UGA in an upset? Tech in a blowout? Your thoughts, please

I actually look for Tech to have a big day throwing the ball. A lot of deep completions. Georgia will stuff the option for a while but turnovers and penalties will kill us again. I look for Tech 28 – Good Guys 17.

Let’s see how Tech plays with the pressure of high expectations. The good news for Georgia is things can’t get any worse.

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Dawgswin
Dawgswin said it all. Tech fans are more obsessed with hating UGA than they are loyal to their own Tech team.
If Tech lsoes this game saturday night you won see a tech fan, Hat ,shirt, or car tag for months. It’s always that way. If tech loses they will avoid you in line at the work place, at the mall,
After they win a few though the hats and t-shirts and car tags will come back out, not like UGA fans ours are on display win or lose.

I posted this several years ago but it still stands true today, whenever Tech fans come to Sanford Stadium every other year they wear Atlanta Braves hats and shirts to keep from being noticed, but we can tell who you are trust me.
If Tech took the same stance with all their ACC brethren as they do the Dawgs the ACC would be a lot tougher leauge.
Oh well, look for a good game on saturday, win or lose sticking with my DAWGS though and will continue to wear my colors proudly. All year long.

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dawgs win as jackets choke……………..game means way too much to ga. tech..dawgs will control the game on both sides tech’s schedule is exposed as ludicrously easy and not worthy of a 7th place ranking…………get out your fly swatters dawg fans but it won’t take much!! uga 33 tech 14

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This game will help put the rubber stamp on the Sanford Stadium expansion. The widening of the aisle’s will be fan friendly for those mass Exodus’s for fans!

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To Dawg Fans
Coming to the Independence Weed-Eater Bowl
Please do not trash the beautiful City of Shreveport,
like you did to the UGA campus.

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yellow wigged gayries in row one -32 flagboys dressed as majorettes -7
…tech beats themselves silly ..as usual!!!

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Mark

This is a wildcard game at BEST. It really comes down to which Georgia team shows up….Georgia has the horses (talent, size, athleticism)..arguable as good as anyone in the county…. it just depends on how they execute…and limiting those recurring problems of turnovers, penalties, kickoffs etc. Georgia DOES have the ABILITY to blow out GT.

GT is definately playing physical, but hey, Georgia is arguably the most physical team, just depends on the intangibles of excution/discipline. GT has been on the positive side a several close games with weak teams. They are NOT a hard to beat team.

UGA has nothing to lose and this is a proving game for the players, coaches, etc. If I were betting this is definately a stay away game…. too unpredictable.

I like UGA playing spoiler. 42-17 UGA

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UGA has the better talent but GT has the better chemistry and confidence. As a dawg fan, i would rather have the chemistry and confidence over talent anydany. UGA will win if they can get some early turnovers and scores early. If not, the game should be real close. UGA defense is good against the run. I believe JO and GA can stop tech’s inside games…Rennie Curran can neutralize Nesbitt. The one thing that worries me is i’m not sure if our cornerbacks are stout enough to stop the pitch. If we can, i like our chances

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Georgia Mike…I also want to see UGA play like they are supposed too. I have waited all year for them to breakout. This is not Georgia football as we all remember. If I was just betting with my heart, Dawgs 50 Tech 10. But sad to say, I already have money down on this game. Tech by 12, but only had to give 7.

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ACC will DOMINATE in the State of Georgia and South Carolina tomorrow and how sweet it will be!. Dawgs will get Beatdown from Tech and Clemson will show the Dawgs how to do chicken right. UGA sports is such a joke now. Have fun in the Pizza Bowl mutts while the mighty Tigers win A BCS game in the BIG Orange!

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where will all the tech trash talkers be after their beloved bugs get squashed saturday? for one full year will the yellow wigs be able to take the verbal beat down dawg fans will give them

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Georgia only wins by 10 tomorrow

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this is an easy one to predict ga tech: 63 uga:0

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This has not been a typical Georgia year in that the breaks and bouncing balls have not come the path they normally travel. Losing to LSU on a “wrongful glance” ? Please. Dawg Luck has been hiding and is due to blossom. This is the day. All those 4 and 5 starred guys are gonna shine and the red-headed qb will put on a show that will rival any clinic. Clip this and put on the fridge: “Dawgs will win riding the pleasure of recovered fumbles, intercepted passes, and balls that favorably bounce.”

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Mark, whos covering? You or Schultz?

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John Heisman, Head Coach of Georgia Tech, 1904-1919, Won 100 games, lost 28, tied 6. Opening day of practice each season he would describe a football like this, holding the football up in front of the players: He would ask, “What is it?” Before anyone could answer he would say, “A prolate spheriod. That is, an elongated sphere in which the outer leathern casing is drawn tightly over a somewhat smaller rubber tubing.” Then, glaring at the players and speaking in an very serious tone of voice he would add,”Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble it.”

Sage advice for either team to heed if they plan on winning this contest on Saturday night. Limit penalties, cover kicks, and pressure the quarterback, also good advice.

It will boil down to if UGA can establish the run to open up the passing attack for Cox, and then Cox performing the rest and avoiding the interceptions. Tech, on the other hand, will need to continue to stay strong on defense against the run, pressure Cox and force him to hurry his throws, and keep doing what they have been doing all year on offense. The threat of the long pass completion that Tech has proven good at this year should keep the UGA defense from camping out too much on the run. If they forget that Nesbitt can throw the ball… well it will not fare well for the Pups.

UGA should maintain the edge in punting as Butler has a cannon for a leg. The special teams play could spark a series of momentum swings that could keep things tight all night long.

But, if the defense of UGA doesn’t adjust to what Tech is doing, and Cox & company get a case of turnover disease, it will not be a contest. I still think it will be a pretty close contest through the first half, with Tech mounting a series of scores in the third quarter and ultimately pulling away to win it 49 to 24.

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tech can run the ball, i admit
i can see that, even from where i sit
but josh’s poor arm
cant hit the side of a barn
so 11 in the box is the fit

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First time we tackle Nesbit.

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Oh, GT 42 uga16

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John Heisman, Head Coach of Georgia Tech, 1904-1919, Won 100 games, lost 28, tied 6. Opening day of practice each season he would describe a football like this, holding the football up in front of the players: He would ask, “What is it?” Before anyone could answer he would say, “A prolate spheriod. That is, an elongated sphere in which the outer leathern casing is drawn tightly over a somewhat smaller rubber tubing.” Then, glaring at the players and speaking in an very serious tone of voice he would add,”Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble it.

Fundamentals of football. Something that the Pups have struggled with all season. Three days to prepare, coming off a particularly stinging loss, and still showing signs of the penalty virus and turnover disease.

Tech coming into this contest is rested, showing no sighs of cooling off offensively, has greatly improved their defense play, and has demonstrated recently that they can launch a passing attack to keep the defenses honest and not just camp out on the running attack.

The Pups have not demonstrated that they can handled the edges very well on defense this year and that is where Tech is most dangerous when running the triple option. Poor tackling, another UGA habit, can’t stop the Tech backs when they get a lane, either up the middle or on the edges.

Tech’s defense is suspect against the pass. Cox should have a fairly good time making some connections to his receivers as long as the Tech defense doesn’t put pressure on him. If they can get to Cox early and often, well, the ole’ deer in the headlight look will develop on Cox’s face and here come the pick sixes.

Georgia has a dynamite weapon in Butler, and he can keep the Jackets backed up deep in their own territory. But, with the offense clicking, all this will do is afford Tech more time to eat the clock and keep the ball out of UGA’s hands. Georgia will have to score quick and often to offset the clock-eating ways of the Tech offensive team.

Tech will be focused, rested and ready to play and ready to break the string of losses at Bobby Dodd Stadium at the hands of the Pups. CPJ will have them ready and will not allow things to get out of hand.

The Pups will come in with who knows what kind of mindset. If they are emotionally up and stay focused and disciplined for the entire game, limit the mistakes and don’t come back after the halftime break in the funk they have had in some games earlier in the year it will be a close fought affair with the outcome maybe not determined until late in the game. If they come in with a hangover from the Kentucky game, and can’t maintain the mental and emotional focus for sixty minutes, it will get ugly… and in a hurry.

I predict, a fairly close game through the first half. Something like 10 to 7 or 14 to 10, with Tech holding the edge. The second half will be the real test for the Pup defense, and the third quarter may be the one that puts the Pups on their heels. Tech will pull away and some statement points may be made toward the end. Final score: Tech 49 Pups 24. All this could end up being totally different if the Pups can come in and strike early and often and put the Tech defense on its heels early. They have the potential, but will they be able to produce? My bet is that they won’t.

Keys to the game, Nesbitt, Dwyer, and Bay-Bay will have one of their best games, CPJ will out-coach CMR. The Pup defense will fold in the second half, and Cox will throw a couple of interceptions and get flustered… possibly early on; especially if the Jackets put pressure on him with some blitzing. Tech will win the time of possession battle by a good 10 to 15 minutes even though Butler puts them deep in their own territory with some good punts. Falling behind early will bring out the worst in the Pups lack of discipline and they will start commiting stupid penalties that will kill key drives ending their ability to stay with the Jackets and keep it close.

I could be wrong, but this is the picture that sets up based upon watching both teams all year. Georgia has had moments of great play with Auburn being their best game against a good opponent. The inconsistency of the Pups is what makes this game kind of hard to get a handle on as far as outcome. Tech has demonstrated that it is the better team, better coached and they are on a mission this year. UGA has been somewhat clueless all year and I don’t see them turning it around in this game, especially after being disrespected by their own fans in their own stadium before the outcome of the Kentucky game was settled. That will hang in the Pups minds and affect their play on Saturday, you just go hide and watch.

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Go away War eagle you were one of the Dawgs lowly 6 wins, HA

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BEWARE GT WE HAVE OUR DAWG BACK

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Everyone has been firing Mark Richt in here all day long. You can bet he cares immensely about this game. This is the series that really can get a coach fired at UGA. There’s a hell of a lot at stake tomorrow. For some more than others.

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