Tech’s Paul Johnson: The best playcaller in the business

Crap. Beaten to the “first” punch. Grat article, Mark.

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“He wears a headset on the sideline, but it’s just for show. He could make the same mid-course corrections wearing earmuffs.” This statement is not true. CPJ says he depends upon his guys in the pressbox to tell him about the alignments of certain defensive player on certain plays, so that he can perform his little ju jitsu.

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dog nation,

Great to see the jealosy that so many georgia fans (I hope you can hear me) have developed toward the new Tech Nation. Maybe you should have been kinder, gentler competitors in the past instead of obnoxious azzholes. But since that is your trailer park nature I say

1. Get used to it
2. Deal with it the best you can
3. STFU until you beat us again!

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I’m not quite sure he’s the best in the business; but he’s been running this offense for so long that he’s seen just about everything that can be done to try to stop it; and he has counters for each of those.

This is really gonna be scary about two years from now when his players are starters and he’s getting good execution.

This just feeds off of itself. Right now we’re hurting on defense and we lack depth offensively and defensively; now that the “high school” offense is proving itself to be reliable, the players will come; everybody better watch out!

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Wow Yellow Fuzz, it took less than 10 minutes for you to take this to the gutter. I don’t like the dogs either, but I try to let them start the crap first.

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I was one of the skeptics when he was first hired and especially after the spring game in 2008, but I like you am now a believer…
This will be a fun ride for all of us TECH fans

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I Love CPJ.

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PJ is the best. Hands down. He’s blundered before (vs. LSU last year), but I can count those games on one hand in the 8 or so years I’ve been following his success.
BTW, PJ does mental jiu jitsu vice ju jitsu… Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is the current ground game being implemented worldwide, while ju jitsu is a defunct Japanese predecessor.

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Adjustments? Those are what I get at my chiropractor.

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Tenn Tech 77, Uga 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Uga accepts bid to Carpets of Dalton Bowl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I wonder how Tech ranks in number of all punts compared to other teams. I bet Tech hasn’t punted much.

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More support for Coach Johnson “coaching them up” at Tech. Link below to Birmingham News article comparing recruiting ranking with results on the field: USC and UGA – not so good. Ga Tech “No. 51 [recruiting] class but in the AP Top 10.”

http://bit.ly/4BmiO3

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Come on, Mark, you know the headphones aren’t for show.
The assistants are telling him such pertinent things as where the free safety is lining up, if an A-back missed a block and asking such relevant questions as what do you want to do third and 3 and where are we going for lunch tomorrow.

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I know that it’s also an indictment of our awful kicking this year, but I think if Paul Johnson had his way, he would eliminate the “foot” from “football” altogether. How many field goals have we attempted? We never punt in the second half. We go for it on fourth and four. We get two point conversions. I bet he would prefer that instead of kickoffs, he just runs a pitch play from the 20, and wherever the player is stopped, the opposing team gets the ball there.

It seems that Paul Johnson just wants to eliminate special teams and defense from football. And just play offense all day long. He’s a madman!!!!

But, Mark, you’re right. He’s the best.

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I meant to mention also that the only thing that stops opposing teams from scoring is the fact that our offense holds the ball for the entire game…

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lefty fielder I think you’re confusing the triple option with the wishbone. Pretty much noone but PJ runs the triple option like he does. The spread is similar (like Florida runs), but most run it out of the shotgun while PJ runs it from under center. The obvious difference is teams like Florida choose to pass more often. Why, I don’t know. Everyone knows when you pass the ball only three things can happen and two of them are bad.

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CW – Thanks for that link. Stanford recruits for character, as does Tech.

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PJ is one of the best things ever to happen for GT – don’t be so hard on Willie. We like for him to stay in Athens for a very long time.

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Admit it, “Bark Madly” was a funny, funny nickname. Maybe undeserved, but funny.

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Johnson is a great coach: he is tough and it’s his way or the highway. His players fear him but they also respect him. When these players are older, they will love the guy.
Defense: Johnson has to know defense and how to defend in order to have the offensive success that he has had. When he says their defensive sub par performances are a team effort on defense, it makes sense, but every individual on the team has to do three things. Get off blocks and get off the ground when they are blocked; break down by cutting speed and getting butt down and being ready to tackle rather than running full speed, butt high, trying to make the big hit and whiffing the ballcarrier when he changes direction; and they need to be severely punished for not hustling when the play goes away from their side of the field. If they are not in the picture when the ball carrier is tackled on the other side of the field, they should run stadiums till they puke. It is amazing, even if players don’t break down and get in possition to tackle, how missed tackles seem to disappear when five guys are around the ball carrier. If the first one misses, no one remembers it because the second, third and fourth guy clean up.
And, while this old timer is getting cathartic, you players stop laying around on the field when you get a boo-boo. Why do you want to let the other team know that they have hurt you? Unless it is a spinal injury, get off the field: don’t give the other team the pleasure of seeing one our guys rolling around on the ground.
I cannot tell you how happy I am that Johnson is our coach. We have needed an in your face, spit flying coach for a long time.

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I’m a Jackets fan, but you have GOT to be kidding me? OPTION RIGHT, OPTION LEFT!

nuff said.

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I listened to CPJ’s radio talk show last night, wherein he discussed his personal input into not only the offensive performance, but also the defensive side of the ball. Assuming he’s being truthful, CPJ is pleased overall with his staff, including DC Wommack. I get the feeling that the only thing we really lack is DEPTH … and that’s true to some extent on both sides of the ball (with the exception of the running back positions). If you think that we make good adjustments at the half now, can you imagine how much more effective we’ll be when we actually have enough players to cover every position 2-3 deep? It’ll be more fun times at The Flats.

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Is everyone as sick of Saint Simons as I am. Hey Saint, when you get old enough to shave you’re welcome to join in.

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Mark, Good article! Now, serious question: Do you think it’s going to affect Tech’s chances adversely, that Wake Forest keeps possession of the football for long periods of time like CPJ’s Tech does? Will our advantage there be cancelled out?

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I listened to CPJ’s radio show last night, wherein he discussed his personal input into the offensive AND defensive performance. Assuming he’s being honest, CPJ is satisfied with his coaching staff, including DC Wommack. I get the feeling that the main thing we lack is DEPTH. If we think the “adjustments” are effective NOW (and they are), just think how much more effective they will be when we have enough personnel to go 2-3 deep at every position. No more moving a cornerback to a safety spot (or vice versa). It’s going to be a fun time on The Flats.

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Just ignore the idiots and they will go away.

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LJacket – when you get into the endzone as much as we do, understand know how to handle it with class. silly doggies don’t get there enough to know.

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Just ignore the trailer trash and they will go away.

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XXXVII

Keep believing it is just the triple option. They probably run the option 50 percent of the time.

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Harry B, get back to your high school shop class and stop hanging out in the computer lab. you need to get busy learning a trade, boy.

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Ever seen Tecmo Bowl Mark??? Paul Johnson’s play calling resembles the following…

Pass 1
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3

And oddly, STILL BETTER THAN BOBO….

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Hey Mark, Johnson’s playcalling is like Tecmo Bowl….

Pass 1
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3

And yet still better than Bobo….

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Another little tidbit re: Coach Johnson’s playcalling:

He does it WITHOUT the neat, polished, color-coded, laminated, and trimmed “situational play-calling” sheet in his hand.

Coach Johnson joked along the lines of saying that if a coach is spending all that time looking at his opponents’ past tendencies, he just might MISS what they’re doing TODAY! Worse, if the coaches calling the plays don’t know they’re offenses well enough that they have to resort to play-calling sheets, then maybe they should learn their offenses a little better.

Coach Johnson wears the headsets to get word from coaches upstairs on things he can’t see on the other side of the field. Things like “what did the backside safety do on that play”? Then, the next time he calls a play that may have failed, he’ll change one or two blocking assignments, and voila!… we’ll have a big play.

Check out our plays over 20 yards this year. Many of them come AFTER the adjustments you’re talking about,

Good observation, Mark. And it isn’t even basketball season yet.

-StraightJacket

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it is still fascinating to me that players like Josh, Dwyer, BeBe are thriving in an offense that is so different from what they were recruited for.

will be fun on Saturday. no team should be more prepared for us than Wake, since they’ve seen the option from Navy the past several seasons.

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Nice try big ten sleeper. we’re not biting.

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mark, what it says is that you are a suck up to Tech.

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I hear people say that Tech has a ‘high school’ offense. In a way, this is true, but they execute it very well. Defending an option attack is all about assignment football, but even at the college level, most defenses simply arent disciplined enough and thus struggle with assignment football, and thats why Tech’s attack works. Nesbitt isnt a great passer, but he doesnt have to be. Thats the beauty of Johnsons offense.

I am a Ga fan, but i like to see Tech do well. They are fun to watch. But its getting harder to get behind them when the blogs are full of jackasses like St Simons and Yellow Fuzz. You guys need to learn how to support your team with pride instead of being such dicks.

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See Mark, it only took a little over an Hour for a dog fan to call you a Tech homer although richtfan did not say it quiet that nice.

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Just remember you heard it here 1st!!

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Coach said we only needed about three plays, run, pass, kick. Mostly we run. Sometimes we passed. If they didn’t work, we kicked. Football is not that complicated if you’ve been Honor Roll.

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You know, I had almost forgotten about that cold day in Nov. when Roddy Jones ran for 16.5 yards per carry while the team accumulated more than 400 yards on the ground while completing one pass in route to a 45-42 beat down in Sanford and Son Stadium.

Thanks for reminding me Mark.

Spot on as usual.

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Sidewalk fans are important to the fan base. I’m just saying that I didn’t go to school with anyone who acts like the morons I see here.

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Sonny Clusters – I just want to say that I’m sorry no one taught you how to write or master the English language. Big hug!

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Hey Larry, why don’t you read the post by HarryB at 11:48 and tell us what you think about it.

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I guess I won’t get invited to Born2Buzz’s next Zima party.

Gosh darn it!!!

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It is amazing how many folks don’t realize the play call is not just the particular “big”play (Option left, Option right…) but also the tweaking of the blocking scheme’s, the telling the a back to brush the defender and take off down field, the telling the WRs to cut back on this or that defender after the initial snap…
These are the places that CPJ makes adjustments at the half and they are why Tech’s offense has been significantly more commanding in the second halves so far this season.

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A few years ago we had the best punter in the country! He was good. Florida has kicked the fewest punts but you missed the most telling stat with regards to their punts. Through 9 games, not one has been returned for any yardage!!!

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CPJ and GT seem to be a perfect marriage – too bad he’s not a defensive or special teams genius as well.

Also, Tech fans, keep in mind that in the grand scheme, nothing has been won yet (as CPJ himself always says).
- lose to Duke or Wake: huge disappointment, no ACCCG, crappy bowl game
- losing to UGA could end up being worse (if you don’t win the ACCCG)
- win out but lose the ACCCG, GT could still end up in an awful bowl

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Nobody goes to the Big Ten to coach on purpose. It used to be “big boy” football but not anymore!

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WTH-

Harrys comment is clearly well-thought out and intelligible. Every other comment on this blog should defer to the boundless clarity of reason that he has posted.

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Georgia Tech’s engineering programs are rated among the best in the country while Georgia’s academic reputation has declined under Adams’ control freakiness. Some things are bigger than football.

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More over-reaction and deception by Bradley. To Quote:
” It was the night of Oct. 3. Georgia Tech was playing Mississippi State in Starkville. With 9:21 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Jackets punted.
I mention this for a reason. That was more than a calendar month ago, and the Jackets haven’t punted in a second half since. Not at Florida State. Not against Virginia Tech. Not at Virginia. Not at Vandy.”
They have punted in the 2nd half since that game, just not the 4 that Bradley mentions. This year GTech 2nd half punts: Clemson – 3, Miami –1, North Carolina – 1. And 1 against LSU in the 2nd half last year. Wow, this took me all of 5 minutes going to ESPN and looking at game play by play. Think “journalists” could do better.

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Clusters was not only good on the field, we was good in the classroom, too. We was taking standardized tests since we was little and pretty much knew where to color in the boxes. If you fill in enough of the right boxes it don’t matter if you can spell or read. Of course, Clusters could do all of it and we was one of the reasons our school was always academic as well as having some good football and baseball teams. We got as many parfaits for being good students as we got for being state championship. We was always believing a mind is bad to waste.

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Didn’t Purdue just hire a coach who, by the way, beat Ohio State at home? Nice try.

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How to escape from the Doggies’ Dire Dilemma: Put a roof over Sanford Stadium, and turn it into an opera house, or a church.

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Good article

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Coach sometimes would come up to us and say, “Sonny Clusters, we need you to come up BIG tonight’s game.” Coach knew that would make us play hard and sometimes he’d say, “With Clusters out there we don’t have to worry about getting out-thought.” Strong thinking is what made us want to write for the newspaper and we will be doing more of that when they move the thing out to Dunwoody. Clusters was always able to tell stories and ask tough interviews and putting those together should make the AJC (might soon be the DJC) stronger in several areas. Plus, we was told we’d have to subscribe before we could fill out an application.

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Paddy,

my sarcasm. I was trying to show you it.

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Hey Va Tech, did UNC block illegally also?

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It almost makes me throw up in mouth to do this, but I have to say that “m” is right for once.

Several people have been the Paul Johnson bandwagon since his GSU days; even Taz Anderson, who lobbied hard for him before Chan Gailey got the Tech job.

The difference, though, “m,” Taz did it publicly, and you’re now saying “I told you so”. It’s easy to play Monday morning QB, especially with Paul Johnson at the helm, but coming out publicly like Taz did way back when, and then finally getting his man this go around, well; well, I haven’t seen him going around saying “I told you so” to anyone, even those who have been, let’s just say, rather uncomplimentary towards him. That’s the difference between having class and being a horse’s behind.

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Atlanta? West Lafayette?
West Lafayette? Atlanta?
Sorry Purdue.
Tech wins.
Whack Wake.

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Mark –
I agree with you that Johnson has done a fantastic job with adjustments at the half and his play calling in the second half. However, the players still need to execute.
In the 3rd quarter against Clemson (which seems like a lifetime ago now) GT did absolutely nothing on offense. They did do the job in the 4th, but even with that it was a hard slog.

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Va Tech ‘88 – Quit whining. This is FOOTBALL man!!! If the blocks are illegal the refs will call it…GA Tech has had very few chop blocks called on them this year. Every team in the country uses the cut block, its part of the game. I’m so glad our coach doesn’t whine like Beamer. I loved what PJ said…”no one complained last year about the blocking when you beat us”. This blocking scheme is part of the game.

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Lol Va Tech – if anyone got what’s coming to them it was your coach last Thurs night against UNC. Your coach complained about the refs, etc in the game against us and they got him back for that when you played UNC. The refs, and everyone else in the know, will always choose GT over VT. I mean look at the schools. We are top 5 in academics. You are in the 20’s. We are in the beautiful setting of Atlanta. You are in a hick town. We have a LONG storied tradition in football. You have Michael and Marcus VICK!! U R A LOSER!!! WE ARE WINNERS!!!

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Paddy, if you have not figured it out yet, Nativebird is already a UGA fan

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This UGA grad has seen enough — I’m drinking the PJ cool-aid. That offense truly is a royal pain in the arse & PJ (and his assistants) do a superb job of game-planning & making adjustments on the fly. And yes, I do envy that quite a bit at the moment.

The only possible down side I can see to this offense is that I wonder if it negatively impacts the defense? Meaning — Tech’s offense is difficult on everyone else, in part, because it is so unlike anything they see in any other game & it is virtually impossible to replicate in practice; but conversely, I wonder if Tech’s defense struggles against more traditional, pro-style offenses because the Tech offense isn’t built to simulate that in practice? Don’t know if that really has any bearing on the Tech D’s performance, but it will be interesting to see of the defensive struggles turn out to be a long-term trend…

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So I guess a body of work is no longer of any significance at all. Mark Richt is an idiot because of a bad run, Paul Johnson is a genius because of a good one. So, when things switch back as they inevitably will, is there any accountability for all of this nonsense? Will anyone remember or refer to all of this complete and total disregard for logic? If Tech sustains this for a few seasons and UGA contiunes to decline, then all of this noise will have merit. Until then, it is just that…noise.

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I’m Swiss, I’m going to answer your questiong the same way Coach Paul Johnson did the other day. The offense doesn’t practice against each other. Maybe 3 times this year.. That’s the truth!

Ramblin Wreck!

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WTH, thanks for the heads up. I can now stop my recruitment efforts for him and move on to the more deserving.

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That’s OK, I am recruiting in the opposite direction. Right now I might have the easier job.

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You Techies are pretty funny. I guess it’s all roses and popcorn when you have one loss eh? What about next year when you’re sitting at 5-3 right now? Still going to be saying CPJ is a genius? I doubt it. The sun will set in the west again next year. UGA will be back up where they belong in the grand scheme of things and CPJ will STILL be under CMR as the best coach in this state. Deal with it nerds.

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Well, we made a couple of hours before one of the true idiots showed up and he can tell the future. Pleases let me know what stock will be a good buy since you already know the records for next year.

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GA Tech Insider, could Taz be m?

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Oh put a sock in it… Weren’t you saying the same crap this offseason? Laughable really…

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I am not a Georgia fan and do not hate on Georgia Tech, but is this article serious?

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If that AU stands for Auburn University, I would not say much, even Chan Gailey owned you.

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RogerDawg, did you just tell GaTech fans to wait till next year? Wow, that is really a stretch. Sort of funny in a dim witted way, I will give you that. Are we not still playing this years schedule?

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natvatln,

I could not have said it better and I am a GT alum. You and other sidewalk fans are welcome.

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Nativebird… play calling is just that! You call the plays that your offense is built around. It is not a pro-style offense. That does not make calling the plays and adjustments any easier. If coaches gave up the pro-style offense, would you then say that the pro-style offense was just too easy? I think not! For CPJ it is a real science and though I am a Dawg fan, I love to watch him stir that pot of tricks. Not so much against us!

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been watching his offense since i was a student at GA Southern and he was the OC . Luckily i have been a big Tech fan all my life and went to Ga Southern during their heyday.One of his coaches told me one time that they have never seen anyone shut him down with a particular scheme.Just poor execution. He has seen a lot of different looks thrwn at him and he has an answer for all of it.The rocket sweep has been a great compliment to what he he has been doing since the eighties.He is and has been a heck of a plycaller and adjuster for a long time

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Holy COW angus give Tech some slack. I know you are a mutt fan but the fat lady ain’t sung yet.

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John,,yes this article is serious. May I suggest watching a few Tech games the rest of the season and then deciede for yourself. Football fans in Georgia are starting to take real notice of CPJ. I wish to hell he coached somewhere else! I know, how about Purdue?

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Big Ten Sleeper – Paul Johnson isn’t leaving GA tech any time soon; not only has he made a commitment to the Yellow Jackets, more importantly to his family, he has promised his wife and daughter he would never even consider moving again until she graduated.

This should put to rest any rumors that Paul has any intentions of leaving GA Tech any time soon. So, Yellow Jacket Nation, rejoice! All of you others, be warned, the Paul Johnson Express is just getting started, and it’s Full Steam Ahead…

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From another old-timer’s point of view, I neither see Bulldog dominance as a given, nor the rise of Tech football as momentary.

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Who is already talkin about next year??? oh that roger mutt guy! I guess I can’t blame him. Oh and that 1 out of 8 ain’t s@#*. I can remember in the mid 80’s when the mutts were saying that after the Gators beat them the first time in years. Then look what happened.

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Way to jump on the bandwagon AJC. This newspaper sucks….well our wagon is full. You wouldn’t be covering Tech or covering us nicely if the bulldogs weren’t sucking at the moment. I can NEVER respect this newspaper. We don’t need bandwagon fans!

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You Techies are pretty funny. We will absolutely blow Tech away this year. Cox will carve up that weak defense and Curran will put Nesbitt and Dwyer on the turf. You’ll be visiting the Smurf bowl again when all is said and done. UGA will be back up where we belong in the grand scheme of things winning a national championship with a new QB next year. Tech will be stuck with the TO and CPJ.

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I couldn’t agree more RogerDawg. I think we not only win big against Yech this year but we will be competing next year for a national championship. Go Dawgs! Woof Woof Woof

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UGA in the MNC next year?!? You really are a delusional idiot. LMAO!

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RAMBLE ON!!! “m” isn’t Taz.

He barely has time to type an e-mail with him trying to complete the Aberdeen up in Vinings.

Heck, I was talking to his sister, Clay, the other day; and she doesn’t even hear from him, so I’m positive Taz isn’t “m”.

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A couple of things that have really stood out:

A) Just because they run option left, option right, up the gut all the time DOES NOT mean that is the only plays they run. It’s kinda like saying that all 3 WR passes are basically one play, all 4 WR passes are one play, all I-Back inside runs are one play.

Some of you people need to look at a playbook. Frankly, they put different guys in motion (including WR) and different guys get the ball on every play. Sure all the plays are very similar because they are runs, and to untrained eyes, yes they may all look the same. BUT THEY AREN’T. So stop your b****ing about how he can’t be the best playcaller in the country.

B) Paul Johnson will not start 5-3 anytime he is coaching for the Jackets. Plus the ACC is down. You naysayer dog fans obviously didn’t learn anything from last years game. Paul Johnson knows how to coach. EVERYWHERE HE HAS GONE HE HAS WON. At Ga Southern started after a 4-7 season, went 10-3 the second year, 14-1 the third year (to the NCAA championship game), then won 2 championships before getting the distraction of Navy calling to ask him to coach. At Navy, turned them from 0-10 in 2001 to 8-5 in 2003, and beat Notre Dame.

He will keep winning.

C) Paul Johnson actually COACHED DEFENSE at Georgia Southern believe it or not, under Erk Russell. You dawg fans usually have a little more respect for Erk Russell than saying one of his proteges CAN’T win. Why do you think he understands defenses and uses the offense that he think will work best vs. these defenses?

D) The LSU game was mentioned. Any Paul Johnson coached team would have trouble playing down. Their defense wasn’t holding and after a fumble inside the 20 that ended up going for a TD, they got down 21-3. When that happened Paul Johnson ended up going for it, and not getting it. You get anyone down 35-3 in the first half, then of course second half adjustments aren’t going to matter too much, no matter how good of a coach you are.

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Nesbitt is a fine QB but wait until PJ gets a QB with speed to go 80 yards and the ability to throw it. It will be impressive. Two players come to mind that would have excelled in his offense – Pat White, Armanti Edwards.

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does anyone else realize how stupid these dawg fans are? their team is on the ropes & they’re talking about nat’l championships? wow, these guys are so ignorant they don’t even know the current situation of their own program. there’s a question whether ugag even goes to a bowl this year and these morons are talking about beating GT this year and winning a nat’l championship next year! we don’t have to make fun of these idiots – they look stupid all by themselves.

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BCS school… Georgia Talent to recruit from… John Hesiman , Bobby Dodd , Alexander…. TECH has had some damn fine coaches.. AND NOW PAUL JOHNSON….. History Does repeat itself…. keep the 7 and 1 mutts… LAst years win was CHA CHING…. honoring your greats!!!! THEN BAM PAUL JOHNSON ARRIVES

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Armanti Edwards was actually recruited and was committed to Georgia Tech’s O-Line coach Mike Sewak before he got fired at Georgia Southern. With Armanti Edwards and Jayson Foster Georgia Southern would have given Georgia a hell of a game in 2008….guaranteed.

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I suppose you could be right about Johnson being a great play-caller and adjuster, but my sense is that until he, or somebody, made Mr. Nesbitt into a genuine option QB, it was all just a bunch of dung. Seems to me the reason they call it ‘the option’ is that you have a QB that makes the decisions about who in blazes gets the ball. The only adjustments you need to make is – we gotta stay inside more…you gotta keep it more…we gotta go outside more…or we gotta throw it down field. I mean how many more ‘adjustments’ do you have?

Until mid-last season Nesbitt wasn’t very good at this – shoot it took the backup kid, Jabbo somethignor other, to show ‘em how it’s done in last year’s Miss State game..and believe me, as one that admired Tracy Hamm – maybe the best at it ever – work in that offense, it is marvelous to watch when it’s done right. But it’s all on the QB. I just have a hard time calling them coaching adjustments. It’s decision-making and execution that gives Tech its third and short, or fourth and shorter, opportunities, and keeps their punter on the sidelines.

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RogerDawgs’ comments (especially at 1:53) make it obvious he is just some goofball stirring things up (no way he is serious). It should be a good game, but Tech will outscore the bull-pups. Face it RogerDawg, you are SCARED this year. The only thing that makes it easier for you is that your team is so far out of the mix, that you feel like you dont have anything to lose.

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Yea, thats right there are no adjustments, Nesbit just got better in the second half and hung 33 points and 300 yards on UGA last year.

They run the option only about 50 percent of the time and in some games less than that.

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Mark, as you can tell I am a Georgia Southern fan, but I would love to see a peice where you sit down with PJ and talk about how his offense has evolved from when he started at Georgia Southern with Erk til today. Any chance you could put something like that together?

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Did I see someone say that Georgia was going to compete for a national title next year? Either another uniform change has been planned and they’re going to be calling themselves West Georgia in 2010 or they’ve hired a great new gymnastics coach. That’s the only way.

Is RogerDawg Roger Thomas from What’s Happening? What up with Rerun these days?

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If UF wins out along with Tech, could an ACC champ tech play for a national title against UF? Or would the weight of the poor ACC allow a 1-loss big12 or pac10 team? Frankly, being a Dawgs fan, that would be tough to root for in the case of UF-Tech. The matchup seems appealing nonetheless.

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We need to worry about Wake and only Wake. Take care of business one game at a time. The Wake game scares me, not because of anything with the current team I can point to, but more because of our history to lose one we shouldn’t. I then have to realize that CPJ is a very different coach. I love the fact that he makes no excuses and tells it like it is. He reminds me alot of Bobbly Ross personality-wise. I have to say, I feel less unsure of this team the further down the road we get with CPJ.

And for all you people that think this offense is just option left, options right, I only hope that each and every one of our opponents think the same thing.

To the UGA fans that come on hear spewing their vitriol, you need to really ask yourself why you feel the need to do this. There is something deeply wrong with you folks.

To the “sidewalk” fans that have chosen to join us, welcome, those with class can stay, those that act like most of the UGA sidewalk fans can leave though, have no use for any disrespectful chatter.

Like I stated earlier, we need to worry about Wake and only Wake. Winning this week is all that matters right now. FOCUS and EXECUTION are cliche words for a reason.

Go Jackets !!!

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Except nativebird he spreads the ball around, knows the perfect time to call a pass (most of the time the WR’s were open on in completions, and it was just poor execution) and it’s a different play almost every time, just run out of the same set time after time.

YES, that makes him a great play caller.

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Tech can get to the National Champ game. If clemson wins out the reg season and is 9-3 and likely ranked around 15th. Gt beats them and that helps the SOS a lot.
Then texas loses their conf champ game or a late game possibly to a&m. They are out. Lose late when another team rides a 10 game winning streak, they go.
SEC will only get one team in the Nat champ. So bama lsu or fla..only one can go.
Oregon likely needs to lose. They still have 4 tough games and at Stanford this week won’t be easy.
Iowa loses to OSU.
Tcu is a big ? I don’t think they would vote them over GT. Esp since if GT beats clemson in the acc title game, it will mean we beat clemson twice. Tcu narrowly beat clemson.
Boise has no shot.
So for GT to get there, you just need to win out, have texas, iowa, oregon lose. And maybe tcu but i doubt it. It’s not farfetched at all. In fact, it very well could happen.

Now how hillarious would it be if we did get there against UF and beat them. Dawgs have lost 17/20 against the gators and we play them for the NC and beat them. That would be damn funny.

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Ooops I forgot about Cincy. They need to lose also which won’t be a problem. WV or Pitt will knock them off if Uconn doesn;t this week.

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I spelled recruiting wrong. Thats sad.

Paul does adjustments so well that the announcers should really go ahead and re-do their pre game facts and figures at the start of the second half. You know, impact players, what happened last week, stuff like that. Just so people can kind of restart their engines before the big show.

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Actually, DirtyDawg, the adjustments are just that – adjustments in blocking patterns on specific plays to neutralize whatever the defense is doing that perhaps we haven’t seen, or is unusual. The decision-making process by the QB does not change.

I actually think that it’s like when I was a kid playing backyard football with my buddies – we’d make up plays to take advantage of whatever the other team was doing.

For instance, if the coaches see that the safety is cheating up and crashing the LOS, CPJ will lure him in even farther with certain play calls (setting him up), then take a standard play and slightly modify it – I can imagine CPJ telling this to Roddy as he gives him the play to carry into the huddle)tell the A-back “OK, this time we’re going to run … but instead of you doing the cut block, fake like you’re going to cut then sprint up the hash. Tell Josh to key on that safety, and if he bites, look for you down the hash”.

How do you beat that?

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Holy crap! A Tech blog where you guys actually talk football. Not the typical vitriol spewed toward the dawgs on our blogs. Nice really nice to see this. I liked the article a lot. But I have to ask if the play calling was so great and ever changing, what happened in the Miami game? Was their D just to fast to the play? Did they actually play assignment football like the kid said they needed to do? IMO Tech would beat Miami if they played again but that first game was fairly lopsided in Miami’s favor. Give me a good answer so that Willie might get a clue, any clue to make our game a game.

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Tech 75,

The players said that CPJ made up several plays in the second half against UGA last year and the long pass against Vandy was a play that they had never ran before.

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You have got to be kidding me, right? I’m a UGA fan and I will admit Paul Johnson is a pretty darn good coach but the best play caller in college football? The knob polishing Paul Johnson has been getting from the AJC lately is getting out of hand. Lets not forget about their pathetically weak schedule thus far. The ACC conference is down about as bad as I have ever seen. Who exactly have they beat other than VT? And even that win was tarnished somewhat after VT lost at home to UNC and their impotent QB play. I will start to recognize Paul Johnson as a great coach when they start winning bowl games. Last year they were stomped by LSU, so before we start plans to build that statue lets see how they do against a big time opponent in a bowl game. I hope UGA beats them of course, but if not, I wouldn’t mind seeing GT get in the BCS just so we have the real litmus test of where there at. I think true Tech fans deep down inside feel the same way.

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Stingem84 is right on, in Technobowl on my nintendo I only had 4 offensive plays and 4 defensive plays and I totally dominated… its not the size (of your playbook) that counts its how you use it…funny how that statement transends so many things in life.

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gdawdinkalamazoo – In the Miami game we just didn’t execute on defense or offense. Very poor execution.

Like many have said before – if the players execute, the only way to stop this offense if with PERFECT defensive execution, where every defender plays their responsibility without fail and defeats their blockers every time.

Guess what – that’s not going to happen. More often than not, on any given play, more mistakes will be made on the part of the defense than on the part of the offense – after all, the offense knows what it is trying to do.

Therein lies the secret of the success of this coach and this offense.

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gdawginkalamazoo, the Miami game was poor execution not the play calling. Assignments go both ways and the Tech offense in that game, as with part of the Clemson game, was not hitting their assigned areas. Miami was very fresh for that game. They had not played since they opened with FSU and Tech had played 3 games in 13 days. No excuse but for some reason the block were not being made. I think the team learned from that game more that anyone understands, especially Josh. He has been a totally different player since then.

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Haha, you guys are funny. Play calling only goes so far (as you dawg fans should realize so much)….execution is key as well. During Miami the plays were there, the execution was not, you also do need to realize that was the 3rd game in 12 days for the Jackets. Anybody who doesn’t think it takes skill to call this offense, needs to come over to the Georgia Southern boards. We had the offense for 25 years, and only won 1 championship when Paul Johnson or Erk wasn’t there, and that was because Erks’ players basically took over.

Don’t fool yourself, this offense is just like any other, it can be beaten without getting the right play calls in there. Luckily PJ holds the best play calling in America, and because of that and his just overall great knowledge of what works and what doesn’t, the Jackets will continue to win.

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Capt. Over—I feel bad now making jokes about Fred ‘Rerun’ Berry. I had quite forgotten he had moved to the other world.

I’ll ask Roger instead “what up with Dwayne Wayne?” C.mon, Dwayne, still be alive…..

“I was over under while you were under done”.

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To the moron who keeps posting:

More over-reaction and deception by Bradley. To Quote:
” It was the night of Oct. 3. Georgia Tech was playing Mississippi State in Starkville. With 9:21 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Jackets punted.
I mention this for a reason. That was more than a calendar month ago, and the Jackets haven’t punted in a second half since. Not at Florida State. Not against Virginia Tech. Not at Virginia. Not at Vandy.”
They have punted in the 2nd half since that game, just not the 4 that Bradley mentions. This year GTech 2nd half punts: Clemson – 3, Miami –1, North Carolina – 1. And 1 against LSU in the 2nd half last year. Wow, this took me all of 5 minutes going to ESPN and looking at game play by play. You’d think “journalists” could do better

It says one calendar MONTH you effing moron! Holy sh!t you are retarded! All of those games you mention (LSU LAST YEAR, Clemson, Miami, and UNC) were BEFORE Miss St THIS YEAR! He was talking about the game with Miss St THIS FREAKING YEAR! You have to be a uga grad b/c your reading comprehension is embarassing. Jesus! You are definitely King Retard or todays blog you a$$ clown. Go kill yourself.

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That LSU game would probably have a different outcome today too. Tech was in the first season of a totally different O any of those kids had ever played. They are a lot more comfortable doing what they are suppose to do. Also, still jacked up from beating us too so they may have been a little relaxed.

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kalamazoo
Clemson just beat Miami @ Miami. They are playing really good now. Possibly 2nd best in the conf. Def in the top 3 right now. And if they beat fsu and win out which I think they will, they will be ranked in the top 15. BTW, I think they beat SC easily.

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Wait until CPJ gets the recruits to run the offense. If we are this good now, watch out. Imagine having Pat white running this. We would be averaging 45 a game.

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Before all is said and done Bark Madly may end up being the GREATEST GT FAN OF ALL TIME!!!!!
CPJ can make a believer out of anybody! Ugag fans may start jumping on the bandwagon soon!

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Tracy Ham could take over a football game like Michael Jordan could take over a basketball game. And, yes, he passed a lot to wideouts Monty Sharpe and Delano Little. GSU had three 1,000-yard rushers one season during Paul Johnson’s days as an offensive coordinator.

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The best play caller in football is at OREGON! Johnson’s offense couldn’t put up 200 yds and 14 pts against USC’s front seven. They have played NO ONE!!!!! MISS ST????? VIRGINIA??? HOW ABOUT USC- 600 on that A$$ and a blow out. What a joke!!! Spread em and Shred em, from the GUN. TECH looked GREAT against MIAMI. HA HA HA. Only time well tell, I think I remember the hype after the Georgia game, what happened to LSU in the big show. DOORS BLOWN OFF by bigger stronger faster and better coached team.

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Brad,

There are 3 seniors on the offensive depth chart (2 starters) and 2 seniors on the defensive depth chart (1 starter).

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Here we go, if one doesn’t agree that 2nd year GT CPJ isn’t the greatest playcaller “in the business”, then one doesn’t know anything about football. THIS is exactly what’s wrong with ‘nose-up-butts’ homer blogs like your’s MB: The inablity to actually consider that your team is not the best of all time, played by the best of all time players, coached by the best coach of all time. I suppose when the Jackets lose, (and they have and they will again, albeit hoping its rare), it’s the other team that “cheated”, or the Refs, etc.
Pathetic.
And this from folks who claim they’re the only ones that KNOW anything about football.

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Sorry, it was GSC back then.

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Flying V—

You try playing 3 games in 12 days at a high Division I type level and you get back to me on why they lost to Miami.

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It’s simple math really. If this team is averaging 5.3 yds per carry then in a 4 down situation they should be able to pick up 10 yards. It’s funny how some of the dawg fans are calling this offense a high school offense which won’t work in Division 1 football yet the 3 top rushing teams in the nation – GT, Nevada and Navy all run the triple or spread option. If Nesbitt mixes in a few passes to keep the opposition honest this jacket offense will be simply unstoppable. We would not be punting again, ever.

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Flying V…Oregon is very good, but USC would be a 2nd tier team in the ACC or SEC.

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Yeah, Tech does that too…we played Vandy! But they are from the mighty SEC. Lets see if UGA can score more than the 56 we scored against Vandy (we could have easily scored another touchdown, but I was glad PJ decided to take a knee even with the second stringers in there). Tennessee Tech is a great school, but not much there for football…they will get killed by UGA.

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Nativebird – My bad…I shouldnt have made the comment about you not knowing anything about football…I got carried away. I am the last one in the world to think we have the greatest team, etc, etc. I do think that PJ is a good play caller, but I don’t go as far to say that he is the greatest ever (and MB probably doesnt think it either…it just sounds good and gets the bloggers going). But I think you oversimplify it when you say that there are only 5 plays.

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Bark Madly? I had no idea they called you that on the Hive.

I don’t think winning is hard to sell to recruits. Remember, choosing a college is not a 4-year decision, it’s a 40-year decision. If you don’t make it in the NFL, check out our 25-year income numbers vs. almost any other school in the Southeast. It’s VERY strong. The kids from Tech who make it in the NFL won’t be the type to lie around the pool, so they can REALLY make some money after their sports career is over with that uber-valuable Tech degree.

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My apologizes to Mark about the punt stat – thought he was going back to last year. However a 4 game streak against those opponents hardly makes Johnson the best playcaller.

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Tech75, it just cuts down on the riff raff that responds to my drivel. You have to do the work to respond. Or you could use the name I am frequently called at home: A-hole. But then it might get mighty confusing on here with some of these posters.

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TU87, if we sat here and waited for every reason that MB thinks that he is the best playcaller, it would probably take him hours upon hours upon hours of research. He is using this as the main basis of his argument I will grant you, but I’m sure it’s what he has seen with his own eyes that makes him consider PJ the best Playcaller.

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I think I would have to cheer for tech if florida loses a game and tech and florida meet in the Sugar bowl , man that will be rough on me.
not saying it will happen just what if ?

GO DAWGS !!!!!!!!!

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Hey Harry B, 45-42! Let that soak in. GT 8-1 UGAG 4-4, let that soak in. Probably going to be 5-7 and not even going to Shreveport. Let that soak in. Willie Martinez and Mike Bobo, let that soak in. If anyone sux it is UgaG, and you swallow as well!

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The Johnson is and has always been an excellent coach, but I think even CPJ would disagree with your post. The triple option is the triple option anyway you slice it. His players make the adjustments; a monkey could make the play calls. His greatness occurs Sunday through Friday. That toss play is a killer though, I will give him credit for that innovtion.

Yea Sewanee’s Right!

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hardmanb, good point since he knows the offense inside out it wouldn’t be a big adjustment to tweak the plays here and there to break them open for a big gain. I have a feeling that the third qtr against us last year was just that. A lot of work at halftime while our guys were having a hotdog and coke and taking potty breaks.

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When kids and those who advise them realize that the NFL also has coaches and the only thing they really care about is size and speed Tech will be able to attract top recruits. Ryan Leaf is a good example of one guy with all the physical tools but could never get it together between the ears. Team after team tried. When a guy has size NFL guru’s can always point to that when a guy doesn’t make it to save their butts. They do not care what you did in college. You see it over and over again. It’s happining with Oakland’s QB. So why doesn’t a kid like this offense? If I were a running back I would be knocking down the door to play on Tech’s offense. What are these kids thinking?

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38-3

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Mark: You in the print media need to discover what the radio folks found out long ago. Back “then” it was alway the first caller who won the prize (I once won a free pizza by being the first to call WQXI). But being first is easy (just ask Florida). The trick is to be the seventh or tenth caller. This assumes that there is some prize awarded. Hey, that’s not a bad idea!

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One reason for the low number of punts is that the Jackets have 60 yards of four down territory on the field. That’s pretty cool! Go Jackets!

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LOL, Joseph you are ridiculous, trust me, a monkey could NOT do what he does on Saturdays. Again, after watching Georgia Southern with and without him, the playcalling is his specialty…..that’s what makes him different. Other coaches know how to run it very well including Sewak, but only he knows how to mold it on Saturdays.

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You are wrong with this article, Mr. Bradley.

It is my husband who has THE BEST Johnson around, not Georgia Tech.

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THE FLYIN V;

Since you seem so enamored with Oregon’s offense versus GA Tech’s, and how well they did against Southern Cal and how poorly you think GA Tech’s would if they played against them, I would suggest that we look at the benchmark of what makes the offense of each team work – their respective QB’s.

Jeremiah Masoli Josh Nesbitt

Passer Rating
129.7 158.7
Completion %
60.6% 47.5%
Yards
1127 1172
Yds/Attempt
7.04 11.60
TD’s
6 6
INT’s
2 3
Yards Rushing
436 763
YPC
6.1 4.1
TD’s
8 13

I’d say all things considered, with Josh being responsible for 19 TD’s and Jeremiah only 14,and then then we look deeper at the statistics to see that Josh has a better yards per attempt average and more yards passing that Masoli, it seems to me that GA Tech’s offense is actually MORE well rounded that Oregon’s now, wouldn’t?

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yellowjacket82-

Hey nerd….read what I wrote Geoff at 4:09. If you can’t put up a decent arguement, then shutup!

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Hey, those were some great adjustments against Clemson.

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I’m astonished at just how many stupid, stupid UGA fans there are…and the bonehead comments they spew out.

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I am a Georgia Grad with 3 kids. One a Tech Grad, 1 a UGA Grad and
1 at Clemson. All my kids have had a great college experience, that includes seasons with winning football teams. I am proud to see that
Tech football has brought excitement to the school. I have fun watching
and pulling for UGA, Tech, and Clemson every weekend. Can’t wait for
the UGA / Clemson rivalry to begin again and of course the UGA/TECH game is a great annual event. College football is just the best way
to spend a weekend. Thanks AJC for keeping the pot stirred.

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natvatln – if you read all my posts you would see that i welcome all comers who root for GT, including yourself. i’m just saying the higher percentage of idiots who post on this blog didn’t graduate from any institution of higher learning.

get the chip off your shoulder and i’ll get my nose out of the air.

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check out my video I shot of CPJ on the sidelines during the last UGA/GT game. No wonder he get’s so much out of his players!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

Richt just doesn’t have this mentality in him and he never will.

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All of you people are sooooooo funny.

When Georgia puts up the numbers tech has this year, then all you doggie fans can say something.

Coach PJ is a great coach. No matter what school he will go to, they will be a good team.
This “high school” offense. WOW! Call it what ever you want BUT it has worked on some good teams. ( VT ) and Georgia-last year.

Coach PJ is doing the best this school has ever seen. If you are a true tech fan……………. you love every second they are on offense.

GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!

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The El Paso, Texas-based Sun Bowl matches a Pac-10 team against either the ACC’s title-game loser or its third selection after the Bowl Championship Series. The Shreveport, La.-based Indepedence Bowl pits the league’s sixth post-BCS selection against the Mountain West’s No. 3 pick.

The league also extended deals with the Orange, Chick-fil-A, Champs Sports, Meineke, Music City and EagleBank bowls. If an additional ACC team is eligible, the conference will conditionally send its eighth post-BCS pick to San Francisco’s Emerald Bowl.
What happened to the gator bowl? And the sun over the chik fila? Weird. Sun bowl gets the second pick? I think most acc teams and fans would rather play in the gator or chik than the sun.

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Sun bowl gets the second pick?

Sun Bowl picks 3rd after BCS, but it must pick Title Game Runner-Up if they are still available.

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Great article Mark. His adjustments have been awesome and he’s the perfect fit for Tech. If there’s one thing that Ga Tech football is known for it’s Tech’s history of great coaches, Heisman, Alexander, Dodd and now Johnson. Go Jackets! Sting em!

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[...] Read the original: Tech's Paul Johnson: The best playcaller in the business | Mark … [...]

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I just need to vent about people who bring up the LSU and Miami games. Did anyone read that fascinating link that someone posted earlier to the bird dog blog about Navy football? He pointed out in one of the clips about one of the GT guards getting abused by Uga’s nose tackles and that it went one during the whole game last year. The O-Line was terrible last year, and started out this year pretty badly too. The Clemson and Miami games were so rough because their D-Lines were in the backfield on every play before the play had a chance to develop. It’s pretty hard to look good when the offensive backs are getting tackled on the handoff/pitch. Not to mention A-Backs completely whiffing on cut blocks on corners and safeties. The O-Line has been playing better since the Miami game, and the A-Backs have gotten back to blocking better. But the teams since the Clemson and Miami games have not played as aggressively as those two defenses did. But to get back on point, the reason GT got its doors blown off against LSU and Miami has nothing to do with poor play calling. Everything still comes down to execution, and not being able to block the defensive line is a pretty big problem. There’s only so many ways to work around that, especially against talented defenses like those two teams.

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Now here comes the band wagon – and it is just getting started.

Just wait until Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame want CPJ and all of a sudden cough up an A-Rod salary offer – something that would make Saban and Meyer drool over. Hey there Bobby Petrino would jump ship!

I don’t think CPJ wants to do that.

Johnson came here on a mission and it is far from complete. Could be perhaps – he’s planned all along to raise Georgia Tech football from mediocrity and turn it into a dynasty ?

Now that would be signature Paul Johnson.

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Note to the UGA Athletic Dpt:

The Ga Tech Alumni Assoc has now begun a fierce fundraising drive to pay for Willie Martinez for the next ten years @ UGA. Money is no object.

This is an act of reciprocation for continuing to convince Chan Gailey to play Reggie Ball for 4 very frustrating years.

The Ga Tech Alumni Association promises pay you guys as soon as we get back from our BCS bowl game.

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You’re on target Mark. He is the “very best”! I have followed PJ first as a GSU alumni and then a fan of PJ where ever he went. He never has been on the so-called “hot seat”. As you know he called the signals for the famous Erk Russell and the most of the 6 national championship wins.

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Maybe it’s my internet service. The site http://pao.hood.army.mil/ Ft Hood and I can call in or email my old buds. Don’t want to jump to conclusions………

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tu87-
you are a moron…the article says “in the last calendar MONTH”…MONTH the keyword there…you even quoted it correctly in your comment then went on to point out the 2nd half punts we’ve had in the last calendar YEAR…there are 12 months in a year…seven days in a week, etc…do i need to continue?

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Dawg Fan,
If not for a few Jap Zeros, Dec 7,1941 might have been a pleasant Sunday morning.

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http://dawgsvsjackets.blogspot.com

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Penn State already has a coach after Jopa
Michigan just signed Rod and he ain’t going anywhere for a while
Ohio State Same with tressel
Nebraska same with pelini
Oklahoma same with Stoops
Notre Dame PJ has no desire to go there. Plus Weiss is just getting started.
You tards with the, he’s leaving for somewhere else are clueless. GT is teh perfect fit for him with all the recruits here. He’s gonna be here for a long long time and us jacket fans will support him through his tenure.

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Hey Mark —
Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t you one of the geniuses at PJ’s preseason press conf before his 1st yr who asked the following question: “Coach, considering the fact that you’ve never coached at the level of talent you’re about to face, what makes you think you can compete in the ACC?” PJ’s response was classic : “Hey fellas, this ain’t the NFC East” —- He didn’t get to be a great coach AFTER he got to Tech, he always WAS, you idiots in the media just didn’t realize it.

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f off matt

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Thank you David for telling the truth. How many BCS games has Navy or Tech played in – 0! Dawgs, last time I checked, 3 with a 2-1 record. Tech, enjoy the success because you never know how long it’s gonna last. The Dawgs are certainly out but I think we still play you guys on Nov. 28 with 35% – 40% of the stadium black and red. The next time we play Tech in Athens and 35% -40% of the stadium is black and gold, I’ll change my allegiance. We might not be happy right now, but we still got fight. Kill Tech!

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To Paul Johnson: It ain’t no big thang! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWClpRTA0J0

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Um…LSU anyone?

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If you think I give a crap about what any of you think, you’ve checked into the wrong hotel.

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Beware, Mark – you’re surely to suffer to wrath of the ‘dogs for saying something good about Tech.

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Enjoy it while you can Techies. You’ve been beating up on also rans. When you play a complete team like Texas, Florida, Alabama, LSU, Oregon, or USC you will get absolutely worked. You’re signature win was against a VT team that will likely finish this season with 4 loses and out of the top 25. You have beaten nobody. You are in the same breath as Hawaii, Boise St, and Utah. I’ll give you credit for this, you have taken care of business and beaten the teams you were supposed to but, I’ve watched every snap this season and you have not been impressive considering your competition. You can’t even sell out a 50,000 seat stadium. Why should the nation care about you when your own fan base doesn’t care enough about you to go to the games. Schedule better. No more of this garbage where you schedule the two worst teams in the SEC and then claim that people said the option would never work against SEC teams. That hardly counts.

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Where were the halftime adjustments against Miami?

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yea..yea…I should learn to spell…two years in a row….not a chance!

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Texas Dawg: You have to have the talent of LSU to run their scheme. Sorry, but GA doesn’t have that talent!

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PLZ BELIEVE THAT PJ HAS TO BE THE COOLEST GUY DOWN THERE HIS ICE COLD HE LOOKS AT YOUR STYLE THEN HE ATTACK IT 8 WAYS TO SUNDAY IT’S ABOUT ONE ON ONE OLD SCHOOL FOOTBALL !!!! GOT TO LOVE OR GET BEAT BY IT. ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO THE ONES WHO DON’T LIKE IT IS THIS.( THIS ANIT WHAT YOU WANT) …………NEXT PLEASE !!!!!

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UGA VII antifreeze is sweet tasting going down. It goes down almost as easy as a UGA freshman female student.

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Gator Forever= Stupid ThUGA fan

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GATOR I am looking at the Fortune 500 right now and what company in Atlanta do you run? Please get back to me NOW.

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Yes, Tech is doing well and yes, UGA fans can be asses. I have had enough of the BS, if UGA beats Tech this year then Saint Simons home address gets posted (yeah, I have some geek friends), if UGA loses then I have to suck it up for another year…..

How’s that Mr. 45-42?

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Gator Forever: Your name fits with UGA. Why,you ask? Because you are egotistical like UGA is!

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Quote from Gator Fan

“And as far as what company I run, I guess in whatever you do for a living, you don’t know that a CEO is not allowed to compromise that information in a public setting. Wait… that’s right you wouldn’t know that. But I won’t scoop to your level of intelligence or lack that of!
”

1) Love the poor command of the English language.
2) I never realized that CEO’s were supposed to be incognito. Someone needs to tell Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Jamie Dimon et al
3) Of course, if you really were a CEO demonstrating their language and leadership skills on a football blog your stock would drop like a stone if it became public – not to mention what your BoD would do if they found out.

BTW – Are you quoted on NYSE or NASDAQ and when does your 10Q come out?

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pj has all you tech guys snowed..you will begging him to leave in about two years when all you guys are sitting around trying to figure out why this offense was sooo good just two years ago..i mean this offernse was so hard to stop with dwyer and nesbitt running this high school offense…well insert pj 180 pound qb and 190 pound running backs and a defense with a bunch of 4-5 star recruits on there and that high school offense will look just like what it is , a bunch of high school players out there playing against div 1 players…can anyone answer me why this offense is not in the NFL? and why only about 4 percent of colleges run this gimmick offense? it wont win national titles. they run the same 5 plays over and over and then to switch things up a bit he has nesbitt do the hokey pokey and tuns himself around and goes the other way…what 4-5 star guys does tech having coming in offense that is anywhere near the size of dwyer and nesbitt..and bey bey for that matter..not a single player..face it,,tech is living on borrowed time and on gailys pro style players.think about it..if you are a top football player and had a choice to go play for a team where you can show off you running back skills,learn to read and pick up blitzing line backers, like they do in the pros, catch passes out of the back field like they do in the pros..and get about 25-30 plus carries a game or go to a team where you get pummled every play even without the ball, and maybe get 10 touches a game if your lucky and dont learn jack about playing in a pro style offense…like the offense they run in the pros…tech will not have the players to keep up with the big boys..but hey..it sure was fun foryou guys when it lasted…and mark b you can chime in too if you want too..

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heath-as cpj would say “how many points do you get for playing in a “real” stadium” thats right. none.
bigger stadium. more fans. congrats. we have the better record right now. and IF we beat you again, we’ll have the better program as well.

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Sorry Paul my Exec. Assistants normally proof my stuff! My Bad! But you might want to check your spelling before you critcize mine. But you know what I do have to work tomorrow and hopefully I will see some of you guys who might be parking my car tomorrow.
And I will now leave this site and not be back! I want to go back to the real site… that would be the Gator site!
But all of this is in fun so with that said …. good luck this year!!!

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cause richt actually played fotoball and is a proven winner in the best conference in college football ..your great PJ is nowhere near richt…

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Zeier, Greene, DJ are great CLIPBOARD HOLDERS and STAFFOR will learn that job too. Riche never even go to hold a NFL CLIPBOARD. Jim Kelly mad sure of that.

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atl xmen: Get you head in the bag. Your hyperventilating!!!!!!

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atl xmen: Read post at 10:53 pm!!!!!!!!!!

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XMEN I do run my own business. I OWN my HOME & 50 Acres no loan. I OWN IT how bout U? HAHA did I spell so U could read IT?

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What were RICHT’s Stats in college at Maimi? I just can’t seem to find what he did in college on the football field.

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Gator Forever,

I will agree our fans tend to be somewhat uncommitted to our team at times. Personally, I’ve always been a Jacket since I was born. You can say all you want about our school, fans, sellout games, stadium size, but what matters is winning and that is what Paul Johnson is doing here. Obviously, we have a long ways to go before we are on the same level as Bama, Florida, and Texas. I think you are taking our fans’ enthusiasm out of proportion. Make no mistake man, we are excited about our team and the future Paul Johnson can bring. You can make fun of our team and what not, but I guarantee you no Tech grad will be parking your car tomorrow. Georgia Tech is one of the best schools in the nation and no offense, but the University of Florida is not. Honestly, I would rather go to Georgia than to Florida if I ever needed a liberal arts degree. Now that is saying something.

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X I thing I gave you the numbers in the blog. GT runs the ball more than UGA and Our players get more touches than your UGA players. GT 521 rushing plays and UGA 242 rushing plays. WOW I want to play at uga behind that great O-line.

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i like the ga tech numbers against uga the past 9 years…

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still not better than 7-1 record against uga the last 8 years…

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Bill King wants you to show yor body art to get Tickets to a UGA football game. How many different ways can a Fake Blonde UGA bimbo have “THIS END UP” tatooed on her butt? Well, I guess she can have “JUST ADD BEER THEN NO COVER CHARGE NEEDED” tatooed on her lower back.

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UGA calls our offense “multiple choice” because it keeps em guessing (just like in class).

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here’s how Johnson’s offense hurts recruiting:

Many high school football players with division I abilities will aspire to play pro ball at some point. (Sure this is unrealistic, but it is what they believe when they’re 17/18 yrs old.)

This triple option is non-existent at the pros, so recruits will prefer to attend a school with a pro-set offense. Hence Tech will continue to get the second rate recruits.

Johnson has shown that he can win at difficult places. He has proved his ability to coach. However, his system will hurt recruiting…no doubt about it.

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I am sorry Willie will not be at UGA but CJP will be after 5 yrs.

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BOB is your wife’s name kNeal? or is that just his job?

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Todd, WE DO NOT run the triple option…. I mean, please get a clue before you put it down in print!

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I have to admit that when Paul Johnson was hired I wasn’t sure how I would like his offense or whether it would be competitive. Another recent article spoke about how the west coast did not like the wish bone because, although it was effective at winning ball games, it was not exciting for the fans. I think this was one of my fears as well. Do you remember how it was called “three yards and a cloud of dust”?

The reality is that from a fans perspective, this offense is terrific. It is fascinating to watch this team offense, work its magic against the defenses. We can grind it out if necessary but most of the time we are moving the ball well. At any time, and generally several times a game we bust one loose for a huge gain. I great to watch and even more fun than watching a passing attach. Its fascinating.

The great thing for me is that I go to the games knowing that if the boys execute the offense, we have a great chance of scoring and staying in the game. We have a chance to win every game and that makes going to Bobby Dodd a lot of fun.

If we get behind, as we have in several games, we have several things working of us. Adjustments yes but also it seems to me that the defenses get very tired defending us and as the second half rolls along they either wear down or give up and it only takes one missed tackle for another score.

As a fan, I thoroughly enjoy watching this team (players and coaches) giving everything they have got to win the Next Game.

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You got to admit Mark, that the Bark Madly was agreat moniker…it was almost as good as the Yappo scam…

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no punts in the second half of the last four games is pretty impressive.
the 5 turnovers isn’t. dwyer dropped 4 of them.

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My favorite comment about Paul Johnson calling plays came from a Navy Man, “You got 50,000 people guessing and one guys that knows exactly what is about to happen!”

He is a good fit for Tech and I hope we enjoy him for a long long time.

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Hey yallerfuzz…even playing field? Hell, I’m just glad I can finally get an ‘even bet’ with you people. I personally would never take points from one of you guys, but that never stopped you if we were to have something riding on the game other than ‘Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate’.

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EASTSIDE JACKET- I am a life long Tech fan. I was at Grant Field for the Tech win over Alabama when Bama was #1. Bear Bryant was the one who said that when you pass the ball three things can happen, and two are bad. If you will give a little thought to it, when you run the ball, 4 things can happen, and THREE ARE BAD……GO Jackets!!!!

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Just a minor detail: I remember that GT did punt once more in the Miss State game with around 1 minute left in the 4th quarter.

@ Tu87 and Just The Facts: When he says “the Jackets haven’t punted in a second half since.” he means that the Jackets haven’t punted in the second half in any game AFTER the Miss State game. The games you mentioned all occurred before the Miss State game.

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Yellow Fuzz, what is wrong with you UGa guys?? We keep on explaining to you that recruiting will not get worse, will even get better as we get a winning program going. We also explained that CPJ can take good, not great players, and make great winning teams out of them. Can’t you get that? This is like explaining evolution to a bunch of morons and as soon as you are done someone asks again “who picked the apple?”. Learn and move on. Come on man!!!

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RUN right, RUN left, or RUN up the middle. How can you muck that up?

Best play caller? Please…

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How did Reggie Ball do in Calculus?

The fac is the very gimmick that gives Tech its success now will eventually be its undoing. No player with any talent is going to go to Tech and run an offense that will leave him unprepared for the NFL.

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lol.

GTRich,
Preaching to the choir dude.

Dawg4Ever,
Did you “call” 45-52 too?

KT,
Maybe you should ask Paul Johnson’s peers and not dog nation bloggers who have been smacked down so many times over the last 12 months that they are on their 3rd and 4th screen names.

Robert
Bobby Cox may not be the best manager in MLB but he IS going into the Hall of Fame as a manager and there are only 17 ahead of him at present.
“If an idiot says they think so and so is a genius, what exactly does that say about the purported genious”. That would apply to you as well right?

Frank Wren,
I know Reggie Ball but do not know how he did in Calculus.
“The fact is the very gimmick that gives Tech its success now will eventually be its undoing. No player with any talent is going to go to Tech and run an offense that will leave him unprepared for the NFL”. Hahahaha.

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Dawg4Ever
We don’t have the same coaches we had 8 years ago dude and we didn’t just beat you last year by 3 points. You had a 16 point lead at the half! We TORCHED your azz in the second half worse than Sherman could have burned your trailer park. Last time I checked, 4-4 was borderline “mediocrity”. LOL. The difference in our programs is not that we’re happy being 10th in the nation and that would piss you off (LOL, you’re 104th now dude). The difference in the programs is our new coaches have our program on the rise in less than 2 years and your fan base has yours free falling. 45-42 was not only against a “big boy” it was against YOU big boy! In your own back yard in front of your moma and daddy. Lastly Paul Johnson was hired by Tech to turn around the football program not relive his past like the dog nation does. I don’t care if he was the head custodian at uga, as long as he can coach and call a game the way he does I have no problem. Welcome to the present azzhole (45-42). See you in the future (November 28th “Pound the Hound”! STFU and show a little respect for the Tech Nation!

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Tech Nation!

What all 500 of you? You guys cant even sell out your small stadium without giveing away hot dogs.

Dont worry the natural order of things will soon be returned. See you at Athens east in Nov !!!

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Dawg4Ever

Nice screen name azzhole. You bragging or complaining?

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((((( 8-1 > 4-4 ))))) Hahahahahahahahahaha

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tell me again why we should scrap our gimick, high school offense and switch your your “pro style” offense.

because your gimmick offense will limit the kind of players you will be able to get and catch up to you shortly.

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4 ex players will clean up you tailgate trash after the game (in striped uniforms and cool ankle bracelets)

No I think they got the Tech players who were selling dope to do it this game.

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UGA is 23 – 8 over the last 31 games against Tech. Im no Nerd but thats about 1 out of 4.

Dont you have to win more often than that to even call it a rivalry?

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//Dont you have to win more often than that to even call it a rivalry?//

I don’t know, what do you call Florida / Georgia then?

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