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

I am sticking with my original prediction. Tech wins 49-24. Tight first half, then the real fun begins in the second half.

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You UGAy fans must be smoking crack. Tech wins easily. See you all in Miami!

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Why would we see you in Miami alomnusperfectus?

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I predict Dwyer will not break 40 yards tomorrow. If he does, pancakes on me to everyone here.

I have never lost a prediction in 150 years! My record is 2873 and 0!

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revwreck,
We get penalized. Tech doesn’t. Tech could get a penalty 90% of plays. Once that is figured out, Tech will be an afterthought again.

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Tonight I did an experiment, and my pet turtle “Smackdown” got 7 yards on 5 sprints, like Dwyer did against Miami.

If we shut him down again, the NFL will not draft him. Let’s shut down, what else do we have to play for, right?

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Tech will win huge. Georgia will have a lot of points, but they will also have a lot of penalties, turnovers, and missed tackles. The defense is incapable of creating turnovers, and that is Georgia’s only hope of stopping Tech.

Tech 49, Georgia 27.

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Conspiracy or misinformed refs. Beamer will make sure cut blocking is noticed next year. CPJ will be coaching high school in 3 years.

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I predict that after 14 days of posting about this game that M. Bradley is about to finally run out of material.

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IMAnerd,
Weak

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willie martinez:

“precious memories
how they linger
a bee dies
when it loses its stinger”

Uh, willie martinez?

Yellow Jackets are actually wasps, not bees, which means that they don’t lose their stingers. They can sting multiple times, with a venom that is more powerful and more painful than a bee. And, yellow jackets survive after their attack whereas bees give up their lives after using and losing their stinger. You’ll understand more first hand tomorrow when you encounter them around North Avenue.

If you’re planning on defending against bees instead of yellow jackets you are likely in a world of hurt tomorrow. Bring plenty of hydrocortisone and a puke bag – you’re going to need it.

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1893 – Atlanta newspapers report that UGA supporters chant “Well well well, Who can tell, the Tech’s umpire has cheated like hell!”

1899 – Tech and UGA disagree on the final score. UGA says 33-0 and GT says 20-0.

1903 – UGA promises Clemson a bushel of apples for every point in their margin of victory over Tech. The final is 38-0.

1919 – A float in a UGA parade insinuates that GT cowardly stayed home during World War I, while UGA went to war. No athletic events are scheduled between UGA and GT for the next six years.

Obviously the rivalry got off to a quick start and has had little love lost from the very beginning. This decade, close contests and controversial calls on the field have restored the heat and hate to a rivalry that faltered in the 1970s and 1980s:

1993 – Leading 36-10 and with 89 seconds left in the game, UGA throws a fourth down pass for another TD and a 43-10 drubbing of Tech on their home field. The result? A bench clearing brawl.

1997 – A game saving GT interception, on UGA’s last drive, is erased by a questionable pass interference call. Georgia scores on the very next play to win 27-24.

1998 – An apparent GT fumble on the Jacket’s final drive is ruled as down and the Jackets go on the kick a field goal with 3 seconds on the clock to win 21-19.

1999 – With the score tied at 48, 13 seconds on the clock, and the ball at GT’s 2 yard line, UGA decides to go for the touchdown instead of the sure field goal. Jasper Sanks “fumbles” the ball and Tech recovers to send the game into overtime. The Jackets go on to win 51-48 and the local media creates a circus over the “fumble” which was later shown to have actually been down.

2000 – GT jumps out on UGA early, prompting legendary UGA radio personality Larry Munson to say the Jackets are moving the ball on the Bulldogs like UGA “was Wake Forest of Maryland or Somebody”. Tech goes on to win decisively and Tech fans like myself can be seen walking around in gold shirts that say “Tech Fans for Donnan…And Quincy Carter too!”

2002 – 51-7…

2004 – Reggie Ball throws the ball away on fourth down. UGA fans claim he can’t count. GT fans claim the officials failed up to update the down notifier in the endzone, confusing the Jackets.

2005 – Thomas Flowers benefits from obviously missed clipping calls on two big punt returns to swing field position and give UGA the edge and the win.

2006 – The refs choke on their whistles and fail to blow a play dead as Tony Taylor pulls a fumble out of the pile and runs for a TD in a game that ended 15-12 in UGA’s favor.

2008 – 45-42…Roddy Jones is still running down the sideline!

These historical references have fueled a rivalry that lasts 365 days a year and goes well beyond just football games. GT vs. UGA games sell out in every sport available. The baseball and basketball series are especially heated. Fans of UGA and GT make a hobby of cheering against each other any chance they get. If UGA’s basketball team played against the Russian national team or if their baseball team played against a Cuban national team, I’d still pull against the Dawgs.

A rivalry as old and heated as GT versus UGA obviously goes well beyond just sports venues and finds its way into neighborhoods and offices throughout the state. Growing up in central Georgia as an UGA fan (my dad is an UGA alum) I learned all of the old insults that were used regularly against Tech. Having spent the past 20 years attending and cheering for Tech, I’ve heard most of the insults that are used against UGA…

UGA fans call GT fans geeks, yechies, nerds, bugs, bumble bees, yellow maggots, NATS (North Avenue Trade School, a joke based on GT’s address and location), and just about anything else they can think of to make light of GT’s academic reputation or unique mascot the Yellow Jacket.

GT fans call UGA fans mutts, leg humpers, UGAG, rednecks, boo dawgs, ditch diggers, and just about anything else we can think of to make light of UGA’s lower academic standards and way overused mascot, the bulldog.

UGA fans call Bobby Dodd Stadium the “Joke by Coke”, while making fun of the seating capacity and ancient facilities. They were particularly partial to our “Mystery Liquid” and crowded sight lines before the stadium upgrade.

GT fans prefer using “Sanford and Son Stadium” instead of Sanford Stadium when referring to UGA’s home field and the sewage issues (and odors) that have been known to arise there.

UGA fans make fun of the lack of women on Tech’s campus while claiming that GT recruits its cheerleaders from local women’s colleges.

GT fans discuss the loose morals of UGA co-eds and their tobacco chewing habits while steadfastly defending the intelligence and integrity of the women that do grace Tech’s campus.

UGA fans claim that the local newspapers are partial to Tech athletics.

Tech fans claim that the favorable coverage is obviously directed in the Dawgs’ direction.

UGA fans make fun of the fact that GT doesn’t always sell out every home game, despite evidence otherwise.

GT fans make fun of the fact that UGA’s stands “bleed red” in the third quarter, during losing efforts, despite the fact that the stands may have been full at the beginning of the game.

UGA fans claim that Tech “lies and cheats.”

GT fans point to UGA’s past NCAA scrutiny in response.

UGA fans bash GT for taking so many Northern recruits and having so many out of state alums.

GT fans bash on UGA for being afraid to go on the road to play a real out of conference opponent that isn’t located close to home here in the South.

The insults, jibes, and accusations go on 365 days a year. There is no possible way anyone could catalogue them all. The ones listed above are the obvious ones that take about five minutes to crank out on short notice. The list will surely be longer this time next season. GT and UGA fans will be sure to jump on any news stories that happen to put their rival in a bad light, such as the misguided UGA fan who ran through security at Hartsfield here in Atlanta and caused the airport to be evacuated and shutdown for several hours. The idiot was trying to make his flight to the Ole Miss game…Tech fans will glean a years worth of jokes from that fellow and his mug shot that was published complete with a Georgia t-shirt. We widely wondered why Mark Richt didn’t recruit him to play running back. The guy was obviously pretty fast. Who knows…He might have been the next “Hershel Walker”…

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Entomology, You are exactly right! The pups are sticking their stinkin nose into our nest tomorrow night. Not a wise thing to do. All the Benadryl in Athens ain’t going to stop the pain and swelling that results from the attack launched by the Jackets a little less than 24 hours from now. In fact, probably by this time tomorrow night the stands will have bled out of all the red and black and it will be running down the sidewalks of North Avenue slinking its way back to the puppy crate called Sanford Stadium. It is going to be an wonderful thing to behold!

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entomology, thanks, but tomorrow it wont make any difference. best, willie

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You’re right willie. It really won’t make any difference – Tech prevails anyway.

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hey ent. bet and bet heavy on tech. best, willie

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I’m not a big UGA fan, but after seeing what Auburn did to Alabama today, you have to pick Georgia in this.

Hey, I’m a neutral observer. Don’t hate me.

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Won’t be enough willie. EpiPen is useful only for a few stings for those that are allergic. It does nothing to reduce the toxicity of the venom for mulitple stings.

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Georgia beats Auburn, Auburn almost beats Alabama, so Georgia is going to beat Tech as a result. Nice! Wonderful deduction there, Watson!

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ent, i’m afraid your enthusiasm wil dessicate after tomorrow night

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For all the stupid bloggers on here that say Tech struggled against Vandy, well they did…..in the first half. CPJ did his halftime magic, and dominated the second half. Won by 25 I think. Tech will struggle with uga in the first half, just as they do with most teams they’ve played this year. Tech will open the whoopa$$ can in the third quarter.

Tech 49
uga 23

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Gator Nation

my post from 10:34 still feel the same

Hi Georgia Basher, I see You’re Back!

good idea,how you play us tomorrow depends on the score of 2 teams from another state today…now I get it

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Sorry, meant that the Dawgs go down! Go Tech!

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What about the equation: Kentucky beat Auburn, Georgia loses to Kentucky after Kentucky beat Auburn and now Auburn almost beat Alabama so now Tech will beat Georgia because Kentucky beat Vanderbilt and Tech beat Vanderbilt so that makes Tech at least as good as Kentucky which beat Auburn and Georgia. Works for me!

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Pi$$poor: Georgia will win it big 49-21

…pi$$er… penalties don’t win a game. 49 penalties for UGA versus 21 penalties for Tech is not a victory son. You might want to spend more time studying the game and less time in urinary pursuits. Just sayin.

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