Why Georgia Tech and the ACC need Clemson to win
That Spiller guy does one of those nifty Spiller things. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
The ACC is above rooting for anything except a Carolina-Duke final in its basketball tournament (heh, heh), but the conference can be excused for breaking out the orange tiger paws this weekend. Because the ACC needs Clemson to oppose Georgia Tech in its championship game.
Through four installments, the ACC title game has been a raging dud. It has already moved from Jacksonville to Tampa, and the relocation hasn’t helped. Some 53,000 tickets (of 65,000 available) were sold for last season’s game between Virginia Tech and Boston College, and roughly half went unused. Next year the game is moving again: To Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, where the potential lurks for some chilly weather the first Saturday in December.
Already the ACC championship has given us The Worst Game Ever Played — Wake Forest beating Georgia Tech 9-6 in 2006 on a rainy day with no touchdowns scored and a placekicker named MVP — and consecutive episodes of Virginia Tech versus Boston College, which isn’t a marquee matchup in Florida. The SEC title game, staged the same day, dwarfs the ACC in quality, impact and passion. Which is where Clemson comes in.
Clemson is one of the few ACC schools that cares more about football than basketball. It’s one of the few that has a national profile in the sport, and it’s the only one that has C.J. Spiller enrolled in classes. The prospects of watching Paul Johnson’s offense try to outscore the multifaceted CJS might — I said “might” — draw a viewer or two away from the Big 12 title game, which will be played at the same time in the new Arlington Stadium the night of Dec. 5.
And, to be blunt, Tech also needs Clemson to beat Virginia on Saturday and thereby punch its ticket to Tampa. Otherwise the Jackets might have Boston College as the opponent and, with all due respect to the Eagles, even Tech fans wouldn’t be pumped over that pairing. (Matt Ryan isn’t apt to discover a bonus year of eligibility. Nor is Doug Flutie.) Clemson at least has a rivalry aspect to it; it sits up I-85 and has a bunch of alums living here, and it also has C.J. Spiller.
Yes, Tech-Clemson would be a rematch, but it would be a rematch of a great game played almost three months ago. All things considered, a rematch is by far the preferable scenario.Nobody profits from a snooze championship game, not even the winner. This Saturday, even the Jackets should be daubing on the orange face paint and chanting, “Let’s go, Dabo!”
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Bid Factory
November 19th, 2009
8:59 am
Bid
Paul H
November 19th, 2009
9:01 am
Is the ACC championship game going to beat it’s record of 5000 fans?? This could be a close one! Go ACC!
Bill Alexander
November 19th, 2009
9:01 am
Amen brother! We want the two best teams to play for the championship. That would be GT vs Clemson.
Just Sayin'
November 19th, 2009
9:02 am
It would be nice to play Clemson again, but scary. There are on fire!
Tech82
November 19th, 2009
9:02 am
As much as a rematch against Clemson scares me, I agree that they are the best opponent for both the conference and Tech. Plus, beating them would give us all the opportunity to tell Heather Dinich to enjoy a nice hot cup of STFU.
Just Sayin'
November 19th, 2009
9:04 am
It would be interesting, but scary. The Tigers are on a major roll. But, so are the Jackets.
A2K
November 19th, 2009
9:06 am
I could barely root for Clemson to not lose to Miami a few weeks ago even though it helped Tech. It will be real hard to do it again.
Mark Bradley
November 19th, 2009
9:06 am
There’s a chance Tech could lose to Clemson. But I don’t think it will.
RAMBLE ON!!!
November 19th, 2009
9:07 am
As usual, right again. Bring on ya ba da ba Daboo.
Plus, it never gets old beating Clempson.
Ralph
November 19th, 2009
9:07 am
Rematches are like kissing your sister, taking a shower with a raincoat, ……
Even the BCS computers ignore rematches.
Bring on a new team.
jacketsrollin
November 19th, 2009
9:09 am
I want Clempsun. I want the Jackets to humiliate CJ Spiller and make him regret coming back for his senior year.
TechKen
November 19th, 2009
9:10 am
I am glad you used the wording carefully when referring to CJ Spiller and classes; he is enrolled, but is he actually going to them during his senior season or is he simply living the life and thinking about “Women and Cadillacs”
RAMBLE ON!!!
November 19th, 2009
9:10 am
Ralph is right. Now I’m confused.
JoD
November 19th, 2009
9:12 am
Clemson +no spiller= below average team. Without Spiller, they are nothing. Lets just put 11 guys on spiller.
Technophobia
November 19th, 2009
9:12 am
If you don’t want a challenge, don’t compete for a championship. The teams were pretty evenly matched in September, lets see who has improved more.
Heather Dinich
November 19th, 2009
9:12 am
CJ SPILLER OMGZZZZ
TechKen
November 19th, 2009
9:13 am
Tech82 – What is a “nice hot cup of STFU.”
Frank's Rock
November 19th, 2009
9:14 am
Clempson should’ve won the first meeting…..a little home cooking by the refs saved GIT’s @ss.
CJ runs wild, Clempson’s defense throttles GIT’s option.
PJ pops a hemorrhoid and an official.
GIT loses.
It’s 2nd in a row.
Joe Schmoe
November 19th, 2009
9:15 am
I want to play and beat Clemson again, so there fans can go back to the caves they came from. Lord, half a season of good play, and they act like they can run over anybody.
Roswell Yellow Jacket
November 19th, 2009
9:16 am
Mark, I know what you’re saying is true, but it would be nice for Tech to get an ACC championship under their belt. Playing Clemson again makes me nervous.
jacketsrollin
November 19th, 2009
9:17 am
Frank’s Rock,
Suggesting UGA will beat GT is laughable at best. Dogs beat a very average Awbarn team and now they are world beaters!
Jeff Sanchez
November 19th, 2009
9:17 am
The bugs only won because of a bogus holding call against Clemson the first time they played
Eagle-Jacket
November 19th, 2009
9:17 am
Heck yeah let’s play Clemson. GT wins gets a bump in the polls, maybe to #5. Bring ‘em on.
KSEE
November 19th, 2009
9:20 am
…No matter who we face im sure CPJ will have our players.. ALL THE WAY TURNT UP!!!!!!!
Boss
November 19th, 2009
9:21 am
Guess how many teams the SEC had in the NCAA tourney last year.
1. LSU. An 8 seed.
But year in and year out the ACC is the best conference. Never a down year.
In football ACC is currently #3 in the Sagarin rankings. The SEC is the most overhyped, overrated conference in the nation. The games are so boring, and the refs are crooked. The ACC played the most exciting games in the nation this year.
Also the ACC title game will have a much bigger rating than the big 12 game this year.
Charlotte is going to be awesome for the ACCCG. It will be a sellout every year. The ACC really needs to just take the Dome away from the SEC for the game.
Just some final reminders.
GT – 4 national titles. UGA 1.
GT’s last national title 1990, UGA – 1980.
GT – 2 final fours, UGA 1.
GT – 1 basketball title game appearance, UGA – 0.
GT – one of the top schools in the world. UGA – party wooooooooooo.
GT – Leader, Boss. UGA – Follower, Employee.
collegeballfan
November 19th, 2009
9:23 am
Good points Mark.
The ACC championship game has been a disaster & should be an embarrassment to the Conference. If they cannot “fix” it they need to just call it off.
HAYWOOD JABLOME
November 19th, 2009
9:25 am
i don’t think GT wants any part of clemson. that D is tenacious.
DABO also brings a fire and a will to win that is unparallel.
we’ll see what happens but i believe clemson will win and
maybe even be favored. they’d get the +3 for the homefield
advantage. probably outnumber GT fans 4 to 1.
GT
November 19th, 2009
9:25 am
Once again couldn’t agree more. It will be even better than the first game because no one knew what they were watching. I felt that one might be a decider on Tech or Clemson getting to the ACC championship game but I didn’t think both of them would made it. Clemson started so poorly against us, I thought they would fire that coach at half time. Lots of questionable decisions on his part. They came out that second half and Parker looked like an All American, the half Tech has since been known to dominate, so in hind sight Clemson is even more impressive. I also think that big game took it out of Tech playing Miami which no one realized until now was that good. I sure Tech was wondering why those punches from Clemson hurt so bad. FSU did that to us last year and we went to Chapel Hill weak.
Brad
November 19th, 2009
9:25 am
Yeah that big 12 game sure will be great. If Kan st wins, they are in the title game. If they lose, they aren’t even bowl eligible. I’d say the acc champ game has fared better than the big 12 over the past 4 years. At least our games are close.
John
November 19th, 2009
9:27 am
Clemson will beat va easily. And they will destroy sc too as will Ga tech destroy ugag.
Then people will begin to realize the acc is just as good as the sec. I’d take ga tech over fla and clemson over bama at this point.
Jackette
November 19th, 2009
9:30 am
playing Clemson again is like 4th down and 1 and CPJ is going for it knowing if we fail, we lose…and CPJ, the team and fans wouldn’t have it any other way! Reckstyle BABY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8GuH9oDHrU
StraightJacket
November 19th, 2009
9:30 am
I can’t deny that a Clemson appearance would be good for the conference, but as a GT fan, I like the match-up with BC much better. Having said that, the only way UVA beats Clemson is if Spiller only plays on defense (say, MLB) and Willy Korn plays QB.
Clemson and Tech totaled 57 points in September. I predict MORE points will be scored in Tampa.
A close game all the way to the end.
-SJ
Game On
November 19th, 2009
9:33 am
does anyone realize that we have played Spiller at least 3 times and gee I think we came out ok…why the fear? Take a look at the 2nd half highlights in Athens in 08, if Jackets can win there, they have the capability to wn in Tampa, grow some B@lls,CPJ did Jacketnation
James
November 19th, 2009
9:34 am
Mark this one isnt about what’s good for the “conference” this is about a 10-1 GT team trying to go 12-1. Get over your preaching. If Florida and Alabama could avoid playing each other in the acc champ, believe me they would. I’ll be pulling for the wahoos, as any sane GT fan would.
DABOISJV
November 19th, 2009
9:35 am
Even though clemson should win this game, Clemson this time of year lays an egg when it shouldn’t. I am sorry, Dabo is not the solution. I am calling the upset Virginia 23 Clemson 20.
Sorry Dabo, you’re still JV and do not get your payday.
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 19th, 2009
9:35 am
PHERST!!
Tech
November 19th, 2009
9:38 am
Life is good for a Tech fan, Top 10 school, Top 10 football team, Top 25 basketball team, and Top 5 baseball team. Talk about well rounded.
Technophobia
November 19th, 2009
9:40 am
Even if Clem’s son loses, that’s no guarantee that BC wins its last two ACC games. Clem’s son is the more anticipated matchup and would be better for the conference.
Ga Tech Old Timer
November 19th, 2009
9:43 am
Let’s think back to that night in September when Tech played Clemson. Tech led 24 – 7 at half and scored 6 in the last qtr. After the first qtr. they went into a coast mode and didn’t come out of it until mid way through the 4th qtr. – just in time to pull the game out in the last few seconds. I want Tech to play Clemson again for all the reasons mentioned by Mark – and also because I think Tech is a much better team than the one that showed up to play Clemson the first time around. While Tech fans are worried that Clemson is hot and much improved – take a good look at your own Tech team since the Miami game and tell me we don’t have something good going on here and have been constantly improving. Clemson should be more worried about Tech than the other way around. Have confidence in what our team has accomplished. If you want to be the best and considered a champion you have to play the best. I don’t want us to “back into” the ACC championship by playing a potentially lesser opponent.
Sonny Clusters
November 19th, 2009
9:44 am
We was so impressed during our official visit to Clemson when they took us downtown and they was a drug store there with a soda fountain where we could order any kind of float we wanted. The closest Dairy Queen was in Pendleton so being able to get to a good float place was very important to us both.
F-105 Thunderchief
November 19th, 2009
9:46 am
I hear Notre Dame has its eye on Dabo Swinney to replace Charlie Weis.
Nate
November 19th, 2009
9:46 am
As an honest Tech fan and ACC fan, I will be pulling for Clemson to make it to the Championship game, no doubt. Clemson and GT will be a great matchup and definitely draw more GT fans than a BC matchup. I mean really, I would rather go see a potentially great game instead of a dud.
Go Jackets!
THWG and THWSEC!
Sonny Clusters
November 19th, 2009
9:50 am
We was never one to pull against Ga Tech but Clemson has a soft spot in our heart. They was some beautiful girls there during our official visit and one of them was looking this Clusters over very closely. We was making eye contact right when the coaches started teaching us about tobacco chawin’ and spittin’ and we never got back to it. We was taking to the instruction real well and was pretty sure we was going to get a scholarship if it wasn’t for baseball coming up right about then. We even had a lawn tractor picked out but that didn’t work out like we’d hoped.
Lavette 4066
November 19th, 2009
9:51 am
Mark – I have been saying this very thing for weeks. The vibe in Tampa will be huge with a Clemson/Tech rematch. The game will sell out and the the pre-game hype machine will generate a strong TV audience. Dwyer vs. Spiller! The ACC needs this to prove the whole ACCCG thing can work. We need both Tech and Clemsom to win out to create a bigger match up. A top 10 Tech vs. a top 15 Clemson.
Charlotte will be a much better venue in the future. Who cares if it is cold? The Big 12 has played out doors in Kansas City and I don’t expect snow in Charlotte. Doesn’t that thing in Arlington still have a hole in the roof?
Bottom line: A Boston College game will be a snoozer in term of image for the ACC. BC is an easier opponent, but people who prefer to play them over Clemson just don’t get the big picture.
strange but true
November 19th, 2009
9:51 am
F-105: TOO FUNNY. but i bet that DABO could have a
.583 win percentage as the other 3 NOTRE DAME coaches
had/have. heck, u or i could.
Not afraid
November 19th, 2009
9:53 am
what I admire about GT is that they played decent teams to get to #7 and didn’t lineup the 3: North Texas, Chattanooga and FIU such as Bama or Fl who played FIU, Troy and Charleston Southern. i can understand one of these teams for a mulligan game but 3 is ridiculous. These teams expect the country to crown them champions but yet too cowardly to line up DIv 1 opponents for these 3 games. That is what makes these rankings so bogus. And your right., if given a choice, they would not play each other either and share the national crown if they could get away with it. Bring the best team on and watch this ACC title game get the ratings. Your either a great team that can handle adversity week in and week out or your not.
reebok
November 19th, 2009
9:54 am
Clemson is playing great right now, and so is Tech. But if the Jackets don’t take care of business and beat the Puppies next Saturday, the ACC Championship game is going to taste a lot less sweet…GO JACKETS!
TML
November 19th, 2009
9:54 am
We want Clemons to win? I’m not so sure about that. At this point, I just want to win the game. I could care less who we’re playing. We don’t have a realistic shot at the BCS title game, so we don’t really “need” to have another “big” win. Not saying I’m scared of Clemons, but that I don’t think it matters to us so much as it does the ACC.
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BobinBuford
November 19th, 2009
9:55 am
Frank’s Rock:
I believe that after that so called “phantom” holding call, GT was called for a “phantom” holding call on their next drive. So the makeup call was made. But GT came back from that to kick the winning field goal.
The 2nd half team that played for GT that day is not the same one that has been playing defense the rest of the year. So I would not be comparing that game vs. the ACCCG.
GA Tech Insider
November 19th, 2009
9:58 am
Once again, anyone thinking about the ACC Championship right now needs to have their head examined, regardless of whether it’s GA Tech or Clemson. GA Tech has a tough game against UGA coming up before they’ll even start thinking about the game in Tampa, and Clemson has a game against Virginia this Saturday, and then another tough game against their SEC rivals, the South Carolina Gamecocks, before the ACC Championship will kick off.
There’s plenty of football to be played before then; let’s try to enjoy the rest of the season, shall we?
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
November 19th, 2009
10:02 am
I would rather see the Clemson rematch too. Yes, Clemson has improved since early September … but so have the Jackets! I would rather face them again because our coaching staff will know going in what adjustments must be made from game 1. Not that we couldn’t beat BC, but I would almost think we’ve got at least as good a chance of beating CU. (We just don’t need to kickoff toward CJS!)
Not afraid
November 19th, 2009
10:03 am
would you like to be like Bama? Play FIU, N Texas an Chattanooga and say look at me we are the best thing going or how about Florida and line up FIU, Charleston So and Troy? This is what is so bogus about rankings. How any team expects the country to be in awe of this is beyond me. I can understand all teams having 1 mulligan to get you going but 3 is ludricrous. I admire GT for taking on UGA and then assuming Clemson and then who knows. CPJ and this team has desire, fire and guts. I love it!
JawjunY'all
November 19th, 2009
10:03 am
Guess we should have gone for it in the 1st quarter with 4th and only 1 on our own 31 – - getting too conservative. Punting is not always the life line. Neither is a field goal always 3 points. Most times a 4th down interception on the 1 yard line is better than an attempted punt or field goal.
Sonny Clusters
November 19th, 2009
10:04 am
Mark, we was noticing all that trash the UGA fans left behind when they was tailgating. In Clemson they have a mower with an attachment that can pick all that up in a few passes. We was thinking maybe you could pass that along to Athens.
TECHFAN5K
November 19th, 2009
10:09 am
I have 7 tickets to the ACC Championship game ordered. Even if no one else shows up, the 7 of us will be there cheering for the Jackets! We were at the 2006 game and even though there was not much scoring going on, it was an exciting game! Go Jackets!
Tech Tony
November 19th, 2009
10:11 am
Since it’s unlikely Tech would derive any BCS benefit no matter who it might play in the ACCCG, I think the network would love a Jackets-Clemson rematch.
True, the ACC title game has been laregly an afterthought nationally but this year perhaps the league can capitalize on an even worse pairing in the Big XII championship.
GT JJ
November 19th, 2009
10:12 am
If multiple teams ahead of GT in the rankings get upset and we need another “signature” win to vault into the BCS title game, then i’ll root for clemson. oh wait… might FLA and BAMA have both scheduled Sister Mary’s School for Blind Girls in week 12. Never mind.
I’ll take the easier win. My blood pressure is still high from the Wake game. Go BC.
JACKETfan12
November 19th, 2009
10:15 am
You can say “GT only won the first time they played because of this and that” all you want. Truth is that is a piss poor loser way of making excuses for a loss. Fact is, Tech beat Clemson this year and thats that. Its not Tech’s fault Clemson got beat on special teams. And Clemson caught our offense while it was having problems early in the year. If we can rush all over VT and FSU then we will do the same to Clemson.
GT JJ
November 19th, 2009
10:16 am
so who here believes that if clemson makes it to the title game and gets beat by Tech (again) that the national headline will be “clemson still can’t get over the hump”? I bet we still get little/no credit with everybody saying they knew clemson would lay an egg sooner or later.
I'm Confused
November 19th, 2009
10:18 am
I’m new to these Techie blogs. Where is ((((Saint Simons))))?
Old Gold Britches
November 19th, 2009
10:18 am
GT JJ ……I know you are right, but I hope that is the case!!!!!!!
Bring it on!
November 19th, 2009
10:27 am
CJ Spillar, Jacoby Ford and a good defense vs. Josh Nesbitt, Jon Dwyer, Anthony Allen, Roddy Jones, Bebe Thomas and a much improved defense. CPJ vs. Yaba Daba Doo – BRING IT ON!!
Richt's Tanning Salon
November 19th, 2009
10:27 am
I am feeling a great matchup between GT and Clemson brewing! I gotta admit, even though I’m coaching at uga, I love watching Tech play football, its so much more exciting then my boring team this year. Man I wished Dwyer would’ve come played for me, oh well, at least Bubba is letting me use my name in his tanning salon business for now, as long as I keep my tans at twice a day!
Bring it on!
November 19th, 2009
10:28 am
First order of business is to POUND the PUPPIES!!! THWG!!!!
Aubrey
November 19th, 2009
10:29 am
Clemson would have an advantage in playing Tech that BC would not have. Clemson has played against PJ’s offense this year and BC hasn’t. I would rather see Tech win the game that see a full stadium. The best chance to win would be BC.
ramblinwreckce
November 19th, 2009
10:33 am
While a rematch on paper, I think that these two teams are vastly different than in the first game. While we went up early, Clemson’s defense settled down and Nesbitt had to learn a new read technique on the fly. He’s gotten very good at it over the year. Parker has grown up, but still has his rookie moments. CJS has been running down-hill since the Maryland game.
I still think that our offense as it is now has advantages over their defense as it is now. Our defense and special teams are going to have to learn consistancy though. It’s comforting on one level that our kickers don’t have the leg to reach Spiller or Ford.
In the coaching department, CPJ has better gamesmanship than Dabo. However the contrasting styles may make for good TV.
Clemson/GT is the right matchup. It is best for the conference. It may be all too exciting. I’m still getting over the WF game and Duke-s 10-0 start. I’m glad we have a bye this week.
Richt's Tanning Salon
November 19th, 2009
10:40 am
I rule UGA!!! Plus, I do my own truck commercials!!! What has Paul Johnson done? Oh man, nevermind, he runs an excellent football program and knows how to win. I wonder if he would take me in as an assistant?
Brucemac
November 19th, 2009
10:42 am
Boss, you failed to mention a couple of items:
Sagarin rating conference: SEC #! as usual
Tech Ga series, you are not even close
ACC football television rating: somewhere below Mayberry reruns
I will give you the Basketball thing, who cares?
Overall sports program: UGA top 5 every year, GT nowhere to be found
I don’t know to many engineers that are boss, they usually work for UGA Business grad
That's MR. Paul's Johnson to You!
November 19th, 2009
10:46 am
All that gargage strewn around the UGA campus reminds me of what the UGA football players will look like after the A and B trains hit them….
MR
November 19th, 2009
10:47 am
Frank’s Rock, you are as dumb as that rock.
GT Fan
November 19th, 2009
10:47 am
Bring the Best Girl to the Party is always fun, it lets you know if you’re the real winner or not.
GT can stand the test…play ball.
Brandan Spikes
November 19th, 2009
10:50 am
Hey fellas, just think, if you guys win against the puppies, then win in the acc championship game, it maybe possible we could be meeting in a bowl real soon! Ya better tell ur star runningbacks to wear helmut shields otherwise my hand my accidently slip into their helmut and risk poking an eyeball. If yall gots ta play us, good luck!
Not afraid
November 19th, 2009
10:53 am
to he!! to he!! to he!! with GA, to he!! to he!! to he!! with GA,to he!! to he!! to he!! with GA, the CESSPOOL of the South, wow how prophetic is this GT song
o-me
November 19th, 2009
10:54 am
b spikes (fake) …don’t have to worry about your eyes because you’re to chicken to get close to the pile.
Old Gold jockstrap
November 19th, 2009
10:55 am
I’m so proud of my yellow jackets I pulled my old gold jockstrap out of the attic from my early years of playing ball at Tech! Maybe I should flick it at the dawgs next weekend for the big game!!! They may want to wear it on their head to show them whose boss! Go Jackets!!!!
GT Nuke
November 19th, 2009
10:55 am
Why can’t you short term thinking “fans” get a clue about the big picture. Sure we can’t get to the big game this year, but we stand a great chance at getting there NEXT year. If we puss out and play wimps when we can get away with it, we will not build the national reputation that we will need to get into the elite group at the top of the BCS heap next year. Ignore what the SEC posers do, we need to get there ourselves – the only way to be a champion is to beat champions – I can’t imagine CPJ wanting anything less. Comeone pawboys, win out, get to Tampa, bring it on, and may the best team win!!
Go JACKETS! THWG!
Brandan Spikes
November 19th, 2009
10:58 am
o-me, wat u bee talkin bout (wannabe) playa? I’m in the pile every play u can count on it! Oh wait, you prolly cannot count cause u went to uga, oops sorry brah! Go milk a cow for me and then go home, eat a hungry man dinner and watch me in the pros next year waaahooo!!!
Tampabound
November 19th, 2009
10:58 am
this is for the GT fans on these blogs, if you have a ticket to the ACC title game in Tampa then I salute you! If not, then SHAME on you. CPJ and this team have done everything you ask of them to do now do your part and go support this team. Tix are as low as $50. Carpool or take a bus. Quit giving your two cents on these blogs if you cannot get off your backside and go support this team.
Hold on just a sec
November 19th, 2009
11:00 am
There’s only one game right now Tech should focus on, and that’s next weekend against UGA. Beat them and then turn focus on ACC Title game. Tech better be prepared because you know UGA will be out for blood. The Dawgs want revenge and would love nothing more than to upset Tech and put an abstract on a great season. But I believe PJ will have the Jackets ready and not looking ahead. Alright Tech, let’s steamroll the dawgs and send them and there fans back to 316 with all there trash! Peace
Cuttysark
November 19th, 2009
11:04 am
Who cares what team wins the Atlantic Division. The Yellow Jackets are playing very good football and currently are focused on UGA. One game at a time folks.
Go to http://isportsweb.com for more Georgia Tech Football articles. THWG!
BuzzGT
November 19th, 2009
11:05 am
Tampabound, I am with you. I am taking a break from my Disney vacation to drive over to the game. My 8 year old son rather be at the game than Disney World.
MR
November 19th, 2009
11:06 am
Brucemac top 5 every year. I guess you are not counting the last two years. Oh, sorry, you meant top 5 recruiting. No, that could not have been it….Business school grad….you don’t even know what an engineer is. An engineer my friend has UGA business grads answering their phone.
What ACCCG?????? Only one game on our mind….nothing else.
dagnabit
November 19th, 2009
11:07 am
It’s always hard to beat a good team twice in the same year. Having said that; I don’t believe Paul Johnson will let Tech lose to Clemson in Tampa Bay.And by the way, the bulldog nation is about to lose Notre Dame to Bob Stoops or the Cincinnati coach. Looks like Urban is going to be at Florida for a looooong time.
MR
November 19th, 2009
11:08 am
Tampabound, Section 109, Row M, Seat 10. Go Jackets
Scrap
November 19th, 2009
11:10 am
Mark……again another great piece……I agree that Clemson makes for the best matchup…….Through the years, this has been the most exciting matchup in the ACC……The games are always close and the competition is fierce…….There’s always the chance that Clemson can beat us, there always is that chance……..but lets give the fans, the conference, and the national tv audience what they pay for……..the best matchup possible……..besides, it doesn’t get sweeter than beating Clemson……..and what better way to cap off a special season than by beating Clemson twice and finishing in the top 4 in the country…..forgive me for speculating for a few minutes……now back to the task at hand……..THWG
HBTD
November 19th, 2009
11:14 am
Rest assured that if Clemson wins the Atlantic Divisin of the ACC, they will travel in mass to Tampa. Of course it’s going to look and sound like a home game for the tigers. My guess is that the split in fans attending will be in the 80/20 range. For some reason, tech fans just don’t travel. I’m sure they have more important things to do than attend their on teams game, because they are an extremely smart lot. If you don’t believe me, just ask one of them on this blog.
BuzzGT
November 19th, 2009
11:14 am
Dabo really, really, really wants to make it to the ACC championship. It gets him an $800,000 raise.
JimTech
November 19th, 2009
11:15 am
Clemson scares me. I would rather play BC.
o-me
November 19th, 2009
11:15 am
b spikes (fake) I know Brandan and u not him! wannabe , u wish! Not UGA but UF buddy.
Pi$$onaDawg
November 19th, 2009
11:15 am
48-24-3 I ain’t skeered of no Clemson. I do wonder about a pissed dawg coming to Bobby Dodd with nothing to lose and everything to gain. Tampa is 2 games away for Clemson and 1 game for TECH and should be a Million Miles away through the Windshield. All I can see is is the Dawgs and that is all.
Louis T
November 19th, 2009
11:15 am
I’ve heard that CJ has a ‘lac in the garage…
Captain
November 19th, 2009
11:17 am
Hopefully if Clempson gets another shot at GT the officials won’t ‘give’ the game to GT as they did in the first meeting. GT with an illegal play, the fake FG illegal substitution. The ACC said so, and combined with all those chop blocks GT’s season is one built by breaking the rules. Hope the old ball coach can win one for S Car by beating Clempson, the Dawgs conjur up a miracle of epic proportions thus making the ACC Championship a game America anticipates with all the excitement of a rectal exam.
BuzzGT
November 19th, 2009
11:17 am
I was at the 2006 ACC Championship and there were plenty of GT fans (at least 3-1 ratio). And that was with luke warm support for Chan Gailey, awful weather, and an unpopular quarterback.
Marcus
November 19th, 2009
11:18 am
I hope Clemson makes it so the Falcons can send scouts down to check out CJ Spiller. If Norwoods contract isn’t renewed….
GT Fan
November 19th, 2009
11:18 am
Right-on, take one game at a time the rest will take care of its self.
Mike Slimve
November 19th, 2009
11:18 am
We have refs for sale for the next few to games to make that match up happen. In the SEC we know how to get the right teams to where they need to be.
Mark Bradley
November 19th, 2009
11:19 am
Ha, ha.
Scrap
November 19th, 2009
11:19 am
11-1 Heading to Tampa……What a special season this is…….13-1 with two wins over Clemson……What a special season indeed…….
sorry……..THWG……..back on track now.
mexdawg
November 19th, 2009
11:20 am
Acc championship game should be played at DUKE.Maybe with good weather and the free hot dog and coke promotion they might be able to have a sellout.What a joke you bugs are.When you look around your own stadium on nov 28th and see it full of red and black you’ll know your in the right spot.CMR will soon be 8-1 vs the dirt dobbers.We own you.We’ve always owned you.
MagnaCarterGT
November 19th, 2009
11:21 am
I can’t believe this year’s Big 12 Championship game, which will be Texas vs. a vastly inferior team from the north division, will be a huge draw for anyone not living in Texas. And even then it’s not like the whole state would be watching – unlike Georgia, Texas has split loyalties, with a large amount of UT fans, A&M fans, and OU fans, to name a few.
Texas is pretty much guaranteed to win the Big 12. Their last two games are against Kansas and Texas A&M, who have the same number of wins combined as Texas has. In the championship game they’ll play either 7-5 Kansas State or 8-4/9-3 Nebraska. I don’t see it as being a very compelling game to watch.