they could go either right or left, eliminating the possibility of the defense overloading to one side or the other “without risk”.
2. The prevailing theory is that defenders have to play in lanes, and have to be disciplined to defend their lane. This reduces the instances of the defense flooding a lane to blow up a play. You guess the wrong lane, the QB makes the right choice, TD.
3. If the offense executes properly, it seems designed to create one-on-two situations where a defender has to cope with a blocker and the running back, almost simultaneously. The defender will have to defeat the block, then make a tackle. The frequency with which this happens determines the success of the offense.
4. I think the way CPJ calls plays is, he tries to sucker the defense into flattening itself in order to cover all the lanes (essentially the safeties have to move up to try to create 2 yd gains instead of 7-8 yd gains); you then have a situation where if the blocker gets a defender on the ground, it’s a footrace to the end zone for the RB against probably a DB, because the safeties may have taken themselves out of the play.
All other things being equal, how do you scheme against this? I don’t think you can. I think the DCs will try to figure out which matchups they are likely to win and lose, and adjust their lane coverage models to accommodate those guesses.
I think that if Tech is executing well on offense, it comes down to whether each individual defender can hold his ground successfully. They may be able to do that if they are truly a superior talent, and they might do that if a block is missed; the offense’s advantage is that they know which way they’re going, and can double-team linemen in order to create even more leverage against the defenders.
People who think LSU provided a model for stopping this offense do not give enough credit to the factors already cited in this blog for that particular loss – special teams play, Tech not being really ready to play, and the physically superior OL and DL folks LSU had. Special teams dug us a hole, but we did not come close to controlling the line of scrimmage, separate and apart from that.
third quarter fan
July 28th, 2009
12:38 pm
Mr dogginLex…UG cannot be criticized this year for their cupcakes…first time in a long time!
We’ll see how that works out for ya.
Diesel 21 would have to have results way beyond expectations to beat our Tbow. And he just might!
As posted already, those two Thursday night national games might just open the door.
Snore
July 28th, 2009
12:38 pm
Exactly Steaming Login….you said to show you some of Georgia’s future OOC schedule. I named BCS OOC games moron. Then you come back and show me Tech’s old schedules. You are a typical Gnat- you have to have “Dawg” or “UGA” or steal a Dawg’s name in your little handle, otherwise you would be nothing. It sure sounds like you are VERY jealous of the fact that UGA is national and your beloved insects are resorting to play on Thursday nights (what a joke!!) so as to be seen by more people.
Snore
July 28th, 2009
12:41 pm
Tech75 and Gerald Ball need to write novels together. You guys could bore even Snore to death with your drivel!!
Tech75
July 28th, 2009
12:43 pm
Hey Snore – I apologize for wasting your valuable time, which you seem to have so much of that you hang out on this blog.
Learn to use the scrollbar on the right hand side of the window.
Another suggestion: if you see a post by Tech75, just ignore it.
Snore Loser
July 28th, 2009
1:15 pm
Snore- I mentioned team’s that Georgia Tech has played and WILL play in coming years. You have to mention future opponents because like I said, you’re OOC schedule has been laughable until now. And by the way, the schools you reference aren’t exactly powerhouses.(Oregon, Arizona, Clemson, and Colorado) Its not the 1980’s any more..
BLAZER
July 28th, 2009
1:15 pm
TECH HAD MORE YARDS RUSHING THAN LSU!!!
YES AND UGA IS FINALLY OPENING AWAY FROM HOME (WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME)
AND EVEN IS PLAY A TEAM OUT OF THE SOUTH. (I KNOW ABOUT ASU LAST YR)
FOOTBALL-PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO BLOCK AND TACKLE EVEN IF THEY HAVE
“FIGURED IT OUT”. THAT IS WHY THEY PLAY THE GAMES. 45-42
Huh?
July 28th, 2009
1:17 pm
Do Tech fans really want to talk about OOC schedules? You know that miracle 9-4 season you had last year that apparently is the best season your pile of crap program has had in years? Two of those nine wins came against D-1aa’s you effin’ goobs. TWO. What kind of a joke football program plays two D-1aa’s in one year? The Georgia Tech effing Yellow Jackets. That’s who. What kind of fan base talks trash about another team’s OOC schedule when their pile of crap team just played two D-1aa’s the previous season? Georgia Tech effing Yellow Jacket fans. That’s who. The absolutely dumbest group of people I have ever encountered when it comes to football. Hands down.
Alum
July 28th, 2009
1:34 pm
Tech had two D-1aa schools last year because Army dropped out and we needed a replacement. I agree, it was a weak schedule, and I hope it doesn’t happen again. Tech has signed contracts in the coming years with Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Kansas, and South Carolina. We also play 3 SEC teams this year OOC. And if 14 straight bowl games is a pile of crap program then that’s fine with me.
Snore
July 28th, 2009
1:39 pm
Steaming LogIn,
you can’t even stay on topic. You said to name some FUTURE OOC games for UGA, and I did. And now you cange your topic. Which do want, past or future? Dummy!!!
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
1:52 pm
Okay, give me some past OOC games for UGA in the last 5 years. Quality teams year in and year out, which wouldn’t include Arizona State or Colorado. Still thinking?? Pot, meet kettle.
bt
July 28th, 2009
1:52 pm
Why did the spread option fall out of favor? Because the triple option is easy to beat with a fast AND disciplined defense (See Defenses at Clemson, LSU, VT and UVA; Do not see UGA which 4 teams score more than 35 points last year).
I love all the Tech hype as it helps Clemson get ready for a big upset. Clemson played Tech very close last year, despite having just fired the head coach and being -4 in turnover differential.
Snore
July 28th, 2009
1:53 pm
for your reference, Steaming LogIn…”Show me some names for 2010 and beyond as far as UGA’s OOC schedule. My point is that the 2009 schedule is an anomaly for UGA. And you have yet to provide any rationale to prove otherwise.” Logic obviously is not your strong suit. I bet you could tell me what character was killed off in episode 24 of Star Trek: Future Generation though.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
1:54 pm
And did you REALLY think that Oklahoma State was going to be a top 10 team when you booked them as an OOC opponent? I don’t think so..
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
1:56 pm
The names you gave me for future opponents aren’t all that impressive. So I was giving you a chance to come up with quality OOC opponents in years passed. I guess you’re having a hard time doing that.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
1:58 pm
bt must stand for “bong toke” – take another one you delusional Clemson fan. GT owns the Tigers.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
2:01 pm
Alum has listed our quality opponents in years to come. Still waiting on a revised list from you.. Still waiting..
Jaded Jacket
July 28th, 2009
2:04 pm
Last year Dwyer sat on the bench in the 4th quarter for several games and if that trend holds true this year he could be done by the 3rd quarter. There’s too much depth this year to leave him on the field the whole game. He’d have huge numbers if got 30 carries a game.
Huh?
July 28th, 2009
2:12 pm
“And if 14 straight bowl games is a pile of crap program then that’s fine with me.”
Lets talk about those bowl games, shall we Techie? First of all, your pile of crap program only won 5 of them. Secondly, not a single one of them was anything that even resembling a major bowl game. You were playing other middling pile of crap programs and couldn’t even crack .500. Georgia Tech football is the freaking poster child for the argument that there are too many damn bowl games. So you went 6-5 and played in some crap Decmeber bowl game. Whoopdeefreakingdoo, lets make some rings Techies. That is the most meaningless accomplishment in all of college football. The fact that Techies point to it as some kind of validation of their football program is absolutely hysterical and sad at the same time.
I’m so sick of big mouthed Techies I don’t know what to do. Nothing another Old Gold chokejob couldn’t cure though. Have fun falling flat on your faces in 2009. You knows it coming. You are Georgia Tech. That’s your lot in life. Good day.
Sully
July 28th, 2009
2:30 pm
I love how you all don’t take in to account that the clemson team last year is so much different from the one this year. And I love how you just think CJ will do just the same as last year. I think CJ will do a lot better this year because of three big points. Number one the offensive line this year is two times stronger, better prepared, and experienced from last year. Second, clemsons offensive will basically revolve around CJ Spiller which means he’ll get more running attempts. Lastly, and the main point is that CJ won’t have to share the ball with James Davis anymore which means more carries and more yards. So don’t go ahead and assume that CJ will be the same as last year.
JaxDawg
July 28th, 2009
2:32 pm
Dwyer is a great back, and will definitely suit up on sundays, but this year unless your last name is Tebow, Bradford, or McCoy, chances of winning a heisman are slim. For the first time we have the two previous winners returning as well as the number 3 vote getter. The media loves all 3, all 3 are on national championship contenders, it will be hard for any player to break through and win it over all of them.
Tech should have a good season, but the stretch of Clemson, @Miami, NC, @ Miss St, @FSU, and VT will be tough. If tech can go 4-2 during that stretch, then they should only have 2 losses when they meet the Dawgs.
Grubb
July 28th, 2009
2:38 pm
I’m a little disappointed in the comparing of total yards to total yards. Dig a little deeper. Dwyer got 200 carries last year; Spiller got 116. Dwyer averaged 7 yrd/carry; Spiller averaged 5.4 ypc. But who had the better O-line? At one point Clemson started a Junior and 4 Freshman on the O-line. That Spiller got 5.4 ypc is a testimony to his skill. I’m pretty sure Dwyer didn’t run behind 4 FR on the O-line last year. When Spiller ran behind an experienced O-line in 2006, he averaged 7.3 ypc. So simply comparing stats can be deceptive. I’m content to let the season play out and hope both backs stay healthy.
Should Clemson hype Spiller? This might be Clemson’s way of saying “thank you” to a young man who chose to stay for his senior season when he didn’t nead to. Plus, schools use all kinds of tactics to recruit. Some twitter. Some put pictures of recruits on websites. Isn’t it smart to advertise “We’ve got Heisman-quality talent at our school” in hopes that it brings more quality players in? Plus, it’s hard to break the top 6 if no one in the top 6 has a bad game; so it’s best for Spiller if he can start in the top 5 or 6. Promoting him early will help that.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
2:42 pm
Sully, Spiller is a stud. I don’t think anyone is bashing him, but we’re all sick and tired of the “watch out for Clemson this year” talk. It got old several years ago. And haven’t we been hearing about the new and improved Clemson line for years now? And you’re new coach is named Dabo. That can’t be good.
Matt Stafford
July 28th, 2009
2:42 pm
Uhh, derrrrrrrrr! Duurrrrrrrrr. Go dawgs, durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
Tickler
July 28th, 2009
2:47 pm
Hey m, Ramble, Steaming LogInLex,
when exaclty is the sleepover at Pi$$ on a Dawg’s parent’s house? I call Darth this time, so there!! I also just got some Coach PJ pj’s!!!Yeah!! You guys leave UGA alone. You know they are just a football power with pretty girls and not the intellects like us!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA…..45-42.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
2:51 pm
Good one, Tickler, thanks for contributing. Come and get the state title belt from us in atlanta, chump. To be the man in the state, you gotta beat the man.
Grubb
July 28th, 2009
2:54 pm
Steaming LogInLex,
GT owns Clemson? Really? In the last 7 years GT is 4-3 against Clemson. That’s hardly owning. Especially when you consider your average margin of victory has been 4.75 points. In Clemson’s 3 wins, their average margin of victory was 21.6.
bb
July 28th, 2009
2:57 pm
I love all the posts saying LSU ‘figured-out’ Tech’s system and that all anyone has to do is watch the tape (ignoring the fact that Tech had more yardage than LSU and gained close to 300 yards total offense). Same goes for the UNC game (Tech had close to 400 yards offense in that game).
I sincerly hope that every team Tech plays this year spends all it’s prep time watching the CFA Bowl video. I also hope that any time they spend actually practicing, that they practice ‘without a ball’. That worked really well for everyone last year and it really simulates real game action.
Tickler
July 28th, 2009
2:58 pm
Why are you angry with me Steaming LogInLex? Is it because I called Darth? You can be Leia and I will make everything OK? (I’ll keep my light saber away from you until the end). What state title do you refer too? The D&D one? You know darn well that I contributed to that one as much as you did. I sure would like to “beat” you. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!
Huh? is right
July 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
well said Huh? They act like the Humanatarian Bowl and the Emerald Nut Bowl are great accomplishments. And they got walloped in both of those bowls….to Fresno St. and Boise St.
mtraininjax
July 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
Can Tech fans please stop talking about Gailey? He has been gone now over a year, we had a great season under Coach Johnson and this year looks even better. Please do something UGAg fans can never seem to do, let go of the past!
DAWGHATER
July 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
Hey UGA: Joe Phallic for Heisman? Are you kidding me? He will be lucky to last the OSU game. You may want to look at your 2nd stringer, coz phallic ain’t gettin it done. woof woof woof on that UGA: THWG! GO GATORS AND GO JACKETS! 45-42 and the streak of 8 straight victories continues. UGA will lose at least 4 games this year. Count on it!
DAWGHATER
July 28th, 2009
3:10 pm
DAWGS suc azz!
juvenal
July 28th, 2009
3:14 pm
at least they are quiet in person for a full year–& thank goodness the game take place on the field-check “payscale” to see what #21 is really getting…(why can’t duke get the same thing done as ucb, nd, & stanford?)
bb
July 28th, 2009
3:16 pm
uga fans are a hoot. They schedule a decent OOC schedule once in the history of their school and all of a sudden their knocking other teams OOC schedules.
News flash, uga’s once in a lifetime event of 3 OOC games vs BCS opponents is matched THIS year by none other than GT. And since 1996 this will be the 4th time GT has played 3 BCS OOC opponents. And won’t be the last.
Ok
July 28th, 2009
3:39 pm
hey bb,
I’m glad your team has taken the high road….oh wait, they don’t travel out of the S.E. for any of their OOC games. Way to stand up and be accountable. But hey, you got that Thursday night thing going for you.
Coach BooBoo
July 28th, 2009
3:44 pm
Gerald Ball – Well said. Unfortunately the truth has brought more of the leg humpers to the blog…
Funny
July 28th, 2009
3:45 pm
Huh? is a loser!! That is the only real thing you can take from this blog. All the other predictions be decided during the season.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
3:56 pm
Grubb, where have you been? Tech has won 4 of the last 5 and the overall record is 47-24-2 in favor of GT. That is called “owning” despite the margin of victory. Leave it to a Clemson fan to reference margin of victory, which is pretty sad.. Whether its by 1, 2 or 45, it still goes down as an “L.” 47-24-2. Its one thing to have owned you of late, but its another to do so while hearing about how good Clemson is gonna be “this year”, every year. I mean, really, we’ve come to expect a lot of big talk each year from Clemson with not much walk to speak of.
Now go back to your meth lab in the Palmetto state and start planning for who is going to replace Dabo next year.
serious
July 28th, 2009
3:57 pm
what’s wrong Funny? Did you realize that Huh? is spot on? That’s what I thought.
Grubb
July 28th, 2009
4:06 pm
Tech75,
You said, “All other things being equal, how do you scheme against this? I don’t think you can.”
That’s not quite true. This is the offense most teams ran in the 70s & 80s, and teams stopped it all the time.
I’m just glad we play you guys early. This gives Clemson plenty of time to prepare; that’s better than only having 6 days. Hopefully neither Spiller nor Dwyer will get hurt at all this year, but especially not before they meet. It’ll be nice to see both backs in the same game.
Funny
July 28th, 2009
4:10 pm
Serious…that is funny!
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
4:14 pm
Grubb, seriously, haven’t the last 4-5 years of Clemson football disappointments taught you to keep your mouth shut in the preseason? Especially with a coach named Dabo.
Grubb
July 28th, 2009
4:45 pm
Steaming LogInLex,
I’ve always had a great deal of respect for GT and their fans. Apparently you’re trying to change that.
That we’ve been beat at a 2-1 ratio is bad for us. That we’re 13-13 against you since GT joined the ACC in ‘83 (aka the Modern Era of college football) is good for us. Plus, if you did your homework, you’d know that every game between 1907 and 1974 was played in Atlanta. That’s a huge advantage for GT…and not very fair, I might add. GT is 40-13-2 at home. Clemson is 9-5 at home.
The 2 teams are dead even in the Modern Era; anything beyond that just doesn’t matter.
And Spiller is better than Dwyer.
Grubb
July 28th, 2009
4:56 pm
Grubb, seriously, haven’t the last 4-5 years of Clemson football disappointments taught you to keep your mouth shut in the preseason?
Last 4 or 5 years??? Dude, try the last 16 years.
First of all, I don’t think I’ve been bragging. I’ve been offering an explaination for why Spiller hasn’t had better numbers and a defense for why Clemson has been as good as GT in the modern era. I even said I thought it will be fun to see Dwyer & Spiller in the same game and hope neither gets hurt all season.
What about that is bragadocious? What about that is declairing we’re the greatest, and we’re going to win it all?
As I reread my comments, I believe they’ve been very kindly and not boastful whatsoever? Are you suggesting I stop talking about football just because my team hasn’t lived up to their potential? That would make me a fair weathered fan, and that doesn’t seem right either.
And really? Making fun of a guy because of his name? Did you make fun of Chan because of his last name? I never did.
Johnny D-Train
July 28th, 2009
4:58 pm
Dwyer isn’t a system back. He averaged 5.3 a pop in a pro-style offense as a freshman on a team with no passing threat. This kid will be a feature NFL tailback.
unamused
July 28th, 2009
4:59 pm
Can someone send me a link where GT and UGA football can be discussed intelligently? This comment section is a disgrace for both sides….
Techster
July 28th, 2009
5:01 pm
Aside from the disastrous special teams play, don’t forget that one of guys who had a big game for LSU stopping the run was the third pick in the NFL draft. The New England Patriots got stopped by good defensive line play also. Was their “system” flawed? If we don’t turn the ball over and control the line of scrimmage, we’ll win. If don’t, we’ll lose. The system is incidental.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
5:13 pm
unamused, let me guess- you are one of the GT fans who refuses to stand or show a pulse during home games.
Overrated?
July 28th, 2009
5:21 pm
I’ll just leave this here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFIT-3gcAR8
unamused
July 28th, 2009
5:23 pm
Because I’d rather read comments that actually have merit and strive to make a legitimate point as opposed to name calling means I’m a lame fan?
Frank Wren
July 28th, 2009
5:26 pm
Dwyer is a great player and a better person. He will compete for both the Doak Walker Award with Best and Hunter and the Maxwell Trophy with Tebow, Bradford, and McCoy. That said Roddy Jones, Marcus Wright, Anthony Allen, and Embree Peeples will all demand carries. Like Calvin johnson, Dwyer wont get enough touches to compete fo the heisman, but also like Johnson, Dwyer will be a first rate NFL prospect. He is actually faster than Knowshon Moreno and stronger than Michael Turner. No offense to CJ Spiller, but other than the kickoff and punt game he didnt have many big plays. Dwyer had the two longest runs in the ACC last year and the longest reception by a runningback. Spiller is quick, but he is not an every down back and he plays on a Clemson team that has underachieved since Charlie Whitehurst left.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
5:34 pm
unamused, good name considering you are unamusing. Nothing wrong with a little half-hearted trash talk. Don’t take this so seriously, grow a pair, or stop reading.
And thanks for the Clemson youtube footage from your one win against GT in the last 5 years. That game reminds me of our Chick-fil-A bowl “game” against LSU. I wish I could erase it from memory. Spiller looked so promising back then but despite his talent has failed to live up to the expectations. Which seems to be typical of Clemson football in general.
Long Dawg
July 28th, 2009
5:38 pm
Gerald Ball needs to see a shrink. He is babbling incoherently…. bla bla bla we’ll take that any day…. You have to take it, you don’t have any choice. Tech’s football team is inconsistent no matter who the coach is (see Gardner Webb, North Carolina Virginia, LSU) The Georgia win somehow makes you knuckleheaded nerds think you have arrived. Without two turnovers you would not have won that game.
All tech football players don’t have to take calculus. That’s BS. The athletic dept hires tutors to get them thru school.
Tech has no defense and this year, while their offense might get better, their defense will be worse and they will lose big because they won’t be able to stop anybody.
Steaming LogInLex
July 28th, 2009
5:46 pm
Here you go Overrated, check out link below. And might I say you have a fitting login name for a Clemson fan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nnstylh2g8
DawgFan JT
July 28th, 2009
6:03 pm
Here’s a little recruiting info for you: UGA recruited Dwyer quite heavily, and he was seriously considering becoming a dawg and UGA was his #1 until the plug was pulled. By that, I mean, MR and staff dropped their pursuit of Dwyer because we promised another running back by the name of Caleb King that we would not sign another player at the RB position, or Mr. King would pledge his alliegance with a guy named Pete Carrol in S California. Those were the stipulations laid out by Mr. King, and the UGA staff kept their word and pulled the scholarship that was set aside for Dwyer. After all Dwyer was only a 4 star top 15-20 running back(Rivals and Scout) compared to Caleb King who was the 2nd rated prospect in the country and a 5 star. With that being said, I would trade King and Samuels for just a chance to obtain a J Dwyer. HE IS A MAN! THE REAL DEAL! Being a die hard UGA fan, I can’t let ignorance blind the fact we let a GREAT GREAT football player get away in Mr. Dwyer. To all of my fellow UGA friends and brothers, lets use a little more class when it comes to UGA-Tech Boards b/c the immature, un-factual, and unconditionally negative posts against the Jackets makes us as a bulldog nation look like a bunch of arrogant idiots. GT handed us an as* whoopin in the 2nd half last November. CPJ is a class act and an excellent football coach, and the jackets are a well-coached, highly motivated, and talented football team. Congrats to CPJ for making the November showdown something worth looking forward to year after year. The Truth: Our only concern fellow DAWGS should be the orange and blue team that resides below the GA-FLA line cause they are the ones that make us look like puppies year in and year out, not the jackets. Good luck to Tech and Dwyer this year, and I look forward to the chance to do battle with you guys on the field for many years to come, for it makes for an all-around better rivalry. Hopefully, U guys can sustain your success under CPJ and continue to bring success to Georgia and make the state a 2 school football powerhouse once again. To my fellow Dawgs with the inaccurate and senseless posts, I do not claim you for you make the Dawg nation look un-educated.
mike hendley
July 28th, 2009
6:17 pm
45-42
Tokyo jacket
July 28th, 2009
6:52 pm
I said it when Dwyer was a freshman and it royall pi$$ed off the UGA fans, but I’ll say it again. Dwyer is very similar in style to Hershel Walker. I’m not saying he’s as good, YET! JD’s got the ability to run through you, over you or by you. He won’t run around you because he doesn’t have to. There haven’t been a lot of backs that had this style in college football. Lately, the serious Heisman contenders who were RBs have been more the scat back type.
Think about it. Last season JD played at 238. He is often referred to as the fastest person on the team (which is, by the way, a very fast team as UGA found out). He’ll probably time out at the combine around 4.35 to 4.40 – 4.38 coming out of high school. The other players that come to mind with JDs speed/power combination over the last 30 years are Hershel Walker, Bo Jackson, and Ricky Williams. They all won Heisman trophies; they all also had a Top 10 team around them. I’m not saying he’s as good as those guys, but has a very similar style. Probably very similar to Bo Jackson. I think that Dwyer will have a lot of highlight reels due to the nature of the offense. That will make him a contender. Wins against UGA, FSU, and VT will likely make him a top 5 candidate.
The rest is luck and a high school popularity contest. Will Tebow get hurt on one of his many ill-advised runs? Will Bradford blow out his shoulder throwing 40 times a game? Will Dwyer get hurt when he goes up the gut 60 times a game? This is why I love college football.
Mark Bradley
July 28th, 2009
7:08 pm
Someone noted that Tech lost to a weak Boston College team last season. No. 1, BC wasn’t weak — it won the ACC Atlantic Division. No. 2, Tech didn’t lose. It won the game in Boston. See the picture that ran above this post? That was Jonathan Dwyer scoring the winning touchdown.
Not Disappointed
July 28th, 2009
7:57 pm
Jonathan Dwyer not just a man…….A DIESEL Truck! A man among Men! All aboard!!!!!
Go Jackets!!!!
third quarter fan
July 28th, 2009
7:58 pm
MB, do you think Diesel will get enough chances (considering all his teammates and his probable resting the last quarter in many games) to get a reasonable consideration?
c'mon
July 28th, 2009
8:05 pm
Spiller is good no doubt, but Dwyer is the class of the league. Check these out, my God a Freshman!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyJkCJuSP5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrpoz70kfE8
go jackets
July 28th, 2009
8:52 pm
At first this looked like a decent blog after reading the first few blogs, but then as always the legions of bs-spewing dawgs come out of the woodwork and it spirals downhill due to the likes of Dawg in lex, huh, etc. etc. It is just mindless, spiteful drivel. One of them said they bought a single season ticket just to get the Ga game ticket. That shows what a loser he is that he can’t get anyone to go with him to a game. It’s just sickening what these UGA blog trollers do, they have no life but to come on the board and dis GT and its S.A.s.
Major props to GT and JD for the class they show on this subject, much more than can be said for these classless UGA so called fans.
long dawg
July 28th, 2009
9:31 pm
Tech fans wake up. LSU was leading 35 to 3 at the half. Tech had the entire second half to make a game of it. They didn’t because they couldn’t. JD had 67 yards rushing in 10 carries. Nice average but it doesn’t mean much if you can’t score. Total yards rushin for Tech 167. 40 running plays and 25 passing plays with 8 completions. Nice passing game? No one is delusional about stopping this offense, Ask Va Tech, Gardner Webb, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida State and LSU. Just because Georgia didn’t stop it doesn’t mean it is unstoppable. It just means they are so used to beating tech and got so far ahead they relaxed. That won’t happen this year and in your little bumble bee heart of hearts you know it. Spew while you can. You don’t get to very often.
Boss Hogg
July 28th, 2009
10:26 pm
Huh?: At least Tech did not RETIRE A PLAYERS JERSEY just because they won. To give you & a lot of UGA fans a history lesson, in 1957 UGA snapped an 8 game losing streak to Tech & RETIRED THERON SAPP’S JERSEY because he scored a touchdown. His only accomplishment at UGA, so STFU about the rings. That is not why they got rings, moron.
The Dude
July 28th, 2009
10:52 pm
This blog was written to inspire conversation about the legitimacy of Jon as an HTC. You’re an imbecile if you’ve argued any other point here.
truth
July 28th, 2009
11:14 pm
Dwyer isn’t a legit Heisman candidate unfortunately. Great back, may win POTY again in the ACC.
Probably won’t finish in the top 5 unless Tech wins 10-12 games and he puts up mind-boggling stats.
This is just the usual front-running homer fluff piece from Bradley. He’s made a career of finding the mainstream local current and then parroting it with a few words switched around. Last year he was writing articles about how great a preseason #1 UGA was. Now UGA is passe and Tech is going to win the ACC with Dwyer as a Heisman candidate.
macrotech
July 29th, 2009
1:16 am
DawginLex, your mutts FINALLY play someone in their opening game…. AND, you’re the self-proclaimer of keeping the Tech blog afloat?! Wait?! Sh** floats….correlation?! I submit that there is!
macrotech
July 29th, 2009
1:34 am
Sure is fun watching Huh? gettin’ all pissy!!! How can you say you’re ’sick and tired’ of Tech fans mouths when you’re NEVER absent from blogs pertaining to Tech….. Are you the ’self abusive’ type?
No one can find grant field are bobby dodd stadium
July 29th, 2009
4:04 am
Jonathan Dwyer Heisman no way sir….lets try Flordia quarterback as heisman winner again should won last year been 3time wineer never been done….But tebow will win heisman his 2nd by a landslide n 3rd Natl championship…Tech will be 4-8 this season because of who they play n 2nd year of new coach system n fact Tech fans can never find the stadium at all! TEBOW from fla gators 2009 Hiesman trophy winner!
macrotech
July 29th, 2009
4:09 am
‘No one can find grant field are bobby dodd stadium’…. drunk blogging? If your predictions are of equal quality to your grammer and spelling- I like Dwyer’s chances…not to mention Tech’s!
No one can find grant field are bobby dodd stadium
July 29th, 2009
4:12 am
after lookin i should said Gt will be 7-5 this season…..but still no on can find bobby dodd stadium but rats n cats n some hookers!But Tebow will win hiesman again.So bank on that tech lovers u claim be that but when u have a home game no one show’s up they either in dorms asleep are makin drugs are smokin them…u make a bowel’s game yes but will lose n u will be beat by Georgia also!
No one can find grant field are bobby dodd stadium
July 29th, 2009
4:16 am
and remeber folks in jest i write will be 10-2 anyway!….and my english is fine i type this way so u can see.what u want no humor in a sports paper gee wiz folks!ButTebow will win hiesman again so there.
macrotech
July 29th, 2009
4:18 am
AND, you are, OBVIOUSLY, one of our BEST customers!!!
macrotech
July 29th, 2009
4:22 am
PLEASE!!! Tell me that you’re a dawg grad….fan…..anything canine!!!
George P
July 29th, 2009
7:15 am
“quarterbacks always have the inherent edge”
While it’s true that in recent years quarterbacks have won most of the Heisman trophies, that hasn’t always been the case. It seems to go in cycles.
After Pat Sullivan won in 1972 it was all running backs until Doug Flutie won in 1984. People during that stretch were saying that running backs had the advantage and that it was hard for a quarterback to break through.
From 1985 through 1999 it was won by six quarterbacks, six running backs, two wide receivers, and a corner.
Since then it’s been seven quarterbacks and one running back, but that’s not a very long stretch by trophy standards.
Long Dawg
July 29th, 2009
8:56 am
Dude, JD has a very low probability of winning the Heisman. Now that folks have seen and played against the option thay will force GT to throw more and he will get fewer carries. Defenses will be keying on him because if they stop him they stop the offense. See LSU game-65 total offensive plays 40 runs (JD got 10 carries) and 25 passes.And last but not least – did anyone ever win a Heisman on an 8 and 4 team? GT will lose at least 4 in 09.
Greg
July 29th, 2009
10:11 am
Dwyer is a very good back. But I think you might be biting off more than you can chew by comparing him to Spiller. Let’s face it… Paul Johnson, given the choice, would pick Spiller over Dwyer all day long.
ahope3
July 29th, 2009
10:29 am
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium……,
You are the most ignorant disrespectful person that’s ever been on these blogs. And get your friggin facts straight. We in no way, shape, or form lost to BC last year you idiot. Shoulda went to Tech to make something of yourself fool.
BobM
July 29th, 2009
10:40 am
Dwyer a hesiman candidate… ha ha ha ha ha!!!
SWBUZZMAN
July 29th, 2009
10:59 am
Dawgin,
Class dismissed? Ding, ding, rang the bell, 45-42. That was a class in how to get your backside handed to you in the second half. Like CPJ said, let people think they have got it figured out just because of the LSU game. Film had been around for years and UGA didnt! THWG!!!!!!
SWBUZZMAN
July 29th, 2009
11:04 am
Greg,
Spiller over Dwyer? Are you nuts? Spiller only had 700 yds rushing last year, and 500 less total yards that JD. No-one said Dwyer would win the Heisman, not even the article, just that he should be considered as a candidate. After all, he is probably the best RB in the nation.
clemfan
July 29th, 2009
12:24 pm
First off spiller was not in a run first offense last year and shared carries with James Davis. Tech had around 75 receptions on their entire team, Aaron Kelley had something around 65 for Clemson. The fact that Dwyer has twice as many rushing yards makes sense when he has twice the carries. At the same time spiller has more than twice the receiving yards because Clemson has a little bit more of a balanced attack and uses Spiller as a receiver occasionally. Not discrediting Dwyer but they are different running backs. I mean Dwyer did average 7 yards a carry which is unbelievable. I definitely think Tech and Clemson will both loose to many games to have either Spiller or Dwyer in the run for the Heisman.
NYJacket
July 29th, 2009
4:30 pm
Gerald Ball,
How can you say Gailey recruited passing players when he never found a passing QB?
GT9
July 29th, 2009
8:45 pm
Good post, DawgFan JT.
Grubb, I’ve missed three GT games in the past five years and of all the places that we visit, Clemson definitely has the BEST fans. The Clemson fans know how to tailgate on an unbelievably high level, but they have the most class of all the other fan bases that I’ve visited. I really wouldn’t mind playing that game in Clemson every year. (Not to mention the incredible cardiovascular workout getting to my seat.)
CJ Spiller cooked a very good, GT defense his freshman year. He very well could have another game like that on Sept 10.
Jonathon Dwyer. Whew. I love watching that guy run the ball. I’ve seen linebackers bounce off of him and defensive backs not catch up to him. Whether he wins the Heisman or not, whether he’s even got a legitimate chance of winning the trophy, he’s definitely a Heisman quality back. Griffin, Walker, Jackson, George, Williams, ,,, they all played behind much better lines than Dwyer did last season.
As far as offensive lines go, UGA is going to have an excellent one. Despite the saying that offense wins games, defense wins championships, it is the offensive line where teams live or die. The Oklahoma State game is going to be a good showcase to the nation as to how good UGA will be this year.
Thank God for college football and Paul Johnson.
BIGGBUZZ
July 29th, 2009
11:22 pm
I LUV IT! THE LEG HUMPERS HAVEN’T FIGURED OUT THAT CHAN AND REGGIE ARE LONG GONE!
Speak Easy
July 30th, 2009
3:07 am
Clemfan, I agree that Dwyer will not win the heisman this year and may never, but he is a great back and IMO a better back than Spiller who has seen a down hill trend to his career every year since he began at Clemson. And speak for yourself about the wins and losses because I see at least 10 wins this year however bold a statement that may be. Sorry for the late post summer classes are rough and it’s getting final time. And sorry for the grammar issues I am not an English major.
P.S. It will be a fun year for GT if only because UGA’s quarterbacks name is Joe Cox. Because we all know that UGA GIRLS LOVE LOTS OF COX haha childish I know but so funny.
gtforever
July 30th, 2009
10:45 am
Dwyer, ONE of the BEST backs in the country. Who really cares who wins the HT.
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William Casey
July 31st, 2009
9:58 am
Hey HUH? Why don’t you use your REAL name (as I do) and stand behind your words? Coward? I called over a thousand plays as a high school coach. I’m betting that you never called one. It has to do with being credible. That’s something I learned in a college classroom. Bet you never saw one of those either.
macrotech
July 31st, 2009
2:01 pm
Huh?, “I’m so sick of big mouthed Techies I don’t know what to do.”…..I can think of a few things you could do. Your little “that’s who” dribble was pretty weak…it would be TOO EASY to return the lameness, but you’d only respond with “huh?”!
bobbydoddsghost
August 1st, 2009
11:16 am
What a bunch of inbred mouth-breathers that make up the 12% that don’t think JD is a “legit” candidate? Give me a break. Some people don’t deserve keypads.
Tokyo jacket
August 1st, 2009
9:50 pm
Does anyone really think that GT or UGA are going to flounder this year? If you do, you’re probably an idiot. UGA has some pretty good talent and B- coaching. GT has probably A coaching and B+ talent. To my fellow Tech fans, look at UGA’s schedule. At worst, they’re 8-4 but probably 9-3.
UGA fans, CPJ’s system is not something you can stop because you saw a dropped punt, and onside kick, and really poor special teams against LSU. LSU plain whipped us. But, they didn’t really stop the O since we had almost 400 yds of total offense. Also, this is the same O that he’s been using for 20 years plus. I expect to see a way more functional, fast paced offense this year.
And, to the moron who said GT isn’t known outside of Georgia:
* “GT’s depth at running back is the best in the country with the exception of maybe Oklahoma” – Athlon sports
* #2 ranked RB unit in the country – ESPN and Rivals.com
* Dwyer has been on the cover page of college football three times in the past two months for ESPN, I have yet to see a Dawg on there
* National coach of the year last year: CPJ 3rd, CMR not on the ballot
If you’re not a Tech fan, don’t make yourself sound like an idiot and say we’re nothing, nobodies, no talent, etc. I GUARAN-DAMN-TEE you that your school, whichever it may be, takes Tech very seriously. Maybe you should too?!
Tokyo jacket
August 1st, 2009
9:55 pm
One more thing, CPJ won more games in his first 12 years as a head coach than any other coach in CFB history except Tom Osbourne. That includes Bowden, Spurrier, JoePa, Mack Brown, Stoops, Fulmer, Tressel, et al. CMR, Miles, Saban, and Meyer don’t even have 12 years yet. What will they look like when their “systems” can be exposed over a decade? I think some of them will be great, but I guarantee that one will be out of a job!
macrotech
August 2nd, 2009
2:15 am
ALWAYS enjoy reading Tokyo jacket’s comments….. GO TECH!!!
DAWGHATER
August 2nd, 2009
8:17 am
Hey DawginLex: Look at UGA’s openers the last 4 years, then complain about Jacksonville State. Hey, at least they have a decent QB. This is the 1st year that UGAG has opened the season on the road against a good team. Unfortunately for you and the other 150 million UGAG rednecks you will lose to OSU. GO JACKETS and GATORS. THWG!
DAWGHATER
August 2nd, 2009
11:38 am
Hey Steaming Loging Lex! Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pruMPBJGDOU Now, if you are smart enough to copy and paste to your browser you can watch it, but if not call a GT alum who can help you with IT. LMFAO! Oh no, GT scores again. UGA suxs azz!
DAWGHATER
August 2nd, 2009
11:41 am
OSU 42 UGay 17 UGay 0-1 to start te season. Hey, it’s ok to lose the 1st game, coz you guys are going to win the NC like every year. It’s only been 28 years since your last one, so I think you are overdue and certainly loaded with losers to get it done this year. What a joke. Crappy school, crapy team and redneck fans. LOSERS!
DAWGHATER
August 2nd, 2009
11:44 am
Roddy Jones scores again! oh my, he is torchng us up and down the sideline. We just cannot stop the triple option powerhouse offense that CPJ has developed. “Larry Loser Munson” whining about the game. Tears are falling from the sky, tears are falling from the sky. Oh my…………………..DAWGS SUCK!
DAWGHATER
August 2nd, 2009
11:45 am
Huh’s response to William Casey is huh! what a moron dawg loving loser redneck. THWG!
DAWGHATER
August 2nd, 2009
11:58 am
Hey UGAG: Watch this awesome video. Your team is awesome. You should be proud of the 2008 game. Dwyer rips your team to shreads along with the option. By the way, that Samual guy is a beast! LMFAO! THWG! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYBeRifpsoI&NR=1
DAWGHATER
August 2nd, 2009
12:00 pm
Huh! Huh! Huh! duh duh duh. what is my name what is my name. I am a dumb azz UGA fan! Better hurry to get to my pizza delivery job. LMFAO!
DAWGHATER
August 2nd, 2009
12:10 pm
AJ who? suck on these for a while! THWG! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZJs9cpFfs
LCJacket
August 2nd, 2009
1:08 pm
dawginlex: you are a complete moron. i’m so happy UGA is FINALLY is playing a tough season opener and that they are actually traveling there. until last year, i don’t think UGA had traveled west of the Mississippi since 1964 or something. why don’t you come talk to us when you’re hosting Tennessee Tech and we’re playing Wake Forest. most teams schedule an easy season opener and up until Appalacchian State beat Michigan, it worked to get your season off right. now we know anyone could beat you anyday, so no game is easy. get off your high horse about playing at Oklahoma State, Tech has done it a few times in recent memory, remember Tech going to Notre Dame or Auburn (you’ve heard of them right?) or Tech hosting Notre Dame (ESPN College Gameday) or hosting Auburn, and at the time Tech hosted these two teams they were preseaon top 5 teams. i have an idea, why don’t you do us all a favor and buy a one-way ticket to Stillwater?
Dwyer’s an amazing player. I would love him to win the Heisman, but I don’t think he will. If Calvin Johnson can’t win it, I don’t think JD can. Sad, but true.
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