Live from Ga. Tech, where N.C. State hopes to drive safely
Here we are at historic Bobby Dodd Stadium on another sun-splashed Saturday. (Photo by M. Bradley)
The North Carolina State Wolfpack arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson late Friday afternoon, just in time for what we Atlantans know to be the absolute worst traffic period of any week. The Wolfie entourage piled into four chartered buses for the ride up the Downtown Connector to their Buckhead hotel.
Buses 1 and 4 made it.
Buses 2 and 3 ran into each other.
According to Debbie Yow, State’s athletic director, the bus drivers weren’t at fault. Apparently pesky Atlanta motorists kept buzzing between the buses, who were endeavoring to stay in formation. Buses 2 and 3 were rendered inoperative after 3 rear-ended 2 — one of them needed to have its door pried open — and no other charter coaches were available for rescue duty and the only solution was for Buses 1 and 4 to drop their passengers at the hotel and return for the occupants of 2 and 3.
“We weren’t crazy about the idea of 60 people walking by the side of I-75,” Yow said.
Long story short: Everybody eventually got to the hotel, and nobody was injured. And the State party made it to Bobby Dodd Stadium for today’s noon start without difficulty. And we’re 44 minutes from kickoff as I type, and I’m intrigued to see how Georgia Tech handles an ACC opponent at full strength. (North Carolina worked without 12 men last Saturday in Chapel Hill.)
I’m assuming Tech will win, but State has been better than advertised, and its victory over Cincinnati was one of the few early games this beleaguered league can identify as a point of pride.
And with that, the ajc.com blogline is open for questions, observations and lamentations about the Braves. I’m here to watch and report — and I’m happy to say that I feel much better this Saturday than I did a week ago in Chapel Hill — and I’d appreciate if you’d, er, come along for the ride.
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Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
1:43 pm
Marco Coleman still has a year of eligibility left – suit him up!
Technophobia
September 25th, 2010
1:43 pm
Mark, how many of those come backs were under Johnson?
Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
1:46 pm
Technophbia – Only one as against UGA
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:46 pm
One. The one in Athens.
YellowCuz
September 25th, 2010
1:48 pm
Don’t count the Jackets out just yet. I think GT needs to stay with a ground game and wear down the NC State defense while controlling the clock. That’s their best chance. Please stop with the pass attempts because Nesbitt is clearly off today. Go GT!!!!
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:48 pm
Nesbitt for 61 on the first snap
TheAntiMe
September 25th, 2010
1:48 pm
Hold on to that ball!!!!!
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:49 pm
Touchdown. Roddy Jones.
Technophobia
September 25th, 2010
1:49 pm
Touchdown!!!!
Sonny Clusters
September 25th, 2010
1:49 pm
Braves have a man on second, nobody out.
TheAntiMe
September 25th, 2010
1:49 pm
That’ll work.
Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
1:49 pm
GT scored quickly in Athens – is this going to be a repeat?
Gary O
September 25th, 2010
1:51 pm
Our defense needs to hold here.
YellowCuz
September 25th, 2010
1:51 pm
Got a 3-point game now. Nice!!! Let’s go GT!!! Keep it on the ground!
Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
1:51 pm
Looks like TJ Graham ahsn’t gotten any “help” from his dad
YellowCuz
September 25th, 2010
1:53 pm
VT 7-0 over BC at the half. Who would have thunk it?
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:54 pm
Not much defense being perpetrated
Gary O
September 25th, 2010
1:55 pm
If we can stop them to a FG attempt, maybe they will miss another one.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:55 pm
Third and 5
Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
1:55 pm
Why isn’t State throwing?
YellowCuz
September 25th, 2010
1:55 pm
Nooo!! Where’s our pass defense? Come on, Groh a pair!!!
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:56 pm
And first and goal
45ACP
September 25th, 2010
1:56 pm
How bout those Jackets! D-up.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:57 pm
Touchdown. Way easy.
Beeliever
September 25th, 2010
1:58 pm
He’s down.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:58 pm
Review. This might not be a touchdown.
TheAntiMe
September 25th, 2010
1:58 pm
That defense couldn’t stop a yawn.
Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
1:58 pm
Down short – but will they call it
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
1:58 pm
It’s a touchdown.
Beeliever
September 25th, 2010
1:59 pm
Pfft. Not that it would have mattered.
45ACP
September 25th, 2010
1:59 pm
YellowCuz? In honor of the Jackets pending victory!
Gary O
September 25th, 2010
1:59 pm
Todd Mcshey (sp?) on ESPn picked NC State to upset the wolfpack.
I hope he is wrong.
Beeliever
September 25th, 2010
2:00 pm
Not impressed with Groh’s defense so far. I’m willing to let them grow into it, but I don’t see much growing going on yet.
GTfan
September 25th, 2010
2:01 pm
Braves score in 3rd=1 to zip
A-town
September 25th, 2010
2:01 pm
Nice to see the defense show up for second half play
Ghost of Buck Belue
September 25th, 2010
2:02 pm
Braves lead 1-0 on a bad throw. Derek Lowe, who doubled to lead off the inning, scored. Jason Heyward, who reached base on a dropped pop up, was thrown out by a mile trying to score behind Lowe.
Al Groh
September 25th, 2010
2:02 pm
So what do you think about my 3-4!!!!! Hard to believe they keep offering me jobs in the ACC….haha
Beeliever
September 25th, 2010
2:04 pm
The “pretend I’m someone else” posts stopped being funny in, say, 2007. Give it a rest already.
Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
2:05 pm
Ineligible man down field – bad formation
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
2:05 pm
Illegal man downfield. The shift left a guy covered
45ACP
September 25th, 2010
2:05 pm
Almost a great play.
TheAntiMe
September 25th, 2010
2:06 pm
This is getting UGLY really fast.
Gary O
September 25th, 2010
2:06 pm
Our defense has to stop them here. if we give up another TD, we will be in trouble.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2010
2:06 pm
Have to hold the Pack here
YellowCuz
September 25th, 2010
2:06 pm
That’s okay. We’ll start seeing a few picks and GT will be right back into it. Not worried at all. Let’s go GT!!!!
Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
2:07 pm
I hate to say this, but it looks like Tenuta did a great job preparing his LBs
Beeliever
September 25th, 2010
2:08 pm
So far no one on defense has stepped up big this year. Now’s the chance; who’s a good candidate to step up big?
Paul in RDU
September 25th, 2010
2:08 pm
Wilson is 21-28 for 279 yards and 2 TDs. The guy is good but geez…
The Other Mark
September 25th, 2010
2:09 pm
MB – Is it just me or is this offense about 4 notches less effective without Dwyer? Seems like Nesbitt right, Nesbitt left, Nesbitt up the middle. He is going struggle to survive the season if he keeps having to shoulder this much of the load.
Beeliever
September 25th, 2010
2:09 pm
Can you tell that I’m pouting because Tech is losing?