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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BWH Dawg
November 28th, 2009
11:37 pm
Ramble On, S. Simons and m,
Where is the new sheriff now? CPJ did a great job with his week off, didn’t he? Bow to the king, boys. We own football in the State of Georgia and GTU is back to being the joke that it always has been. BTW, nice league you guys have. Give your defense some credit. They were run slap over by two 100 yard rushers.
Glad that Keith Brooking and Tashard Choice got to watch this game live. They have never beaten Georgia and cannot even watch it happen live. LOSERS!!!!!!!
edugator
November 28th, 2009
11:37 pm
3 bombs on the last series? What were you thinking coach? Tech played poorly and still had a chance! Gonna be a long year…
dawgsfan121
November 28th, 2009
11:37 pm
Patiently biting my tongue because the techies beat us last year, but St. Simons you can suck it here too!
BIG D
November 28th, 2009
11:37 pm
SAINT SIMONS; DO YOU HAVE THE FINAL SCORE OF THE GAME YET?
HOW MANY YARDS WILL EALEY AND KING GET NEXT YEAR IN ATHENS?
TECH; 1 IN A ROW
SAINT SIMONS ; WHERE ARE YOU? 30-24 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HOW MANY HAVE WE WON LATELY? 7 OF 8 OR 8 OF 9 WHICH IS IT SAINT SIMONS?
D. Thomas( i forgot to catch the ball)
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
HAHAHAHAHA What a 3 peat, the SEC dominates again on rivalry Sat. Hey all you nerds where are u.
patrick
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
UGA is 8-1 against GT in last 9 games and GT fans have nerve to be on here talking trash????
Josh Fowler
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
So does this mean that UGA and South Carolina are co-ACC champs? Oh and Tech can Suck It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30-24 30-24!!!!!!!!!!
Tim
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
My prayer is for GT to win the ACC Chimpionship and play ALABAMA. Then the ACC will truly feel the might of the SEC.
CPJ Coach of Year
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
I can’t believe we just lost to a pitiful GA team….CPJ needs to go, and we need a coach who will run an offense to attract all positions, not just running back.
FIRE PAUL JOHNSON!!!
JTH
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
Did ya hear?
HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Todd - Dacula
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
UGA WINS and it wasn’t an upset
; just a bunch of upset bees 
Tu87
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
So mark still think paul Johnson is the best play caller
ever? Four straight pass plays from a running team. About
the worst sequence of play calling I’ve ever seen.
To Hell With Tech
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
Saint Simons
Shut The F Up!
red hill
November 28th, 2009
11:38 pm
You know, I didn’t figure the Dawgs had much of a chance but I had forgotten the simple truism that TECH SUCKS!!!!!!
CigarDawg
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
How sweet it is to have order in the universe again.
Terrific game, Tech can hold their heads high after a great effort and we can smile as we wave “bye-bye” to Willie and Fabris.
Yellow Fuzzy
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
Point differential against Vandy points to the White and Gold. Way I see it, we are 1-1 against the Dawgs.
bugsquacher
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
OMG,,,,AT LEAST WE DONT HAVE TO LISTEN TO THOSE NERDS FRO ANOTHER YEAR…..30-24,,,,30-24,,,,,,REFRESH MY MEMORY, DID TECH EVER LEAD IN THIS GAME?
montanadawg
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
Ok, let me get this straight….
Tech has 2 weeks off to prepare to play UGA…UGA comes off a HUMILIATING defeat against the boys in Blue. We have less than a week to prepare for this Paul Johnson running smorgesborg. Gotcha. PREVIEW: We should get our arses handed to us.
Then, we run the ball and run the ball unlike anything we’ve done all year. WHERE THE HECK DID THIS COME FROM? Ok, yes, Tech’s D is suspect, but still….come on’
GO DAWGS!!! CONGRATS!!! This doesn’t salvage the season, but it sure helps to beat those Jackets!
St. Simons
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
24-30 bwahahahahahha!!!! oh, wait …. um. darn.
JaxDawg
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
Saint Simons I am here in Jax only a hour away if you need someone to vent to nerd!!!!! How does the trash talking feel????
BobDog
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
Before somebody says, “If our great receiver hadn’t dropped the ball…”, remember that our great kicker hooked the field goal, which would have put the game out of reach.
It was a great game, and Tech should be commended for fighting back. I was a nervous wrech until the end. A great game for our offensive line and running backs- Ealey, King, and Chapas. What a blocking machine Chapas was.
keep CMR
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
tech played hard, but CMR had our team ready for the BIG rivalry, where CPJ did not. tech thought they had us signed, sealed, and delivered this year. CPJ hasn’t been in the big dawg league long enough to know that records and stats go out the window—comes down to emotion and georgia wanted it more.
good luck against clemson next week, TECH. hope you STOMP them in the ground.
Sa!int Simons
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
Buzz these nuts 30-24!!!!!!!
Fools Gold
November 28th, 2009
11:39 pm
Georgia’s fixing to fall?
But speaking just for me
and some people from AJC,
we got a thing or two to tell you all.
This Dawg may have stumbled
but he ain’t never fell.
And if the Techie don’t believe that
they can all go straight to hell.
We’re gonna put UGA on its feet
on the path of the another streak
and then God blessGeorgia again.
And you never did think that it ever would happen again.
In Georgia, did you?
You never did think that we’d ever get together again.
Well we damn sure fooled you.
We’re walking real proud and we’re talking real loud again
In Georgia.
You never did think that it ever would happen again.
And we may have done a little bit of fighting amongst ourselves,
but you outside people best leave us alone.
Cause we’ll all stick together
and you can take that to the bank.
That’s the Gators and the Jackets and the rebels and the yanks.
You just go and lay your hand on a Georgia Bulldog fan
and I think you’re gonna finally understand.
And you never did think that it ever would happen again.
In Georgia, did you?
You never did think that we’d ever get together again.
Well we damn sure fooled you.
We’re walking real proud and we’re talking real loud again
In Georgia.
You never did think that it ever would happen again.
Tuck Fech
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
Is Mark Bradley going to get off of CPJ’s nuts now? He was practically worshiping at his feet this past week in the paper. Bandwagon sports writer.
UGA Rolls Over Tech
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
To Mr. Bradley,
Thank you so much for your posts tonight. It is bloggers like you that motivate the UGA Players, Coaches and Fans to prove you wrong and make you sit back and admit your wrong prediction. So, I can’t thank you enough!! I still love your blogs, but I must wait until Baseball season to read your next blogs. It seams that the Braves are the only thing we can agree on!
Benjamin
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
Bradley, you started a flame war!
(Great game, Dawg fans. I don’t think the Music City Bowl has ever sounded so sweet to me… we lost last year when we shouldn’t have to a team that hadn’t beaten us since 2000 and had only won 4 times since 1990; the way I see it, order was restored tonight!! Go Dawgs!)
bugsquacher
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
HEY SAINT SIMON,,,, GET USED TO THIS,,,, 30-24 HAHAHAHA, YOU WILL SEE IT A LOT FOR THE NEXT 365 DAYS…..
Mikey
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
That little high school offense tried something unusual- throwing the ball 4 straight times.
4 straight incompletions.
the Joke by the Coke for sure.
Mark bradley is a b***h
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
Hey St Simon’s, Mark Bradley,Jeff Schultz,and all the Tech Terd fans F**k off. Dawgs 30 Tech Terds 24 Sec vs Acc 3-0 0n 11-28-09, Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Sa!int Simons
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz these nuts!!!!!
sarfdawg
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
Saint Simons: F you very much.
30-24 hahahahhahahahhahahhahahhaha.
ghost
November 28th, 2009
11:40 pm
Cawgs or gie…
GaCFB
November 28th, 2009
11:41 pm
Memories for earlier tonight:
Jacket Lawyer:
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
______
(no one is safe tonight!!!)Mark Bradley:
Let me be clear. I don’t think Georgia will win close. I think Georgia will lose by two touchdowns
Saint Simons
November 28th, 2009
11:41 pm
((((( 45 – 42 ))))) hahahahahahaha
THWGT
November 28th, 2009
11:41 pm
Finally, the ACC exposed as the 2nd rate conference we all knew it to be. Neither division champion could win the SoCon.
Paul The Vol
November 28th, 2009
11:41 pm
Well, if nothing else the blogs should be a lot more interesting over the next year.
turd hater
November 28th, 2009
11:42 pm
I told you Tech was way over rated. GT 4th in the sec, if i am not mistaking the two acc champs for next week doush bag powder puff championship both got waxed by two of the weaker sec teams today. GT has not played anyone all year like i said before, over rated, why dont you guys play a real schedule. Oh, yeah, blog a couple of weeks ago said UGA would be 4th in the acc. We just beat the acc champ bit*&es. GT, you suck, go get mugged on north avenue and we will see you next year for 9 out of 10. GO dawgs, and we did it with willie martinez!!!!!!!
gatorhator
November 28th, 2009
11:42 pm
acc sux #7 in the nation puhleeeeeeeez
montanadawg
November 28th, 2009
11:42 pm
NO, TECH NEVER LED IN THIS GAME!! AND THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE…..Clemson – the team Tech is playing in the ACC Championship got beat by SOUTH CAROLINA…..and also, FSU GOT stomped by the GATORS…..and yes, UGA BEAT TECH.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT THE ALL MIGHTY ACC????????????
Tim
November 28th, 2009
11:42 pm
Hey guys. Jeff Schultz is pissed off because GEORGIA WON!!!
bugsquacher
November 28th, 2009
11:42 pm
FUNNY HOW BOTH TEAMS PLAYING IN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP LOST TODAY TO UNRANKED SEC TEAMS. HMMMMMMMM….SAYS A LOT FOR THEIR CONFERENCE…..
Spike
November 28th, 2009
11:42 pm
Chan Gailey is free! Give him a call!!
The Grinch
November 28th, 2009
11:43 pm
The big bad ACC championship game will be a dud between two ACC schools who got beat today by middle of the road SEC teams. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Super Dog
November 28th, 2009
11:43 pm
HELLO IM PAUL JOHNSON
IM VERY ARROGANT
I THINKS BECAUSE I BEAT WILLIE MARTINEZ LAST YEAR THAT IM A GREAT COACH
I COACH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTION VEER
IM SMART
big_fort
November 28th, 2009
11:43 pm
Still the best team in Georgia!!! Go Dawgs!! You didn’t really think you could beat us in two straight did you?
Saint Simons
November 28th, 2009
11:43 pm
(((((( 45-42 )))))) hahahahahaha
Dawgs own Tech
November 28th, 2009
11:43 pm
ST SIMON ………………..HAHHHHHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA, suck it. Your days of enjoying your win are over……..8-2 this decade. We should schedule GT for homecoming!
adam mullis
November 28th, 2009
11:43 pm
where ya at st. simons…BRADLEY WE POUNDED TECH AND YOUR GF CPJ
Big Harry Dawg
November 28th, 2009
11:44 pm
Jacket Lawyer? Where are ya boy – got something for you…
Suck it nerds!!