College football 2010: Georgia wins nine, Tech loses four
Washaun Ealey's Bulldogs will again run this state. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
It’s time — actually, it’s a week past due — for our annual Memorial Day college football predictions, and I begin with a word in my defense: I actually got a few things right the last time around. I said Georgia Tech would go 10-2 and win the ACC, which it did. I said Georgia would lose four games, inducing many among you to cast aspersions; the Bulldogs actually lost five games. Against that cheery backdrop, we begin:
• Georgia will go 9-3 but will finish third in the SEC East. Todd Grantham represents an upgrade. Given time, Aaron Murray will represent an upgrade. Thing is, the Bulldogs’ second game is in Columbia, and that seems a bridge too far. (More precisely, a bridge too soon.) The guess is that Georgia will be rolling come November, but that Sept. 11 loss — and one the next week against Arkansas in Athens — will keep the Bulldogs from a true breakthrough.
• Georgia’s true breakthrough? That comes in 2011.
• South Carolina will likewise lose three SEC games. It will shade Georgia in the East standings on the head-to-head tiebreaker. The Gamecocks will lose to Auburn, Alabama and Florida.
• Florida will go 11-1 because of a remarkably kind schedule. The Gators play four road games: Two against teams (Tennessee and Florida State) with new coaches and one against Vanderbilt. The Gators will lose in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 2, but they’ll see Alabama again.
• Florida will beat Alabama for the SEC title. Just one of my dumb hunches. Like the one that told me Texas would beat the Tide for the BCS crown. And the Longhorns would have except for Mack Brown’s SHOVEL PASS! (Don’t get me started.) (Alas, too late.)
• Don’t get me wrong: Alabama will be outstanding. But I recall the 2008 BCS titlist going undefeated in the regular season and losing beneath the Georgia Dome. I don’t believe the Tide in 2010 will be any better than the Gators were in 2009. And I do believe it’s tough to go through the SEC unbeaten twice in succession.
• Florida will beat a Big Ten representative for the BCS title. I’m tempted to pick the Big Ten rep, but I’ve seen that game before. I know how it ends.
• The Big Ten rep will not be Ohio State. It will be Iowa. Ask Paul Johnson about the Hawkeyes.
• Tim Tebow will win the Heisman Trophy. Whoops. Force of habit. Case Keenum — Houston QB — will win the Heisman Trophy.
• Boise State will go 11-1 but will be remembered for the “1,” not the “11.” The Broncos play Virginia Tech in Washington D.C. on Sept. 6. That’s a Labor Day “L.”
• The ACC Coastal will be the nation’s toughest division. There’s not a great team therein, but there are four good ones. Miami will be the disappointment. North Carolina will be the surprise. Virginia Tech will win the division. And Georgia Tech …
• … will finish third. I yield to no one in my esteem for Joshua Nesbitt, who had a busy offseason. (He had surgery and added two vowels to his first name.) But I cannot believe a team that bid adieu to four NFL draftees early will be quite as good. (Didn’t Georgia suffer a bit without Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno?) The Jackets will lose three road conference games: At North Carolina, at Clemson, at Virginia Tech.
• Florida State will win the ACC Atlantic. By default.
• Under Derek Dooley, Tennessee will win its final four games. The Vols will, however, lose six of their first eight.
• Southern Cal will finish fifth in the Pac-10. Lane Kiffin: Money for nothing and quips for free.
• Georgia will beat Georgia Tech. A.J. Green will catch the winning touchdown pass from Murray with 41 seconds remaining. The score will be 27-24. Paul Johnson will suppress the urge to punch somebody in the face.
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Dawg fan
June 5th, 2010
10:27 am
Having played football at the highest level as a third string tight end on one of the most powerful junior varsity teams in South Georgia, I am more than qualified to say that the Dawgs will surpass Bradley’s prediction and win at least 10 games.
Greensboro, Georgia
June 5th, 2010
11:00 am
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Best of Atlanta
June 5th, 2010
11:20 am
……………………………………………….Georgia Tech will go 14-0 because of a remarkably unkind rushing attack.
Doug the Jacket
June 5th, 2010
11:21 am
This is just more of the same from the Bulldog Nation Newspaper, although Athens is not Atlanta. GT does not have a home-town newspaper. GT – the defending ACC Champion, BCS Orange Bowl selection with a great coach (THE COACH) is his 2nd year, and we’re picked by MB to loose 4 games. This is the easiest schedule in years, albeit boring, and GT will win at least 10 games in the regular season. You are wrong about Tennessee as well. Although GT suffered for years under the thumb of the elderly Dooley and it’s hard to say this – Tennessee hired a great coach and they have a great future – starting now. Coach Dooley of Tennessee is impressive, and I think he’s got a shot as Coach of the Year – SEC, maybe National. You got it all wrong Mr. Bradley.
CB
June 5th, 2010
11:43 am
You think that shovel pass was the silliest thing you’ve seen. How about a fake punt from inside your own 20 yard line on 3rd and 15. The fact is Alabama beat Texas playing nowhere close to their best game.
hello doggie
June 5th, 2010
11:49 am
FSU is much better this season.
Christian Ponder at QB, experienced O-Line, and 2 new tremendous coaches on defense (Stoops & Hudson).
FSU will win the ACC & beat Florida, handing Florida their 4th loss.
Steve
June 5th, 2010
11:55 am
Think UGA will go 8-4 with our real breakthrough coming in 2012, not ‘11, if the fan base gives Richt time. Great coach, and getting better.
Tech will go 9-3.
UF 10-2 – but beats UGA again – UA 11-1
UF and UA always play cheescake schedules – Evans wants to make UGA a national brand by travelling (Arizona St., Colo., Lousville, Oklahoma St.) – UF and UA want to make their schools a national brand by winning National Championships. I respect myself better with UGA’s philosophy – I feel better with UF and Ala. philosophy!
SC – Spurrier – Offensive mastermind
Ark. – Petrino – Offensive mastermind
Miss. ST. – Coach former UF OC in his 2nd year – Offensive Mastermind
UGA – totally new defense with not enough talented depth – and we play SC, Ark, and Miss. ST in Games 2,3,4 – early – we’re toast – wouldn’t be suprised to lose all 3.
But Grantham, in 2011, and especially 2012 will show he is light years ahead of Martinez – if he does this year, we may be in for a special season.
Steve
June 5th, 2010
11:58 am
On UF – last I checked, non SEC schedule is still cheescake in 2011.
Steve
June 5th, 2010
12:03 pm
About GT – they have been recruiting lights out on defense – esp. the DL and Secondary – next year, the D will show marked improvement – but the O will be down with the loss of Nesbitt he is a great, durable QB in Johnson’s system. At Navy, Johnson would be into his 4th and 5th string QB’s because they take such a pounding in his Offense. Nesbitt was beat up as a Soph., but held it together as a Jr.
Simple Techster
June 5th, 2010
12:04 pm
Few comments….
Saban didnt try to get your DC…..he DID have him. Grantham was a coordinator under Saban at Michigan State. Saban has Kirby Smart, who like Tech and Ga runs the 3-4…and who turned the dawgs down when Richt was searching.
“Todd Grantham is a great coach,” Saban said. “He did a fantastic job, is a good recruiter, a good evaluator. He’ll do an outstanding job at the University of Georgia. … He’s certainly somebody I would have no qualms about hiring as a defensive coordinator if the opportunity ever presented itself.
http://onlineathens.com/stories/060410/foo_648676517.shtml
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BIRDMAN. AL GROH IS GOING TO RUN A LITTLE SCHOOL IN ATHENS COME THANKSGIVING TO SHOW HIM EXACTLY HOW ITS RUN.
FSU IS NOT GOING TO WIN THE ACC. THEY ARE GOING TO THE ACCCG……BUT LOSES TO TECH.
cantondawg
June 5th, 2010
12:05 pm
My heart tells me that the Dawgs will win them all and take the National Championship.
However, my head tells me that we will have a good season but will likely lose two games. SC will be tough but i think we pull that one out. Arkansas will be a shootout but i think our improved pass D will be able to stop them enough to outscore them. UT will be payback for last year. The game that worries me the most is Auburn (we have beaten them four in a row and thats very unusual for this series). Florida will always be looked at as an L until we turn this series around. Logically speaking, We go 10-2 and go to the Capital One bowl.
gt
June 5th, 2010
12:17 pm
I think it is easier to predict a conventional football team like Georgia than one like Tech. Georgia did have a stroke of genius last year and ran the football against Tech eating up the clock. If they had run it most of the year they would have lived up to their potential, but you don’t recruit thoroughbreds to work like workhorses. That is why Tech beats Georgia and they hired a defensive coach to slow it up the middle which both Georgia and Iowa has success at.
South Carolina will beat Georgia which tickles me only that they have been improving in Columbia every year and the press in their hatred of Spurrier treat the place like it is Vanderbilt or Duke. They are the Mississippi of the SEC next year which won’t be very popular.
The Big Ten is playing much better football. The problem with Ohio State is they keep trying to copy the SEC in scheme. The strength of the Big Ten is and always has been the size of their players. Woody Haynes coached the team with what he had and smash mouth football is back in the Big Ten. When more schools play that way CPJ at Tech is in trouble, but as long as they play Dixie dew Tech will beat them. Time of possession and time the defense in on the field is always in Tech’s favor.
FSU will be heading back to glory. Bobby overstayed his time, it will be like Tommy Glavine and the Braves. When they see how much better FSU is this year it will make all those second guessers of how FSU handled Bobby like our boy Tony B. look clueless and the ACC will have that entry that starts eating into SEC recruiting again.
Simple Techster
June 5th, 2010
12:18 pm
Grantham was Richts 5th choice after Bud Foster, Kirby Smart, Chavis from LSU, and Koenning. HA! HA! HAHAHAHAAAHAAAHAHAAAAAA!
hello doggie
June 5th, 2010
12:22 pm
Athlon has been the most accurate in pre-season rankigns for last 3 years.
Florida plays three top 15 ranked teams by Athlon:
Alabama, FSU, Georgia
Georgia only plays one top 15 ranked team by Athlon:
Florida
Advantage: Georgia.
Here’s Athlon’s pre-season top 25 for those interested:
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football
Parker
June 5th, 2010
12:27 pm
Actually:
1) Saban hired Grantham 1x as an assistant coach at Mich St.
2) Saban hired Grantham at Alabama many times to teach his defensive staff
3) Saban tried to hire Grantham as his defensive head coach at Miami but Grantham turned him down.
ESPN’s Chris Low wrote about the above 3.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/8165/richt-zeroing-in-on-cowboys-grantham
Simple Techster
June 5th, 2010
12:29 pm
Alabama’s future two-year football series with Georgia Tech has been postponed by agreement of the two schools, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting tonight.(4/30/10)
The original deal called for the schools to meet on Sept. 14, 2013 and Sept. 13, 2014. Make-up dates have not been announced.
Alabama has played Georgia Tech 52 times in school history, winning 28, but the schools have not played since 1984.
Simple Techster
June 5th, 2010
12:29 pm
Dan Radakovich, Georgia Tech Director of Athletics
Over the last week or so there has been a great deal of conversation regarding the delay of the Georgia Tech-Alabama football series. I wanted to use this forum to talk a bit about this and the reason and rationale for the delay. I was sent various “threads” of conversations that have covered an incredible range of possibilities as to why this occurred.
We did in fact have a home-and-home series with Alabama contracted in 2005 for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. The deal was originally set for 2012 and 2014 but was amended in 2006. Last fall, there were discussions with Alabama about those dates being re-worked to allow for other options for both schools in those two years. It was mutually agreed to postpone the contract, but to continue to aggressively look at alternate dates later in the decade.
Indeed, the world of football scheduling is difficult and ever-changing. While we desire to play quality opponents, we must look at creating balance to allow our team the ability to peak at the proper time and give our team the best chance to win. It is an art rather than a science and as Tech fans you must understand that we are doing everything possible to create the correct balance to allow for continued long-term success in our program. It is also important to note that terms associated with contracts written years ago do not necessarily match-up with the current market. Remember that Army paid us only $125,000 (per the contract) to cancel their scheduled HOME game with us 11 months from the playing date. This cancellation was executed due to changes associated with Army’s scheduling philosophy. The timing of that cancellation and buyout created a great scheduling challenge for us as you may remember. There are several drivers in the market today which could cause a team to look at remaking its schedule without paying significant market penalties for cancellation.
We have and will continue to look at scheduling quality BCS opponents for those and other years. Currently we are looking for games in 2012, 2013 (2) and 2014. As we all know, the home schedules are a bit out of balance given that ACC foes Virginia Tech, North Carolina and Clemson are at home in odd years along with our backyard rival Georgia. Conversely, in even numbered years (like this year) those contests will be road games for us. It is virtually impossible for the ACC to alter the schedule rotation, leaving only the very unhealthy thought of breaking this quartet of games by scheduling something different with UGA. We attempted to do this early last fall by proposing a neutral site game…. like the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic…. which would break up the even and odd year problem. We were not able to reach an agreement with Georgia at that time.
Yellow Fuzz
June 5th, 2010
12:57 pm
can’t wait until November. Return to Athens. Return to the site of the infamous…………..
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Yellow Fuzz
June 5th, 2010
12:59 pm
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Yellow Fuzz
June 5th, 2010
1:03 pm
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Dawson Dawg
June 5th, 2010
1:05 pm
Here we go again. YF I thought you died.
hello doggie
June 5th, 2010
1:12 pm
Ga Tech is AT BEST the 6th best team in the ACC.
They’re ranked BEHIND VTech, FSU, Mimi, NC, and Clemson
Athlon’s ACC Rankings:
1 V Tech
2 FSU
3 Miami
4 NC
5 Clemson
Athlon is really accurate over last 3 years, #1 best.
Ga Tech not even on top 25 from Athlon.
7-5 for Ga Tech in 2010. Sorry tech fans.
Here’s Athlon’s pre-season top 25 for those interested:
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football
GO JACKETS and THWG
June 5th, 2010
1:19 pm
Jackets are going to win the ORANGE BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yellow Fuzz
June 5th, 2010
1:46 pm
Here is my prediction-
Dogs lose to Tech in Athens but beat Morehead State in the Papajohn’s Bowl.
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GT Fan
June 5th, 2010
1:50 pm
UGA will not beat GT. I see UGA losing 4 games and GT only losing one which is @ VT.
hello doggie
June 5th, 2010
1:51 pm
If you look at Steele’s All-SEC, you can see why Georgia fans shoiuld be excited, and why Florida fans should be freaking out.
Georgia has better than Florida:
O-Line
RB
WR
TE
Florida has better QB
Georgia wins 4 out of 5
On defense Georgia has better:
DL
LB’s
Florida has better Secondary
Georgia wins 2 out of 3
On Special Teams Georgia has better:
Punter
Kicker
Kick Returner
Florida has better punt Returner
Georgia wins 3 out of 4.
http://www.philsteele.com/Pdf/2010/10PreseasonAllConf/Preseason%20AllSEC%20Team.pdf
hello doggie
June 5th, 2010
1:57 pm
Steele has Boston College in his pre-season top 30, Ga Tech didn’t make list, so let me re-arrange:
1 V Tech
2 FSU
3 Miami
4 NC
5 Clemson
6 Boston College
Rusty
June 5th, 2010
2:08 pm
Florida won’t be able to defend against the run or get pressure with a pass rush. Nobody great defensive line–where are their defensive ends? No great linebackers. Georgia’s rushing attack is the the perfect match-up problem for Florida. Yeah Baby, yeah!
papadawg
June 5th, 2010
2:18 pm
GTfan you’ve found some good dope somewhere
frank james
June 5th, 2010
2:22 pm
papadawg- He didn’t have to go far to get it I’m sure.
Rusty
June 5th, 2010
2:27 pm
Georgia’s running game hit its stride late.
Example: Auburn played Georgia & Alabama back to back at the end of the season.
Alabama rushed for 73 yards against Auburn.
Georgia rushed for 169 yards against Auburn.
GT Fan...
June 5th, 2010
2:30 pm
Some people are utterly STUPID ……
JB
June 4th, 2010
8:58 am
And to the yellow maggot faithful, do you really expect to be able to stop an even better running game, up in Athens?
Gee JB … what happen in 2009 when GT returned a better offensive team than the 2008 team? Yeah, the 2008 team that rushed for 409 yards vs. GA (who had two weeks to prepare). With your logic, GT (with an extra week to prepare) should have rushed for about 600 yards in 2009. I don’t remember that happeing ….
Tune in November, and I’ll give you the reason why I believe GT beats GA in 2010.
STONEY SHAMBLEE
June 5th, 2010
2:41 pm
AS LONG AS PAUL JOHNSON IS TECH COACH NEVER COUNT GA TECH OUT AND TECH WILL BEAT UGA THIS YEAR MARK WILL BE FIRED CANT BEAT FLORIDA OR TECH
heeldawg
June 5th, 2010
2:46 pm
Statistically…..
…the Dawgs could have gone 10-3 last season without turnovers and penalties (see LSU and Kentucky). More disciplined play alone should be worth a couple of wins. An easier schedule is worth at least one more. The problem with Georgia’s defense the past few years has been the brain trust calling the shots (i.e. against Tennessee last season–how many bootlegs was that?). It has NOT been the talent.
The Dawgs lost a lot on the DL, but the switch to the new defensive scheme negates that. They are LOADED at linebacker (watch Justin Houston and Cornelius Washington this season–one of them will be an All-American and first round draft pick), and the secondary will be far better coached with Lakatos at the helm. The defense will be top 15 material. The offense will be a 65% run-based offense with an outstanding, deep, experienced line and great fullbacks, halfbacks and wide receivers. Aaron Murray, even as a redshirt freshman, will be an upgrade from Joe Cox. This all adds up to a surprising season for the Dawgs. 10-2 is most likely; 11-1 is possible. Most likely losses are to Florida (of course) and Auburn (they’re due), with South Carolina and Arky being the other dark horse candidates; also got to watch for a letdown on the road against the Canis Minor Bulldogs of Mississippi State. But the Dawgs won’t lose to all of these teams–pick two. I think South Carolina, with its green offensive line, will be tortured by Grantham’s pass rush. That’s just a hunch.
The Jackets lost a ton of talent–including their best receiver, their best running back, and the two best defenders from a mediocre defense. They will still be better than any of the Chan Gailey teams because of Paul Johnson, who is the best coach they have had on the Flats since Bobby Ross. But there is a talent gap on the defensive side of the ball coming up this year, and good offensive teams will exploit that–especially strong running teams, which Georgia will be this season. North Carolina and Miami will beat the Jackets, as will the Dawgs. At Clemson, Dabo has not shown me much, and Spiller was his only impact player last season, so I think the Jackets beat the Tigers. BTW, I think this team would be 7-5 without CPJ. I respect the guy–he’s worth a win or two a year.
I see Tech at 9-3, the Dawgs at 10-2–and the beginnings of another Bulldog streak emerging. Georgia will be strong in 2011. Very strong, in fact. I suspect that Richt’s housecleaning after last season will be the catalyst to a renewed ability to challenge for the SEC title. Call it a very biased hunch.
GT Fan...
June 5th, 2010
2:48 pm
Grouping GT’s opponents in 2010 ……. suspected inferior and equally or superior oppents.
Inferior:
SC State, Kansas, Duke, VA, Wake, NC St, Middle TN State = 7
Equal/Superior:
UNC, Clemson, VT, Miami, GA = 5
At the worst PJ goes 2-3 vs. E/S opponents, and 5-2 vs. Inf. opponents = 7-5 record; so those “experts” picking GT to go 7-5 or worse need to start playing the lotto.
A more REALISTIC look at the season sees PJ going 6-1 or 7-0 vs. the Inf. opponents, and 3-2 or 4-1 vs. the E/S opponents (more his track record), which = somewhere between 9-3 and 11-1.
All predictions assume a healthy team, and if so, the offense in 2010 will be fine, and defense will be better.
GT Fan...
June 5th, 2010
3:03 pm
Heeldawg ….. actually, GT’s D should be in better shape than GA’s due to the fact that they are both running the same scheme, and GA is replacing 6 starters – arguably their 4-6 best defenders. GT on the other hand loses Burnnette, Morgan, Sed Griffin, but gains (starter) Cooper Taylor, thus only replacing 2 starters. The Jackets’ strength on D too is it’s LBs, but probably returns a better/deeper secondary than GA.
Yes, GA’s softer schedule should = more wins, but don’t be surprised if the Dogs have a similar seasons to USC’s last year with a Freshman at QB. Yes, Barkley was a TRUE freshman and Murray a RS Freshman, but I think everyone would agree that Barkley as a “true” is probably equal to or better than Murray as a “RS”.
Michael
June 5th, 2010
3:19 pm
Great article. Can’t say I disagree with anything you said. I have a hunch that the SC and Ark games will be tough for Georgia as well. I have them going 10-2, losing vs. Arkansas and @ Auburn
Doug
June 5th, 2010
3:29 pm
Georgia gets Florida after Florida goes through a BRUTAL 3 game SEC stretch of Alabama, LSU & Miss St. All play Florida tough. I’d imagine Brantley might get sacks 15 times in those 3 games–1 bad hit or fall— some kind of knee or shoulder injury–Alabama & LSU will bring the house against the weak Florida O-Line, Brantley and the O-Line showed in Spring scrimmages they’ll give up a LOT of sacks, even last year, Florida gave up almost 30 sacks last season, Brantley’s not as stout as Tebow, don’t think he’ll be able to take a hit—he’s really never been hit. I don’t think Georgia will even face Brantley—unfortunately, folks are going to tee off on him and with his lack of mobility, he’ll likely have a short season end in Mid-October. I hope not, but this is the SEC, and you saw what happened to Colt McCoy, and he’s mobile. Even if Florida hobbles into the Georgia game without major injuries, they’ll be banged up and bruised.
ToeMeetsLeather
June 5th, 2010
3:38 pm
Now let’s predict number of arrest through the remainder of 2010:
UGA 7
TN 5
FL 3
VA Tech 2
Ga Tech and rest of ACC 0
Character, baby, character!
GT Fan
June 5th, 2010
3:43 pm
The only ACC team that is on GT level is VT.
UGADAWGZ
June 5th, 2010
3:48 pm
gt fan- Your defense will not be better than ours you don’t have better players it will be good in acc but not better than ours
Adam
June 5th, 2010
3:57 pm
Agree totally with the 2 most accurate pickers–Athlon & Phil Steele. Ga Tech not a top 25 team this season. SO many good teams in the ACC this year that are better like NC, Clemson, FSU, Boston College, Virginia Tech and Miami. No way Tech beats Georgia, Miami, NC, Clem or VTech. 7-5 in 2010 for CPJ.
ToeMeetsLeather
June 5th, 2010
4:07 pm
Adam, seeing how CPJ is 10-4 against the teams you name and now you don’t think he can beat ANY of them in 2010, I have to ask you what you are smoking this early in the day?
Adam
June 5th, 2010
4:24 pm
Better question is why you’re going against the 2 most accurate pre-season experts–what makes you think you’re so much smarter? Too many good defenses he’ll run up against like Clemson, NC has 6 NFL guys on the defense, VTech is always top defense, Georgia’s a a loss for Tech 8 out 9 last Miami’s one of the best all-around teams in the country.
Beast from the East
June 5th, 2010
4:49 pm
All of you saying that Athlon and Steele are the most accurate are missing one thing. They have UF ranked well ahead of UGA. How in the world does that make you think UGA is better based on their predictions?
Just hoping it doesn’t make it so. “Hope” to win the lottery. Football is played on the field!
See ya in Jax!
BS Patrol
June 5th, 2010
5:31 pm
Just a refresher. When you say TECH you mean The Georgia Institute of Technology. Not to be confused with VPI,TT,etc. When it comes down to academics & athletics there is no other. Having laid that to rest, who are Athlon & Steele? Can someone tell me the before/after predictions for Tech for their last two years? They would look like complete idiots. Are you saying the champions of last years ACC are no better than 6th in the nations toughest division this year? LUDICROUS
Best of Atlanta
June 5th, 2010
5:34 pm
The Georgia Tech- RUSHING ATTACK – is awesome.
Jamey
June 5th, 2010
5:38 pm
What gives you a glimmer of hope, is Athlon said if Murray has a good season and turnovers are fixed, Georgia could win the SEC East, and Steele said if he had to pick just 1 darkhouse to go on a run and win it all this year it would be Georgia. Sicne those are the 2 most accurate predictors of college football, their opinion means more than anyone else’s.
Of course, the other thing is, both times Richt had a season like 2009, say 2001 or 2006, Richt finished in the top 3 in the country the next season both times. So it seems plausible he’ll respond to a lackluster 2009 with a big season again like he always has in the past. He’s never had 2 bad seasons in a row, and he’s only finished outside the top 10 3x at Georgia.
who is that guy ?
June 5th, 2010
5:40 pm
Nesbitt is an All-American QB from Greensboro, Georgia.
Scott
June 5th, 2010
5:41 pm
Ga Tech can run, but they can’t throw, so those defenses will do what Georgia did, load the box, dare em’ to pass. We havn’t had a National Champion that got there in decades running the triple option. Also, your defense doesn’t get experience defending the pass when you run the triple option 90% of plays. It’s not used much in college.