Bradley's Buzz: For 2010, SI has Tech 8th, UGA 22nd

Clint Castleberry

January 14th, 2010
6:19 pm

First ?!?!

ugaaccountant

January 14th, 2010
6:21 pm

Tech – No way they stay that high with all of the talent leaving including early NFL entrants. As you show, the schedule isn’t looking bright for them either.

UGA – That’s an appropriate ranking today, but we will increase once we get our coaching staff filled in.

GTfan

January 14th, 2010
6:21 pm

first

Good job Brownie

January 14th, 2010
6:21 pm

Tech will win

Clint Castleberry

January 14th, 2010
6:22 pm

I’m a life long Tech fan and I don’t see how Tech should be in the Top 10. I think they will take one step back next year and hopefully two steps forward in 2011. UGA sounds pretty close. New DC, running backs looking good. But no QB with any experience. That will make things tough.

ARLINGTON VA DAWG

January 14th, 2010
6:22 pm

Mark,
Just saw the Coach Tuberville let the whole Texas Tech coaching staff go. Checking out the D Coordinator, and Special Teams Coach Eric Russell might be worth a shot. Heck, their stats are much better than Willie’s, but that’s not saying much.
GO DAWGS!

carrolltondawg

January 14th, 2010
6:22 pm

first

Wisconsin Jacket

January 14th, 2010
6:23 pm

Stephen Hill will show everyone that he’s pretty darn talented next year. He had a great freshman year and now he will be the #1 guy. Look for Hill’s production to increase next year filling the hole BeyBey is leaving.

Jona

January 14th, 2010
6:24 pm

about right

saban

January 14th, 2010
6:24 pm

Georgia is done.

Mark Richt going after my boy is not permitted.

I will allow a number of Alabama prospects to carry out my commands at tech next year. CPJ is one of my boys.

Georgia will be lucky to win three games.

I will see to that.

He can just get his own hairdresser.

satan

Jona

January 14th, 2010
6:24 pm

Enter your comments here

Habersham Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:24 pm

Until Georgia and Tech prove otherwise on the field of play in 2010, then their starting positions appear to be fair, although, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they don’t swap positions by the end of 2010.

carrolltondawg

January 14th, 2010
6:24 pm

i missed it by a min! Oh yeah Dawgs win by two touchdowns.

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
6:26 pm

Thanks for picking UGA over Tech in 2010. You missed the last two so I’m taking that as a good omen. lol

Bremen Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:26 pm

I think they have us (UGA) about right but Tech I don’t know about. Tech is loosing some key players too and will be building a new D. I see them at about 16th.

Nerd Central @ North Ave

January 14th, 2010
6:26 pm

We’ll just see about that. With a good coordinator, this team is going to be pretty much unstoppable! UGA better hope CPJ doesn’t find a decent DC. I’ll bet you are all shakin in your silver britches right now.

Nerd Central @ North Ave

January 14th, 2010
6:28 pm

Not only is my Institute rated higher in academics, but its also rated higher in football as well. Yeah!!!! You know how it stings UGA fans, don’t you?

Wisconsin Jacket

January 14th, 2010
6:28 pm

I’d say he aged pretty well then wouldn’t you Mark?

FullMetalJacket

January 14th, 2010
6:30 pm

I’ll take that ranking right now and just skip the season. The Jackets have a very challenging year ahead of them, which should result in a good record but probably not another ACC ring. The Dawgs had better take their ranking also. They have quite a few holes to fill also.

Nerd Central @ North Ave

January 14th, 2010
6:30 pm

Next year: GT wins 35-20. Tech will not punt during the entire game. Tech players will run around the field with the hedges in their mouth (again).

Wisconsin Jacket

January 14th, 2010
6:30 pm

In other off topic news Brookwood High School Alum Sean Johnson was just drafted by the Chicago Fire with the 51st pick overall. Congrats to Sean!

glass half full dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:30 pm

Stafford was a true freshmen his 1st year.
Shockley was a senior with game experience.
David greene was a redshirt freshmen,but 1st year under richt.
Cox chose uga over duke…nuff said there…
Murray was highly recruited and had a year and a half( came in last jan) to prepare…..
Schedule in uga’s favor this year.
Get a win in Columbia and build some confidence and watch out…….
Just sayin….

Bremen Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:31 pm

Get that Big Ol’ O line going early in the season and run the freaking ball and let that new Q get some reps and it could be a 10 win season. We have the O line and backs to do it. Get that running game going and a freshman can look pretty dawg gone good. Do you think McElroy is that good off a Q, nope just has a heck of a running game and that makes him look good.

I’m just saying…..

drock

January 14th, 2010
6:31 pm

Mark, what year did you drop the kinky hairdo?

Nerd Central @ North Ave

January 14th, 2010
6:31 pm

Ayers is going to put the clamps on AJ Green. That is, if he’s man enough to play. He wasn’t man enough this year.

DawginLex

January 14th, 2010
6:31 pm

I can see UGA being very good on offense. We have 10 starters returning and lots of depth, especially catching the ball. Hopefully, we will go back to RUNNING THE BALL. The defense will be OK with the new DC. Don’t forget about Richard Samuel moving to linebacker.

As for Tech, I expect their offense will still be good but the defense, not so much.

Both teams could have 9 or 10 wins when they meet. wouldn’t that be cool?

Nerd Central @ North Ave

January 14th, 2010
6:32 pm

Nerd Central = this year’s St Simons. Get used to it all year, baby!!!!

UglyOldDog

January 14th, 2010
6:33 pm

Kinda early for this, where’s Boise ranked?

Nerd Central @ North Ave

January 14th, 2010
6:33 pm

We are good at football and Calculus. You are good at drinking beer.

Gordon

January 14th, 2010
6:33 pm

Almost 20 posts in and still no reminder of the score from November 28th? Come on, Dogs!

Dawgs2010

January 14th, 2010
6:33 pm

Georgia rebounds and takes the East, but goes down to Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

T-MAN

January 14th, 2010
6:33 pm

Mark don’t see a big drop off in offense for the jackets,the wild card is going to be the DC…any improvement in defense will help with the dawgs and Tech…..next weeks going to be exciting for both programs….thurs at ths lastest for naming DC’s

Clint Castleberry

January 14th, 2010
6:34 pm

I just don’t see how Tech would be ranked higher next year after losing their best 2 players on offense and their best 2 players on defense. Hopefully, someone knows something I don’t.
I always thought UGA was a WAY better team than how they looked. They just killed themselves with bad penalties and way too many turnovers. I will concede that on defense they looked out of position sometimes to make a play, but CMR finally fixed that problem.

JB

January 14th, 2010
6:34 pm

Bad D and it’s coming back without it’s best players. Ugly!

Good O but it will be without many of it’s best players.

I’m thinking 7 or 8 wins, at best.

If UGA has a QB, and I think between the lot of them, they do. The O could be stellar.

I’m truly not worried about the DC thing. Many are having fits, which is silly. We’ll have a good man and we’re pretty deep.

9 – 10 wins, minimum.

BTW, we’ll be 9-1 over the maggots, come the end of this season.

HBTD!!!!

ARLINGTON VA DAWG

January 14th, 2010
6:34 pm

Where does Blake Simms stand with his recruiting?

Fried Chicken-eaters

January 14th, 2010
6:36 pm

NOBODY CARES!

Clint Castleberry

January 14th, 2010
6:37 pm

Nesbitt was definitely the MVP. Well…two of the better players

Atlanta Thrashers moving to Quebec City

January 14th, 2010
6:37 pm

We have lost our ice hockey team…..AGAIN!

DawginLex

January 14th, 2010
6:37 pm

I care about fried chicken. Especially on Sunday

UglyOldDog

January 14th, 2010
6:38 pm

MB tx 4 that……Nerd Central @ North Ave when I went to school it was Women, Beer and football, but then again I’ve seen ya’lls women…woof

ANQUAN

January 14th, 2010
6:39 pm

WHAT SORT OF NAME IS THIS?

DawginLex

January 14th, 2010
6:39 pm

Unfortunately for Tech, Nesbitt was the best passer on campus too.

Really?

January 14th, 2010
6:41 pm

Mr. Bradley- “At issue is how fast the new coordinator, assuming Georgia finds one” So do you really believe UGA will just end up never hiring a D coordinator or is this just another one of your shots at the Dawgs?

Thrashers leaving!

January 14th, 2010
6:41 pm

Yes,the lack of attendance killed their future here! Also,it is estimated that as few as 5000 viewers tune in to some of the telecasts! 5000! It is too bad the team never reached out to the Afro-American people!

StraightJacket

January 14th, 2010
6:43 pm

TRUTH: “but Demaryius Thomas is the irreplaceable part, not Jonathan Dwyer. Given the nature of his offense, Johnson isn’t apt to find another receiver half as good as Bay-Bay.”

Yes, Stephen Hill has great hands, size, and athletic ability, but unless he spends 24 / 7 in the weight room, he will LACK Bay-Bay’s strength by a mile … and that difference will be noticeable.

FICTION: “The defense will surely benefit from a new coordinator, but not many defenses can lose its two most gifted players and spike upward in production.”

The other 3 positions on the DL next year will be SO MUCH better than this year that they will offset the loss of D. Morgan. Experience, talent, strength, and depth improvements will make the DL a net plus … even WITH Morgan’s loss. Same at Safety: Cooper Taylor and D. Reese will both come back healthy, and Jemea Thomas probably could have played more THIS year as well. Given the quality returning at corner (Tarrant, Reid, et al) to HELP the safeties, Morgan Burnett’s loss won’t hurt the team in a “net loss” way either.

And you can overstate the importance of a new D.C.

Special teams should be better, if only that all of the specialists / return guys are back.

So, … Tech will be better. The away schedule is tougher, but overall a wash. We finished # 13 this year; given the factors above, and what other teams will be losing, a pre-season ranking of # 8 sounds about right ….. -SJ

JB

January 14th, 2010
6:44 pm

And he STILL can’t throw the ball in the ocean.

HBTD!!!

Marky Mark Bradley

January 14th, 2010
6:44 pm

Well Nerd Central why don’t you make like St. Simon’s and just not post? And you may be good at math, but we are good at everything that matters (I don’t see a journalism school there – among other things like fans at football games – and last time I checked journalism is still relevant, hence both of us posting on AJC.com). And we beat you in football. And we beat you at basketball. 30-24, go make me a sandwich. Nerd.

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
6:45 pm

I agree Mark, Nesbitt was Tech’s version of Tebow this year. Except for the crying. Thomas will be hard to replace and we’ll have to run some different routes than just chucking it downfield. As much as I think of Dwyer, RB is the one place that Tech always seem to have somebody pretty good and Allen is very good. As for the D, the losses are big but I don’t think we utilized our talent all that well last year. Hopefully, a new DC will make up for their losses and then some.

Los Angeles Falcons

January 14th, 2010
6:45 pm

LA is hoping to get one of 3 teams,so we still have a chance to keep them.LA is talking to Falcons,Jaguars and Chargers.

StraightJacket

January 14th, 2010
6:45 pm

Correct typo: “And you can NOT overstate the importance of a new D.C.”

FalconUGAFan

January 14th, 2010
6:46 pm

Seem about right. GT might be a tad generous with the ranking, but both teams have much to prove. We shall see who is up to the task.

Bremen Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:47 pm

I wonder what Tech would be ranked if they had to play in another conference. I guessing they wouldn’t be ranked at all. 0-2 vs non conference opp. the last 3 games.

UglyOldDog

January 14th, 2010
6:47 pm

MB UT shoulda gone after Peterson of Boise instead of Cutcliff

Los Angeles Falcons

January 14th, 2010
6:47 pm

The biggest worry,to me,is that the Chargers want to stay in San Diego,and would actually benefit from a team being in LA! Also,The Jaguars are getting a new stadium. WE ARE LOCING THE THRASHERS AND FALCONS IN THE SAME YEAR!

Really?

January 14th, 2010
6:47 pm

Hysterical!

Ponte Vedra Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:48 pm

Mark, I think your prognostication on UGA and Tech will bear out. However, I’m still not convinced South Carolina will make the splash you are predicting. It will be an interesting year in both conferences. I think FSU is going to have a solid year. Nice Article!

Bremen Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:48 pm

Hey, I’m Mark Bradley. South Carolina is the next team that is going to rise up and take over the East.

I’m just saying…

Los Angeles Falcons

January 14th, 2010
6:50 pm

I am going to miss the Falcons.It seems to have all started with the Thrashers! Darn it!

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
6:50 pm

Clearly, SI thinks that the ACC coastal will be much better than the SEC east in 2010.

Jackets2010

January 14th, 2010
6:50 pm

Mark as a personal favor, I am going to start refering to you as Bark Madly so these Dawg fans will see the light maybe that you are not in our corner more than their’s.

2011 MASTES Rumor

January 14th, 2010
6:52 pm

OMG. Starting in 2011,The Masters will be played at Riviera,in Los Angeles!

Ponte Vedra Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:52 pm

As long as it’s not the Los Angeles Jaguars…

Bremen Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:53 pm

Hey Jackets2010, you have the other idiot. The one that looks like a Tech grad, Schultz

Ponte Vedra Dawg

January 14th, 2010
6:54 pm

Mark, you may be correct…It’s just hard to picture it when they have never done it. Those late season slides stick in my mind.

FullMetalJacket

January 14th, 2010
6:54 pm

I’ll take that ranking right now, and just skip the season. Tech and UGA both will need to be very, very lucky to be that good…and neither team has a DC yet!

Thrashers

January 14th, 2010
6:55 pm

The team has called a press conference for 1pm tomorrow to announce the move to Quebec City! I cannot believe it! There was never any support by Atlanta area negroes for hockey!

TXDawg

January 14th, 2010
6:55 pm

Wisconsin Jacket…..6 catches equals a good year for Stephen Hill?? Boy, you guys sure set the bar high at GT.

DawginLex

January 14th, 2010
6:55 pm

I’m concerned you picked UGA to beat Tech in 2010

Wreckmaniac

January 14th, 2010
6:56 pm

LA is actually talking to the dawgs.

The Grinch

January 14th, 2010
6:57 pm

I agree with whoever earlier said Georgia grossly underachieved last year…it was obvious in the Tech game and the Bowl game that they could have been good whenever they felt like it. UGA certainly doesn’t lack talent; they just need whoever they hire to be able to chew some @$$. Richt obviously ain’t that guy, good as he is otherwise. He’s the “Great practice, guys; who wants ice cream?” type and BVG used to counterbalance that. We need it again.

McG

January 14th, 2010
6:57 pm

Mark, Have you seen Stephen Hill? He could easily throw up Bay-Bay numbers.

DAWG named bee killer

January 14th, 2010
6:57 pm

All these tech fans crack me up, do you really think we UGA fans fear anything from tech ? We have spanked that mustard yellow butt in good times and in lean times ( 2009).
We have spanked your butt for decades and will spank it again for decades to come….go forth and win the ACC again, then prepare to be to humbled again by the one and only STATE BIG DAWG: GEORGIA ” bee killing, yellow jacket smacking” BULLDAWGs.

The Grinch

January 14th, 2010
6:58 pm

I mean we need it in a DC, of course; not advocating getting rid of Richt.

Ponte Vedra Dawg

January 14th, 2010
7:00 pm

I’m hoping the Cowboys lose so we can figure out what Grantham is going to do.

Just the Facts.....

January 14th, 2010
7:00 pm

Should have Gotten Charlie Strong, every recruit would have ran back! Oh I forgot the “prime” SEC schools don’t hire Black coaches to head there programs.

East Cobb Hokie

January 14th, 2010
7:01 pm

any inside info on when the Tech/Tech game will be played in Blacksburg?

ESPN/ABC are working with the ACC to replace the Labor Day Monday FSU/Miami game with VT vs. somebody. Likely candidates are Miami or GT.

Wreckmaniac

January 14th, 2010
7:01 pm

Bay-Bay is a tremendous athlete but never got the ball enough to develop into the receiver that he can become. He should move on.

S.I.’s preseason ranking has always been a joke. It means nothing.

Thrashers gone!

January 14th, 2010
7:01 pm

Kiss them goodbye! Too many empty seats.

mmgtfan

January 14th, 2010
7:01 pm

On the blog that Schultz wrote today he said that he would like to se that Falcons draft CJ Spiller. Who would rather see in a Falcon uniform next year Mark? Jerious or Spiller

Asheville Dawg

January 14th, 2010
7:02 pm

Hamilton at UT makes safe pick with Cutcliffe. Let me see Duke just went 5-7, wait those are UT fans jumping off the ‘cliff.

((((((((((((((((((((30-24)))))))))))))))))))))

CarolinaJacket

January 14th, 2010
7:02 pm

Well, StraightJacket stole my thunder. He said exactly what I had planned to say, except for the new young big guys who will be on the d-line and the thing that might be the biggest of all on defence; the linebackers. Jefferson will continue to be a beast, Sylvester was probably the most improved defensive player on the team, and Jackson, who won freshmen awards last year, will be back from his injury. I think the defense will be greatly improved next year. And if Groh, who I originally thought was a great choice, wants to play the prima dona, go elsewhere. There are other good fish in the sea.

TXDawg

January 14th, 2010
7:03 pm

The way the Cowboys have been playing lately, they might not lose until next year some time! I hope Richt has a plan B….oops…I mean plan E, since A, B, and C have already failed.

bamaguy

January 14th, 2010
7:03 pm

I’ll just sit back and admire my crystal football, y’all just discuss this with each other.

new coach idea

January 14th, 2010
7:03 pm

why not hire a local high school coach,and he should be colored for a change!

Ponte Vedra Dawg

January 14th, 2010
7:04 pm

Strong will be a good coach. I’m glad he’s out of the SEC, but not because of his race.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:04 pm

as i said on the other blog, grantham: rediculous.

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:07 pm

Asheville Dawg >> Looks like you need some help in the ole math dept: 30-24=6

glad we got that straightened out

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:07 pm

yes and then stephen hill became the da adam schiff on law and order. great actor.
he is orthodox jewish, and wouldnt work on satudays so he left mission impossible.

i kid you not.

Georgia will struggle next year

January 14th, 2010
7:08 pm

No returning DL… No valid safety… No Corner experience.. NO Superior LB…

Combine that with no consistent RB.. No QB and a marginal OL… I say 5-7 with an a$$ whipping by, SC, FL, UT, AU and even ARK or UK… I also pick GT to win..

I also predict Richt to quit after next season.

Don’t mean to be so negative.

BREAKING NEWS:

January 14th, 2010
7:08 pm

MARK RICHT HIRED AS KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY’S FOOTBALL COACH

“I appreciate my time at UGA, however I felt it was time to go to a program with an upside, I am tired of dwindling at the bottom of the SEC, and after many years of trying to cut into Tech’s many national championships, I have failed to do that. In closing Kennesaw State Football is the future, UGA never had a future (or even much of a past at that) and their big brother Tech will always be the most prestigious program in the state of Georgia. In closing, I would like to tell the UGA fans to go sit on a stick. Thank you and good day, Go Owls !”

George

January 14th, 2010
7:09 pm

From a GT perspective- Richt learns his lesson from Bowden and the A&M thrashing. This is college football- you can’t run a hands off program. These “kids” need oversight both on and off the field and that oversight can’t be delegated to so called “coordinators”. Unfortunately, show me a good college coach and I will show you a coach that is tired. UGA should be a top 10 program every year with the talent base in this state. Tech is fortunate to have a coach like Johnson and I trust he adds beef to the o and d line and makes a run at the ACC championship again.

God bless the Haitians

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:09 pm

Dan Briggs

Dawghater

January 14th, 2010
7:09 pm

Mark,
Now you will have all the puppy dawg fans crying that there is no way Tech can be ranked ahead of the Nationally recognized UGA program that played in Shreveport! Fact is none of these predictions mean a thing and the fact is the kids have to line up on the field and play.

Do the puppy dawg fans notice 3 yes 3 D Coordinators turned down their beloved National Power. Even with all the money they threw at them, they got a big fat “NO Thanks”.

Ponte Vedra Dawg

January 14th, 2010
7:09 pm

Wow, how insightful, must be a Tech fan.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:10 pm

if i only knew football like i do trivia, well, i’m just sayin….

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:10 pm

Tech’s ranked ahead of UGA again, Thank you CPJ

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
7:10 pm

I am a graduate of UGA and I agree with Clint Castleberry. It is going to be hard to win a lot of games next year at UGA with a new QB. I also think he knows more than Mark Bradley and the AJC should hire him to replace Bradley. South Carolina, please!! Spurrier is past his prime and can’t and never will be able to get the recruits to win up there. The state is too small and he is competing with Clemson, which is a better football program than SC anyway. He can’t get recruits in GA because he competes against UGA and GA Tech. I would play ball at Tech over SC anyday, like most kids.

Good Grief

January 14th, 2010
7:11 pm

As everybody else has reminded you, dont sleep on Stephen Hill. While he doesn’t have the size of Thomas he’s quicker and the the same height. On the other hand I think 8 is to high…10-12 would have been more the spot to place them.

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:11 pm

dang willie you’s everywhere! you got any poetry this evenin’? i’m needin a smile or two

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:11 pm

Kennesaw State seems to be a good choice for ol Richt

Ponte Vedra Dawg

January 14th, 2010
7:11 pm

The intelligent comments lasted almost 45 minutes. That may be a record. PVD is out.

Vince Dooley

January 14th, 2010
7:12 pm

wish I coached in a high school stadium named after me that fielded 4 National Championship teams…….dead gum Techies !!!

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
7:13 pm

Dawg fans, it’s been 43 days. Do you know who your DC is?

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:13 pm

Mo, Mark has told me no more poetry until further notice. sorry, willie

Navigator

January 14th, 2010
7:14 pm

For any coach to get Duke to 5-7 in two years is a coach Tennessee can be comfortable. Duke is usually lucky to win 1-2 games per year. In addition to the 5 wins, Duke took 3 other teams to the wire. Now think what he can do with the athletes at Tennessee.

Vince Dooley

January 14th, 2010
7:14 pm

willie, you should rejoin Coach Richt again, when he accepts the Kennesaw State job

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:15 pm

lane the magic dragon
lived in tennessee
and frolicked in the autumn mist
on a mount called rocky
lane said “knox let’s go,
to a really big show”
now he’s at usc

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:16 pm

willie, I be really disappointed ’bout that news. why you’s a regulah willie shakespeare i’m tellin ya.

The Amazing Kreskin

January 14th, 2010
7:16 pm

Georgia will be more worser in 2010. Georgia Tech, they will lose 3. Bama will lose 2 games. Florida will be SEC champs without Tebow. Go Gator!

Benjamin

January 14th, 2010
7:16 pm

125th!

Wait…

SI has Tech too high, and UGA slightly low in my opinion. Tech’s losing a lot.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:16 pm

just for you Mo. despite Mark’s wishes. willie

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:17 pm

vince, alll options are open, and thanks. willie

George

January 14th, 2010
7:18 pm

Here is my take- Richt learned his lesson his lesson from the failures of Bowden and the success of the A&M thrashing. Show me a good college football coach and I will show you a tired man. GT is fortunate to have Johnson.

God bless the Haitians–

GTs biggest fan.

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:18 pm

willie, i known yo had it in ya’! that’s a mighty fine set of lines you laid.

jay

January 14th, 2010
7:18 pm

Two stud running backs like King and Ealy will put Dawgs back into
top 10 next season. Play on New Years Day.

Tech goes back to their usual 7-5 with a loss in the Humanitarian
bowl.

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
7:18 pm

2010 SEC champioship game: UF vs. Bama. Almost guaranteed.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:19 pm

Mark, i hope you’re not wrong about Heaven.

Scott

January 14th, 2010
7:19 pm

Glad you picked UGA to win next year’s game as a Tech fan.

Tech – will continue to play well on offense with a ton of experience, returning 9 starters and many others who saw action last year. Defense returning 8 plus 4 who were lost to injury in 09. Tough away schedule but slightly easier out of conference schedule.

UGA – loses alot of experience on defense and will start a new QB. Much easier schedule than in 09 and will not have to play Alabama or LSU unless they make it to the SEC Championship.

Looking forward it!!

jellybeandawg

January 14th, 2010
7:20 pm

With a Red-shirt freshman QB with ZERO experience and a new DC I think the dawgs win 7or 8 games next year but no way they win 9. One variable in the equation is that we have the coaching expertise of Mark “FAKE JUICE/ FAKE TAN” Richt and his side kick WonderBobo coaching em up. Between those 2 bozos we will average about 100yds in penalties and 3 turnovers per game alone.

Calvin Ruff Ruff

January 14th, 2010
7:20 pm

Tech is ranked a bit too high. I think UGA is about right. Nonetheless, if the Bulldogs simply WIN, they will rise in the rankings and be a top ten team again. That’s the beauty of playing it out on the field. If we win out over Mark Bradley’s up and coming Gamecocks, Petrino’s Hogs, a newly coached Tenn. & Kentucky, Florida, Auburn, and Tech…the rankings will fall right in place. Can’t wait til next season!!!

DAWG

January 14th, 2010
7:20 pm

Maybe i need to contact these fools at SI and get the winning lottery numbers. A lot can happen between now and next year.

Jackets2010

January 14th, 2010
7:20 pm

I like Mark’s daring pick of SC for next year.
He has a good QB who might get better next year and a D which was about the only one to shut down Clemson.
It’s a daring pick because it would be easy to keep quiet about the thought.
It occurred to me as well.

Ed

January 14th, 2010
7:20 pm

I don’t know about Tech at 8, seems kind of high. If Georgia doesn’t finish higher than 22nd, Richt is going to feel some serious heat. Top 10 recruiting brings expectations of Top 10 results.

Todd

January 14th, 2010
7:20 pm

When you don’t pass the ball to bay bay in the big games, what difference does it make.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:21 pm

lane live in a place called nantucket.

nah, better not go there.

VJacket

January 14th, 2010
7:21 pm

But Tech’s uniforms look sooooooooooo good!!!!!!

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:21 pm

i’s don’ know about teck bein that high in no ranking, and i think georgey is about right and maybe mo betta than dat. ‘course, nobody can tell right now anyway.

Vince Dooley

January 14th, 2010
7:22 pm

wish we had a stadium that was home to four national championship winners…..dead gum Tech!

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
7:23 pm

From SI:

The Yellow Jackets lost B-back Jonathan Dwyer, safety Morgan Burnett and defensive end Derrick Morgan to the NFL. That’s OK. The ACC still can’t figure out the triple option, and if coach Paul Johnson hires a capable defensive coordinator, Georgia Tech will be even tougher to beat.

dawgfan

January 14th, 2010
7:24 pm

Bradley must have quit sniffing glue. He’s actually making some sense.

This could be the weakest I’ve seen the SEC East in a loooooooooong time. I don’t see a top 10 team anywhere. Not even Florida.

Bama will not have a (national) championship caliber defense. This could be one of those rare years where a team with multiple losses wins the SEC. Might as well be Georgia. Mettenberger and Murray are REDSHIRT freshmen. There’s a difference.

Tech will go 9-4, lose to Georgia, lose some forgettable bowl, and nobody will care. I think I just summed up the last 30 years of Georgia Tech football in one sentence.

Vince Dooley

January 14th, 2010
7:24 pm

I remember not so long ago that Tech was never ranked…….Reggie, Reggie, Reggie !

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:24 pm

uh oh willie, betta not go der with dat nantucket stuff ’cause mista bradley goin call you out on dat!

UglyOldDog

January 14th, 2010
7:25 pm

The Amazing Kreskin….
you gotta be from Tech with that ” worser “…..I’m a product GA lower & somewhat Higher Ed and that is bad even by my low standards….no way you a UF dummy, more likely SoCarolina

Better Blog

January 14th, 2010
7:25 pm

http://blutarsky.wordpress.com

– Mike Hamilton moves on to Plan B. No doubt he’ll incur the wrath of the AJ-C’s sports blogging community when they hear about this:

Will Muschamp, Texas‘ defensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting, has turned down a lucrative offer to be Tennessee’s new coach, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com.

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:25 pm

Actually the last 20 years contained an undefeated season, and UGA……..none

McPhee

January 14th, 2010
7:26 pm

QB is the key position for both schools. Tech’s is returning. Uga has a frosh. They won’t win 9 games in the reg season.
Losses to SC, Fla, Aub, Colorado, and GT.
7-5 again.

Tech goes 9-3.

Benjamin

January 14th, 2010
7:26 pm

Question for the Bulldog/Yellow Jacket masses:

If one team has a better record than the other by, say, one victory, and finishes 1-2 spots better in the rankings, but LOSES to the other team — i.e. ((30-24)) style — should the general fan base say the higher or lower ranked team had the “better year.”

Or am I being completely silly and just baiting the Dawg and Jacket fans into arguing again over nothing of real consequence. (I kid, I kid…)

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:27 pm

Mo, its called self censorship. I’m proud to say Mark has never knowingly filtered my comments. cant say the same for many, many others.

UglyOldDog

January 14th, 2010
7:27 pm

VJacket…..my grandbaby poops something very close to Tech greeny yellow

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:27 pm

I love how that 1990 season just hurts UGA fans so much…………..HAHAHAHA!

Enjoy your silly one-on-one record why you Big Brother Tech will always have more National Championships than you dawgies……HAHAHAHA!

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
7:28 pm

The Amazing Kreskin,
You MUST have graduated from Florida based on your grammer. Did you ever attend an English class?

GoVols

January 14th, 2010
7:28 pm

Sorry for crashing the Georgia thread but I am inconsolable over our Cutcliffe hiring. This sets the program back 4-5 years. I would rather have forgone the recruiting class to take another week and find a coach that would excite the fan base. Look for major upheaval at UT. Hamilton as AD – gone.

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
7:28 pm

Mr Mahtinez, was that supposed to be funny? i dont believe it was.

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
7:29 pm

Mo Betta, i do believe we have met somewheah befoah.

Benjamin

January 14th, 2010
7:29 pm

If anyone’s hurt by the 1990 season at this point, Opinion, they need to be re-evaluated.

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:29 pm

dat sec east looked awful mighty just a few seasons ago wid the west pickin up the leftovers. now things done changed all around and aint nobody in the east gonna win no champ’ship next year. ‘member, you’s heard it first from Mo Betta!

JK

January 14th, 2010
7:30 pm

Imagine what tech will do when we get back to playing defense like before. We will still be putting up 30-40 a game. We just won’t be giving up 30-40. We have some studs coming in on D this year and some redshirts. We will be better than you think. And that ga recruit stephen hill is a pretty good receiver. We will be just fine. It will be tough to beat unc and va tech on the road. Vt is losing some guys too.

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
7:30 pm

Mr GoVols, i woudnt be so pesimistic. Mr Cutcliff might turn out to be a very fine leada.

Andrew

January 14th, 2010
7:31 pm

Who cares what uga does. They are irrelevant and have been for some time. How many days have they been looking for a DC? 60? That sums that decrepid program up.

UglyOldDog

January 14th, 2010
7:31 pm

Opinion….isn’t this year the swap year when Colorado gets to have the 1990 NC trophy that ya’ll split

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:31 pm

All I wanted after CPJ was hired is to be relevant again, finish ranked, and to beat UGA. Check, Check, and Check……thank you for nothing Chan Gailey

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
7:31 pm

Benjamin, I do not respond to hypotheticals. lol

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
7:32 pm

althoo i believe i would have preffeahd coach fulmah

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:33 pm

Actually that 1990 UPI championship trophy went to the only team in the nation to finish undefeated like every other Tech National Championship……we didn’t have enough 5th downs to capture the other half

jeffrey d

January 14th, 2010
7:33 pm

The gift that keeps giving

Georgia will be more worser in 2010
Too easy. But seriously, has our educational system failed that much when someone can write this sentence and think “I made an educated point here. Moving on.”

Georgia Tech, they will lose 3.
To the draft? To injury? Are 3 players going to die? You gotta elaborate, man.

Go Gator!
Just one?

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:33 pm

uh, opinion, about that last check…

dawgfan

January 14th, 2010
7:34 pm

I see that Techies are reverting to their usual exaggerations about UGA personell losses. Its really sad. Every year we’re losing our “entire defensive front” or our “entire secondary” or our “entire backfield” according to these idiots. Heck, after ‘08 they went so far as to say that we lost our “entire offense” due to the departures of Stafford and Moreno. I tried to tell them that we would in fact be fielding an offense in 2009, but they didn’t believe me. Maybe after rushing yard #300 they started to get it.

Its all wishful thinking of course. Its just really sad.

Johnny Majors

January 14th, 2010
7:34 pm

my cell number is 555 555 5555

jojatek

January 14th, 2010
7:35 pm

Wow! Tech at No. 8 is really hard to believe given our performance down the stretch and the losses to the NFL (stunningly overrated, in fact… I hope I am wrong). CPJ has worked miracles for us already, but he’s not that good. We have a long way to go, folks, before we think we can compete consistently at that level…

As for the prediction, I would simply flip it around: Tech 27, UGA 24… a close game, but CPJ will learn from this year’s debacle, and the team will have plenty to think about after the BS that went on in the pile with Nesbitt after the tackle (not to mention the quotes from Earley and others after the game… plenty of locker room material there…).

And a quick shout out to the Vols and their fans: Good riddance! Kiffin’s departure is a blessing in disguise… he will struggle mightily at USC, and the Vols will have the last laugh (particularly if they bring Cutcliffe back…).

frank james

January 14th, 2010
7:35 pm

It is sad if it is true that Tuberville let the entire Texas Tech staff go. I hope Craig Death Penalty James is happy. That’s another sign of which way our society is going. I wonder if Adam and Craig were on the search committee?

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:36 pm

Sorry Willie, I was talking about CPJ’s two year stretch, not only one year, would of been nice if we did it two years in a row

UglyOldDog

January 14th, 2010
7:36 pm

Opinion…….the only NC Tech wins since Eisenhower and they split it…….yeah

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:36 pm

i do declare mista genr’l i think yo might be right and all. is yo from the texas borned neyland’s? if’n so you betta speak up ’bout these here cordinators on defense ’cause yo family had sum of the best cordinators we ever done seen. why dat robert neyland was somethin’ special i’m tellin ya. if’n yo run into him you say dat Mo Betta said how do. yep, he wuz mighty special at dat.

Jonas Grumby

January 14th, 2010
7:36 pm

Here’s all you need to know about that SI ranking. His top 10 had one team from the SEC and three from the Big Ten. Shhhhhhhhure.

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
7:36 pm

and by the way Maak, who is this staples fella you seem to put so much credence in?

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:37 pm

You know if there were no UGA/Tech blogs on AJC, they might be out of business….

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
7:37 pm

Technophobia,
How can you say that the ACC has not figured out how to defend the Triple Option? Johnson is 0-2 against Miami and 1-1 against VA Tech. Plus, you were lucky to beat a bad FL State team the last 2 years and barely beat Clemson the first time around and had to go to OT to beat a really bad Wake Forest team. Miami, FL State and VA Tech will be better next year and ALL have better defenses than GA Tech. Paul Johnson’s teams have always had bad defenses. Don’t count on having a much better D next year with a new DC coming in. The current players will have to learn under a new DC.

Better Blog

January 14th, 2010
7:37 pm

http://blutarsky.wordpress.com/

– Mike Hamilton moves on to Plan B. No doubt he’ll incur the wrath of the AJ-C’s sports blogging community when they hear about this:

Will Muschamp, Texas‘ defensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting, has turned down a lucrative offer to be Tennessee’s new coach, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:38 pm

ok opinion. i’ll give you that argument. willie

Bawney Fwank

January 14th, 2010
7:38 pm

Tebow’s crying seemed to work a lot better than Joe Cox’s crying after his first two losses in 2009 and the “Crimson Crier” did pretty well in the BCS Championship!

Joel Chandler Harris

January 14th, 2010
7:38 pm

what is da world comin too?

Arthur MacBride

January 14th, 2010
7:39 pm

Tech’s passing success (or shortfall: see Iowa/Georgia) depended more on Nesbitt than Thomas. So Thomas is gone. The real question is, can PJ get Nesbitt’s passing game up?

Elmore Spencer

January 14th, 2010
7:39 pm

Tech will claim basically anything as a National Championship. They won the NPI or was it ZPI or something not sure whatever it is it doesnt even exist anymore.

If UGA used some of that Tech math they would have 5 National Titles to Techs four. Alas like the reasons we lost the games in 43 and 44 ( when patriotic UGA players were off at war while the techies sat that one out) we are too honest for that.

The big story is that Tech was ranked 8th. Why? Because of their conference as the Andy Staples noted.

When Tech plays a big game out of conference we have all seen what happens and it aint pretty.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:39 pm

skipper, some people never learn.

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:39 pm

I actually liked the 1980 dawg team, my uncle played on that team so I will have to give credit to the dawgies for that one……..

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:40 pm

will muschamp: always a bridesmaid, never a bride

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:41 pm

same applies to kirby smart

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
7:41 pm

Go Vols,
I think you are wrong. I am a UGA grad and I would rather have Lame Kiffin there instead of Cutcliffe. He has been successful everywhere he has gone. I think TN will be really good with him there. He is a GREAT offensive coach. If he hires a great recruiting coordinator, watch out.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:41 pm

he did?

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:41 pm

Ok, so UGA’s big win out of conference would be………………..Texas A&M??????

I would say Mississippi State was a better win than Texas A&M…..sorry pups

Another Mark

January 14th, 2010
7:42 pm

No GT fan is going to honestly say we won’t miss Thomas. (not to mention the other three) However, Cooper Taylor is a baller and will be back next year for S. Dieke is Michael Johnson Deux @ DE. Anthony Allen is plenty capable as the B-back. (with some capable guys also behind him). Look, Baybay was very good, but he basically ran a) slant or b) sideline fly for a jump ball throw. Stephen Hill is capable of doing more. ie. it’s a minimum 5 yard gain if you give him a reverse because nobody can tackle him on first engagement. Chris Jackson is also a solid WR who CPJ can move around from a-back to WR. I still see Tech winning 8 or 9 w/o the bowl included.

Ron

January 14th, 2010
7:43 pm

Cutcliffe is a solid coach. You are lucky to have a coach with integrity and knowledge of the game. He won 5 games at duke. Nuff said. You will be surprised what he does. I predict the vols win 9 games this year.

Charlie is Strong

January 14th, 2010
7:43 pm

Well, Mark. It “seems” you continue to be disengenious. But it also “seems” to be working for you so don’t think you are wrong about everything. Just like any good coach…keep on doing what you do…until the other guy stops you.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:44 pm

and how is uncle herschel, buck, jimmy, scott, mike, jeff, chris, wayne, nat, ray? have i gotten to him yet?

SEC FAN

January 14th, 2010
7:45 pm

Mark Bradley are you on the take or just trying to keep you job with controversial articles??? YOU ARE WRITING ARTICLES TO TRY TO INFLUENCE RECRUITING. YOU AND KIFFIN HAVE THINGS IN COMMON.

Enlightened

January 14th, 2010
7:45 pm

After reading the (overly optimistic?) comments by the Technerds, I now know why Ga Tech’s 4 Junior stars went to the NFL. They would probably
have not been able to start on next Year’s top ten team. Are y’all
really that naive? Can you say rebuilding year? You’d better hope
Nesbitt stays healthy or its going to be a very long season

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:45 pm

charlie, mark’s not disengenuous, he just equivocates.

bamaguy

January 14th, 2010
7:45 pm

Vol fans: Do you think you kinda deserve this for the cavalier way you treated Coach Fulmer? You traded steady, reliable and loyal to UT through and through for “Hollywood” Kiffin.

I have this image of Fulmer in a recliner, drinking a beer, watching ESPN and the campus riots while listening to Toby Keith sing “How do you like me now”

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:45 pm

nope, keep going willie………………………….

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:46 pm

offense or defense?

Another Mark

January 14th, 2010
7:48 pm

Winning 8 or 9 after 11 is overly optimistic? Hmm. I said we’re going to miss the four guys no doubt. But there’s a lot of other players returning that have played a lot. 8-4 instead of 10-2… I don’t see the overly optimistic there. Of course Nesbitt’s health is important. That’s a given.

Jackets2010

January 14th, 2010
7:48 pm

Bamaguy Saban really gave u a deal.
After losing to Auburn 6 years in a row, you’d have paid him 10 mil a year to get the program back to the NC level and beat Auburn.
Agreed?

juvenal

January 14th, 2010
7:49 pm

#1Q:when the opponents stack the line, will Nesbitt learn how to spot & throw to an open receiver, on the run? will we have somebody that can,when he’s having one of his brainfog games?

frank james

January 14th, 2010
7:49 pm

Well I just heard that Mac Brown is going to Michigan, Rich Rodriguiz is going to Hawaii, Bob Stoops is going to Army, Houston Nutt is going back to Arkansas, Petrino is going back to the Falcons, Jim Trussell is going to UCLA, Charlie Strong is going back to Florida, Urban Meyer is going back to Utah, Nick Saban will coach the Dallas Cowboys this weekend, Jimbo Fisher is going to Syracuse and Lane Kiffin is going to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers if his daddy will go with him.
Man I can’t keep up with College football anymore.

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:50 pm

Defense

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:50 pm

frank, dont forget that Mark will be caoching at kennesaw state

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:51 pm

bamaguy – why dat wuz real funny ’bout fulmer in his easy chair and that toby keith fella. yo makin me smile.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:51 pm

ok, frank ros the linebacker, terry hoage the rover. already named the starting defensive backfield.

CHARLOTTE DAWG

January 14th, 2010
7:52 pm

IS SI ON DRUGS?

Who in their right mind would pick the Jack-ettes at 8 when they are losing 4 of their studs; 2 on a d that was already pathetic. VT will be better and FSU will be on the rise hopefully.

Did they not notice how an average Georgia team beat them in their best, most magical of years? Did they not that PB&J’s vaunted offense has only scored 10 points in the last 2 bowl games on the big stage when they play a quality defense? Their 2 minute drill should be on SNL!

Perhaps they are putting them at 8 b/c they know the ACC is garbage. IDK.

Not saying Georgia will be that great next year as we will struggle early, probably losing in Cola b/c of our new QB. But the Dawgs have top 10 talent on both sides of the ball and should be pretty darn good towards the end of the year…which does not bode well for the nerd herd/taliban.

Everyone involved with Tech’s “ranking” at SI needs to go pee in a cup….LIKE NOW!!!!

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:52 pm

almost forgot about eddie meat cleaver weaver

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:53 pm

joe cremmins

where's HERSCHELL

January 14th, 2010
7:53 pm

cbb1 cpj is 1-1 against Miami and 2-0 against FSU . just get your facts straight before you run your mouth

frank james

January 14th, 2010
7:54 pm

willie – I had not heard that. Is that Mark Bradley? I know Coach Richt turned down that job. Oh are you really going to coach on the blue turf?

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:54 pm

frank james – yo fohgot me, Mo Betta! Where be i goin? why the nummer of people yo got travlin’ gonna drive up gas foh evry body, i’m tellin ya!

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:54 pm

Nope, his name is Keith Hall he was a walk on in 79, won a scholarship and played on Defense during the 1980 and 81 seasons, probably not a starter but Dooley liked him enough because he was a terror on the scout squad.

Cracker Jacket

January 14th, 2010
7:54 pm

Will be a down year for Jackets…too many great players leaving and too many question marks. Georgia has a chance to be very good if one of their qb’s become a David Greene. Florida will be down big time..8 wins at best! Vols will be bad too but they will be getting a better coach than the joke who left for Hollywood!

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
7:55 pm

he might of started in 81 i think

juvenal

January 14th, 2010
7:56 pm

besides, si picked uga#1 2 years ago..

Tom

January 14th, 2010
7:57 pm

Richt is really screwing around on the DC search. He put the focus on Smart; so Kirby his sweet time. CMR needs to get someone in place to start recruiting. National signing day is Feb 3rd. CMR would be wise to play Aaron Murray or Mettenburger, but not Gray.

30-24 NERDS. Where is St. Simons these days?

frank james

January 14th, 2010
7:58 pm

Mo Betta – with that dialect I believe you are going to LSU!

Preseason number 1 Alabama

January 14th, 2010
7:58 pm

Its good to be back on my throne. And since you asked the answer is yes. Yes it is good to be the king.

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:58 pm

charlotte dawg – i aint peein in no cup but i think yo under estimatin those tek boys. they aint no top ten team but they sure gotta chance to win sum games next year’n. i think yo dogs is also gonna surprise some folks and will be top 15 by the end of this year. you member Mo Betta told ya so!

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
7:58 pm

Gold Jacket

January 14th, 2010
7:58 pm

GT should go 9-3.. maybe 10-2. Key game will be VT. Will most likely be a night game, which will be tough. As far as replacing our talented 4… S.Hill should (needs to get in the weightroom)add some muscle 10-15 lbs. D. Drummond at B-back ( I’ve heard is big and bad) 6′3″ 245 Solid with a 4.55 -40. Nesbit will have another solid year. Off.will do well. Young guys on the D-line need to step up and take charge. LB and secondary should be solid. Hope we get a DC that knows what they are doing. CPJ is a smart man, whoever he picks for the job will be good.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
7:59 pm

frank, its between the blue turf and the blue hose at presbyterian.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
8:00 pm

opinion. initials and i will get it.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
8:01 pm

yes, Keith and i graduated high school together. still a counselor at CCHS?

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
8:01 pm

frank james – yo right on dat. i’s right here in da bayou fixin some collards and frog legs right now i tellin ya.

Alabama Jack

January 14th, 2010
8:01 pm

dagws continue to be irrelevant

frank james

January 14th, 2010
8:02 pm

Willie – I would go to the blue hose, at least your real legs won’t be blue. By the way if Cutcliff goes to Tenn. who would get the Duke job?

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
8:02 pm

i still remember a great hit Keith layed on a south carolina qb in 1980.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
8:03 pm

frank, i’ve been blue since i got canned.

CHARLOTTE DAWG

January 14th, 2010
8:03 pm

Cracker Jacket,

At least your not drinking what the others are. So good for you.

Tech fans saying the loss of their 4 studs won’t hurt is about as delusional as we were last year saying we wouldn’t miss a beat after Staff and Moreno left.

Take it from us: it matters and those NFL caliber athletes from your squad will certainly be missed. I’ve never seen a running back as big as Dwyer with such moves(wish he went to Georgia) and quickness. Allen is a big bruiser and should do well, but he ain’t Dwyer.

Nesbitt is the offense. He’s an incredible athlete..after he leaves, the Jaybo Shaw’s of the world take over b/c let’s face it….NFL caliber players are not going to want to play for PJ’s offense.

Still, Tech could easily win 9 games next year being in the ACC. Georgia hopefully will have around that number as well(hoping).

But #8? What kind of ghetto dope are they smoking up there?

Opinion

January 14th, 2010
8:04 pm

yeah he’s still at CCHS, not coachin BBALL anymore though

frank james

January 14th, 2010
8:05 pm

Mo BettaI- tell you what I have to go that way recruiting and I will come by and have some of them collards and frog legs. I have to go recruiting for a good wataboy down that way.

FullMetalJacket

January 14th, 2010
8:05 pm

The Jackets may never own the Dawgs as thoroughly as they did during Dodd’s reign, but neither will Jacket fans define their lives solely in terms of a football game played at a university (sic) they never attended against a better university they also support with their tax money. It would be pathetic to point out that Tech owns the longest win streak in the series…just as pathetic as UGA clinging to a single NC almost 30 years ago as evidence of their elite status.

Delbert D.

January 14th, 2010
8:06 pm

8th, 9th, 14th and 18th for the ACC Coastal? Only if the SEC gets disenfranchised and is force to forfeit all games. I’d say Tech has a half-decent shot at the top 15, but I’m not believin’ in Miami or UNC.

Shreveport Sam Smart

January 14th, 2010
8:06 pm

Ummmm, if Georgia is so wonderful and top tier, why do they persist in comparing themselves with Tech, a team they all state is inferior to them. Could it be that if they compare themselves against the top teams in their own conference that it’s a massive laugh for everyone involved? Georgia vs. Florida? Hardy-har-har. Georgia vs. Alabama? Makes me almost BLACK OUT thinking about it. Georgia vs. LSU? Those refs, those refs.

If I were a fan of the gaggers I’d celebrate Kiffin being gone more than anything else, he doled out the biggest can of asswhup on y’all this year!

FullMetalJacket

January 14th, 2010
8:07 pm

Tech won’t be as high as #8 next year, I fear, but then UGA probably won’t crack the top 25 again next year either….that is why I said both schools should take the SI poll and run.

bamaguy

January 14th, 2010
8:07 pm

Saban was and is a bargain. I hope they double his 4M salary to 8M, and that shouldn’t be a problem because Alabama football is projected to make a 50M profit this year.

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
8:09 pm

well mista james, we gots plenty of wateh i’m tellin ya! so you’ns come right on over when ya can, you hear? and don’t mind those city folks tellin ya dat dem froggie legs taste just like dem chikens — dang frog legs taste like frog legs i’m tellin ya!!! yo welcome anytime, yessah, anytime.

frank james

January 14th, 2010
8:09 pm

FullMetalJacket – Not many UGA fans keep bringing up the 80 championship, it is always our enemy that does. Heck we don’t have to live that year over and over. But when you had the best college football player to ever play it is good to remember all that he did for UGA. Just like what Coach Dodd did at Tech. He was a heck of a coach and a better man.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
8:09 pm

i remember the day when coach dooley stopped practice and gave Keith a scholarship. i wasnt on the field, mind you, but knew about it.

CHARLOTTE DAWG

January 14th, 2010
8:10 pm

I guess it $ucks to get beat by an “irrelevant” team, doesn’t it Bammer Jack-off.

I’m sure everyone in Alabama knows about Talibanny Tech, don’t they?

Whoops…Caleb King just scored again….ALL THU WAY TURNT UP, ALL THA’ WAY TURRRNT UP.

Why do you geeks even play that song? Your band even plays it? Can I get it on iTunes just to remember our win over you?

Many thanks

ratherBgambling

January 14th, 2010
8:10 pm

GT has a better chance of finishing #22 than UGA finishing #8.

Froggy the Gremlin

January 14th, 2010
8:10 pm

All you idiots who think the NC in 1990 was a split, I ask you this: would you rather be voted NCs by a bunch of sportwriters or actual coaches? Morons!

5thGenATL

January 14th, 2010
8:11 pm

Prob already been said, but Mark, seriously, check the spelling of Logan’s last name for the sake of journalistic integrity….spellcheck cant help you all the time…

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
8:11 pm

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
7:37 pm
Technophobia,
How can you say that the ACC has not figured out how to defend the Triple Option?

It wasn’t me saying that, although I agree. That was a quote straight from Sports Illustrated. Besides that, Johnson is 1-1 vs Miami not 0-2. Since we only lost one conference game last year, how can you say the ACC HAS figured out the triple option.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:12 pm

willie, when are you going to Knoxville?

FalconUGAFan

January 14th, 2010
8:13 pm

bamaguy I agree with you. Saban is the best coach in the game, IMHO. BUT, I doubt it is about the money anymore. You better hope he doesn’t get bored or decide he wants a different challenge. Might want to hope you don’t win the MNC next year.

Mo Betta

January 14th, 2010
8:14 pm

things gettin mighty ugly in these parts now. its ’bout time i get quainted wid dem froggie legs, yep, ’bout dat time. you’ns b’have yo’selfs now and i’s be seein’ ya round. Au revoir!

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
8:14 pm

In 1990 there was only one team that played both Colorado and Tech. That team was Nebraska and their coach voted Tech #1.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:14 pm

Somebody left a big orange on our doorstep today. What does that mean?

FullMetalJacket

January 14th, 2010
8:15 pm

frank james: I agree with you on Dodd’s character and achievement and on Walker’s contribution to the UGA program. The pendulum swings, the wheel goes ’round, life goes on.

frank james

January 14th, 2010
8:15 pm

Thank you Mo Betta, I look forward to it! Man I am still concerned who will get the Duke job if Cutcliff goes to Tenn. I have always admired that program. Spurrier and Cuctcliff did great jobs there. Those kids deserve a good coach.

CJ

January 14th, 2010
8:15 pm

For Tech they return and add to the O-line. Nesbitt is the key to he offense as he was this year. yes in 08 Dwyer was key. Jones, Allen Etc can run the ball. The pass game may change and be a more short range pass but I feel Hill can take the long ball.

Defense, yes we lose two guys but Burnett was really not a game changer this year and if you want to look at losses, losing the three guys from 08 was a much bigger loss than one guy on the D-line.

Schedule yes interesting on the road but. Clemson on the road has made no difference to us. We don’t play FSU. Va Tech might be tricky and we don’t play well at UNC. In Athens, in my life time, 47 years we win more there than at home. I think 10-2.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:15 pm

Everybody: Get your pants up off the ground

Alabama Jack

January 14th, 2010
8:16 pm

I continue to be retarded and repetitive.

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
8:17 pm

I’m afraid Duke may be the team that doesn’t have a chair when the music stops.

Utah

January 14th, 2010
8:17 pm

Alabama Jack

January 14th, 2010
8:01 pm

dagws continue to be irrelevant

As was Bama for the past 10 years until this year. Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
8:18 pm

CJ, good point on the DL.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:18 pm

Cutcliff to UT is (probably) a done deal Technophobia

FullMetalJacket

January 14th, 2010
8:18 pm

If the Vols “steal” Cutcliffe from Duke, I somehow don’t think the Dukies will be burning mattresses and barricading the athletic offices, even though Cutcliffe means a lot more to Duke’s future than Kiffin ever meant to Tennessee’s.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
8:19 pm

honey, i TOLD you we’re not going to Knoxville.

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
8:20 pm

Willie’s wife, I agree completely. Cutcliffe is someone they can trust and brings stability to the program.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:20 pm

Buy “little willie”, I like it there…..the people have more teeth than me.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:21 pm

And he’s cute in a Santa Claus kinda way too Technophobia

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:24 pm

Get your pants up off the ground

FullMetalJacket

January 14th, 2010
8:25 pm

Duke would have real reason to mourn if they lose Cutcliffe. UT felt betrayed by Kiffin because they had bought into all his USC crap for so long (many against their better judgment) and had to put up with so much peripheral static because of him…but almost everyone on the outside thinks they will really be better in the long run without him. Duke on the other hand got a good man with Cutcliffe, who really did well at Ole Miss before they ill advisedly canned him. I would be just a little surprised if Cutcliffe left Duke hanging, even for the better job at familiar UT, but not too much so.

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
8:25 pm

Hey Where’s Herschell,
Excuse me, I messed up on the Miami game. But I DID say Johnson was 2-0 against a BAD FL State team and barely beat them both years. Other than that, my facts are right. This was GA’s worst year since 1996 and we beat your BEST team since 1990. Sorry, but UGA will ALWAYS dominate GA Tech. Have since 1964 and will continue. Better program with better athletes and bigger fan base. How many times has Tech beaten UGA since 1964? 12 times. Look it up.

dcbl

January 14th, 2010
8:26 pm

Mark,

What gives?

1st – do you read these blogs all the way to page 3?

2nd, and this is a biggie: Are

frank james

January 14th, 2010
8:26 pm

FullMetalJacket – I just believe we are so lucky as fans to have two such programs with rich tradition and history. From the coaches, to the players and the play by play guys. We are very fortunate. I have always been a Dawg fan, but I have had friends of mine play at Tech. I remember watching the late,Kim King, Lenny Snow, Rock Perdoni, Randy Rhino and many others along with Coaches Bud Carson, Pepper Rodgers, and Bobby Ross. And man my Dawgs, Bill Stanfill, Happy Dicks, Kirby Moore, Freddie Gilbert, Kevin Mclee, Eddie Meat Clever Weaver and his late brother Mike Weaver, Terry Hogue, Scott Woener and many more. Coaches Dooley, the late Erk Russell, and now Coach Richt. But Herschel was something special. But man what two great programs with great traditions.

Littlewilliewon'tgohome

January 14th, 2010
8:27 pm

I can’t find little willie anywhere, have you seen him, Willie, dear?

Littlewilliewon'tgohome

January 14th, 2010
8:27 pm

if anyone would like a little willie, just ask his wife first to make sure she’ll share

cattle dawg

January 14th, 2010
8:28 pm

Grantham should be announced real soon. That is , unless he backs out at the last minute to.

where's HERSCHELL

January 14th, 2010
8:28 pm

CBB1 CPJ is 1-1 against Miami 2-0 against FSU and 1-1 against UGAG ! get your facts straight dude.

dcbl

January 14th, 2010
8:28 pm

coninued..

Are you psychic??

I mean, how were you able to answer drock’s question about your kinky afro before he even asked it???

FullMetalJacket

January 14th, 2010
8:28 pm

frank james — well said.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:28 pm

He’s right here with me and only I can call him “little willie”.

Pre season rankings and Robert E. Lee

January 14th, 2010
8:30 pm

Two bits of totally worthless trivia ………..Tech is ranked so and so and Michigan is ranked so and so and SC is gonna be so and so UGA w.o. M Stafford’s clone ( Stafford did nothing for UGA ) will only be so and so. Worthless news.

Robert E. Lee was once a soldier in BOTH the US Army in Mexico AND the Confederacy.

Both 100 % worthless news.

Go Dogs and I love General Pete Longstreet anyway.

GT0UGA

January 14th, 2010
8:31 pm

Jackets go 9-3 in 2010, UGA 8-4

gtfanfrom1951

January 14th, 2010
8:31 pm

The lost of Bay Bay would be bad if we had a passing offense but S Hill will do just fine. The defense will be better beause of improved play of the young d-line. This group of player knows how to win and thats a big difference in other tech teams of the past.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:31 pm

Pre season rankings and Robert E. Lee,

Is that English?

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
8:34 pm

Hey Where’s Herscell,
GA Tech WINS against UGA since 1964—12!!!!! Whew, you guys are really putting a dent in the overall record against us. It has become a rival about like the FL/GA rival-NOT ONE. We own you like FL owns us. At least we beat Florida when we have a good team. You guys can’t even beat us with your best team in 19 years.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
8:34 pm

Babe, you usually call me big willie

Monte

January 14th, 2010
8:34 pm

Hey, before we leave Knoxville for lala land, just one shout out….to my idiot son, Edward Lane Kiffin, or “E. Lane”, as we call him…I’m not making another move for you. It’s time you GROW UP! And if you think he’s a jerk now, how do you think he’d be if I was NOT keeping a close watch on him? Have a nice day.

De' truth

January 14th, 2010
8:35 pm

I don’t think you have to go any further than year before last to see what validity pre-season polls have. And particularly those that come out in January.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:37 pm

Well, it depends on the weather. Big in the summer and little in the winter

frank james

January 14th, 2010
8:37 pm

Hey Monte, is it true that was your brother and nephew that chased the Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit. I see alot of resemblence.

Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher

January 14th, 2010
8:37 pm

The X factor for Tech will be at WR and the redshirts on both OL and DL. I think we will have a combo of power and speed at B Back of AA, Drummond, Perkins, and Watson… NC is returning a bunch of guys that seem motivated to come back and win the Coastal and VT and Miami are as good if not better than Tech… Tech 9-3 THWG

A memory of Al Ciraldo and The Rock

January 14th, 2010
8:38 pm

As a UGA man in the late 60s and early 70s, I recall Tech’s Al Ciraldo announcing Rock Perdoni this way” here he is, everybody’s All American, here he is # 76, BiiiiiiiiiiiiiG Rock Perdoni” he would scream as Tech came out on the field. Perdoni looked like Taxis’ Danny Davido but maybe 3 ” taller and 100 lbs heavier.

Was Bud Carson yet another tech coach in those days? Dodd, Fulmer, Carson, Pepper, Curry, Ross, Gailey and now CPJ, The greatest coach ever to assemble a team on the planet. ACC’s planet, that is. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 30-24 and Dwyer only got 33 vs UGA and 0 vs Iowa in the first half of the Urange, in front of 45,000 fans in a half empty stadium.

CPJ? He is entering the danger zone for tech coaches, as they remain in place for 4.5 years and he is going into year # 3 with massive NFL departures, recruited by his predecessor and he has no capable replacements. I see 7-4 or 7-5 then he had better watch it. They will not see the Urange for another 45 years.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:38 pm

Willie, what movie are we watching tonight? Gotta limerick for me?

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
8:38 pm

National Champions from the ACC since 1998-one
National Champions from the SEC since 1998-SIX, including the last FOUR.

Foothills football fan

January 14th, 2010
8:39 pm

Would be a surprise if either are in the top 20. Tech has a tough conf. road schedule and no known playmakers on defense, and I really wonder if the freshmen quarterbacks @ UGA are that good-if they were methinks one of them would have taken off his redshirt this year when Cox floundered.

SuperB

January 14th, 2010
8:39 pm

Isn’t there something you can write about– that you know something about? ‘Cause you sure don’t know a damn thing about football. Georgia should have a top 10-15 team next year, As for Tech, have you noticed their 3 best players are headed to the NFL– and they bombed at the end of the year! (I guessed you missed that.)

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:40 pm

It was Fulcher and Carson circa 1970

papadawg

January 14th, 2010
8:40 pm

Not ready to rank the Dawgs but Tech @ #8. Do the SI writers even look at who’s coming back for these teams. Tech will be lucky to stay in the top 20 unless they have some players hidden somewhere

frank james

January 14th, 2010
8:41 pm

Bud Carson was a heck of a defensive minded coach. At the college level and pro level.

A memory of Al Ciraldo and The Rock

January 14th, 2010
8:42 pm

whoooooooops, I um left off Bill Lewis and possibly one or two more names making CPJ entering his last year, based on the short tenure of past tech coaches. CPJ had better find some players, as he has yet to find great ones.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:43 pm

We don’t like to talk about Lewis.

bamaguy

January 14th, 2010
8:43 pm

I agree FalconUGA, that’s why Kirby Smart won’t leave Alabama.

ArtDodger

January 14th, 2010
8:44 pm

Carson got run off for playing around with TV newswomen, they both divorced and later married…but that wasn’t good to do in Bible belt in 60″s

FalconUGAFan

January 14th, 2010
8:50 pm

bamaguy I suspect you are right. I was disappointed that Smart didn’t come, but I understand. I would stay too and soak up everything I can.

FLA DAWG

January 14th, 2010
8:50 pm

How the mightly have fallen – and not necessarily The Dawgs. Every Pre-Season (and we’re not even there yet), those teams picked in the Top 25 drop, shift and rise.

Tech at 8th!? No, I don’t think so and they’ll prove it early. Figure 12th to 15th position after 3 weeks.

Dawgs at 22nd!? Quite possibly I regret to say. There is so much going against us except for the schedule that it’s hard to see how we can be a good team next season. But with some chips falling in the right places (and soon) we could easily go much higher – again, due to the ease of the schedule.

Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher

January 14th, 2010
8:53 pm

CPJ’s first class is just coming off redshirts give the man some time! He will find the right guys for the system.

heywood...

January 14th, 2010
8:53 pm

surely that poll was released before the “exodus”…

Alabama Jack

January 14th, 2010
8:55 pm

Mark, I got a solicitation, allegedly from former Tech basketball star Ivano Newbill on behalf of the Friends for World Food program, Atlanta chapter seeking donations for Haiti. Anyway you could check out and publicize whether legit or not. I remember Yvon Joseph, the Haitian Sensation with great fondness at Tech.

Reality Check

January 14th, 2010
8:56 pm

Put Georgia in the ACC and they would be national championship contenders every year. Put Tech in the SEC East and they would finish 5th in the division.

UA Alum92

January 14th, 2010
8:56 pm

Standing on the shoulders of giants up here where the air is rareified! But then again, weren’t the Dawgs a preseason number one before 2008 and the Gators last year? These preseason polls aren’t worth the bandwidth required to post and hold. Roll Tide!

Diamond Dog's parole Officer

January 14th, 2010
8:57 pm

TXDAWG-

Setting the bar high? 2 SEC titles in 25 years… Way to go there, Hard Charger!

But at least you guys “own” an ACC team!

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:57 pm

Was it the Haitian Sensation or Haitian Creation?

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
8:58 pm

I don’t see how ANY UGA fan can blame Smart for staying with the best coach in all of college football. He didn’t drag it out either. Saban wouldn’t allow any of his coaches to speak to any other schools until after the NC game. Why would he leave a team that is on top for one that has been struggling for the last 4 years? I know UGA fans want to hear that but it is true. Our only good year since 2005 was 2007 and we got beat at home by a bad SC team and BLOWN out by an ok TN team. I am a UGA grad and I don’t blame him one bit. If it would have been 4 years ago when Bama was down, I am sure he would have made the move. Richt’s fault for keeping Martinez for so long. Plus, how much of that defense does Smart really control??? Saban is the defensive guru and a control freak. You know he has a LOT of input on the game plan. I don’t know if Smart has enough experience on his own yet.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
8:58 pm

honey, i’m home

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
8:59 pm

Did you bring the lottery tickets?

Murray's right bicep tendon

January 14th, 2010
8:59 pm

A Murray had an injured arm in summertime camp and Z. Mettenberg was a red shirt from the get go. Zack has Matt’s arm but loves UGA, as he is from the Athens area and his mom or both parents are employees of the university.

He has the cannon and he is a leader and he is very smart, says Tee Martin of UT NC fame in the 90s. Tee coached the kid in QB camp about two times and he said before Z signed with UGA or was ever heard of, that Z. Mettenberg has all the NFL tools to win big in Big Boy football. His arm was top gun rated at one of those big boy QB camps like Nesbitt DID NOT GET INVITED to.

No, Zack could not run the wishbone and yes, ACC is not Big Boy ball ……….like SEC is.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:00 pm

And what movie did you get?

UA Alum92

January 14th, 2010
9:02 pm

Excellent post CBB1! Those who want to throw knives at Coach Smart obviously did not read his comments made when declining the job. He said the ONLY reason he entertained the offer was because UGA is his alma mater. He wants to be a HC and that fact should not be treated as a slight against Georgia or as any flaw in his character. If he’s offered the HC job at Tennessee, then I think most of us would say, “Good Luck! See you third Saturday!”

PHIL

January 14th, 2010
9:03 pm

Reality check is right on. There needs to be some system in place that doesn’t reward teams like Cincy, TCU and Boise for winning a conference game the same as it does an SEC team for winning a conference game. There have been plenty of 3 loss SEC teams that were one of the best 10 teams in the country, but due to the ranking systems schools like Ciny and Hawaii get ranked way up. And then when they lose the last game of the year, even after having a whole season of “practice games,” they are still ranked in the top 10 when they souldn’t have been ranked in the top 50. The QB’s at TCU and Bosie make Joe Cox look like Joe Willie.

Johnny Test

January 14th, 2010
9:03 pm

The rankings don’t mean much as 08 and 09 proved. Who knows how many UGA will win. The last couple of years have been real screwy but they will beat Tech in Athens. By that game Murray will be well seasoned and he’ll have a good offensive line and a great bunch of receivers and two darn good running backs… the defensive takles are the question mark. Every other position (talent wise) will be as good or better.

30 to 24 maggots, 8 of 9 and 60/39… glad it hurts so bad.

Mark Bradley

January 14th, 2010
9:04 pm

I finally admitted to being a tech fan

Arthur MacBride

January 14th, 2010
9:05 pm

#8? #22? Preposterous. And Dawgs have enough on their hands without some upstart in-state rivalry to sniff at. The annual Tech stomping was supposed to be the chewy-treat reward for a hard fought season. If these blogs are any indication, seems most Dawgs DON’T WANT a quality in-state rivalry. But for everybody who appreciates the great football traditions in this state – cheers.

PTC DAWG

January 14th, 2010
9:05 pm

Just LMAO

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:06 pm

yes dear. got the old milwaukee, lucky strikes and pulp fiction.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:07 pm

i also got a couple of scratch offs. that will be later.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:08 pm

Yummy………pulp fiction again? I was hoping for something with Brad Pitt

PMC

January 14th, 2010
9:08 pm

Bay Bay has already been replaced with Steven Hill.

Happydawg

January 14th, 2010
9:09 pm

Mark you lousy slut. You know the rest of the SEC is in shambles. Georgia 11-2 on the year #7

PMC

January 14th, 2010
9:10 pm

it’s not really like they threw it very often, I just wonder if they can shake the more than a week to prepare for the offense jinx in bowl games. They will have to be more opportunistic on defense next season.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:11 pm

Willie, what are these little blue pills I found under the mattress?

K. Smart and UGA and The League

January 14th, 2010
9:11 pm

Smart will continue to grow as a coach like a red shirt ball player at any big boy college. He is being tutored or mentored by the BEST coach in NCAA today. Everyone that has an inkling about college football, knows that if Saban wins it all in 2010 and very, very likely he will, he will BOLT for the NFL or another big time school like Michigan. He is what he is. No big deal. He is a coach and he is the TOP GUN type of coach. I have no prob with the guy ………a winner he is.

Kirby?? He will become available again and he might be worth a look see as HC one day at either UGA or another BIG BOY school. Those of us that have turned “great jobs” down know that many things affect your final decision and timing is just one of them. You also keep your eye on the horizon or on your personal goals. We UGA grads are very happy with KS’s career progressing well and we wish him good things.

If we land that Cowboy coach and one or two of his NFL buddies …………UGA will have that path to the LEAGUE that today’s recruits seek. THAT has been UGA’s ONE deficiency. NO real NFL contacts in the UGA coaching ranks. THAT fact will change and soon. I can prove it with all the “talent” that liar Blame Kiffen assembled before he shafted them. They wanted conduit to the league. Now, UGA ( if we get the Cowboy coach (s) ) we will solve that one problem.

Gooooooooooooooooooo Dogs.

George O'Leary

January 14th, 2010
9:13 pm

GT ranked #8 for next year, thats where I had them ranked when I was there

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
9:14 pm

CBB1, your deficient logic proves you made the right choice of school. O’leary was 3-1 vs. the dawgs, correct? Explain that o wise one.

Blue pills?? Are you in Ocala???

January 14th, 2010
9:14 pm

Better call Ocala Rehab Inc. fast, as those blue pills could belong to um, Herman Liar.

HAHAHAHAHAH Florida is toast when he leaves 20 minutes after signing day is over.

Technophobia

January 14th, 2010
9:16 pm

I noticed that Clemson was left out of the top 25. They’ll love that! lol

Ramblin Wreck's Spare Tire

January 14th, 2010
9:16 pm

we’ll be good again next year even without Dwyer, morgan, and bey-bey

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:17 pm

i was gonna get a brad pitt movie, but the gay guys beat me to the video warehouse.

Ramblin Wreck's Spare Tire

January 14th, 2010
9:17 pm

Stephen hill better step up

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:18 pm

Michael Snipe is such a movie hog

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:20 pm

That John Revolta is so gross with that long hair. I like bald guys …..as you know by now.

Dawg Days

January 14th, 2010
9:21 pm

Mark, did you say, “but Demaryius Thomas is the irreplaceable part, not Jonathan Dwyer. Given the nature of his offense, Johnson isn’t apt to find another receiver half as good as Bay-Bay.”

Once Again either way you are wrong. 1) if he is irreplaceable, why did he have 0 catches for 0 yards against Iowa. or is it 2) PJ forgot about him as he was outschemed the Hawkeyes…

You’re clueless…

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:22 pm

yes, and i call those blue pills “mommy’s happiness”

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:22 pm

WHERE is my cooler?

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:23 pm

YES, YES, YES

UA Alum92

January 14th, 2010
9:23 pm

Coach Saban isn’t going anywhere. He’s 59, just won the NC, and finally has the total control over a nationally prominent program he’s worked his entire career to obtain. Any ascertation to the contrary is simply secreted hope and jealousy. I know his history, but he’s finally where he wants to be with the control he requires and the results he demands.

I would hope that before fans of other schools starting shooting arrows, they would have their own house in order.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:24 pm

The cooler it at the Richt’s….right where you left it

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
9:26 pm

Reality Check is DEAD ON. I would like to see that Tech offense get beat up week in and week out by the defenses of FL, AL, Auburn, LSU, SC, TN and even Kentucky. The QB wouldn’t make it through the season with all the hits.

Jacket 56

January 14th, 2010
9:27 pm

Wondering who you are “carrolltondawg & bremen dawg”? I live in Carrollton myself & go to church in Bremen. Anyway, Tech @ #8 is probably a bit high but not too far off. Dwyer, even though very talented, probably won’t be missed as much as people may think. Jackets have a stud coming in Drummond, who redshirted this year. Defense will be much improved. Better LB’s, better DT’s and more experience and depth at DB. By the way, for all you saying we will probably take a step back, weren’t there alot of people saying that about 2009? Why do people continue to underestimate Paul Johnson. Facts are Facts, this guy can coach. It may not always be pretty, but he just knows how to win. Last time I checked, that’s all that matters.

Tech's mythical NC in 90 and geography

January 14th, 2010
9:28 pm

Tech tied North Carolina that year 10-10 I think but I know that they tied.
Miami Herald proclaimed Miami the NC
Atl Journal & Constitution AND the Macon Telgraph proclaimed ga tech as NC
Denver Post Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, Omaha Telegraph?? proclaimed Colorado as the natiional champion and the NY Times also proclaimed Miami as the 1990, NC.

If you in 1990 lived in Fulton County AND Dekalb County for sure, you thought tech was the um, ah champion of something. They were weren’t they???

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:28 pm

Just remember folks, GT ends up better than the preseason rankings. UGA ends up worse than the preseason rankings. Look at the last two years…

As for dwyer leaving: Anthony Allen can easily fill in, and get 1300 yards. Yes, JD was a stud, but his talents weren’t used to their max in this offense. He had east-west speed, but was used for dive plays 95% of the time. Also, defenses sold out to stop him. No defense will be selling out to stop Anthony Allen, which actually opens up our offense even more next year.

As for losing two defenders: we lost 3 DLs to the NFL last year, and still won more games.

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:30 pm

Hey CBB1, hate to burst your bubble, but Nesbitt survived the ACC Coastal, which is better than your hyped up SEC East.

jojatek

January 14th, 2010
9:34 pm

Incredibly overrated by SI. We can absorb the losses on offense (particularly with this offense). Defense is where we will really be hurt, regardless of who we hire as DC. 9 wins is probably optimistic, but one of them will certainly be Georgia… by 3…

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
9:35 pm

Hey Technophobia,
And his one loss was to who??? Mark Richt. Don’t even think that winning 3 games in a row only ONE time since 1964 is an accomplishment. And that came against Donnan who is on ESPN now. It is not even worth it to argue with you about who the better program is and ALWAYS will be. You know it and so do all the wishful thinking Techies. Tech will never beat UGA more than 2-3 times every 10 years.

Once again. How many GA Tech victories over UGA since 1964?—-12!!!!!

PLEASE. If you went to Tech, you can figure what that losing percentage is.

Hey, AU alum 92

January 14th, 2010
9:37 pm

You keep believing that about your boy Saban. Sure he is happy and contented living near Moundville and riding by the old VW dealership that used to belong to Paul Bear Bryant and shopping at now closed Gayfer’s and McRaes. Sure he is happy fine dining on Valentines with his wife at Shoney’s on Hwy 82 or Cici Fil A. Sure he is. Dreamland Bar BQ is gourmet dining, I know.

You believe that good friend. Win it all again and Saban bolts to new challenges and THAT is what keep his juices flowing. He is a competitor and a ground breaker, not an old time southern jobs program kind of coach, that stay and stays like Bowdon or Dooley or JoePa, or Shug the Yug Jordan. or some others. Those days are looooooooooooooooog gone.

Bame is a fine school and I’m a happy Bulldog for y’all.

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:37 pm

Wow, CBB1, another UGA historian. How’s all those wins since 1964 helping you now? Apparently the polls don’t give a sh1t that you beat tech more than you lost to them. The polls say we are better now.

Ask Notre Dame how their football history is helping them now. LOL.

What does GT stand for??? in the NBA??

January 14th, 2010
9:40 pm

G un T oters it is or Go Taliban U. or Go Terrorist U.

hahahahahha 30-24 and we are gonna do it for about 8 or 9 more years in a row to your next 5 coaches.

Goooooooooooooo Dawgs. !! Sic em !!

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:41 pm

Anyone else notice that the “A She She” has more ranked teams then the SEC in 2010 SI rankings (5-4)? Maybe we should be calling the SEC the “S she she”…

Also, ACC Coastal: 4 ranked teams. SEC East: 2 ranked teams. LOL.

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:42 pm

I think UGA stands for “U Get Arrested”….

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:43 pm

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego aka Mark Bradley?

Current Events at GT

January 14th, 2010
9:43 pm

Forget history ………………..Current events at Tech today say that tech ain’t got no D coach either. Ours attempts were with beauty queens like KS or Chavez, Foster and tech’s were with TWICE FIRED losers like groh who passed.

Arthur MacBride

January 14th, 2010
9:44 pm

U Grandstand Always

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
9:46 pm

I agree with UA Alum 92. I don’t see Saban going anywhere else. What program is much better than AL? TX and FL would be a lateral for him. He may end up back in the pros to try and make up for his failure with the Dolphins, but I doubt it. I would like to see it happen as a UGA grad, but I doubt he goes anywhere. He will have his down years like FL, TX, OK, USC. No school can stay on top forever. UGA and Richt can’t help it that they are in the same conference with the two best coaches in ALL of college football-Saban and Meyer.

We need to worry about getting better with penalties, turnover, turnover margin and quit worrying about every other team out there. If we improve on that and get a new strength and conditioning coach-Van Halanger needs to go-then everything will fall into place and we will start beating FL and TN more and start winning the SEC East again like the early to mid 2000’s. Van Halanger still thinks it is 1996 at FL State. Our strength and conditioning program is very, very weak. Getting beat by Kentucky 2 out of the last 4 years is bad.

JACK IT

January 14th, 2010
9:47 pm

UGA:30
TECH:24 hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha thats all that matters!

UA Alum92

January 14th, 2010
9:47 pm

“Hey UA Alum,” I agree Coach Saban is all about challenges and competition, but that’s about it. Tuscaloosa is not exactly the end of the Earth and he is from West Virginia and coached at Toledo and Cincinnati, so the bright lights of the big city have exactly been his calling. With all the national media attention, I’m pretty sure he has all the exposure he wants. And with his salary, if he wanted to summer on the French coast, I’m sure he could.

The reality is that he is a very private person and Tuscaloosa offers a bit of anonymity. Read the Forbes article last year where he was named the “most powerful man in college football?” Well, he is.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:48 pm

Mark, how does the depth look for Tech as far as redshirts and incoming freshmen? Will it be as simple as “plug and play”?

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:48 pm

LOL, Current Events. Comparing Al Groh to Smart? LOL. Kirby was a friggin running backs coach 4 years ago.

Groh won a Super Bowl, was an NFL HC, and UVA HC, and 2 time CoY in the ACC. Kirby couldn’t shine Groh’s shoes…

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:49 pm

thought you had abandoned the blog

Kentucky Boy

January 14th, 2010
9:49 pm

WE run this state!!!!

And don’t ever forget it…

34-27
76-68

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
9:49 pm

Hey GT Joe,
OK, go back only 19 years to 1990 when you guys won the NC. How many times have you beaten UGA? FIVE!!! That is a 26% winning percentage. Anyway you slice it and dice it, we OWN you and you KNOW it.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:50 pm

Just like you abandon me on the weekends Willie?

Tech men actually read SI

January 14th, 2010
9:51 pm

Who reads SI anyway??? Check out the FINAL rankings in 2010 and tech will be again in the Boise Bowl on that blue shag carpet. HAHAHAHAHAHA

UGA? Well, we will know how we are doing in about 8.5 months and we look forward to it …….year in and year out UGA fans and grads know that we will always be good. For example over the last 13 years in a row UGA is the ONLY school to post 8 + wins per year. Count up tech’s please. Sad.

SI is only trying to sele magazines along the eastern seaboard from Maine to Miami, where 60% of the US population lives. Who cares?? Sports Luustrated is still in business??? Print media too.

See you in December in Athens….bring that ape nesbitt.

Bring “Slap me in the face” CPJ too, as he will get another dose of Whhhhhhhhoooooooosh, there goes Caleb. “Hit him” CPJ screamed at Washuan blew by his fat,jowly face.

30-24 and I am still laughing.

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:51 pm

That’s great CBB1. Why don’t you remind the pollsters of that, cause they obviously don’t remember your historical domination over GT. If the pollsters knew that, maybe UGA would be in the top 10 too…

Or maybe that sh1t doesn’t matter this year? Hmmm…

Happy Bulldog

January 14th, 2010
9:51 pm

Saban might not stay at Bama, shows your I.Q. if you think he goes back to the pros.

pjm

January 14th, 2010
9:52 pm

Tech will 2010 version of 2009 Ole Miss. Decent but overrated

KY Boy

January 14th, 2010
9:52 pm

34-27, and I thought YA’LL ran Georgia… HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

2001-2008 UGA Average Ranking #10

January 14th, 2010
9:53 pm

Better schedule in 2010. Only 4 tough games.

Over Richt’s 1st 8 years, if you add up all the final rankings (80), divide by the number of years (8 years), gives you an average ranking of #10 over 1st 8 seasons.

Never had 2 bad seasons (8 wins) in a row.

Both times Richt has a bad year in the past (2001 & 2006–both 8 win seasons), he followed it up with either an 11 or 13 win season.

So, 2010, either 11-2, or 13-0, top 10 final ranking.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:53 pm

no more honey. remember, i’m unemployed.

chazzo

January 14th, 2010
9:53 pm

My God. We are already talking rankings for next season? We haven’t even got past the Super Bowl. Baseball hasn’t even headed to FL. The average Tuscaloosan hasn’t even shakin’ off the hangover yet. It is ridiculous at best at the beginning of the season.

JEFF

January 14th, 2010
9:54 pm

Who’d ever thunk it! UNC, IN FOOTBALL, mind you, ranked ahead of UGa, Tn., Auburn, LSU, et al.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:54 pm

and you sit back and are entertained (but not grin) at the going on you provoked.

Gatorzzz

January 14th, 2010
9:54 pm

Dumb dogs… Hey, if you guys beat us 14 times in a row, you’ll finally be tied with us since 1989!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:55 pm

CRAP, now I won’t be able to go to the Tech games with my bff.

Chief Inspector Dreyfuss

January 14th, 2010
9:55 pm

RIDICULOUS!!

CBB1

January 14th, 2010
9:56 pm

GT Joe,
Who even cares about preseason rankings anyway? I don’t. I hope you guys are ranked ahead of us next Thanksgiving so we can burst your bubble like last Thanksgiving. Not even worth discussing anymore with you since you can’t face reality. UGA is a better football program just like the SEC is a better conference than the ACC. How many National Championships has the ACC won the last 10 years? ZERO. How many NC has the SEC won the last 10 years? FIVE, including the last FOUR!!

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:56 pm

2001-2008: Yet another delusional UGA fan. LOL. History is irrelevant homeboy. The polls have you BARELY cracking the top 25, with all that talent. It’s sad.

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
9:57 pm

Cutcliffe…BTW, anybody watching Vandy-UGA Ladies..?

Dawg Days

January 14th, 2010
9:57 pm

” At least we beat Florida when we have a good team”

So this poster is saying the Dawgs have only had a good team 3 years out of the last 20 years? I don’t agree with that.

“HAHAHAHAHAH Florida is toast when he leaves 20 minutes after signing day is over.”

Get real buddy, Meyer or no Meyer Florida is going to be fine and we are going to have to beat them year in and year out if we want to win titles.

Chief Inspector Dreyfuss

January 14th, 2010
9:57 pm

i’m really torqued you missed the lane the magic dragon limerick earlier. it was one of my best.

private plane watching

January 14th, 2010
9:57 pm

Can we monitor flights from KSU to Athens?

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
9:58 pm

That’s what I hear Mark. I think Tech has alot to look forward to on defense…..obviously, it can’t get much worse. Competition for new positions will make the D better, I think. I know a little about D because of my Willie. Well…..on second thought….maybe not.

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
9:58 pm

Wow CBB1. Love your history lessons. Too bad your beloved SEC has 4 ranked teams, and the ACC has FIVE. 5. According to SI, the SEC is not as good. LOL. How dare they!

Thanks for the SEC history lessons. Sad that UGA fans have to ride the coattails of the superior SEC teams. What’s sad is, 3 different SEC teams have won NCs. UGA is not one of them. LOL.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
9:58 pm

yes, you dont grin. just smirk

Harry the Hat

January 14th, 2010
9:59 pm

GA might finish 22nd, but only if they fire that Richt guy now. Maybe in the top 50 if they keep him.

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
9:59 pm

No sih. in mah day, the ladies didnt take to spoats

Mike Oxbig

January 14th, 2010
9:59 pm

Bradley-you must have been drunk writing the ‘SC article’ yesterday, b/c it appears you sobered up and wrote something that makes more sense now. Probably right w/ UGA’s 22-ish…if ACC still its usual weak-a$$ self next year then i guess GT could find there way into the top 20.

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
10:00 pm

What’s sad is, 3 different SEC teams have won NCs THIS DECADE. UGA is not one of them. LOL

DirtyDawg

January 14th, 2010
10:01 pm

Bradley…nice start, don’t you think?…If you want to do something worthwhile, and constructive, how’s about lobbying with the Sports Council, Gary Stokan, Chick Fil-A, whoever, to have them land a USC/Tennessee match-up for that kick-off game they’re so antsy about. It would seem to me that UT would absolutely cream over the opportunity – sell the place out by themselves – and as for USC, if Lame Lane won’t go along with the deal, then at least he’ll have wimped out in front of God and everybody…along with the entire PAC-Few.

Gator Growl

January 14th, 2010
10:01 pm

Hey GT Joe,
OK, go back only 19 years to 1990 when you guys won the NC. How many times have you beaten UGA? FIVE!!! That is a 26% winning percentage. Anyway you slice it and dice it, we OWN you and you KNOW it.

So you are saying that Florida owns UGA?

Mike Oxbig

January 14th, 2010
10:01 pm

Gen Neyland-please get off this blog talking about girls’ bball. WTF?? This blog for sports fans only…

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
10:02 pm

Wow. Preseason 8th. Imagine if we played in that weak a$$ SEC East! Top 3 easy!

ACC Coastal with 4 ranked teams, tough. SEC East, 2 ranked teams, CAKE.

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
10:02 pm

i beg to diffa sih, red shirtin aint what it used to be when me and the beah ruled college football

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
10:02 pm

Florida RUNS UGA. RUNS.

private plane watching

January 14th, 2010
10:03 pm

How about those lady Gym Dawgs!

Not Disappointed

January 14th, 2010
10:03 pm

Thank you for picking Georga.

Go Jackets! I loved the way you picked that game over the last two years.

GT Joe

January 14th, 2010
10:03 pm

Florida OWNS UGA. I hear Florida has to pay property tax in Athens…

Bo

January 14th, 2010
10:04 pm

Mark is predicting 2006 all over again. That could very well be the way it all shakes out. I’m sure the Tech fans will be happy to play in another ACC championship game…UGA gets the win though. I guess Reggie Ball is going back for Grad School.

GA was actually pretty good that year. The O-line really let us down and I never felt like the Lumpkin-Ware-Brown rotation worked to it’s potential. However, the defense was still respectable and we had some pretty good skill guys.

I think there is reason to expect the O-line to play better in 2010 than they did in ‘06. Searels was billed as the best offensive line coach in the SEC and the linemen definately have some playng time under their belts. If they can stay healthy, we might have a pretty good group.

I also think 2 running backs are better than 3. It never seemed like any of the backs could get hot when Coach Richt alternated a series between Lumpkin, Brown & Ware. A good running back gets better over the course of a game and it never seemed like any one back got a chance to take over a game.

We’ll see about 2010. I’m optimistic even with a freshman QB. A good Defensive Coordinator could make a world of difference right away. I see atheletes all over the field. It just looks like guys are out of position and the arm tackles have got to go…Those things seem like coaching issues to me.

I really hate to root for Brett Favre but if Grantham is the guy, it’d be great to have him making calls to recruits next week.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:04 pm

Mark, would you please tell my wife to get off this blog! this is guys only!

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
10:06 pm

Willie, and you wonder why we never had kids

UA Alum92

January 14th, 2010
10:07 pm

Thanks CBB1. Good luck to the Dawgs AND the Jackets next year! The South is obviously the cradle of college football and we need to remain strong to continue to shut up those PAC 10 and Big 10(11) posers. I’m obviously a third party in your fight, but I think UGA and GT need each other to be strong programs simply for the thrill in beating them and the national recognition that comes with it. I hope Auburn goes undefeated until we play them every year.

Gen Neyland

January 14th, 2010
10:07 pm

Mike Oxbig : There you go, getting my alter-ego imposer riled up. Now you’ve done it, boy. BTW Mikey. First time I’ve seen you post. Got anything other than ’stupid’..?—My apologies, MB. I’ll leave now so the ‘civil’ ones can discuss Ladies Football…

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
10:09 pm

‘Ramblin ‘Reck is a limerick with an Irish tune….right?

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:12 pm

no, but its still creative.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:13 pm

i doubt if many bloggers new that song

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:14 pm

in these days we must be creative, not putetative

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:14 pm

honey, Mark said exit the blog.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:16 pm

we dont have any kids cause you’re always on this dadgum blog.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
10:16 pm

OK, good night and have fun.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
10:17 pm

Well……I never. I’m going shopping!

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:18 pm

i think i blew some kid away cause i knew his uncle

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:19 pm

dont hurry. i cancelled your visa card

heywood...

January 14th, 2010
10:19 pm

willie martinez is not a jerk,
he just likes to make bradley work,
if just once he would give it a rest,
for his blogs are not the best,
bradley would consider it a perk.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
10:20 pm

But I’ve got six others, so ………

UA Alum92

January 14th, 2010
10:20 pm

OK, gentlemen. Going to bed. Enjoy the debate. Roll Tide!

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:21 pm

Mark, Frog One is in that room.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
10:23 pm

Little Willie Martinez,
with a thirst for gore,
stapled his sister to the door,
“Now Willie”, his mother said with humor quaint,
“Don’t do that, you’ll scratch the paint”.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:24 pm

honey, they’re all cancelled.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:25 pm

Mark, would you please explain the structure of a limerick?

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:26 pm

to my wife whom i adore
you’re really becoming a bore
mark said vamoose
you silly goose
and if you dont
i’ll show you the door

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
10:27 pm

Not the ones I took from your wallet

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:28 pm

maybe its time for bed
enough already’s been said
no cause for sorrow
i’ll join you tommorow
or maybe later instead

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:29 pm

honey, if you look closely, damon evans’ picture is on those cards, so no good.

Should have, Could have, Would have

January 14th, 2010
10:29 pm

” In either season , one more TD in the florida game in 2002 or another TD in 2007 against South Carolna and we could’ve played for a National championship.”

Another Dawg Fan reaching huh? Maybe in 2007 instead of beating Bama 23-20 in overtime Bama beats UGA or maybe in the 20-17 win over powerhouse Vandy they squeak out a W. We could play the “If” game or the “just one more touchdown” game all day

Coach Groh

January 14th, 2010
10:29 pm

So, what’s the current news about me and Tech in Atlanta?

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:30 pm

ok

lane is a real dragon
to usc he took his red wagon nothing else rhymes in my mind

heywood...

January 14th, 2010
10:32 pm

i vote for 2mrw.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:33 pm

lane said knox get the maps
the vols are all just saps
we’ll take pa monte
and uncork aste spumonte
and make the trojans run laps

Pushkin

January 14th, 2010
10:35 pm

I don’t like the Dawgs
And I certainly don’t like the Hogs
I’m from Texas and I like the Frogs
If I WERE from that part of the South
I’d have to learn to run my mouth
Cause in order to be a Dawg,
You gotta bark even when you blawg.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:36 pm

i outlasted em all
the others took the fall
but whats past is past
not a thing does last
and now life’s a pall

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:38 pm

Mark, there’s nothing like influence, is there?

CowetaDawg

January 14th, 2010
10:38 pm

….8th??? really???…..GT loses 3 of its 4 “best” players & they’re ranked 8th???…WTF was Andy Staples smokin?…GT couldnt beat UGA w/ all the four horsemen in the stable…were they ranked like 13th last year???

….I like the 22 ranking for UGA…they’ll surprise ppl…just think that the Off. was still OK w/ Cox throwing INT every five seconds…I see the Off. being even better and the Def. improving (key being NO Bryan Evans!!)…not to mention the schedule is a helluva lot easier!

Charlie Pride

January 14th, 2010
10:38 pm

Mrs Martinez, does willie kiss you good mornin?

heywood...

January 14th, 2010
10:39 pm

i really do like poor willie
tho sometimes he’s a bit silly
so let’s give him a chance
cause this ain’t his first dance
maybe his next one will be a dilly

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:40 pm

Mark, i have to admit, in colleg, i puffed the magic dragon a few times.

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:41 pm

heywood, glad to hear from you. best, willie

preschool

January 14th, 2010
10:41 pm

WTF??? IS THIS A CHILD POETRY CLASS?
MAYBE THE AJC SPORTS WRITERS SHOULD
GIVE IT A TRY. IT COULDN’T BE WORSE!

Tom Dooly

January 14th, 2010
10:43 pm

I’m hangin down my head right now.

Tom Dooly

January 14th, 2010
10:44 pm

preschool, not knock it till you’ve tried it. AND LAY OFF THE CAPS. best, willie

willie martinez

January 14th, 2010
10:45 pm

tom, why are you doing this?

Pushkin

January 14th, 2010
10:46 pm

We be the best
We better’n the rest
But we smell like doo doo
Ranked at twenty two

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
10:49 pm

Charlie Pride,
No, he’s never there in the morning. If he is, then I’m not there.

william

January 14th, 2010
10:49 pm

Do your homework.Ga. was 10-3 in 2008 not 9-4 as you wrote.

preschool

January 14th, 2010
10:56 pm

refresh

Denver Dog

January 14th, 2010
10:59 pm

I bet we win the spring game.

willie martinez's wifes lover

January 14th, 2010
11:01 pm

I told you. When CMR hires me as the next DC you won’t have to leave Athens. And remember, I promised to always, always shave the hard to reach spots on your back.

Froggy the Gremlin

January 14th, 2010
11:06 pm

Pete(?) Longstreet? Not well read are you?

GT

January 14th, 2010
11:11 pm

This is a crap game. Anybody gets somebody hurt like Texas did against Alabama or Tech against Georgia and you lose games. Then there is scheduling problems, weather conditions and with parity any of these small interferences can be a game changer. I haven’t seen any team in several years that on any given Saturday can’t be beat by an average team.

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
11:13 pm

Willie, this blog is just coming to another argument between you and me. I am leaving (you).

willie martinez's wife

January 14th, 2010
11:14 pm

Lover, I’m staying with you. Will you shave my back too?

K-9 Teeth

January 14th, 2010
11:14 pm

Mark, your reverance for South Carolina for next year is misguided. Utah is not Uconn and more importantly Alabama is NOT South Carolina.

Southgadawg88

January 14th, 2010
11:19 pm

UGA will go as far as the OL will take us as usual.Greene nor Stafford had the weapons this year*s QB will have.It’s all about the OL being healthy.1-9 means Uga is just better than GT regardless of records.

Kevin G.

January 14th, 2010
11:22 pm

LMAO at everyone that thinkS UGA will only win nine games. WE SHOULD LOSE ONE GAME AT THE MOST DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. I REPEAT ….UGA SHOULD ONLY LOSE ONE GAME NEXT SEASON IF NOT RUN THE TABLE! THATS A GUARANTEE!

daddo

January 14th, 2010
11:29 pm

Oh yea, that UGA offense will roll. Ten starters back that couldn’t get the ball on the Tennessee side of the field the entire game. hahahahahahahahahahahaha……

messin with sasquatch

January 14th, 2010
11:29 pm

don’t know why we even field a team over at tech. we are really really bad. why even show up, I mean uga is so awesome. we couldn’t possibly ever compete with those numnuts. i mean we lost everyone. and that trip to the OB. that was just a reality check. we’ll never be as good as the doggsqueezers in the big metro over in clark county. and we have so much crime. and we can’t sell out the stadium. and i’m just so depressed. we’re just a bunch of nerds who get kicked around by a bunch of doggtrds. thank god the doggs post the truth on marks blog so we never ever believe that we really won the ACC this year. but at least we don’t have to compete in the AFATO conference – Alabama, Florida, and the others. thank you lord.

Kevin G.

January 14th, 2010
11:30 pm

I would rank Georgia 12th starting next season I dont really see too many teams that will beat them on their schedule. Oh and Matthew Stafford got thrown in as a true freshmen , Aaron Murray already knows the playbook in his sleep and is a better athelete and will be a better college quarterback then matthew stafford ever could be. Aaron murray will be a redshirt freshmen, same as david greene was when he lead the dawgs to a 13-1 season.

JTH

January 14th, 2010
11:51 pm

Look what the ACC did to once proud programs like Miami and FSU. What a joke that the real ACC champs are ranked behind any ACC conference team.

The UGA program will prove once again to be the strongest in the state for decades to come sweethearts. Tried not to get robbed or punched in the face because then you would be stupid or something.

Caleb King just ran through The Varsity dragging 3 Tech lineman. He even had time to stop for a chili dawg.

fair and Balanced

January 14th, 2010
11:53 pm

Sports Illustrated should stick to swim suits. GA Tech # 8? Serious? Nah! Look, this offense of Johnson is going to be in its 3rd year. Defenses are catching on to this thing. There are no Herschel Walkers at Tech. Against weak defenses in the ACC, Tech will win games. As for national ranking – when will all know that the ACC has a long way to go. GA could easily move up to #8 though the QB issue is rightly a sticking point at the moment.

Technophobia

January 15th, 2010
12:00 am

The SEC only got 2 teams in the top 20 with 2 more in the 21-25 range. Guess which two are in the top 20? Basically, the SEC has lost it’s parity and that is weakening the conference. A recruit that goes to any SEC school other than Ala, UF or, to a lesser extent LSU has little chance of winning the conference and playing in a BCS bowl. Reminds me a little of the ACC when FSU always won.
The ACC coastal division, by itself has 4 in the top 20. Imagine how the SEC east would puff out their chests if THEY were the ones with 4 teams in the top 20.

bob

January 15th, 2010
12:13 am

I dont see tech even getting 8 wins next year so if they are 8th then SI is insane

feverdawg

January 15th, 2010
12:20 am

The search is over, we got Grantham baby. It’s gonna be a great hire

Correction Nazi (Savannah Jacket)

January 15th, 2010
12:26 am

“Only two SEC West teams are in the Top 25 — LSU is the other, at No. 23″ – Which is the first team, you frickin’ moron? Damn, I can’t even believe that the Cox sisters pay you a dime. DO YOU EVER PROOFREAD? You must have gone to UGA? For that matter, did you even graduate high school? Please post the proof now.

Tech Man

January 15th, 2010
12:28 am

I think Tech will do very good,IF AND SAY IF they get a lot better on D!!

Tech Man

January 15th, 2010
12:35 am

Ga fans,GET OUT OF LA LA LAND.YOU ARE NO WHERE IS GOOD AS YOU IMAGINE YOU ARE!!!CPJ will have tech ready to play for the next level!!The D will have to get a lot better I know,but as for the O they will be fine.

Technophobia

January 15th, 2010
12:41 am

Feverdawg, take some tylenol. That fever is making you hallucinate. Grantham just signed his bar tab, not a contract.

Technophobia

January 15th, 2010
12:44 am

Hey Mark, are you surprised that Clemson was left out of the top 25?

Tron Carter

January 15th, 2010
12:47 am

The only thing tech will excel in in 2010 is giving away free food and lack of fan support. How you can’t fill a high school stadium in downtown Atlanta with a top 10 (BWAHAHA) team is beyond me.

The DAWGS will also humiliate tech again on the hardwood next year.

30-24
73-66
60-39-5

Hey orange mountain douches – tick tock tick tock Recruits bailing every second
The corrupt showboat douchenozzle staff you wanted to win at all cost is now picking you apart

So many of you were talking trash last year about how great orgeron recruits——BB….BB..B…

BBBBBBBBBBBBWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHAAA

bsg

January 15th, 2010
12:48 am

Yeah!!! Seems to me like Grantham took the job, that is a RELIEF especially if you’re a dawg fan

Tron Carter

January 15th, 2010
12:55 am

Nukeeseville in shambles

Not even David Cutcliffe with all of Kiffin’s helicopters and girls for hire can save the damage

tick tock tick tock

Recruits bailing each second

No gas station is safe

Tech Man

January 15th, 2010
12:55 am

Again..The pup nation is mad beause Tech is higher in ranks and we are getting more attention.What a bunch of cry babies.GET USED TO IT!!CPJ has just got started and CPJ said I have a short memory when it comes to this TECH ga rivalry.

Technophobia

January 15th, 2010
12:58 am

Hey Tron, nice to see ya. How’s Dave Chappelle doin?

FullMetalJacket

January 15th, 2010
1:00 am

Who was the last pro coach on a potential Super Bowl team to take a coordinator position in college before the playoffs were over?

FullMetalJacket

January 15th, 2010
1:02 am

I think that Tron is more likely to be close with “Mens on Roundball” than he is Chapelle.

Tech Man

January 15th, 2010
1:02 am

Tron Carter..He is definitely one of those cry babies I was referring to and lives in a make believe bubble of imagination!!

FullMetalJacket

January 15th, 2010
1:05 am

It is amusing when the thin-skinned pups turn away from humping the legs of Tech fans to hump the legs of objective parties, like SI, when they suggest that the pups aren’t as good as they’d imagined themselves to be.

FullMetalJacket

January 15th, 2010
1:08 am

Indeed, Tron is about as clever as Uga—the dead one, that is.

Technophobia

January 15th, 2010
1:11 am

Fullmetal, what was really amusing was the game time UGA blogs this year. Total schitzo. In the Auburn game they were ready to fire everybody at the start but by the end of the game they were talking future NC. The Kentucky game was the exact reverse.

matt

January 15th, 2010
1:43 am

sooooo rivals says grantham. what the deal.

Michael

January 15th, 2010
4:06 am

How bout that Sundiata Gaines!!!! Go Dawgs!

GWB

January 15th, 2010
5:05 am

When was the last time SI got anything right? They have a pretty poor track record when it comes to prognostication..

Conyers Yellow Jacket

January 15th, 2010
5:08 am

Mark: I hate to say this butI do not believe GT will be a top 25 team with the loss of starting players. We will be lucky to win 7 games due to above and the schedule.
Also, I have to say that it is irrevelant as to quality of receivers GT has in their one dimensional offense.

GWB

January 15th, 2010
5:47 am

It’s not where you start. It’s where you finish. GT hasn’t shown in 2 years under PJ that they can finish. There’s a reason PJ would like to play UGA the 1st game of the regular season instead of the last. Think about it.

Houston Dawg

January 15th, 2010
6:43 am

While we’re on the subject of coaching, here’s a great story on Vince Dooley who won the Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award last night here in Houston. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/solomon/6814862.html

ACC Coastal vs SEC East

January 15th, 2010
7:19 am

So the consensus is that the ACC Coastal is better than the SEC East. Who would have ever thought that. So much for SEC superiority …

Top Dawg

January 15th, 2010
7:24 am

Todd Grantham is a very solid choice for DC. I am glad we (apparently) have him.

Smoke Porterhouse

January 15th, 2010
7:25 am

DAWG named Stupid Buttsniffing leghumper – what?

Top Dawg

January 15th, 2010
7:25 am

Does anybody know how many years in a row that the SEC has won the National Championship? I have lost count.

WonderDawg

January 15th, 2010
7:51 am

Kiss of death (sadly shaking my head) …..

Great to be a UGA Fan Tonight

January 15th, 2010
7:52 am

Tech’s offense just left the building!

those games meant nothing to Tech

January 15th, 2010
7:58 am

AS long as the tech/GEORGIA game means nothing to the their fans and their coach…who cares where tech is ranked ….really i mean…like tech has a chance to beat georgia or win a bowl..lmfao……the acc champion = the world’s tallest midget

bamafan

January 15th, 2010
8:00 am

Mark – Why does your reply to DROCK appear on my blog before his question for you?

WonderDawg

January 15th, 2010
8:03 am

So GT Joe, looks like you’re riding you some coattails (UF). It’s so sad …..

j

January 15th, 2010
8:20 am

Bradley,

You are a jerkoff. UGAY is overrated at 22 and they won’t be finishing in the top 25. They will be worse this year than last year. You seem to forget that UGAY has no QB

JB

January 15th, 2010
8:29 am

Tech has/had 5 or 6 players that made them “special”. They will return to earth next year with loses to VT, NC,Miami,FSU and Georgia.

How about the guy from Texas Tech?

January 15th, 2010
8:37 am

The interim head coach at Texas Tech who coached the bowl game, isn’t he a defensive guy with that background? Not advocating a DC from the Big Twelve, but hey, it HAS been like a year since we had a DC right?

Stinger

January 15th, 2010
8:46 am

We all know what happened the last time the dawgs were ranked in preseason the last 2 years. They tanked all the way from #1 to unranked in two years.

1eyedJack

January 15th, 2010
8:48 am

SI 2010 rankings? We haven’t written the first chapter of this book yet. How can you even begin to gauge your 2010 rosters? Both teams are in flux defensively with no coaches, the 2009 classes haven’t been signed yet, both teams have a spring practice to go through, weight lifting, eligibility, personal problems, legal problems, money problems, baby mama problems, etc., etc., etc.,

How will the “Sheriff” do without Chan’s bullets? Transition Gailey’s recruits with CPJ’s recruits. Let’s see what all the fuss is about.

How will the new DC maximize the potential talent of the Georgia defense? Will Murray/Metz be able to “manage” the games without making too many freshmen mistakes.

Team chemistry? Injuries?

Stinger

January 15th, 2010
8:51 am

Todd Grantham !!!! Ahh, haaa, haaa, LMFAO. Worse than Willie, mark my words.

REALIST

January 15th, 2010
8:57 am

Tech wasn’t a top 20 team this past season and they won’t be this year either. Look at the incoming class…ouch. Johnson will have this wannabe program almost totally devoid of bonafide Div 1 athletes before long. But remember they own Duke.. UGA has it’s own set of problems…new QB’s in the SEC will struggle…that won’t change this fall.

Dawg Fud

January 15th, 2010
9:42 am

agree that South Carolina has the highest expectations in the East

Dawg Fud

January 15th, 2010
9:43 am

Stinger,

how worse than Wille? seriously, i am interested in why you think.

collegeballfan

January 15th, 2010
9:49 am

Tech will not be top 10 next year, maybe not even top 20. Take a hard look at the schedule. Clemson, NC, VT, Kansas & UGA on the road, Miami at home. I can make a case for 5 losses there. And do not turn your back on MTSU (home). The 2009 schedule was a cream puff compared to this.

I picked GT, UGA & the Falcons to all win 8 games in 2009. Tech is the only one I missed badly. Today I will pick GT for 8 wins in 2010 and to miss out on the ACC championship game. But, of course, I will hope I miss it like I did last year.

Peachtree Pete

January 15th, 2010
9:56 am

The ony reason SI says this is because it forgot that Tech plays in the ACC, or the “Anyone Care Conference?”.

Silly Mark

January 15th, 2010
9:57 am

Mark, you actually typed this:

“Yes, South Carolina lost to UConn. But Alabama lost to Utah in its bowl last season. How’d Alabama finish in 2009?”

Please let us know when South Carolina gets the same level of talent as Alabama. Here’s a pro tip: It will not be in 2010, or anytime soon thereafter.

As for the ranking, it’s shocking that Staples has GT #8 even after Dwyer, Morgan, Thomas and Burnett announced leaving for the NFL. They are still a top 25 team, but they are going to experience some growing pains next season without their best RB, WR, DL and DB.

UGA in the top 25 seems right, although I bet many fans wish Aaron Murray would have had some playing time this season to be ready for the helm in 2010.

cluett peabody

January 15th, 2010
10:28 am

Hey Mark, Thanks for picking Georgia against Tech next year. No offense to you but it seems whomever you pick in that game the other wins so keep picking the dogs.

C. Gordon

January 15th, 2010
10:38 am

Without Ole Miss listed somewhere in the Top 20, this is not a valid ranking. Good try, however.

Jo

January 15th, 2010
10:40 am

MB, What yo said rings true unless GT has a better defense. If that is the case, 11-1 will be the final tally with GT winning games 20-17/21-14 instead of 40-35 lol. Defense is the GT wildcard. At least they will easily beat Georgia next year and for that, we are all happy.

UGAFAN8

January 15th, 2010
10:47 am

And now you are back in my good graces, Mr. Bradley.

Bruce Mac

January 15th, 2010
10:52 am

Dawg Fud, don’t humor him. He has no idea about Grantham, he is just your typical mouth flapping, bowl losing, get annually bitch slapped by UGA, idiot Tech fan with massive inferiority complex.

GWB

January 15th, 2010
10:58 am

m and SAINT SIMONS seem to have been resurrected in a variety of screen names. Is stinger one of them?

Jeckyll Island

January 15th, 2010
11:26 am

30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
8 out of 9!!!
8 out of 9!!!
8 out of 9!!!
8 out of 9!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!

Dawgs OWN Tech!!!!

GAyTECH

January 15th, 2010
11:28 am

They didn’t locate Georgia Tech next to mid-town and Piedmont Park for nothing!

Dead Mike

January 15th, 2010
11:54 am

Bring back Donnan!

Rankings

January 17th, 2010
12:18 am

As a GT fan, I always thought GAWGA was a much better team than their ranking (or lack of) showed. Penalties and coaching killed them.

GT should be ranked around 12 or 13. I’ll still take it but I do not think the losses will be that noticeable EXCEPT at the wide reciever position. We are loaded at A and B backs and when Dwyer didn’t get 100 yards, the others stepped up and did. Johnson’s offense is designed to give backs big yards regardless of elite skills. Allen will step in just fine and we have some great players to back him up.

A new DC will inject new life into a shaky defense and we do return (2) starters who missed most of the season. That offets the loss of Burnett. Replacing Morgan is a big task but moving to a 3-4 d minimizes the loss.

BuzztheKiller

January 17th, 2010
9:46 am

I see Tech being at least as good on offense, the scheme is the thing, the players are interchangable. Can’t be much worse on defense, so I see the 3-4 helping. We have several fast, atheletic linebackers, and that is the key in the 3-4. Got to stay healthy on both lines, that was a problem last year. Just cut an average of 5-6 points off the average given up last year, and it could be another title run! Can’t wait to find out…

hedgepruner

January 17th, 2010
3:30 pm

DAWG named bee killer “where were you ranked ?” NOT RANKED and GT ranked 13th and will be better next year, enjoy your past , it aint going to last as long as Paul Johnson is around …..

hedgepruner

January 17th, 2010
3:35 pm

sec has won several NC back to back, where is uga in that mix, THERE NOT !!!!!!! hahahahahaha…LOSERS that wear black helmets and pink panities too…..

HelluvaEngineer

January 17th, 2010
6:52 pm

I am a lifelong Tech fan and being a very talented engineer that is rich beyond any of your imaginations I am uniquely capable of seeing the big picture where others can’t. There is no significance whatsoever to the loss to UGA and Iowa. It means nothing that our overpowering offense has scored 10 points in 2 bowl games. What GT fans have to focus on is the monumental achievement of finishing #13 in the nation. #13 guys. Do you realize how big that is. More enlightening is the fact that after losing 2 out of our last 3 games we STILL finished #13. A lessor team would have dropped to at least #20, which in itself proves that GT is a giant in the minds of those that rank football teams.

THWG

Reality

January 17th, 2010
6:53 pm

Top 10 ….. one team from the SEC. two teams from the ACC. Things that make you go hummmmmmmmmm.

I’m glad that Tech is ranked highly pre-season – even it they don’t deserve it. That is because unless you are highly ranked pre-season there is no chance at all of moving up in the top 5 (or at least it just doesn’t happen often. Tech needs to just keep winning and everything will take care of itself.

Let the uga pitiful fans have the “larger” stadium, the “higher” ticket sells, blah, blah. We just want the wins.

Let them continue to call us a ‘high school offense’ all the while they lose with whatever you call that mess that they run. We just want the wins.

Let them continue to get arrested in that small country town of Athens for dui, whatever. We just want the wins.

I drink my whiskey clear and always will

January 17th, 2010
8:17 pm

GT win will big games on the road, raising eyebrows..yep they will be the road warriors of 2010…go get’em Jackets!

Small Johnson

January 17th, 2010
9:03 pm

Tech #8 I agree, in the ACC

Blah ha ha haha ha ha ha

Tim Tebow's Girlfriend

January 17th, 2010
9:08 pm

@Nerd Central… First of all, you are no St. Simons. 2nd, your post about the hedges in the mouth thing… thats cute.
30-24 NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UGA = REDNECK

January 17th, 2010
11:17 pm

What was GA’s final ranking again. That’s right you fools are UNRANKED. All those recruiting classes, all that talk. What a bunch of trashy rednecks. BTW GT is 13TH!!!

Alfred Neuman IV,Summa Cum Laude,UGA'90

January 18th, 2010
12:44 am

But our stadium is HUGE! IT’s so BIIIGGG!

Tech Fan

January 18th, 2010
12:56 am

Georgia Tech will have a better year most definitely.

Atlanta GT:

January 18th, 2010
12:57 am

Hey UGA: Tough schedule next year with Louisiana Layfette, and Idaho State. Colorado was 3-9 last year and suxs. Vandy always suxs, as does Miss State. You talk about the almighty SEC, but your in conference and out of conference is a joke. You still lose 4 games. Those being: SC, UF, GT and ARK. You might even lose to Auburn and Vandy. LMFAO. What a joke. Get a real schedule. Let’s see how many of the teams you play are preseaon ranked in the Top 25 compared to GT’s schedule. Enough about the SEC. Your team suxs azz! THWG!

Atlanta GT:

January 18th, 2010
1:00 am

Better look out for Louisiana Layfette. They are a powerhouse. Hey, maybe your crappy running back can jump one of their players like KNOWSHOW did against the Chippewhos!

It even get’s worse for 2011, as you play Army and the Coast Guard. I love it, a homo and homo series with Army. What a joke. The Coast Guard might be able to keep your sorry azz team from sinkng, but I doubt it. As for Grantham, he looked awesome in the playoffs. LMFAO! THWG!

Idaho State Fan:

January 18th, 2010
1:03 am

We are coming to Athens loaded with talent. You better watch out for our superior running back. His name is Johnny Sirsuxalot. WTF, Idaho State. Are you kidding me! Oh, I forgot, it’s a rebuilding year. You win the NC in 2012. That’s right, my bad.

GTFAN:

January 18th, 2010
1:06 am

UF 18 outta 21. What a joke. Your team is sorry as chitman. Get a grip, follow the gym dawgs, their better.

UgaRules:

January 18th, 2010
1:09 am

Where are we ranked in basketball and football? Does anyone know? I can’t seem to find either team anywhere? hmmmm…….I think we are last in the SEC in basketball and like 119th in penalties in football. Hey, bring Joe Cox back. He was awesome man.

Tech sucks

January 18th, 2010
1:19 am

What a joke. UGA will be way better than Tech… Even though Tech plays in that joke of a conference…

UGA will finish 10 spots above Tech at least and beat them again as usual.

Tech sucks

January 18th, 2010
1:21 am

Atlanta GT… You are talking about a tough schedule. Please stop talking.

The best two teams in the weak ass ACC got beat on the same day by two mediocre SEC teams this year. Then Tech got stomped in their bowl game again, just like last year.

The only reason Tech has any moderate success is because of the joke schedule you nerds get every year. Don’t talk about schedules.

Every time you play a halfway decent SEC team you get trounced.

Wade Norton

January 18th, 2010
3:11 am

I love you Tech people. You beat us once every 10 years and you wanna play the academic card.
These are the facts:

1. Tech cannot compete in recruiting with Georgia and other Sec teams because the average attendance is about 35,000. Look at the past Acc championship games and you will know what I mean. What top recruit wants to play in those stadiums when he can play in front of 90 to 100 thousand in the SEC.

2. The ACC is a very weak conference. I think Georgia and Clemson proved that. What top recruit wants to play in a weak conference.

3. Tech doesn’t support their football team, even when they are winning. The past two Acc championship games Tech played in are proof of that.

4. Tech has very low expectations of their coaches. When 7 games every year and go to a bowl on a blue field and You Tech people will let him hang around a while. Chan Gaily is proof of that.

5. Georgia is not a very big game for Tech( quote CHP), but you Tech people bring out all of the excuses every year. I think CPJ will wake up and realize that it is a big game. The Ga. Ga Tech game has an impact on recruiting.

6. The great chosen one(CPH) is not the God Tech people and the AJC think he is. Good teams will beat the triple option. Lucky for CPJ he is in a weak conference. In CPJ only two seasons at Tech the triple option has only scored 10 points. That is fact, and good teams will beat Tech.

7. CPJ will never get a top rated quarterback at Tech. What top rated quarterback wants to hand the ball off every play. You have to pass the ball to beat good teams. Make Tech pass and they are beat. Proof is Ga. and Iowa.

8. Top recruits wanna play for good coaches. If CPJ is such a good coach like you Tech people think he is, why hasn’t he been mentioned in any coaching openings. Let’s face it Tech is not one of the top programs in the nation. That is also fact, and another reason Tech can’t get the recruits.

These are the facts Tech people. You keep playing the academic card and we’ll keep beating you every year. Oh yea, Tech has a lot more talent in basketball, what’s the excuse for that?

JB

January 18th, 2010
5:34 am

Wade Norton,

You wouldn’t know what a fact is if it stared you in the face. Pathetic.

Gunner

January 18th, 2010
6:30 am

With Georgia running the new 3-4 Defense I suspect they’ll have an edge for a few years in the college football ranks, just like it effected the NFL when so few teams used it. Eventually, if successful, more time will be spent practicing against it in the off season and it’ll wear off.

Gt4ever

January 18th, 2010
7:27 am

I have NO idea how anybody with any football sense ranks GT in the Top 10. I mean, how in the world do you rank a team that high, based on how they finished, based on the key players they are losing….. We had NO defense the whole year, and we lose our best players on the defensive side of the ball… We lose the last 2 of 3 games we play, the first being a very AVERAGE UGA team, and the second to a big 10 team that had trouble winning all year… I’m sorry, but our Offense stunk as bad as the defense and we lose arguably one of the best running backs in the country, and some MORON ranks us Top 10… Wow, I personally wouldn’t give us a top 25 ranking after the last 3 games, but that’s just me….

Maybe so

January 18th, 2010
8:34 am

I think that is pretty much a no-brainer. GT has next season locked down. Doesn’t mean they will beat UGA, I just think that the Dawgs have a better shot at going 6-6 and GT going 11-1 than the other way around.

Dan

January 18th, 2010
8:48 am

Better year? Depends on what standards used. For UGa 9-4 is ok, but not spectactular, while at other schools that calls for a ticker-tape parade! I say UGa could quietly have a better year than Tech

The Grinch

January 18th, 2010
9:07 am

In a word, Georgia.

Dostoyevskiy

January 18th, 2010
9:55 am

I think UGa has the easier road next year. as Tech certainly has the more difficult schedule. We will see which of the two has the best team (an entirely different question) when they meet at end of season. Both should be good. Good players, good coaches on both sides.

those games meant nothing to Tech

January 18th, 2010
10:13 am

what does it matter to tech fans? its just another game….thats what your coach says…ooooh..don’t “punch us bulldawg fans in the mouth tho” thats what coach Paul wants you to do…….”and what has Georgia done since 1980?” another PAUL JOHNSON QUOTE…………not smart to run that mouth coach…Georgia might just take those words to heart in their weight room all year…see ya in athens coach…..don’t forget to bring flagboy’s baton

those games meant nothing to Tech

January 18th, 2010
10:16 am

TOUGH SCHEDULE FOR TECH??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? you didn’t add William and Mary did you..cause that would upset Al Groh…lmfao

those games meant nothing to Tech

January 18th, 2010
10:19 am

GTFOREVER….you are one of the few tech fans that makes football sense and yes UGA was very average if not below average last year..hopefully 2010 will be a good year for the dawgs

those games meant nothing to Tech

January 18th, 2010
10:22 am

AND …MAYBE SO…ARE YOU A GAMBLING MAN??????????? I’LL BE GLAD TO BET YOU THE DAWGS GO BETTER THAN 6 AND 6 IN 2010…AND THAT TAKE WON’T GO 11 AND 1…georgia knows of one victory for sure…sometime near THANKSGIVING OF 2010

Troy

January 18th, 2010
10:24 am

UGA has a joke schedule this year. They may play only 2 ranked teams in gt and fla.
The ooc is a joke.
Still they will lose 5 games. They rely on a fresh qb. LOL. Idiots who think you win 9-10 with a fresh in the sec.

SEC Pride

January 18th, 2010
10:31 am

Have you noticed that even the Dooley’s are abandoning the thuga worshipers? Tech is at fault for not getting up for the Athens minor league teams in either football or basketball and losing. All that thuga has to fell proud of is defeating an ACC team they claim to look down on. As much as they brag about an “assumed” event, it sounds like long term envy to the rest of us. As for having a better APR, anyone could have a great progress report getting through a non-academic club like thuga. Embarrassment to the rest of the SEC. Coach Dooley & family, welcome back to a quality team. Tech, we miss you and wish you would replace thuga in the SEC.

lazydawg

January 18th, 2010
10:33 am

Tech will have a rough time of it next year .UGA should do better than 22 by the end of the season.
Prediction end of season rankings UGA 12th Tech 29th.

Harry the Hat

January 18th, 2010
10:58 am

Win or lose, Georgia Tech will be playing legitimate student-athletes who are working toward real degrees at a school with very tough academic standards. UGA players, on the other hand, are – for the most part – enrolled in silly, worthless degree programs (that they seldom receive) that no one not on an athletic scholarshiip would waste their time and money on. Furthermore, these unprincipled, undisciplined barely literate athletes have a penchant for getting themselves arrested.

So, yes, UGA beats Tech most years, but how can anyone from UGA be proud of these hired goons.

Jan Kemp exposed the UGA athletic program for the farce that it is, and very little has changed in the two decades that have passed since that time.

PN

January 18th, 2010
12:04 pm

With all due respect, Bradley, you are horrible as it is at predicting during the actual season. Forgive me for discarding your article written 6 months in advance.

Kook Kiffin

January 18th, 2010
12:08 pm

Anyone seen a positive article on me yet???

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/andy_staples/01/16/dooley.tennessee/index.html

raleigh

January 18th, 2010
12:11 pm

love the georgia vs. georgia tech pick bradley. hopefully that comes true.

jojo

January 18th, 2010
12:13 pm

Tech is not a top-10 team, however they will finish higher in the polls than Georgia.

C from Marietta

January 18th, 2010
12:26 pm

This blog is a joke. Grown men throwing insults at each other over a KIDS game.

BTW.. HelluvaEngineer

If you have to brag about how much money you make. It really means your broke. What does how much money you make have anything to do with Football?

8 out of 9

January 18th, 2010
12:35 pm

((((((((((((((((30-24))))))))))))))))

((((((((((((((((73-66))))))))))))))))

((((((((((((((((8 out of 9)))))))))))

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Duke Devils

January 18th, 2010
12:46 pm

Did you all see where that great school of integrity and class had 3 football players arrested today on weapons charges,lol?

john

January 18th, 2010
12:52 pm

Georgia’s schedule is remarkably easy for an SEC team. They should have a chance to win any game on their schedule. There are no powerhouses there with the changes in coaches, graduation, etc.

Gator Rob

January 18th, 2010
12:54 pm

GT may end up with a better record, if only because they play in the Almost Competitive Conference.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

January 18th, 2010
3:33 pm

Nobody picked GT to win 9 games in Johnson’s first year and few picked them to win 11 games this past year. This probably means no one knows jack…right Mark?

Technophobia

January 18th, 2010
8:51 pm

FYI, Foxsports has their preseason top 25 out now.
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. Iowa
5. Boise State
6. Texas
7. Pitt
8. Florida
9. Nebraska
10. North Carolina
11. Georgia Tech
12. Penn State
13. TCU
14. Virginia Tech
15. Wisconsin
16. California
17. LSU
18. Miami
19. Oklahoma
20. Houston
21. Oregon State
22. Utah
23. Florida State
24. Georgia
25. USC

SANFORD STADIUM IS A DUMP

April 2nd, 2010
6:43 pm

i WILL TAKE THAT BET CARROLTONDAWG…GIVE ME TECH +14 AGAINST UGA ANY DAY.

snapshot

April 6th, 2010
1:59 pm

mutt named killer bee. Looks like Florida has done the same thing to the leg-humpers. Don’t think you will ever beat the Gators again.

keno

May 4th, 2010
11:49 pm

Georgia will win at least 11 games. Good grief– Look how much they’ve got coming back. QB won’t be a problem. I don’t have a clue about Tech. I can see them winning anywhere from 8 to 11 games. A good year for the State coming up.

Bradley’s Buzz: For 2010, SI has Tech 8th, UGA 22nd

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