The best thing I saw all year: Bowden, lightning and a theft
Mojo is a music magazine published in England, and it’s great for many reasons, one being its year-end review. In addition to the usual best-of listings, Mojo asks various big-name musicians to name the best thing he/she has heard all year. Because I just finished reading the latest Mojo — Tom Petty picked the Leonard Cohen live album — and because we’re coming to the close of 2009, I’ve stolen appropriated the idea for posting purposes.
The best sporting moment I witnessed personally this year had to involve Georgia Tech football virtually by default. The Hawks won a playoff series for the first time in a decade, but it was a crummy playoff series that featured blowouts in every game, Game 7 included. Nothing happened in local college basketball, and Georgia football just posted its worst season under Mark Richt. The Braves and Thrashers didn’t make the playoffs. The Falcons won’t make the playoffs. (Though they did play in a postseason game on Jan. 3, 2009. And lost.)
No, it had to be Tech, and I was sorely tempted to pick the ACC title game in Tampa, which came down to the final minute and involved no punts and much scoring, or Paul Johnson’s go-for-it decision on fourth-and-one in overtime against Wake Forest. As good as those moments were, there was one better.
Oct. 10, 2009: The first half in Doak Campbell Stadium was the longest and wildest in the history of college football. (No? Try finding another like it.) It started with Bobby Bowden, who’d come under fire that week from the chairman of Florida State’s board of trustees, marching onto the field arm in arm with two of his players, the rest of the Seminoles in lined lockstep. It featured nine touchdowns on the first nine possessions — the only time a team didn’t score in the first half was when Tech ran off the final 19 seconds — and ended with FSU leading 35-28.
Oh, yes. The part about it being the longest half ever? There was a 78-minute delay for lightning.
The second half was calmer by comparison — how could it not be? — but culminated with a display of willpower that came to signify this Tech team. (The offensive part, anyway.) With eight minutes remaining and Tech up 42-38, quarterback Josh Nesbitt slung a pitchout wide of Roddy Jones. Nigel Carr, an FSU linebacker, picked up the ball and began to run with it. Nesbitt accosted him and stole it back. Two snaps later he scored the clinching touchdown.
Said Paul Johnson: “That was all No. 9.”
Nesbitt: “I was going to try to tackle the guy, and then I saw the ball. When your back is behind the wall, you’ll do anything.”
On that long night/early morning — the game ended at 12:45 a.m. – it became clear that Tech wasn’t going to be halted shy of an ACC title. There would be subsequent moments when that goal was in doubt, but there was never a doubt about the Jackets’ sense of purpose. (Yes, I know Tech lost to Georgia. Tech is still the champion of a BCS conference.) When I saw Nesbitt re-steal the ball, I pretty much said to myself, “That guy’s not going to let them lose.” And that guy is going to the Orange Bowl.
To call Nesbitt’s play the best I saw in 2009 does it an injustice. It was the best play I’ve seen in several years. The best, I’d say, since David Pollack stole the ball in the end zone in Columbia, S.C. And there was a rain delay that day, too. Coincidence? I think not.
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116 comments Add your comment
mason
December 22nd, 2009
12:35 am
Sorry state of Atlanta sports.
misterwax
December 22nd, 2009
12:36 am
first time I ever noted as first.
misterwax
December 22nd, 2009
12:36 am
darn it…
Tech Forever
December 22nd, 2009
12:37 am
FIRST!
Tech Forever
December 22nd, 2009
12:38 am
4ht and 5th!!!
Mark Bradley
December 22nd, 2009
12:38 am
Pretty close to a four-way tie for first at 12:35 a.m. That’s impressive.
misterwax
December 22nd, 2009
12:39 am
I think that play set the tone for Tech’s season….They might get beat but they won’t just lose and beat themselves, which happened in 2008 a few times….So hats off to UGA for actually beating them them this year.
Tech Forever
December 22nd, 2009
12:39 am
Nah….I live in Texas….an hour behind
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:39 am
6th is better than nothing. did you watch new york kill washington?
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:41 am
i dont remember a team being so much better than another. well, maybe georgia-florida
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:42 am
or georgia-tennessee
Mark Bradley
December 22nd, 2009
12:43 am
Didn’t watch the game, Coach. I heard it was a classic.
Tech Forever
December 22nd, 2009
12:43 am
Great play indeed!!
The most exciting thing to me about this GT team and program is that they are LEARNING how to win. Some people say that’s stupid but think about it. Tech beats Georgia and is riding high on it’s own virtue before crashing back to Earth in the Peach Bowl. Then Tech clinches a spot in the ACCC Game and is riding high on it’s own virtue before crashing back to Earth vs. Georgia. It truly shows the difference in the Gailey “we want to win and hope to win” mentality and the Johnson “we expect to win” mentality. The trick is learning how to win….learning how to handle those expectations especially once you’ve met some of them. I cannot wait for next year to get here soon enough!!!
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:44 am
it was a classic route. i dont understand how the manning genes can be that good. i watched poor archie getting killed for years at new orleans.
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:46 am
tell me something: coaching aside, who had the better football players, georgia or tech?
Tech Forever
December 22nd, 2009
12:48 am
Well Georgia of course. Georgia has the better everything. Don’t believe me? Just listen to a Georgia fan….they’ll tell you.
Matt Winkeljohn
December 22nd, 2009
12:49 am
Best play I’ve seen in ages given the moment, the location, the fact Tech had never won at FSU. I was in a hotel lobby in Johnson City, Tenn., watching with my jaw nearly ready to hit the floor.
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:50 am
i thought we didnt use real names on the blog matt
Tech Forever
December 22nd, 2009
12:52 am
Mark you should do a State of the Program story on Tech and compare today to three years ago. Teri Anton could be your primary interview as she’s been in her position for a long time. She might have even worked for Coach O’Leary, but I’m not sure about that. Differences in the mentality, coaching, attitudes, personalities, everything. You’d have to write so as to not be slamming anyone so it could be a challenge for you.
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:54 am
i wonder how far we can get in this blog without a racist comment?
Tech Forever
December 22nd, 2009
12:55 am
I have to go to bed and I won’t read this blog tomorrow because the rodents will be out in force in the morning spewing their crap on here when they should be looking for a job…so I’ll leave you with:
I know I know Georgia rules, Georgia’s the best, Georgia killed Tech, Tech sucks, Nerds, Nerds, Nerds, Dooley is a God, etc., etc., etc.
Good night all.
MightyQuinn
December 22nd, 2009
12:57 am
You mean, you’re not REALLY willie martinez? Man, and right here at Christmas. Next thing you’ll tell me Santa isn’t real……what?
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:57 am
i can sit on the blogs all night
since i’ve been fired there is no fright
coaching is past
but this is a blast
as i have a drink and geta bit tight
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:58 am
is writing “racist” racist??
MightyQuinn
December 22nd, 2009
12:59 am
And gotta say the “cajones grandes” moment of the year was going for it on fourth down against Wake in OT.
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
12:59 am
mighty, sorry to disappoint you but my real name is willie martinez
willie martinez
December 22nd, 2009
1:01 am
i really, really hate it when a nice piece of prose gets hung up by the ajc leftist computer.
Innocent Bystander
December 22nd, 2009
1:01 am
I was in Nashville, TN, watching that game. At halftime, I was legitimately worried that we were going to lose. It wasn’t until the theft that I felt fully confident with the team. That seemed to be a turning point of such an unbelievable season.
MightyQuinn
December 22nd, 2009
1:02 am
Whew, now I can sleep easy tonight. Thanks Willie!
misterwax
December 22nd, 2009
1:03 am
I liked the fake field goal and 39 yard TD pass from Scott Blair to D. Thomas…. Blair has a great QB rating on that one….made Clemson look completely unprepared.
MightyQuinn
December 22nd, 2009
1:05 am
Thanks Willie, I feel better.
Mark Bradley
December 22nd, 2009
1:20 am
That’s why I’m here. To rescue nice pieces of prose.
g8tr45
December 22nd, 2009
1:36 am
While not a GT fan, I remember the play and it was one for the books. Don’t know if its good highlight reel material, as the drama leading up to the play can’t be captured.
Robert
December 22nd, 2009
1:45 am
What about ((((30-24))))???? Oh, that’s right. The AJC has become pro-Tech since they have a glimmer of hope now with their classless coach. It’s ok. Lose the Orange Bowl all you want. Georgia is still ours!!! Go Dawgs!!!
Frank Wren
December 22nd, 2009
2:15 am
One only wonders how many wads of paper or spitballs were created by UGA’s win at Tech.
It was time for a coronation. None other than Furman Bisher had called Paul Johnson one of the greatest coaches of all time. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum.
They had to play the game.
A very good game in which honestly either team could have won. One team did
UGA
Even in Richts darkest hour his team rallied. Proof I would say of his coaching powers. Even in this his worst season his team didnt lay down. In fact the worst team he has had beat his in state rival ranked number 7.
Its easy to be behind a coach when you are winning. Its another to not lay down when you could so easily.
Go Dawgs. Go Mark Richt.
Paul's Johnson
December 22nd, 2009
2:27 am
Great call, Mark. It was a definitive move in a couple of different ways. Because if FSU keeps the ball there, there’s a good chance they win the game. That’s why I’m all in for CPJ. Its almost unheard of to have a team that features a defense like ours that made a BCS game. A tribute to the coach and his offensive players. Nesbitt is a reflection of his coach.
P.S. Glad to see that the Mutts are still excited about beating us. Maybe it takes the sting off playing in the weed-eater bowl.
Frank Wren
December 22nd, 2009
2:30 am
P.S. Glad to see that the Mutts are still excited about beating us. Maybe it takes the sting off playing in the weed-eater bowl.
Nah we yawn at beating Tech. We do that every year good or bad. Its an automatic W at the end of SEC play.
hop
December 22nd, 2009
4:24 am
frank wren… no big deal, we beat you guys on a regular basis. so much so it get’s a little boring,so maybe, the dawgs need to toughen the schedule by dropping tech and play someone else in a better conference.
Hop off
December 22nd, 2009
5:01 am
Really? Every year? Prob want to check your history there hop. Your facts are irregular son. If you “yawn” at beating Tech, why do you guys make such a big deal about it? Once Johnson starts beating UGA every year, maybe we can drop the dogs
Then the lynch mob will come for Richt again lol Typical bandwagon rednecks
The best thing I saw all year: Bowden, lightning and a theft
December 22nd, 2009
6:03 am
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Paddy
December 22nd, 2009
6:29 am
Frank Wren…….I am not sure what your definition of “lay down” is. I don’t believe they quit on CMR. They did play uninspired and confused much of the year. Not at all what I am used to watching in my Dawgs. Coaching prowess? I say, coaching his worst season in Athens. You can’t build on that type of coaching or that type of playing.. Best to just forget this season and never watch the tape of ‘09 again.
savannah dawg
December 22nd, 2009
6:34 am
Just remember you can’t spell Slut without the UT
Alabama Jack
December 22nd, 2009
6:35 am
dawgs are so irrelevant and their mascot is dead.
Go Aggies !!!!!!
GTFan1
December 22nd, 2009
6:41 am
Mark, I was at the game. It was a heck of a game!
By the way, here’s my partner’s breakdown of the Orange Bowl.
http://thesportsdebates.com/2009/12/21/the-best-bcs-bowl-debate-%E2%80%93-orange-you-glad-you-decided-to-watch-this-game/
WagonMaster
December 22nd, 2009
6:46 am
Hop off I’d say all those GT hats littering the streets of Atlanta and metro interstates after the UGA game is a pretty good indication of who’s getting off the bandwagon. Since the UGA game there has been a marked decrease in anything Tech seen around town.
CheckyourselfWagonMaster
December 22nd, 2009
6:56 am
I think you are referring to all those bandwagons from last years whooping in Athens with most of the red/black faithful leaving without there trash heading straight for 316. Also taking the final off the scoreboard seconds after the game was over. YEA WE LOVE OUR DAWGS. True fans love tech, true fans love uga. So you can make your “Joke by the Coke” or “Nerd Herd” statements all you want but it won’t change the fact that GT is back and there isn’t a thing you or all the other REDNECKS can do about it. And 99.9 % UGA fanbase iare bandwagons, that’s a fact. What a joke.
Peaceout
BugKiller
December 22nd, 2009
7:05 am
Wow.
How abysmal is the state of sports in Georgia when the Bug football team from NATS, who couldn’t even beat the worst Georgia team since 1996, provided you with the best thing you saw this year, and it wasn’t even IN Georgia, it was in Florida?
Shouldn’t the best thing you’ve seen this year in Georgia sports have happened, I don’t know, IN Georgia?
Seriously, though, I can’t believe you missed it this badly.
The best thing that happened in Georgia sports this year was the press conference Mark Richt held where he fired Willie Martinez, Jon Fabris, and John Jancek and proved for the first time, that he is actually willing to put the health and well-being of his program ahead of his personal relationships.
Except when it comes to Van Hallinger. Heh.
JDM
December 22nd, 2009
7:06 am
Do you sleep with a picture of pj under your pjs
cesspoolathens
December 22nd, 2009
7:10 am
JDM, do you still go to the tanning bed with MR? Heard you guys were tight like that
Leghumpper
December 22nd, 2009
7:17 am
Hey Bug Killer, at least we weren’t pre season number 1 and lose to the “2nd team” in the state. Losers. RUN RODDY RUN!!! 30-24, 45-42, Rivalry is back baby! Get ready to eat mud next year, I mean shrub. HA HA HA. have fun playing Kiffin and crew, Myer’s bunch, and LSU’s posse! Oh I can’t forget poor ole kentucky lol.
SatchelBuzz
December 22nd, 2009
7:25 am
Despite the upset in November,…ugag knows the deal. Were clearly the better program right now. We’ve got the better head coach and our situation is only going to improve. What do they have,…uniforms and problems a plenty. Were ACC champions,…playing in the Orange Bowl. ugag is headed to Shreveport,….or they might be there already,not sure when that “game” is played. Face it mutts,…were on a headling tour,…while you guys are the warm-up band that plays on a make-shift stage outside the venue.
THWG!!!
Amber
December 22nd, 2009
7:48 am
The best thing I saw all year was a “Vick Supporter” wearing a Vick jersey and causing a disturbance while acting like a complete hoodlum, punk and arrogant, chest-thumping jackball with no manners or consideration for others and getting shoved to the ground, beaten like a rented mule (like he deserved) and then crying and screaming for help outside the CNN Center by the brave men and women of the Atlanta PD who were there protecting the rest of us.
That brought a smile to my face. I only hope the real #7 gets more of the same and then some.
The second-best thing I saw this year was Tim Tebow crying like a little girl at the Georgia Dome.
Oh, yeah…..
ROLL, TIDE, ROLL !!!!!!!!!!!
rodney king
December 22nd, 2009
7:54 am
Can’t we just all get along?
Kim
December 22nd, 2009
8:03 am
Amber, you alabama hillbillies will never have a QB like TT, you should be crying. Also, I’m reconsidering my support for bama/sec on Jan 7.
Sad but true
December 22nd, 2009
8:07 am
Here’s a sad but true statistic. On ESPN.com they had a poll. Which of the 4 non-national championships bowls do you want to see most? This was with 100,000 people voting. The orange bowl and Ga Tech: 5%. That is awful. Back when they were in the BB National Championship game against UConn it was the least watched National Championship game ever. GA Tech and I don’t hate you but as far as the world of sports goes no one is really interested when you are involved.
RealityYech
December 22nd, 2009
8:07 am
SatchelBuzz,
First off, it’s never an upset when your daddy beats you, it’s considered second nature. “Better programs” don’t lose to teams having their worst season in years, without their best player, at home, with two weeks to prepare. Spin it any way you like, but those are the realities. Situation is only going to improve? How do you figure that? Gailey’s all ACC everything players are ALL going bye-bye at season’s end. Even with those guys staying you were staring at a bleak season next year with the schedule, but with them definitely being gone, you will be lucky to win 5 games. Besides, the ACC is such a joke right now amongst the voters, it’d require an undefeated ACC team to even be considered for the big show. A feat Yech will never accomplish. Despite your pathetic attempts to convince yourself of a reality that doesn’t exist, you and I both know Yech is destined for a doomed season to come and UGA will surely rebound and regroup from this disappointing year. Enjoy your first major bowl game in over 40 years, because we all know Yech will not be returning for the foreseeable future.
The true Robert
December 22nd, 2009
8:21 am
I feel that my name has been dragged thru filth, having been used by some scummy Dawg on this blog. I don’t expect that guy to be posting in the future because the Uga reign is over. This years loss was the last they will have in a long time over Tech, because CPJ has a loooong memory.
gtfanfrom1951
December 22nd, 2009
8:22 am
Bulldogs fan know it true Tech is moving up and they are moving down. They are afraid of the coming years because they know their a second tier in SEC East team behind Kentucky. Have a Merry Christmas Bulldog Nation. It will be long time before you get back on top! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Chef" Tim Dix
December 22nd, 2009
8:23 am
Biggest story of the sports year doesn’t include the Dream’s playoff game bumped due to building overbooking?
Yeah I wouldn’t have included it either.
"Chef" Tim Dix
December 22nd, 2009
8:28 am
How ’bout up two with two to play and going Norman to lose the Masters?
That would have made Bisher’s List.
Best thing I saw all year
December 22nd, 2009
8:38 am
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TRUTH
December 22nd, 2009
8:40 am
30-24! 8 out of 9!
Bulldogs rule the state!
The ACC is weak conference with a weak champion!
Georgia Tech is way overranked and sooooo overrated!
TDone
December 22nd, 2009
8:41 am
The biggest sports story of the year that no one has highlighted was the combined announcement at the beginning of the Tech-Muttland game by each Tech and Muttland presidents. All the Tech fans cheered Dr. Peterson and all the Muttland fans booed Michael Adams. If you want to know the relative worth, psyche, and pulse of each school, that’s all you need to know. Also, it says which business each school is in.
Go Jackets!!!
Colorado1990Champs
December 22nd, 2009
8:42 am
Georgia Tech is proof that an overrated team with an inflated won-loss record due to a weak schedule in a weak conference can get into a BCS Bowl.
Reality
December 22nd, 2009
8:43 am
The Georgia Tech cockroaches have the only fans I have ever seen that booed the national anthem!
No surprise since Techies have never exhibited class or dignity!
1eyedJack
December 22nd, 2009
8:50 am
If Tech loses the Orange Bowl and no Tech fans are there to see it….did it really happen?
Lonely Truth-teller
December 22nd, 2009
8:56 am
Yes indeed, that play will live in Tech lore for a long time. Great effort by Nesbitt!
GT Alum
December 22nd, 2009
8:57 am
Nesbitt for Heisman in 2010!
TW
December 22nd, 2009
8:58 am
Gotta go with the Dawgs re-establishing the natural order of football here in the state. While Johnson’s flag-football offense might be fun, real teams eat it up.
Mikey
December 22nd, 2009
8:59 am
The best moment was when the camera panned up into the stands and the faces of the tech fans when their little bubble burst.
Go Dawgs!
Joke Program
December 22nd, 2009
9:01 am
Biggest play of the year….when we were robbed by the lousy call in the LSU game. We should be SEC Champs!!!! We should be Nat Champs. We are the greatest team of all time. Our ONE Nat Championship was the greatest in the history of College football. Why isn’t Joe Cox projected to be a first round draft pick???? We run this state, the US and the world. WE ARE UGA!!!!!!!
nelson
December 22nd, 2009
9:01 am
Superb call on best play of the year. Josh Nesbitt has the look of an assasin. He wants the ball when a big play is needed. He will get it done against Iowa.
Steve from Atlanta
December 22nd, 2009
9:04 am
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Georgia Tech is way overranked and sooooo overrated!
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That’s funny – because your own beloved Mark Richt has ranked GT ahead of UGA – Even he thinks GT is better than UGAg – suck on that for a while.
Herschel Talker
December 22nd, 2009
9:08 am
FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ!
FIRE BOOBY COX!
IT’S TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE!
1eyedJack
December 22nd, 2009
9:09 am
There’s something to be said for having the “look of an assasin” on North Ave. It might prevent one from being robbed at gun point and help one to blend in in class with Haji and Mohammed.
WonderDawg
December 22nd, 2009
9:11 am
Yeah, Tech may have the best record for a couple of years, but that is because of the acc competition. Play our schedule. UT, SC, UF. Ask FSU and Clemson about those guys. Or have you forgotten that 0-3 Saturday about a month ago already?
Mike S
December 22nd, 2009
9:20 am
{{{{{{30-24}}}}}} Yep, NesBITES sure made sure Tech didn’t lose!!!
John
December 22nd, 2009
9:21 am
Ga won because they played with emotion for the first time of the season. And why did they finally do it? Cause they knew it was willie’s last game. Funny how things work. If ga beats ky, which they should have, willie liekly isn’t canned or at least not before the end of the season and ga plays their normal game and loses.
GT
December 22nd, 2009
9:21 am
You kind of forget there was ever an argument about Johnson and his boring offense and how people would never support it. This is the great thing about sports, college in particular. The world can be against you. You can be kicked around to the amusement of others for years. Then one man shows up with a different attitude. There is no denying the reality of sport. All the talk and the credentials cannot change the truth. Tech is the truth and will be. Like a big river they are rolling now and will keep on rolling. Best story of not only the year but probably this decade. An inspiration, all the riches and grace was given to Athens and the SEC, out of what was left over, after the rich kid had eaten, CPJ made a successful football team.
Jackets2009
December 22nd, 2009
9:22 am
Tech fans, listen to all the Georgia fans and then get revenge and lower your taxes while raising their’s.
Sales tax that is.
Buy less or buy in another state.
I bought my last laptop in SC.
This idea lowers your taxes while getting revenge.
What’s not to like?
BG
December 22nd, 2009
9:22 am
The best game was UGA running all over Tech!!!!! 30 to 24.
GATA RUSS
December 22nd, 2009
9:22 am
Sorry and thank you again for trying to revive intrest in Tech.
Furman is gone and he has carried that torch since the 1950’s.
Techmites are back in the wood after the lowly Dawgs won the ACC.
Sorry UGA dominated the ACC Champs and the bestest Coach Furman has seen
since back when Furman and Beano Cook covered the Tar Pits Bowl.
Admit it-the Tech UGA game still dominates the states emotions no matter what out of staters think or want to believe.
Even with Russ over UGA and Wayshaun replacing Noshown
WE RUN THIS STATE
Parker
December 22nd, 2009
9:25 am
Shut up with the schedule bs. GT had the 22nd hardest schedule from sagarins. That’s right there with fla and lsu. By playing gt, ga’s schedule strength went up. So your argument about the schedule is so contradictory when your schedule is high from playing an acc team. Same thing for bama.
Dave Frye
December 22nd, 2009
9:25 am
Best play I saw all year was my son’s intereception and return for a touchdown during his final home game at LaGrange College. Way to go Joe.
Jackets2009
December 22nd, 2009
9:26 am
Jackets fans will not follow my lead but I do want to thank all Uga fams who have angered me into reducing my credit card debt to zero.
I have no debt and pay less sales tax.
Maybe I write a bood. Archrival hate your way to being debt-free.
Works for me anyway.
collegeballfan
December 22nd, 2009
9:26 am
Yeah the Nesbitt steal was a play to remember and the comparison to Pollack at USC is appropriate.
Re the UGA / GT best players thing. UGA has the better players, always has since Dooley arrived at UGA and probably will under Richt. UGA should win the vast majority of the games. But GT will show up and win a game now and then.
Chris
December 22nd, 2009
9:27 am
The Tech offense is super fun to watch. I’m glad Nesbitt bounced back strong after the ankle sprain (?) under the pile vs. UGA. Please, PJ have someone coach some D.
Hey Colorado1990Champs, shouldn’t you have an asterisk beside your name that denotes 5th down play?
Jackets2009
December 22nd, 2009
9:29 am
Hey what would Dawg fans have done with losses to Tennessee (a surprise, Florida (of course) and even Kentucky (a huge surprise) without an archrival win?
Their team had to win to keep from being screamed at for the next nine months.
CMR Wins the 2009 George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open!
December 22nd, 2009
9:29 am
Hey, WonderLicker, you forgot Kentucky! LOL!
CMR Wins the 2009 George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open!
December 22nd, 2009
9:31 am
Chris, CNC1990 is just another jealous mutt that hates having to admit that Tech not only has more NC’s, but a more recent one.
Jackets2009
December 22nd, 2009
9:33 am
I agree with Mark’s column.
I think Paul Johnson is Tech’s best head coach since Dodd and the equal of O Coordinator Freigen who was the reason behind O’Leary’s success.
The team saved Paul in both the FSU game and especially the Wake game.
Paul looked very worried in replay until Derrick Morgan’s sack which also should have been mentioned in this competition.
Wake about to kick winning FG until Morgan’s bull rush and dive to sack QB.
Red Foreman
December 22nd, 2009
9:35 am
Ahhhhh, Saint Richt….what a friggin HOMO!!!!
SeminoleDale
December 22nd, 2009
9:37 am
I was at that game Mark. It was a good game. Florida State’s defense was horrific but that has been the case all year. If we had stacked the box and blitzed constantly, FSU probably would have won, but i am just a Playstation All American! Congrats to Tech, make the ACC proud by beating Iowa.
Joke Program
December 22nd, 2009
9:41 am
Oh come on GT fans….we are better than you and you know it. The Weedeater bowl is really alot better than the orange bowl. $1.4M payout is really better than $14M. 7-5 Record is really better than 11-2. 1 NC is better than 4. You just do not get it. We are UGA and we are simply better.
Jackets2009
December 22nd, 2009
9:41 am
This is two blogs late.
I know everyone is fed up with Paul Hewitt.
But I think Zachery Peacock’s heroics were the story missed in all the whining.
I think the freshmen will play a lot better.
The game showed however what an experienced senior can do.
And embarrassed a couple of bloggers ready knocking Peacock before he took his first shot.
Scro-Tom
December 22nd, 2009
9:43 am
Have you seen those two nuts hanging around????????????Bobby Cox and Frank Wren.
Jackets2009
December 22nd, 2009
9:46 am
Georgia has to break in a QB next year and worse has an early game vs the evil genius at SC’s stadium.
SatchelBuzz
December 22nd, 2009
9:49 am
Reality,….enjoy Shreveport.
THWG!
Mark Bradley
December 22nd, 2009
9:50 am
Just to be clear, this was never intended as a Biggest Story of the Year entry. This was more personal. It was the Best Thing I Saw in 2009.
Mark Bradley
December 22nd, 2009
9:53 am
But now, if you’re asking, what will be the biggest stories of 2010 … I have addressed that issue.
Highlight of 2009
December 22nd, 2009
10:06 am
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SatchelBuzz
December 22nd, 2009
10:30 am
Reality,….enjoy Shreveport if you can get time off from your job down at the plant. Oh yeah,…the plant closed down. Merry Christmas A-hole and thanks for validating my argument about the ‘Jackets. The very fact that you people respond like you do shows were winning. We’re here, we’re not going anywhere,…and we’ve got Paul Johnson as our head coach,…..all of which causes you much concern.
fed up
December 22nd, 2009
10:33 am
OKAY…it only took UGA fans an hour and 10 minutes to get on this blog…that’s kinda slow. Oh, I forgot, UGA fan! Look, considering UGA is twice as large as GT, gets 4 and 5 star players every year, highly rated recruiting classes, etc., they should NEVER lose to GT…but they do every now and then. And calling the annual beat down in Jax a rivalry…what’s the record over the last 20 years with UF? Something like 3-17? That, my friend, is NO rivalry. UF owns UGA.
Yes, God is Dooley, Richt is a Saint, UGA is awesome, pass me some more weed, another beer, blah, blah blah,….OMG you people are freakin’ unbelievable. Please, for the love of god, go get a life somewhere and be a productive member of society. Or just go back to the trailer park and watch replays of UK beating UGA this year.
Not Disappointed
December 22nd, 2009
10:34 am
Mark, what a night! It was something to watch Josh Nesbitt took the ball back. Blogging on AJC, listening to Wes Durham on the radio, and watching the tv on mute was priceless. (Bob Davie was horrific on espn tv)
Mark, the article after the game was awesome. You don’t experience those emotions often in a game. Nothing short of a National Championship can compete.
Ramblin Wreck & Happy Holidays to all College Football Fans!
Not Disappointed
December 22nd, 2009
10:55 am
Mark, are my post being spammed? I don’t recall cursing etc?
juvenal
December 22nd, 2009
11:32 am
it was amazing, but i don’t watch anyone else-factor in that as good as some of these kids are athletically, the kids the prior coach recruited did not respond well to being favored, even with CPJ(UVA last year), should be interesting to see if the kids he finds are better at taking care of business..Merry Christmas & happy new year to all(would they have as tough in Tampa if not still smarting? plus, espn picked CU)..
Not Disappointed
December 22nd, 2009
1:19 pm
Mark thanks for blogging @ FSU Game with Wes Durham on the Radio and a mute ESPN 2 (Bob Davie really sux!). The Recap and article was some of your best work. Really!
I want to wish a Merry Christmas to all College Football Fans. Even M, Saint Simon and “some” of the Crazy pup fans. Have a safe holiday season!
Opinion
December 22nd, 2009
1:28 pm
Finally, Georgia fans are starting to realize the truth…they are irrelevant
Finally, Georgia fans are starting to realize the truth…they are irrelevant
Finally, Georgia fans are starting to realize the truth…they are irrelevant
Finally, Georgia fans are starting to realize the truth…they are irrelevant
Finally, Georgia fans are starting to realize the truth…they are irrelevant
Finally, Georgia fans are starting to realize the truth…they are irrelevant
Finally, Georgia fans are starting to realize the truth…they are irrelevant
UGA
December 22nd, 2009
2:49 pm
Not Disappointed,
Thanks for wishing us all a safe holiday season. Unfortunately m and Saint Simons didn’t receive your blessing because they are missing in action. They probably won’t surface again until Tech beats UGA again in another 8 years. Thanks anyway.
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
December 22nd, 2009
6:51 pm
Alabama Jack
YOU AND THE TECH FAITHFUL STILL TOTIN THAT A$$ WHIPPING FROM NOVEMBER 28…HAD US AT “THE JOKE BY COKE”, HOWM GAME, ETC…IT WAS TO BE THE TECH BLOWOUT OVER GEORGIA FOR THE AGES…THEN WILLIE GOT INSIDE PUGNACIOUS PAUL’S CONSIDERABLE HEAD, AND HAD HIM A CHUNKING IT AT THE END, WHEN THE OLD TRIPLE OPTION COULD HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN THE FIELD AND WON THE GAME AND RAN OUT THE CLOCK…EVEN BARK MADDLEY WAS SURPRISED AT THE PLAYCALLING OF THE BEST LITTLE PLAYCALLER HE HAS EVER SEEN…JUST SAYING, WHEN YOU GET THAT A$$ WHIPPING, YOU GOT TO TOTE IT FOR A WHOLE YEAR…DAWGS HAD TO TOTE JUST ONE IN THE LAST 9 YEARS…JUST SAYING…
snapshot
December 22nd, 2009
9:42 pm
7 and 5 Lower LA bowl. The mutts are slowly sinking in the athens cesspool.
snapshot
December 22nd, 2009
9:46 pm
All ugag mdse 75% off at Wally World and the Dollar Store. Get your tee shirts ( Lower LA Bowl) sec bottom dwellers.
LOL
11-2 GEORGIA TECH in ORANGE BOWL
December 22nd, 2009
10:47 pm
Thanks for a GREAT season,
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—- 2009 ACC CHAMPS —-
Reality Check
December 23rd, 2009
8:13 am
Hey Snapshot,
The SEC bottom dwellers beat the best the ACC has to offer this year. What does that say about your team and your conference? Congratulations on winning your region championship. That’s about all its worth. By the way, we look forward to beating your overrated basketball team here in Athens on Jan 5th. Have fun getting smoked by a slow Big Ten team.
Al Cook
December 26th, 2009
12:58 pm
Tech Fans and Georgia Fans have one thing in common. Most of them never went to the University of Georgia. Georgia leads the series, but, Tech went to the Cotton, Sugar and Orange Bowls in seasons that Georgia Fans pretend never happened. Tech has won Four National Championships. How many can you Georgia fans count. Tech might add a fifth next year if our Juniors don’t leave to play Pro. Eat your hearts out Ga Fans….and learn to spell.
rulett strategy
January 18th, 2010
3:57 pm
Great idea, but will this work over the long run?