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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elevator game
November 25th, 2009
8:48 am
Tech going up.
Dogs going down. Quickly!
Chris
November 25th, 2009
8:51 am
Is it really only Wednesday? Man I can’t wait for some football this weekend. 8:00 pm kickoff gives me plenty of time to drink my whiskey clear.
ACL club
November 25th, 2009
8:51 am
Tech fans say, “We’re 10-1 and haven’t won anything yet.”
Georgia fans say, “We’re 6-5 and have won everything in the past.”
Doug
November 25th, 2009
8:53 am
It will be so nice to have another year of uga excuses after we beat you again. this year it will be a blowout. and your crap coached team will sink even further into decay. you arrogant mutts deserve it. enjoy next year. it will be even worse than this year. oh and enjoy shreveport.
GTdad
November 25th, 2009
8:56 am
“Yea, he’s bad, bad, CPJ,
The baddest man in the A-C-C,
Badder than ole King Kong,
Meaner than those junkyard dawgs!!!!”
techie on the coast
November 25th, 2009
8:57 am
I can’t wait for the after party! m, RAMBLE ON!!! and Saint Simons get ready for the best tickle pile/circle jerk ever. I will bring the Ritz crackers, ya’ll get ready with the man oysters!!! MMMMMMMMM! THWG!
Matt
November 25th, 2009
8:58 am
Denver dog
The acc has a bowl in orlando. Who’s stupid now?
Denver Dog
November 25th, 2009
8:58 am
Doug, any recommendations on places to eat down there, Tech seems to have those second rate bowls covered. I have a friend going to Boise, any ideas on that I could tell him about? How about that big bowl in San Fran, I’ve been there but not for a bowl. Any ideas there? You could help everyone out if you would share your experiences at these spots
Professer
November 25th, 2009
8:58 am
Keep talking about the past, flebags. That is exactly what all losers do!
GAHeelfan
November 25th, 2009
8:58 am
Denver Dog everyone is sick about hearing about how good the SEC is. It’s the most lopsided conference in the country. Look at the numbers and they’ll show you the ACC teams have a much tougher schedule than the SEC. For once this year GA played a non-conference game against a decent team like OK State, next year they’re wanting to play Florida’s schedule against Charleston Southern, Troy and FIU. Yeah those are some real storied programs. GA suks this year! Get over it and no NC doesn’t want to be a part of the SEC we have other sports in our conference besides football idiot!
BIRDDAWGONE
November 25th, 2009
8:58 am
BOWL GAMES UGA have never lost in:
Silicon Vally Bowl
Emerald Bowl
Gator Bowl
Humanitarion Bowl
UGA still owns the GATOR BOWL
Denver Dog
November 25th, 2009
9:00 am
Matt, I forgot dumb dumb me, they do have a second rate bowl on par with the weedeater bowl, you made it sound like you were speaking of the Capital One Bowl, but the ACC does have a tie in with the Tangerine bowl and play the 5th place team in the MAC
Sav Dawg
November 25th, 2009
9:00 am
It’s amazing to see the Tech fans come out and think they are the superior program over the past decade. They think they are so intelligent because they go to tech, and it’s amazing to see how stupid they really are. You have won one game in the past eight years and you thing you are undefeated…….. NOT !
But let’s not forget who the dominant program is and always will be in this state.
1993: UGA 43, Tech 10
1994: UGA 48, Tech 10
1995: UGA 18, Tech 17
1996: UGA 19, Tech 10
1997: UGA 27, Tech 24
1998: Tech 21, UGA 19
1999: Tech 51, UGA 48 (OT)
2000: Tech 27, UGA 15
2001: UGA 31, Tech 17
2002: UGA 51, Tech 7
2003: UGA 34, Tech 17
2004: UGA 19, Tech 13
2005: UGA 14, Tech 7
2006: UGA 15, Tech 12
2007: UGA 31, Tech 17
2008: Tech 45, UGA 42
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
November 25th, 2009
9:01 am
You know what’s odd? CPJ actually agrees with many of the most die-hard Dog fans … we haven’t done anything yet! Yes, the Jackets have ended several “unpleasant” streaks over the last couple of years, but in the grand scheme of things we haven’t accomplished a whole lot. One of the goals at the beginning of the season is to put yourself in a position so that each game becomes more important than the last. The Jackets have done that. However, as mentioned in yesterday’s press conference, this week’s game against the Dogs will not define our season … win or lose.
That’s something that must be incredibly frustrating to the Dog fans. If we win … it won’t really help us (especially given the relatively low strength of this year’s dog team). If we lose … it won’t hurt us that much either. We still have a chance to play for the conference championship, which will put us in a BCS bowl and give us an opportunity to finish the season in the top 5 in the country.
It’s not that the game this Saturday evening isn’t important … it’s just not THAT important anymore. We’ve got greater achievements in mind.
CrackerJacket
November 25th, 2009
9:03 am
Denver Dog – do you get off on these personal insults? You sound like a 4th grader. You are about to have another bad weekend. But, I suspect you are use to it. Come on back with that insult now, ya hear!
SugarHillDawg
November 25th, 2009
9:03 am
You TechGeeks (redundant, I know) must think if you say it enough about y’all rising and UGA sinking, it will make it so. Use what little sense you have and realize that will NEVER happen. The ONLY time y’all beat us is when you all are decent and we SUCK. That’s how it will always be. You just can’t get the players. Whatcha gonna do when Nesbitt and Dwyer leave???
Sav Dawg
November 25th, 2009
9:04 am
once again ! It’s amazing to see the Tech fans come out and think they are the superior program over the past decade. They think they are so intelligent because they go to tech, and it’s amazing to see how stupid they really are. You have won one game in the past eight years and you thing you are undefeated…….. NOT !
But let’s not forget who the dominant program is and always will be in this state.
1993: UGA 43, Tech 10
1994: UGA 48, Tech 10
1995: UGA 18, Tech 17
1996: UGA 19, Tech 10
1997: UGA 27, Tech 24
1998: Tech 21, UGA 19
1999: Tech 51, UGA 48 (OT)
2000: Tech 27, UGA 15
2001: UGA 31, Tech 17
2002: UGA 51, Tech 7
2003: UGA 34, Tech 17
2004: UGA 19, Tech 13
2005: UGA 14, Tech 7
2006: UGA 15, Tech 12
2007: UGA 31, Tech 17
2008: Tech 45, UGA 42
gtlvr
November 25th, 2009
9:04 am
As i sit here and ponder what I hope will be a great game (and a Tech win), i can only smile to think that I didn’t graduate from that piece of crap school in Athens. What a pathetic bunch of losers. Give me a break. Yeah, football team…yeah….football team. God, I would probably kill myself if the only thing I had to live for in life was to cheer someone else’s success.
THWG.
Denver Dog
November 25th, 2009
9:05 am
Hee boy was that Gardner Webb or Wofford that you wanted to compare to Arizona State or Ok State. Dumb boy next year we go to Colorado and play in the Big 12 again. Tech picks up UNC Asheville I hear. Get you facts right before you run your mouth. Are you saying then, that Wake Forest should have played LSU a few years ago, and UVA should have played Florida, in 07, and Va Tech should have played Florida last year. Maybe NC State should have been playing Tenn, or maybe Duke should have played Alabama. Get real panty waister.
Matt
November 25th, 2009
9:05 am
No it’s actually against the big 10. The same as your bowl. You just get one team ahead of us. Big difference between Minn and Wis Iowa etc.
Pappy O'Daniel's staff to the Nerd Herd
November 25th, 2009
9:06 am
Gonna paddle a little behind.
Ain’t gonna paddle it – gonna kick it, real hard.
No, I believe we’s gonna paddle it.
I don’t believe that’s a proper characterization.
Well, that’s how I’d characterize it.
I believe it’s more of a kickin’ sitcheyation.
Captain Morgan
November 25th, 2009
9:06 am
Sav Dawg – your run is over. Book it!
SugarHillDawg
November 25th, 2009
9:07 am
Flowery Branch Jacket, Keep dreaming about being something more than the ACC Champion. If you guys were undefeated, you still wouldn’t play for the NC because of the weakness of your schedule.
Sonny Clusters
November 25th, 2009
9:07 am
That ball in the air looks like it is getting ready to hit one of those coaches right in the head. Which one? And who threw it? Both coaches look a little like Paula Deen did right before she took a hit from a 12-pound flying ham. Mark, say you was in the press box and suddenly you was hit by a flying ham . . . and you looked up and there was ol’ Jeff looking up at you and grinning from across the room. What would you think should be done considering it is Thanksgiving and we should all try and get along?
Matt
November 25th, 2009
9:07 am
Denver
Why are you bringing up games from last year? And just an fyi, sagarin has gt’s schedule ranked HIGHER than your poop dawgs. So you look like a total ignorant fool right now. We played one cupcake. So did you.
You might want to get out of that rocky mtn air. It’s making your say really inane things.
gtlvr
November 25th, 2009
9:08 am
As you may have guessed my name gtlvr runs way deeper than loving Tech. I really love all those sexy men in gold!!! Yummo!
Denver Dog
November 25th, 2009
9:09 am
Cracker Jacket, I don’t think that I’m playing but UGA is playing so your little insult as is most comments from Techies is misplaced, and perhaps, premature. What is it that is insulting in this most recent post. I guess you haven’t figured out yet that other people will take your moniker and use it.
Denver Dog
November 25th, 2009
8:42 am
U-no good analysis there, and I think that it will be the 1st quarter that Tech pushes UGA around and that it will be up to Willie to stop you, and Mike move the ball. UGa passes more than it runs, so that could be interesting, but I don’t see how UGA stays on the field without some takeaways, and I don’t see Tech making that happen. UGA has good players and good coaches, but for some reason the are not on the same page
brewdawg
November 25th, 2009
9:11 am
Wait, UGA’s problems this year “have a lot to do with Paul Johnson”? I mean, really Mark? Our problems are lack of discipline, poor defense, overrated players, etc. It has nothing to do with Mark Richt being infatuated, obsessed, intimidated by Paul Johnson. Not everyone shares your undying devotion to CPJ, Mark.
Denver Dog
November 25th, 2009
9:11 am
Sorry Matt, that is not correct, and UGA’s schedule is ranked 3rd toughest in the country and Techs is 13th. As far as your other question, you were making up things about the future, so I thought that the reallity of the past might sober you Techies.
Denver Dog
November 25th, 2009
9:13 am
As far as the air Matt, it is a lot cleaner than our dear Atlanta, and there is no place out here as trashy as the concrete campus of Ga Tech.
BuzzTheBullDogKiller
November 25th, 2009
9:14 am
Tech 55
UGA 17
I hope your new mascott dies from a heart attach after we stomp a mudhole in him.
Matt
November 25th, 2009
9:15 am
No it is correct? It’s so easy to make you ignorant ga fans look stupid. See I do my homwork. You just read what your other ignorant types write and assume it’s true. Moron.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm
gtlvr
November 25th, 2009
9:15 am
Matt I spit my milk out of my mouth when you called them poop dawgs. You are a funny guy and definitely invited to our after party! Your a hoot!
Busy as a bee!
November 25th, 2009
9:16 am
I smell a dawg-PILE!!! GOOOOOO JACKETS!!
willie martinez
November 25th, 2009
9:18 am
Mark, don’t worry about Birnam Wood and that Dunsinane guy. i scouted them last week and i know that bryan evans can cover them. willie
gtlvr
November 25th, 2009
9:20 am
Busy as a bee! You are invited to our tickle pile after we beat those mean ol’ bulldogs! THWG! I am so glad CPJ showed up! We are gonna win the MNC for the next 10 years!!!
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
November 25th, 2009
9:21 am
@Sugar Hill … I never said a thing about a national championship … no chance of that happening this year. In the future, it’s certainly a possibility, since a lot of that depends upon pre-season rankings. (We’ll worry about that later.) The only thing a team can do is win the games in which they play. Beyond that, it’s up to the “voters” or “computers” … it’s a crap system.
As for schedule strength, there’s no point in arguing, because some UGA fans (including yourself) refuse to be swayed by the facts. Someone asked in an earlier blog, “Who exactly has Tech beaten this year anyway?” The correct answer is … EVERYONE they’ve played except Miami! Frankly, I would rather play a so-called “weak schedule” and WIN than play a “tough” SEC schedule and lose 5-7 games per year.
Good luck with the game this weekend … and between now and then, have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
jacketnation
November 25th, 2009
9:22 am
The only thing that matters is THIS YEAR. Dawgs will fall to pieces on Grant Field. Your team stinks. Our offense is primed and ready to stomp the yard on your face.
Lindsey
November 25th, 2009
9:22 am
Classy article Mark, just like a Tech fan. GO DAWGS!!
gtlvr
November 25th, 2009
9:23 am
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket! Happy Turkey day to you too! Please stop by the after party!!! I will be wearing the Harry Poter outfit! Love you! THWG!
Tebo's cousin's (3rd removed) girlfriend's brother
November 25th, 2009
9:23 am
Mark it down…UGA will beat Tech Saturday…
Sue
November 25th, 2009
9:24 am
“Some Guy’d giggle and I’d bust his head”
Erk
November 25th, 2009
9:25 am
GATA
Matt
November 25th, 2009
9:26 am
It’s so easy to shut a mutt up. Just show the facts and they disappear. Facts are the equivalent to a muzzle for a dawg fan. Denver dawg is such a person. Someone who believes what he reads on blogs without doing some fact check. Typical ignorant person these days and it doesn’t surprise me he’s a uga fan.
perk
November 25th, 2009
9:27 am
gt fans: may the spirits of your fair weather souls help you if you lose Saturday. Will you be as confident and remain as vocal?
Scoots
November 25th, 2009
9:27 am
I wish Georgia had a better season. This game would actually mean something. Now it’s just going to be another win over a chumpy SEC team. Miss St., Vanderbilt, UGA – yawn.
Dawgs, please improve your team for next year’s game and make it interesting.
Sue
November 25th, 2009
9:27 am
Careful gtlvr…I got banned from the Junkyard Blawg for posting as Yellow Fuzz and inviting m and Ramble On to see my dungeon after the game. Apparently Bill King is a homophobe.
jeffrey d
November 25th, 2009
9:27 am
Tech goes 2-7 against Georgia this decade. They win one game and all of a sudden they own the world. Georgia’s having a bad year, but conisdering our recent history, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.
BIRDDAWGONE
November 25th, 2009
9:28 am
If PJ is as good of a coach as you say, he sure is hell ain”t that right ain’t gonna stay at ga tech very long, certainly not 10 years, really?
perk
November 25th, 2009
9:28 am
the game will be close – if gt wins, they beat Clemson, if gt loses, they lose to Clemson.