Live from the Joke by Coke, and the Evil Genius = hope
The ideal Christmas gift for a Dawg fan? Not this. (Photo by M. Bradley)
Understand: In my entire life, I have never thought of Bobby Dodd Stadium as the Joke by Coke, but seeing as how I’m tasked with chatting live tonight from a Georgia perspective I thought I’d get in the spirit. But that, I should report, is where it ends. No cracks about John DUI-berry. Or Reggie Ball. (Well, maybe only one or two.) Everything else will be straight down the middle. Fair and balanced, as we say here at Fox News.
And we at Fox News have learned that the Ol’ Ball Coach doubled the score on young Dabo of Swinney, which has the effect of doing two things near and dear to Georgia fans’ hearts. First, it devalues the ACC title game, in which the North Avenue Trade School — sorry, couldn’t t resist just one more — will take part, and it also offers further proof that the ACC isn’t exactly a fortress of a league.
South Carolina entered having lost five of 11 games, same as Georgia. South Carolina had lost to Georgia by four points on Sept. 12, two days after Georgia Tech beat Clemson by three. So comparative scores were pretty close. (Not that comparative scores tell us much, but hear me out.) And today the Evil Genius whipped his in-state rival 34-17.
Can it happen in another state championship game? Honesty compels me to say I don’t think so, but I’ve been wrong about this game twice in the past three years. I figured Tech would handle Georgia in 2006 given that the Jackets were ranked and headed for the ACC title tilt — sound familiar — and the Bulldogs had needed an upset of Auburn just to get to 7-4. And I figured Georgia would still be too much for the Jackets were — for a half. Then things changed.
I see Georgia scoring some points on Tech. I see Tech scoring a lot more on Georgia. I’ve been saying 42-27 for two weeks, and yesterday I asked you kind folks for your thoughts on the matter. At last check, the semi-consensus among respondents was that the Jackets would win big or Georgia would win close. I’d bet on the latter if I bet. Which I do not. So feel free to disregard my gambling advice.
Please also feel free to join us as we discuss the game from a Georgia angle tonight. I’ll be here until it ends, which I figure will be at 11:29 p.m. EST. And it had better be. My print deadline is 11:30. But that’s problem, not yours. And I look forward to your company on what promises to be an intriguing night.
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DCDawg
November 28th, 2009
5:21 pm
Tied for fourth!
GTFan
November 28th, 2009
5:21 pm
Mark, GT will get the job done. We have a lot to lose and we will hold on to it.
THWG!!
defactodawg
November 28th, 2009
5:22 pm
Can’t wait to follow along Mark. I suspect it will be a long evening but perhaps we can find a glimmer of hope in the fact that 5 of Top 25 have already lost.
45ACP
November 28th, 2009
5:23 pm
I like the Jackets and I like em to lose!
GO DAWGS!
MikeInValdosta
November 28th, 2009
5:23 pm
Georgia big defensive front will prove to be too much this year. That and actually tackling to the ground! Dawgs win 38-20
txdawg
November 28th, 2009
5:23 pm
NICE ARTICLE. LOOK FORWARD TO IT TONIGHT
74 Dawg
November 28th, 2009
5:23 pm
Glad to have you , Mark.
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
5:24 pm
I’ll take a W, period. But a smashmouth game would be awesome! Go Jackets!!!
Kane337
November 28th, 2009
5:24 pm
Go Jackets!
74 Dawg
November 28th, 2009
5:24 pm
Blogging from th e Ga POV that is.
Jimmy the Tech fan
November 28th, 2009
5:26 pm
You know MB, “North Avenue Trade School” isn’t really an insult. The bookstore sells a t-shirt that says “North Avenue Trade School” on it. I own it and I wear it.
74 Dawg
November 28th, 2009
5:27 pm
To win this game Ga needs to physically pound Tech. Unfortunately I’m not sure they can do that. But they better try if they want to win.
MikeInValdosta
November 28th, 2009
5:28 pm
I believe they have changed it to North Avenue Terrorists School
kauai dawg
November 28th, 2009
5:28 pm
Georgia has the talent but not the heart I am sorry to say. Hopefully the “D” will play hard for Willie is what they may think is his last game and they play above themselves. If our D line can come to play and collapse the line then the option game may sputter a bit. With have many seniors who know this is their last chance so maybe, just maybe they come to play. Go DAWGS! GATA
74 Dawg
November 28th, 2009
5:28 pm
That’s right Jimmy, the acronym is Nats.
william cranman
November 28th, 2009
5:29 pm
Mark, any word on AJ Green?
45ACP
November 28th, 2009
5:31 pm
Joke by the Coke still makes me laugh.
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
5:32 pm
Mikey, that is one of the problems we Techies face. We are such a worldwide leader in technology that we attract students from the world over. One in 10,000 might be a bad apple. I realize UGAG doesn’t have that problem or reputation, in the world or even in the South. But every GT player has a drivers license and they can all spell their names, calculate their SAT score and play some damn good football.
La Jolla Dawg
November 28th, 2009
5:32 pm
Hey Mark, glad you are on our sideline so to speak. If Georgia can somehow pull out the win how about you giving up Saint Simons e-mail or IP address?
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
5:33 pm
Slant? AJC? Say it ain’t so.
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
5:33 pm
Slant? Did we read that right?
Dabo S
November 28th, 2009
5:34 pm
Mark,
If willie martinez comes on later tell him to send me his resume. He said he’d be blogging with you from the sidelines tonight
Dabo
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
5:34 pm
Obligatory Tiger Woods post:
If she went after him with his own clubs . . . he was hurt by Tiger woods.
Kane337
November 28th, 2009
5:35 pm
UGA football still makes me laugh.
Buckhead Bulldog
November 28th, 2009
5:37 pm
Sic’ ‘em GEORGIA BULLDOGS!
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2009
5:37 pm
No word on A.J. Green. I’ll let you know soon.
Just talked to my mom in Kentucky. UK fans are hopeful this will be the night of the first ‘Cat victory over Tennessee since 1984. And I believe it will be.
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2009
5:38 pm
I don’t think Georgia can pound Tech. Other way around, maybe.
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
5:39 pm
Russ? The mutt is called Russ? Who calls a mutt Russ? Wuss, however, fits.
falcon 71
November 28th, 2009
5:39 pm
1 thing for sure Mark it will be fun
Jack Wood
November 28th, 2009
5:39 pm
The AJC taking a UGA slant. Imagine that. Have I really lived long enough to see it?
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
5:40 pm
Mark, how’s Russ holding up?
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2009
5:41 pm
Haven’t seen Russ. But I have been looking for him.
Chopper
November 28th, 2009
5:42 pm
I don’t this game is going to be a blow out for either side. Tech may win, but not by more than 10. Dawgs will be up for this one. They played scared against Flordia but I think they will play smart against Tech.
BitDogBarking
November 28th, 2009
5:43 pm
So far today a 5 loss 5th place SEC East team has beat down an ACC division champion. UF is beating a team that hung 44 pts on another ACC champ 30 -0. Just how bad is the ACC?
falcon 71
November 28th, 2009
5:45 pm
poor Mark , Jeff drew the long straw
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
5:46 pm
Jeff is known to throw ham. Watch yourself.
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
5:47 pm
BitDog, maybe if you played someone other than Tennessee Tech in November who would have some room to talk. UF played 3 cupcakes. LSU played 2. Alabama played 2. Cupcake Conference so that when you do play a real team you are fresh, I guess that’s your mantra.
45ACP
November 28th, 2009
5:47 pm
Mark – What do they have for supper?
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
5:47 pm
FSU is embarrassing theyselves. Trick plays won’t help now.
Bob Dylan
November 28th, 2009
5:50 pm
Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
5:50 pm
Mark, will you be throwing trash on the ground and leaving a mess?
Chopper
November 28th, 2009
5:50 pm
Jacket Lawyer, Minus Tennessee Tech, Georgia’s schedule was no cupcake. I don’t see how you could argue that one…
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2009
5:51 pm
I try to tidy up my work station when I’m done, Sonny. Thanks for asking.
BitDogBarking
November 28th, 2009
5:51 pm
Mark, no offense intended, but based on your prognostication history, I feel pretty good about the Dawgs chances tonight.
Bob Dylan
November 28th, 2009
5:51 pm
Florida and VT are wearing White helmets
Buckhead Bulldog
November 28th, 2009
5:52 pm
Damn! Tebow is a stud. Glad he is gone.
Nesbitt Has a PHD in Chemical Eng!
November 28th, 2009
5:53 pm
The ACC teams are kind of getting their pants collectively pulled down on national TV today. And they are not proud.
John
November 28th, 2009
5:54 pm
If the top ACC teams (Clemson & GT) loses to lower SEC teams (USC & Georgia) wouldn’t the ACCCG be the most irrelevant championship game of the year?
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
5:54 pm
Everyone gets a cupcake, true. But in November? And your amazing SEC cousins play a bunch of cupcakes! So I’m tired of the whole SEC is so tough thing. FL plays 3 cupcakes!!!! Absurd. At some point it should be a penalty in rankings to play cupcakes.
BitDogBarking
November 28th, 2009
5:54 pm
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
5:32 pm
Mikey, that is one of the problems we Techies face. We are such a worldwide leader in technology that we attract students from the world over. One in 10,000 might be a bad apple. I realize UGAG doesn’t have that problem or reputation, in the world or even in the South. But every GT player has a drivers license and they can all spell their names, calculate their SAT score and play some damn good football.
And take all their classes over at Morehouse, huh Jacket Lawyer.
P. Bull Terrier
November 28th, 2009
5:57 pm
If I ever need an attorney to argue my case, remind me not to pick Mark Bradley.
OldDawg
November 28th, 2009
5:57 pm
Jacket Lawyer…did you by chance represent the tech player that was caught with 90 lbs of pot in his trunk….who proudly took the field against UGA shortly thereafter? Or maybe the assistant coach who was arrested for DUI, hit and run, and possession? Or the 290 pounder that crushed the GIRLS face at the pizza parlor? Ya’ll had anymore baseball players die from herione overdoses?
Just wondering since you are sooooo concerned with UGS’s players riding motor scooters without a drivers liscense? BTW….unlike Reggie Ball…all out players can count to 4!!!!!!
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
5:58 pm
FL played Charlotte, Troy and Florida International. Please! LSU play La Tech and La Lafayette. AL played Florida Intl, North Texas and UT Chatt (last week!). Cupcake U.
Chopper
November 28th, 2009
5:58 pm
I’m only talking about Georiga’s schedule. They opened up with a top 10 team and will close with a top 10 team. Tn. Tech was homecoming. Most teams scheudle cupcakes for homecoming. But dude, seriously, no ACC team could touch Florida and Alabama.
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
5:59 pm
We’ll never know if the ACC could touch FL, they won’t play outside their state.
BOOGIES THE MAN FROM HARTWELL GA
November 28th, 2009
6:00 pm
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MythBuster
November 28th, 2009
6:00 pm
Geez, this waiting is killing me! In about 5 hours, UGA fans will slither back into their trailers and we won’t have to listen to their mindless drivel for 9 months.
I am stuck in a house with UGA fans, and they are already making up excuses for how they are going to lose this game. It is not a big game for us……our defensive coordinator is an idiot…….our offensive coordinator is an idiot…..AJ Green is out of the game…..the refs stole the game from us against LSU……SEC is a superior conference……ACC sux…….blah, blah,blah…..I know you are trying to soften me up, but I am still going to laugh my arse off everytime we score. By the way, if you are reading this blog, I am the one in the recliner with a Corona and a GT shirt and hat on.
THWG!!!!!!!
George P
November 28th, 2009
6:00 pm
I take offense that Clemson be a “top team” John. Both VT and Miami I would say are better. Just because Heather Dinich wishes it, doesn’t make it so
BitDogBarking
November 28th, 2009
6:00 pm
And your mantra Jacket Lawyer is 40 years of mediocrity. So what’s your point Einstein? That an SEC team that plays a cupcake schedule is still capable of beating a team that hung 44 on Tech 30 to 0 and the 3rd qtr is only half over. I bet you lose a lot of cases with arguments and logic like that. You’re the dumbest lawyer I’ve ever encountered. How’d you ever pass the BAR?
OldDawg
November 28th, 2009
6:00 pm
Jacket Lawyer none of the cupcakes you are so upset about UF playing can compare to FSU when it comes to cupcakes!
Chopper
November 28th, 2009
6:03 pm
Florida is putting a pretty big whipping on an ACC team today, Jack Law
OldDawg
November 28th, 2009
6:03 pm
Myth buster it must not be your HOUSE…as you could control who is there and who is not….thus since i KNOW you know of what you speak I assume you are at a run down trailer…owned of course by a UGA fan????
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
6:04 pm
FSU is having an off year, but despite the points they scored, we had more points at the end of the game. That, in case you math illiterate mutts don’t know, means GT won. So FL, after that tough schedule, plays refreshed and whips FSU. Big deal. Cupcakes I say.
willie martinez
November 28th, 2009
6:04 pm
Mark, you blogging from a Georgia perspective would be something new!
.220 Swift
November 28th, 2009
6:05 pm
I wanna beat the jackets and be home for Christmas! Screw a sorry bowl game!
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
6:05 pm
How about this? Since we know ya’ll will be rebuilding next year (again), how about GT switch with UGAG and we’ll play FL in the Gator Bowl. At least we’d make the State of Georgia proud.
willie martinez
November 28th, 2009
6:06 pm
dabo, Mark’s already promised he would print the abridged version of my resume. hope words like “genius” dont confuse you. willie
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2009
6:06 pm
Actually, I was accepted to law school. I kid you not.
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
6:07 pm
You probably made the right decision on that one.
Cuz
November 28th, 2009
6:07 pm
Mark what you got to eat up there. Me and Bill King had caviar, oysters on the half shell and vichyssoise soup. I turned down the soup. It had gotten cold.
Sonny Clusters
November 28th, 2009
6:08 pm
McClusters Report:
McClusters finished with 82 rushing yards and 63 receiving yards, giving him 985 rushing yards and 475 receiving yards for the season.
He’ll have a chance in the Rebels’ bowl game to become the first player in SEC history to rush for 1,000 yards and have 500 receiving yards in the same season.
MythBuster
November 28th, 2009
6:08 pm
Ouch, this hurts! According to the Sagarin rankings, Tech has the 7th toughest schedule while UGA has the 42nd toughest. Now, smoke that you leg humpers!!!!!Hahahahahaha!!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Cuz
November 28th, 2009
6:09 pm
I think Schultz would get a rash if he had to blog from a UGA perspective.
willie martinez
November 28th, 2009
6:09 pm
Mark, is there a difference?
BitDogBarking
November 28th, 2009
6:10 pm
Jacket Lawyer, is your IQ above room temperature. How many clients has your dumb azz sent to death row. You’re an idiot.
Cuz
November 28th, 2009
6:10 pm
Myth, did you get a sprained finger clicking on that info. Rub some dirt on it and get back in the game.
BugKiller
November 28th, 2009
6:11 pm
Mark,
Any truth to the rumors that Mayflower has a reservation to be at the residence of W. Martinez and Family in Athens, GA early tomorrow morning?
Mama sez it BEES that way sometimes
November 28th, 2009
6:11 pm
If I had been the attorney representing the Tech player who was busted with 90 lbs. of weed. I’d have argued that it was for his own personal use and that he planned on living until he was 164.
Cuz
November 28th, 2009
6:11 pm
Russ has got a big sweater to fill. That last dog was huge.
td
November 28th, 2009
6:12 pm
I think I am going to puke if this Tebow love fest does not end soon. I think the announcers have that funny tingling feeling on their legs.
Cuz
November 28th, 2009
6:12 pm
Killer, Mayflower has two reservations lined up for tomorrow. The outcome of the game depends on which DC’s house they show up at first. A 10-1 season gives you a little more cushion though.
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
6:13 pm
Mama, you argue whatcha got sometimes. LOL. And 90 lbs doesn’t go as far as you think.
christy
November 28th, 2009
6:13 pm
Jacket Lawyer…maybee (PI) you’ve heard of the Olympics? They’re kinda a big worldwide deal. ‘Brought to ATL by a UGA grad. Yea, we have NO worldwide, national or regional respect. Ha. Urine colored glasses crack me up.
45ACP
November 28th, 2009
6:13 pm
willie – I hope the game plan was still in good shape after being in the mayonnaise jar.
Park
November 28th, 2009
6:13 pm
ah yes, gt has a good football team every once in a while and they forget the lifetime of never getting laid and being losers ahead of them.
its okay, maybe your kid won’t be a nerd…if you ever procreate.
MDAWG24
November 28th, 2009
6:14 pm
I have a good feeling bout this game…. Dawgs 31 – Jackets 20
BitDogBarking
November 28th, 2009
6:14 pm
I have to give you one thing Jacket Lawyer. At least you’re not claiming to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut like the other GT posers that inhabit this blog.
BugKiller
November 28th, 2009
6:14 pm
Umm… mythbuster, that’s not what that poll is about.
SOUTHGADAWG88
November 28th, 2009
6:14 pm
The ACC is a weak conference.UNC,FSU and CLEM?Top tier teams?Folks are putting too much stock in last years game.Let’s keep it real…Stafford threw a pick 6…Samuel fumbled and GT had 3 long runs…it’s not like they moved the ball at will and dominated the game or anything.GT has not dominated ANY of the so called “top” teams in the ACC so why in the hell should they dominate UGA?The UGA front 7 is better than they were last year and are better than ANY team in the ACC today!2 hrs to kickoff…ACC will be fully exposed by 11pm
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
6:14 pm
But honestly, UGAG has paid a lot more to lawyers over the years that GT. Jan Kemp anyone? Tony Cole? Harrick? The list goes on.
OldDawg
November 28th, 2009
6:14 pm
Jacket Lawyer do you seriously think ANYONE here thinks for one split second that GT wants to play the Gators? If GT wanted to play Ala., UF, Tn., LSU, Aub. etc they would STILL be in the SEC!
A mistake GT will never recover from when it comes to their football program! After the powers to be at GT realized what a collosal mistake they made by going independant, they lobbied for years to get back into the SEC before thet settled for the ACC!
UGA has owned GT for the last 45 years…UF has owned UGA for going on 20 years! And you want some of UF….sure you do…wink wink!
Cuz
November 28th, 2009
6:14 pm
Tebow said in the pre-game that he wished he and Urban could be together forever. Somewhere there is an NFL coach who is nervous about drafting Tebow.
John
November 28th, 2009
6:15 pm
Georgia will beat Tech tonight.
Georgia’s talent (not coaching) is the best team Tech will play this year, I believe Georgia can win it despite poor coaching.
BugKiller
November 28th, 2009
6:17 pm
Seriously, though, from a man who spoke to Claude Felton recently:
“Willie Martinez won’t be at Georgia next year.”
The only problem I have with that particular statement is the fact that Mike Bobo and his 90th-ranked offense isn’t also included.
I think part of the reason why he keeps on having kids is a kind of emotional blackmail on nice-guy Richt.
I mean, you can’t fire a guy with 11 kids under 3 years old, right?
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2009
6:17 pm
Dogs have just taken the field in warmup suits. It appears they’ve forgotten their uniforms.
Kidding about the last part. I think.
Paddy
November 28th, 2009
6:17 pm
Dabo really got schooled today! Bobby should quit, but he won’t. That just sets FSU back one more year.
Jacket Lawyer
November 28th, 2009
6:18 pm
Olympics? Did you know that only 5 Techies worked on the architect part of the new Olympic stadium? But over 300 UGAG grads worked there! Turns out it takes a lot of guys to shovel asphalt around a parking lot.
not tonight, my friends
November 28th, 2009
6:18 pm
MB, I felt okay till I read your prediction of UGA winning close. I imagine that means we (UGA) get blown out. How could we not lose? We have the worst DC in the history of modern football and our OC is completely overmatched on every play in every game. Tech has the finest schemer, adjuster and all around football coach in history. Better than Bryant, Dodd, Dooley, Jordan, Vaught, Neyland and Belichick combined! Or not. Go Dawgs.
SOUTHGADAWG88
November 28th, 2009
6:19 pm
Will FLA hang 50 on the NOLES?You want to know what happen to MIA and FSU?They joined the ACC and have steadily drifted down the level of the rest of that conference!
BugKiller
November 28th, 2009
6:19 pm
John,
What the hell are you smoking?
2007 was talent trumping coaching.
2008 was talent trumping coaching.
2009 is too much bad coaching ruining very good talent.
Get your head outta your butt. We have NO chance tonight. Coach Richt and his idiotic loyalty to Willie Martinez and The Red-Headed Turnover Menace has seen to that.