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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1,071 comments Add your comment
hog
November 25th, 2009
5:10 am
The whole ACC has the worst football in the world
Brandon
November 25th, 2009
5:13 am
For seven straight years UGA owned Tech…one game and all of a sudden Tech is a dynasty and UGA is fading?? How did you get this job? UGA is 59-39-5 all-time vs GT including a 14-4 run since 1991. You’re a joke. Do some research…oh, wait you’re a columnist. Makes since now.
Big time?? Not
November 25th, 2009
5:18 am
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes
falcon 71
November 25th, 2009
5:18 am
I notice you wrote this after midnite so that explains this moronic effort. Mark don’t drink and write over the holliday or you will get caught. You should know better
George P
November 25th, 2009
5:19 am
The article was funny, especially the “chop block” and “excessive celebration” line, but, really, the funniest part is how angry all the Georgia fan comments are.
This year Georgia fans are miserable. Tech fans are happy, and that makes the Georgia fans even more miserable.
Keep whining about the past and insulting the school, Dawgs. Every bitter little comment you leave makes us laugh harder.
BIRDDAWGONE
November 25th, 2009
5:26 am
BLOG POLL:
Do you think Mark Bradley could catch a football?
hog
November 25th, 2009
5:30 am
Well it’s getting to that time of year again when the brave little guys from the ACC go out and embarrass themselves again and put togeather another just aweful bowl record. And showing all you nerds why we don’t respect you. We don’t respect anyone in that lolipop conference of yours so why would we respect you for beating them. It’s like being the smartest special ed kid.And you will have to excuse us for losing last year. It’s just that we were winning by alot plus we’ve gotten so use to shoving you in your lockers, that we thought for sure you wouldn’t fight back this time. But I think we have grown and we won’t take out the first string and celebrating to early this year. I think the ACC should have to give up it’s automatic bowl bcs bowl bid and give it to the mountain west, and the bowl records of the last ten years support my theory.I know alot of high school teams with one loss but that doesn’t mean I think they can beat the Falcons(no matter how many losses the have).
GT9
November 25th, 2009
5:30 am
Could Bradley catch a football? Not if a big Kentucky defensive lineman was in the way, no.
KJ
November 25th, 2009
5:42 am
“Did you Georgia fans know that since 1992 Georgia has a 91-55 record in the SEC. A whopping 62% of the time Georgia will win a conference game.”
Yeah, given that you’re obviously a retarded Gaytor fan, it’s no surprise that your “history” only goes back to ‘92.
factcheck?
November 25th, 2009
5:44 am
“Congratulations Tech fans on being “King of the Cupcakes. (aka the ACC divisional)””
ACC coastal has 4 teams in the BCS top 25: yeah, that’s an easy division to play in
swampjacket
November 25th, 2009
5:56 am
If Tech were in the SEC, which after Sat. they will be 5-1 against over the last 2 years, they(not my Gators) would probably be playing Bama in the conf. championship. As far as the coaching goes, Tech has improved on both sides has the season progressed, UGA has not. But any coach will tell you that he can only be as good as his players. Tech has some studs, UGA has one(GREEN). Coaches also love to say “you can’t make chicken-salad out of chicken-s*%#! Stop believing the recruiting hype!
Kennesaw Dawg
November 25th, 2009
5:56 am
I think we should hire Dick Butkas as head coach at UGA. At least then we could watch his FedEx commercials for a change instead of watching Carpets of Dalton commercials.
Mark is filling up emergency rooms across Georgia
November 25th, 2009
5:57 am
Mark,
You should be ashamed of yourself. Your are raising the blood pressure of fat lazy leg humper fans across the Great state of Georgia. Many will end up in the hospital because of you before kick off this year.
The rest will end up getting their stomachs pumped, post drinking bing.
Happy Thanksgiving,
HelluvaEngineer
gomdawg
November 25th, 2009
5:59 am
COACH MR IS BY FAR A BETTER COACH THAN PJ AND YOU WILL SEE SATURDAY WHEN WE BEAT YOURE AZZ’S. THE BUZZ WILL BE GONE YA’LL WILL PLAY IN THE GATOR BOWL ONE MORE YEAR.
MR
November 25th, 2009
6:35 am
I love the way you dawg fans play right into MB plan. He writes this stuff to bring out the idiot fringe of the dawg nation. The only thing really correct in his article is the stupid fans who want CMR fired and the fact that when UGA has a bad year the only thing they can do is go with the name calling and down grading a player character. You Tech fans on this blog are just as bad. I guess degrading 18 – 19 year old kids is some kind of sport for you idiots. These kids, on both teams, will play hard on Saturday and there will be a winner and a loser. The sun will rise the next morning and these kids will move on to the next challenge. Yes, I expect Tech to win since I am a Tech fan. If they lose it does not mean that Josh, JD, and the rest are no class individuals or bad football players. Get a grip people.
Go Jackets
MR
November 25th, 2009
6:40 am
Paul Johnson’s Johnson, you must be a 40 year old idiot who lives in his parent basement or a 10 year old just learning to use the computer. I’d bet on the first one. It takes a real intelect to post like that. You are sick.
MR
November 25th, 2009
6:41 am
Brandon, you are right man. You can hang your hat on the past.
collegeballfan
November 25th, 2009
6:43 am
All of this over a football game.
How can Mark Richt be the savior of UGA football for years & now have the UGA fans trying to run him out of town? UGA has one of the ten best football coaches in the country and you guys want to fire him?
Who you gonna get that is a better coach?
browndog
November 25th, 2009
6:50 am
CMR will have the Dawgs back on top in no time. He has and continues to get quality players. UGA is lucky to have CMR ! The team will play much better in 2010 and will be drastically improved in 2011. Good luck to the seniors Saturday on both teams.
browndog
November 25th, 2009
6:51 am
Enter your comments here
Buzzboy
November 25th, 2009
6:55 am
DPCOOPER,
At the beginning of 08, UGA was ranked #1 and we were ranked #80. Now we are #7 and UGA is not ranked. If we are fortunate enough to beat you guys Saturday, you will have lost more games in one year than we have in two. But, PJ agrees with you. He says we have not done anything yet and it is because of that mindset that I suspect greater days are ahead.
D.Ellis
November 25th, 2009
6:56 am
MArk-Good one! I enjoyed reading. Good luck to the Tech fans, should be another great game Saturday!
Alabama Jack
November 25th, 2009
6:59 am
Respect All, Fear None
Pound the Puppies
GT Rich
November 25th, 2009
7:04 am
CMR: Hmmm…looks like rain. Looks like you’ll have a hard time running your offense today.
CPJ: (chuckle)
Once a mutt, always an idiot
November 25th, 2009
7:06 am
These posts by mutt fans completely validates this entire article. Setting up fleabag fans is like kicking baby ducks.
winterdawg
November 25th, 2009
7:08 am
Most Georgia fans don’t want to run off Richt. It’s journalists and the loud mouths that keep saying that. Most of us love having him on the sideline and realize that everything will be fine. We also realize we have a great chance to upset Tech and ruin their season. That we are really looking forward to.
GT Rules State
November 25th, 2009
7:08 am
It’s a college RENAISSANCE … UGAyers get use to it
CornieBread
November 25th, 2009
7:10 am
It all runs in cycles, guys. Young coaches coach with fire in their belly, as years go by most mellow, and eventually retire or die. It’s a game, and for those who have played on a college team, seeing all the hype on some blogs is amusing, knowing what goes on within the team that never gets out to the public is like night and day. Majority of what is in newspaper columns is written as if the writer is on another planet.
CrackerJacket
November 25th, 2009
7:10 am
Good post browndog! I think all true competitors would love to see both the Bulldogs and the Jackets build programs that have national prominence every year.
MR
November 25th, 2009
7:11 am
I just read the article by Ray Glier, on ajc.com, and it was a true piece of jounalism. It was about firing a coach after a bad season. Quotes from other coaches, examples of what could happen. Nothing pitting one program against the rest. Nothing biased about one program or the another. It had insight and facts. No opinions. It was refreshing to read. MB, you an your blog croonies should take a lesson from this type reporting. If you truly want to call yourself sports journalist then you need follow this type writing. Wishful thinkig I know.
Hey U SEC homers
November 25th, 2009
7:15 am
Take a look at the BCS. More ACC teams in the top 25 than SEC teams. If not for the cupcake games (3-4 each , not including UGA) Florida and Alabama might not be undefeated. Case closed.
MR
November 25th, 2009
7:17 am
winterdawg, take the time to read CPJ news conference. If you think losing to UGA will ruin our season you have another thing coming. Only the idoit fringe of both programs define this game as the “Season”. Yes, we like to win but I bet if I gave you the choice between beating Fla. or GT you would jump on the Fla win so fast it would make your head spin. The game has major importance only in the minds of those who do not understand football. Tech loses to UGA but beats Clemson in the ACCCG then they go to a BCS bowl. Losing to UGA would not change that. Only thing it would change is the ranking and we all know just how important that is. That said I believe we will win but if we don’t the only thing bad about it would be listening to the idiot fringe of the bulldawg nation. I will still make the trip to Tampa.
SatchelBuzz
November 25th, 2009
7:19 am
Another Dawg,….get over yourself. Ugag is not a prominent national program. That’s laughable,…..oh what a great day to be a ‘Jacket!
THWG!!
MakinBacon
November 25th, 2009
7:20 am
Hog – you actually call yourself that? You are about to get another beatdown Saturday. Nobody gives a rip whether a mangy mutt respects them. Just win, baby! Again! That is all!
79
November 25th, 2009
7:20 am
Ray Goff was the 1976 SEC Player of the Year. Buck Belue turned and handed the ball to Herschell 35 times a game. One is loved by all Georgia fans, the other is used by Dawg parents to frighten their children.
You can’t go home.
MR
November 25th, 2009
7:22 am
Buck Belue, second fiddle to Herschel and now second fiddle to a loud mouth yankee.
MR
November 25th, 2009
7:23 am
Even the know nothing Eric Zier beat him out to broadcast dawg games.
MR
November 25th, 2009
7:24 am
Sorry but Belue just makes me sick to my stomach.
The Real YellowJacket
November 25th, 2009
7:27 am
45-42.
More National Championships.
More graduates.
Fewer felons
Jacketman
November 25th, 2009
7:38 am
Hey Mark, what’s the arrest rate for the mutts in 2009, as compared to 2008? Up? Down?
martin in grovetown
November 25th, 2009
7:45 am
the real yellowjacket, please remind me what happened between 1998-2000?
Gen Neyland
November 25th, 2009
7:46 am
I live in a rural section of NE GA. One of our newest neighbors through the woods is a GT grad. Nice enough guy, but odd. Odd in the sense that this past year he had another neighbor turn a spot for his garden and his theory for pest control was to build ‘chicken runs’ between the rows. His answer for weed control was to plant clover between the rows. It was explained to him that A) Deer love clover, it spreads a bit and red clover is planted in the fall to provide nitrogen to your garden spot for the next season, if you wish B) Chicken runs between rows..? Are you serious..? People, I couldn’t make this up. It’s a real story…
Bobbi Dud
November 25th, 2009
7:49 am
Is it time to change the name to Paul Johnson Stadium yet?
Techman
November 25th, 2009
7:49 am
One bright spot for the Bulldog Nation. The academic progress reports are out and 86% of the entire football team made straight “A” s last semiester. They’re still having trouble writing the “B”s but they’re penmanship class scores have really improved since the spring.
Cleveland, OH jacket
November 25th, 2009
7:50 am
“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.”
This is my favorite one
1993- head to head record?
November 25th, 2009
7:54 am
go back to 1965…Uga is 33 and 12 against tech.. georgia leads the entire series by 24 games..and by the way ajc geniuses..criticizing ray goff in a ga/ga. tech article, wasn’t he 6 wins and only one loss to tech? are you critizing mr. goff for the one loss to the bugs..you are right i guess one loss to revenge of the nerdsville is sad!!!!! Wear your GAY little yellow wigs tech alums on saturday or for the next quarter century! thats how long it would take not losing to GEORGIA to even the series….lmfao
Lewis's ghost
November 25th, 2009
7:55 am
Tech still sucks
25 games over .500 against tech
November 25th, 2009
7:56 am
i thought the dawgs led the series by 27 games? no?
series lead?
November 25th, 2009
7:57 am
can poopa johnson coach 25 more years, if so he may just even the series in grunt stadium
FalconUGAFan
November 25th, 2009
7:57 am
@MR I agree with your posts 100%. I honestly believe the Bradley has been reduced to writing blogs that are designed to get hits, nothing more.
There is no reason to even consider firing CMR. He does have some work to do as the Bulldogs are playing undiscliplined ball with all the penalties, and turnovers. He relied a bit much on the motivational giimmicks, but we will be alright. I am totally confident he will right the ship.