UGA in an upset? Tech in a blowout? Your thoughts, please
Here's vivid proof Georgia actually did tackle Roddy Jones. Once. (AJC photo by Pouya Dianat)
OK, folks. You know what I think will happen. (Georgia Tech 42, Georgia 27.) You’ve heard my phony-baloney rationale: Tech is the better and more consistent team. Now I’m asking: What do you think will happen?
Tech blowout? Georgia upset? Overtime at Bobby Dodd? (It happened 10 years ago, you’ll recall.) Questionable call proving decisive? (That has happened a time or two, has it not?) Roddy flying past Reshad down the sideline again? A phantom fumble returned for the winning touchdown? A fourth-down throwaway? Tim Wansley with a seal-the-game INT? Tim Jennings with a seal-the-game INT? Gary Lee with a kickoff return through the fog?
I’m fairly certain you’ve had enough of my blather. I’m also certain you have detailed thoughts on the matter. Please feel free to share. Sharing is good. Sharing is cleansing. Sharing is why I’m here.
I leave you with this one factoid: In the Associated Press preseason poll, one of these teams was ranked No. 13; the other was No. 15. Anyone recall which was higher?
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BULLDOG MOM
November 28th, 2009
8:01 am
Sure would be nice to win. Do you lose a year’s eligibility if you play in a game for only two quarters? How about giving the two freshman quarterbacks a try in the 3rd and 4th quarter?????
CornieBread
November 28th, 2009
8:03 am
The game will be very close through the first half and possibly Georgia leading at the half. But like so many of Tech’s games this year, the Jackets will WAKE UP and start playing to win and not to hold on and not lose. Turnovers will make the game close and exciting just as the Auburn/Alabama game. I figure Martinez will put all his cookies to stop Nesbitt and Dwyer and let the chips fall with the other Tech weapons. Georgia’s defense has to decide who they want to try to stop and do that. If they do that effectively, in the end it will be a 10-14 point game in favor of Tech. By the way, it may not mean much, but I saw a convoy of cars with Georgia bumper stickers and license plates streaming down I-16 yesterday!!
Mike O
November 28th, 2009
8:08 am
Caution dawg fans!
The exit aisles at Bobby Dodd are not as wide as the ones at sanford stadium. Please make note of this during your exit in the 3rd quarter. Please be careful to avoid stepping on others.
Mgmt.
Subury GA
November 28th, 2009
8:10 am
State Championship,, the DAWGS will take it, if they dont turn the ball over five times, Go Dawgs….. Go Hornets
http://www.swarmhornetswarm.com
GaGator
November 28th, 2009
8:19 am
Without Green, Georgia is impotent. Joe Cox will be shooting blanks
all night long. Without an offense and a known lack of defense, I’m sorry to say this won’t even be close. Ga Tech 49 Ga 10.
'65 DAWG
November 28th, 2009
8:21 am
Tech by at least 14 points!
John
November 28th, 2009
8:21 am
Last time I checked my Dawgs were still being coached by a crew of bums and Tech has played light years better than us this season. If UGA keeps this game within a TD, I will be shocked. Go Dawgs
Georgia Wins
November 28th, 2009
8:23 am
Dawgs 34
GT 24
GaGator
November 28th, 2009
8:25 am
Let’s get real,without Green, Georgia is impotent. Joe Cox will be shooting blanks
all night long. Without an offense and a known lack of defense, I’m sorry to say this won’t even be close. Ga Tech 49 Ga 10.
GaGator
November 28th, 2009
8:28 am
Enter your comments here
BCDawg
November 28th, 2009
8:29 am
DAWGS 45 Tech 42
Wataboy
November 28th, 2009
8:32 am
If Willie is smart enough to make em beat us with the pass, Dawgs got a good shot. We all know Nesbutt can’t hit the side of a barn. At least 8 in the box and Dawgs win 34-27
DawgBite
November 28th, 2009
8:36 am
The lopsided nature of the results in football over the past four decades have also ingrained an insecurity in Tech fandom that even Johnson taking the Jackets back into the Top 10 can’t erase. Amid the usual trash talking this week in comments posted by Tech fans on Georgia blogs have been a surprising number of folks worrying that the Dogs somehow will pull out another win this year, despite the Jackets being the clear favorite.
I think an upset win by Georgia this year is unlikely. The 2009 Dogs are just too deeply flawed. But it could happen. And if it does, Dogs fans will be thrilled and surprised. But it will be just another Georgia win over Tech. The universe restored to its normal order.
If Tech wins, it’ll be just one more disappointment in an ugly season for Georgia fans. But in the Tech world, it will be time to put up a statue or something.
No truer words have ever been spoken. GT fans are so accustomed to getting bit%h slapped by UGA that they live in a perpetual state of anxiety and fear. Not to mention the most monumental case of pen@s envy in the history of mankind. The bulk of these Tech fans slither out of hiding once a decade or so for their 15 minutes of fame, all the while knowing that it will be short lived and they will inevitably have to refocus on learning to walk, talk, and chew gum at the same time.
Heath
November 28th, 2009
8:43 am
Officials that went to ACC schools refuse to allow UGA to sustain drives or stop Tech drives.
Tech 48
UGA 27
GP Burdell
November 28th, 2009
8:44 am
Whether you are an orthodontist’s nightmare or someone who actually has an affiliation, the GT vs. UGA game is truly a great state rivalry. Normally, I like to rise above the smack talk and offer a viewpoint from an academic. I don’t like to boast, but I hold the world record for courses attended. I know the Dawgs will be a formidable opponent so I expect the score to be close to the line. Georgia Tech 37 1/2 Georgia 30.
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2009
8:49 am
Just like last year it really does not matter what GT does. It will boil down to turnovers and penalties. If UGA loses in those catagories again they will lose, if not they will win. RS fumble on a kick off and MS pick 6 are examples of last years turnovers that cost the game. We will see what the dawgs do this year to beat themselves.
Doug the Jacket
November 28th, 2009
8:49 am
………………1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
GA TECH…..7…14…17..14…52
UGA…………3…10…..7….7…27
WHAT’S THE GOOD WORD? TO HELL WITH GEORGIA
GT Rules State
November 28th, 2009
8:51 am
Mark B, you couldn’t wait to post this one huh? What’s the record for blog hits? This is a 2x day:
GT WINS 2x 45-21
GT has 2x total yards
GT has 2x Time of Possession (For UGAyers, don’t get excited that’s not an illegal substance)
UGA has 2x penalties
UGA has 2x turnovers plus 2
GT has to deal with 2x the trash on campus
The local jail will have 2x activity (all wearing red and black)
Mark’s blog gets 2x the typical response … wish this was a pool $$$
GT wins 2x in a row …
It’s great to be a Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket.
Dawg Central
November 28th, 2009
8:53 am
Tron5000…..nobody with good sense runs that offense in Div. 1 because teams do catch up to it….hell it didn’t take Miami long to catch up to it, did it????And if you have slightly inferior athletes(which tech usually always does, except for this year) it looks awful. I live in Statesboro and I saw Paul Johsnon run it here….but it only worked when you had the athletes….and defenses catch up to it so fast….thats why the Pros don’t run it or any Div 1 team that has amounted to anything. And last year it wasn’t the triple option that beat UGA…it was the piss poor tackling……Dwyer and Nesbitt are good….I wish UGA had them, but watch what happens next year when they leave…..Example…Matt Stafford /Knowshon Moreno….Go Dawgs
Papadawg.
November 28th, 2009
8:55 am
With all the trash already on Atlanta Streets how can you tell the Dawg fans left any at all
GP Burdell
November 28th, 2009
8:56 am
My brain is so heavy! Yet, I am oddly aroused by this smack talk business. I am trying to take the high road, but I am drawn to the prurient nature of this low brow practice. Perhaps I should resist the urge to take cheap shots and remain true to my otherwise pithy commentary and predict an upset for the Seeminholes against the Gayturs. FSU 35 UF 33
GoTech610
November 28th, 2009
8:59 am
going with 49-28
GoTech610
November 28th, 2009
8:59 am
GT of course
GT Rules State
November 28th, 2009
9:03 am
DOG MENTAL, your way off. Shows your intelligence. The first thing you gotta have to beat it is Discipline (which UGAyers don’t have). To win in Div 1, you gotta have that first. CPJ out coaches on game day and we aren’t worried about the recruits. Will be plenty that want to play in this offense. Who wouldn’t want to get the national attention these guys are getting. Even our receiver has better stats than yours. Get use to it, Dogs have lost it losers.
GT Rules State
November 28th, 2009
9:04 am
Down here this morning … don’t see none (trash) yet
david
November 28th, 2009
9:06 am
The beginning of the end for the Jackets. Today will start a 3 game losing streak. Today: UGA wins 37-31, Clemson then wins 24-16 and finally the Chick-Fil-A bowl (again) Tennesse wins 27-23.
GP Burdell
November 28th, 2009
9:07 am
I haven’t enjoyed this rivalry so much since my UGA friend was hit by “friendly fire” at Sanford Stadium. We knew it was friendly fire because it was a wad of freshly chewed RedMan. Hit him right in the back of the head! I’m sure they were aiming for me. HA! Missed me Snagglepuss!!!!
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
9:09 am
Why would Georgia fans leave a big mess on the ground? Leaving a mess like that means somebody will have to come behind you and clean it up. Most Georgia fans know that Tech fans will say it’s a Georgia graduate doing the clean-up. We was impressed with the mowers they have at Clemson that can pick up trash using an attachment. Maybe they should contract that work out with Clemson and keep the campus pretty. Now, Tech has its problems, too, with crime around the stadium and maybe they could fix that with some police presence in the area. Clemson also has a pretty good criminal justice program that all the police officers go to. In short, both these schools can learn something from Clemson and that’s another reason why Clusters almost went there.
Georgette
November 28th, 2009
9:09 am
COLLEGE FOOTBALL – North vs. South
Go Jackets!!!
Women’s Accessories
NORTH: Chap Stick in back pocket and a $20 bill in the front pocket.
SOUTH: Louis Vuitton duffel with two lipsticks, water proof mascara,and
a fifth of bourbon. Money not necessary – that’s why we have boyfriends.
Stadium Size:
NORTH: College football stadiums hold 20,000 people.
SOUTH: High school football stadiums hold 20,000 people.
Fathers:
NORTH: Expect their daughters to understand Sylvia Plath.
SOUTH: Expect their daughters to understand pass interference.
Mothers:
NORTH: Don’t care if their daughters know what a football is.
SOUTH: Expect their daughters to buy a new outfit for Homecoming each year and marry a football player.
Campus Decor:
NORTH: Statues of founding fathers.
SOUTH: Statues of Heisman trophy winners.
Homecoming Queen:
NORTH: Also a physics major.
SOUTH: Also Miss America.
Heroes:
NORTH: Rudy Guliani
SOUTH: General Neyland
Getting Tickets:
NORTH: 5 days before the game you walk into the ticket office on campus
and purchase tickets.
SOUTH: 5 months before the game you walk into the ticket office on
campus, put name on waiting list for tickets, then still have to camp out.
Friday Classes After a Thursday Night Game:
NORTH: Students and teachers not sure they’re going to the game, because
they have classes on Friday.
SOUTH: Teachers cancel Friday classes because they don’t want to see the
few hungover students that might actually make it to class.
Parking:
NORTH: An hour before game time, the University opens the campus for
game parking.
SOUTH: RVs sporting their school flags begin arriving on Wednesday for
the weekend festivities. The really faithful arrive on Tuesday.
Week of Big Game:
NORTH: Don’t even know who they are playing on Saturday.
SOUTH: Choose outfit + accessories with school colors in mind, make signs to support the home team, get shakers ready, pray for a victory, and bow down or try to high-five football players when you see them in their pre-game “walk”.
Game Day:
NORTH: A few students party in the dorm and watch ESPN on TV, wondering why “Game Day Live” is never broadcast from their campus.
SOUTH: Every student wakes up, has a beer for breakfast, and rushes over
to where ESPN is broadcasting “Game Day Live” to get on camera, cheer tirelessly, and wave banners.
Tailgating:
NORTH: Raw meat on a grill, beer with lime in it, listening to
local radio station with truck tailgate down.
SOUTH: 30-foot custom pig-shaped smoker fires up at dawn. Cooking
accompanied by live performance by “Hootie and the Blowfish,” who come
over during breaks and ask for a hit off bottle of bourbon. Televisions set up with satellite dishes so you don’t miss any football games shown that day.
Getting to the Stadium:
NORTH: You ask “Where’s the stadium?”
When you find it, you walk right in.
SOUTH: When you’re near it, you’ll hear it. On game day it becomes the
state’s third largest city.
Concessions:
NORTH: Drinks served in a paper cup filled to the top with soda.
SOUTH: Drinks served in a souvenir plastic cup, with the home team’s mascot on
it, filled less than half way with soda, to ensure enough room for
bourbon.
When National Anthem is Played:
NORTH: Stands are less than half full,
and less than half of them stand up.
SOUTH: 100,000 fans, all standing, sing along in perfect four-part
harmony.
The Smell in the Air After the First Score:
NORTH: Nothing changes.
SOUTH: Fireworks, with a touch of bourbon.
Commentary {Male Fan}:
NORTH: “Nice play.”
SOUTH: “Dammit, you slow sumbitch -tackle him and break his legs.”
Commentary {Female Fan}:
NORTH: “My, this certainly is a violent sport.”
SOUTH: “Dammit, you slow sumbitch – tackle him and break his legs.”
Announcers:
NORTH: Neutral and paid.
SOUTH: Announcer harmonizes with the crowd in the fight song, with a tear in his eye because he is so proud of his team.
After the Game:
NORTH: The stadium is empty way before the game ends.
SOUTH: Another rack of ribs goes on the smoker. While somebody goes to
the nearest package store for more bourbon, planning begins for next
week’s game.
Nothing else in the universe comes even halfway close to the
glories of Southern Football.
The Smartest Bullodog
November 28th, 2009
9:12 am
Are you the smartest bulldog? http://www.smartestbulldog.com
GP Burdell
November 28th, 2009
9:14 am
BTW, who are all those people in your stands? I thought I had been transported into an orthodontist’s nightmare!!! GT 32 UGA 28
GT Rules State
November 28th, 2009
9:14 am
We don’t want to see Opie leave
Is spelling a class offered at UGA?
November 28th, 2009
9:17 am
You are all spelling the word “dog” wrong.
Yellow Fuzz
November 28th, 2009
9:19 am
DawgBite (me)
How sweet it is to see the entire dog nation jealous, envious and downright disrespectful to Georgia Tech. And before you try to make yourself feel better this morning by referencing your Hershal Walker history book remember this ain’t your daddy’s and grandaddy’s Georgia Tech football program you are talking about here. This is 2009 dude and we are still pissed off at you. WE don’t want to just beat Georgia tonight, we want to hang-half-a-hundred on your hairy, fugly azz and then listen to you blame it on someone else!
The dog nation (that have not already left the stadium, trashed its own campus or personally emailed the president and AD in protest-LOL) seriously needs to think about STFU in public and start smack talking Tennessee Tech and/or Vandy on blogs in private.
Stop bothering teams that are playing in THEIR Conference Championship games. THREE of which also kicked your azzes last year (31-0, 49-3 and 45-42!
You are a gymnastics and equestrian school and the sooner you learn the rules for these T-9 sports, the sooner your universe will get back in order Papa John!
The Bandit
November 28th, 2009
9:19 am
Dawg Central what GSU team were you watching when PJ was there. He ran up and down the field on everybody and now everybody in that conference runs a version of it. Hell App State runs a version of it out of the shotgun and beat Michigan. But then again you were probably one of the many that were for hiring Vangorder, or however you spell his name. What a joke that was. Oh and “if you have slightly inferior athletes it looks awful?” Yeah I guess when PJ won all those games up at Navy(and there still doing good) it was just because of those great athletes Navy had. You are right Navy looked awful this year taking Ohio State to the wire and beating Notre Dame for a second straight time in South Bend. But I guess Notre Dame and Ohio State just don’t have the athletes Navy has. Do you think when you write or just make sh*t up as you go along?
Chan Gailey
November 28th, 2009
9:21 am
I could never get this team up to play. I wanted to remain at Tech as head coach but I didn’t want to have to win ball games. This new coach, CPJ, is a ball buster. He will ream this pathetic team and keep them with their heads down. I still think I should be the coach but I don’t want the pressure of having to win. This new guy seems to thrive on beating these easy SEC teams. I just don’t get it.
GT Rules State
November 28th, 2009
9:22 am
Smartest bulldog? Kinda like finding the fastest moped? I get it (laughing)
Yellow Fuzz
November 28th, 2009
9:23 am
DawgBite,
How sweet it is to see the entire dog nation jealous, envious and downright disrespectful to Georgia Tech. And before you try to make yourself feel better this morning by referencing your Hershal Walker history book remember this ain’t your daddy’s and grandaddy’s Georgia Tech football program you are talking about here. This is 2009 dude and we are still pissed off at you. WE don’t want to just beat Georgia tonight, we want to hang-half-a-hundred on your hairy, fugly azz and then listen to you blame it on someone else!
The dog nation (that have not already left the stadium, trashed its own campus or personally emailed the president and AD in protest-LOL) seriously needs to think about STFU in public and start smack talking Tennessee Tech and/or Vandy on blogs in private.
Stop bothering teams that are playing in THEIR Conference Championship games. THREE of which also kicked your azzes last year (31-0, 49-3 and 45-42!
You are a gymnastics and equestrian school and the sooner you learn the rules for these T-9 sports, the sooner your universe will get back in order Papa John!
Floater
November 28th, 2009
9:24 am
What a shame that we’ve gotten to this point and actually have to worry about Tech. Something is very wrong in Athens when a great University and football program have to compete with Tech for football recruits. Tech has zero campus, a high school stadium and nerdy students. Think about it, this should be a LSU-Tulane type rivalry and on the verge of being discontinued because of lack of competition. If the dawgs lose Richt should be toast.
GTSteve
November 28th, 2009
9:25 am
The problem with putting 8 or more in the box against the option, is that you never know who has the ball until it is too late. All it takes is a couple of good blocks and a small hole, and you have a bunch of red shirts chasing the white shirt that has the ball. If UGA does not play stupid like they have most of this season, it will be a close game, other than that I see Tech getting the lead and controlling the clock in the 2nd half.
Tech Fan
November 28th, 2009
9:25 am
DirtyDawg: GA’s arrogance and condescending remarks about Tech for the last 40 years are the reasons the Tech people say these things. We’ve just had a belly full of it but fortunately, the table is somewhat more level than it used to be and if Tech gets a good coach that can sustain winning seasons it’s a miracle. The recruiting has been reduced, acdemics “almost” matter at places like GA, Auburn and Tennessee but still an unlevel playing field exists. Truth is, Tech has to overachieve every year to stay with the GA’s, the FSU’s, the Miami’s (Also known as south Florida Correcional Facility). And when is Taggarts Driving School going to be included in the curriculum at GA?
Douglas
November 28th, 2009
9:25 am
I hope GaTech kills us — we need as much pressure on CMR to do something as we can get. Maybe eventually, he will pull his head out of the sand and get a reality check. For the UGA players, I hope they win — it’s not their fault they have inherited such incompetent coaches.
The Bandit
November 28th, 2009
9:26 am
Smartest Bulldog? Just say what you mean. Yall comon na and finda if yude da smartyest redneck in da traila park.
GT Rules State - 2x Saturday
November 28th, 2009
9:27 am
Remember this day dog fans … 2x Saturday has just begun.
DawgBite
November 28th, 2009
9:27 am
PJ beat 4 teams with winning records the entire 6 years he was at Navy dumbazz. Not exactly top flight competition.
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
9:30 am
Clusters has always been money makers. We realized they will be a lot of pickup trucks in town tonight and we’ve rented a lot close to Grant Field to accommodate ‘em. Everybody knows the lots downtown are mostly made for BMW’s and Lexuses. It takes a little more room to park a Dooley – and Clusters has some extra-big parking spaces set aside for that. We found us a partner that will be helping us park ‘em and signing a few autographs before the game. He’s a money maker, too.
GTPUG
November 28th, 2009
9:32 am
Ga. Tech by 21 – - offense rolls for the Jackets – Nesbitt shows off his passsing skills to Thomas and Dwyer has 120 + yards on the ground
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
9:34 am
When we made our visit to Georgia we noticed it was not tidy there. They was lots of trash on the ground and we was having to step in some of it. When we got to Clemson all we had to do was watch out for tobacco spit. It was all over the place but the trash was picked up by mowers. They is a lesson to be learned there.
Dawg Hatin' Jacket
November 28th, 2009
9:36 am
GT by 14. THWG
GT Rules State - 2x Saturday
November 28th, 2009
9:36 am
Float … boy I got a great mental picture of you. Send your picture in to Jeff Foxworthy for his next book. Universtiy’s are also there to help folks find jobs. btw, saw that Walmart has greatly discounted the UGA t-shirt section cause sales are down. That’s too funny. Now’s the time float, go stack up.