Tech’s Morgan: “We want to win the ACC championship”
Derrick Morgan: Even if you hold him, you can't really stop him. (AJC photo by Jason Getz)
Most of the other Jackets trudged the two blocks from their practice field to the locker room, but Derrick Morgan, the splendid defensive end, rolled up in an SUV. A young woman had happened by and had offered Morgan and two Georgia Tech teammates a lift, and they weren’t inclined to say no.
“In the nick of time,” Morgan said, smiling. “That walk after practice feels long.”
What this tells us: Derrick Morgan is a pragmatist. He’s not one to traffic, so to speak, in posturing. Why walk when you can ride? Why jump up and down shouting, “Hey, look at us,” when you figure your team has the wherewithal to make people notice yet again?
Some Tech folks were disappointed the Jackets weren’t ranked higher than No. 15 in the coaches’ and Associated Press preseason poll. Morgan wasn’t among them. “I didn’t think we’d be that high,” he said. “We were embarrassed by LSU [in the Chick-fil-A Bowl]. I was expecting us to be lower.”
This isn’t to say Morgan expects Tech to underperform in Year 2 under Paul Johnson. “We want to win the ACC championship,” Morgan said, “and then we have to take it to the next level: We want to win a bowl game. We haven’t won one of those in I-don’t-know-how-long.” [Tech's last postseason victory: Dec. 21, 2004, over Syracuse in the Champs Sports Bowl.]
Morgan plays defense, but he also sees Tech’s stylized offense every day. A visitor posits the semi-popular notion that opponents will be better able to stop Johnson’s spread option in 2009 because they had a look at it in 2008. A valid point?
“Uh, no — just to be blunt,” Morgan said. “Seeing it can’t get you ready for everything. And how long are you really going to have to prepare for it? A week at the most.”
Morgan remembers the first time his defense went against the first-team offense in spring practice 2008: “We didn’t know what hit us. We knew what it looked like, but we saw its potential unleashed.”
And what’s it like to face that offense? “Not fun. You have to be really cognizant of cutback blocks and the blind side. You have to be really assignment-sound.”
As for Tech’s D: Much has been made over Morgan’s missing linemates — Michael Johnson, Vance Walker and Darryl Richard, all drafted by NFL teams — but it must be noted that the Jackets return a starter at every other defensive spot. It must also be noted that Morgan, whom Tech insiders considered the best of the linemen, believes he has improved.
“I was looking at some tape of last year,” he said, “and I think I’m a lot better now. I know there’s more attention on me, but we’ve still got a great defensive line.”
Loading ...So, if you’re planning to categorize Tech as a one-year wonder, you won’t find a willing audience wearing No. 91. “I would not agree with that,” Morgan said, smiling again. He also said this: “With the type of talent we have, we can compete with the best teams in the country. Our goal is to win every game.”
And this, remember, is a pragmatist speaking, not some dewy-eyed dreamer. But before we leave Derrick Morgan, we must present his one blue-sky dream. That long slog from the practice field? He sees a workaround.
“We need one of those things they have in airports,” he said. “A moving sidewalk.”
At last check, there are a few engineers on campus. Get moving, people!
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Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
August 26th, 2009
2:35 pm
*****FREE Tech football ticket with valid police report proving you were mugged within 4 blocks of campus!!!! *****
12 wins vs. UGA since 1965
August 26th, 2009
2:40 pm
joke of a program, joke of a conference, joke of a coach, joke of a high school offense, joke of a schedule, joke of a student body, joke of a fan following…….
Saint Simons
August 26th, 2009
2:42 pm
(((((( 45 – 42 ))))) hahahahahahahahahahhahahaha
Born2Buzz
August 26th, 2009
2:45 pm
Wow, MB post the blog at 2:30 and 5 minutes later some doggie fan jumps on and post a derogatory comment.
What a douche.
1-8 in BCS games since 2000
August 26th, 2009
2:54 pm
Morgan wants to win the ACC, but he also wants to win a bowl game. Based on the recent history of the pathetic ACC in BCS games, I’d suggest those are two mutually exclusive goals.
Alabama Jack
August 26th, 2009
2:56 pm
dawg fans suck
SatchelBuzz
August 26th, 2009
3:00 pm
The joke is on you and your kind 12 wins. Like the DBT say,…Ain’t Never Gonna Change.
St Simons did it first.
August 26th, 2009
3:00 pm
Hey Born2Buzz, that’s the pot calling the kettle black.
Every single AJC blog about UGA finds “st simons” right at the top with the score.
So you’re calling your fellow fan I douche. Which is about right I’d say.
Stinger
August 26th, 2009
3:01 pm
Jox Coe or is it Joe Cox at quarterback? Regardless, what a joke. He couldn’t make our team. The only other team he could start for other than UGA is the Temple Owls. The Okies will absolutely destroy you, as will South Carolina, Arkansas, LSU, Florida, and obviously Tech.
Mister T
August 26th, 2009
3:03 pm
It sure looks like Tech has the attention of the dog fans. I thought Tech didn’t matter to the dogs. sure doesn’t look that way from here. Keep’m coming guys. show Tech how irrelevant they are. You crack me up.
THWg!
Good luck
August 26th, 2009
3:05 pm
I hope they win the ACC, would be a great story. The conference as a whole is relatively weak, so this might be the year. Would like to see more consistency from the peaks and valleys of the past two decades.
JR
August 26th, 2009
3:10 pm
I think Georgia Tech will be a good team, but Bradley makes it seem like Tech was incredible last year. The win over Georgia was huge, but Tech still finished the season with four losses. If not for a ghastly fumble by FSU at the end of the game, Tech was staring at another defeat in that game as well. There’s no way Tech deserves more than a preseason #15 rank.
Let’s also not forget that for as good as this offense was at times last year, the defense was hardly impressive. Even in the big win over a putrid Georgia defense, Tech gave up 42 points, and then 38 to a weak LSU team (who were experimenting with a brand new QB).
So yes, I definitely think Tech can match last year’s success, but is that all that impressive? A 10-4 season? Or a 9-5? Certainly not by the standards of that other state school.
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
3:13 pm
1-8 in BCS games….recent history shows that the win was last year. That history has little to nothing to do with how this season will play out.
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
3:15 pm
St Simons did it first… I expect that kind of childishness out of my 6 year old but not out of an adult. Just because someone else does something, it doesn’t mean that you have to stoop down to that level.
Brent S.
August 26th, 2009
3:18 pm
Hey 12….when UGA(Y) get’s THREE more National Championships to match Tech’s FOUR, THEN and ONLY then, come talk to me. Also, all you UGA(Y) fans are so diluted into your football team, you can’t see the forest through the trees!! You guys HONESTLY think your going to win 9-10 games this year with a ROOKIE QB, an UNPROVEN running back, and a suspect defense that was down 31-0 to Alabama last year at HALFTIME!!! And then Tech comes to Athens and beats you 45-42? You guys must be smoking the good stuff up in Athens.
reebok
August 26th, 2009
3:21 pm
Last year, I thought Tech would be lucky to win 4 games. this year, there is not a game on the schedule that the Jackets can’t win…not saying they WILL win all of them…but there’s no game where I look at it and say “we don’t have a chance.”
Don Barzini
August 26th, 2009
3:24 pm
Where is the ACC championship game this season? If Tech’s in it, you can believe it won’t come close to selling out…..Just like in 2006, when Wake Forrest beat Tech in the rain. Didn’t sell then, won’t sell now. Why? Because nobody gives a hoot in hell about ACC football.
Mutts-R-Stupid-especially-journalism-majors
August 26th, 2009
3:25 pm
UGAY is facing the NCAA DEATH PENALTY if they git caught CHEATING just one more time, so lets git snooping people.
GT Alum
August 26th, 2009
3:25 pm
JR, to rebut your points… FSU also would have been staring at a bigger defeat if Nesbitt wasn’t hurt and Shaw didn’t turnover the ball on both possessions following the injury. VT would be staring at a defeat if a “questionable” helmet to helmet call wasn’t made. LSU would have been closer if you completely ruled out every special teams play. Now if you forget about the excuses and look at it another way, Tech was 9-3 and every weakness was obvious. Fumbles, passing game, special teams. If they improve as you would expect a team to do on the obvious weaknesses then they “should” be better and in contention. But hey, it’s all hype. Lets just wait till toe meets leather and we find out first hand if Johnson is for real. My money is on yes.
WHAT’S THE GOOD WORD?
Knute
August 26th, 2009
3:28 pm
Yo! Responding to “12 wins over UGA since 1965″!!! Shhhh, your boss might hear those “joke of a……” remarks and send you packin’ to da dawg pound. At least Tech has a Johnson, unlike you!!!
Phoque Tech
August 26th, 2009
3:28 pm
The handle is, I think, self explanatory regarding my feelings about the North Ave. Trade School.
mike
August 26th, 2009
3:30 pm
st simons really works for the ajc, just tries to get blogs started. no loser in his right mind would exist just to type the 1st entry in every ga/uga blog. if he is a techmite, he may be the same stud I saw throw a punch at a grown UGA female fan at the tech/ga game a few years back, the same game where r-ball took a swing at one of UGA’s trainers on the sideline. It must be hell having to wear mustard yellow for your school colors and have an insect that wears tights as your mascot.
R. Randall
August 26th, 2009
3:30 pm
Hey “Mutts R Stupid” – and I’ll let the irony of your title speak for itsself – fyi Georgia has NEVER been on probation. Tech, however, has. So…what are you talking about again?
Jon Jenkins
August 26th, 2009
3:34 pm
Some tech fan please enlighten me – Can you guys possibly have a blog without referencing “I’m your Boss” comments, or counting your supposed MNCs on your fingers? Can you? I like reading about tech because they are an instate school, but you guys come off like complete losers making those kind of comments. Please somebody explain to me why tech fans do this.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
3:35 pm
Well, Bill the bit.h on the buttlicker blog will not let me post because I made him mad. HAHAHAH. and UGA fans never say off color things on TECH’s site. But I Digress. to the dogfan SimpleDawg(blow me) GT and UGA both won the 4 OLD major Bowls. Rose: 29GT 1-0. Sugar: 44GT, 53GT, 54GT, 56GT 4-0. Orange: 40GT, 45L, 48GT, 52GT,67L 3-2. Cotton: 43L, 55GT 1-1 that is 9-3 and 75% of games played we won. UGA. Rose: 43UGA 1-0. Sugar 47UGA, 69L, 81UGA, 03UGA, 06L,08UGA but that was Hawaii joke game, 4-2(3-2). Orange: 42UGA, 49L, 60UGA 2-1. Cotton: 66UGA, 76L, 84UGA 2-1 that is 9-4 and 69% of games played you won. I like 8-4 because hawaii was a joke match-up so I say 66%. We have to now consider that the BOWl tie-in want let either team play in some of these bowls now. PS F..K Bill King. an pi$$ on a Fat good for nothing BullBlob I mean bulldog.
GT Alum
August 26th, 2009
3:36 pm
Jenkins, easiest counter would be to ask why Georgia fans can’t blog without making references to turbins or nerds.
Reggie Ball Sack
August 26th, 2009
3:37 pm
Seriously people…let’s get some things straight here. First off I’m not biased to your UGA/GT feud because I’m from the North and we dont know a thing about College ball. But it sounds like the Tech fan base seems to think they have caught up to talent level and national recognition that UGA has built during the Richt era. Not even close…Yes Tech had a great win vs UGA this year (about time) but they barely won a few of their victories this year and got embarrassed by a LSU team.
And the fact that the ACC has no power houses this year besides an over ranked VT they do have a chance to win the weak ACC this year. But that’s like saying you won a fart contest. If they played in the SEC they wouldnt win 5 games.
Excuse the grammer…I’m a yankee and i talk and type fast. J-E-T-S JETS, JETS JETS.
Kyle
August 26th, 2009
3:37 pm
1st in the nation to 2nd in the state. lol
juvenal
August 26th, 2009
3:38 pm
1965, that’s when MOST colleges stopped using real students to “play” sports: hence a 78% bankruptcy rate for guys 2 years out of the NFL-i don’t think Calvin will be broke-55K has a point(not about crime, you can get killed by a dui driver in athens game-time), sure atl is invaded by pro loving yankees, & a lot of nerds really DON’T care about anything except $, but you techies out there could buy a chunk of tics& throw a tailgate party..
J
August 26th, 2009
3:38 pm
I wouldn’t toot my horn too loudly if I were you, Techies. You lost your back-up QB, and Nesbitt is just one hit away from an injury……especially in an offense that paints a target on the QB’s head. What happened the last time Nesbitt was injured? Garner-Webb, anyone?
GA Tech Insider
August 26th, 2009
3:39 pm
I have been biting my tongue, but on this one I won’t. The obnoxious UGA fans started this idiotic, juvenile, game of trying to ruin the blogs for the rest of us this time, and frankly, the boorish names that the AJC “requires” is a joke as is the “required” e-mail address.
It’s time for all real fans to either unite and demand better, or find someplace else to get our sports on GA Tech. Personally, I’ve grown sick and tired of having to deal with this rubbish and I’m just about ready to cancel ALL of my subscriptions to the AJC, and I do mean ALL OF THEM.
vamosjackets
August 26th, 2009
3:39 pm
That was a very enjoyable read. Thanks Mark.
Jon Jenkins
August 26th, 2009
3:40 pm
GT Alum – I guess I can understand that…if I was five years old. What, the bulldog fans talk about your nerdy fan base and diverse ethnicity (i’ve been to several games at Grant, and it didn’t seem like much of a stereotype), so you go around talking about how EVERY tech fan is EVERYBODY’s boss? And you tally up MNCs from the days sans-facemasks. C’mon man, seems like apples and oranges to me. Just sayin.
Kyle
August 26th, 2009
3:40 pm
We play in the ACC and will get 3 wins against SEC teams this year, so I think we would be just fine in the SEC.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
3:41 pm
Don if you could not drink, show your butt, and cuss around children at a UGA game I bet they would not sell out the game either. Tech people want to see a home win and still keep their class while enjoying a day with their family and friends. You know family that you don’t have to go on MAURY to get a DNA Test to prove “YOU ARE THE DADDY”.
db8
August 26th, 2009
3:43 pm
R. Randall, I believe he was talking about the 400 arrests UGA experienced last year.
Dawg Guy
August 26th, 2009
3:44 pm
I love how “Pi$$onaDawg” talks about tech’s supposed “class” while at the same time posting under that moniker. Wow. Define Irony.
SEC Hunter
August 26th, 2009
3:44 pm
Other than UF, LSU and Alabama – SEC = 0. You have the big three then everyone else, including ruff ruff
R. Randall
August 26th, 2009
3:46 pm
db8: true, we had our fair share of 20 year olds getting busted drinking beer (Oh my GOD!!!). But, program-wide probation and a minor in possession ticket are two different things. Two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. Classic techie – get exposed in an argument and change the subject. Utter childishness.
J
August 26th, 2009
3:47 pm
GTAlum……You graduated from Tech, and you can’t spell “turban”?
huh?
August 26th, 2009
3:47 pm
So GT Alum… You seem to be full of excuses, but I didn’t hear your excuse for the game against UNC last year? 28-7… ouch.
Dawg Guy
August 26th, 2009
3:48 pm
Randall, don’t forget about the rapes, terrorism, and drug use (by a coach no less) on North Avenue. Yep, ole Athens sure is out of control compared to the genteel techmites on that dump of a campus.
Ropedawg
August 26th, 2009
3:48 pm
ONE three point win in 8 years, and you nerds think everything has changed? See you in Novemeber. It’s going to be a rude awakening… I can’t wait.
db8
August 26th, 2009
3:50 pm
R. Randall – And do you recall why GT was on probation?
dcjacket
August 26th, 2009
3:51 pm
I’m always amused when fans live in the past and tout past accomplishments, especially Dawg fans. The 8-1 record and other historical accomplishments mean very little to what will happen this year and in future years.
The main reason is that not only is Chan Gailey not here, but Dave Braine is also gone. The attitude and atmosphere has changed. No longer does our AD or HC believe that we would be lucky to win 7-8 games. A higher standard is not wished for but expected. For the first time, since probably the Bobby Dodd years. GT fans truely believe in its coach and staff and their ability to be successful and repeat it every year. We came close during the O’Leary years, but those years do not come close to what is happening on the flats today. In addition, while Richt has not changed and will always be a great coach. It seems that all is not well with the staff because of the disconnect and under performance with results to talent UGA has on campus, especially on defense.
Dawg fans, if you believe Willie M’s claim that if only players tackled better than…you will have a long, long season. I’m not afraid to say that our offense last year with an inferior OL outplayed (ie. converted TE playing OT)a Dawg D with supposedly superior talent.
Yes, there is change in the winds and it is not going away. BTW,GT is also beginning to enjoy similar success in its other sports because of our AD-DRad. MB-a good article would be the tremendous impacthe has made on GT athletics. He is the main reason UGA fans are irritated these days. He hired CPJ among other enhancements to GT athletics. I look forward to our annual grudge match, we’ll see who wins. Be prepared because it will be a war.
masivatack
August 26th, 2009
3:52 pm
“1st in the nation to 2nd in the state. lol”
If you are talking about rankings, UGA finished ahead of tech last year.
12 wins vs. UGA since 1965
August 26th, 2009
3:52 pm
AJC……. PLEASE be careful…. GA Tech Insider does. mean. ALL. of. them.
hahahahahahaha
Tuck Fech!!!!
Who is GT??
August 26th, 2009
3:53 pm
GT IS IRRLEVANT!!
Dawgs Fan
August 26th, 2009
3:53 pm
Hey Stinger, get you poker out yo nose boy! Dawgs Rule and tech well, they just keep on crying….wha wha….
Sting Buzz
August 26th, 2009
3:54 pm
Dearest Stingem,
You missed the point.
Step one: UGA fan insults GT with first response to a GT blog.
Step two: GT fan complains about UGA fan.
Step three: UGA fan points out the irony / hypocrisy of GT fans complaint by referencing a certain GT fan and his tendency to engage in STEP ONE on every UGA blog post.
Step four: You respond with the kind of attitude one would expect of a relationally challenged geek who will certainly raise dork kids.
Don Barzini
August 26th, 2009
3:54 pm
Pi$$ on a dawg, that was the point. You aren’t gonna sell out a game, no matter what the venue. Just the way your fan base is.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
3:54 pm
Jon Jenkins, sure….when we can come on here without hearing the ‘nerd’ word
db8
August 26th, 2009
3:54 pm
Oh we’ve got those dooog fans barking now…. Tell me again how many NC’s do you guys have?
THWg
August 26th, 2009
3:55 pm
I can answer that 1 in 200 plus years whereas GT has 4 in 100 plus years. Even a UG fan can do that math! yahoo.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
3:56 pm
Dawg Guy many names are taken and used. I show how much I hate the Dawgs and it is the line in a CHEER. So, yes it is classless, but I am just playing down to my UGA competition. I do noy call you: Ugay, yellowsketterpetereater, or any homo slang. A dog does sniff butts, licks itself, humps legs, craps in the front yard, and pi$$es on people. So, I say PI$$ On A DAWG. CUZ likes to banter back and forth with me and understands it is all in fun. What are you a little touchy after last year? We have 7 years of your crap to get off our chest. Live with it or better yet just try to win in the ATL this year.
Dawg Guy
August 26th, 2009
4:00 pm
THWg – I didn’t know Georgia had been playing football for “200 plus years.” Wow, i never knew we had a team circa 1809. Georgia could claim all sorts of National Championships (to be specific, 1927, 1942, 1946, 1968, and 1980), but we only count the ones that were either majority or unanimous. Why don’t you tell us how many unanimous National Championships GT has won? (crickets)
UGA Girls Smell Like Redneck Puke
August 26th, 2009
4:01 pm
UGA girls are like B-movie starlets and low-end strippers – workable if you are desparate but usually washed up by the time they are 25. If any of you have the mis-fortune to be married to a UGA-hag, please accept my sympathies. Maybe you can apply for relief under the Cash for (female UGA) Clunkers program!!
THWg
August 26th, 2009
4:03 pm
Dawg Guy <- All sorts of NC’s? In what? Cow tippin’, tractor pullin’, hawg callin’.. You guys are the best.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:03 pm
Reggie Ball Sack, you should have stopped at, ” I’m from the North and we dont know a thing about College ball”. We’d have taken your word for it…you didn’t have to prove it with the rest of your post!
GT Alum
August 26th, 2009
4:03 pm
Jenkins – Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t making excuses for the obnoxious tech fans. I was just saying that neither side can throw stones. I really am a tech alum, and I must admit those probably are the best insults A LOT of tech fans can make. We really aren’t very clever with insults (bows head in shame).
J – I don’t wear a turban and was typing fast, so I really don’t care that I misspelled it. Sorry anyways.
Huh? – Every team loses a game if not many. Can’t make excuses for all of them. And I was saying that excuses COULD be made but that we should ignore them for and against all teams and just shut up and wait till kickoff.
I could argue that last season tech whooped the crap out of UGA with 400+ yards rushing, monster points in the third quarter, and an amazing game between the hedges. Or I could say that UGA was the better team and just missed a couple of tackles that made the entire difference of the game along with one plus 6 turnover.
Jon Jenkins
August 26th, 2009
4:03 pm
macrotech, let me get this straight. So you’re saying that when a Georgia fan insults (correctly, by my observations – and I’m a SMU grad with no dog (no pun) in the fight) your fan base, you respond by simply making up false socio-economic jabs coupled with referencing archaic national championships? Wow, real mature. And logical. You’re right, you guys are insanely smart.
homer
August 26th, 2009
4:04 pm
No one anywhere in the country can post anything about college football without being bombarded by the childish, ignorant rantings of the so-called dawwgie fans. All of you are a laughing stock around the country and widely viewed as a group of dumb rednecks who may have gotten a degree from that diploma mill, but for the most part can’t spell or make coherent sentences. What a pathetic group of losers. Oh, and don’t waste your effort responding; I’m not here anymore.
Dawg Guy
August 26th, 2009
4:05 pm
THWg – awesome comeback. I’ll bet you made an “A” in debate in high school. You’re so stupid it is painful to witness.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:05 pm
Dawg Guy, using your standards….Tech has six. Thanks for playing!
12 wins vs. UGA since 1965
August 26th, 2009
4:05 pm
Reggie Ball!!!! possibly the 3rd best UGA quarterback this decade!!!
GT is simply irrelevant, in an irrelevant conference, with irrelevant “fans”. Put butts in the seats before you go on defending your fan base. Everywhere I see is an add for 1-888-TECH-TIX, and that is PATHETIC!!! you have to wake up the old man in the ticket window booth to buy a ticket on gameday.
I love all you Techie, dragon-con lovin d-bags getting all upset about dawg fans posting on your little blogs…..please try and act like it doesnt go both ways.
TUCK FECH!!!!!!!!!
B
August 26th, 2009
4:06 pm
Shouldn’t be too hard to win the ACC….it’s the ACC after all!!!!!!!!
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:07 pm
Hey THWg, you’re saying UGA has been playing football for 200 plus years?
That’s coming from a GT fan and using the math skills learned at said Institute?
That’s awesome. UGA’s first team was fielded in 1892.
So, per Georgia Tech Math, 2009 – 1892 = 200 plus.
Got it.
THWg
August 26th, 2009
4:07 pm
ty ty ty very much. What is funny is a uga fan calling a gt fan stupid. git er dun bo!
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:08 pm
UGA GIRLS wait just a minute. UGA girl ride just like a pickup truck with 2 broke shocks and an out of line rearend. You don’t have to go fast and you still get a great ride. UGA girls know to eithe be doing the dishes in the morning or to be the F gone before I open my eyes. UGA Tramp there is a $20 on the desk for you and would you take the sock off the door know too.
YellowandBlackAttack
August 26th, 2009
4:08 pm
Hey “GA Tech Insider”…trust me my friend, there are as many obnoxious Tech fans that try to ruin the UGA blogs on the AJC as there are UGA fans over here doing the same for our blogs. It’s hard to call out some of these dawg fans when we’ve got “Saint Simons” and a few other adolescents over there embarrassing the rest of us mature Tech fans. CAN’T EVERYBODY JUST GROW UP AND SHOW A LITTLE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP?….SIGH
SR
August 26th, 2009
4:09 pm
okay…I am neither a tech or uga fan, but tech fans insulting the looks of uga girls???!!! Come on..have you seen the ugliness on your campus?!!!
Timbo C.
August 26th, 2009
4:11 pm
homer – i have a cousin that went to tech, and I can understand where you’re coming from. That view that you claim is shared by the rest of the country is completely a tech perspective. And can you blame tech fans? Their’s is a culture that preaches and breeds hate, demonizing, and ridiculing all things Georgia. They erstwhile thing everyone else shares this view. It’s really amazing how mindf*cked tech students are.
MT
August 26th, 2009
4:11 pm
Man there are some stupid redneck dawg fans on here today. One says tech wouldn’t win 5 games if they played in the sec. They went 2-1 last year moron. And this year we will be 3-0 after we beat the dawgs again. The 2009 recruiting class is top 20 and would be top 10 if we had more scholarships. So shut your braindead mouths. Only 10 days to rub it in when the rednecks get blown out against Ok state. Can’t wait to see the final tally of the sec vs the acc. Of the games i know of, gt will win 3, nc state will win the opener with usc. and clemson will beat usc at the end. the only loss i see is fsu to uf.
Mark Bradley
August 26th, 2009
4:13 pm
I see the level of discourse has reached its usual elevated status.
LSWho?
August 26th, 2009
4:14 pm
38-3….hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:14 pm
Jon Jenkins, I’m saying that we’ll be delighted to keep everything relative to football, but are bombarded by ‘nerd’, ‘lives in our mom’s basement and using her internet’, ‘can’t get the ladies’, blah, blah, blah….. just keepin’ things on an equal playin’ field (Truly, tis a guilty pleasure that, from time to time, I enjoy). I was recruited to play football for SMU just before the ‘death penalty’ was imposed. I enjoyed the campus and hated that things worked out the way they did…. In short, it’s easy to make fun of either side of this ball. If you can’t hack it, don’t participate.
R. Randall
August 26th, 2009
4:14 pm
yep, there goes ole “Pi$$onaDawg” with his latest post that just drips of classiness. Wow, son, you are indeed the epitome of “class.” As you so often claim. What a fricking joke.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:14 pm
I messed the last line up. UGA tramps know there is a $20 on the desk for them and to take to sock off the door too. Better I must need another Jack & Ice to help me type bettererer.
MT
August 26th, 2009
4:16 pm
Trust a dawg fan? yeah right. trust em as far as you can kick em. there is by far more ga rednecks posting on tech blogs than vice versa. it’s not even close and 90% of the uga postings on gt blogs are ignorant stupid asinine crap. just like the first 2 on here.
Hey Dogtards
August 26th, 2009
4:16 pm
Thank all of you for chiming in. It is now clear that while Tech has one St. Simons, uga has at least 15 of them.
Dawg Guy
August 26th, 2009
4:17 pm
THWg – lets just say I’m from Missouri and I need you to “show me” that you aren’t as stupid as the things that you post. Because you come off like an utter retard with the drivel and nonsense you spew. I’m talking full blow mongoloid stupid. Think “Warren” from Something About Mary stupid. Think “Reggie Ball” stupid. I mean full-on dumb$hit stupid.
Hey Dogtards
August 26th, 2009
4:17 pm
PS Mark, thank you for the great write-up. Please, keep them coming!
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:18 pm
OK, here’s a Dawg fan who don’t care much about who has more national championships in ancient history. In my life time, both GT and UGA have ONE.
I also don’t worry myself much about all the noise GT fans are making these days. They beat us last year in Athens and they deserve it. I don’t like Pi$$onaDawg’s monicker (prefering to identify myself by the team I love instead of by a team I hate), but I agree with his point completely. They’ve had to take it for 7 years. I’ll glad it take it like a man this year.
I’d much prefer to see GT become a national powerhouse again. I think it would be fitting for the state of Georgia to have 2 top 10 teams every year. There’s enough talent in GA for that to happen. So I’m pulling for Tech to be undefeated when we come to town.
And since no self-respecting Dawg fan could not take at least one dig at GT, I have to say that an improved GT team will finally stop dragging down UGA’s strength of schedule rankings!
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:19 pm
R Randall it is getting fun. Now, as MB said we have almost (not totally) hit the rock bottom of the name calling.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:19 pm
Timbo C., I’m sure that they teach folk at uga to love and embrace GT…. it doesn’t HAVE to be taught! It’s easily aquired through blogs like this…. There’s a reason it’s called “Clean, Old Fashioned Hate”. GO TECH!!!
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
4:19 pm
Sting Buzz, ah yes, you are referring to the personality known as St. Simons. I often read the Junkyard Blawg so I see what goes on. It is a cycle that is repeated on a daily basis and just gets older every day. When will it ever stop. Well it could if the AJC didn’t employ the name and email requirement.
For the record, I do not use the score of the 2008 game as a taunt.
If you want to assume I am a geek, go right ahead. I prefer to blog without flaming others.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:21 pm
Champaign Dawg, you’re a Champion Dawg in my book…. You speak great wisdom and exercise great understanding. Best of luck to you and yours!
mtraininjax
August 26th, 2009
4:22 pm
Beating the teams Tech beat last year is…..last year. It’s 0-0 right now and anyone can beat anyone on a given day. Gardner-Webb almost proved that last year. You can’t let up against any team. Mark good post!
Does the atmosphere of journalism seem different with Johnson as the coach versus the frigid responses that Gailey used to give? I really appreciate the coverage, of course having a good year helps, but being on the cusp of a better year, isn’t bad either.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:23 pm
Champaign Dawg, we’d appreciate it VERY much if ya’ll wouldn’t go dragging our strength of schedule down…. ;o)
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:23 pm
Well said, Sting em.
Though I did detect a bit of “flaming others” in some of your earlier posts. I remember 3 or 4 years ago, there was actually a bit of thoughtful dialogue on these blogs. They’ve really fallen into the gutter the last few years.
Osama Bin Laden
August 26th, 2009
4:23 pm
I just bought my Tech season tickets from 1-888-TECH-TIX!!! I also got 4 hot dogs, 4 cokes, a parking pass and a program!!!!
Look forward to sitting with my fellow terrorists in the stands!!!!
GT45
August 26th, 2009
4:23 pm
Mark, You reckon whoever lines up beside Morgan should have some pretty good numbers this year?
Kim Jong-il
August 26th, 2009
4:23 pm
Me to Osama!!!
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:24 pm
Dawg Guy, “Have you seen my baseball?!”
Can't we all just get along
August 26th, 2009
4:24 pm
What’s with all the name calling from UG fans? I really don’t see the name calling from the Tech fans. Geeze, don’t take it so personal.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:25 pm
Hey MacroTech, we’ll try. But I think we actually pulled it up last year.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:26 pm
Champaign Dawg thanks for to 1/2 pass on me being the ass on the blog. I could go with a GT name but the AJC has more dawg venters and blogers and SEC stuff. So, I use a name that makes no doubt as to where I stand on any of the blogs. Thanks again for giving some class and real opinion to our sad blog. Good luck and health on the holiday weekend.
Dawg Foot
August 26th, 2009
4:27 pm
Look for the Tech NERDS to have their usual 3 to 4 losses. And the first COMMENT on this blog is priceless. You all NERDS need to learn to fight back.
Phil of Playaz Ball
August 26th, 2009
4:27 pm
It’s okay. Georgie fans are just like their mascot: inbred.
They can’t help it.
As far as GT goes, I would be disappointed if we didn’t win more games this year. Turnovers were the only thing to hurt us last season.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:28 pm
Same to ya, pi$$er. (meant to sound friendly but it don’t seem to read that way).
Wait a minute. It’s a holiday weekend? Maybe my GT grad boss man will let me take a day off!
Mark Bradley
August 26th, 2009
4:28 pm
Remember how Coleman Rudolph got double- and triple-teamed as a senior, GT45? Derrick Morgan figures to see the same. So somebody’s going to have some openings.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:29 pm
Champaign Dawg, ya’ll have been good the past several years…just keep it up so that the state of Georgia can be represented as the football capital of the world! Be patient, we’re getting there.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:31 pm
On a different topic, I just got to wondering who should I expect to hear from regarding my publishers clearing house sweepstakes winnings now that Ed McMahon has passed away.
AlabamaRamblinwreck
August 26th, 2009
4:31 pm
Simple comparison between GT and UGA:
UGA has a football program, and oh yes, by the way, they also have some type of school located in the same general vicinity.
GT has an elite technical school, and by the way, they also field a competitive football team.
Go Jackets!!!
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
4:33 pm
Hey Dogtards,
Unfortunately, St. Simons is not the only one.
Therein lies
August 26th, 2009
4:33 pm
I see Champaign Dawg’s issues now.
Timbo C.
August 26th, 2009
4:34 pm
macrotech – look, UGA has five or six rivals that hate our guts (tech chief among them). Tech has one. For Christ sakes, you guys have a little drum ritual ceremony BEFORE EVERY GAME where you chant “pi$$ on a dawg.” I could maybe see that being okay on georgia gameday….but before you play Jax State. The visceral and constant (and childish) hatred has towards georgia is not returned in full. Believe me. YOu guys stand alone as being unhealthily obsessive.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:34 pm
Champaign Dawg, THAT’S easy…… REGIS!!!
Mark Bradley
August 26th, 2009
4:35 pm
Were I Tech fan, I’d take the Georgia barbs as a compliment. Georgia fans tend to get interested in the Jackets only when they perceive a threat.
Tech fans, as we know, are interested in Georgia every day of every year.
Dawg Foot
August 26th, 2009
4:35 pm
NERDS – stick to building computers and robots. You never be in the league of UGA.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:36 pm
Champ Dawg I was saying be safe on the Holiday weekend. That will be next weekend and with all the FOOTBALL and Drinking it could get ugly. I bet the Free clinics around many colleges will have visits for the next 2 weeks. A SHOT can’t cure everything.
True dat
August 26th, 2009
4:39 pm
It is true many GT graduates are bosses, presidents, CEO’s etc…. Also many of them leave the state and country to lead in their respective fields. Couple that with the fact that UG’s student body is 3 times as large and any person in the state who has a pickup truck is a UG fan. That is why UG fans outnumber GT fans so much. Not to mention that when you speak of not selling out the games, GT has to compete with many other activities in Atlanta whereas UG is the only game in town.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:39 pm
Dawg Foot TECH was in you league but we learned how to read and write so we moves to the ACC.
John
August 26th, 2009
4:39 pm
Very true Mark.
JR
August 26th, 2009
4:40 pm
As good as Paul Johnson’s offense has been in recent memory, it is also worth noting that Johnson doesn’t have a splendid record in his career. As coach at Navy, he was 45-29. That’s nothing stellar. Sure, he’s got better players now at Tech, but he’s playing against equally better players as well. His first year at Tech was representative of what he’s done his entire career – confuse a lot of defenses, win a lot games, but rarely put up anything better than a 4-loss season.
Question
August 26th, 2009
4:41 pm
Mark – where did you go to school?
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:41 pm
your . So, moved Damn Jackie D is kicking my typing butt. I should add some more ice to Jackie’s pool.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:42 pm
Pi$$er, I just got back from 2 weeks vacation and knew that labor day was coming up. Saw your post and thought I was off a whole weekend. Glad to know I wasn’t.
Yep – gonna be a rowdy weekend 10 days from now. I’ll be tailgating with the Fighting Illini and its a dim reflection of the Athens experience. But its still college football.
macrotech
August 26th, 2009
4:42 pm
Timbo C., are you suggesting that uga is the ONLY school that has multiple rivalries?! PLEASE, tell me that you’re not one of those fans that thinks that the world revolves around athens. I assure you that Clemson, Fla. State, NCST, etc. assume great venom for Tech on the weeks that we play. All you have to do throughout the rest of the year is look at ANY blog regarding Tech or uga and you’ll find an annually focused ‘hatred’ between these two institutions. We ALL have multiple rivals….uga is our biggest.
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
4:43 pm
Champaign Dawg, that probably wasn’t me. I’ve only been around these blogs for a month or so and try to keep it real. I am not a GT student or alum, just a fan of the team. I went to a NAIA school with a severe lack of football. My family was all UGA fans but a neighbor introduced me to Tech when I was 6 and I’ve been a Yellow Jacket in spirit ever since. 26 years.
gator
August 26th, 2009
4:45 pm
Timbo C – That’s because no on likes UG or their fans. Except UF. Go Gators.
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
4:47 pm
True dat,
Hey now, I’m a Tech fan and own a pickup truck.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:49 pm
Pi$$er, I need some a what you’re drinking.
Sting em. Fair enough. Keep it real. Though I will say your family may have dropped the ball as far as indoctrinating you. My 6 year olds sing the fight song, recite Larry Munson quotes, know the numbers of many past UGA greats, and they know with complete confidence that…
Gators eat boogers.
Timbo C.
August 26th, 2009
4:49 pm
macrotech – if all those schools are “rivals” of tech’s than why does tech do that g@y “piss on ‘em” cheer before every single game. It’s such a queer little ritual. I mean, really? Maybe tech has other “rivals,” but you won’t find us doing anti-tech cheers on the day Georgia is playing Auburn, SC, Tennesse, Florida or Clemson. Tell me that tech isn’t obsessed with georgia. Go ahead, try to say it with a straight face.
True dat
August 26th, 2009
4:49 pm
Ok, point taken. But is it four wheel drive, jacked up with fog lights on the top?
GT45
August 26th, 2009
4:50 pm
Good memory, Mark-
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
4:51 pm
It is not.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:52 pm
CHAMP Dawg I know you must have like the falls and winters at UGA better than the cold north. How many weeks do you get sweater weather to Tail Gate? We went to the Notre Dame game 2 yrs ago but it was early in the season. I think the 2nd or 3rd game. The weather was great and the FANS were so nice. They helped dad and I to get to the HOF, the Chapel, and TOUCHDOWN JESUS at the Library.
Question #2
August 26th, 2009
4:52 pm
Mark – I see you went to Kentucky, an SEC school, but that’s ok. My point I have with your last post is if UG fans didn’t jump in on your articles about Tech, each time slamming GT, then I doubt we’d pay very much interest. It is when you’re being constantly attacked it gets old. Bla Bla this and Bla Bla that. Tiresome.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:52 pm
Timbo C.
To be fair, we do sing “To Hell with Georgia Tech” after every touchdown.
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
4:53 pm
Champaign,
My daughter boos anyone wearing a Bulldog hat or shirt. Her mother gets so embarassed. I just have to smile. That’s what she gets for buying me a UGA shirt as a prank.
Timbo C.
August 26th, 2009
4:53 pm
Champaign – eh, most dawg fans subsitute “georgia tech” with the name of the school that we’re playing that day. I guess most of us aren’t as preoccupied with tech as others.
GT Alum
August 26th, 2009
4:54 pm
JR, I am not picking on you but I need to point out you are incorrect again. “rarely put up anything better than a 4-loss season”… He only had 3 losses once at Southern in 5 years. I understand the record at Navy wasn’t amazing, but did you know that when all Div-1 coaches were polled as to the one coach they wouldn’t want to face the most popular answer was Paul Johnson?
Hello huh?
August 26th, 2009
4:55 pm
You been sick? (we don’t need to make any excuse to a dog)
Question. Most of these blogs have fairly recent information. But the civilians/pedestrians that comment are mostly amusing-seldom clever. That seems to be normal…so what is the problem?
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:55 pm
Hey Pi$$er,
Yeah, give me fall in Athens any day. Went to a game here last year and had to wear about 7 layers. The first 3 or 4 home games will be pretty nice though. They have one great big field beside the stadium that is basically one giant tailgate. Lots of fun.
Ain’t never been over to South Bend, but maybe one day.
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
4:57 pm
compare that 45-29 to before and after PJ at Navy
How many years have you watched Army and Navy compete to see who sucks less in their annual game?
Pi$$onaDawg
August 26th, 2009
4:59 pm
Had fun FANS. All the Trucks are in and I need to start Bushogging the back pasture around the pond. Now, can the UGA fans get a LAUGH and the TECH fans wonder? DAMN, a real REDNECK TECH fan that lives on a farm and owns a trucking company. hahaha I will be in the same seat I have been in for the last 12 years. Dad and I changed seats. But my ass will still be in DODD as it has been since 74.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
4:59 pm
Timbo. Sorry to disagree, but I’ve been going to UGA games since I was 8 and can’t recall a single time where I heard somebody substitute some other school in the fight song, replacing the unofficial “Georgia Tech” lyrics. I spent 4 years sitting in the student section watching every single game and never once heard anyone say anything other than “to hell with Georgia Tech.”
Maybe things have changed in the last few years. Or maybe there’s some pocket of the stadium where folks find a way to make South Carolina fit into those 3 syllables of the song.
I’m just saying I never heard that ever.
Sting 'em Buzz
August 26th, 2009
5:01 pm
have a good one pi$$ona… I spend my Saturdays on the field in stripes tossing yellow flags so I don’t get to see as much Tech football as I would like.
Timbo C.
August 26th, 2009
5:03 pm
Champaign – class of ‘99 here and the entire time I was there the student section would sub for whoever we were planning. Maybe it was like that prior to 1999, but that was the case then as it is now. There’s even a contingent that spells out G-E-O-R-G-I-A. Point is, there’s different versions. Techies only blindly hate georgia if they’re playing Gardner-Webb. My point – it’s sad.
quaildawg
August 26th, 2009
5:04 pm
Mark,
You skimmed the surface with your questioning the loss of the three D-linemen and how that might impact this season for Tech but I think once again that there is too much focus on how Tech’s offense will fare in season two or should I say how opponents will fare against Tech’s offense having had exposure and film to study. The pointed questions should be “you lost middle of your defense to the NFL draft. It was obvious from the UGA and LSU games that your defensive backfield is a liability, save for Burnett, so please explain to me how you plan on being better?
For all the hoopla, justifiably so, about UGA’s inability to tackle in the Tech game the same could be pointed out about Tech’s inability to put pressure on Stafford and their D’backs were equally gashed by UGA’s receivers.
Funny how a once in eight tries W can help one to gloss over this fact.
quaildawg
August 26th, 2009
5:21 pm
To add to my post for verificaton:
UGA Had 22 1st Downs of which 19 were by pass.
Tech had 421 yds rushing (and as you mentioned completed 1 pass)
UGA had 407 yds Net Passing Yards(lost 12 yds on 2 sacks)
UGA Averaged 10.2 yds. per catch
Stafford had 5 Passing TD’s
UGA was 4-4 in the Red Zone.
Having lost the gut of their Defense…
Seems to me Tech better be REALLY good on offense or they are going to be a pedestrian 7-5 or 8-4 this year.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
5:31 pm
Timbo. Class of 94 myself. Not trying to be difficult. I just think this is more nuanced than you think it is. Clearly, UGA’s got a bunch of big rivals. And I think right now, most UGA fans would say Florida is the biggest one (at least the one we’d most like to beat). But I think alot of fans (especially those older than you and me) see GT as our biggest rival. The “piss on a dawg” song is just a silly little tradition and I’ve got no problem with it. Especially given the way the rivalry has gone in recent decades. I don’t think its sad. Its just a tradition. Just like “to hell with Georgia Tech” is.
so….back to the fight song. I am not doubting your experience of hearing folks substitute whatever team we’re playing into the lyrics. I never heard it myself. But I’ll choose to trust that was your experience. (i’m still struggling with the idea of singing to hell with Middle Tennessee State” but that’s just me).
Regardless, whenever you hear that fight song in the off-season or just on its own, 9 times out of 10 you’re gonna hear GT in the lyrics.
I’m rambling. Time for beer.
GT GRAD
August 26th, 2009
5:32 pm
I am simply ready for some college football.
Go GT!!
truth
August 26th, 2009
5:39 pm
ACC 6-4 vs sec 2008 season
JR
August 26th, 2009
5:45 pm
GT Alum, you’re going to go back to lower sub-division Georgia Southern to defend Paul Johnson? Lots of coaches had stellar records at the lower subdivision schools (see Bobby Johnson for Vanderbilt), but that doesn’t explain away the fact that in the seven years Johnson has been at a coach at the highest level of collegiate football, he’s only once had a season where his team lost less than four games.
It should come as no surprise that coaches would not want to face Paul Johnson. He runs a bizarre offense, so it takes a lot of extra work to prepare for it. But not wanting to face him doesn’t entail coaches can’t handle it. Les Miles didn’t mind facing him last year, that’s for sure.
Instead of relying on polls to defend your coach, face the facts. I’m not saying Johnson can’t put together a complete, dominant season. I’m just saying that at the top level of college football, he hasn’t been able to do that, save one year at Navy when he went 10-2.
And to go back to your earlier point, you said Tech only lost to LSU because of special teams. The special teams’ disaster was in part attributable to Paul Johnson. He made a boneheaded call, on top of the fact that his vaunted offense couldn’t put a single touchdown in the end zone.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
5:45 pm
Alright TRUTH, question for you.
When comparing one conference’s record against another conference, does it matter if that record includes mostly games where the better teams in one conference are playing, in general, the worst teams in the other conference?
Hey Dogtards
August 26th, 2009
5:46 pm
First off, special thanks to Champaign Dog – you clearly are the champaign of dog posters. I hope you come around more often as opposed to most of the hacks on here.
“UGA has five or six rivals that hate our guts (tech chief among them). Tech has one.”
Except for Clemson (huge rival); VT (huge rival); FSU (medium); Miami (medium); and UNC (medium).
I guess you could also include Auburn, although its a shame we don’t play them anymore.
“As good as Paul Johnson’s offense has been in recent memory, it is also worth noting that Johnson doesn’t have a splendid record in his career. As coach at Navy, he was 45-29. That’s nothing stellar.”
45-29 at Navy is a MAJOR accomplishment. Particularly that ND game. What a game!!
“Champaign – class of ‘99 here and the entire time I was there the student section would sub for whoever we were planning. Maybe it was like that prior to 1999, but that was the case then as it is now. There’s even a contingent that spells out G-E-O-R-G-I-A.”
First, Tim, you should probably learn the history of your own school a little better. G-E-O-R-G-I-A is the official song. I’ve been to athens a fair share for games other than tech, and there are still a LOT of people who say to hell with GT even when they aren’t playing GT. You don’t see that the other way around.
And Champaign – wikipedia claims that “South Carolina” is shortened to “USC” for the chant.
Champaign Dawg
August 26th, 2009
5:55 pm
Quality post – - -tard.
But you didn’t answer my question about conference records against other conferences.
What say you?
Old Dawg
August 26th, 2009
6:12 pm
Mutts-R-Stupid-especially-journalism-majors: where in the world do you get the death penalty idea? UGA hasn’t been handed a major probation in forever, and none of the recent minor infractions have included “lack of institutional control” in the NCAA’s paperwork. Comments like that are on the same level as Glenn Beck’s tirades on Fox News.
Saint Simmon's first day of school
August 26th, 2009
6:13 pm
NERRRRRRRRRDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3njjD41f48&feature=PlayList&p=1EC4F3B6403CE8FE&index=0&playnext=1
Hi, I go to GT. WE NUMA WON
August 26th, 2009
6:19 pm
Betta grab a umbrera i make it rain…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCXRvbS8dJk
Green Tea
August 26th, 2009
6:22 pm
That video is awesome, did you film it in your dorm room at Tech???! That’s hilarious, I picture every GT poster on this blog is a nerd just like you. Do you all have the same calculators?? Those things are awesome.
John
August 26th, 2009
6:39 pm
JR u are an idiot. Navy is an academy. They don’t get players who go to the NFL. They go on to become outstanding businessmen and leaders. The fact he has a winning record is great and the record is very good. And navy’s schedule, being an independent, isn’t easy either. You ga fans make yourselves look dumber and dumber each passing day. All you have in life is your redneck football program. And you act like you’re some great program with all these nat titles. Sad.
John
August 26th, 2009
6:50 pm
Champaign
Oh really? So uga is one of the worst teams in your conference? How about florida with 2 acc games last season and ole miss which beat florida? Yeah those are some bad teams. Dumbass.
John
August 26th, 2009
6:53 pm
Oh and champaign. Alabama was another one. So out of the 10 games, half were against top 15 sec teams. So much for making the argument the top acc only played and won the weak sec. And of those games, the acc was 2-3. Yeah that sure makes your argument. Dumbass.
Green Tea
August 26th, 2009
7:11 pm
John, be honest, you are that gt student rapper that submitted his video a while ago. NERD
B'Ham Jacket
August 26th, 2009
7:32 pm
UGA fans must realy be worried about Tech.
So many of their putrid comments on a site they like to belittle.
Sounds like a lot of jealousy, paranoia, delusional thinking.
Quite revealing of their impotence.
Stinger
August 26th, 2009
7:40 pm
You dawgs try to act like you have rivals other than us. It’s no rival when you lose to Florida every single year for eternity. There is no other good team in the SEC other than Florida. We would tear LSU apart if we played them during the regular season. We were just getting ready for this year when we practiced for the bowl game last year. Our season was already made. We were projected to win 3 or 4 games and won 9 including stomping you in the second half and beating your AZZ. You were ranked number One and tanked it. You have no quarterback or running back this year so get ready now for another bashing in November I predict 56-6. You will never ever stop this offense even if you had 6 months to get ready for it. Your defense is pathetic. Your season will be over after Oklahoma State runs you out of the stadium. What did T.Boone predict? Wasn’t it 397 to 3 ?
45ACP
August 26th, 2009
7:54 pm
POAD, we all know or should know it’s all in fun. These are student athletes we are talking about. It’s not life and death we are discussing here. It’s more important than that. College Football.
Take a deep breath my fellow football friend. At the end of the day does all this rhetoric really matter?
Tide Rising
August 26th, 2009
8:26 pm
And to think I thought Bama-Auburn was hateful. I follow both the Georgia teams so I’m glad to see Tech is back. I think as long as Tech has Paul Johnston they and this series are from now on going to be competitive. Its good to see an intense rivalry reborn. Plus I love option football.
Mark Bradley
August 26th, 2009
9:03 pm
“All in fun”? Them’s fightin’ words, 45ACP. (We say that in Kentucky, where I did indeed go to school.)
CatsFly
August 26th, 2009
9:15 pm
“When they snap the ball, the ball is the issue. If you’ve got that we will come and get you, and if your mama got the ball we will come and get her too.” – Marvin Austin, UNC
Tide for spell champ
August 26th, 2009
9:36 pm
Who is Paul “Johnston”? Any kin to Sabo ofer thare in Alibamer?
King of Sandy Springs
August 26th, 2009
9:39 pm
This year, CPJ will probably win a Coach of the Year award, again. It feels good having a great coach on the sidelines. It’s not just his X’s and O’s, the guy flat out knows how to win and run a program. I expect the two biggest issues from last year will be non-issues this year, special teams and turnovers. Also, Tech fans don’t fret, the O-line and D-line will surprise many. The D will improve, just as much as the O will. Remember these guys were very young, learning a new D and O. This second year is going to be fun!
Steve
August 26th, 2009
9:39 pm
They still have a football team at that school downtown???? I thought that was a high school? Either that or everyone was mugged or killed by the thugs down there.
Steve
August 26th, 2009
9:42 pm
Stinger, you make me laugh. I would do anything to see the dorks play UGA’s schedule this year. I would bet 6-6 at the BEST. UGA will go 10-2 before their bowl game.
g8trb8
August 26th, 2009
10:10 pm
georgia does have one thing going for them if they hold up and stay healthy all season and that is their o line…give ANY quarterback enough time and they will make the right choice…we will see murray by the cocktail party, because cox may get his ballz rocked
“if you aint a gator, you’re gatorbait !
g8trb8
August 26th, 2009
10:12 pm
georgia is in alot of trouble this year…they really needed noodle arm stafford and moreno back, but who blames them for leaving
Pulpwood Smith
August 26th, 2009
10:50 pm
This blind Tech optimism is just comical. Sure, Tech had a good year by their standards, and did beat Georgia for the first time in 8 years (despite giving up 42 points). Despite this, Georgia had more wins than Tech, and won a New Year’s Day bowl game with relative ease (as opposed to Tech, who put up 3 points and got annihilated and completely embarrassed by an average LSU squad who Georgia handled easily in Baton Rouge). Pulpwood thinks Tech will not be as good as they were last year, will not win the ACC, and will lose 4 or more games. Look for opposing defensive coordinators to take a look at the Peach Bowl tape, oh, 1500 times, and mirror what LSU did….. 7-5 with a loss to Georgia and a trip to the Music City Bowl. The beatdown will begin with Clemson on Thursday evening, September 10. Back to reality for the North Avenue Irregulars, who can return to hiding.
heeldawg
August 26th, 2009
11:18 pm
Tech wants to win the ACC title. I want to be able to fly.
“If wishes were fishes…”
Limpbuzzkit
August 26th, 2009
11:20 pm
We will beat VT, we will beat UGA, we will win the ACC, heck we may just win them all. look out.
TechDan
August 27th, 2009
12:07 am
heel dawg, that’s really funny, cause it cost me more for my season tickets than it does to get a ride in a plane.
Paul Johnson
August 27th, 2009
12:26 am
TechDan – hell, let me know where you can get a plane ride for a hot dog and a coke. Thought us techies were rich?? Dang, I guess the joke is on my dumb country ass.
macrotech
August 27th, 2009
1:25 am
Timbo C., sorry the song hurts your feeling so bad, but it’s a tradition. Not to be confused with obsession. It’s true, that we’re not uga’s biggest fans….again, there’s a reason it’s called “Clean Old Fashioned Hate”.
Champaign Dawg, we just play the games that are scheduled…it IS the all mighty sec, afterall. I do know that one of those wins was against the preseason #1 team in the nation. (Sorry for the low blow….you seem like a reasonble Dawg fan)
macrotech
August 27th, 2009
1:28 am
Pulpwood Smith, thank you for your thoughts….I’d like to give you change for your two cents
macrotech
August 27th, 2009
1:34 am
Steve, how would the team WE beat do better in the sec? We were 2-1 against the sec… looking to go 3-0 THIS season!
macrotech
August 27th, 2009
1:37 am
Green Tea, you need more of yourself….still toxins in your system!
Not Disappointed
August 27th, 2009
5:39 am
Mark, great read on Morgan. I expect great things from him and others on the Defensive side this year. A lot of people seems to forget they only lost three people on defense last year. I do believe the defense will be pretty good. I like others feel this will be Morgan’s last year, but we shall see.
Let College Football start soon! Oy! “Ramblin Wreck!”
Archie Alexander
August 27th, 2009
6:48 am
All these comments simply prove the death of civilization comes through anonymity
Timbo C.
August 27th, 2009
10:43 am
macro – I’m not offended so much as I am amused that you dorks do that before every game. What a bunch of losers.
macrotech
August 28th, 2009
4:03 am
Timbo C., you’re sounding offended to me….no, we WON the last game!!! We’re a bunch of winners by default!
SWBUZZMAN
August 28th, 2009
10:32 am
HEY 12 WINS… Jokes on you 45-42, b-otch! THWG! Go Jackets!
Life coach
August 28th, 2009
3:20 pm
Here is five reasons UGA will flop this year:
1) Overated (See last year)
2) UF, LSU, USC & GT
3) Can’t win the big one (See 30 years and counting to a Nat Champ.)
4) Arrests of various players
5) History: Lot of wins but few against top talent See #1, 2 &3