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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stiggywiggy
November 27th, 2009
9:32 pm
Josh Nesbitt will be coaching Junior High running backs in 2 years? And what, may I ask, will Joe Cox be doing? Holding a clipboard for the starting quarterback of the semi-pro Locust Grove Tics? I’ll bet he’ll even sweat at that task.
Fred
November 27th, 2009
9:33 pm
Georgia 38 Georgia Tech 34 crowd favoring the visitors
doggiedooo
November 27th, 2009
9:35 pm
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 27th, 2009
9:28 pm
Josh Nesbitt will be coaching junior high running backs in 2 years
And which NFL team is your QB gonna be playing for?
revwreck
November 27th, 2009
9:35 pm
They can write it as many times as they want but that dont make it true, not a mutt fan I know blieves they can win and neither do any of you unless you havent seen us play….sec acc…doesnt matter, we are the better team this year you all know it…years past no, will uga be back yes….but not this year, just too many internal issues for them to fix this last.
James
November 27th, 2009
9:36 pm
I hope Tech beats the snot out of them. And we will.
Solid Gold Dancer
November 27th, 2009
9:36 pm
Dr. Passthrough…..i was waiting on someone to point that out. I also didn’t capitalize my first “I” in this sentence.
doggiedooo
November 27th, 2009
9:37 pm
U-no…. you must be a young amn or you would have already known the inbreeding was a fact. THWG
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 27th, 2009
9:38 pm
The difference is… We don’t brag about Cox. You have pictures of Nesbitt hidden from your mom in your closet. If you can’t figure out that the SEC is the best conference, like all of the experts agree on, you are stupid.
SEC Elistist
November 27th, 2009
9:38 pm
Our records suck because we beat each other up, that is, we have to play each other, unlike other conferences who……..uh, ….. wait, let me think this out.
dh
November 27th, 2009
9:39 pm
GT 35
UGA 24
revwreck
November 27th, 2009
9:39 pm
U-no
great post
stiggywiggy
David Greene is doing what….nuff said
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
9:40 pm
What ever happened to the good ole days of Frugby on Grant Field at midnight?
Solid Gold Dancer
November 27th, 2009
9:41 pm
Dr. Passthrough, you left out the period at the end of your sentence. You can’t even write.
Utah Ute
November 27th, 2009
9:41 pm
What were you guys saying about the mighty SEC?
high school offense
November 27th, 2009
9:41 pm
I like tech winning it 38-23. UGA will have a lot of penalties. They will get mad when we start rolling over them in the running game and then start hitting some long passes to Thomas and Hill. They will get frustrated and start hitting late out of bounds and that will spell the end. Coach Johnson won’t let tech lose this game band they will be healed up and prepared after the bye week. Georgia definately can pass the ball some and they have been running it pretty decent too but the Jackets will be too strong with all of the playmakers on offense and with Morgan rushing Cox (who has stopped him all year long? He’s a beast). UGA plays tough for a half or maybe 3 quarters but tech pulls this one out.
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
9:42 pm
What ever happened to the good ole days of playing frugby on Grant Field at midnight?
JDW
November 27th, 2009
9:44 pm
About 12:00 am tomorrow…the Nerds will slink back into thier holes not to be heard from for 5 to 7 more years.
David C
November 27th, 2009
9:44 pm
Tiger Woods wife uses golf club to free him from his wrecked car. In financial news, Obama cuts taxes 10% on all Americans that actually pay taxes
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
9:44 pm
Who needs three tickets?
U-no
November 27th, 2009
9:45 pm
Hey you bunch of SEC ballwipes, you lead the nation in Net Punting. Is that because the ball carries farther in the air of an SEC stadium or is it because Butler just happens to be a great punter, and would be no matter what conference he would be playing in? Tech leads the nation in time of possession. Is it because the clocks run slower in the ACC or is because their offense is so good at running the ball on the ground that they keep the other teams offense sitting on the bench? I guess the officiating in the SEC is the reason UGA is 116 out of 120 schools for fewest penalties and fewest yards from penalties per game. It couldn’t be because the Puppies just can’t stay disciplined enough to keep from having the yellow rags thrown on their thug-style of play. The SEC doesn’t have anything to do with team discipline or coaching or I guess it does because being a frickin thug is the only way to win in the SEC. And the Pups aren’t even good enough thugs to win all their games in the Almighty frickin SEC!
Tom
November 27th, 2009
9:46 pm
I think the Dawgs will keep it interesting halfway through the 2nd. Then Tech will pull away……fast and big. It will be ugly……
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 27th, 2009
9:47 pm
Un-O… You have little man sydrome. Because you are a tech geek and your conference sux.
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
9:48 pm
Who do you hate worse: UGA or ND?
revwreck
November 27th, 2009
9:52 pm
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
Please look at the records in your week division and tell me who is worth a piss other than the gators
* – Florida 8-0 11-0
* – Georgia 4-4 6-5
* – Kentucky 3-4 7-4
* – Tennessee 3-4 6-5
* – South Carolina 3-5 6-5
x – Vanderbilt 0-8 2-10
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
9:52 pm
Where did everyone go? To watch “Unforgiven” on tv?
revwreck
November 27th, 2009
9:53 pm
weak
UGA fan living in the past
November 27th, 2009
9:55 pm
We’re really not all that terrible. So what if we lost to KenSUCKy, we played a real good game against Tennessee Tech. So what if we got embarrassed by the Volunteers and humiliated by the Gators. We managed to squeak by a great Auburn team that is un-ranked and just about as good as we are. Just because Tech is 10-1 and ranked #7 doesn’t mean anything. Just because Tech is second in the nationn in rushing offense and #1 in the nation in time of possession; well, that means nothing. They don’t throw very much! Well, just because that big tall receiver at Tech leads the nation in yards per catch and top ten in receiving yards; that doesn’t mean anything either. Just because UGA died and we have a terrible defense, that means absolutely nothing. We have 52 bars in Athens and that more per square block than they have near the Tech campus. So you see, after we get beat, we have plenty of places to get drunk and miles of sidewalks to pass out on.
U-no
November 27th, 2009
9:56 pm
Nope, I just get tired of all the SEC is better than everybody but God Almighty talk. Why don’t we just make the SEC Florida, Alabama, LSU, and Ole Miss, with all the rest of the team (Including Georgia) optional only if they are having a good year. That way when a team is having a down year their poor showing won’t tarnish the precious frickin Almighy image of SEC football.
I posted those stats earlier to show that the Tech and Georgia are actually fairly evenly matched even though Tech leads in more catagories. They don’t lead by much in some of the key catagories and Georgia leads in the areas that show that even with all the trash talked about Martinez, you still have a pretty decent defense. But, none of those stats mean anything outside of the Glow-In-The-Dark SEC Better Than Everybody Else Frickin Conference.
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 27th, 2009
9:56 pm
revwreck,
You are right! I haven’t looked at records! But fact is the ACC’s best team struggled against the SEC’s worst team… Vandy. Only W. Carolina and Rice gave up more pts to vandy than Tech.
GT is a good football team
November 27th, 2009
9:57 pm
Nesbitt is WAY under-rated by the National Media.
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 27th, 2009
9:58 pm
Un-O,
Don’t argue with me. Argue with the guys who study college football for a living. The SEC is the best conference.
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
9:58 pm
I heard a rumor that the UGA mascot for the game is going to be a 42 pound Pug that sleeps alot.
GT is a good football team
November 27th, 2009
9:59 pm
Joe Cox will be rattled by the 2nd quarter.
Frank the Tank
November 27th, 2009
9:59 pm
The Winner? The UGA fans of course. The season of humiliation will finally be over, as will, HOPEFULLY, Joe Cox, and Willie Martinez. Bowl game? Hell no, end the humiliation Saturday night, please.
GT is a good football team
November 27th, 2009
10:00 pm
SEC = joe cox=
16 interceptions
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 27th, 2009
10:00 pm
It’s a lot, not alot. Not even Cox will be rattled by the worst D in the ACC.
GT_88
November 27th, 2009
10:01 pm
It will be a huge victory for the Jellow Yackets!
Tech 45, UGA 17.
Bama2010
November 27th, 2009
10:02 pm
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
UGA 7 14 0 7 28
Tech 14 14 14 7 49
revwreck
November 27th, 2009
10:04 pm
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
and does that really matter when we scored 56 on them….so if we give up more we are not good but we scored more on them than any sec team does that make us better than all sec….really irrelevant
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
10:04 pm
Whatcha drinking right now?
revwreck
November 27th, 2009
10:05 pm
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
check all facts not just the ones you want
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 27th, 2009
10:05 pm
Future trivia question: Who was the only team to give up 28 + pts to Vandy in one half during the 2009 season?
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
10:06 pm
I just hope we don’t give up the big kickoff returns. That’s what I’m nervous about the most. Two weeks to work on it….hopefully with some improvement.
GT David
November 27th, 2009
10:07 pm
Wreck ‘em, Tech!
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 27th, 2009
10:07 pm
I can’t see UGA holding GT under 50. I like GritzBlitz’s score.
U-no
November 27th, 2009
10:07 pm
ARe you talking about the four and twenty elders that surround the throne in heaven? Is that the group of experts that decreed the SEC as the anointed conference for all football? Give me a frickin break!
No doubt there are some good teams in the SEC. But, there are some good teams in other conferences as well. Just because they don’t always play against the SEC doesn’t make their stats or records any less legitimate than those of the SEC. It is a piss poor argument to keep throwing that up when someone begins to do some comparing of stats to see how teams measure up against one another.
I could see it if we were comparing Division 1 FBS teams with Division 1 FCS teams. But that is not what those stats are, and they do mean something when comparing within Division 1 FBS which both Tech and Georgia are.
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
10:08 pm
I know the answer…….pick me, pick me!
IMAnerd
November 27th, 2009
10:10 pm
Who’s the only SEC team to lose at home to Kentucky this year?
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 27th, 2009
10:11 pm
IMAnerd,
You win. You can argue with U-ne now. He needs help.
revwreck
November 27th, 2009
10:11 pm
I really think we should rattle J Cox tomoorow from the stands the same way the mutts did Reggie for 4 years…payback