5 reasons Georgia Tech will win at Miami

I like our chances. Here’s hoping Nesbitt doesn’t have to throw a pass because the U defends the option as poorly as they did last year.

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First! On topic, I have decided nothing is predictable this year, even more so than most years. The last remaining shred of predictability went out the window when the Falcon’s defense decided to look like the Steelers last sunday after looking like they were a taco short of a combo plate all preseason. Lets play the game!

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Coach Paul Johnson is a very good game manager, and the team has played well this season keeping it very simple so far. Expect more wrinkles to be added this week. Our interior defensive linemen have been playing very well and holding their own in the middle of the defense. Nobody has been able to run effectively between the tackles. Look for the Canes to attack the interior defense by running the ball in the 1st quarter.

Go to http://www.isportsweb.com for more Georgia Tech Football articles. Go Jackets!

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Last year the U had a ton of freshmen in their two deep rotation. This year they are bigger and faster, especially on defense. They have new offensive and defensive coordinators. The jury is out on Lovett’s D, but they mostly did what they wanted to do against FSU. Which was to shut down FSU’s running game. And force FSU to either win or lose in the air.

Their new offensive coordinator, Mark Whipple, is very good. Not only that, he has complete control over the offense. Randy Shannon does not get involved in the offensive play calling. Which means the GT defense is going to get stretched by a offense that is much less conservative than the teams you have seen the last 4 years. This is not the U that you’re used to seeing.

If the weather is good, I think it comes down to GTs defense. If they can stop Jacory Harris, they’ll win. If it comes down to a shootout, they lose. If the weather is bad then the U will have a much tougher time of it, GT will have to play poorly to lose.

I’m from FL and have been a Canes fan since long before Jim Kelly. I also like the Jackets so I kind of hate to see either lose. Good luck to both and may the best team win. College football is the best football.

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Well Shane,
I hate to admit it but the gimmick will be trampling our defense at least until we can find some people with the talent to run our stale offense.

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Good luck Jackets. Respect All – Fear None.

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Shane,…no gimmick,..just an off night against a very good Clemson team. The Tigers are better than OK State and South Carolina. Back to the off night,….we still put up over 300 yards on the ground. When’s the last time,…well never mind,..it’s a waste of time with your kind.

THWG!!! GO TECH!!!

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Tech wins tonight, this ole Dawg will sit up and take notice…..did Miami play over their heads last week or did Tech play under theirs last week. This week will tell us a lot about Tech.

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Thanks Bama Jack. I like your coach and unlike most, I blame the billionaires for pulling college coaches Spurrier, Petrino and Saban out of their element. When someone offers you two to three times what you are making, though you know accepting is a mistake, it is difficult not to. Petrino was promised Vick at QB and a competent GM but the Falcons delivered neither. Spurrier, Saban and Petrino all wanted out of contracts early of what the billionaires tricked them into. Blank deserves some or most of the blame for the Petrino mess.

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Shane…you need to do some research on football history and then watch more games. What you are posting is just hot air and childlike. Com’on you can do better.
Go Dawgs

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Shane…you are an idiot

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Paddy

Just like to get em riled up. That being said I do consider Tech’s offense to be a one hit wonder. QB gets killed in that offense (kind of like run and shoot) and NO passing game whatsoever so if you fall behind its game over.

Clemson adjusted at Halftime with its DE and took away the pitch man. After that Tech did nothing. Other teams will do the same.

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m-

You do realize Chan flew Delta out of town right? Surely you can come up with something else.

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Shane-

I agree…you’re an idiot. In fact if you actually watch games…you’d have noticed Tech “fell behind” in the Georgia game last year.

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Ahhh..so Clemson adjusted at the half, took away the pitch man and Tech did nothing…..well, nothing but vary the rotation (which can be done 50 different way) and march down the field thier last two possesions to get the victory. I guess while Clemson adjusted at half which accounted for the third quarter they didn’t do so for the fourth. Right Shane?

Shane you wouldn’t know the difference between an option offense, a pro style offense and a wing-t if they all crawled up your happy azz

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Larry…You have to go much slower with Shane…he’s an idiot

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Tech will probably win against Miami because Shannon can’t coach his way out of a paper bag. Unfortunately for Tech fans they will watch the Jackets lose next weekend to the Tar Heels. Don’t kid yourself Tech fans, that offense is losing its luster. Other teams are figuring it out, just look at what Clemson did in the second half.

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and, by the way, for Heels 4 Real who apparently didn’t watch the Clemson game and doesn’t get 300 yards rushing for Georgia Tech. If other teams are “figuring it out” they better get a move on.

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Shane I recall Eric Zeire (sp?) calling GT’s Offense a “Jr. Varsity Offense”. 45-42. Hmmm…never heard another word from him about the “Jr. Varsity Offesne”.

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It did look like Clemson had a good plan by having their DE’s contain Nesbitt and getting between him and the pitch man, and at the same time, jamming the middle with their DT’s and MLB to stop the dive play. But CPJ has seen this before and should make the necessary adjustments. Of course, it would help if the passing game would improve.
Everybody has been talking about how talented and deep our secondary is — well, this may be their chance to prove it.
Turnovers will determine the outcome of this game.

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[...] Why GT will beat Miami. [AJC] [...]

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no touch (jeez)

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I doubt Tech is very worried about the T-Heels who scored 12 points against UConn.

The Heels better worry about their LAST game of the regular season in Raleigh and see if they are bowl eligible.

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Here is an easy link to Miami Herald’s University of Miami sports blog Do what you must, since they are linking our sports blogs.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/

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Hey Sharecropper, the Jackets has over 300 yards rushing against the Heels last year and still lost 28-7. Clemson figured out the run in the second half and then we saw that Nesbitt couldn’t pass to save his life.

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Everyone seems to agree that Miami has the “better” players on their sideline, and I think at this point, most people seem to agree that GA Tech has the better Coach on their sideline. Therefore, I think the game will come down to the basics; who executes the best, offensively and
defensively; turnovers; and mental errors, such as penalties – the same things that cost GA Tech their losses last season.

Don’t forget, either Team can win because they executed better, didn’t turn the ball over, and/or minimized mental errors, like penalties. Conversely, either team could just as easily lose the game because of they don’t execute their game plan well, they turn the ball over, and/or they make mental errors, like dumb penalties.

If I were a betting man, which I’m not, I would lay odds that Paul Johnson has held back quite a few wrinkles for the Miami game that haven’t been played yet, including some rushing plays to spread the defense and use their aggressiveness against them, as well as more short and intermediate passing plays like the one he used against Clemson at the end of the game.

If Josh can hit those dunk passes, it will require the LB’s to play honest to the outside, opening up running lanes in the middle and and outsides when the A-Backs are already in position to block, and also keeping the safeties occupied better so that a wide receivers will have a better chance for one-on-one coverage.

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Exactly we had 300 yards, this offense was not stopped and will not be stopped. Anytime we have 300 yards rushing the offense has not been stopped. If we lose its because of turnovers…not the offense being stopped. I may be young but I know my history and PJ has always been successful with this offense….mental mistakes and turnover are the only thing that can beat us not someone all the sudden “figuring it out”. Its laughable when I hear people say that.

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“I never said the Heels offense is a powerhouse. Its their defense that is winning games for them. They know how to stop Tech.”

Yeah, just get lucky and catch Tech on its worst day of the year. It would be like if we played UNC on October 18, November 15, or especially November 22. That’s an easy way to stop us though, just have Butch plan ahead and schedule a game we sleepwalk through (see UNC v. NC St last year). Your defense didn’t do much to stop us, seeing as we had over 300 yards rushing in the worst executed game all year, plus we pretty much beat ourselves that game.

I give you guys credit for beating us, but it wasn’t because of your defense. Dwyer and Roddy Jones both averaged over 7 yards a carry. We had more yards rushing (326) than y’all had rushing AND passing (314). We averaged 6 yards a carry to your 4.4.

In fact, after a 67 yard first drive, your team only managed about 250 yards the rest of the game and didn’t have a single drive over 40 yards. Tech had 5 drives of 40+.

The UNC perception of that game to this day amazes me. None of their fans remember that the game was tied 7-7 with 2 minutes left in the third. None of their fans remember that we missed two field goals and didn’t try another one from the unc 30 afterwards. None of the unc fans to remember that the turnover margin was 3-0 in favor of unc. No, they only seem to remember their dominating defense (gave up over 400 yards), their awe-inspiring offense (1 drive of over 40 yards), and their absolute destruction of GT (with a decent field goal kicker performance, GT is up 16-7 late in the third).

Amazing how perception and reality can diverge the way they do.

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dogtards…sounds like tech’s perception of the win at sanford……..might want to repeat that to the rest of your awful school

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I am so glad my team doesnt have to play on Thursdays. You fools are jokes, and will get embarassed in Miami

What was the mugging count on campus last night?? Did the rain scare off the thugs or bring them out in full force.

THWGT

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Tech is playing on Thursday again….you know why?

THE Junior Varsity teams always play on Thursdays!!!!

LOL

Seriously

I’m a Dawg fan but this should be a entertaining game to watch (and I’ll take football on TV any night I can get it..even if its Tech

I think the loss of Miami’s two DBs will not make much difference b/c Tech does not pass the ball well at all

If it is raining as hard as they are forecasting that will be a problem for Tech

If Tech turns the ball over in this game they lose badly otherwise it is going to the wire

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the key to this game will be to put the heat on harris. we must have some pressure coming from somewhere other than morgan, as i think duh u will double #91. look for dwyer to have a big game!
now….to the ajc staff….would it be all that difficult to remove the moronic post’s that really drag down the quality of a football forum? thanks.

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Nesbitt plays OK, Tech wins 27-24. If he plays like he did against Miami, Miami wins 24-14. Miami is not Clemson…..

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If Miami can defend as well as Clemson, which is doubtful, they have a great chance to win. Expect Miami’s passing game to light up the Jackets’ secondary.

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Hey Dogtards -

You’re right…Tech doesn’t have near the amount of people in the NFL as does Georgia. And all that means is Georgia has never been coached up to the talent level they have had.

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Mark…

Tech will lose because you picked them. Funny, you haven’t noticed a pattern of futility with your picks. Simply put, you suck at predictions and any team you pick is subject to a curse not unlike that of the Sports Illustrated or Madden hexes. In fact, if I were a betting man, I would assign a value of seven points per reason you have stated that Tech will win in favor of the ‘Canes. So, if the Bees are gonna win, they need to be able to at least score more than 35 points. Good work, Bradley!

I’m kidding, of course (calm down Jacket fans). Actually, with the way Miami plays defense, I don’t see Tech having much difficulty scoring 35+ points. The key will be when the Jackets are on defense. They must play four quarters and avoid a repeat of the second half of the Clemson game. Jacory Harris was stellar against FSU and can hurt them down the stretch if Tech becomes gassed late in the game. I think Tech wins, but it won’t be without a fight. Miami will challenge the Bees. An off the cuff score prediction… GT 38, Tha U 35.

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Thanks for the five, MB. Now we’re jinxed!!

Miami is not the Miami of last year. Harris is going to be very hard to contain and I think we will be in for a long night if we can’t get pressure on him. I think Miami will be fired up to return the favor of a nationally televised butt-whipping on Thursday. But that’s why the games are played and not decided on paper.

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Go Dawgs!

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http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/17072/Sports++Recreation/NFL+Draft+2009++Most+Players+Picked+by+College.aspx

or this

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Let’s get this straight. The “dogtard..” poster is not me (ironically enough, he calls himself a dogtard).

I will provide a short response to the idiots post.

1) You are crazy if you think RBs will not want to come to Tech. Dwyer is going to be a first round pick either this year or next. Tech will churn running backs into the NFL with this system, as it showcases them.

2) You are probably right that we won’t put many QBs, if any, in the NFL. We aren’t recruiting that type of player anyways so we won’t be competing for uog for the big five star pocket passers. We sure wouldn’t be starting Joe Cox. In this offense, we wouldn’t even start Stafford. We require a specific type of QB, which means we won’t be competing with 95% of the other schools looking for prototypical NFL QBs. We landed a 4 star QB last year, Nesbitt is a 4 star, and I’d imagine PJ is a good enough talent scout where stars don’t matter. Plus, there are plenty of QBs in the NFL (and who are about to be in the NFL) who don’t fit that typical system anyways (see Pat White, Tim Tebow).

3) Our offensive linemen can go pro too. Navy has put linemen in the nfl under paul johnson’s scheme. So has Tech.

4) Bay-bay Thomas will likely go pro, probably a second day pick but still. That’s a WR going pro in this system. And Stephen Hill, the kid uog sweated over before he chose to play at Tech. He’s probably going pro too.

5) Defense – it’s the same as it ever was. We’ve put a bunch of linebackers in the nfl recently. We’ve got at least two on our current defense who will play pro, one of whom will probably be a top 5-10 pick.

So we won’t get blue chipper pocket passers, who we can’t play anyways. What was your point again?

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GT has a nice little run against Miami, but it will be over tomorrow. GT will be forced to pass which cause several turnovers. GT can not stop their offense, with Whipple as OC. The Hurricanes are back, deal with it.

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Hey Dogtard, spin it all you want but you still lost. And I’m willing to bet that UNC will have more All-Americans than GT at the end of the year. We’ll find out who is the better team in two Saturdays.

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At least we can agree on some things.

But lets go ahead and get this out of the way…Nesbitt is no Tebow, not even a tenth as good. Not ever a quarter as good as Pat White. I think Logan Gray would run your offense better than Nesbitt, considering he actually can complete a pass that isn’t a shovel.

Now your RBs, really good, but still over-rated. If Samuel or any decent RB was in Techs offense they would have his numbers…it’s all about the system dogtard.

Stephen Hill sweating? Don’t even get me started on that. Yea I’ll admit we wanted him, a little…after we lost 2 other guys we wanted. So yea, he was “in the hole” so to speak as far as recruiting goes. Lets not even mention all the recruits Tech couldn’t even get in the family room with.

OL…I guess they’re good. I don’t know how chop blocking every single play goes in the NFL, but I’ll just wait and see on that one.

I think your pretty accurate with Bay Bay…too bad no one can throw him the ball.

Defense, yea I guess they’re ok. This question will be answered at your Thursday JV game. Your secondary will definitely be put up to the test, and if they withstand, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.

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“because I said tech is a walking crime scene I have no class?”

The fact you don’t even realize that just shows how little class you have. First, most of the victims are not Tech students – the crimes are all over midtown atlanta (you know, that city uog grad’s go after they graduate). More importantly, those people are just that – VICTIMS. They are people who’ve had guns pointed at them, many have been beaten, and all of them are traumatized.

You might as well laugh at football players getting accused of rape or, if you were a tech fan, laugh at the uga professor killing two people and then himself. They are all tragic incidents with victims (even if the rape didn’t happen the player is a victim) and have no place in football trash talking.

Tons of uga grads live in midtown/downtown – I’m sure some of them have been victims of the rapidly-spiraling-out-of-control crime in Atlanta. That has nothing to do with who’s football team is better. While Tech is located in Atlanta and uga isn’t, you’d have to be an idiot not to realize that this is a community that both schools share or that atlanta is the number one destination of uga grads.

If you can’t understand the difference, so be it. But I expect more out of uga students/grads.

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Dogtard., ACC also does really well in Men’s soccer, just saying, and there’s a boatload of really hot co-eds in Raleigh NC. I don’t think you should ever under-estimate the sheer volume of hot co-eds on a campus.

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UNC, we play UNC ???

The only game I care to discuss is the Miami game and that should be the only game the players/coached are thinking about as well.

Focus and execution are the key in every game. The team that is able to retain focus and execute should win any game.

As far as figuring out the Tech offense, that is a naive comment, at best, more likely an extremely moronic comment by someone with rose colored glasses. That same type offense just about beat Ohio State using players that couldn’t even be walk-ons at most big-time programs.

And if you think you can sit back, watch the LSU and Clemson films and think, “I know what to do against this offense.” I hope that is all the creativity that the opposing coach uses. Do you not think the PJ has watched the same films and sees the same tactics? Do you not think that he is smart enough to identify whether it is execution that is lacking or that there are other plays he can run to take advantage of the defense? Do you really think any of us posting on here are smarter than the head coaches of either of the teams discussed here, or even UGA for that matter? Well, maybe with the exception of Richt and his stuborness with respect to Willie Martinez…

As far as the comment about the weather, both team will play in the same conditions and I would expect a running team to have an advantage in wet conditions, not a passing team.

I would not make a prediction about this game. There are still too many unanswered questions about both teams and who shows up. The Clemson game was definitely not a good barometer for this Tech team other than their effort in the fourth quarter. Coming out that quickly and scoring the way they did against Clemson changed the gameplan and changed the way the players approached the game.

I do think you will see more short pass plays in this game. Hopefully, Roddy Jones won’t need that brace he had on against Clemson and he will make the easy grabs he missed against Clemson.

I worry more about Miami’s offense than I do their defense, FSU scoring 2x more points against UM than Jax St has me less worried about that aspect of the game. I worry about our defense against that talented QB and our offense with respect to execution.

As for the DAWG fans on here, you should be worried more about Arkansas and less about GT/MIA.

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Wow there’s a lot of experts on here. I wish I knew as much as all of you. Maybe one day I can pretend to know what I’m talking about too. Until then I can learn from the experts here. Thanx guys!

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Tech went from the sorriest coach in history to the best.

Notice the difference.

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m……Did you seriously just call CPJ the best coach in history? I was unaware of that. Thankyou for the info.

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Well, we now know Tech’s new name under Paul Johnson, “THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF CHEATERS.” The new slogan will be “The End Justifies The Means.” Johnson has shown his true colors, he has to have a pocket full of High School plays in order to win.

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You continue to talk highly of your offense when your offense hasn’t shown anything except they can throw against a sorry fsu team. FSU was losing to Jacksonvill State with less than a minute left. And this is what you base your offense being good on? Enjoy another beatdown cane fans. And for the dawg fans, enjoy losing too.

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Do not ssume because we have won the last 3 years that this one is in the bag. Playing early in Miami is different than playing in late October or November. This is a home game for Miami and they are usually excellent on Thursday nights. Do not buy into the idea that the “flu” is going to make Miami vunerable, they will have their team up for this big-time! If Miami wins they have to feel good about BCS implications, especially if they can also beat V-Tech. I have Miami picked as the ACC dark horse, Tech better bring their “A” game or it will be a their first conference loss.

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Everyone knows that Miami will stack the box against Tech with the idea that Nesbitt will have to throw the ball. The train is coming!!!!!!!!
get real-45 42 remember? Now go back to flipping them burgers.

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Gotta love how cocky you all are and how much sh*t you talk online. Yet you’re all probably polite as can be in person. Anytime I see Tech and UGA fans together they’re all buddy buddy in public. But once they get on their mom’s computer in the basement….”it’s go time”. Gimmie a break. None of you idiots PLAY for either one of these teams. Calm the hell down and let the games be decided on the field.

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I like GUYS!

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Check out what the Maimi papers are saying about the game
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/colleges/um/

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Two things may affect the outcome. #1. Weather. If it’s sloppy weather, Tech may turn the ball over and have DB breakdowns leading to big plays. #2. Flu. If a lot of the U players are sick, how well will they hold up in the 4th qtr?
Mark, do you think one or both of these factors may play into the outcome?

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What an article, U all seem pretty confident. Just make sure to be back Thursday night after the beat down! And I don’t want to hear any excuses.

Example Excuse:

Miami won 57 to 3, but if we didn’t throw 4 int and fumble 5 times we would have won. They had 600 yards total to our 25, but that is because our QB had a cold. We should have beat them.

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4 ticket 4 drinks 4 slices – ahhahahaha

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Five reasons GT will win:
1. They are playing an ACC team
2. Miami cannot tackle
3. Illegal pass plays
4. Chop blocks
5. The ACC refs won’t let them lose.

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“Hey Dogtards

you kill me!!!! You are trashing Dawg fans for not being “classy” BUT…you come on the blog with a name like “Dogtards” and crack on Georgia fans

REAL CLASSY my friend

Here are a few things you need to know about the difference between the UGA and TECH programs

1 When Georgia finishes 10-3 and #10 in the country it is a DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!

2 When Tech goes 9-4 and is not even ranked they think it is an all time GREAT season and that thier team and coach is the second coming

3 UGA beats Tech soooo much that Techies have victory RINGS made to comemorate the one time in a decade that they do manage to squeak out a win ( I mean Rings? Really? that is sad)

4 Georgia sells more of YOUR season ticket packages than you do when the Dawgs are going to play at Tech that season

5 You can’t sell out or fill up a 50k seat stadium WHILE UGA has a waiting list for tickets to a stadium that holds 93K and buy ins that cost thousands just for the right to get tickets

6 You are not a rivalry for Georgia anymore…you are the annoying little brother loses to his older brother in a game of HORSE a hundred straight times and then runs his mouth and brags relentlessly the one lucky time he does win”

First, like I said, good natured ribbing is within good taste. If one word, “dogtard,” means I’m classless, then so be it. I still haven’t made fun of any school based on any crimes that may or may not be related to that school (e.g. GT muggings, uga murders, etc.)

1 – I hope you are ready for even greater disappointment this year. The reason finishing #10 (and #13 in the AP) was so disappointing is because you started the year #1. Every one of your fans would gladly take 10-3 this year, so don’t pretend that you are automatically disappointed by a 10-3 finish. It is because of everyone’s overinflated expectations of an overhyped team that you were disappointed last year.

2 – This is like #1. It was a great season not because of the 9-4 record, but because most publications picked us to be bad. It was also a great season because we had 9 wins under a new coach – something uog has NEVER EVER done. Apparently you like to make things up to, because we ended up ranked 22 in both polls.

3 – Again, you are just making stuff up. The rings were made by the senior class (not PJ, not Tech, and not the team) and only went to seniors. They are a yearly tradition for seniors, and were not “commissioned” because of any win, let alone the uog win. Finally, the score was only part of the design, not the entire ring.

What is sad, however, is how you have to make up things to make fun of Tech.

5 – You are off on stadium size by about 15%. Seeing as we sold more than half capacity this year of season tickets (and that’s not including student tickets), your claim is not only factually wrong, but also impossible.

6 – I really hope your players are thinking that come November. Cause ours aren’t.\

Who’s got the pitchman?

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I didn’t exactly see a stellar defensive performance out of Miami against the Noles on Labor Day.

Last time they played, Tech ran for 479 yards.

What evidence do we have that suggests they will have any success in stopping Tech tomorrow night?

Until Miami shows me, I have to pick Tech to win this game.

GOOOOO DAWGS!

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Miami will destroy Tech.

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Yes ga doesn’t consider tech a rivalry anymore yet look at all the rednecks on here posting messages. that sure makes sense. if anything isn’t a rivalry, it’s ga and fla. 3 wins since 1990. how pathetic is that.

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I am going to the game! Look for the guy in the CP30 costume. May the force be with you!

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Hey Dawggies, will you explain why a win on Thursday does not count just as much as a win on Saturday afternoon or any other day of the week? Maybe there is something here that the rest of the world dosen’t know!!!

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I seem to remember USC playing on Thursday as well. But hey, they must be JV as well.

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Thursday games = undivided attention on ESPN. Much better than playing on ESPNU or ESPN360

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Pat….it’s almost as pathetic as GT’s record vs UGA

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this guy is an idiot. Miami will win this game. Gtech is sloppier then miami. Nesbitt cannot throw for crap and the o line is weak. Triple option is a way to hide that weakness. I love how g tech fans r so cocky. Miami has won 5 chips. Gtech:0. And Gtech has beat us 4 yrs in a row but we on the rise again and jacory will spank the jackets d. G tech and their fans r pathetic

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Second year improvement—–still waiting.

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I’m sorry but there is no way I would have dressed up like the nerds in the picture at the top of this column in college. No wonder they’re virgins.

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Don’t let Miami connect on the long ball…Canes will target that weakness displayed in the Clemson game…

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Reading this stuff is better than The Vent.

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Miami has been the best program in CFB these past 30 years (modern football era)

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Chan Gailey beat the Hurricanes thrice. (Thrice means three times, in case any Georgie fans are trying to read this)

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Look at this. This just shows how white trash dawg fans are. This from their own blog. Not a surprise when you see the toothless lard butt rednecks who go support uga. This is who “fills” your stadium you dopes.

GSB: “Clean your crap up after you tailgate”
Posted by RSD on 09/15/2009
The Georgia Sports Blog has posted an article that every Dawg fan should read. If you tailgate on North Campus, clean up your mess afterwards!

The amount of trash tossed on the ground during and after UGA football games is disturbing. It’s not that hard to bring a trash bag and put your crap in it. UGA will pick them up later. As they mention, President Adams can and will crack down on tailgating if this continues.

While we are on the subject, always pick up your trash no matter where you are tailgating.

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CPJ is a great coach, and cagey as well. You can bet your azz that he’ll have answers for what Clemson, LSU, and NC did. You can also bet that he’ll have some “guaranteed” plays in his back pocket to use during crunch time, if it gets to that.

For instance: if the DE starts crashing to eliminate the QB keeper option, we can let him crash and run inside him. Or, we can let the A back on that side chip him then proceed upfield for a short pass.

CPJ’s got lots of ways to react, depending on what the defense chooses to do. And he reacts pretty much real-time, as opposed to the other side trying to figure it out and make adjustments at half-time.

Advantage, Tech.

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Garret how is the comment about specialteams scoring an excuse. The triop scored 16 points correct? You guys are all about the offense being just dominant. Right? Just pointing out that they got points other ways and noone has brought that up. Will that happen again? Odds are against it. If you think that scoring from trick plays and special teams are a given maybe you are kinda ignorant. Not even VT which has best special teams in the country every year would argue that. FSU and Bowden love trick plays and are those things they count on to win every game? No! How about some comments on the D getting waxed by the baby QB? Any comment on the offense only getting 16 points? Anything about your stupid coach crying about prep time? You went to GT? How did you get in?

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I just dont think that having 3 games in 12 days and only 4 days of practice to go on the road and face this Miami offense will be enough. I will say that yes we know what GT’s offense has done, but with only 4 days of practice AND rest against this version of The []_[]?

I dont think Tech gets it done!

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Amazing how perception and reality can diverge the way they do.
In fact, after a 67 yard first drive, your team only managed about 250 yards the rest of the game and didn’t have a single drive over 40 yards. Tech had 5 drives of 40+.
The UNC perception of that game to this day amazes me. None of their fans remember that the game was tied 7-7 with 2 minutes left in the third. None of their fans remember that we missed two field goals and didn’t try another one from the unc 30 afterwards. None of the unc fans to remember that the turnover margin was 3-0 in favor of unc. No, they only seem to remember their dominating defense (gave up over 400 yards), their awe-inspiring offense (1 drive of over 40 yards), and their absolute destruction of GT (with a decent field goal kicker performance, GT is up 16-7 late in the third).

Nothing but a bunch of excuses. “Nobody remembers at the end of the day that it was tied 7-7 with 2 minutes left in the 3rd.” Nobody cares about that because people only worry about if they won or lost the game! I will play your game though and break down the Clemson game as you tried to break down the UNC game last year. Take away Tech’s 89 yard run on their second series of the game and your powerful running game only managed 212 yards the rest of the way. After that drive your running game averaged 53 yards per quarter. We wouldn’t have given up a TD if our placekicker would have kicked it out of bounds. You guys wouldn’t have scored a TD if we had a safe man back on your field goal attemp. “None of the UNC fans remember that we missed two field goals and didn’t try another one from the UNC 30 afterwards.” I guess CPJ is a genius because he knew the guy would likely miss a 3rd. I’m guessing you don’t care about these stats and excuses since you won the game. Just like UNC didn’t care about your stats and excuses above.

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“Miami has the weapons to exploit a Georgia Tech secondary that’s been vulnerable to the big play starting with slot WR Travis Benjamin (5-10, 175 pounds) who has world class speed and is capable of running by FS Cooper Taylor

Seems ESPN thinks like I do. Cooper Taylor is your weak link. Every fast team you play will kill the guy.

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I can already see Branden Smith and A.J. Green going by Cooper Taylor like he’s stuck in a bucket of cement.

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U tech fans are really stupid if you think GT is going to win VS Miami, what? Have you been sniffing the modeling glue you’re using to patch your girl friend?

That vaunted insect passing game is just scaring the ACC to death! Lol, and the high school option is just terrifying, ha ahah hahha hhah hahahah!

Miami by 30+

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Mark Bradley; “Yeah, that Derrick Morgan. He never rushed the passer in his life.”

and he never took a play off did he mark? lol, what a crappy team!

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UGA has won more than 1 in 7 vs the gayturds

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Don’t get too cocky. Miami’s defense is healthier, faster and more athletic than last year. And despite some sloppiness in pass coverage against FSU, the run defense and open field tackling were excellent. Now with experience of seeing option last season and 10 days to prepare, no chance of another 400+ yards rushing.

Miami’s new OC and QB also look more formidable than any offense Miami has had in years since Ken Dorsey left town. Play calling is less predictable and more aggressive. Jacory Harris also looked very accurate passing short and deep balls while willing to spread the ball among 8 different receivers. Not going to be easy to stop that attack.

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People trashing Miami’s defensive performance against FSU, lets look at it more closely.

Miami Defense vs run. EXCELLENT.
Save for a couple of 4th qtr runs Miami shut down FSU all game. Take away the one QB scamble for 30 yds and FSU had only 80 yd rest of game after they trashed Miami last season. Few option plays FSU ran all stuffed at line.

Miami Defense vs. Pass:
Very Poor.
Lack of pass rush. Too many coverage breakdowns. Pass rush hurt by loss of both starting DE’s to injury. One is back this week but unsure. how effective. Pass coverage hurt with two starters and a top backup out. 2 of 3 players back this week (possibly 3rd as well but unlikely). Maybe this improves maybe it doesn’t. One positive is CB Brandon Harris who blanketed whomever he was covering all game. He will shadow Demaryius Thomas all game and eliminate him as a threat.

Miami Tackling.
This was cited as a Miami weakness. If looking at tapes form last season I would agree. But new DC emphasized fundamental tackling all off-season. And after watching the entire FSU game I do not remember a single missed tackle. Many blown coverages but no missed tackles.

Miami defense needs some work. But their strength against run plays up in this game. Given Nesbitt’s poor accuracy as passer, not sure how well they can exploit the weaknesses in pass defense.

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I think you are crazy for underestimating the U this year Miami is going to come out play hard be focus pull out another big win, Georgia Tech hasnt prove anything to me they still cant win when it counts just like Virginia Tech watch Miami the U is back!!!

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Hey Dogtards
“Understand it now?”

I understand your wasting a lot of time with what is still a loss at the end of the day.

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“Miami has won 5 chips. Gtech:0″

Actually we’ve got 4 genius.

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1. Paul Johnson coaches Georgia Tech. Randy Shannon & Mark Whipple coach Miami. Advantage Miami. More NFL experience.

2. Tech just got a crash course in how to handle a Thursday night game … at home playing against a freshman quarterback. Jacory Harris has bowl game experience.

3. You’re a running team, which Tech is. The Jackets CAN get too far behind because Miami has players on defense this year who were injured in ‘08 — including Eric Moncur, Colin McCarthy, Randy Phillips and Vaughn Telemaque. That’s nearly half the defense.

4. It will come down to execution. So, how would you describe GT’s second-half execution against Clemson? Were they sloppier on defense or offense?

5. Tech owns Miami … when Larry Coker’s recruits dominated the roster. There are new horses in the Coral Gables stable. And as Detective Columbo would say, “I’ve got just one more question … how’s the triple option been working since the loss to LSU last year?”

Mark Bradley, your blog will make good fodder for the Canes’ locker room bulletin board.
I predict an offensive shoot out. Miami has an aerial attack and they will be unveiling more of their offense in their second game. Watch out for the bomb as well as boots on the ground with Miami’s depth at running back: Graig Cooper, Javarris James, Lee Chambers and Mike James.

Both teams have good field goal kickers.

May the best team win!

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Miami-35 Georgia Tech-17// You cant stop this storm!!!

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I don’t know if all of u Gtech fans saw what Clemson did to the option attack. We will be known as the OPTION STOPPERS. Miami will stop the option and Gtech will try and pass the ball and we all know that They can’t and thats when UM WILL TAKE OVER THE GAME. UM 40 LITTLE gt 21. Revenge Game. watch and weep !!!

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5 Reasons Miami will Beat Ga Tech

1. Much improved offensive line compared to 2008. Couple that with losing Michael Johnson and GT will have trouble continuously pressuring Jacory Harris.

2. Although Tech will amass ~250 yards rushing, they will need to pass the ball effectively on 3rd downs to beat Miami and 3/14 by Nesbitt will not cut it two weeks in a row.

3. The Triple Option is extremely difficult to stop and replicate in practice, but two weeks of film and walks through will prepare them enough to get Tech into 3rd and longs, which will lead to trouble for Nesbitt. Look at what LSU did with a month of preparation, albeit with better athletes, but Miami will perform better than they did last year.

4. Off Coordinator- Mark Whipple will have a game plan that Tech has not seen the last four times that they beat Miami. It will include aggressive play calls mixed in with some trickeration, which may not work all of the time, but they will keep the DEs honest and punish them if they over committ.

5. Jacory Harris and the plethora of talented WRs. A much improved aerial attack will make it difficult for Techs offense to keep up.

I’m not an arrogant Cane fan, but feel that The U is on the cusp of putting together a great season. I believe it will be as good a game as the FSU/Miami game, but I’m sorry Tech fans all good things must come to an end. Miami 38, Tech 27

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“don’t know if all of u Gtech fans saw what Clemson did to the option attack. We will be known as the OPTION STOPPERS.”

You may end up stopping us, but you don’t have near the big D linemen that Clemson had, although you do have some speed on the ends (although depth is not there). I also don’t think you will ever be known as the option stoppers after last year.

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Hey dogtard.?, If any of our backs had Samuels numbers they would be on the practice squad.

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Neal the line has moved up 1/2 a point on one site and stayed the same on the others. don’t lie

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Tech should beat miami fairly easily—miami’s defense looked terrible against fsu. The jackets’ option should roll up and down the field all night! Tech 34 miami 20

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Great work, Mark. GO JACKETS!

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Man you ga fans masquerading as miami fans are losers.

JDHOS–rivals had your pretty little team ranked preseason at 41. And you flat out lie with the freshman comment last year. And here’s the proof. Your depth chart

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=819000

you show 5 sophmores playing this year…this excludes punter and kicker.

funny how gt played quite a few freshman and sophmores last year too. so it wasn’t like tech had all these jrs and seniors against your lie. in fact, tech is the youngest team in the acc this year. so much for your bs.

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Garret

September 16th, 2009
2:13 pm
Neal the line has moved up 1/2 a point on one site and stayed the same on the others. don’t lie

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well bodog…just moved it to 6….sorry….not a GT LYING GRAD..

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your kicker had more passing td’s than your qb last game and only 2 fewer completions. LMAO

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WOW this blog entry is ridiculous
haha this guy fails to point out some important roles in this game:
- GT’s defense: Miami put up 38 points against FSU including 24 in one half. GT’s defense is definitely not better and is certainly not as fast as the FSU defense. Miami could easily score more than forty points in this game
- This is the second time Miami is playing the triple option: More experience, more knowledge, better results. And John Lovett, the defensive coordinator, was part of the UNC staff from last year that obliterated GT.
- Miami is older, stronger and faster, and has ONE qb: Jacory Harris is the unquestioned leader has the potential to use his playmakers to carve up the GT defense. Also all areas of our defense are now more experienced and have more depth.
However GT has the same amount if not more opportunity to win this game than Miami. But this is their home opener and they have been waiting for this game for a long time.

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he we lost year…I was wrong….make you feel better GT fan….I hope you did the same for UNC & VT and LSU…

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That’s fine. I see 4 others with 5 and 5 1/2

And if I recall, miami was favored by 2 last year. Sure made a difference.

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I like guys, those soft guys!

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Wow that was a pathetic blog post. I’m surprised this was linked up on ESPN.com.

Let’s be honest here, no matter which side you’re rooting for the 5 reasons stated above are weak. I’m a Miami fan and I could come up with 5 better reasons why GT fans should be optimistic. This is piss poor, zero-analysis writing. Nice work Bradley…

Point #2 – So GT has an advantage because they “know what to expect” from a Thursday night game? Please explain to me what it is that Miami isn’t aware of here. A game is a game. If you want to argue that primetime games are some huge deal that changes the complexity of the game, then you forgot to mention the fact that Miami played on Labor day in one of the Top 5 most watched NCAA games in the history of college football. How’s that for primetime? The fact that this is one of your top 5 reasons is sad. Not to mention you all but contradict yourself by saying that the home team has an advantage in games like these (in case you forgot – Miami is the home team, not GT).

Point #3- “It will come down to execution” – Are you kidding me? Did you watch your own games? 5 fumbles against Jacksonville state and you’re calling Miami the sloppy team here? Keep the ball off the ground and then come talk to me. And by “off the ground” I don’t mean throw interceptions, like Nesbitt did against Clemson. One way or another, there’s no room to be calling Miami the sloppier team here. If you watched on Labor Day, our execution was pretty damn good.

Point #5 – “Tech owns Miami” – Do you really believe that has anything to do with this year’s game? We have a different OC and a different DC, and 2-deep depth chart isn’t comprised mostly of freshmen anymore. I think everyone now knows about our OC and what he is capable of, and I’m sure you remember John Lovett from last year (UNC held you to 7 points). So are you really comparing this team to the one from the past 4 years? Maybe you were too busy doing some of your in-depth analysis when the FSU-Miami game was on, but I think it was obvious to everyone – except maybe you and Lou Holtz – that this team is different in every way.

So since we’ve established that your writing and analysis (or lack thereof) is garbage, let’s get to my side of the ball:

-DEFENSE: Miami has a stronger, older, more experienced defense to work with this year. We have most of our starters back, PLUS our DE Eric Moncur, S Randy Phillips, and LB Colin McCarthy, who will have and have had a huge impact on our run defense. When McCarthy went down last year, our run D went from top of the ACC to the bottom. He is particularly important. Also, our DT positions is solidified. Don’t know if you’ve heard the name Allen Bailey, but get used to hearing it. He’s an incredibly athletic DT with great speed and size. He was playing DE last yaer and has since been moved inside. As you can tell from the FSU game, our run D did a great job of containing the Seminoles, even in their option formation. Not saying it’s comparable to GT’s triple option, because it’s not, but comparing it to last year when Ponder had 100+ yards by halftime and FSU rushed for around 270, we are MUCH improved.

Furthermore, as previously mentioned, our new defensive coordinator has established a much easier gameplan this year. Judging from his past success against GT when he was with UNC last year, Lovett’s gameplan looks like a big improvement from last year.

-OFFENSE: Mark Whipple has completely revamped the UM offense. Jacory Harris is coming off a stellar performance on Monday night against FSU and has shown incredible accuracy on the deep ball. Last year, GT’s pass defense struggled and it did not look much better against Clemson. Look for Harris to have a field day. The Miami offense is quick striking and Harris has several weapons at his disposal starting with Cooper (200+ all purpose yards against FSU), Benjamin (128 yards receiving), Byrd, James, and Hankerson, just to name a few.

INTANGIBLES: As you said yourself, we’re playing at home and the stadium should be pretty full (I’m hearing about 65-70,000) and loud.

Get ready for a fun game guys. And Bradley — how about a little effort in your writing. The fact that my comment is more in-depth than your blog should be embarrassing to you. And please respond to some of these points, I’d like to hear what your squirrel brain can come up with.

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Jacketbuzz.com for all your GT football news

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Seriously? I hope Miami stomps Georgia Tech. GT owns the U? Good luck with that.

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Alex – Alltime GT is 10-4 against the U and the U hasn’t beat GT since the U has been in the ACC – that’s why people are saying GT owns the U

I’m not giving my opinion; just giving the facts; you decide for yourself after tomorrow

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To the U

1) Agreed. One of the difference making aspects of the game will be Morgan’s ability to crash the backfield. I think he’s better now than Johnson was last year, but we are missing 3 NFL caliber guys on the line. We will need a few guys to step up (my money is on #41 Egbuniwe) in order to stay on the field with Miami.

2) Agreed. I’d think Nesbitt rebounds a bit from his worst game yet.

3) First, it’s only a week and a half, although I agree that the longer preparation should generally lead to better results. Still, Miami has made it known that they aren’t doing much to stop the option and Shannon makes the best point – a scout team can only simulate it so well. To stop it depends mainly on the defense’s ability to quickly adjust to the speed of the option. Additionally, LSU and Clemson have the lethal combination to hinder Tech’s option (huge DTs and DEs big enough and quick enough to pinch of the inside or play the outside). I’m not sure Miami really has either, especially the huge DTs. You can gameplan all you want, but can’t execute as well without the personnel. You never know, Miami might shut down Tech’s O, but I think you guys have far from the ideal defensive line to contain Dwyer up the middle – a necessity to stop Tech’s O.

4) Agreed, although I think you may underestimate Tech’s defense a little bit. We played decently against Clemson with the exception of a few plays made by Spiller and Ford.

5) Possible, but it remains to be seen how consistent those guys are. Yeah, you rolled up 380 yards on FSU but a lot of that came on blown coverages, etc. You looked good, sure, and you may tear Tech up, but a lot of those yards wouldn’t be given up by any team after the first game kinks are worked out.

Should prove to be a close game. I like Miami, but not by much. My keys to the game are

1) How much pressure Tech can put on Miami’s QB
2) Tech’s YPC apart from the huge runs. Can they sustain drives or will the offense just be big plays.
3) How Nesbitt performs through the air on third and long
4) Can Miami play consistently on offense or will its young team let down after an emotional win v. FSU
5) Is Miami focused or is it looking past GT to its even bigger games coming up

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For all you ignorant cane/uga fans who keep saying unc stopped our offense last year, they didn’t. We stopped ourselves with turnovers and an injured qb. here’s the boxscore you pinheads.

Team Statistics
North Carolina Georgia Tech
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 13 20
TOTAL NET YARDS 314 423
Total Plays 61 77
Average Gain 5.1 5.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 186 326
Rushes 42 54
Average per rush 4.4 6
NET YARDS PASSING 128 97
Completions-attempted 8-19 10-23
Sacked 0 0
Yards Lost 0 0
TOTAL TURNOVERS 0 3
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles Lost 0 2
OTHER
Penalties 3 4
Penalty Yards 15 40
Time of Possesion 28:10 31:50
Punts 6 4
Punt Average 45.67 34.25
Return Yards 44 113

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your just an awful columnist

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This article is funny, Eddie Murphy funny. Miami is a year older from last year, and Jacory Harris threw for 386 yards v FSU. Ga tech, better yet UGA wouldn’t beat Miami this week. Miami is still young, but please believe its a lot future 1st rounders at Coral Gables than Downtown Atlanta. Stop the a and b gap, and ga tech has no offense.

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dogtard..? I think Logan Gray would run your offense better than Nesbitt, considering he actually can complete a pass that isn’t a shovel.

Since when has Gray completed an actual pass in a real game. MMMMMM NEVER!!!! Don’t even compare him without any facts.

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And what are you idiots saying about our win last week. You guys are demented.

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Top 5 Reasons You are Dead Wrong!
1) The Canes have shown constant improvement since Shannon was hired.
2) Our new OC Whipple = explosive pro style offense.
3) We have a QB who shows signs of being one of the better in UM (QB U) history.
4) Our D is strong against the run, GT has no passing game.
5) UM is back baby! National Championship within 3 years, guaranteed!

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I like “DA U” in this one sorry tech fans,too much talent and that deffense is pretty good.28-21 “DA U”

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Sorry GT fans but this is not last year. Jacorry said it, no one can stop Miami’s offense. Also, GT will gain yards but will not be able to run the option like last year.

Canes 33 GT 17

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Randy Lennard Shannon (born February 24, 1966 in Miami, Florida) is the current head football coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes.[1] He has led the Hurricanes to a 12–13 record in his first two years as head coach.

YOU HAVE A LOSING RECORD AND YOU PRAISE THIS GUY. GOOD LORD.

GT STOMPS 42-24

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Wow, that’s a lot of big talk, however:

1. New offensive coordinator at UM – not a lot of film to study

2. Tech looked vulnerable to the long pass – a strength from Miami’s win over FSU

3. Clemson contained Tech’s Option attack – a road map has been layed out

4. Miami is VERY focused on this game – they want to regain lost pride

5. New Miami Defensive Coordinator – again not much film to study

I am not ready to declare that UM will roll over GA Tech, but I disagree with a couple of your ‘Homer’ assessments. We shall see how it all plays out…

Go CanesB

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First Shane is an idiot CPJ has been running this offense for 20 years and no one has stopped it yet i have heard the gimmicks up for 2 years now get over yourselves the offense works. Second he ut a player in the NFL from GA southern div 2 and dwyer will be first round pick so please come up wih a logical argument. Coach Smith i hope you dont coach football because rain favors a running team you moron. Look at the uga game last year all i heard from my friends was it is raining yall cant run the pitch and the option guess what we did with no fumbles at the tune of 403 yards so please people if uhatea team at least be logical about ur argument

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Garet you still have not answered the questions dumbass! Are you saying that you are going to score on special teams and trick plays every game? Are saying that your D did not get waxed by a freshamn QB? Answer the questions Moron! Why would I be a UGA fan? You keep assuming things. I assume you are a moron. And I would be right!

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Since at Tech, Nesbitt has not have two bad games in a row. I hope this continues tomorrow night.

In case no one noticed, Clemson has a very good defense and it handled GT pretty good until they were worn out late in the 4th quarter. Miami’s defense is not in the same league as Clemson’s and will be exposed again like in the FSU game.

I think GT will win, but it will be close for the first half. GT will make better adjustments than Miami and take charge in the second half. No trick plays in this game.

Prediction: GT 27 – Miami 20 and “To Hell With Georgia”

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I like guys, especially those soft guys in north Miami beach! So soft.

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Tech will be dealt with. Mark my words.

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randy shannon is gona whip your ass

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Yellow jackets have the uglies jerseys. Looks like someone pissed on the sleeves, and shat on their pants.

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5 Legitimate Reasons Why Miami Will Beat Georgia Tech That Don’t Include Non-Sensical Things Like Tech Owns Miami (Didn’t The Georgia Bulldogs Own Tech Going Into Last Year’s Game)
1. Miami’s Passing Attack – If Tech couldn’t stop Clemson from bombing away when they knew the pass was coming, how will they be able to stop Jacory Harris and his arsenal of weapons. The answer: they won’t. Morgan will be neutralized by double teams which includes the best blocking running backs in college ball. The Canes will score, which leads us to…
2. At some point Nesbitt will have to rely on his arm – Need I say more.
3. This isn’t the same Canes Defense that got pounded in Atlanta – Not only is the line a year older, stronger, and wiser, Miami will have starters back at every level who are key to stopping the run: Moncur, McCarthy, Phillips. Add John Lovett to the mix as coordinator and what you have is Defense as talented and well coached as LSU was last year.
4. Special Teams – Miami has a serious edge. Better kickers and return men and Tech already spilled it’s beans with any element of surprise. If Johnson was such a genius, he would have kept that fake in his pocket for another week.
5. That’s all I got, but hey, why make sh*t up when 4 proves the point?

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Uh you’re qb threw 2 ints against a crap fsu secondary

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Let me put this in perspective. Miami nor FSU has any defense. None, Nada, PERIOD. FSU dropped the winning touchdown pass, Miami didn’t stop them. If they catch the pass, Miami falls apart for the rest of the year. Certainly no reason to have optimism and be on a high. Clemson is much much better than Miami or FSU. Clemson could not stop us when they had to in the 4th quarter. Paul Johnson made the adjustments to win the game. Miami’s pass defense is so pathetic, if they stop our running game, which will be almost impossible for them, we will be able to throw on them. For all those idiots that continue to say that everyone has figured out how to stop our offense, you only show your football ignorance. Neither North Carolina or LSU stopped it last year. We beat ourselves with turnovers in those 2 games. DA U will look like a junior high school squad tomorrow night. Our team is much more physical that the wussy team from Miami. Your team flat AZZ laid down and quit against us after we rambled for almost 600 yds offense on you last year. If it rains, it will not help Miami. Nesbitt will have 300 yds rushing by himself if it rains.

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Barry Last response to you since you only want to call names and act like a child. I never said that tech would score on special teams every game. Scoring on special teams and on fakes keeps your offense OFF the field. Something you apparently cannot understand. You cannot assume that gt would have lost the clemson game had they not converted because there’s something called complacency. Perhaps you’ve heard about it. Probably not. If tech goes in at the half 10-7, it’s a completely different game and the play calling changes too. There are too many assumptions you are making yourself look ignorant with every word you write. I’m quite certain with a gt win, you won’t be seeing the barry u alias on here. You’ll create another one acting the immature person you are.

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To DGD: That’s right, you’ve got to root for the ‘Canes given the slim pickin’s in Athens this year….

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What a horribly written article. This rivals the homerism level of Brent Musberger and his erection for Ohio State. Try writing with substance next time. Anyways, from a realistic college football fan, I see Miami winning this by 10-14 points.

BTW, has GT been practicing on the baseball field yet? People forget that the Marlins still have a team, and the infield will still be there tommorrow night. Very different surface to play on, could cause problems for Tech.

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What a horribly written article. This rivals the homerism level of Brent Musberger and his nonstop love for Ohio State. Try writing with substance next time. Anyways, from a realistic college football fan, I see Miami winning this by 10-14 points.

BTW, has GT been practicing on the baseball field yet? People forget that the Marlins still have a team, and the infield will still be there tommorrow night. Very different surface to play on, could cause problems for Tech.

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Georgia Tech matches up very well with athletic teams who are undisciplined and don’t stay in their lanes against the triple option. Look at how Tech beat FSU, Miami, Clemson and Georgia last year and Clemson this year. If it rains that helps Tech even more, unless it is 75 and clear skies Miami folds up like a tent. Anybody want to venture a guess which bar in South Beach Randy Shannon will be tending at next year? For more info on Georgia Tech football visit: http://www.bbuzzoff.com

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I thought when I saw the headline that I’d get an intelligent argument. What I got was a silly list that could only have been written by a homer fan. PJ’s offense is running out of gas against fast talented D’s. LSU shut them down, Clemson controlled the option after a big play early. What we will really find out from this game is whether Miami has the talent in 2009 to stop this offense.

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Here’s hoping Derrick Morgan is in top form and can get to their soph QB who seems a little cocky recently. Also, hope we will try to establish the run with minimal passing, unlike the Clemson game. Miami will make us pay for our turnovers more than CU and JSU. Big plays are great, but I hope we can drive the ball and dominate TOP for a change.

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randy shannon’s recruiting ability>paul johnson’s….. we better enjoy our 4 straight wins now, because we’re done folks…it looks like its their time, starting now….

-honest GT fan

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Yea boy PJ’s offense has been figured out. Same offense that allowed an undermanned Navy team to darn near upset Ohio State. Miami will most likely always have more “athletic” teams than GT. They have the past 4 years. But this ain’t track and field. A great athlete does not automatically equal a great football player. Some people refuse to believe this. Fast and talented without good coaching is what Miami has been recently…it’ll be interesting to see if things have changed. Offensively it appears it has.

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Hey Rick, our coach is a joke? Randy has a pair of rings from his playing days and another pair as a coach. Coker left the program in shambles and we’re already on the verge of being back. Your coach won it all in D2, and although he might have gotten a ring for that, he also got hired by Navy for being such a genius. Our D2 guy, Mark Whipple, wen to the pros after his time at UMASS. Maybe those sailors know something about football The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t. Whipple got a Super Bowl during that gig. In Johnson’s time at Navy, his best achievement was beating Notre Dame in double OT. Someone contact Canton, Paul Johnson is ready to have his bust chiseled. Now he’s running an antiquated offense with the previous regime’s recruits. Good luck getting any real talent to go to Ga Tech. Being in an offense that will drop you a few rounds in the NFL draft has overtaken the 70-30 ratio of guys to girls as reason #1 Ga Tech won’t be able to recruit. You called my reasoning “bush league” and then retorted with “Yeah Right” and “He’s due.” I love hearing how Nesbitt is due. It’s just code for, well he couldn’t possibly suck any harder next week, could he? And our thugs you referred to had an APR score twenty points higher than your athletes. Know facts. Look, I know you’re frustrated being a geek, and I understand a robotic love slave is difficult to engineer, but please Rick, leave football to those of us who win big at it.

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12-13 strobo. 0 appearances in the acc champ game.

that’s all you need to know. but you beat FSU!! woo hoo. what an accomplishment!!

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GT has nothing, Canes by 10

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lmfao!!!! your team is a friggin joke and were gonna expose this sham. your qb cant throw from a pier and hit the water. we will make U 1 dimensional tmorrow night fools!!

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Praising GT has a nice ring to it when coming from a UGA grad (Mark Bradley).

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hey shane, are your bulldogs still riding down the wrong way streets on mopeds while they are drunk? just courious

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Miami plays a bad FSU D, and now they can’t be stopped …. that cockiness will get you humbled really quick.

Just when you think you’ve got this O “figured out” …..
PJ’s a great coach; able to make the necessary in-game adjustments to win should his team become “stagnant” due to opponents good D play (see GA game in 2008, and Clemson last week). You never anticipate turnovers when assessing your team’s outlook heading into a game, and I don’t think GT becomes stagnant on Thursday PM. I believe PJ will have prepared them well this week, and they’ll handle the task at hand. I won’t be surprised to see the 2nd teamers get some PT as well.

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i agree with shane..gimmick offense all the way…techs offense score only td last game and that was on a long run..the high school offense will be shut down more times this year than not. and 300 yards rushing is no real feat when tech runs the ball 50 plays out of 70…there is a reason this offense doesnt work in the nfl and wont work in big boy football. over time really good teams with a good defensive front shut it down cold like uga did last year in 3 out of four qt and lsu did last year in the bowl game and that div 2 school did last year when tech won put like 1 point..clem allowed one td all game last week the rest was trick plays and field goals…with the players that will come to tech while pj is there will do even worse. chans players are the reason pj offense is doing well right now. just wait until you get lesser talent in there thanks to pj high school offense. dont see tech winning this thursday. also UNC and VA tech will beat them too…add uga almost yearly beating of the jackets youguys lose 4 right there. fsu will give you guys a pretty good game as well,,

truth hurts guys…and the truth is you guys are really not that good and by the end of the year your record will show it.

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what is so hard to figure out about that gimmick offense? see the guy with the ball, tackle the guy with the ball..that offense will work at navy and ga southern for that long where the players are really bad compared to the players that play on the BCS teams. in about 2 years or less you will see more lsu 38-3 type beat downs than you will see victories. just a matter of time and you guys will be begging for a new coach again. i for one hope pj stays so uga will better that 7 in a row victory streak against tech…tech was about 4 miss tackles away from being blown out last year by uga..this year uga will make those tackles

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In the interest of full disclosure….I am a Hurricane fan. I’ve enjoyed the blog and found all of the
UGA trolls a bit distracting (we have the same problem with Gator trolls). It’s great to be playing
football again, and I wish your team the best of luck this season, with the exception of the Miami
game, of course. Just a few things I wanted to bring you guys up to speed on. First of all, if you
guys are expecting last years defense you’re in for a long night. Our 3 best defensive players, Eric
Moncur (DE), Colin McCarthy (MLB), and Randy Phillips (FS) were all sidelined with season ending
injuries when last we played. These guys are much better than there replacements. The defensive backs that are out with the flu this week………sorry guys, but they’re not starters. We also practiced three days to prepare for you last year, and the defense didn’t even look at film……this year, we’ve had 10 days to prepare. We actually scrimmaged a triple option attack. Our defense
had a year to watch game film. The beatdown you gave us last year has not been forgotten, and we’ve
had this game circled since last year. Also, if you think you saw anything to your liking against FSU
defensively, realize that none of the wrinkles we’ve been saving for your triple option were used against Florida State.

Now consider our improvement offensively. The days of Patrick Nix and his veer/right, veer/left, and
bubble screens are over. Mark Whipple our new OC, came from the NFL. His play calling is alot more sophisticated than Clemson’s OC……and admit it……..you guys were exposed in the second half. Our skill players are not only fast, but precise and well coached. We are six deep at running back and wide receiver, and these guys have game experience now. They’re not true freshman, anymore. Well, not all of them, anyhow. Look out in the 4th quarter guys. I’m just saying…….

Special teams……..I wonder if all that squib kicking on Labor Day was to keep you guys from seeing something? Our kick-off and punt returners are threats to score everytime they touch the ball. That wasn’t the case last year.
Furthermore….you guys are coming to Miami, expect a hostile crowd. Not only do the players remember last year, the fans do as well. We love our University as much as you guys do yours.
All the noise that helped you out when you needed it last year won’t be there…in fact the opposite
will be in play. Advantage Miami Hurricanes.
And lastly, you have idiots like Mark Bradley writing crap like this in your local paper. If you
don’t think this article will be seen by every player in Miami’s locker-room tomorrow before kick-off
think again. Thanks Mark.
Miami’s won 5 National Championships and played for 5 more in the past 25 years. Check out the
Miami Herald…..there are no stupid articles like this one there. Act like you’ve had an elite program
here before AJC, because you have. For a Johnny Come Lately football program that hasn’t played
a meaningful football game this decade you guys are certainly full of yourselves.
Here’s to college football guys……It’s the greatest game on the planet.
Good luck guys, and may all the players play to their ability and without injury.
May the best team win! Go Canes!!!

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Does tech have to play FSU because what you saw on Labor day was 2 teams in FSU and Miami that are better offensively than #1 ranked Florida and by the end of the season will both be playing in New Years day bowl games. Best team in ACC though may be North Carolina Butch will have coaching edge on any team he plays this year with the athletes to back it up.

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Wow.. Miami fans on this blog make the dawg fans look intelligent by comparison. A lot of rash talk from a team that has been beaten 4 in a row by the lowly Jackets, including a major beatdown last year by the “Gimmick Offense.” One close win over a marginal FSU team and they think they are national championship material. Talk about delusional!!

GT may in fact be over-rated.. We will see. They certainly haven’t shown the play of a top 15 team in first two weeks. However, neither has Miami, and I’ll take CPJ over Shannon any day. Maybe Shannon has turned the team over to his coordinators, and they’re better.. Don’t know yet. I give Shannon a lot of credit as a recruiter and for apparently cleaning up the Miami program, but as a coach.. his game management sucks.

I’m not really sure what to expect tonight. I was very confident coming into this year that Miami would be a relatively easy win, but last 2 weeks give me some pause. I think we’ll know a lot more about GT and Miami after tonight.

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As a Cane fan it is hard NOT to laugh at your postings, so try to keep it real.

Miami run defense vs your triple otion; is worth the price of admission; Miami’s run defense has improved and will see how far.

GT DL vs Miami OL; adv GT, raining havoc on Harris vs Whipple’s play calling.

Special teams Advantage GT.

Net, great game with key match-ups. which I hope Canes bring a CAT5 Hurricane on your a$$.

Can’t wait.

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What’s really clear by this blog is that there sure are a lot of confident U fans along with the ever-present UGA fans with their serious inferiority complex.

To the UGA fans, why do you bother to post here when you should be worried about an away game against Arkansas? Once I read the “Name” on the post, I usually skip those with any reference to UGA other than bankerdawg and dawginLex. They appear to post in a respectful and mature way with reasonable comments.

As for the game tonight, I am worried and I hope the players/coached are too.

As for this being a gimmick offense, well it has worked so far and it is really no different than any other form of offense, all require execution.

To the morons that think that watching LSU and Clemson will give the opposing team a blueprint for success, I would like to point out that it also shows PJ where he might want to place some thought, focus and effort in preparation. Don’t you think he has enough experience to know how his own offense might be vulnerable and what he might be able to do to counter it. Again, it boils down to execution.

To “atl xmen” who said it was only successful at GSU and Navy because the defensive players “sucked”, well it’s all relative and that was perhaps the most idiotic comment I have heard. Do you think Ohio State wants to play Navy again? Sure, there are better players at d1, but they are on both sides of the ball you idiot. Quit posting here if you can’t at least think about what you are typing before you hit “submit”. And remember, this gimmick offense beat a good UGA team who had plenty of game film plus two weeks to prepare.

I am glad we are the underdog, as I think we should be. I only hope that being the underdog will help to motivate the players. I also like the fact that Harris provided all of bulletin board material the GT defense will need. Anything said by fans will never make it to the locker room, but quotes from the opposing players…

I do not think either team has played a game that can be pointed to as being representative. Tech’s defense handled Jax State and then the second string let them score. Tech’s offense was not perfect against JS either, but what do you expect from the first game. Against Clemson, both sides of the ball showed good and bad points. I definitely saw some opportunities on offense that it did not take advantage of. I would love to see them run the reverse when those defensive ends crash down like they did. On defense, it’s hard to say since they were on the field for most of the first half. Scoring like we did was not good for the defense. I will say this, Clemson’s defense is better than many are giving them credit for.

I am not sure you want to rest your laurels on what Miami did against FSU either. That game showed absolutely no defense. Everyone knew FSU was going to pass the ball and they still could not be stopped, but neither could you. The more worrisome thing (if I was a fan of the U) would be the relative performances against Jax St.

But that, my friends, is why we play the games.

I would not want to bet anything, any way on this game. The game might be tight or it could be a blowout for either team.

It all comes down to focus and execution for both teams on both sides of the ball. There are too many “ifs”. We at least know this, the U is hungry. As Tech fans, we can only hope that that translates into aggressive, undisciplined play.

Good Luck Jackets !!!

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I just love all of the ridiculous conclusion that fans reach when trying to rationalize their position. To say that the U will win because it is a different team and that the players are better because they are a year older is just hilarious. Every team is different every year, it’s part of what makes college football so fun to watch. As far as the players being a year older, do you not think that your opponents players age as well? I also guess there is the argument that “we saw the offense last year and should be able to stop it this year”. Do you not think that the offensive play might just expand and improve with players gaining another year of experience coupled with recruiting focused on this type of offense?

And arguing that your defensive coordinator should be able to stop this offense because UNC beat us last year 28 to 7 is sophmoric as well. Does he have the same athletes as he did at UNC, no. Better athletes individually do not beat a team. Look at Ohio State vs Navy for an extreme case. Did you even watch the UNC/Tech game or look at the stats? UNC did not win that game, tech won it for them. He did not stop Tech from posting some nice stats. Again, Tech beat themselves.

Doseman seems to be about the only realistic U fan on here.

Here’s to a good, well-fought game that does the ACC good and here’s to fair officiating on both sides of the ball for both teams.

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Those have got to be about the worst reasons I’ve ever read. This coverage is pathetic. Maybe you should have written something about the sick DBs or some meaningful stats. Ready for a Thursday game? What?!?! And why are UGA fans in this tread? Shouldn’t you be worried about your own game and how many losses you will have this year?

Canes win by a few touchdowns tonight as Tech is brought back to earth. Miami’s speed and preperation are too much for the high school running game. Jacory Harris has big game. Miami by 17

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Will the Jackets play Jullian Burnett this game? He was an animal the second half of game 1 and was not in game 2. Any news? Anyone know?

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[...] that Jacksonville State shut the Seminoles down. Thayer: Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets have a major advantage in this mismatch. Paul: Georgia Tech. My initial instinct was to pick Miami, but I can’t [...]

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Most of the rest of the season is against good, not great teams. Tech is also good, is probably equal or better that all these teams. Tech could win them all, or not.

The Miami game is the Tech season in a nutshell. If the stay focused they should win.

I was glad to see last week, when the option was not working, that Tech (Nesbitt specifically) bucked up and made something happen. The situation will certainly come up again through out the season. I think that last week’s forth quarter rally is a great experience that will help the team through out the rest of the season. They know they can change momentum and still execute when things are not going their way.

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I’ve been reading the Tech garbage all week and I just need 1 Tech fan to come on here and eat some crow. I did it last year after I talked crap about how the U was going to roll Tech, but instead we got a wood shed beating. The tide has turned and The U is back for at least 2 more years. I should probably take over this blog because my 5 reasons for a Cane victory (on page two 2/3 of the way down) were spot on, with the exception that I said you would run for 250. You fell a little short of that. However, once CPJ gets a QB that can throw the ball and run the option you’ll be a tough team to stop, but when we can stack 8 in the box you don’t stand a chance with the athletes that Shannon has brought in the last 2 years. Oh yeah, Mark Whipple is a genius.

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One reason why Miami beat GaTech: We had the better team.
Suck on that Mark Bradley

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All I got to say LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! GT see you next year.

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I’m sorry. I seem to remember you saying that Tech owned Miami? I guess we foreclosed on the Jackets tonight. I hope your job depends on your smugness, and not your insight. GO CANES!

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Nice predictions, you hack.

Go canes!

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Looks like U are wrong on all 5.

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ITS GREAT TO BE A MIAMMIII HURRICANE

I SAID

ITS GREAT TO BE A MIAMMMII HURRICANE

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Ga Tech coaching vs Miami coaching – CANES WIN

Fast start for the CANES and do not slow down – leaving Ga Tech in the rear view mirror – CANES WIN

Ga Tech – running team with less than 100 yards – CANES WIN

EXECUTION – Jacory Harris 20 of 25 0 sacks CANES WIN

Tech owns Miami?? no buddy, it was just a lease. CANES WIN

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Mark you certainly lived up to your billing as a blogging fool. Miami destroyed GT!

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Aww…looks like your predictions were wrong…too bad for you – and for GA Tech. All about the “U” baby!!! There was no competition last night, GA Tech got blown out of the water. Looks like now you’re eating crow for this blog. 1.Randy Shannon’s Hurricanes whipped GA Tech a** 2.Looks like they need to retake that crash course! 3.Tech may be a running team but when you have a defense like Miami does you (obviously) don’t get to run too far! 4.Miami made errors but GA Tech was just plain SLOPPY last night. There WAS no execution. LOL 5.Ownership has been returned to where it belongs…University of Miami Hurricanes. GO CANES!!!!!

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good call, buddy! who’s your daddy?

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It’s funny how reason #1 is a shot at our coach, but tech is lucky Shannon is our coach becuase if it were most other coaches that would have been real ugly in the 4th…

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Five Reasons Tech will win at Miami
1. wrong
2. wrong
3. wrong
4. wrong
5. wrong

WOW! Wrong five out of five, good job. Mark Bradley, you were way off and trust me, the credibility that the AJC lost won’t matter because it can’t get any lower. Bigsilva was right, Miami went the high road the last ten minutes of that game or you would’ve looked almost as bad as the guys we’ve got writing for the Herald.

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G-Tech is over-rated and was exposed! Miami has killed the option AGAIN! Pee wee football play calling…………..You guy’s wanna talk smack about Shannon? How you like him now? G-Tech is a joke! Take you weak option back to the high school ranks! HAHAHAHAHA! Canes ate you alive, no go hide!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mark Bradley…..or Milton Bradley ? I didnt catch the name. Anyway I did catch the load of $#%^ your shoveling here. Why lie to your readers like this. How about writing the facts and not the dreams you had the night prior. To think you actually get paid for this, and even worse your readers are buying it. Its all about the U !!!!

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Did we learn our lesson Mark?

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Can u please give me the 5 reason Miami won….. Ha Ha Ha Ha
payback is a mother……
Mr 305
The canes aee back……. the nation is ready to hate again…………

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Atlanta is a great town. I apoligize to her citizens for having to suffer the writing of Mark Bradley. Isn’t it frustating that he actually gets paid for this?

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its time for mr. bradley to switch to the obituaries, he obviously has no clue what hes talking about when it comes to sports

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ALL I HEAR IS CRICKETS. WHIP IT GOOD!!!!!!!!

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