Presenting 5 top storylines for Atlanta sports in 2010
Santa Claus will be comin' to town soon enough. Will the Eastern Conference finals follow? (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
1. Will the Hawks reach the Eastern Conference finals? Step by inexorable step, this team keeps moving. It made the playoffs in 2008 and won a series in 2009. Can it do what the Hawks haven’t done since 1970 — when they were based in the West, not the East, and you needed only one series victory fo reach the conference finals — and play for the right to go to the NBA finals? Bradley’s prediction: Yes, they can. Yes, they will.
2. Will Ilya Kovalchuk re-up with the Thrashers? This isn’t so much about a player as it is a franchise. The Thrashers have made a bright start to the season, but all that goes poof if Kovalchuk won’t agree to stay. It has been a decade-long struggle to sell hockey in this Southern city, but if the franchise player leaves, will the franchise itself be long for the A-T-L? Bradley’s prediction: Kovalchuk stays, simply because Don Waddell has to pay him whatever it takes.
3. Will Georgia Tech qualify for a bowl ever better than the Orange? Here’s another story of progress: The Jackets were 9-4 in Year 1 under Paul Johnson and went 11-2 and won the ACC championship in Year 2. The Ramblin’ Wreck, alas, figures to hit a speed bump. At least two juniors — defensive end Derrick Morgan and B-back Jonathan Dwyer — are apt to leave in the NFL draft, and receiver Demaryius Thomas could join the exodus. And Tech’s defense is at least a year away from anything bigger than a league title. Bradley’s prediction: Tech goes 9-3 and doesn’t win the ACC.
4. Will Georgia ever hire a defensive coordinator, and will he improve on what we’ve just seen? The search now figures to last into the new year, and that’s not necessarily bad news. (No matter how halting the early returns have been.) There’s still a chance Georgia can make a big run at former Bulldog Kirby Smart, who’s coordinating Alabama’s D at the moment, and that would be a significant upgrade. Then again, just about anybody would be. Bradley’s prediction: Georgia hires a big name and sees results immediately.
5. Can Paul Hewitt take Tech on another long NCAA run? It hasn’t happened since 2004, when Hewitt took the Jackets to the NCAA title game, and another big season is long overdue. The deflating loss to Florida State in the ACC opener aside, there’s enough time and resources for something good to happen. And Hewitt, to be frank, needs something good to happen. Bradley’s prediction: The Jackets qualify for the Big Dance as a No. 5 seed and play into the second week, losing in a regional final.
Now what, you’re asking about the Falcons? Well, the biggest story regarding them figures to be decided by Jan. 3, 2010, when we’ll know for sure if the forever-sought consecutive winning seasons have been attained. And the Braves? Well, after the events of today — Javier Vazquez for Melky Cabrera — we might be doomed to another summer of flailing.
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216 comments Add your comment
Jamaaliver
December 22nd, 2009
1:29 pm
Enter your comments here
Tom
December 22nd, 2009
1:32 pm
Bobby Cox’s last season seems like a big deal, just my two cents.
Dawgs2009
December 22nd, 2009
1:33 pm
FIRS!!!!!!
Jeff
December 22nd, 2009
1:33 pm
Hope #2 comes true!!
Dawgs2009
December 22nd, 2009
1:34 pm
or third.
dylan
December 22nd, 2009
1:34 pm
second!
$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl
December 22nd, 2009
1:36 pm
You can’t spell Shreveport without
Samuel
Hebron
Richt
Ealey
Vance
Evans
Pugh
Owens
Rambo
Troupe
pilgrim
December 22nd, 2009
1:36 pm
Will Georgia and Georgia Tech fans realize all this smack talk is like cousins arguing at Thanksgiving dinner?
Sonny Clusters
December 22nd, 2009
1:36 pm
Something is wrong here. We was wondering how things got messed up? Ol’ Jeff may have rigged some things to mess up while he’s in LA with the gang.
Melky can be like Jeff and have some fans dressed up like milk cartons instead of like franks (we told Jeff they was hot dogs but he said they was franks).
$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl
December 22nd, 2009
1:37 pm
You can’t spell Shreveport without
S-amuel
H-ebron
R-icht
E-aley
V-ance
E-vans
P-ugh
O-wens
R-ambo
T-roupe
Hhahahahahahahaha
BravesFan79
December 22nd, 2009
1:39 pm
Cant believe we traded my favorite Braves pitcher to watch! This makes me dislike Lowe and Wren even more!!
And i see GT being a sweet 16 caliber team, (with a Final 4 roster!) due to lack of great assistant coaches on the bench. Not bringing back Keener was a BIG mistake!
Dawgs2009
December 22nd, 2009
1:40 pm
Wea re officially back to the late 1980s for the Atlanta Braves. Turner Field will be a graveyard this year.
jr
December 22nd, 2009
1:41 pm
Melky ok til JHeywards ready…
skip
December 22nd, 2009
1:44 pm
Frank Wren has lost his mind!! Can’t believe the higher ups signed off on this one.
$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl
December 22nd, 2009
1:49 pm
pilgrim
“Will Georgia and Georgia Tech fans realize all this smack talk is like cousins arguing at Thanksgiving dinner”?
For me, IT’S EXACTLY LIKE COUSINS ARGUING AT THANKSGIVING DINNER. I ABSOLUTELY HATE ONE SET OF FIRST COUSINS (OBNOXIOS DOG FANS) AND ABSOLUTELY HATE SPENDING THE HOLIDAYS WITH THEM. However, for a lot of the dog nation, it’s also about getting put in their place by Tech then subsequently taking it out on their cousins which in a lot of cases is also their spouse.
Ross
December 22nd, 2009
1:49 pm
Tech hoops dancing? Yellow jackets are now flying from my nether region.
-drl
Hillbilly Deluxe
December 22nd, 2009
1:50 pm
This may not be as bad as the Len Barker fiasco but it’s damn close.
Braves losing it
December 22nd, 2009
1:51 pm
Francouer (spelling) will prove to be a bad one too
Chris
December 22nd, 2009
1:53 pm
“$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl” Still doesn’t get it I see. Mark, will you try explaining to him that (A), Tech splits that with the other ACC teams and that (B), UGA will get just as much, if not more, then Tech will from bowl games after the ACC and SEC divide the money up. “$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl” please take a look at Tech’s bowl games vs. UGA bowl games from 2002 – January 2009. Feel free to look at the results too.
Ross
December 22nd, 2009
1:53 pm
This may sound petty – but the prospect of hearing Chip Caray say “Melky” something like 162×4 = 600+ times, some of them while the camera zooms in on the blank, soul-emptying stare of LaRoche, with CJ writing his initials with expectorated tobacco juice, fills me with existential horror.
Ted M
December 22nd, 2009
1:53 pm
the yankee’s had a loaded line-up and didn’t need another bat, which is why Melky played so much for them. So we not only lost one of our best pictures we are stuck with even less offense. What a stupid senseless move.
Tiger Woods' Wing Man
December 22nd, 2009
1:54 pm
One thing is a given: Dawgs smack Nerds upside the head again.
Froggy Dawgy
December 22nd, 2009
1:55 pm
The Dawgs got another beatdown in Jacksonville.
Mike Jay
December 22nd, 2009
1:56 pm
Bradly, What about the Atlanta Dream? They might be more compelling than the Braves going forward…unless Heyward makes the opening day roster. Of course what could go wrong with ushering in a ‘can’t miss’ rookie ‘phenom’ in the outfield and depending on them to help the anemic offense. That can only end good, right?
D(r)ooley
December 22nd, 2009
1:57 pm
Any Dawgs in Denial in the house today who say they won the National Title in 2007? Here is a history lesson :
2007 – Tennessee 35 Georgia 14
Tennessee finished the regular season with a 9-3 overall record and a 6-2 record in the SEC Eastern division. They tied with Georgia as champions of the SEC East, however, by virtue of a head-to-head victory over Georgia, the Volunteers were the SEC East representatives in the Championship Game.
National Title Game : LSU(SEC Champions) vs. Ohio State(Big 10 Champions)
Ted M
December 22nd, 2009
1:57 pm
Mark,
When is your next interview with FW?
SHORT BUS
December 22nd, 2009
1:57 pm
HAY BRADY U FORGOT2 MENTON HOW THE FLACONS SENSOR THERE MESSAGE BAORDS WIN SUM 1 COMPALINS OR CRITISISE THE TEAM. 2 ME THATS EVEN BIGER NEWS
Charlie Dalton
December 22nd, 2009
1:58 pm
Mark, I like your predictions. I wish Tech could land Mark Price as an assistant b-ball coach. He’s done wonders for the Hawks. I think the Dawgs will land Kirby Smart.
PDawg
December 22nd, 2009
1:59 pm
Well, at least the Braves got $500,000 cash in the deal….next thing you know Richt will announce he has hired Bill(Willie) Martin(Martinez) as the “new” DC.
Ron Mexico
December 22nd, 2009
2:00 pm
$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl – 30 24 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dawg44
December 22nd, 2009
2:08 pm
Mark,
You need to help the NCAA finally get to the bottom of all the use of steroids by some of Georgia Tech’s KEY football players. I have many friends in the high school coaching ranks in this state and have been TOLD this is going on. Tech is getting past the testing procedures some how. They are probably PAYING to pass the tests.
Contact me for details.
law dawg
December 22nd, 2009
2:10 pm
“1.4mil v. 14mil” – you seem to be using UGA as a measuring stick for your program, i thought your coach told you not to do that. you guys are better than that, right?
“d(r)ooley” – the dawgs were playing really good ball at the end of 2007, but no reasonable fan would claim they actually won the national title. i have no idea where that came from.
Braves losing it
December 22nd, 2009
2:12 pm
The Len Barker trade was bad but in my opinion slightly worse than the Jeff Francoeur for Ryan Church trade. AND NO TRADE CAN BE AS BAD AS Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvis Andrus, Matt Harrison, Neftali Feliz, AND Beau Jones for Mark (One Year) Teixeira and Ron (Mayday) Mahay. Trading prospects is ALWAYS a bad idea.
David Granger
December 22nd, 2009
2:13 pm
You’re absolutely right, Ross. Chip Caray, for crying out loud…what a wretched lack of ability. (Basically Erin Andrews without the boobs.) Proof that genetics can oftentimes mean absolutely NOTHING.
Braves losing it
December 22nd, 2009
2:15 pm
I’d like to know exactly how much of that “plus $500,000″ Frank Wren got. Nice Christmas bonus dude at the expense of the fans
richtfan
December 22nd, 2009
2:17 pm
30-24 hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Cuz
December 22nd, 2009
2:18 pm
Will Wommack get the axe after the Orange?
Braves losing it
December 22nd, 2009
2:18 pm
In 10 years, when the Braves are the laughing stock of MLB again, some one will take over and rebuild the franchise through the minor leagues like Bobby Cox did (in Atlanta, then Toronto and then again in Atlanta). A World Series title as well as multiple division championships followed each time.
GT Brill
December 22nd, 2009
2:18 pm
I grew up listening to the Braves on radio. I guess not anymore. 680am after dark ?!?!
I guess if you live across the street from Turner Field you can get the games.
Typical Dawg Fan Here
December 22nd, 2009
2:20 pm
Kirk Heirbstreet Biased Anti-Georgia Reporter
December 21st, 2009
7:58 pm
The problem is, you don’t have to win your conference to get into the Natl Champship game.
Nebraska in 2001, Oklahoma 2003, neither won their conference, but both won a Natl Championship.
Georgia was Natl Champs in 2007
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
GT Brill
December 22nd, 2009
2:20 pm
And yes 790 is even worse. I don’t even live all the way to Stone Mountain and it disappears after dark. But oddly enough, I can get 870 out of New Orleans almost clear as a bell.
CMR Wins the 2009 George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open!
December 22nd, 2009
2:21 pm
It’s called “clear channel”, Britt. The FCC sux.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
2:21 pm
30-24 = georgia’s first “signature win” since they were voted preseason national champs in 2008. Next year it will be Kentucky or possbly Tennessee Tech.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
CMR Wins the 2009 George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open!
December 22nd, 2009
2:22 pm
Ooops, meant “Brill”.
Brill?
Don Gill
December 22nd, 2009
2:22 pm
Just in time for Christmas. How stupid, stupid can the Braves get? Trading Vasquez for a mediocre hitter. They are filled with mediocre hitters. Sign LaRoche, for crying out loud. He’s the only one that consistently hit wi power last year. And Vasquez was getting close to being as good as John Smoltz in his prime. Just plain stupid.
Not Disappointed
December 22nd, 2009
2:22 pm
Cuz, I hope so…… “Happy Holidays!”
balismith
December 22nd, 2009
2:23 pm
the falcons hawks and bulldogs at least seem to be trying to get better…. the braves seem to be marching to a different tune . maybe more trades are on the way…. seems like the braves just had a brain fart.
Chris
December 22nd, 2009
2:23 pm
“$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl” Still doesn’t get it I see. Mark, will you try explaining to him that (A), Tech splits that with the other ACC teams and that (B), UGA will get just as much, if not more, then Tech will from bowl games after the ACC and SEC divide the money up. “$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl” please take a look at Tech’s bowl games vs. UGA bowl games from 2002 – January 2009. Feel free to look at the results too.
Braves losing it
December 22nd, 2009
2:25 pm
Frank Wren = Chuck Tanner (clown)
Hope Bobby Cox has a short retirement and takes over as GM next November
law dawg
December 22nd, 2009
2:27 pm
the only good thing about this trade for the bravos is that it does free up some money for wren to play with – maybe to go get a big bat (deal to get Adrian Gonzalez at first)
Braves losing it
December 22nd, 2009
2:29 pm
Frank Wren,
How about making trades that will ALSO help us down the road?
Benjamin
December 22nd, 2009
2:30 pm
As a fellow Dawg fan, I can’t believe the 30-24 thing is still going on. Most UGA fans are idiots.
They’re going to the Orange Bowl. We finished 7-5… simple math, people.
(Today’s trade alternately sucked and blew at the same time.)
EW
December 22nd, 2009
2:33 pm
GT Brill: Here’s why you get the New Orleans Station..can’t say why you don’t get the local. I did copy paste this because it says it way better than I could have..
Medium wave and short wave radio signals act differently during daytime and nighttime. During the day, AM signals travel by groundwave, diffracting around the curve of the earth over a distance up to a few hundred miles (or kilometers) from the signal transmitter. However, after sunset, changes in the ionosphere cause AM signals to travel by skywave, enabling AM radio stations to be heard much farther from their point of origin than is normal during the day. This phenomenon can be easily observed by scanning an AM radio dial at night.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
2:35 pm
Chris,
I see that Tech is the number one provider for THEIR conference and georgia is number 8! Glad you are happy riding Alabama and Florida’s coat tails (like Vandy and Mississippi State).
LOZER!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
2:36 pm
Go Georgia (to Shreveport-LOL). And take Frank Wren with you!
UGADawg
December 22nd, 2009
2:41 pm
That just goes to show you how obsessed teckies are about UGA. That one more spelled out shreveport using UGA player names. I can’t even name two players on teck’s “football” team.
EW
December 22nd, 2009
2:42 pm
1.4 You are a disgrace to ALL posters.
T-RAZOR
December 22nd, 2009
2:44 pm
HEY! I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO T.I. BECAUSE HE IS GETTING OUT OF PRISON AND BECAUSE HE KEEP IT REAL!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
2:45 pm
EW,
Whatever
juvenal
December 22nd, 2009
2:46 pm
maybe Schumpert can help get the rock inside..
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
2:50 pm
UGA Dawg,
Do like I did and get the roster off the internet. Google 2008 “preseason” number 1.
NOT “postseason” number 1
StraightJacket
December 22nd, 2009
2:50 pm
Mark, GT will be better next year, especially on defense. The redshirts will be available and the injured starters will be back. Despite young players on the DL, the GT DL will be better … because the players next season will be better. The offense will be equal as the OL will improve to compensate for any potential departures – including Dwyer & Thomas. We won’t exactly have “chumps” replacing those guys either, and with 85 scholarships on board for the first time in ages, DEPTH will begin to emerge.
Special teams will be about the same, or slightly improved.
Does all this mean that GT will be contenders for another ACC Title? Perhaps, but next year will be tough. The road schedule is brutal: Kansas, VPI&SU, Clemson, UNC, UGAG, and Wake.
Even though the team will be better, the record may not be.
10 wins sounds about right; any Championship for GT in 2010 will be a “bonus”, given that schedule.
-SJ
CMR Wins the 2009 George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open!
December 22nd, 2009
2:51 pm
Is Dawg44 retarded?
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
2:51 pm
EW,
I speak for me. I do not speak for the Tech Nation.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
2:56 pm
It’s the system at Tech, not the individual stars. The new tech program will compete with georgia with half the individual talent. More 45-42’s and nomo 51-7’s. Unfortunately it will take the thick headed dog nation about 5 more years to see this. By then they will be smack talking Tennessee Tech (their Shreveport Bowl opponent) and reliving those 1980 glory years. Hahahahahahahahaha
Dalton Dawg
December 22nd, 2009
2:58 pm
$1.4 million:
I’m about ready for you to STFU and get off our blogs!
Tiger Woods' Wing Man
December 22nd, 2009
3:02 pm
Leave it to a NERD fan to talk smack when the Dawgs just punched the NERD in the nose.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:03 pm
Dalton Dawg,
Make no mistake, YOU are the $1.4 million and TECH is the one making $14 million for THEIR conference! Actually I read this morning that the Weedwacker payout was only $950,000. You and that big bad dog nation that travels so well (LOL), should be proud. Hahahahahahahaha.
RS Dawg
December 22nd, 2009
3:05 pm
1.4, You should not be so angry, it’s Christmas
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:06 pm
4 tickets
4 corn dogs
4 funnel cakes
AND Texas A & M is still buying half your tickets.
Hahahahahahaha
bet THEY won’t pack up and leave when their team is down by six points in the 4th quarter. Hahahahahahahahahaha. georgia AIN’T what it used to be. get over it and get used to it.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:07 pm
I own the georgia dog nation 24-7-365!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:08 pm
WE didn’t lose to Kentucky at home. bet it felt a lot like 45-42!
ZamBonE
December 22nd, 2009
3:09 pm
1. The hawks are playing as well as anybody, but they would have to go through boston, cleveland, or orlando to advance to the eastern conference finals. I don’t think they have the bench depth that these other teams have to do so. It is possible to make the run to the championship game, but not likely.
2. If the thrashers don’t keep Kovalchuk, they can kiss their hockey team goodbye and wish them well in canada. The thrashers are having trouble filling the stands with one of the best players in the nhl right now. If he leaves, so does the franchise.
3. As a Tech fan, I would love to see us get to a better bowl. However, because of the ACC tie in with the Orange Bowl, the only bowl that would be better is the MNC. I would love to see us there, but it’s going to be difficult to go undefeated with our defense. I can see us back in the Orange Bowl next year and eventually getting to a MNC, but not next season.
4. Unless cmr is going to run the defense, I would say they sign a dc sometime before spring practice. Who is anybody’s guess.
5. Hewitt needs to go if Tech doesn’t get to at least the Sweet 16. When our Full Court Press is the best thing about Hewitt coached teams, you know something is wrong. The only thing our offense is consistent at, is being inconsistent. We rely way too heavily on outside shooting and more often than not, it doesn’t pan out. When you have two stud big men on your team, Lawal and Favors, you need to feed them the ball as much as possible.
Go Jackets
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:12 pm
top 5 storylines in 2010
1. georgia to Shreveport
2. georgia has 5th straight record recruiting year
3. georgia loses to Florida, Georgia Tech and 3 others (again)
4. georgia being considered for Shreveport Bowl again in November 2010
5. ditto 2011, 2012, etc
Ken
December 22nd, 2009
3:18 pm
“$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl” I now understand your anger. If I were a Tech fan, following a team who has a good year once every 18 years or so, I would be angry too. Did UGA suck this year? Yup. Did a BAD UGA team beat your Nerds? Yup. That says a lot about Tech. Will be funny to watch Iowa destroy Tech like LSU did last year. Yes, UGA is going to a terrible bowl, but they still beat Tech! UGA was due to finally go to a bad bowl after the elite bowls since 2002. How many good bowls has Tech gone to lately? Are you or is Paul Johnson on top tonight?
rob
December 22nd, 2009
3:20 pm
Techmite:
1. 30-24
2. 59-39-5
3. 7-1
4. 1-1
5. selling tickets to aggies < selling your allotment to hawkeyes
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:21 pm
rob,
Shreveport Bowl promotion
4 tickets
4 free fat plates of c0ck
4 free shut the h311 up
misterwax
December 22nd, 2009
3:24 pm
If all the junior GT stars stay for their senior year, it sure will sell a lot of tickets both at home and on the road. They could well go 14-0 and the MNC game. Would be great for our state…Ironically, it would say a lot about the recruiting skills of one CHandler Gailey….go figure.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:26 pm
Ken,
Yeah I hear you guys talking about “a bd georgia team” this year but they sure as hell weren’t bad when your seniors were signed out of high school. Pretty sure they were the 7th rated class in the country. Hahahahahahahahaha
Ken
December 22nd, 2009
3:29 pm
What a great “comeback” by “million.” Typical Tech nerd who never gets laid.
Steve
December 22nd, 2009
3:31 pm
“misterwax” please tell me your post is a joke. Really, please? “It sure will sell a lot of tickets both at home and on the road.” You losers only sellout your high school stadium when UGA is in town to beat up on the nerds. The only time there is a sellout on the road is when you play a real college like UGA, FSU, Clemson, etc. What a moron. No way you are a true football fan.
TW3A
December 22nd, 2009
3:32 pm
ATLANTA FALCONS TAKE ANOTHER STEP TOWARD THE SUPER BOWL BY WINNNH THE NFC BY DEALING WITH THE WEAKNESS OF THE TEAM, AND YOUNG PLAYERS GROW UP.
GT Brill
December 22nd, 2009
3:40 pm
EW – thanks for the schoolin’
CMR Cocoa Butter Champ, etc,etc – Brill was a nickname I got stuck with growing up because of my brillo pad of a long hair curly haircut I had in the 80’s. I finally decided to just embrace it. Think Buck Belue back in the day.
dawgy
December 22nd, 2009
3:40 pm
You’d think the ACC champs would have a nicer destination than Shreveport. Oh well – guess we’ll just have to represent the A-She-She and beat the Aggies.
GTBandwagonMaster
December 22nd, 2009
3:42 pm
3. Will Georgia Tech qualify for a bowl ever better than the Orange? Here’s another story of progress: The Jackets were 9-4 in Year 1 under Paul Johnson and went 11-2 and won the ACC championship in Year 2. The Ramblin’ Wreck, alas, figures to hit a speed bump. At least two juniors — defensive end Derrick Morgan and B-back Jonathan Dwyer — are apt to leave in the NFL draft, and receiver Demaryius Thomas could join the exodus. And Tech’s defense is at least a year away from anything bigger than a league title. Bradley’s prediction: Tech goes 9-3 and doesn’t win the ACC.
4. Will Georgia ever hire a defensive coordinator, and will he improve on what we’ve just seen? The search now figures to last into the new year, and that’s not necessarily bad news. (No matter how halting the early returns have been.) There’s still a chance Georgia can make a big run at former Bulldog Kirby Smart, who’s coordinating Alabama’s D at the moment, and that would be a significant upgrade. Then again, just about anybody would be. Bradley’s prediction: Georgia hires a big name and sees results immediately.
MB you are in touch with reality after all. Pass along some of it to all the delusional, terrified nats.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:51 pm
ken,
You obviously have me confused with some of the Nerds at georgia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVd4dqfT-8
Dude, my girlfriend goes to georgia and I guarantee you that you have twice as many Nerds as Georgia Tech. Get a life. Get a Shreveport life!
BravesFan79
December 22nd, 2009
3:51 pm
Im a college football fan, but i just don’t get the people that are OBSESSED with it, and have it as their #1 sport. NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, MMA, College Basketball…… ALL rank higher in “sports” because they all have a REAL CHAMPION!
You kids really need to move on to the BIG BOY sports and let the college presidents have their little “pagent” that they call a sport. (maybe things would change if you fools boycotted going to the meaningless bowls!)
Any team where your team can go undefeated, and still have NO shot at a national title… Is NOT A SPORT! Its closer to a dog pagent ud see on animal planet! Watch as all the pretty little teams prance infront of the judges… meanwhile.. in the REAL sports… we fight it out like MEN to declare a Champion!
Go Braves, Hawks, Falcons, GT Hoops, Fedor…….. meanwhile all the kids bicker like little girls about a sport that dosent care near as much about them… as they care about it!
Your bickering is really getting old on these blogs. If only yall put that much effort into boycotting the sport and demanding change.. .maybe your sport could again become relevant!
GTBandwagonMaster
December 22nd, 2009
3:54 pm
What you’ll have Straightjacket is the chum associated with #49 and #52 recruiting classes. You still have a lack of talent, depth, coaching and size on your defense. Your offensive line will always be overmatched size wise against good defenses and from the looks of your last 2 classes and this years commits that won’t change. GT is at the apex of the Johnson era right now.
When Chan’s talent is gone Tech has huge problems. Paul Johnson hasn’t proven he can even beat 5 loss SEC teams with with regularity even with Chan’s top 10 class. It’s downhill next year for GT and it will get progressively worse. By year 5 Pau Johnson will be about as popular as Chan Gailey. If you wanted a coach for the long haul you should have hired June Jones. When PJ leaves or is fired some poor guy is going to have to try to win with Johnson’s chum. It’ll take 10 years to undue the ultimate damage that Paul Johnson will do.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
3:56 pm
Hope this dude gets col-cokked by an Aggie at the Shreveport Bowl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVd4dqfT-8
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:00 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVd4dqfT-8
Hahaha. bet this dude acts the same way at georgia games when he’s in his 40’s and 50’s.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:02 pm
Hey, where did all the dogs go? Post one video of the might dog nation and every one of you scatters? Sounds like “MB needs to pass along something to all the delusional, terrified flea bags”.
Atlanta Jacket
December 22nd, 2009
4:02 pm
You still have faith in Hewitt – we’ll see. I thought your last column on his team was spot-on and has been pretty much the same since the 2004 run.
Agree that GT will finish 9-3 or better, but if we do lose one of those will not be in Athens.
Ugag will return for a victory lap in Shreveport – hard to have a great year breaking in a new quarterback. That qb race will be interesting. Also I think Kirby Smart will return to Athens.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:03 pm
Hahahahaha. VIDEO DON’T LIE DOES IT DOG-the real Nerd-NATION? Hahahahahahaha
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:05 pm
ken & rob,
which one was you in the video?
KJ
December 22nd, 2009
4:06 pm
There really, REALLY needs to be an “ignore user” feature on these blogs
1.4 million is Yellow Fuzz
December 22nd, 2009
4:07 pm
If you have noticed that Yellow Fuzz has disappeared from these blogs it is because he is too embarrassed to show his face. He can’t talk about wins and losses on the field so he has changed his name and his angle.. He is a coward with a capital C.
30 to 24 baby, 8 of 9 and 60/39/5… total domination… come and get the strap as Yellow Fuzz used to say..
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:07 pm
Truth hurts don’t it there KJ
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:08 pm
Dude,
$1.4 Million IS GEORGIA!
KJ
December 22nd, 2009
4:09 pm
Yeah, it definitely hurts that mongoloids like yourself are allowed to use their dad’s computers.
TUCK FECH
December 22nd, 2009
4:11 pm
ACC Champ 24 GEORGIA 30
ACC= All Coast Clear!
GTBandwagonMaster
December 22nd, 2009
4:13 pm
Atlanta Jacket dream on. All a QB has to do to beat GT is keep handing the ball to a running back. GT is screwed next year. You will fall ever farther behind the FSUs and UGA of the world talent wise. Your vaunted TO could only get a little over 200 yds against a Willie D. That TO will hit the wall sooner than later. You know it…the whole Tech pup tent knows it. You saw your future on 28 November. 30 -24. It always goes back to same old shi$ when you’re a nat.
1.4 million is Yellow Fuzz
December 22nd, 2009
4:14 pm
What Yellow Fuzz aka 1.4 million wants for Christmas…
1. Intestinal fortitude… He hates being a coward
2. Another patsy schedule for tech
3. A job
4. Excuses for losing to Uga..
5. A girlfriend
6. Some clearasil for his pimples
7. A new D&D game
8 Tickets to Dragon Con
9. A hug from CPJ
10. Some Balls.. so he can take his losses like a man
Tiger Woods' Wing Man
December 22nd, 2009
4:15 pm
CK4 is still running…ran down to the Orange Bowl..Slapped a NERD up side the head and came back.
1.4 million is Yellow Fuzz
December 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
Dude 30 to 24 is GEORGIA… Are we talking football or finances.. You can’t talk football because you got nothing to say. Get ready for bowl loss # 5 in a row.
The Orange Bowl is wasting their money on Tech… who can’t seel their tickets to see their best team in 20 years.. pathetic
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:19 pm
What “hurts” is your days of steam rolling Tech in football are over and you are having trouble spinning it because you know it’s true. Congrats on beating us this year as we didn’t handle our first off weak in 3 months very well and we over looked you because WE wanted to win OUR conference championship to go to a BCS, non-Shreveport, bowl. Nevertheless, you beat us fair and square and didn’t even have to blame the refs or trash our campus tailgating. Merry Christmas and a happy December 28th bowl game!
TUCK FECH
December 22nd, 2009
4:21 pm
DAWGS done been to 3 BCS Bowls before Tech could smell ONE! DAWGS also sell out all thier HOME games in Georgia’s biggest stadium. Tech still way behind the DAWGS in money, fans, and class!
30-24
WE RUN THIS STATE!
GTBandwagonMaster
December 22nd, 2009
4:21 pm
Excuses excuses excuses. GT wins the excuse NC every season.
Marianela
December 22nd, 2009
4:23 pm
I miss L-Dawg so much, even though he was a moron. Maybe he got a job and can’t spend all day surfing now.
Or maybe he’s hitchhiking to Shreveport.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:24 pm
GT won the excuse bowl this year!
Dave
December 22nd, 2009
4:25 pm
Bobby Dodd Stadium capacity: 55,000. No sellouts.
Sanford Stadium capacity: 92,746. Sold out every year.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:30 pm
DAWGS done been beat by Alabama, Florida, The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, LSU, Florida, Kentucky and Texas A & M. Don’t done matter if your stadium is full if half of them walk out in the 4th qtr with your school losing by 6 points. Congrats on beating up on the Hawaii high school team. Other than that, whats your big money done for you and how much of that big mnoney has the schooled shared with season ticket buyers? SUCKER!
Ramsey
December 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
Answers:
#1 – No, the Hawks will die in the second half of the season. Losers.
#2 – No, Kovalchuk is gone from Atlanta, and hockey die again. This just isn’t a big hockey city.
#3 – Maybe., but Tech has to get serious about recruiting and coaching defensive players before anything good is going to happen.
#4 – UGA will not be able to get any big-name defensive coordinator. Who in their right mind would pick up and move to Athens to coach goons and thugs?
#5 – No, no, no. Hewitt is a lousy excuse for a coach. He had one big year, and he’s been milking it ever since. The man has more excuses than Barack Obama. Get this guy out the door now before he runs Tech basketball completely into the ground.
One more appropriate comment: S-H-R-E-V-E-P-O-R-T. Thet actually have a bowl game there? Oh, that’s too funny.
Ramsey
December 22nd, 2009
4:35 pm
Texas A&M 35, UGA 24.
The Beeg Boy w/ The Beeg Bat and the Beeg Smile
December 22nd, 2009
4:38 pm
For the love of pete, when is UGA going to announce that it’s signed Tom Spangler as its new defensive coordinator? Bulldog Nation demands that it be so!
GTBandwagonmaster
December 22nd, 2009
4:40 pm
Every nat on this board knows that a top DC hire at UGA pretty much sticks a fork in any chance they had to beat UGA.
GTBandwagonmaster
December 22nd, 2009
4:42 pm
#3 – Maybe., but Tech has to get serious about recruiting and coaching defensive players before anything good is going to happen.
All those #49, 52, and 37 classes should help. LMAO!!!
1.4 million is Yellow Fuzz
December 22nd, 2009
4:48 pm
1.4 million it is pretty clear that you self esteem is closley tied to Georgia Tech’s football program.. particularly when it come to how they do vs UGA.. I’d say 1. You’ll probably grow out of it… 2. Get used to losing to UGA or 3. You should see a good psychologist or get a girlfriend… I can tell you are really hurting..
Tiger Woods' Wing Man
December 22nd, 2009
4:50 pm
We kicked their (NERDS) arse again this year. It never gets old. I don’t care who you are.
GTBandwagonmaster
December 22nd, 2009
4:50 pm
You nats might need to call FSU and see if they can give Giff Smith a clue. They have an incredible 2010 class on the defensive side of the ball coming in. More bad news for the nats. 2010 is not going to be warm and fuzzy for the nat pup tent at all.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:51 pm
Bandwagon
“All those #49, 52, and 37 classes should help. LMAO!!!”
More than YOUR last # 4, #7, #5 classes did. ROFLMFAO!!
1.4 million is Yellow Fuzz
December 22nd, 2009
4:53 pm
ESPN rated UGA the 3rd best program in the SEC this decade. Look it up. 9 top 25 finishes, 6 top 10 finishes including a #2 and #3 finish. Winning records over all SEC opponents except Florida and 8 wins over Tech and 7 bowl wins. What has the big money and top recruits got us? Could always be better but certainly in a different league than GT.
Mike Jones
December 22nd, 2009
4:53 pm
“More than YOUR last # 4, #7, #5 classes did. ROFLMFAO!!”
Now that’s funny no matter who you root for!
GTBandwagonmaster
December 22nd, 2009
4:55 pm
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:51 pm
Bandwagon
“All those #49, 52, and 37 classes should help. LMAO!!!”
More than YOUR last # 4, #7, #5 classes did. ROFLMFAO!!
Did I miss something? Was it GT 30, UGA 24? I could have sworn it was just the opposite.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:55 pm
“ESPN rated UGA the 3rd best program in the SEC this decade”.
Where did they rank that Shreveport Bowl?
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
4:56 pm
“What has the big money and top recruits got us?”
S–R–E–V–E–P–O–R–T
GTBandwagonmaster
December 22nd, 2009
4:58 pm
Is it GT that is 8-1 vs UGA this decade? I could have sworn it was the other way around. Oh wait…GT recruiting classes are worth at least 1 win a decade against UGA….in a good decade.
GTBandwagonmaster
December 22nd, 2009
5:01 pm
No Dwyer, no Morgan, no Thomas, no Burnett = no talent left at GT. Maybe Nesbit can play all of those positions at the same time he’s learning to throw short and medium passes.
1.4 million is Yellow Fuzz
December 22nd, 2009
5:01 pm
Read it and weep baby… we beat the best Tech team in the last 20 years. That’s what we are talking about. Have any comment on that? I thought so. 30 to 24 baby.. 8 of 9 60/39/5..=total donmination.
1.4 million is Yellow Fuzz
December 22nd, 2009
5:02 pm
I hide from the truth because I can’t handle the truth.. I can’t take the losing.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
5:02 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVd4dqfT-8
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
5:05 pm
This says it all for me. Talk to you macho dog nation guys later. Hahahahahahahaha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVd4dqfT-8
GTBandwagonmaster
December 22nd, 2009
5:06 pm
All those pygmy O and D lineman in your 2010 class will really fix that lack of physicality thing you have going at GT. LMAO!
GTBandwagonmaster
December 22nd, 2009
5:07 pm
Iowa will have a field day pushing around your soft football team.
Tiger Woods' Wing Man
December 22nd, 2009
5:11 pm
Twas the UGA / GA tech game: CK4 just slapped a nerd in the face. He’s still running up I – 95. There he goes TOUCHDOWN DAWGS. CK4 just hit Paul Johnson’s fat face with an open hand and shoved an Orange in his fat mouth. Run CK4 for another TOUCHDOWN. DAWGS win as usual. You all nerds try to win a couple times a decade without having to VACATE your wins because of your cheating ways. Fat head Paul Johnson is seen choking on an orange running around like a yard bird. Tech fans = idiots who cannot find their way out of a paper bag – No common sense. Merry Christmas all and to all a good night. Moral of the story: Don’t be a GA Tech Nerd Idiot.
dawgy
December 22nd, 2009
5:17 pm
Coach Wille Martinez pantsed your fat ass coach this year at Historic Mark Richt stadium. Face it, we DO run this state.
Dan
December 22nd, 2009
5:26 pm
“$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl” you really need help, and a life. It looks like you have posted on here all day. I know you are a little boy without a girlfriend using your mommy’s computer but go outside and play or something. All you have is talking about UGA’s bowl game. Nothing else because you know who dominates the state of GA. GET A LIFE homo.
Mr. Breeze
December 22nd, 2009
5:28 pm
Mark or whomever
How could you possibly have deleted my comment with all of this other childish rubbish being posted here??
Bradley: Five leading storylines for 2010
December 22nd, 2009
6:15 pm
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--I-,
December 22nd, 2009
7:16 pm
Where is that punk azz pudding pop sqigglywiggly? Why the writing seems almost identical to “$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl”….Same zit face, 22 year still living in the dorm, jealous little loser. Sorry you LOST BIG TIME to the Dogs
Dude! You ARE a chump! POd that your weak ACC chode producing team got punked hard by UGA. The game wasn’t even close. O W N E D.
FYI loser….UGA Athletics (mainly football)brought in roughly 82MM. How much did GT bring in? Yeah! that is what I thought….go look up some facts Lil’ fella.
TML
December 22nd, 2009
7:37 pm
Looking for “the perfect option” for the Tech fan on your Christmas list? StinGTees’ “Toe Meets Leather” is now available at your local The Fan’s Wear store (Cumberland, Peachtree Center, Northlake, & Stonecrest) as well as at http://www.stinGTees.com!
JACK IT
December 22nd, 2009
8:08 pm
30 24 we win! #1 in the Almost Competitive Conference and #2 in the state!!!!!! Paul Johnson=Reggie Ball! Thanks for calling three long pass plays on the final drive. choker!!!!!!!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:25 pm
JACK OFF,
Enjoy the 30-24 as much as we enjoyed the 45-42 dude. Paul Johnson was able to red shirt A LOT of talent on both sides of the ball and he is able to get more out of his recruits than your guys. As for you, ANYBODY can coach after a game like, dude. I’m putting my money on PJ and his staff “During” games and you azz after them, Mr. ESPN, or should I say Mr Peachtree TV III. LOL. Tech consistently makes superior half time adjustments and will consistently compete against georgia even with less talent. Like that idiotic dawg always says on here “bank it”. Hahahaha. You can’t fix stupid. Hahahahaha.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:27 pm
Hey dog nation-YFOY!!
TMLoser
December 22nd, 2009
8:28 pm
Hey TML – only low rent malls will carry your stupid, duh-de-duh “toe meets leather” retard t-shirt? Go look at the StinGTess’ web site and laugh you rear end off at the stupid t-shirt. dumb idea=dumb t-shirt. no wonder they are sold in the malls you mentioned….those malls tell alot about he product!
bawa ha ha ha L O S E R
..I.,
December 22nd, 2009
8:39 pm
“$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl” Just get back from the dining hall, chump? All alone in the dorms for winter break,pudding pop. Just you and your two hands and ten fingers left all alone. Poor, poor little squigglywiggly had to change names because he is ashamed his little tech team got SLAMMED by the DOGS. Fact is funnier then fiction…..Man! You really thought you were going to beat the Dogs didn’t you…feeling all bad, feeling all strong before T-giving, huh? Well your puny little 22 year old ego got CRUSHED by the Dogs. Is THIS the reason you are lashing out? Weak little goober’s world was POUNDED by the Dogs, P O U N D E D.
God! This is waaaaay too much fun!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:48 pm
..I.,
Pretty sure I date your sister I.
Rod
December 22nd, 2009
8:48 pm
30-24 The End.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:49 pm
And I noticeyou didn’t have the nads to tailgate with us on the 28th. Big talker!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:49 pm
Rod
45-42 The begining!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:51 pm
YF was right about 80% and YOU know it!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:52 pm
YF was right about
Oklahoma State
tennessee
LSU
Florida
Kentucky
YF was wrong about
Tech (georgia Tech that is)
South Carolina
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:53 pm
YFOTDN!
--I-,
December 22nd, 2009
9:12 pm
I was there…..looked all around the baseball field near the third base line for some loser dude with a t-shirt saying “yellow fuzz was right”. Couldn’t find you and your hehe haha “posse” before the game, and OF COURSE you hid and ducked afterwards. I guess you felt a little embarassed wearing the t-shirt. All type = no action. I know the type. Boo hoooooo!
Incase you forgot...$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowlaheem Morris
December 22nd, 2009
9:35 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-zZ_qIJ3aQ
Just like your sex life… I bet you can’t last 15 seconds. Watch the video! Be sure you stick around to the 3:25 mark.
How can you still talk smack? So, we’re going to Shreveport this year but it is still better than going to the blue field in Boise which I’m sure you have a winter home there since Tech was so use to being there.
It’s ALWAYS great to be a UGA DAWG!!! Quit hating…
Atlanta Jacket
December 22nd, 2009
10:41 pm
You gaggers should get acquainted with Shreveport because you will be back there next year unless you luck up and make it to Nashville. Yes you beat GT this year – one cheap lick to the qb and our bad defense gave you a win. Trust me and count on it GT beats the gaggers by 14 or more next November. New DC or not you have a qb to break in and you know that “SEC Speed” will probably be a bit much for him. Go Aggies and Hook’em Horns!
I am glad this is free. HOCKEY. Big story?
December 22nd, 2009
10:53 pm
Hawks big story? Yeah, I saw more blue seats than people on highlights at Phillips. Hawks, Braves, Tech, and Falcons take a back seat to UGA and HS football in this state. AJC should have figured that out a long time ago and they wouldn’t be nearing OUT OF PRINT!
To Atlanta Jacket....
December 22nd, 2009
10:58 pm
Shreveport hosted both Oklahoma and Alabama before they made triumphant returns to BCS bowl games. Every team must have a reloading year. I don’t know what game you watched Thanksgiving weekend but please keep in mind that Georgia did not play with AJ GREEN! As for our QB, just wait and see what Aaron Murray has, he was true frosh and is going to be a stud. Just ask Urban Meyer who is wishing he was in his backfield. By the way, 30 – 24, no Green, no Rambo, no QB, no problem. WE RUN THIS STATE.
Top Story of 2010, what if UGA and TECH switched schedules in 09?
December 22nd, 2009
11:13 pm
If UGA had played TECH’s schedule… hmm. Let’s just see.
Jacksonville State- laugher
Clemson- well we beat the team that beat Clemson. Dawgs win.
@ Miami- I will give this to the Canes, but not a blowout.
North Carolina- this ain’t basketball boys.
@Mississippi State- I will take our Dawgs, we own Miss St.
@ Florida State- laugher. States defense was worse than ours. Dawgs win.
Virginia Tech- I will give this to Tech, although we might have beaten them.
@Virginia- laugher
@Vandy- we whipped them at Vandy.
Wake Forest- laugher.
@Duke- laugher.
vs. Georgia- well lets just say it is a toss up, which Dawg team shows up.
Now, I will give you the two losses but doubt that would have happened. Now, lets see Tech playing UGA’s schedule.
@Ok State- Dez Bryant vs that secondary, in that environment. I will take OK State
South Carolina- toss up, but So. Car. destroyed Clemson who you struggled with.
@Arkansas- hmmmmmm. Toss up.
LSU- SEE THE CHIC FIL A BOWL. laugher. Tigers Roll.
@ Tennessee- Vols roll.
@Vandy- Tech destroyed them.
@Florida- Gators in a laugher.
Tenn Tech- Tech in a laugher. The Georgia version I mean.
Auburn- toss up, I will give Tech a victory.
Kentucky- we can wait to see what the bowl vs Clemson shows. Give Tech a victory.
Analyzing Tech vs. UGA’s schedule I would say Tech might have won 4 games. Tech is the most overrated, one dimensional team, playing in the weakest conference in the country. Wait till the bowl games, every team in the ACC will lose. Miami might squeak out a win.
UGA most profitable football program over last 5 years.
December 22nd, 2009
11:22 pm
According to Forbes magazine’s most valuable football programs: the lowest we have dropped since 2005 is 3rd behind Notre Dame and Texas. I think we can afford not to play in Orange Bowl. The SEC shares bowl revenues, last I checked we had 2 teams in BCS and we have the largest Media deal in history. DAWG nation will rise. Kirby will get his million, Defense will get freaking nasty. Offense will roll. No Tebow, No Spikes, No just about entire team. We drop LSU and get Miss St. Boy 2010 is the year of the DAWG. Colorado is going to be a laugher.
14 million? Maybe you can give the homeless on North Ave. tix to your games.
December 22nd, 2009
11:25 pm
Maybe then we can get a decent camera angle when TECH is on TV. ESPN’s camera crew works so hard to not show the top half of the empty stadium.
Atlanta Jacket
December 22nd, 2009
11:56 pm
Glad that CPJ finally gets this is rival game with the delusional. I can say with confidence thhis is the last year we will have to listen to this gagger crap for sometime. And NO you are not going to a BCS with a Freshman QB – you are dumber than you look if you believe that. Just checkout how well that worked out for USC this year. Enjoy the trip to Shreveport – take notes for friends because you will most likely be back next year. SEC East losses – UF a given, UT they whipped you with a first year coach. Toss ups – KY & USC , Wins – Vandy. Not sure who you play in the west – Arkansas a win and Auburn a toss up. Sisters of the poor a win and GT a loss.
Uga will have at least 3-5 losses next year. 2011 you will be better, but you are high if you expect anything better than than 7-5 to 9-3 next year.
Crashing the Glass
December 23rd, 2009
3:45 am
Presenting Jamal Crawford-
http://crashingtheglass.com/2009/551/jamal-crawford-lights-baby-wolves
GTBnadwagonmaster
December 23rd, 2009
5:01 am
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 22nd, 2009
8:49 pm
Rod
45-42 The begining!
30-24….the end. Of GT’s 15 minutes of fame that is.
GTBnadwagonmaster
December 23rd, 2009
5:07 am
Good luck with your life after Dwyer, Thomas, Morgan, and Burnett. What your one trick pony coach redshirted from his #49 and #52 recruiting classes can’t be called talent.
GTBandwagonmaster
December 23rd, 2009
5:13 am
These bandwagon nats will have a http://www.firepauljohnson.com up after next season. With the hire of a top DC at UGA, fat Paul’s doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of beating UGA with that offense and defense. TO my azz. Dwyer 33 yds…Nesbitt 41 yds. And that was against Willie Martinez. LMAO!
exNFLplayer
December 23rd, 2009
7:02 am
MB, who will Tech’s 3 losses be to?
T-MAN
December 23rd, 2009
7:33 am
The Hawks look good..hope they hold it together.Give Wren a chance he’s not thru…would have liked to seen lowe traded but too big a contract…Tech will be strong next year…still worried about that defense.Don’t think Smart’s coming to Ga..makes you wonder what the 4th selection for DC will look like…Good luck to the dawgs in Shreveport….Go Jackets
Techman
December 23rd, 2009
7:40 am
Look at the weed eaters falling from the sky
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
December 23rd, 2009
8:32 am
The most likely storyline for Atlanta in 2010 is: the AJC finally bites the dust and the last of the journalists are sent packing to make a living actually doing something that matters.
WW
December 23rd, 2009
8:37 am
“Dawg44″
Best compliment ever…thanks:)
UGA being scared of Tech is a sure sign of the tide turning.
Top Dawg
December 23rd, 2009
9:19 am
I wonder if Iowa will stomp Tech like UGA did?
juvenal
December 23rd, 2009
10:23 am
will Schumpert help?-if we can get the ball inside, we’ve got a chance…don’t recall seeing you commenting on UK/uga, admirable restraint…
Uga Fan
December 23rd, 2009
12:07 pm
$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl
Really! We’ve played in 3 this decade not 1 in 20years. Idiot.
--I-,
December 23rd, 2009
1:06 pm
“$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl” where are you? running and hiding again, you little pudding pop. Talk the big boy talk, until you are called to the mat, then you run like a little girl. Typical. You are such a ——.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 23rd, 2009
1:12 pm
Here is a clip of the Shreveport Boy himself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVd4dqfT-8
$65 Million in Bowl Winnings for Georgia
December 23rd, 2009
1:12 pm
Congrats to Mark Richt for earning more Bowl winnings than any SEC team. Another Georgia #1. $65 million in BowL winnings–great job Coach Richt. Love the new stadium upgrades, and having the money to get 3 new top defensive coaches. Tremendous job earning that $65 million. Georgia has no SEC peers in Bowl Earnings. $65 Million strong—#1 in the SEC.
Shreveport or Bust!
December 23rd, 2009
1:14 pm
Bama and Oklahoma BOTH followed up their visit to the Indep Bowl in Shreveport with a Natl Champion visit 1-2 years later, in 2000, and 2009. Wow, 2010 is looking GREAT for Georgia. Shreveport or bust!
Will
December 23rd, 2009
1:19 pm
Mark, you are about as cool as cancer.
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 23rd, 2009
1:30 pm
When do the Clampets pack up and leave for Shreveport?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
--I-,
December 23rd, 2009
2:04 pm
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl- That WAS actually kind of funny!
Tired of Tech
December 23rd, 2009
2:44 pm
As a Georgia grad even I’d like to punch that youtube guy. But I’ll tell you who won’t, a techie. Well they might slap him but even then they’ll break a few fingers. I loved it when PJ said to punch any Georgia fan talking smack about the game, that was hiliarious, too comical. I liken GT’s very recent success to people with new money. Hey everything’s great because, well, we’ve never had this before, and we’re gonna go out and buy everything and run our mouths like we’ve been here all along. Problem is you haven’t. You don’t know how to recognize a gimmikie offense that works because people have seen it since 1927 (with a brief resurrection in the late 80’s). PJ stays at each school about as long as it takes for other teams to dust off the old playbooks they find behind the leather helmets. For people who know what football in the 21st century looks like, PJ’s got about 1 or 2 more decent years and then he’ll move on to the WAC or the SunBelt where they just got football about 5 years ago. So go ahead techies and enjoy your new money cause lord knows you’ll be bankrupt soon enough. 30-24 nuff said. Where is St. Simons when you need him?
Dawgs Rule GEORGIA!! GT does NOT!
December 23rd, 2009
3:04 pm
It isn’t it funny but even with Tech’s 14 million share from the Orange Bowl added in and their athletic program still can’t come close to matching the wealth of the University of Georgia’s.
Even in a 7-5 season UGA still sold out every home game in a stadium that holds 92,600.
Even in a (inflated) 11-2 season Tech can only sell out its home games against UGA and Clemson. And all Tech has to do is fill up that little 55,000 seat stadium.
Might I add 30-24! Read it and weep!
The Dawgs proved that the ACC is weak!
December 23rd, 2009
3:07 pm
The Georgia Bulldogs whipped the ACC champions and South Carolina whipped Clemson proving that the ACC is a second rate conference. I’d say the ACC is about equal to Conference USA or maybe the Mountain West and the ACC is somewhat below the WAC.
UGA 30
Tech 24
Go Cats!!!
December 23rd, 2009
3:08 pm
The Kentucky Wildcats would’ve gone 13-0 with Georgia Tech’s pansy ass weakling schedule!
The Jackettes are overrated & overranked!
December 23rd, 2009
3:13 pm
Georgia Tech is not that good! They are overrated and overranked. They are really lucky to be playing the next most overranked team in a bowl game! If Tech played in the SEC they would’ve only beaten the same two SEC teams they did beat. Mississippi State and Vanderbilt which both placed 11th and 12th in the SEC. Plus Tech gave up over 30 points to both of the SEC’s worst teams! Tech would have had a losing season in not only the SEC but the Big 12 and the Pact Ten as well and been only around .500 in the Big Ten or the Big East!
Tron Carter
December 23rd, 2009
3:25 pm
Too bad 14 million still isn’t enough to fix up your piece stadium, but it will help fund your free hotdogs and cokes program for next year.
You better set aside most of it to repair the field at the Joke by Coke since we cleated it up pretty good. It’s really not fun trashing your stadium, since it looks like someone already beat us to it.
Susan Boyle Johnson better use some of that money to buy recruits, because you are not going to like what you get when you are playing with all the douches he’s going to bring in.
30-24 – it never gets old.
You may be #1 in your conference …ACCBBBBWWWAAAAHHHAAAA, but you will always be #2 in Georgia, even in ATL.
Scoreboard Sucka
James
December 23rd, 2009
3:33 pm
“The Kentucky Wildcats would’ve gone 13-0 with Georgia Tech’s pansy ass weakling schedule!”
-Well, they def could count on a win at the end of the year against UGA. UGA has the worst offensive coaches in the Eastern US.
Tron Carter
December 23rd, 2009
3:34 pm
#6
Paul Johnson embraces the fact that he had DDs and looks like Susan Boyle and completes his transgender transformation with a new mangina.
FartsALotDawg
December 23rd, 2009
4:49 pm
Chili is good.
Vince Dooley
December 23rd, 2009
4:53 pm
Dag nab it Im never gonna be as good as those dang Tech legends John Heisman and Bobby Dodd, why don’t I get an award named after me?
Vince Dooley
December 23rd, 2009
4:54 pm
UGA still has a football program???????????
Vince Dooley
December 23rd, 2009
4:56 pm
How the heck did those dead blam Techies win a National Championship while I was coaching?
Vince Dooley
December 23rd, 2009
4:57 pm
I woulda never won a National Title without Herschel Walker that year in 1980, even I couldn’t of screwed that up, but wait I guess I did the next couple of years…….dag nab it !
Vince Dooley
December 23rd, 2009
5:00 pm
Why the heck to those Techies have 4 National championships and we only have 1 (thanks to my buddy Herschel)?
Vince Dooley
December 23rd, 2009
5:04 pm
Yeah we have a good record against those Techies but hell I’d take those shinny 4 National Championship trophies over that one-on-one record anyday. Man can you imagine the prestige that comes along with being known as the greatest 4 different times……..dag nab it……we’re never gonna be as good as our big brother Tech
The Bandit
December 23rd, 2009
7:05 pm
Oh and to the guy that compared the schedules. There is no way that you beat clemson when they have a healthy Spiller like Tech did twice. Let us try and remember that Spiller had the flu against USC. No way UGA goes into FSU and beats them. Ponder throws all over you. There is no way that UGA offense could have kept up. If UGA had come down to Miami we would have destroyed you. No way UGA beats VT. That’s just not gona happen with TT back there. And if you use your logic you said Miami would beat UGA and VT destroyed us so… UGA loses. Then with UNC’s D I don’t see how UGA would score unless UNC threw a pick six. UNC wins. Oh and about Missy State. I wouldn’t be so sure with their new coach. I think UGA goes into MSU’s sold out stadium(it was sold out when tech was there) and is able to compete with the cowbells. So I’ll be nice and say UGA goes 1-1 against Clemson and only loses 5 games. Oh and to show how solid all the UGA fan’s logic is: Last year Ole Miss beat Florida. So I guess Ole Miss was the true National Champion last year. It couldn’t have been that Florida just had a bad game could it? Na Ole Miss must be the true defending National Champions
Cody
December 23rd, 2009
7:18 pm
14 million vs 1.4 million!! georgia will still end up with more money.10 bowl teams two BCS teams! Tech will only see a 10th of that money.
Starring Small Johnson and Tiger Woods in One Crazy Night
December 23rd, 2009
7:58 pm
Hey Vince Dooley
Big brother Tech blah ha haha ha ha ha ha
Your national titles ok
Look up those national titles on Wikipedia DORKS yes you have 4 that you shared but you shared them with other schools
So since your counting that crap then get your facts straight.
UGA has 5 national championships in 1980, 1968, 1946, 1942, 1927
Thats 5 DORKS oh and by the way 60-39 boys go home and read all about it
2 heisman trophy winners you have none
no wonder why John Heisman left your players suck
Blah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Dorks
Look up
Starring Small Johnson and The Joke from GT
December 23rd, 2009
8:06 pm
Hey Vince Dooley
Big brother Tech blah ha haha ha ha ha ha
Your national titles ok
Look up those national titles on Wikipedia DORKS yes you have 4 that you shared but you shared them with other schools
So since your counting that crap then get your facts straight.
UGA has 5 national championships in 1980, 1968, 1946, 1942, 1927
Thats 5 DORKS oh and by the way 60-39 boys go home and read all about it
2 heisman trophy winners you have none
no wonder why John Heisman left your players suck
Blah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Dorks
Vince Dooley
December 23rd, 2009
8:27 pm
He bud, I’m just an ol Georgia coach giving credit where credit is due. There is no disputing Tech has 4 National Titles (All of which are from undefeated seasons) and there is no disputing the fact that UGA only has only 2 National Titles. I’m a humbled ol’ ball coach, I was not as good as that Heisman or Bobby Dodd, that’s why I don’t have any awards named after me.
I have to give it to tech I’d rather have 4 shinny trophies than 2…..they win
Vince Dooley
December 23rd, 2009
8:40 pm
Here’s why UGA didn’t win a National Title in 1927 (The next year was Tech’s 2nd Title)
Georgia was highly rated to start the 1927 season and justified their rating throughout the season going 9–0 in their first 9 games. Alexander’s plan was to minimize injuries by benching his starters early no matter the score of every game before the UGA finale. On December 3, 1927, UGA rolled into Atlanta on the cusp of a National Title. Tech’s well rested starters shut out the Bulldogs 12–0 and ended any chance of UGA’s first National Title.
Paul in RDU
December 23rd, 2009
9:28 pm
Starring Small Johnson and The Joke from GT
December 23rd, 2009
8:06 pm
….
UGA has 5 national championships in 1980, 1968, 1946, 1942, 1927
…
Claiming an MNC in 1946 and 1968!!! Now here is an idiot who posts without knowing anything about college football – or about the polls. And I love the claim for 1927 – a year when UGA lost to GT in their last game of the year.
Anyone who claims an MNC for UGA in 1968 knows nothing about CFB. They went 8-1-2 losing in the Sugar Bowl. Meanwhile, the 1968 Ohio State team was undefeated and untied, blew out Michigan and USC and is generally thought to be one of the best college teams in history.
But heck – UGA was picked #1 by a professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt (Litkenous).
Just about every poll in 1946 picked Army or ND. UGA was picked by the Williamson
Williamson System (1932-63), a power rating system
chosen by Paul Williamson of New Orleans, Louisiana, a
geologist and member of the Sugar Bowl committee.
Forbes report
December 23rd, 2009
9:38 pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4769003
“Rounding out the first 10 in Forbes’ Top 20 list are Penn State, Nebraska, Alabama, Florida, LSU, Ohio State, Georgia and Oklahoma.”
UGA does it EVERY year, too!
Chew on that “$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl”
30-24 Dawgs - WE RUN THIS STATE
December 23rd, 2009
11:46 pm
techies, don’t forget Ealey and King will be back in 2010 to continue torching your defense as they run untouched and continue to RUN THIS STATE!
30-24 ALL YEAR LONG, and don’t you forget!
17 of 20
December 24th, 2009
5:20 am
You bulldogs make me laugh out-loud. You think you are something you are not. Your coaches record in the conference is 47-20. That is only good for 4 place since he has been there.
GTBandwagonmaster
December 24th, 2009
6:14 am
17 of 20, it’s 50-22 dumbazz.
17 of 20
December 24th, 2009
7:21 am
I made a mistake, he is 52-23 a whopping 69% winning percentage. What a great coach.
Pickle Eater
December 24th, 2009
7:33 am
17 of 20 – wait until your scuzzy, cry baby, coach has a few more years under his belt. your boy has not built anything…just inherited what spurrier started.
Spike
December 24th, 2009
10:09 am
UGA-30. ACC Champs-24. Suck on it, Tech. Are any of you poindexters going to punch me in the face? BWAHAHAHHAHHAHA!
$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowl
December 24th, 2009
10:21 am
Merry Christmas and Happy Shreveport to the entire, azz hole dog nation!
1. Please be careful as you begin your trek across Northern Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
2. If you hit Texas or Arkansas please stop and ask for directions.
3. Please invest in a new road atlas. I hear they have them marked down at all Fred’s and Wal Mart for $4.88. And only $4.99 at Dollar General.
4. Please, before leaving, turn your watch back one hour and your calendar back 30 years. This should be pleasant for you as it will put you near the early 80’s which you own!
5. Please play your Harry Munson Glory Years 8 track tape the entire way over to get your juices flowing so to speak.
6. Please change your oil before you go.
7. Please remember to leave some road kill for those traveling behind you that are more needy.
8. Please DO NOT cook your road kill at any of the rest stops along the way (at least the first ones you come to in each state).
9. I know Georgia travels “well” but please also try to travel discretely.
10. Please, if anything falls off of your truck, just leave it. Remember, there are TWO Wal-Mart’s in Shreveport
11. Please try some of the crawdad stew at the west bound rest area in Vicksburg MS.
12. Please clean up your tailgate trash before entering the Shreveport stadium
13. Please do not leave the stadium in the 3rd or 4th quarter if your team is taking another BEAT DOWN
14. Please do not drive into Kirby Smart’s Birmingham subdivision on your way home.
15. Please do stop by Legion Field in Birmingham and claim your Papa Johns bowl victory for next year.
16. Please refrain from calling or emailing President Adams and Damon Evans until you get home
17. Please make sure your Cable bill is paid up so you can watch real teams play in real (January) bowls.
18. Please make sure your Rivals bill is paid up so you can feel better about yourself and your program before signing day.
19. When spring gets here, please share with us how great your new weedwacker is
20. You are always preseason national champions in my book!
Ed
December 24th, 2009
12:12 pm
Has anyone told $1.4 million that his Jackets lost to Georgia this year – 30-24? He seems to be confused about who has the bragging rights.
Chew on this while watching your $14 mill bowl game:
THIRTY TO TWENTY FOUR
30-24
3-0-2-4
treinta a veinticuatro
dreißig bis Zwanzig vier
trente à vingt-quatre
30から24
三十到二十四
30 до 24
Got it?
scottbravesfan
December 28th, 2009
11:19 pm
Maybe if people in atlanta actually attended sporting events your teams would be better because the teams would actually have money to spend on free agents? The Braves were two games back of the wild card and there were maybe 15,000 people at Turner Field. Kind of hard to spend money on a Jason Bay or Matt Holliday when people don’t show up for the games.
killerJ
December 29th, 2009
8:37 pm
Hey I Like That Creative Juice Tuck Fech,Makes Me Want To Say 4 Crystal Balls To One Pinky Ring And 11 Wins Is Alot Better Than 10. Tuck Pups,You Tuck,TURRY TUCKMUS !!
killerJ
December 29th, 2009
8:47 pm
P.S. To RDU,LOOK To The Books Dumba@#$%ss,No Ligit Journalist(No Pun Intended) Or Sports Fan Ever Voted You On Those Dates AS THE TRUE NATIONAL CHAMPION,GET OFF THE PAGE YOU TUCK PUCK!
GWJ
December 30th, 2009
10:26 pm
Georgia dominates Tech in the series……60-39-5
Brendan
December 31st, 2009
12:42 am
Mark Bradley, it’s a mistake to pay Kovy the max, just to keep him. All that does is “Bobby Holik” this team for the duration of the contract.
I’d offer him 10-years/$85 million, and if he says, “nyet,” I’d tell him to pack his bags for Edmonton, ‘cuze that’s where he’s being dealt by the deadline.