Tech fans giggle while UGA fans say, ‘Shut up and deal’
PJ cracks wise; Richt is unamused. (AJC photo by Pouya Dianat)
In times of plenty and in times of want, there’s always Georgia versus Georgia Tech. It’s a game that defines (and sometimes reconfigures) the sport in our state, and by way of public service we offer yet another installment — that’s my way of saying I’ve lost count — of our Field Guide to the opposing sets of fans.
• Tech fans describe the moves Roddy Jones put on Georgia defenders along the sideline as “the old okey-doke.” Georgia fans describe Tech’s stadium as “The joke by Coke.”
• Georgia fans still can’t get over Tech putting the score of last year’s Georgia game on their Coastal Division co-championship rings. Tech fans still can’t get over Georgia players selling SEC championship rings on eBay.
• Tech fans laugh really hard whenever Paul Johnson says anything mildly amusing. Georgia fans stopped laughing at Paul Johnson midway through the third quarter on Nov. 29, 2008.
• Georgia fans don’t take the ACC seriously. Tech fans think SEC superiority is all a figment of Tim Brando’s imagination.
• Two words guaranteed to make Tech fans mad: Chop block. Two words guaranteed to make Georgia fans mad: Excessive celebration.
• Georgia fans believe SEC refs have it in for the Bulldogs. Tech fans believe SEC refs do a fine job — especially that nice Al Ford.
• Tech fans think it’s funny the head of SEC officiating is a Tech grad. Georgia fans think it’s all part of a grand conspiracy.
• Georgia fans are incensed by PETA’s demand that the late Uga VII be replaced by a robot. Tech fans will be incensed if they don’t get the contract to build the robot.
• Tech fans are excited to see the Jackets so high in the BCS rankings. Georgia fans are excited to see the Bulldogs so high in the recruiting rankings.
• Georgia fans can’t believe Tech keeps extending Paul Johnson’s contract. Tech fans would be willing to chip in and help Georgia extend Willie Martinez’s contract.
• Tech fans are eagerly awaiting a rematch with Clemson in Tampa. Georgia fans are eagerly awaiting a rematch with Kentucky in Stegeman Coliseum. (Er, maybe not. Kentucky’s better in hoops, too.)
• Georgia fans cackled when Tech kept going to bowls on the blue turf of exotic Boise. Tech fans with long memories are hoping like crazy Georgia lands in Shreveport, where every night is surf-and-turf at Red Lobster.
• The Tech fan’s favorite moment of 2009: Josh Nesbitt stealing the ball from a Florida State linebacker. The Georgia fan’s least favorite moment of 2009: Joe Cox flipping the ball to a Kentucky lineman.
• Georgia fans can’t understand what has happened to Mark Richt. Tech fans think what has happened to Mark Richt has a lot to do with Paul Johnson.
• Tech fans get really miffed if their team doesn’t wear gold. Georgia fans get really miffed if their team wears black helmets.
• Georgia fans still make fun of Tech’s (lack of) attendance. Tech fans figure that’s the last resort of a fading program: If you can’t beat ‘em on the field, outnumber ‘em in the stands.
• This season has Tech fans recalling the Bobby Dodd Era. This season has Georgia fans recalling the Ray Goff Era.
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Paul in RDU
November 25th, 2009
8:10 pm
willie
By following the advice from all of the putative DC’s on here the last few days, there is an answer to the triple option.
Put a DL over ever Tech lineman (5 DLs)
Assign line backers to the A backs and Dwyer (3 LBs)
Assign a safety to Nesbitt (1 SS)
Double team both wide outs (4 DB’s)
Nothing to it.
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:21 pm
Mark, its very tiring to handle the blog for hours while youre doing God knows what. your exhausted friend, willie
Joe Cox vs. Tom Brady
November 25th, 2009
8:21 pm
Tom Brady 1998 Michigan
131 Effic., 15 td’s, 12 int’s, 2636 yards
Joe Cox 2009 Georgia
139 Effic, 21 td’s, 14 int’s, 2350 yards (2 games to go)
HOW 'BOUT THEM DOGS!
November 25th, 2009
8:22 pm
Thanks for all the best wishes from Gator fans on our game this saturday against the dawgs! The beatdowns for UGA will continue in 2010, with GT and FLA delivering the most lopsided wins. Tennessee will be also be a blow out…
Hmmm
November 25th, 2009
8:26 pm
UGa fans are so full of themselves they could almost be hated as much as Notre Dame fans if anybody outside the south cared.
Mark Bradley
November 25th, 2009
8:26 pm
I appreciate the vigilance, CWM. Were I you, I’d take the rest of the day off.
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:27 pm
Mark, the column was good today. but not nearly as good as the “you too can sugarcoat goff’s performance” piece.
glad you havent written a piece about sugarcoating my performance. best, willie
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:28 pm
Mark, i took an oath that i would do my best in all my endevours. defense, blogs, or swatting gnats.
Mark Bradley
November 25th, 2009
8:29 pm
You are truly a man of honor. I salute you, sir.
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:29 pm
i know my grammer. shouldnt it be “was i you” ?
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:30 pm
gosh, i’ve got chill bumps just like an adolescent girl .
Small Johnson
November 25th, 2009
8:32 pm
Georgia Tech will be a drunken wreck this weekend to a sorry UGA team
It will be funny to watch the disapointed looks when they realize just how sorry their team really is when they play a team that plays college level teams and not middle school football.
I guess they will sign you to another contract Willie after Saturday
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:32 pm
Mark, did you hear i tendered my resignation effective this Sunday?
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:33 pm
i really hate it when damon calls belue on that radio show.
Technophobia
November 25th, 2009
8:34 pm
“You can’t let public opinion run your program,” Mark Richt on all the speculation about staff changes.
There may be hope Willie! Hugs for everyone.
jesse james
November 25th, 2009
8:35 pm
Go Dawgs! Mark Bradley you better wish you were half the man Ray Goff is. At least he was a Head Coach. I’m not sure what you are. You’re not even close to being one of the best state’s sportwriters.
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:35 pm
my resignation was conditional. all richt asked was that i cover the spread.
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:36 pm
jesse: ray, i told you not to blog this early in the evening. willie
Roscoe P Coltrain
November 25th, 2009
8:39 pm
Good news
Good news
Good news Mark
Coach Willie and the gang are going to come out and show a new scheme that tech wont be able to handle and you will have something new and exciting to write Sunday,
You can title it “The Pretenders from Atlanta”
I love it
I love it
I love it
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:40 pm
there once was a coach named goff
made even the faithful scoff
said even vince dooley
you’ve made me feel fooly
and now the payroll get off
Joe Cox vs. Dan Marino
November 25th, 2009
8:41 pm
Dan Marino, Pittsburg, 1982
58% completion, 2432 yards, 17 td’s, 23 int’s, 67 pass rating
Joe Cox, Georgia, 2009
56% Completion, 2350 yards, 21 td’s, 14 int’s, 138 pass rating (2 more games to go)
Ph.D. of Pigskinology
November 25th, 2009
8:42 pm
Paul in RDU
…funny…yeah, these clowns who have never played a down in their lives are a hoot…simple, just shut down the run, I mean, JUST SHUT IT DOWN, WE ARE THE DAAAAWWWGGSSS, WOOF, WOOF, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SAY IT AND THAT MAKES IT SO…Josh can’t throw the ball even though he has the #8 passing efficeincy rating in the nation…
…he won’t throw the ball more than his average of 11-12 times…
GT 42, UGA 28
Super Dog
November 25th, 2009
8:43 pm
Willie Martinez
I trusted you with all my bets that I made this year. You let me down, now I’m broke, can I borrow some money? I know you have plenty, you have been making $300,000 a year for sometime now
jesse james
November 25th, 2009
8:44 pm
Willie Martinez – Whoever you are. You must be sitting by Mark Bradley and his computer. How about tell me the difference in cover 2 and cover 3, what is meant by playing a shade? Who is Sam, Willie, and Mike? What is meant by the swim move? What is a 9 technique? How do you stop a trap? Who do you follow in the trap? What is meant by a linebacker scraping off. The real Willie knows the answers, do you? Tell your buddy Mark Hello!
Super Dog
November 25th, 2009
8:46 pm
Ph.D. of Pigskinology
#8 in passer rating, really how many attemps does he have 10
blah ha ha ha ahah ahh hoo oooohaaao whats next, he needs to be in New York to accept his heisman
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:47 pm
there once a girl called water
who asked questions quite the satre
mark lost the house
so now he’s soused
in our house now i’m a squatter
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:49 pm
i just asked Mark about those questions jesse and he told me they were all things a husband does with his wife. best, willie
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:50 pm
jesse, cover 2 is what zeier says during the whole ballgame. sam (strong) mike (middle) will (weak). what else you want me to tell you? who the president is?
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:52 pm
Mark, help me, i’m drowning
Ph.D. of Pigskinology
November 25th, 2009
8:53 pm
Slurper Dog…
Bite me…
45 -28 the wrong way for you, my not so friend…
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
8:53 pm
super, bet very, very heavy on the over. i guarantee it. willie
Technophobia
November 25th, 2009
8:54 pm
Don’t worry willie, jesse just got a little teste.
Super Dog
November 25th, 2009
8:55 pm
I have figured out why Tech cannot get their athletic program off the ground.
Because they think players like Nesbitt are really good, I mean the guy is #8 in passing efficiency with only 12 attemps this year
With thinking like that they might as well join Ga States conference
Technophobia
November 25th, 2009
8:59 pm
I don’t know superdog, UGA didn’t beat anyone with a winning conference record in their conference, maybe UGA should join GSU’s conference.
No triple option offense in NFL--Why?
November 25th, 2009
9:02 pm
If the triple option can’t be stopped, why don’t NFL OC’s use it?
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
9:02 pm
Georgia will win saturday. guaranteed. Bradley will be there and so will I. blogging from the sidelines.
Bee Wise
November 25th, 2009
9:03 pm
How did Miami beat Tech?
Bee Wise
November 25th, 2009
9:04 pm
How did LSU beat Tech?
Paul in RDU
November 25th, 2009
9:04 pm
Sam, Willie and Mike???
Aren’t they the Pep Boys?
jesse james
November 25th, 2009
9:04 pm
The Fake Willie – I’m still waiting! That’s what I thought, you don’t know a damn thing about defense. You get on hear and make fun of a man that is probably twice or three time the man you are. Technophobia – Where were you during the seven game winning streak? No where to found.
jesse james
November 25th, 2009
9:05 pm
Willie – I meant here and not hear. I don’t have time to proof read like you and Mark.
Paul in RDU
November 25th, 2009
9:05 pm
willie -
Are you going to post pics on Saturday or just text? It would be good to get some of those close up pictures of Dwyer’s back
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
9:06 pm
the name is willie
ive got spunk
the sceptics have told me i stunk
if i lose to tech
i’ll just be a wreck
and soon become just a monk
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
9:08 pm
jesse: mom, i told you to stay off the blogs. you just cant spell. your devoted son, willie
David
November 25th, 2009
9:10 pm
BRING ON UGA VIII, UGA VII COULD NOT BEAT US. THE HELL TO GEORGIA.
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
9:11 pm
paul, yes the pics will be posted. willie
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
9:12 pm
james jesse, sorry but i’ve had the computer folks ban your posts from now on. willie
Technophobia
November 25th, 2009
9:12 pm
Jesse, I was right here, where were you?
jesse james
November 25th, 2009
9:12 pm
David – We are coming! Also I heard Paul Johnson is going back to GSU. He is tired of being respresented by a mascot that wears tights and all those yellow wigs that look like sunflowers.
Paul in RDU
November 25th, 2009
9:13 pm
willie, I hope you are quick on the shutter so that you can get Roddy Jones and Reshad Jones on the same frame