5 reasons Paul Johnson isn’t going to Notre Dame

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Well Mark… let’s just all hope you’re right. He is our football team. Could you imagine how bad it could get if he left? And on a different note… Could you imagine how much better Reggie Ball’s collegiate career would’ve been had PJ been here then??? Wow.

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I am a huge DAWG fan but will have to give PJ his due. He is a great football coach who knows how to take advantage of another teams weaknesses. His schemes are unstoppable on a weeks by week basis. LSU proved with a little time and hefty D. tackles some stoppage can take place but for the most part that is it.

If a program is interested in wins, then PJ is a good answer. I doubted at first but will have to give him his due. In all honesty. I hope he goes! Go DAWGS!

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kauai dawg, you are a noble Dawg! Well stated…. I’d like another shot at those lsu guys, though! Lookin’ forward to OUR game, however!!! Best of luck….AFTER you guys come to the ATL, of course! ;o)

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Kauai Dawg——Even if I move all the way to Hawaii—I can’t get away from you guys.:>)
I own TS on Kauai—how long you been there?

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Hey crazy train: don’t confuse OUR guy with YOUR guy. yeah, an offense that scores 40+ points 80% of the time and goes for it on 4th down 90% of the time and has punted 9 times all year is a real bore. More 20+ yard big plays with this offense than any out there. a big run play is much more entertaining than a big pass play imho, but we’ve got that too! so go suck an egg and get back to reading your playgirl mags…

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Willie, I thought you had left. You know we like you.

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17th and I’m an idiot!

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I think he definitely would have been second guessed if we miss on the Wake 4th and 1. That’s the kind of play a team will run when they don’t have much to lose, and we had a lot to lose that day. Namely, a division title.

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Elite team? Come on man, this is what I’m talking about. How can Tech fans be so blind to the perceptions the rest of America has about Tech and the ACC? It hasn’t been just Miami that made Pj’s head explode. But I’ll give you the media argument for the next couple of weeks. It comes by default, not by networks fighting over the right to broadcast your games. You can thank UGA for the night game time slot in two weeks. Then we’ll check the attendance and ratings of the ACC champ game and whatever bowl you make it to. I’ll bet on low numbers in all cases.

Always been a winning team? Seems to me there were a couple of 10-11 loss seasons for y’all back in the 90’s. Plus, in my lifetime Tech has won 0 undisputed championships and they’ve beat Georgia 4 or 5 times out of more than 30. We’ll talk again when your ready to deal with reality.

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if they offer hom right money he be a fool to turn to turn down

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CPJ turned down bigger contracts to come to GT in the first place. He also supposedly has already been offer significant money to leave GT last year and he turned it down. It would have enabled him and provided greater flexibility in recruiting and some of the advantages some tout and reason why successful coaches would eventually leave GT. In addition, unlike Notre Dame it would have allowed him to stay in the south. One of the two reasons why he took the GT job in the first place.

Mark, I think besides CPJ being happy in Atlanta is the following:

a. CPJ is an environment at GT that while not perfect is starting to position itself for repetitive success on the national stage. After year two with a team that is very young outside a core of 5-6 outstanding players, they have accomplished a great deal in short order. Very good if not excellent players not only in the South but nationally are starting take notice which could and is leading to a steady pipeline of tremendous athletes to GT. Just take a look at the class for next year and the interest from 2011 prospects.

b. Dan Radakovich-CPJ has a tremendous relationship with DRad, which should not be discounted. CPJ knows the value of a great relationship with your AD, especially someone who does a great job like DRad. People forget that while a great deal of credit is due to CPJ for the football program’s success. IMO, much is due to DRad to help foster that success by creating the right environment and support to make it happen. Right now on the flats there exists the perfect storm – DRad & CPJ. It is never a guarantee that you will have the same type of situation at other places.

c. This can not be understated. CPJ came to GT to be back in the South and closer to home. Something very important to him and his family, especially being in Atlanta.

D. Notre Dame today is not the program it once was and hasn’t been since probably the Lou Holtz days. Yes, they have a loyal national following and deep pockets. However, in the past they could almost guarantee getting a player or coach that they were interested in. These days they can not guarantee to pluck players out of areas that were historically strongholds in Chicago, Philadelphia or even NJ.

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He can stay here and play Dukes and Weak Forrests each week.

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again, this is very much OFF the record.

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He might not be going to South Bend, and I don’t blame him. I have been to the Big Bend and it’s a pest hole. But make no mistake about it, he is going somewhere. He is big time bound. Michigan? He is probably the best coach in the country to be ranked in the top ten with players none of the top tier schools would have. He ain’t staying a a school that can’t even sell out a 55,000 seat stadium. You can’t buy happyness, ask the AD at Florida who thought he could bribe Spurrier

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Come on man, show some love. Leave the Allman Brothers out of this!
GOOOO DAWGS Sic EM
HBTD

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Georgiadawg70, you are just another clueless puppy. All you can talk about is the size of the stadium and the number of fans. Does this make you feel better about your program. I guess having greater number viewing your games makes you a better program. Give it up. How can he go to a big time program with his high school offense? This gimmick stuff will not work in the big time. Hell it is about to run its course at Tech. Surely by the 3rd year everyone will have it figured out and Tech will be back where they belong. You can’t have it both ways. You really make your school proud with idiotic blogs. Is 70 the year you graduated, flunked out, or your IQ.

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MR. The Georgia program sucks. Offense, defense, special teams, and the cheerleaders. The food at the concession stands sucks also. Now that has nothing to do with what I said about PJ and the Tech program. What I said about both school is true.

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Paul Johnson will leave because he will get tired of the Tech arrogance and Constant Bobby Dodd Crap. I betTech is an awful place to work. He is just waiting on the right SEC team to come and get him. Sorry Tech, the only answer for you, that I have, is that your a bunch of miserable out of work nerds who could not get laid even if you had money( Your just physicall ugly people)(check your add out). Tech is really only a trainning facility and a sleeper cell for an international fraternity of Terrorists. ( Where do you think Iran got the technology for there nuclear program, your right Tech)(Thats what paid for the band uniforms) Tech needs to be closed and given to the Atlanta Housing Authority for Storage or Turned into a Magic Johnson Movie theater, Just a Thought. Oh yeah, Tech sux!!! Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!

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If CPJ were to go to ND, I would just go and get the Navy coach, who was tutored under CPJ. But, I don’t foresee him even considering the ND job. Hell, tell ND to get Lou Holtz, he talks like they are still undefeated this year. lol

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Georgiadawg70, I don’t know if what you are saying about UGA is true or not because I do not waist my time thinking about them. I do know that what you said about the Tech program is only true in your mind. CPJ will be at Tech long after CMR is gone.

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Hey Waiting – ever had an original thought? Or do you just type the same sh*# you and your little frat bros type every frickin day?

Now go finish your Sociology 101 paper, your can’t afford another F.

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ND has a HC. Unless he was fired last night and the AJC missed the scoop.

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Gravy Train – so, your idea of an exciting offense is to watch your guy drop back and chunk it right into the hands of the defense, or have 4th & 6 and punt? Very Boring!

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I don’t have a dog (no pun intended) in this fight between Tech and UGA, but I bet there will be a lot of crow being served the Sunday after Thanksgiving………..and I wonder what “excuses” will be used then?

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waiting – any place where work goes on is probably awful to you. You sound like a k2 student with that lttle tantrum. Get ready for a beatdown November 28th! IT’s COMING, trailer trash!

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Mr. Every thing I said about the Tech program is objective and accurate. None of the players were recruited by top tier schools. Thomas was recruited by S.C. which I don’t consider a top tier school. The stadium holds 55,000. lt was not sold out for the VA Tech game which was the biggest home game at the time. Big stadiums and venues is what attracts top athelets. There is scientific evidence that confirms that. PJ is one of the best coaches in the country. Good coachs don’t stat at Tech very long. Bobby Ross, O’leary, even the guy at Ga. State. I can’t remember his name but he was a Tech alum. Big time coaches gravitate to big time programs. Tech hasn’t been one since Bobby Dodd and most likely never will untill all of the alums that were alive when Dodd was there is dead and a new group will make the necessary chages.

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I just remembered Bill Curry left Tech for Alabama.

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Gravy Choo Choo

If that bitter drivel is all you can contribute to this conversation, please go back to the mutt boards and lick your …………………………….

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I think Charlie Weis would be a good fit as Georgey’s defensive coordinator.

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CPJ isn’t going anywhere,….why would he? He is right where he wants to be and can accomplish his goals at Tech. Great fit in a great setting. People like Mike Bell and John Kincade are complete morons–suggesting that he’s likely to leave for “greener” pastures. He’s going to make their pitiful lives even more miserable as he guides our program to national forefront. It’s truly a great day to be a ‘Jacket.

THWG!!!

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Georgiadawg70: Why do you hate me? You’re too young to remember the a$$ whippings I use to administer to my bitch Wally Butts. Give me some slack!

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“Tech hasn’t been one since Bobby Dodd and most likely never will untill all of the alums that were alive when Dodd was there is dead and a new group will make the necessary chages”.

Hey Georgiadawg70……stay tuned T-day weekend – I think you’ll see the first necessary change.

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Georgiadawg70,

Keep worrying about those recruiting rankings, it helped UGA a lot this year. By the way, UGA did recruit Dwyer and Stephen Hill so I guess that your statement about none of GT’s players being recruited by a top tier program is false. Wait, maybe I am wrong, maybe you don’t consider UGA a top tier program.

Another thing, so what I here you saying about the trash is that if there is no trash can available, you can just throw your trash anywhere. The civilized thing to do would be to take it somewhere and throw it away. You are right, the trash says nothing about the quality of the program, but it does say something about the quality of the fan.
Quality has nothing to do with quantity.

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67th

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Eating Dawg – that high school offense dropped 400+ yards rushing on your pups last year and will probably go over 500 on the 28th. You losers kill me!

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a legend mark? LOL..the guy is in his second season and all of a sudden he is Bobby Bowden…gimme a break..lets see what excuses you’ll have for him when he loses to the Dawgs this year

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I don’t think money is a huge deal with CPJ. Auburn offered him a LOT of money (almost TWICE what we were paying him at the time) at the end of last year and he turned them down.

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If I was Johnson, there is no way and all the money wouldnt make me leave Tech and get caught up in the B.S. with the Irish. The issue is trying to get recruits due to academic rules, until that gets fixed, Irish is washed up and will always be no matter who coaches. Its crazy they hire coaches demanding them to win without fixing the main issue first. Why dont these damn georgia fans sucked up to their not so good season and stop crying, blaming and making excuses. Everyone knew before season it was going to be tough. Can’t win them all.

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I love coach PJ. I dont want him to leave. I think he will have alot of success here. ( considering the fact GT athletics team needs to have one good team )

Besides ND? who would want to go there?

GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!!

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#6 They don’t want him…..

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Oh, I think every heterosexual man has heard of Kelly. But, you’re right, he’s not going to South Bend. I don’t think he’s going anywhere for awhile. But think of the programs that could have pulled the trigger earlier that didn’t and probably now wish they had – Nebraska, Michigan, who else? DRad was the smart one. It’s not the offense, it’s the coach. He’s a darn fine coach. A throwback in the mold of the old time greats.

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Kelly Ripa
Kelly Ripa
A mommy with the body of a strippa

Could it be PF isn’t a fan of Cowboy Mouth’s great song?

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Money is very important, but CPJ is doing pretty well at Tech. Like others have said: Atlanta>South Bend any day. GT doesn’t require anywhere near the ‘politics’ and schmoozing that ND job would have, GT has a rich football legacy (it’s not like it’s Iowa State or some similar program where people go ‘who?’). Tech fans are not insane like the fans of ND. We expect greatness–but his job won’t be in jeopardy if he loses to UGA.

Now if he loses it year after year, failing to reach potential while winning only 7 games per year, that would be downer.

Overall, GT is a great gig, working for fans (and an institute) that know how to keep things in perspective.

Long live the reign of CPJ at GT!

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Tech is having another flash in the pan moment. CPJ will leave because Tech Girls are so UGLY.
THE WHOLE TECH FAMILY IS AN UGLY PICTURE OF THE MOST TOXIC CITY and worst technical school IN AMERICA, The Georgia Institute of Insurgency and ugly women. and WHERE in the hell ARE ALL THOSE SMART ENGINEERS AND WHY ARE THEY NOT COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO THE AIR QUALITY OF ATLANTA, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL FROM 3rd world countries AND WANT TO KILL THE AMERICANS. CLOSE TECH NOW! before another is mind is wasted on another attempt of upgrading GALAGA. Which could never be improved. bottom line Larry the Looser, Tech Sux, and you really do not give a damn about your school, if you did you would show up at the games during a loosing season. wow! a jam packed 42k in the stands in Atlanta. Tech Sux. My frat boy status is why I am rich and have nothing to do but blog and hang out with killer hott women. Frat boys get laid Larry. That is the mark of a man. Thats what men talk about at deer camp and the bowling alley. Larry the looser. Tech sux!!! Nerd! Nerd! Nerd! Hey Larry internet porn is a close as your going to get to killer hott women who are in the SEC. CPJ is on his way out. This is only another Cinderella year. Larry the limp looser.

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After Georgia steam rolls GT 49-7, he may consider ND.

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You know…after our blowout victory over UGA last year, it is a wonder anybody even had college football this season. We should have been crowned greatest football team of all time, ever…removing the need for any other teams to ever take the field again.

Since we were slighted at the very presence of college football this year, our team will play the rest of the season with a chip on their shoulder. We will beat UGA 704 to 6 and engrave the score on rings again. These will be Magic rings that allow our players to see through an animal’s eyes, like the Beastmaster. Things are going so great for us that our fans will post this score on UGA blogs so often the week after the game that UGA football blogs cease to exist entirely…our fans also stop playing Magic the Gathering and World of Warcraft because we become so much better than anyone else that our competitors spontaneously combust.

We’ll take the field in the ACC Championship game wearing the UGA team’s skin for uniforms and beat Clemson so badly that the stadium needs a new scoreboard to put up all the extra digits. Right after the ACC Championship Game, all colleges ranked in the top 75, abruptly shut down their operations; so that they do not have to face us in the National Championship Game.

Why would Johnson want to leave after this kind of success?

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waiting moderation: That lobotomy you had apparently didn’t do any good. Maybe you can attack the problem with medications. You do realize you have a problem, don’t you?

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Hate to say it but CPJ is going nowhere. He has a good thing going here in Atlanta, loves the south, and has promised not to leave for a while. Scary thing is that he is winning with Chan’s players right now; can’t imagine how good they will be when he gets his players. Great coaches make adjustments as needed and I’ve never seen anyone make as many good adjustments as Johnson does during the course of a game- especially at halftime. This explains why they completely dominate the second half of games. Our coaches, especially our DC have yet to make any adjustments- either during the game or at halftime. I have a feeling it’s going to be a long day on the Flats in a couple of weeks.

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PJ might go to the pro’s one day if some owner will take a chance, but I doubt he’ll ever leave here for another school like Bill Curry to Alabama. Greg Allman? Yeah man, the best white guy to ever sing the blues.

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Off topic: Lane Kiffin may set a record by having his entire freshman class in jail by the end of the season.

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6.) If he was in South Bend, Wofford beating Georgia wouldn’t be quite as funny to him.

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Tech Tony…Wofford beat Georgia? That is hilarious. Stupid UGA loses to Wofford. It must be because they are just so stupid. Ha ha ha ha. Stupid.

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Georgiadawg70 – Check out picture of Dawg Fan “Drake Scott” on AJC UGA sports. Could this guy be the source of all our trash?

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I’m sure CPJ would not like the idea of playing Navy every year. He has far too much respect for them to do that. That would probably weigh pretty heavy on him.

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Ha ha ha ha. Stupid UGA people can’t read. Ha ha ha ha.

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If Notre Dame is winning again with Paul Johnson as their head coach…and that’s a BIG IF, and they are a running, option team, I believe it will make for great TV because EVERYONE will want to tune in to Irish games and watch them option up USC, Pitt, Michigan. You don’t need the very best recruits to run an offense, let alone the option. Get a clue Bradley!

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South Bend is a slum.

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Big Tech Fan keep your closet comfortable so you’ll have somewhere to go WHEN GT starts losing again and by the way yard sale will be a good way to get rid of your precious hat

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One more comment about the Notre Dame job versus the GA Tech job.

At Notre Dame, every game you play will come under scrutiny. As an independent, you are responsible for selecting every opponent you play, year in, and year out, and although Notre Dame seems to get added “consideration” when it comes to BCS selection time, the botto line is that if they ever start to slip up against any of their opponents, or their strength of schedule gets called into question, the only ones they have to blame is themselves.

Being affiliated with a conference, a team is required to play other teams within that conference, and then fills in games around their in-conference opponents. This can show a stronger BCS strength schedule, and if the conference is strong, help pull a particular team back up in the rankings if they happen to lose to an in-conference rival.

Looking at the two schedules this season between Notre Dame and GA Tech, the Jacket’s are deemed to have had the more difficult schedule than the Fighting Irish, in large part, to GA Tech’s ACC affiliation. Granted, if both teams would be undefeated today, Notre Dame would be a darling of the sports Nation right now (probably top 5 or 6), but so would GA Tech. The question then begs itself; where’s the advantage in being at Notre Dame if this was the case? Paul Johnson would be ranked right up there with Notre Dame, and would be there without the hassles. Heck, he’s there today without them…

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I can’t wait for tomorrow when you write your stupid 5 reasons he is going. How about this reason. HE JUST CAME HERE and he’s not the kind of coach to leave before he gets the ball rollin

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Someone mentioned at the top that Paul Johnson would’ve made Reggie Ball’s career at GT better. While he did never win the one game that mattered, he does rank near the top in just about every QB statistical category in Tech history. Don’t think that would’ve been better with CPJ.

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Hilarious to see the UGA trolls on a CPJ blog. They are so jealous when any team but the state runners-up get any kind of pub. Beano Cook seems to think the odds-on favorite for the ND job is the Northwestern coach and seems to think the ND may take a run at Harbaugh at Stanford.

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Mark, you forgot a sixth reason. Notre Dame is a big time school and can get any coach they want. I travel all over and Paul Johnsons name is never mentioned when the discussion of top college coaches are brought up. ESPN never mentions his name when they refer to top coaches.
The only people that seem to think he can coach are the “Bandwagon” GT fans that will once again go into hiding real soon. I know these comments will sting but the truth is the truth! Go gators! By the way I would love if you guys were able to sneak in and play us in the championship game. Not going to happen!

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The ND job is way overblown. It has lost so much luster. And playing in the ACC where CPJ can win it each year along with a Nat champ. Plus living much closer to where he grew up and coached and being in the south. I hope he stays here until he retires. I enjoy watching this team and what he runs. And the best part is even if we have a bad game or two, he will fix it and win unlike previous coaches. I just can’t wait to see what he assembles over the next 2-4 years. He’s this good with other recruits. I think a Nebraska type dominance in 95 is coming.

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UGA fan here who is not a sour-puss not jealous of Tech’s success with PJ. Also not offended by the immature fans of both teams talking (or writing) smack. I’ve got a couple of Tech and Gator fans for friends. Anyway, I think the PJ is a great coach. Saw a couple of his games in Statesboro back in the day and I thought then and think now that the option is a thing of beauty. Who cannot like 500 yds and 40 points of offense, regardless of how those yds are acquired…

And Brad (8:18), unless Bama has pulled out of the SEC Title game, you may want to hold off on ordering those 09 SEC Championship shirts….. I mean, y’all do have to play them, right?

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I was listening to Fox Sports Radio on the drive in to work this morning. A guy named Chris Landry was on one of the shows explaining that Notre Dame would not pick CPJ because his offense is only good to “make more out of less.” He then stated that if ND wanted to win 8-9 games every year, they would pick CPJ. If they wanted to win National Championships, they would need a different coach and offensive style.

The entire time I was listening, I was thinking “YES!! Keep on talking, brother!” I for one am more than willing for the prevailing theory nationwide to be that CPJ’s system can’t work at a “big time” school.

We’ll keep him over at the North Avenue Trade School, thanks very much.

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Dawg70,

give it a rest, you just admitted your program is not top tier anymore (I think you still are personally along with GT), yet you still come on here and talk about how our program has no “top tier players”. Yeah, none of the “top guys” would want Thomas, Dwyer(GA), Hill(GA), Morgan Burnett, Derrick Morgan(PennState), Nesbitt(GA), JC Lanier, Chris Jackson (Alabama), not to mention PJs new class, many of whom were and are getting attention from the so-called “big boys”. Granted the classes as a whole are not top 10, but your theory of us landing no top recruits is an incorrect one, sir. And I hope your wrong about PJ leaving after success. Something about his no nonsense approach tells me he doesn’t care about the next best thing!

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Weak reasons, Bradley….Very weak.

ND isn’t gonna care how rough Johnson is as long as he wins.

ND being a nation-wide TV program will only help Johnson recruit better.

ND isn’t gonna care about recruit rankings as soon as the “Ws” start piling up.

Johnson was “happy” at Navy, too….until a better job came along.

Comparing O’Lardy the ‘Ol Liar to Johnson is ridiculous. I think YOU just want the guy to stay so that you AJC writers will always have something positive to write about regarding the Tech football program.

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Dawg Fan 74= If UGA steam rolls anyone it will be a miracle…HAHAHAHAHA

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If not Notre Dame then some other school with deep pockets. GT just cannot afford to pay what some teams pay.

Enjoy the wins (and losses), for there will be losses. Very few teams go 13 – 0. At most one or two a season, the other 100+ lose at least one game.

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1. Notre Dame is stupid
2. Notre Dame is stupid
3. Notre Dame is stupid
4. Notre Dame is stupid
5. Notre Dame is stupid

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Georgiadawg70 – You lost all credibility with your posts after your 6:33am post stating that the UGA cheerleaders were ugly. I’m a die-hard Tech fan but even I will concede that the UGA cheerleaders are babes. You’re an idiot.

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Nevermind. I just re-read that 6:33am post and you didn’t say the UGA cheerleaders were ugly. You said they suck. You’re probably right.

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Papadawg:

1. Anthony Allen
2. Emby Peeples
3. Roddy Jones (you DO remember him don’t you? The guy who wears number 20?? The one who you last saw running down the sidelines last year?)
4. Marcus Wright
5. Charles Perkins

Seems like they are pretty well stocked when Dwyer leaves.

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I am beginning to think that Big Tech fan is not a Tech fan at all.

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A legend?

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Insider – Do your post EVER contain less than 1,000 words?

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As a UGA grad and a die hard Dawg, I hope he stays. I said once before that it would be great to have two stellar programs in the state. In recent years it has always been one up and one down. If UGA can make some progress in the off season the next few years could be alot of fun.

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I hope he stays but he may want to coach a team in front of more than 40,000 fans.

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Gator Forever – Good thing Florida doesn’t have any bandwagon fans, huh? I guess your fan base hasn’t grown a bandwagon since before Steve Spurrier arrived? No new bandwagon fans since Urban arrived? As soon as Urban leaves for ND, your fan base will suffer the kind of shrinkage not contemplated since my favorite Seinfeld episode.

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I hope for the GT faithful that they are right, and CPJ does stay. Look at our program since he left. We are on our 3rd coach, and seem to be losing ground to teams we used to routinely pummel.
GA Southern ran the ball to pile up all those victories from 1983-2005. Coach Van Gorder came in, changed our mentality and attack, and went 3-8. Coach Hatcher hasn’t done that poorly, but no playoff appearances. In the end, it is all about the Coach! Go Jackets…

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GTville…you mean “world renowned”?? Can’t blame ya, maybe you should enter posts in binary.

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Yes….indeed….but Cher and Gregg were smashing, baby…..

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Yeah, us alum’s are all just to poor to come up with whatever $$$ is takes to keep CPJ happy and in Atl. Just keep believing that and with a dollar you might win the lottery.

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A Rob Your class was 22nd in the nation last year. I consider the top 10 a good recruiting class. The quality of performance that PJ is getting out of his playes is a credit to him not what he recruited. This is not subjective. The talet was not there. He made chicken salad out of CS which is what good coaches do.

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Gravy Train…you are right! It is so much better from a television stand point to have a Mark Richt with his offensive and defensive philosophy. We certainly can win every game we are predicted to win unless the game is say a 3 point spread or worse. Then we simply go lay down in the Dawg house and watch the opposition kick our poor ol’ tails. It is so fun to watch Bama bust us up. It is so much fun watching a rebuilding and first time coach at UT whip us into utter submission, it is so fun watching the Jacksonville games on the tv to watch UF whip us worse over Richt’s career than at any point in Bulldog football history…year after year. And to say that the GT game was boring last year…are you kidding me! We were up by almost three scores at halftime only to watch them ramble for like 35 points in the second half alone. The only thing I find boring as a Ugag alum is the stagnation within the bulldog program. We have yet to win a truly big game under Richt (sorry folks…Hawaii just doesn’t cut it! The win over UF might have been fun if not for the follow up disasters…that game seems more and more like an accident than a thoughtful game plan). Winning out will not solve our problems simply lead us to another year of mediocrity.

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Kinda tough times when you’re spending all day with us “hated” tech fans huh?

Remember when you use to focus on your team instead of ours?

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Yeah. Georgia Tech is a dream job.
Small fan base, little monetary support, old facilities…..

Yeah. Who wouldn’t want to coach there forever?
Bill Curry did…..oh wait.

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Bob Stoops “is interested in talking to Notre Dame”, according to si.com sources. Also, Kirk Ferentz is “on Notre Dame’s list”.

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Reason #6 – Moronic UGA fans remind him every day that the coach of a “big time” school has to put up with idiotic fans who will second guess every decision he makes and think they could do a better job.

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Who is saying that Notre Dame even wants or will pursue PJ…just a site and a paper that is wanting to entice readers.

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Congrats on a great year to all you tech fans I can say that tech is playing better than anyone in the country and CPJ is the reason he is a genius and I hope texas stumbles and you get a shot at Fla or Al I think you can jump the other teams in the polls especially with a big win over clemson I really mean that as much as it hurts me. Be careful about the big checkbooks that will be after CPJ I have said it before its happens every year I am not going anywhere turns into I did what is best for my family . what if CPJ was offered the Florida job because meyer took an NFL job in Jacksonville and drafted Tebow to proove he can make his offense work anywhere you all know he has the ego to try it ? just a thought
once again congrats on a great year

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oh yeah, how could I forget…Petrino at Arkansas, telling the Falcon players he is with them all the way then showiing up on ESPN’s Sportscenter at 11pm yelling souey..souey…hahahahahahaha gee why doesn’t CPJ hold out for that conference

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What is it about Bids that you dont understand? All Notre Dame needs is a Pit, and all the semi-athletic coaches in the world will come calling.

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I keep reading that people are saying the CPJ is winning with Gailey’s players. I can tell you that nothing is further from the truth. Josh Nesbitt is a great player but he’s not a true option quarterback. He doesn’t run the option as smooth as it can be run. Jonathon Dwyer is a great back but GT will always be able to get a great back because they want to carry the ball alot. I’m a Georgia Southern Alum and i can tell you that you haven’t seen all of this offense yet. Just wait til CPJ “true option” quarterback gets in there and the offense is fully opened up. This offense is only going to get better.

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GT bandwagon people listen closely…….. I am a true Gator fan and have been one through thick and thin. And while we have people that have jumped on the bandwagon it has been real crowded for decades. Yours seems to surface every 10 years or so!
Let’s see the major differences between us and you “for right now” fans.We have sold out our stadium ever since I have been a fan which is 30 years. We wear our Florida stuff with pride even when we slip in a losing season every 10 years or so. We have won the much tougher SEC championship quite a few more times then you guys have the much weaker ACC. We have won a few more championships then you guys since I have been a fan.
And don’t go there with a schedule unless you plan on looking at your own one. And as far as putting 50 points up on us… you know that does not even deserve a response!
Trash UGA all you want but you are way out of your league when talking down Florida. Why can’t you just be thankful that you have a decent team !! You have become just like your friends over in Athens! But as much as I dislike them at least they support there team year in and year out!

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Dawg70,
Never said we were in top 10 recruiting. Just saying that he does have more talent than you give him credit for. There is some NFL talent on the roster like it or not, and I agree, he has certainly coached up the rest because we have nowhere near the depth of talent of a team like UGA. But yes, big-time athletes will continue to come to our second-tier stadium and facilities if it means winning!

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Everyone in Indiana’s Brigadoon assumes, because ND is not only a TV series but also its own sports network, that its far-reaching media saturation and storied fame (Knute whatsit and that Gipp dude) will lure coaches to South Bend like doomed sailors to Circe. I beg to differ.

A couple more counter-arguments for you: first, has anyone checked population, salvation and conversion numbers of world catholicism lately? It’s a little like Galway Bay rodents escaping the Queen Mary (of Scotland?) Not to get all religious on anyone, but that monolithic fanbase might look more like the Flighting Irish these days.

Second, the coach for whom football’s highest award is named, John Heisman, spent the bulk of his storied career at Georgia Tech. Frankly, Grantland, I’d put 222-to-Nothing up against The Four Horsemen any day.

Tech just has a great capacity–always has–of ignoring its own legend as assiduously as ND has marketed the Irish thingy. A couple of decades ago, I did some research, being then in the Atlanta advertising world, with the Tech SID, about the upcoming 100th anniversary of GT football. Interesting tidbits: in 1918 or -19, a freshman tight end, Randy Scott, played for Heisman, but didn’t get along with him at all, apparently, quit school and headed west. A decade or so later, he emerged on the silver screen as Randolph Scott. How rootin’ tootin’ is that? And Mark, do yourself a favor and get them to show you, if you’ve never seen it, the SID’s picture of Marilyn Monroe, taken when she was a largely unknown starlet in about 1952, on a publicity junket in Atlanta. She came to Tech, and they dressed her in White and Gold and photographed her as a Tech cheerleader. JeezzLouise.

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Just wait until next weekend

ga 52 tech35

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One thing that is often overlooked by Dawg fans is that CPJ mentor was Erk Russell. He spent alot of time with him as an assistant at GS and Erk actually recommended that he be hired as Head coach at GS in 1990 after his retirement and then again in 1996. Coach Russell had alot of influence of CPJ and you can tell by the way his team plays. I guess that’s the scariest thought for a dawg fan is to have an Erk Russell protege’ coaching against us. Erk Russell, in my opinion, was the greatest coach in UGA history.

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Fairy tales don’t come true harry. Joe cox will only be on the field long enough to throw 10 or 12 completions, 3 of which will land in the hands of the gold and white.

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here’s the truth..UGA fans know that CPJ has an excellent chance to win 2 national championships in the state of Georgia and neither one of them is at the University of Georgia. You know it and your scared. As Bob Dole would say, I know it, You know it and the American people know it

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It will be up to Paul Johnson if he was offered the job. Notre Dame has the money and they could care less if they run the ball 99% of the time. They want a winner. I do think it is disgusting that they are allowed to have their own TV rights. You call this a level playing field. No other school would be allowed to have every game televised like ND. The only thing I like about ND was Rudy and that is because he had the work ethic that this country was built by.

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UGA constantly loses to UF and their fans say things like “Book it, UM is going to Notre Dame”. CPJ has UGA fans nervous and they say he’s going to Notre Dame. When do the Kiffen to Notre Dame rumors start?

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Wow Gator forever…. You SEC fans are sure FULL of themselves…. I think you can make several very interesting correlations in schedules between GT and UF. The fact that you play 3 cupcakes and then the cupcakes or shall we say bottom dwellers of the SEC, is ABSURD! Our game, if it were to ever happen would be closer than you think…

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yea notre dame run the option? gosh i can never see that happening…

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Way before football season began, this morning talk show said if UGA loses to both FL and GT again, the fans will be calling for the head of Mark Richt..interesting ….

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tech would beat florida this year man it hurts to say that but its true .

GO DAWGS !!!!!!!!

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You cannot defeat a fact. And the fact is, Tech has the better football team (re UGa) and has shown improvement over the past two seasons, unlike UGa, whose team is good, but not as good as Tech. This does not mean that UGa will not get better, it simply means that at this point in time Tech is better and there is nothing to suggest that UGa will necessarily overtake them in the near future. People are beginning to understand that just because UGa recruits a player, that doesn’t make that player a legitimate 4/5-star player, although in the past the simple recruitment of such of a player has resulted in a lofty star-rating.

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You are WRONG Mark. Notre Dame could basically BUY Ga Tech Athletics and turn it into a farm team. Paul Johnson could go down as one of the greatest ever if he moved to Notre Dame where he could win 10+ games a year with that offense. yes, he can win a lot at Tech, but not 10+ per year. UNC, Miami, FSU, Va Tech are going to prevent that from becoming an annual occurrence. Don’t kid yourself if you think these teams are going to slip long-term. They ALSO could buy Ga Tech with their athletic funds.

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year after year.

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ugagolfer you mean that high scholl offense?

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revwreck – I think he’s planning on buying Ga. Tech with his PGA winnings.

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I got a bad feeling about this boys, I really think he will go if they want him. I dont think Notre Dame or nbc cares as much as Mark says they do about the “tv show” if so they wouldnt play navy every year. I also beleive they dont care about how well they recruit bc at the end of the day its just a number. I DO believe they are worried about winning and thats what scares me about CPJ goin to Notre Dame, Im sorry but no one is going to become a true coaching legend by taking tech to a bcs game every other year, he will have to take Notre Dame back to prominence IF he wants to be a legend if not then we have nothin to worry about

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corch johnson aint gawin to noter daim. jes ax corch myers.

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just a crazy thought…if CPJ went to ND could he stop the Navy option on D? I know….too much time on my hands

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I am a tech fan to the core and dont like saying this, but here’s another crazy one…if ND wants to stop Navy maybe they need LSU or miami’s D C and not CPJ

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Word is
Bob Stoops will be the next coach
at Notre Dame.

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Who cares. ND would not hire him anyway. He is not even on their long list. Plus, once UGA beats GT at home that “legend” status will start to rust!

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Shankit, your post makes sense. Not from a dollars and cents point, but at least he wouldn’t have to play Texas every year.

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I am unconvinced.

What do recruiting rankings matter when you win 12 games? What is the problem with being “blunt” when the the team is in BCS bowls every year? Wouldn’t winning big be the best thing for TV ratings?

Bradley dearly wanted to write a column on why PJ wouldn’t go to Notre Dame, and then tried to think up some reasons why not.

These reasons aren’t good enough.

PJ to Notre Dame is a match made in heaven.

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Do UGA fans know the difference between you’re and your? Not that difficult people…

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*sense

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*another

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What’s money these days, anyway? Obama’s going to get almost everything.

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Dan

November 18th, 2009
11:44 am

Check out Tarzan. And you were saying??? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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The Grinch

a typo is different than not knowing the difference between a pronoun and a contraction

Good try though

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Delbert

Do you mean if Urban lost to Bobby?

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cantondaug-come back from the darkside…

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He’ll be at ND by 2012-13.

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To Tarzan (11:52)

Shure theeng. BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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and another irishman :willie martinez

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THWND

M. Bradley says ND is image conscious? HCCWeiss is a real poster boy.

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Pago Flyer -

Surely they will give Stoops longer than that, even though he will be losing with Weis’ recruits for a few years.

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all will be fine: CMR and i will be at the fsu helm in 2 years.

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i dont think CMR is irish

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by the way, do you unemployed 9th grade educated morons on here know that there are GT alum who have alot of money? One owns half the city of Atlanta. If CPJ beats UGA again and Clemson, trust me they open up their wallets. When DRAD hired CPJ, he said out of the 10,000 emails, only one was negative …CPJ was loved before he even began

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GET’EM KENTUCKY! THE MUTTS WILL BE BEAT-UP AFTER THIS GAME,AND THEN THEY PLAY THE BUMBLE BEES,TECH WILL BE 11-1 AFTER BEATING UGAY DOWN!

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i believe that he is irish, tho

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“Not to be bitter, but as a non-fan, Tech games are borderline dreadfully boring”?

Really, Gravy Train? Then why do you bother watching Tech play? You must have a dreadfully boring life to waste your time like that.

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inbred, i think chan gailey was responsible for the one negative email.

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Okay, if CPJ goes to Notre Dame, then Tech calls dibs on Ken Niumatalolo.

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mark bradley have heard million of dollar that why he leave for north dame and north dame is a better program that tech that why he leave

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there once was a man named chan,
who though of himself as “da man”,
turns out not so,
he left tech a wreck,
and all he got in the end was canned.

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WHO KNEW TABACCER JUICE COULD BE USED AS LUBE? GOOD THING THEM UGA FRATBOYS ARE HUNG LIKE HAMSTERS OR I’D BE HURTIN BAD TODAY.

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ONE OF EM REMINDED ME OF MY PROCTOLOGIST, NICE AND SLENDER INSERTION WITH A SMOOTH DELIVERY.

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GRAVY TRAIN, why are you so angry? So your team lost to GT last Nov. Did you get a cut in pay? Did your wife/girl friend or what ever leave you? Tell me one way that your life changed, other than being POed at the world when you only needed to be POed at your football teaam and their coaches. You know that you could loose this year also and your anger will only build up more. Calm down sport, no matter whow wins the GT/UGA game, the world will not end. It is so sad when people build their life around a football team and think and talk about it 12 mo. 24/7.

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Once again, which is it dogdoo fans? Every week we hear how GT is no good and their opponent is goig to beat them and now we have CPJ going to Notre Dame why? I thought he was a crummy coach and cannot win anything? Gee, I better enroll in college myself than sit here and read this mindless dribble who have the authority of a gnat

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I was at the Wake game and agree 110%. Had we not made the 1st down, I would have been bummed but would have gotten over it immediately. I beleive most GT fans feel the same way. Our coach’s brand of football is super exciting, he takes risks and is a winner. None of those 3 things were present while Gailey was here. PS: I want 60 pts or more vs UGA !!!!

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del, if chan’s grandkid looks like a baseball player he could name him fanned gailey

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there once was a guy named del,
who didnt know how to spell,
i pointed that out,
he began to pout,
and said “willie go to hell”

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Why would he leave a place like Georgia Tech. There truly is no atmosphere like it in all of college football. There is nothing that gets blood flowing like getting up in the morning and getting on the marta train with all those Jacket fans (and homeless people) and making your way down to that college football mecca that is Bobby Dodd Stadium. As you make your way to the stadium fending off beggars there really is a rush of adrenaline as your not sure if you are going to see a Jacket victory or be mugged. Once inside the stadium, it is truly electric. If the budweiser song isn’t playing then all of those students (at least the one’s who aren’t in the computer lab or playing atari) are doing popcorn like a bunch of 12 year olds. Why in the world would he want to go to a place like Notre Dame or Michigan when he can be a part of that? You can keep the grove, the 12th man, the dotting of the i, or any other lame tradition. Give me the budweiser song. I have a feeling Paul Johnson feels the same.

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Paul Johnson has a great situation at Georgia Tech with good caliber individual as players and an excellent Athletic Director and administrative staff supporting him and his efforts. You never say never but hard to believe that he would give up a great situation to go elsewhere when he’s got everything he wants at Tech. Talk more Tech football at: http://www.bbuzzoff.com

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ONLY THING IS MY PROCTOLOGIST HAS PROPER GRAMMAR AND THIS BOY SURE COULDN’T TALK WORTH A DAMN, HE JUST KEPT BARKING. I DON’T THINK HE COULD WRITE EITHER, EVEN WITH THAT PENCIL D^&*.

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Hey Gator Forever,

Why don’t you go away like you stated above? You haven’t stated any facts in your posts, only worthless drivel. I’m a DAWG fan and I hate the arrogant posts by reptiles like you as much as I do the bugs. You might want to worry about Urban Cryer going to ND before the nerds new messiah. Your an idiot and so is your self righteous QB and pansy coach. And before you blow back with this years score just remember that we dont care in DAWG NATION what you think. We despise the Gators and all gator fans. So, see ya — you slimy lizard.

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ITS NOTRE DAME… IF THEY WANT PJ THEY WILL GET PJ

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What, haiku is japanese limericks now?

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Delbert D. – shhhh…..I’m wanting to see if willie is paying attention.

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Whoooo! 320th! Call me crazy, but with Jesus H. Tebow graduating I think Urban Meyer will be the next coach at Notre Dame. They will throw an ass load of money at him and he will jump on it.

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bigstack19 – That’s where they messed up. They threw an ass load of money and got an ass.

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Tech’s program will always be equal to a Wake Forest, Duke, William & Mary or Gardner-Webb. PJ would be a fool not to leave. Tech has become so irrevelant in football, that, who cares?

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Haiku Man,

CMR has a 79% winning percentage. Has won 2 SEC Championships and 6 top 10 finishes with a #2 and #3 final ranking. How stupid can you be to say this man can’t coach. Sure, we are all disappointed with this season but it doesn’t give you an excuse to act like a total idiot.

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Mark is on the money. A few other things, ND is not the school our dad’s use to talk about. Indiana or Chicago can not feed recruits the size of the ones PJ gets in the state of Georgia. It is the graveyard of many coaches who thought just the name of ND would get the job done. I am not sure JP would want to put up with having to coach what shows up at place like ND. People who think because they were born of third base they have hit a triple, so to speak in football talent and are not willing to work for it. There is a grinding atmosphere at Tech, nobody looks up from what they are doing to notice the bright lights. They seem happy accomplishing things, not too much trash talking or showboating, unlike under Gailey or over at Athens, just hard working goal orientated people, what if not college kids could be called professional, but certainly can be called mature. This whole country could use a dose of that but for the time being what little we have is well spent at the flats and would be wasted in South Bends.

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He’s a perfect match for ND. Of course I still think urban takes the job if offered. Tebow’s gone next year and he may have won 3 NC by then. Nothing left to prove @ FL or in the SEC and he has stated repeatedly that being the HC at ND is his “dream job”. PLus now he has established all the recruiting ties he needs in FL to lure them up to South Bend. If not now I don’t know when…

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cantondawg – “it doesn’t give you an excuse to act like a total idiot.”

Nothing is an excuse to act like a total idiot. Unless one is acting in a Shakespearean play.

But, a large percentage of posters apparently disagree.

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Herschel DID sign his name with an ‘X’ when he was in college!!!

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Great season Tech, Congrats. Sorry to say but the #1 reason Paul Johnson is not going to Notre Dame is because the people in South Bend wouldn’t put up with his vacant personality, his attitude of campus. The guy is kind of a jerk. Good coach though.

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Charlie – You’ve got me there, with some odd definition of “campus.” It must be the latin definition and not the one used in rock climbing.

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I always find these comments interesting, in chronological order:

a. ” This high school offense will never work at Div 1 level”;
b. ” GT and the TO will not work beyond one year because people will figure it out”;
c. ” The TO will not work against elite competition including teams fromt he SEC”;
d. “Once Nesbitt, Dwyer, etc leave, you will never be able to bring in the players to be successful and run this offense”;
e. “CPJ will jump to another school (ie, Auburn, ND, etc.)given the first opportunity”

While there are no guarantees in life, all of the above have not come true which scares many of you. So now your resorting to banter about the stadium, etc. If that allows you to cope or sleep better for now, I guess its better then prozac or any sleeping pill.

The reality is that in two years the GT football program has completely turned around and is on a path to become a force in college football at the highest level. One of the things that many of you fail to notice is that the combination of Dan Radakovich/AD and CPJ has created the perfect storm on the flats to realize this outcome.

So as we approach the end of year two with a very young team, GT is ranked #7 in the nation and their strength of schedule is #14 in the nation. It was said that the best recruits would spurn GT, but truth be told, they are very interested in the program and come not only from the state of Georgia but nationaly. Remember the guys like Dwyer, Burnett, Morgan, Thomas and even the younger ones like Hill, Akers, Perkins, etc.. It was said that the elite teams did not want them including UGA. Oh yea, you did want them and recruited them very hard and they still came to GT. Yes, the future looks very bright on the flats. CPJ says, that all the pre-game banter is meaningless and all that matter is what happens on the field. That is why they play the game. See you on November 28th!!!!

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If Tech runs the table CPJ is going to have some big time programs looking his way. And just because he won’t end up at ND does not mean he isn’t going to leave. How about Nebraska? That would be the absolute perfect fit. Hell they haven’t been a top program since they quit running the option. When Osborne left they felt the need to transition to a more “modern” offense. And now I would imagine they are looking at what CPJ is doing at Tech and saying hmmmn. Now that looks like cornhusker football!! Hire this man!!!

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Update on those “non top recruits” Johnson is winning with. 4 star DE Derrick Morgan was also in that recruiting class with Nesbitt, Dwyer, and Jones…top 15 recruiting class people. The only WR that gets thrown to…Thomas is also a holdover from Gailey. NO ONE making plays on this team has been recruited by Johnson.

I would be very interested in seeing this conversation in a couple of years when all these guys are gone. A college coach has to recruit as well as coach. We know Johnson can coach if you give him the talent. The question that will be answered is, will he be a Terry Bowden or Charlie Weis, or will he be a Mark Richt…yes Mark Richt. Richt has been a consistent winner long after Donnan’s recruits moved on. He won is second SEC title and played in two of his three BCS games all with his own players.

Congratulate the man, but he IS winning with a stocked shelf of very good recruits from Gailey.

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Of course he will leave GT. Why would anyone want to remain at a school that UGA dominates year after year.

Georgia 49 – GT 7

Go DAWGS!

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dcjacket – Get “a” thru “e” printed up on nice cards, and sell them on eBay. It always shakes people up when you pull out a card with their words already written down. They usually turn and run.

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thanks for the nomination Willie…now get your ass back to practice…

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For the comment about HW signing his name with an X while at UGA, he must have been smart enough to invest his money and be worth $50M now. Maybe Tech should give Nesbitt some public speaking lessons. God can ANYONE understand a word he says?

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No BCS for Dawgs…..Let Tech get to a BCS game first, then talk about UGA not getting to one THIS year. At least they have seen the BIG BCS paychecks three times, and a Capital One Bowl that is the highest outside the BCS. What has Ga. Tech been getting for all those bowl games in Boise? HA!

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“Hut…hut!” Seems to be enough. The A backs bring the plays in from the coach.

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Ezekiel, that site is lame and the guy who runs it needs to nibble a muzzle.

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ugay fans: “ANOTHER Cinderella season”

…nuff said.

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“Mike” “NO ONE making plays on this team has been recruited by Johnson”

You obviously haven’t looked at the roster or the stats.

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wonder how much ole pj’s stock will drop once a willie martinez defense beats him?

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willie – Hang in there. Don’t Fear the Reaper.

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Pee Jay will never leave “nerdville” voluntarily. With a built in 10 game winning season and the possibility of playing in the Orange Bowl by virtue of playing in the weakest BCS conference in the land, why would he leave?? He wouldn’t. You guys are stuck with Pee Jay and his tricked up plays for a long time.

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Hey Notre Dame, don’t touch our Johnson!

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Mark, Chan Gailey, really? As in, fired by Georgia Tech Chan Gailey? As in, fired by Georgia Tech but now watching the players he couldn’t win with get into the BCS mix under another coach Chan Gailey? As in, fired from his NFL job before the season Chan Gailey? As in fired by Dallas Chan Gailey?

Do you mean possibly as a coordinator?

Let’s not forget, some people were scratching their heads at the Weis hire at first…before getting all caught up in the hoopla that led the ND admin to lose their heads and give Weis a 10-year contract…

Gailey? Not a chance.

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George P – They probably have a range, with Johnson on the “bargain” end of the ones that have mentioned by Notre Dame sources…Ferentz, Kelly, and up the scale to Stoops. After the bad hires of Bob Davies, Ty Willingham and Charlie Weis, I’m thinking they want a proven winner over a significant term. That makes me believe Stoops is the guy, since the “sources” consider a “stupendous” contact to be “loose change.” (Quotes are from si.com).

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Last Wednesday at the CPJ calling Radio Show he addressed this question. He was clear that he will Coach at Georgia Tech a long time. My wife and I watch CPJ address the question at Fox Sport Grill last Wednesday night. We all laughed when CPJ suggested Norte Dame go after Cincy’s Coach.

What’s the big deal about CPJ leaving anyway? Georgia has a good coach for 8 years. Fans should be happy that both schools can rep. the state of Georgia for years to come.

Ramblin Wreck!

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Delbert. Brian Kelly is their man.

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Reason PJ leaves is money and ND is a far better school both on and off the field.

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Spencer. You sound like a politician desperately seeking to put a positive spin on tech’s inability to play with the big dawg. Not even the great majician, Pee Jay, can solve that problem. Face it, tech is simply an inferior program that wants to be like UGA, but never will.

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HBTD – Kelly *is* the first one to unanonymize, if that’s a word.

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Delbert.

“unanonymize”

Of course I am a die hard dawg fan, but I’m not familiar with that one. This isn’t a course they teach over at tech is it??

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water at GaTech – $3 million is not double what Johnson makes. He makes just under Bowden at the top of the ACC. Nowhere near top SEC money, though.

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Gaytor Forever – I baited and you bit. I win.

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ok Delbert, what is he paid then? And quick, you’re a Techie, if it isn’t double, then what multiple is it?

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HBTD – “anonymizer” is a software program (commercial) that makes IP addresses anonymous. That was a short way to convey that Kelly is the first one of the si.com “source” candidates to say something public about the Notre Dame job.

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water – A little less than 1.5 times what he makes at Tech.

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Spencer. It’s all relative. This year’s 9 – 4 campaign will be deemed a failure by many in the dawg nation, whereas, some other schools in the local area would deem a 9 – 4 season a tremendous success.

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Yes, but that’s all relative to recent seasons.

If GT finishes this year with 12 or 13 wins and returns just about everybody next year, will they be satisfied with 9-4 next year? Of course not. Then again, what are the odds UGA actually goes 9-4 this year?

The difference isn’t what makes the fans happy. Fans are happy when they see improvement and expectations are exceeded, fans are disappointed when those things don’t happen. UGA is better than GT more often than not becuase when GT has the coaches that can make GT a perennial top 25 team, they usually bolt. UGA has the kind of money to keep them around. But when GT has those coaches that seem destined for greener pastures, it’s always fun until they do. And all UGA fans can do is pray for the day PJ decides he’d rather be somewhere else.

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Point being, guys, is that Notre Dame has extremely deep pockets. And if there’s a legitimate, compelling reason out there, it’s money. $1 million dollars more per year is a pretty convincing.

Personally, I hope he stays. He has been good for the rivalry. But from my perspective, there are more reasons to go and fewer to stay. Who knows though….maybe they’ll offer CUM $6 million per year — afterall, who better to schmooze with Regis than Mr. Personality himself??

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Tech had two consecutive Thursday night games on ESPN. Don’t talk this trash about Tech not drawing a national audience. We are ranked #7 by the experts including coaches and the BCS.

How does it feel to be a bottom feeder Ugag?

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HBTD- UGA goes as their talent goes. If the other team has equal or greater talent, UGA loses. Coaching and discipleine are lacking in Athens. The team has reached it’s plateau or ceiling and they won’t get better. Next year is not looking too bright, either.

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From yesterday’s South Bend Tribune:

Time to get out the coaches directory.

Word trickling out around the college football world puts Bob Stoops of Oklahoma, Stanford’s Jim Harbaugh and Brian Kelly of Cincinnati as the leaders in the Irish sweepstakes.

Jon Gruden recently re-upped with ESPN for its Monday Night Football broadcast team, taking his name out of the mix.

Worth considering would be Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern. What about Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio? Don’t even go down the Tom Clements road again. Throw in Boise State’s Chris Petersen, just to add somebody who’s coached on a blue field. Urban Meyer? C’mon, didn’t that ship sail five years ago?

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I heard a couple of time people saying that it’s scary that Johnson is winning with Gailey’s players and it’s going to get better once he work his players into the system.

Quick question: Where does Johnson’s two recruiting classes rank? Don’t look… it’s somewhere after 30th.

So I wouldn’t be so excited about getting Johnson’s players in the system. Especially when other schools in the ACC are still recruiting better than GT.

Anyhoo, like any coach, they are only the next big offer away from leaving. If a school like Notre Dame calls up Johnson (if they don’t get Urban Myer)… he’s gone in a heartbeat. Why? Because Johnson can win with the players Weis have in ND. All he really have to do is recruit for the O-line. And if he can guide Notre Dame to a 10-1 or 11-1 record… he’s already in the BCS and is a top 4 team. No championship games to worry about.

Either way GT fans… it’s college football and unfortunately there are schools out there that has a LOT more than offer a coach than Tech. Don’t you see that GT is Johnson’s stepping stone to greener pastures? Stop deluding yourselves into thinking that loyalty and commitment are coveted values in college football.

Yeah… Paul is going to stay because the Tech fans love him. Sure… they love him now… but what happens when the honeymoon is over? Tech fans are bandwagon fans… period. And the lack of presense they’ll have (especially if Clemson goes and Tampa becomes a sea of Orange) at the ACC Championship game will show it.

I think Mr. Bradley is hoping more so than giving valid reasons.

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The dogs aren’t at 9 & 4. I’ve got Tech winning 41-17. AT THE HALF!!!!!!!!! Kentucky & Rich Brooks are gonna paste the poodles because they are looking ahead to the asswhipping in the Flats. BOOK IT>

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[...] One difference: Paul Johnson proved he could win at Navy. Charlie Weis proved he can lose to Navy. 1. He’s a little too much like Charlie Weis. Meaning: He’s blunt, and he can’t be coached in the gentle art of public relations. That works in Atlanta, …Read Original Story: 5 reasons Paul Johnson isn't going to Notre Dame – Atlanta Journal Co… [...]

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EVERONE IN AMERICA KNOWS THAT NOTRE DAME IS GOING AFTER URBAN MEYER!

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Here’s the bleacher report’s top 5:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286923-the-unofficial-top-five-notre-dame-coaching-prospects

Truth is, it’s hard to find anyone besides Dawg fans who are talking about Johnson leaving.

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I get scared playing dungeons & dragons in the dark. I need my mom to get me a new nite light.

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Why wouldn’t they? They are talking about others.

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Why in a couple of years would teams be running his offense more smoothly? They still have to come to Tech and learn it from the start, just like all the other players. Just because Paul recruits them, doesn’t mean they are going to come into the system and automatically understand it.

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ND guns it. PJ runs it. Aint gonna happen.

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I still think that the 1st national powerhouse that rings Johnson’s phone is going to get him.

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IF the money is right, it doesn’t matter what you little bee loving things want – He’s gone!!!!!!!!!

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After careful consideration, I will stay at Georgia Tech.
Thank you.

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Hey Trembling C You embarass the entire Georgia Tech Fanbase. And I want to explain the Coach Paul Johnson rumors to you on a level that even you can understand. CPJ will take the Notre Dame job, if offered, which is still not a done deal, because it is a football job that is on a much higher level than anything at GT. So on your level— it would be like Ruby Tuesday offering you a job after working for Mcdonalds!I tried to make it hit home for you.That would seem like a promotion to you and can you see now that I put it on your level?
So just like you hope Ruby Tuesday will come after you and you can make your life easier. So CPJ wants to better himself!

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Of course the love fest with Paul Johnson is in full swing now , the paper is very much in love with him and they will be so long as he is winning, Replay Mark Richt first several years at Georgia and the AJC and news outlet couldn’t get enough of him so now after suffering through 2 difficult seasons he is not so charming now why Mark B you even used him as a case to make your point in the article . So what happens , what happens when Paul Johnsosn team had their down year my guess is that you the media will do what you always do , he will become your target . My guess is thsi Mark B when his program has down years how long will it take you to write that article “5 reasons Paul Johnson should be fired ” so go ahead ajc have that writer dust off that articl on Mark Richt i know you got it somewhere …..

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NotreAint.

Beware. You know what they say about a cornered animal?? I think the dawgs (and coaches)finally found themselves last Saturday in the 2nd half and are now ready to unleash the fury on whoever they happen to be playing. The tech game could get ugly. Look for the tech faithful to begin exiting in mass early in the 3rd period to avoid the beatdown from the 25,000+ UGA fans in attendance.

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Uga fans should swallow their pride and go after PJ before somebody else does.

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Hey Dawgers…you better turn your attention to the KCats on Saturday night. They aren’t coming to UGA to tour the campus and w/o A.J. in the line-up you better be ready to play some football. A loss to UK wouldn’t exactly get the MO’ going for the GT game!

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Bob asks where else in the country can you have such a miserable record against your main rival and not get fired. Well CMR’s and UGA’s record against UF is pretty miserable. So, I guess you could say that one answer to his question is UGA.

Some people really don’t think before you type unless of course Bob considers GT their main rival. I have been hearing for years that GT is no longer considered UGA’s main rival, so forgive me if I am a little confused.

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You are fogiven, my son.

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Please do not call him PJ, it sounds like a five year old. To most Tech fans he is affectionately known as CPJ (Coach Paul Johnson)!!!!

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Why would I want to go to ND, they won’t allow any of my thug drug dealers on campus, let alone play foosball.

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The thing about Paul Johnson at Tech – he is a perfect fit for the following reasons: 1. Geeks love the offense. It’s hard to understand and harder to run well, so it fits this school like an calculus equation on a Friday night in the Engineering School Library. 2. Johnson wouldn’t have an easier time recruiting @ ND vs. Tech – the highly ranked kids want to run a pro-style offense, but the slightly less talented kids can be sold on winning. 3. Notre Dame needs a good looking coach. Now, I’m not saying that PJ isn’t good looking, but the camera’s aren’t going to focus on him and stay too long.

Having said all of that, I have the perfect candidate for Notre Dame: Mike Shula! He’s a former QB, good looking, likes to pose (very still-like) for the camera before commercial breaks, and has a bankable name.

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In other words, Mr Bradley, NOTRE DAME doesn’t want PJ. Why hire the man they used to beat every time out, even with Ty Willingham at the helm? ND once hired a guy away from a lesser school on about the same low tier as Atlanta’s North Avenue Trade School, but they hired that man (Ara Parseghian) because he beat them. PJ has a 1-8 record against ND … I don’t blame them for not wanting him!

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Wofford is in South Carolina I coached GSU against them in the Southern Conference

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The only people talking about CPJ leaving are the people that might benefit from it the most, our opponents. I take that as a good sign.

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Good classy post UGAX, much more objective (and elightened) than those of some of your UGA brethren. I don’t think he’s going anywhere; MB and other writers look for every opportunity to “stir the pot.” So I’ll comment no further on it, as it is a non-issue. The important question is where will UGA and Tech be in say 5 years? With the same coaches? (I say yes, at least head coaches). Both in the top 25? (yes, in fact likely both in the top 10). What will the end of the year game look like? (remember FSU and UM, and I think better than the Iron Bowl). So who wins? (Both schools, both programs, both sets of fans). Great time to be a Yellow Jacket (but not bad time to be a Dawg).

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NotreAint.

Not really. Three things.
1. The dawgs kind of have a long history of beating up on the weaker Jackettes in case you’re new around here.
2. For all I’ve read about how bad UGA’s defense is, I’d have to say that tech’s is worse statistically and they’ve been playing some really weak offensive teams to boot.
3. Dawgs are battle tested and have had their backs against the wall all year. Tech has played a JV schedule for the past month (Va., Vandy, Wake, Duke) and has been lulled into a false sense that they are a really good team. The speed, size and physicality will be a rude awakening for Pee Jay and his troops. The superior athleticism of the dawgs will be obvious for all the nation to see compliments of ABC.

As noted earlier, this one should be over at the half with the tech faithful stampeding the exits early in the 3rd quarter.

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He’s probably leaving after they win the national championship in January. We won’t be able to match the 10 million dollars they put up to get him.

As a Tech man, I’ll be a little upset, but I can’t be all that upset at a man who took Tech to a title.

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Sterling. I think it just tells you how desperate that program. The strange thing to me is just how much “smack” that fan base talks after only one year. The beatdown they receive on the 28th will be well deserved.

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Paul Johnson is not going to Notre Dame – it does not fit the profile of a job that it appears he would take.

However, I do think that he should be South Carolina’s #1 target if/when Spurrier leaves Columbia. His offense coupled with the physical and talented defense that South Carolina seems to have every year would be a lethal combination in the SEC.

Plus if he wins there he is the king of the state in terms of recruiting fanbase etc. I know there are those who say that if he beats GA and goes to the BCS he is the king of Georgia, but the reality is that in college football terms UGA is one of the most valuable properties in America. It is the MOST valuable sports property in Georgia and will continue to be for a long time.

Though SC does not have the “history” of a ND or Auburn, I would bet that in two seasons he would have USC on top of the conference, ahead of Clemson in the pecking order of his own state, and a player for the National title.

There are just enough recruits, a strong high school football system that runs offenses similar to his, consistently good to great defenses, and unwavering fan support.

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Not even one of those points was real. You are living in a smoky haze. But, that’s the way fleabags are and always will be. Rich Brooks is gonna send his best regards to you boys this weekend! And after they claw the little mutts up real good, you can always use your old excuse about everybody being hurt.

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Man, the dogs are really hurting. They are throwing the smacktalk around trying to delude themselves One NC 30 years ago and they think they are a Florida. I sure do hope Tech wins again on Nov 28th. Total meltdown in the trailer parks and Walmart will have a buy one get 10 sale! BWWWWAAAAAAAHAHA!!!!!

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WTH
I dont want to think before i blog why should i be different than most other people on here , but really my point is watching tape of navy and gsu will not give you a true measurement of what he is doing at tech , because i believe the atheletes are superior at tech than the other two schools, and you are limited by your talent see UGA this year , and also coaches didn’t take this “high school offense” serious well they are now and if you don’t think those are valid points that your opinion and you can have it .

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OK nice to meet you John can you get me some free tickets?

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At least this time losing to UGA won’t be why I was fired.

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Pete are you still mad that yeck lost that game in the movie Rudy?

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Pete I don’t think PJ would know what to do in a real college town like South Bend. I mean there aren’t many strip clubs to visit and no drug dealers standing on the sidelines at ND’s football games.

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Three weeks ago Schultz, Bradley, and Barnhart each sat down and wrote down 10 topics that they each knew would get the fans at each other’s throats and generate a lot of blog entries.

Whenever they run dry on real stuff to write, they pull one off the list and throw it out there, and we’re the suckers for falling for it.

Such cr*p.

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I’m envisioning a tech repeat of 2006……………..lose to the Dawgs, lose to a far superior Clemson team and then pull the tech standard no show in a bowl game with less than 500 fans. Still a very successful season by tech standards.

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UKnowY – ya’ll forgot last year didn’t you?

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Yechter, no that’s where the 1 came from.

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I could have done what Johnson is doing now if given just one more year. Those are my recruits that you see every Saturday. Shucks, I might take the ND job if offered. I’m a good coach and would like a chance to beat GT.

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Chan and Willie – separated at birth.

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Techno. You’re probably too young to remember, but 98 and 99 are not recognized as dawg losses due to “bad officiating.”

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dawg fans suck.
Pound the puppies.

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Yechter, I will be at the hole in a wall you nerds call a stadium on the 28th and would love to show you how shut in I am in person. At least we can sell out a stadium with our fans and our stadium 40% larger then ya’lls!

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Thank you and good night!

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UKnowGaY – so what? What has that done for your win/loss column this year. How about last year? Get use to it, buttsniffer. It is over for the coaching staff at UGAg. Kentucky will kick your asses and then Tech will destroy what’s left.

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Ga Tech Insider,

Do the names of Ara Parseghian and Dan Devine not ring a bell with you. What about Frank Leahy. He led the Irish to a record of 87 wins, 11 losses, and 9 ties including 39 games without a loss (37–0–2),[37] four national championships, and six undefeated seasons.

Parseghian should. In 1964, Parseghian was hired to replace Devore as head football coach and immediately brought the team back to a level of success comparable only to Rockne and Leahy in Irish football history. These three are the only coaches to have an 80% or greater winning percentage while at Notre Dame — Rockne at .881, Leahy at .864, and Parseghian at .836. Parseghian’s teams never won fewer than seven nor lost more than two games during the ten game regular seasons of the era.

I am not a Notre Dame fan and even I know who they are. Anyone remember “Rudy?” They were the coaches he played under.

Just a little FYI Insider, do you homework before you say something like Name me one PROMINENT Notre Dame Coach. Here are some more. Lou Holtz and Bob Davies.

Do me a favor. Can you name me a couple of Prominent Tech players. I bet you can name a lot more PROMINENT Notre Dame players. Here are a few:

Joe Montana
Joe Theisman
Jerome Bettis
Rick Mirer
Mike Golic
Bob Golic
Paul Hornung
Rocket Ismail
Daniel “Rudy” Ruetiger (sorry if I mispelled the last name)
Brady Quinn
Angelo Bartelli (1943 Heisman Trophy Winner)
Johnny Lujack (1947 Heisman Trophy Winner)
Tim Brown (1987 Heisman Trophy Winner)
Ricky Waters
Reggie Brooks

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What about Mark Richt going to FSU?

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Paul Johnson will be at GATECH for a long time. I don’t know why folks think he would leave. PJ has all he needs at TECH, he is in the south where the best high school athletes come from. For all of you who think the Triple option will be stopped soon, you better get real and start reading. The triple option has been around since the birth of football. When Coach Johnson was at GA Southern those teams never got the hang of it could never stop it on a consistent basis. PJ was at Navy and guess what folks same thing happened there too. So don’t think for one minute that someone is gonna shut it down on a consistent basis week in and week out, it can’t be done and won’t be done.

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Rebel Fan Notre Dame has a great history, but everyone you mentioned played many many years ago. Brady Quinn – boy he has been impressive with the Browns.

GT has several in the pros now and in fact here are two Techies contributing big time to their respective teams in the NFL today:
Tashard Choice & Calvin Johnson – those names familiar to you?

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Any of you Tech Homos try and touch me…I’ll kill ya!

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Regardless of whether UGA wins over, or loses to Kentucky this Saturday,
I hope Dawg fans will keep on calling us, and our team, “nerds,” and keep on sneering at our “high school offense.” If they can just keep doing it for nine more days, Coach Johnson and the Tech team will come out on the field so hyper, the Chihuahuas won’t know what hit ‘em.

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Gdawg 70…better check your stats again on nobody wanting the Players at Tech…UGA wanted Dwyer.and RJones as did Auburn ,Miss,and Ala ,and Tenn..best tail backs in Ga the year Dwyer and Jones went to Tech…were Dwyer ,Jones and the kid yall have now..now the kid yall have (King) was rated #1 in Ga…Dwyer was #2 and Jones #3..UGA wanted all three…so much for the ratings..I think and most anyone with ANY football knowledge,would say we have the best of the bunch at GT..Now thats not to mention our QB,Lbs and DL men were recruited by MANY TOP programs..lord it must really be BAD at UGA to find only the size of our Stadium,our fans,and KIDS playing a game to downgrade..Grow up Georgia people and act like a Man for god sakes,and that goes for the smart ass GT people on here too..I KNOW its good old fashioned HATE..but still ITS A DAMN GAME…We have men and women dying for your right to blog here..act like you have been in the world more than 10 years..I have 2 UGA brothers and many UGA friends and I would never say things to them like you people do on here MY GOD ..GROW UP..AND ..GO JACKETS

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Rebel Fan – Bob Davies got fired. He’s on TV now. Anybody under 25 years old wouldn’t know a single name on that list except for Joe Montana-maybe. You sound like the dogs. Living in the past. History is to be studied and not lived!

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Rudy was a prominent ND player…wow I thought he just played 30 seconds in his only and LAST game…no Im wrong it was 23 seconds..sorry Rudy rudy rudy..lol

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Sorry, guys, I have to chuckle when I read comments like, “Other teams will catch up with the option, and start beating it.” Answer: Sure – figuring out the opponent’s offense is what coaches do. But Paul Johnson is innovative enough to change his style just a tad, and keep on beating those smarties.

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Kathy…….You can’t shut an idiot up….that is why he is an idiot

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Purdue Pete , what is a primise, i thought i was just dumb. so i went to dictionary.com….its not me

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Allow me to comment on my comment: Some Dawg fan said the triple option was new, and thus shaky. Go back and check up on your football history, pal. The option, and its cousins, the wishbone, and the belly series, have been around for many decades.

Tech’s belly series, learned from College of the Pacific, of all places, was very similar to the option. Bobby Dodd used it for all it was worth, and then added other plays to it. They’d catch on to it, and Dodd would do something different the next year. Paul Johnson does not have Dodd’s same personality, but he is exactly the same type when it comes to outsmarting the opposition, and having the strong will to win.

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You are exactly right on this. Fans at the traditional powerhouses have become so obsessed with recruiting rankings that they would never accept Johnson’s offense. Tech,on the other hand,never signed the blue chippers anyway,so as long as the coach is winning it’s fine.

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Hey bp – I resemble that remark!

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we need a bail bondsman in Ktown,guess you can take the boy out of the hood,but not the hood out of the boy,dumn a$$es

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Funny how so many none Georgia Tech fans have reason(s) for CPJ to leave for “God knows what?”

Funny how so man none Tech fans go into great detail WHY CPJ should leave Georgia Tech. (Coach Paul Johnson took a pay cut to coach at Georgia Tech)

I wonder why that is? Besides, this is only a high school offense!………………………”NOT!”

Funny how so many none fans are more concern about CPJ leaving than their own team winning there last one or two games of the season. Could it be………………………..”Fear of Coach Paul Johnson.” After all, he’s only human; moreover a Defensive Coordinator’s nightemare and most Head Coaches.

The upside: “Thanksgiving will be here soon enough. See some of you on the Flats November 28th, 2009. Ramblin Wreck!!!

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I’ll work on it Go Dogs but I’m not gonna post any UGA jokes that aren’t good. I got standards.

I did find out that the toothbrush was invented at UGA. It had to be. If it was invented anywhere else it would have been called a teethbrush.

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Mark, I agree recruiting rankings are overblown. But your swipe at Mark Richt (a la Steve Spurrier about Ray Goff) was unnecessary. Why?

Mark Richt Era (2001-present)
LSU 90-25, 3 SEC titles (2-3 vs. UGA)
Georgia 88-26, 2 SEC titles
Florida 87-26, 2 SEC titles (7-2 vs. UGA)
Auburn 78-34, 1 SEC title (3-6 vs. UGA)
Tennessee 73-39 (4-5 vs. UGA)
Alabama 72-40 (1-3 vs. UGA)
Arkansas 61-49 (0-5 vs. UGA)
South Carolina 59-49 (2-7 vs. UGA)
Ole Miss 54-52 (0-4 vs. UGA)
Kentucky 47-59 (1-8 vs. UGA)
Mississippi State 33-72 (0-2 vs. UGA)
Vanderbilt 31-74 (1-8 vs. UGA)
…and…
Georgia Tech 70-43 (1-7 vs. UGA)

Overall, CMR has done OK with his highly ranked recruiting classes. Obviously, he has some big problems to fix at the end of this year, but other than Florida and LSU (barely), no one else has much room to talk.

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