What’s wrong with Tech? Bay-Bay went away (boo hoo)

Well, someone hasn’t watched much of GT this season. Nesbitt has been throwing the ball well, for the most part. Just that the receivers couldn’t catch herpes.

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But I would expect no less of a comment from a U(sic)GA gomer

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Am I first? Tell me I’m first.

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The Robot will turn this around. I am hearing word from classmates that Joshua made a Tebow-like promise to his teammates after the Clemson game and that most beleive now that Tech will not lose another game. Report on that Mark.

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rambling buzz,

Dwyer was a leader, which this team doesnt have. The team has no intensitiy and Dwyer had a line that new what they were doing last year. This years o-line sucks. I have never seen so many poor blocking attempts make nesbitt run for his life.

Not blaming any one of those four guys for leaving. They got paid, it happens. Thomas made a big impact on the outside running last year and thats missed. How many big plays has this offense put to togther this year? I dont think its many.

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jacket attack,

Nesbitt cant stop the two headed monster the turkeys have at tailback next week. He can only do so much.

Its a little too late for making promises. If they can win 8 games that would be nice, but not really counting on that

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Sixth? Dang, missed again.

I think it’s a combination of a lot of things. Bay-bay is gone, but so is Dwyer. Allen is simply not as good in the back as he is on the edge (I forget whether they are A-backs or B-backs; I wish PJ would call them fullback and slot-back). Defenses are pounding through the line, because we lost some O-linemen to graduation and eligibility, and taking away the dive and many times taking away Nesbitt as well. And then certainly the receivers we have haven’t made catches.

What concerns me is that PJ’s play-calling doesn’t seem as astute as in years past. We haven’t gotten better this year. We looked as bad against Clemson as we did against Kansas. PJ is going to have to show me something the rest of this year and the next.

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We do miss Bay Bay but our biggest problem is the offensive line. I don’t care what offense you run, if you can’t block anybody you’re in for a heap of trouble.

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Tech has slid because they don’t have Thomas? You mean that kid who was recruited by that bum of a coach Chan Gailey? The coach who couldn’t coach? I thought Johnson was so great that he could coach up anyone. If that’s the case, then why doesn’t tech have a better passing game? Do you think that maybe the elite receivers don’t want to play for a run oriented team? Or maybe Johnson cannot “coach up” wide blockers, er, uh, I mean wide receivers. Or maybe, just maybe, Gailey wasn’t that bad of a coach. Hmmm………..

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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yellafan

October 26th, 2010
8:05 am
I was so upset about Saturday’s loss,I left my two season’s tickets to Ga.Tech football on my car’s windshield at the Varsity,hoping someone would relieve me of my misery,while i dined inside. When I got back to my car,there were four more
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Please get some new material. That joke is older than Richt’s haircut.

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Disclaimer: Dawg fan: Tech appears to have inferior OL and DL lines, little to no depth, average speed and a one dimensional offense that is game plan limited. Fish Fry’s first two recruiting classes have been very average, even by ACC standards, an a heavy dose of Gailey recruits out of the program has not helped. Now, hate all you want, My business partner, a Tech grad, a season ticket holder, fills my ears at lunch weekly. It’s true, you know it, we know it.

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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mark Bradley, BH. BH said: Painful to watch all the dropped passes. RT @MarkBradleyAJC: What's wrong with #gatech? Bay-Bay went away. Boo hoo. http://bit.ly/csKaCj [...]

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Just like most of us thought when Tech hired Paul Johnson. A good high school offense that will not attract top receiving talent. Bay Bay hung around to grab the NFL gold ring. What top-rated high school receiver in his right mind would pick Tech today?

Tech must now focus on getting the very best QB and running backs they can recruit, and hope that is good enough to win in the ACC.

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The coaching is the problem! Even a person with a 5th grade education can see that!

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How about Tech beating UGA one of eight times,everybody knows that even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while!

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Matt and GT, you are just reinforcing Bradley’s point. GT isn’t catching the ball because they don’t have the receivers. Bay Bay is gone and there is noone on Tech’s roster that can step in and replace him. Good receivers wouldn’t have dropped all those passes, right? Without Bay Bay, GT HAS NO GOOD RECEIVERS. You must not have been watching much of GT this season..

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http://pricezack.wordpress.com/ this site has some great college football articles, pretty interesting reads

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Last year Johnson was playing with the prior coaches talent and now we are seeing this offense with the type of players Johson generally get to come to Tech and I’m sorry to say it doesn’t look good! The really talented players won’t come play in this system for the most part and because of that Tech is playing with less talent against much faster teams than Johnson faced at Navy.

I see another year or two and Johnson will be fired. Not because he isn’t a good coach but because he just simply won’t have the talent needed to win aginst top schools. We’ve seen with good not even great talen Johnson can win with this system, but he doesn’t have even good talent this year. Its average talent and you aren’t going to beat even ACC teams with average players!

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Without a competent passing game (and I am not referring to those Heave-Ho passes that Nesbitt throws up for grabs) of short and intermediate passes, this team will not be able to win consistently.

And when I say win consistently, I am referring to beating SEC teams, top ACC teams, and other conference teams in any possible bowl game.

Teams that have the size and speed to stymie an option offense.

Combine ineptitude on offense with a hap-hazard defense, and this is truly a recipe for football disaster.

Trust me, if this doesn’t get resolved, then in 2013 Tech will have another head coach roaming the sidelines.

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Guys there is also the “small” issue of offensive lineman carrier starts.

This link shows the total career starts of o-lineman for 120 college teams.

GT is 104th of 120 with only 37 career starts.

Guess who is number one with 155?…UGA.

So, yeah, loosing Bay bay hurts a lot, Dwyer, etc…but let’s not pretend having a basically inexperienced O-line doesn’t matter.

Then there is the ‘new defense playbook’…takes time.

There are a lot of things that add up to what we have today.

http://blog.philsteele.com/2010/06/02/ol-career-starts-returning

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Where is that tool RAMBLE ON!!!!??? Anyone heard from that dork? When the Dawgs whip Tech’s sorry arses yet again, he’ll be crying like the little baby that he is. Oh, and by the way, he likes men.

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Tech’s biggest problem this year has been offensive blocking or the lack thereof. Bay Bay was a great receiver and yes did help tremendously catching the football and making defenses honest, but honestly his biggest contribution to the team was as a blocker. He was a tight end playing wide receiver and he consistently knocked defensive backs to the ground.The result was many more break away td runs by our backs. This is whats missing from the 2010 jackets. They are not a good offensive team because they are not blocking like the 2009 version.

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Those of you who are saying PJ isn’t a good coach because he won with Gailey’s recruits are actually just proving the oppositions point that he is a good coach. Gailey couldn’t win with the players he recruited because he was a terrible coach (Just look at what is going on in Buffalo). Johnson was able to come in and use a completely different offensive scheme and win right away with the same players Gailey had at his disposal. This shows he actually is a good coach. The defense is going to take some time. You are going to take some lumps when you lose 4 of your 5 best players early to the NFL. Just look at Florida. Anyone really believe Meyer needs to be fired? Get Real!

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Dead on…and as Mark said..Bay Bay was a Gailey recruit for a pro set offense and Tech will not be able to recruit that type player again so it sounds like this offense has limits and Tech is scewed for the future.

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TomB good point also combined with my point about the total o-line starts, and you have a LOT of blocking issues. Last time I heard, blocking, the trenches, these things matter Good point.

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The irony of it all is that Johnson’s offense is supposed to have so many variations that the defense will never know what to expect or what’s coming next. Well unfortunately for GT, the exact opposite is true. The defense knows EXACTLY what is coming, and it’s not that difficult to defend. Especially when a huge facet of any offense, the pass, is basically nonexistent for GT. Here comes the spread option, or wing-veer, or counter-trey, or reverse or whatever. GT isn’t hard to stop when you take the passing game out of the equation. Combine Tech’s average players on offense with the speed, size and strength of the D1 defenses they face every Saturday, and that spells “loss” for Tech. The offense isn’t surprising anybody anymore. Johnson better bring in some players or overhaul his offense by adding a passing attack. I dont think either is going to happen. Who wants to go play for that style of offense? Certainly not pass-catchers and linemen. Good luck recruiting this year!!

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Mark, losing one player is gross oversimplification. Special teams, poor tackling and blocking, etc are at the core, not losing one player. Since Coach Johnson arrived, he has had to convert players not ideal for his system and lately battled youth as most of his upper class left for the NFL or graduated early. Its a combination of many things. Coach Johnson is building a program and your superficial evaluations are worthless.

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Mark you are so right! But also Tech loss 3 very important Coaches, their best Recruiting Coor. and DL Coach in Giff Smith, a budding good LB Coach and good Recruiter in St. Jean-Mary and a offensive mind who had been with CPJ for the longest to HC Ga. Southern, plus Wommack. They replaced them with a Grad. Assist. who right now may be in over his head. A young Navy guy who has not Coached the position he coaches now. I understand the hiring of Al Groh and Coach McCollum. On paper it looked good! But upon closer inspection Al Groh might have made out better in the Pro’s. In hindsight maybe CPJ should have grabbed Manny Diaz from MTSU who went to Miss. State. McCollum is going to kill them in recruiting. He hasn’t been able to close on the big stars in-state who are able to get into Tech. He has made North Carolina his recruiting hotbed but truth be told NC best players usually sigh with the Tar Heels and Tenn. and H.S. football in Georgia is way better as a whole. He has not taken advantage of sitting right next to all that talent in Florida, or use Tech reputation to recruit nationally from Texas, Ohio and Penn.-N.J. A bigger problem is some Tech fans look through gold colored glasses and think everything is alright and CPJ can walk on water. He is a great Coach but the South is full of them and you still have to have talent and a passing, punting and great defense. I don’t know if CPJ is flexible or humble enough to put those things into place!

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dawgfan – GT fans don’t have excuses, we have reasons. We’re too boring and logical to come up with flowery ‘excuses’. We simply evaluate things in clear honest straight terms. You want someone to say UGA has a better team and GT isn’t as good in football? No problem dude, you win that one! You guys out recruit us year in and year out and honestly, you should NEVER lose to us on paper. You are the man! Now, go away and bark or something.

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Offensive line issues and lack of effort (maybe focus) for essentially the entire team are also significant problems.

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GT 92 and WTF, you guys are pitiful. As soon as you start losing, you start in with the “institute of higher learning” crap and “you can’t compete with football factories”. What a couple of whining maggots..

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Isn’t It Ironic – Do you kiss your mom with that mouth? Just because your too stupid to debate the reality of the situation, doesn’t mean you’re right. Look up the number of academic exceptions each school has and I think you’ll see a very clear point…oh…but you don’t actually want points…you want to just throw around colorful insults which aren’t based in reality. Have fun with that.

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Techies, you were ranked #16 in the preseason and were pimping a guy for Heisman by ripping off a beer commercial. You ARE football factory. You just aren’t a very good one.

If the goal of your instition is to educate and not win football games it begs the question. Why do you have a freaking football team? Why do something if you’re only going to half azz it? Why not just scrap the football program so you can spend your Saturdays in the library with your calculators and calculus books? I’m not mocking education. I think its very important too. I’m just curious why Tech even bothers with football if its so meaningless as you say. Please help.

For what its worth, hardly anyone would miss Tech football. It would scroll across the ESPN ticker at the bottom of the screen and we’d never hear about it again. Johnson could go coach at Wake. Forest or Duke where he’d have the same excuses at his disposal. You’d have your calculus. And the rest of usa would never have to hear your sniveling panty waste holier than thou whining again. Its a win win!!!

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HA HA HA, “the reality of the situation” and “based in reality”?? Whose reality, yours? Leave now, I think your Halo game is starting..

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All Great coach’s change, modify, whatever over time…..I do agree with what I hear Tech fans beg for on here. A short to intermediate passing game to loosen up the defense. A passing game doesn’t have to be 30-40 yards. Hitting a guy in full stride 7 or 8 yards across the line in open space would back up that 9 in the box defense Tech is seeing. Johnson needs to adapt.

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Honey Bees – I don’t know who decided it, but the point is either you allow 80% of your team to play on academic exceptions like most SEC schools…or you allow 7% or so to play like GT does. Do you think it MIGHT make a difference on the football team if you didn’t actually have to qualify to get into GT? That’s what an academic exception is. If UGA had 7% academic exceptions on their football team, they wouldn’t have all 4-5 star guys year in and year out. I’m not sure if you realize this or not, but 300 pound, lightening quick, super strong, rocket scientists don’t often grow on trees. Look up the truth. The truth is, if you only have 10% or less guys on your team who are academic exceptions and you play against teams who have 80% of their team as academic exceptions, then history will tell you that GENERALLY SPEAKING the 80% team will be called a ‘football factory’ or ‘football school’. GT plays a HELL of a game of football, while keeping academic exception integrity at the same time. We can’t have it both ways. Either we open the gates and let every stud jock in, regardless of grades like the SEC schools, or we keep being what we are. We can’t have it both ways. And to pretend it doesn’t make a difference, is to be beyond illogical. That we win as much as we do is honestly amazing. We have twice the national championships as UGA in football, have won one more recently, and have an amazing history…all while doing it much more ‘the right way’, though we aren’t perfect, we are much closer to what college sports are ’supposed to be’ than the schools who allow the majority of their team to play, even if they only were in school as an academic exception.

Better wording would have been “we aren’t a football factory”, instead of “we aren’t a football school”.

Do you think the SEC schools are so dominating in football due to some magic trick…or do you think just maybe…it has to do with the players and dollars involved?

The difference between reasons and excuses is in the eye of the reader. I’m presenting facts and reasons, but anyone on here who is a dawg fan cannot think logically, thus they will try to mitigate the subject by dismissing as ‘excuses’. It’s OK either way. The facts are still the facts.

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Its no doubt that tech misses Thomas. The guy was an absolute beast last year. However, no one knew that he was going to be that going into last year. Look at his stats from his jr. to sr. year. Also to those who say that tech can’t get a “big time” wr like thomas to sign. Go back and look at the recruiting of both hill and thomas. Guess which was rated higher? Thats right it wasn’t thomas, it was indeed hill. Thomas was actually thought of as possible a tight end bc he was slow coming off the line. Not making excuses for hill (because he has dropped some truely easy catches this year) but you are asking him to replace the production of a rs-jr as only a true soph. I think tech’s biggest issues are its o-line and d-line. If you can’t block or tackle it doesn’t matter how good your skill players are you aren’t going to win.

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Tech will be fine and we are lucky to have CPJ and Groh.

On the other hand the dawgs routinely get the best talent and still lose far more games than they should.

Have the dawgs won a game yet with a team who has a winning record?

Groh didn`t come to Tech for the money. He came because as a football man he saw Tech could become something special. Our friends in Athens will always be a cesspool with St. Rich throwing the dawg fans a bone to keep his paycheck rolling.

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excuse me it was going from thomas’ rs-soph year to his rs-jr year.

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Just too follw up on my point about tech recruiting and academics. How does hewitt recruit such top caliber atheletes to play basketball? what is the difference in getting top notch basketball players and top notch football players?

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dawgfan – Duke plays football too. They have less academic exceptions than GT. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s ‘fun’. Maybe it’s ’school spirit’? Maybe they don’t think they have to run their school the way Dawg fans say they should? Odd, I know!

If a school should make football more important than learning, then you’re right, we should abandon football. We clearly do not make it the biggest priority at GT. I have many times thought the conversation would be simpler if only ‘football factories’ played as the semi-pro league that it is.

We need more parking space anyway.

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The Grinch

October 26th, 2010
8:32 am
Josey Wales
October 26th, 2010
8:16 am

“That joke is older than Richt’s haircut.”

Speaking of old jokes
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That haircut is no joke….it’s real.

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Honey Bees – I didn’t say they all go on to be rocket scientists. I said that we don’t accept people on the football team who aren’t qualified to get into Georgia Tech as students, sans about 7% exception rate. If I were barely qualified to get into school, I probably would have a very hard time graduating also. What your now discussing is ‘what happens after they get into school’. My points were about ‘getting into school in the first place’.

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BTW – Most of my friends are Dawg fans, so I’m far from a hater. If you talk to a real person, in real life, (not on a blog), generally they will look you in the eye and admit the obvious….UGA has WAY more resources WAY more academic exceptions and it’s amazing GT hangs with them as well as we do. Reality is nothing to be ashamed of. The schools have different priorities and that’s OK. No one is ‘wrong’ here. It’s all about the love baby! LoL

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For the record MB, the predictions you’ve missed on could fill a bus.

How about that one that Jason Heyward might not make teh Braves Big League Club? Or that the Braves were a lock to win the East?

Don’t toot your own horn as a prognosticator.

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No man alive could catch most of those passes thrown this year, Bay Bay or Hey Hey or Jerry Rice. Whatever LSU did to us 2 years ago, with Thomas part of the team, every good team we play has picked up on. We are being manhandled on both lines. People are in Josh’s face or hanging on him as he releases. Even when he is not being bothered he is so mentally mess up from worrying where it is coming from he misses wide open receivers. In the Georgia game last year it was a perfect pass dropped by Bay Bay that lost that game.

Tech is not getting blown out. Every game with the exception of that LSU game were winnable in the 4th quarter. Some should have never been that close to have to win them in the 4th like Kansas, but in reality every team has moments or even years like that. Controlling the line of scrimmage is the problem I see. As for people asking Mark to write more on Tech, have at it pal. I truly believe the problem with many teams, Georgia being one of them is right or wrong there is not enough of this kind of reality writing. I read how they are going to run the table, writers sound like they are on drugs. Tech has always been a target or basically ignored would be more accurate, the “who cares” category . We are the minority, we don’t sell newspapers, and we have more alumni fans percentage wise, so our concerns are for the whole institution not just the sports department’s entertainment value . You may see some poor Tech teams but you will never see a cocky Tech team. Our local press has kept us grounded, along with a few good coaches and some players that came to school to get an education along with football. Our coach could care less what is written so you won’t find the team dressing up like a bunch of clowns or him artificially throwing his clipboard to show some member of the press he has learn to show emotion. Nope the defensive line will get bigger, the offensive line will carry out their assignments better and special teams will stop losing games for us. The great thing about Paul Johnson is he would have made those changes with or without Mark or anyone’s help, wonder if that is how other places operate.

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The great “Bay Bay” dropped the big one, the perfectly
thrown ball that would have given Tech a first down deep
in Georgia territory, when they needed one score to win
and would have had plenty of time.

Then the great “Bay Bay”, instead of staying another
year and making up for that disaster, preferred to leave
early for the big bucks.

Good riddance of that traitor.

Who says Tech can’t recruit another receiver with his
level of talent? How does Bradley know that?

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Enough with this Chan Gailey recruiting garbage. The majority of the starters on this years team were recruited by Chan Gailey. Paul Johnson’s has had 2 full recruiting classes making his players true Sophmores or RS Freshman. As mentioned already Hill was a more highly regarded recruit than Thomas at WR. Hill just hasn’t lived up to the billing, but his career is far from over.

The problem with fans and pundits is that they are too reactionary. The vast majority of the analysis, both casual and professional, centers around the most recent results. Earlier in the year UGA was doomed, now they are going to win the SEC East. Which is it? Do wins over Vandy, UT, and Kentucky mean they are good enough to go down to Auburn and beat the #1 team in the nation? What about those losses to Miss St. and Colorado? What if they *gasp* lose to UF?

What I’m trying to say here is that just because GT lost to Clemson doesn’t mean they are going to lose 3 of the next 4. In fact an argument could be made that they have all the talent they need to win out. That talent just needs to show up. Catching the ball (be it thrown, pitched, or punted)would be a good first start.

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JB – I know right?

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I think Tech fans when reading this would be astonished at how similar the fan base sounds to UGA fans. A whole lot of whining going on in the posts and Tech fans LOVE to point that out on UGA blogs. It works both ways my friends. The few Tech fans with intelligent posts are feeling the wrath of the obnoxious few Tech fans who troll the UGA blogs.

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One thing Mark Bradley does not realize is that BeyBey was a 3-star coming out of high school.

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8-4? you all are dreaming, 6-6 at the very best and that’s only it tech doesnt choke against duke.

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Lowcountry Bulldawgs – I know, it’s kinda a chicken or the egg thing. It will never stop, yet it’s like talking to a brick wall…pointless

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The receivers have been disappointing, the offensive line still is not where it should be, and we need to do much better on special teams. I think having a week off will be helpful.

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Nesbitt is nowhere near as bad a passer as his numbers show.

I have been to every home game, and the Clemson game- these kids aren’t catching them.

Nesbitt has thrown so many strikes that by even NFL standards would be considered catchable balls. And I’ve seen the kind of drops and fumbles that would get you cut from the roster.

Mark Bradley is 100% correct. We’re 2nd in the NCAA in rushing: the problem *ain’t* CPJ or his scheme.

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dawgfan

Don’t forget that UGA had won the Fullmer Cup once again. They have good athletes that are thugs and criminals. How many have been arrested this year? 11 or so. There’s no difference between UGA and FLA except FLA had a few national championships to brag about. Don’t be suprised if the cocktail party doesn’t turn out to good for the UGA fans this weekend. Tech may lose to UGA most years but FLA owns UGA’s a**.

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Ga_Tech_92,

I simply read the article along with posts to get a feel for the perspective of Tech fans and truly was surprised at the negativity.

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check out Guitar George he knows all the chords

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The Atlanta Falcons wide receivers couldn’t catch a ball either until there was a change at quarterback……think about it…..just saying!
Now one of those same receivers just went for over 200 yards receiving.

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Hey- no mention by me of the Dawgs sticking a fork in the hive as you said. Go read my post on TB blog about UGA and how it wins the East. It’s one game at a time for both schools. Neither are good enough to look ahead and most fans want to do that.

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BS. It’s play calling and turnovers/miscues.
We didn’t have those issues like we are this year.
3rd and 7, we get within 11 and pj calls for a bomb to the end zone. That’s why we stink.

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Mark, I believe that you made one point that is correct in that Tech’s passing game is terrible. The real reason for the lack of overall production is the lack of effective blocking, blown assignments (mainly offensively) and A-Allen at the B-back position. Tech doesn’t need a “passing threat” to shred opposing defenses, but they have to block above average on every play in order to this “stylized O to work”. They can’t miss blocking assignments period.

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ga_tech_92, you didn’t really answer the question. The question is this: even assuming that Tech does have the handicaps in recruiting that you claim, what would you like us to do? Is Georgia supposed to spot you a touchdown when we play you? That’s not how it works my friend. Are we supposed to feel sorry for you? We hate you. Not happening. So what is it that you want? You can argue your case all day long and I simply don’t care. I don’t care that only 7% of your football players are exceptions. I don’t care if they have to take calculus. I just want to beat your azzes and watch Techies cry. So what are you trying to accomplish with all this academic talk if not to make people feel sorry for Tech football?

And I don’t think you’re in any position to spout off about what UGA’s prorities are you pompous pinhead. Why is everything an either/or proposition with you Techies? Has it ever occured to you nimrods that its possible to have great academics AND care about football? Why do UGA academics suffer because we want the football team to win? What in the hell kind of sense does that make? Do Notre Dame academics suffer because they want the football team to win? What about Michigan, USC, or even Ohio State? All are top notch universities who at the same time take pride in an elite football program. Please in all your infinite wisdom explain to me how these are mutually exclusive concepts. I simply don’t get it.

Tech fans are an embarassment to themselves and everyone who calls this state home.

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I bet Stephen Hill regrets his decision not accept a scholarship and play in an offense that would showcase his skills for the next level…. wow imagine the $$$ he is loosing… the kid is good and might have a chance; but, with him it will come down to a week at the combine to build a portfolio cause he sure as hell isnt building one now at Tech…

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treyingeorgia,
If y’all still want Stephen Hill, you can have him…the guy can’t catch. His performance this year has nothing to do with the offense not showcasing him enough.

He’s been thrown to more than any other receiver precisely because he has great talent. The guy just can’t catch a ball to save his life.

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dawgfan – “You can argue your case all day long and I simply don’t care.” OK, then you understand why I won’t try to explain again. I think I pretty clearly illustrated the pros and cons. I didn’t ask for your sympathy or understanding. You also said, “We hate you”. I thought in politically correct (vomit) America, we weren’t allowed to ‘hate’ anymore. Interesting.

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treyingeorgia – We’ve had receivers taken VERY high in the draft both during and after the Gailey years, so clearly a WR can get drafted high coming out of GT. Both WR are having excellent carriers and represent themselves well. What’s not to like? Go Jackets!

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As a side note, I am glad Tech lost so that Mark Bradley could write another article on us.

It just wouldn’t do to have something positive to say about us, now would it?

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why can’t hill catch?

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Mark Bradley’s job is to report the facts while trying to rake in viewers, impressions, and participation. Writing articles like this does the job. Just look how long it took you to scroll to the bottom of this blog. I’m sure he doesn’t have a personal grudge against GT, but he sure does know how to ruffle some feathers. If he can get 3 or 4 pages of responses, then he’s done his job. Its just that simple. Don’t hate the player…hate the game.

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Just read the comment about the “Tebow-like” promise from Nesbitt. Is this anything like the Reggie Ball promise not to lose another game in 2003? After that one, Clemson thrashed Tech 39-3! Good luck against the Hokies, try to beat 0.1 yds/carry average Josh!

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If you are a Tech fan, why don’t you get behind this team instead of talking bad about them? Yea we are average. Yea we could prob go 6-6. But how does it help the players when you talk how bad they are? Grow up man. The best we can do as fans is to support this team no matter what. Leave the rest to Coach Johnson. Incredible coach. Don’t count out Tech yet.

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Rally Tech…He’s not being down on the team…he’s just being realistic. I am a big Tech fan and I know what I see…this team is just not as good as last year because of the lack of a passing game…We all hope they will improve…but the truth is the truth.

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Just curious, but has anyone watched NAVY this year? They run the option to near perfection. They would had killed Clemson. Look what they did to Notre Dame, of course that’s not saying much anymore but just look anyway. Ricky Dobbs is a great Dual-threat QB and his running backs are pretty good too. Now you compare them to Tech’s team it’s apples and oranges as far as running the option. Nesbitt, the O-line and the defense look like they don’t know what’s going on.
Once Tech get’s a QB that can throw and the defense get’s the 3-4 down, look out.

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dawgfan

Your an embarressment to this state by yourself. Forget about football or any univeristy. Your comments are immature and not well thought out. All ga_tech_92 was doing was explaining why Tech may struggle more than say UGA or OSU or Mich at recruiting b/c it’s harder to get into tech. We’ve lost plenty of good recruits b/c of that. I pretty sure MR hasn’t turned anyone away that wanted to play football at UGA regardless of their academics. By the way, ND is struggling to bring in top notch recruits because they might have the most stringent academic requirements if the country for athletes. Do you know how to write an intelligent blog and not name call like you 10 years old? I guess you do not simply get it.

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It’s not all on Nesbit…many of his passes on right on the numbers and the receivers just are not making the catches.

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Here’s the facts,
You are exactly right. The Navy players run the same offense, but with better cohesion and consistency. This is because they have all been together running the same offense for their entire college experience.

Like I said, most of the O-line will enter into their third years in the system next year. Watch the line start to play more as a unit and you will watch the offense become more efficient.

You can belittle Navy’s opponents, but face facts: Navy has worse talent than ALL of them, besides perhaps Army and/or Air Force. Yet they consistently beat teams with better talent.

The scheme is not the problem.

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As a die hard, life long, never will change, Tech fan I am real concerned about the quality of our coaching staff. My concern started when Johnson indicated the loss to Georgia was “just another game.” No question in my mine that Johnson was highly overrated when we took the bait and hired him. Probably would make a great coach at a Division 2 team but with our athletes the problem is in preparation which falls at his feet. Absolutely will not change my mind. He has to go.

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Two main problems at GT, the offensive line is not cohesive and to many dropped passes. I would hope coaching, recruting and time can fix both of these areas. 6-6 may be the best GT can do in 2010 but wouldn’t be surprise to see them pull an upset down the road.

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rj,
All the real Tech fans are behind Johnson 100%. Maybe you should go.

As for his comments regarding Georgie, he’s right. It is just another game. If you treat it as more than that, you are taking focus off other games, all of which are just as important.

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@dawgfan…Tech football a disgrace? The “university” of Ga. if you can call it that is the disgrace to the whole state of Ga. With AD’s driving drunk and cheating on their wives, the what 30 something arrest over the past 3 years. Richt’s lack of discipline and control, and oh yeah, that great president that really takes a leadership role. Also, I am not a Tech graduate, as I am a Michigan graduate, but my son goes to Tech. I travel to 34 states on business each year and beleive me your so called school is a laughing stock and embarrassment to the whole state of Ga. But oh, I forgot, people like you never even took a class at UGA or any other college, alot of you didn’t even graduate high school, that is why you have to find your whole self worth in a football game or tearing down someone else’s team. This, and people like you and your so called “university” are why the rest of the country views Georgia as a bunch of pathetic backwoods rednecks. Why don’t you clean up your own mess before saying someones and embarrasment, as UGA is the embarrassment in this state right now, and oh by the way, congratulations on your team getting back to .500.

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Good job T3…the Oline is and has been the primary issue.

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hey flying tigers – you have your own little mess on your hands my friend… how long before your on probation from rich rod… hell he has already set you back a few yrs in recruiting his version of the high school offense… my god these guys are running a single wing offense… how can you expect to recruit quality signal callers when you ask them on every play to get blown up… ouch!!!

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Stephen Hill should’ve pursued basketball in college – not football. I saw him play in high school and I know he had offers….I think he picked the wrong sport.

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treyingeorgia,
You are obviously not watching the games, so I won’t try to explain to you anymore.

Say what you want about Nesbitt. He doesn’t always make great passes. But this year he has put around 20-30 balls directly into Hill’s hands. Hill has dropped half of them.

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Jingle Dingle,

“Clemson and Kansas, there were key passes that would have won the game.”

What? You lost by 2 touchdowns and never had it any closer than 2 scores. You didn’t drop two touchdown passes in the endzone.

27-13. Go Tigers!

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Tech has discovered what us Dawgs discovered last year. Replacing NFL players with good college players doesn’t result in as many wins or more wins. It results in losses. That and coupled with a new defensive scheme and not enough bulk to stop the run spells trouble.

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Eric,
You have the same outlook on life as my 3-year old son. If something makes him mad, he feels it is his right to be an @$$ to everyone else.

Fortunately, he is 3 years old and will mature into an adult.

How old are you?

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You are right, DawginLex…and I have no problem admitting that.

The difference is last year no one wondered if the pro style offense would ever work again.

I guess it will never end, as people are naturally reticent to accept something different.

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well put Flying Tigers.

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Techies just refuse to answer the question. In so doing, they implicitly admit that all their whining about academics is nothing more than attempt to make everyone feel sorry for them. Glad we got that cleared up.

Flying Tiger, I must have missed the part where I or anyone else gives a flying two cent crap where you went to school, where your son goes to school, or how many states you’ve been to on business. You are the classic pompous pinhead Techie. And you wonder why we hate you? You make it impossible not to. You are obnoxious, stuck up, insecure, Napopleon Complexed, and completey insufferable. Fine, you don’t embarass the state, but you routinely embarass yourselves.

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JoeV

Don’t come on here bragging about the win. You still have DABO. That’s all we need to say. Clemson was the better team this year and they won. Tech just couldn’t make a play when they had the oppurtunity. Sometimes it just comes down to making a play to change the game around. Clemson has struggled the last few years and some of this year to make plays to win games, but they did what they had to do to get a win. GT has been the better team the last few years. It comes in cycles. Clemson was well overdue to beat tech. the Last win was when tech got killed in the 39-3 homecoming game (purple jerseys). They played real well last weekend (purple jerseys). Maybe DABO should just go with purple jerseys against Tech from now on.

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dawg fan:

Probably the same % of folks give a damn about your opinion as they do about Flying Tiger – so YOU are the one that needs to chill out (and by the way – I’d rather hear from someone with some traveling experience somewhere other than the Clarke County slammer).

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Unfortunate thing for GT is that it is hard to recriut a great WR when you tell him his primary mission is blocking and that he might get to touch the ball twice per game. Most really good receivers fancy themselves as receivers and not primarily blockers. Don’t know who recruited Thomas but whatever, the cat is out of the bag now that GT simply is not a passing team. This will make it very difficult to remedy the problem of replacing Thomas, ever.

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None of this is really ‘news.’ Anyone that knows football and knows GA Tech accurately predicted what was said in this article/blog. The question really is….. how do we fix it?

I’m not sure this can be fixed this year. Nesbitt is throwing okay, but we don’t have a reciever that can catch. CPJ needs to recruit better recievers.

That is the bottom line.

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I think someone hit a nerve with Flying Tiger….. Too funny.

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I’m trying to remember who it was on these blogs back in August who said that Stephen Hill would have more TD catches and more yards than AJ Green…. Anyone?

Stephen Hill — 11 catches, 161 yards, 2 TD

AJ Green – 22 catches, 365 yards, 4 TD

This is laughable considering Green has played in only 4 games this season. Keep Dreamin’…

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It’s pretty depressing to talk about Tech football this year, but Tech is a great school in any case. And Tech certainly has no students as stupid as this one described by Neal Boortz:

Well, I don’t want to embarrass the subject of our little story by using her real name. We’ll call her Prunella. Our heroine is a senior at the University of Georgia and a columnist for the Red and Black, the independent UGA student newspaper.

At the end of her most recent column, “Think before you shop at Walmart,” you will see this tag: “[Prunella] is a senior from Lawrenceville majoring in magazines and women’s studies.”

With such a double major I’m sure the recruiters are knocking down her door.

“Think before you shop at Walmart?” As a matter of fact I do! My thought process is usually something like, “I think I’ll go shopping at Walmart.”

Prunella disapproves. She says that when she walks into a Walmart she sees “concentrated evil.” Not just evil, mind you — concentrated evil!

Our magazine major’s problems with Walmart seem to stem from the fact that many local retailers find it difficult to compete when Walmart moves into town.

That’s the nature of the free market.

Prunella doesn’t explain how she would remedy the situation. Consumers exercising their free choices apparently don’t sit well with this young lady. She is also upset with Walmart because it is a “large unfeeling corporation with (a) major impact on what we buy, where it’s produced and how much we pay.” Please. Whoever it is out there forcing Prunella to shop at Walmart, knock it off.

Somehow, in her column about the “concentrated evil” that is Walmart, Prunella didn’t address the fact that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. donates just shy of $300 million a year to charities around the country. The company also reportedly pledged $2 billion for a five-year campaign to fight hunger. The evil must be concentrated somewhere other than in charitable giving.

Perhaps, then, this is Prunella’s real problem with Walmart. In her column she expresses displeasure that profit-driven corporations “are firing American workers to cut production costs. They then charge American consumers more money than what it took to produce their products.”

Let’s address both of her points. First: How dare any evil “profit-driven” corporation fire workers to cut production costs! Cutting production costs is nothing less than a blatant attempt to improve the bottom line. Don’t these dastardly businessmen realize that they’re in business to hire people, not to make money? After all, potential investors look to the number of unnecessary employees as a surer sign of corporate health than profit and loss figures. Any good woman’s studies major surely knows that!

Second: Let’s erect some gallows at Sanford Stadium so, at the next Georgia home game, we can hang the next evil businessmen we catch selling a product for more than it cost to produce. Prunella must have sneaked into the back of a UGA business class to learn that her next pair of shoes should be sold for exactly what it cost to make them and place them on the shelves of her favorite store (not Walmart) — and not one penny more.

Seriously, folks. Is this what we get after tens of thousands of dollars are spent to produce a college graduate these days? Did her magazine professor see this column before she submitted it to the Red and Black? Didn’t someone warn her that such public displays of economic brilliance can end up being embarrassing?

And the most troubling question of all: Is she registered to vote?

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@sec fan – I disagree. Any high school reciever should jump at the chance to play at GA Tech. There is proof that they can succeed in college and also turn pro. What more can they ask for?

I also disagree that “Tech is not a passing team.” Tech passes. Just look at the last few games. There is plenty of opportunities for a good reciever to shine.

And, don’t forget, the great education that GA Tech offers…..

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RambleOn84- I’m 21. And I go to UGA. And I’d like to read about Georgia on AJC without having to read the illiterate and beyond incomprehensible garbage and excuses that come out of the mouths of Tech fans. I read 4ish months ago that Tech had a campaign to promote Josh Nesbitt for Heisman. JOSH NESBITT FOR HEISMAN?!?!?!?! Do any of you know the capacity and integrity that come with winning the Heisman Trophy? Obviously not. But thank god, that ridicule has stopped and we all know that this won’t happen. GA Tech plays in the ACC. As many people have already said on here… It’s a basketball conference. And Tech hasn’t been too good at that lately.

So keep blogging about how UGA sucks (and I will be the first to admit that this has been beyond a disappointing year), but I do know for a fact that UGA will beat Tech again, as we typically do. RambleOn84 and friends… you’re like my 7 year old little sister, who still whines when she loses and acts like a sore loser. Prick.

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As a UGA fan, I just hope Paul Johnson lucks into a really good WR on the recruiting trail this year. If he does, it just might be enough to help him achieve sufficient mediocrity to keep his job for the next four or five years, which can only be a good thing for the Dawgs.

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Paul Johnson is a joke, just like his offense
The triple joke has been exposed and the gimmick is over
He’ll be selling manziers or strategy books with Hal Mumme soon

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It’d be good to improve: sloppy tackling, D-line play up the middle on runs, get some pressure on opposing QB, too many penalties all around but esp special teams, and yes, passing game, including accuracy of delievery and the sureness of the hands catching the ball. I just want to see one of our guys knock someone down in a mean way…Come’on, guys, tackle hard, OK?

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@30-24: Hey, cut a guy a break! I only dropped that pass because I got blinded by those hideous tech cheerleaders.

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No surprise to see a bunch of Dawg fans piling on after a Tech loss. Come on guys, lay off. You’re hurting our feelings.

As for the team, we definitely lack the talent from last year, and it shows when we play against good competition. I agree with some of the earlier bloggers that we’re probably headed for 6-6. This is not to say that we can’t pull one out against either VT, Miami, or UGA, but it’s not likely given they way our D has played. But who knows?

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I have been saying this for two years, you cannot just put anyone in this offense and expect to win like Tech did for the last two years. You have to have as good if not better talent as on the other side of the ball. Why? Because the blue print on how to beat this offense has been around for decades, and even in the ACC, you will line up against defenses loaded with NFL talent.

This is problem for Tech…recruiting. As you pointed out, Mark, Thomas was recruited by Gailey for a pro-style offense. Even Nesbitt and Dwyer have been on record saying they would not have come to Tech to run the triple option. Say what you want about Gailey, the man could recruit, and Johnson is not recruiting nearly at the same level. Thomas is definitely the biggest impact loss, but as Gailey’s players leave, Tech is looking worse across the board.

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Eric,
If you’d like to read about Georgia on the AJC, then I suggest you visit the articles written about UGA. You are currently on one written about Georgia Tech. This is why you are having the problem with reading about Tech.

Do they teach reading at UGA? You might wanna sign up for that class, or maybe just buy the notes in the bookstore. That is the UGA bookstore, not the Georgia Tech bookstore. Don’t get confused.

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The record is 60-39-5

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Dacula Jacket, we have yet to actually play a good game this season. I think we will get it together for one. Hopefully against VT, I would love to beat them again. I predict a 7-5 finish.

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Mike, name one good recruiting year for Chan Gailey other then 2007. The man wasn’t a good recruiter. People need to quit saying this completely false myth. Thomas was actually a 3 star recruit, not even in the top 50 at his position. He got much better when he was in college.

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With the offense GT runs, they will always be somewhere between 7-5 and 9-3 and that is it…their defense is decent, but the offense is very predictable, also their drives eat up huge amounts of the clock, turnovers kill them, they are not prograamed as a quick strike team, get ahead of them early, like Clemson, and boom, they are in trouble….scrap the offense,no brainer

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I’m quitting and heading back to Statesboro. I miss Gaybo Shaw soooooo much!

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Bark Madley,

When are you going to learn? I know UGA is the greatest football team on the planet for beating 1AA Vandy and UT. Not to mention my Gators who aren’t very good right now blasted UK 48-14.

UGA will lose again on Saturday to UF (like always), and lose to Auburn by 30+ and head into the Tech game 5-6.

Bark Madley will again have his head up CMR’s back side and say “UGA is the best 5-6 team in America.”

Get a clue Bark. UGA is a joke! Quit writing about programs you don’t follow (anyone outside of UGA), and start writing about how UGA is the pre-season #1 team in 2011.

What a joke….

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Hey UF, look at the record over the history……Florida football did not start in the 80’s. Ya’ll were losers long before then………

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RamblinWreck83 – glad you broght the heisman question up. When’s the last time tech actually had a player WIN the heisman. But i don’t want to take anything away from Retarded Joe, so congrats on the runner up finish.

And yes, I know that tech claimed a share of the MNC in 1990, which was more recent than 1980. Let me save you the effort of retorting with that tired adage.

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gt will be fine ! all the bandwagon tech fans you can leave now we dont need yall!!1 coach pj will get it fixed this year i fully expect us to win 3of the next 4 if….. we execute our offense right, we have yet to execute our offense even half to what its capable of due to very poor blocking and dropping passes. coach pj earned our loyalty to him for what he has done the past 2 years, i can tell you one thing gt will be a constant 8-10 wins every year, something gailey could never do… go gt if we execute against vt we win in a shootout 38-35.

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The sign of a well coached team is how they improve as the year goes on. Tech just isnt well coached right now.

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Ramblin – the joke is that tech CLAIMED the national title by way of their victory in the prestigious citrus bowl. Didn’t tech tie a 4-7 UNC team that year as well?

Colorado was ranked #1 going into the ORANGE bowl. They beat #3 Notre Dame.

Compare tech and colorado’s status, bowls, and bowl-opponents and then try to tell me with a straight face that tech was a more legit champ.

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Dawg-gone

Either way, GT has more national championships than UGA…..and wait for it….that will NEVER change

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FACT – tech has never won a consensus national title.

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i swear tech people are all the same. They all try to live vicariously through another entity, whether it be a school, a trophy, whatever.

I went to Bobby Cox’s last game when the Giants beat the Braves. These guys in front of me wearing tech paraphanalia were taunting the Giants fans after the game saying how badly the Phillies were going to beat them (how’d that turn out?). Sound familiar to how they can’t beat Georgia so they like to boast of how badly other teams will beat Georgia?

Do you guys honestly not see how pathetic that makes you?

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I like Tech, but my fellow fans get real. Its gonna be more lean seasons than great ones at Tech. Most great recruits want to play for a team thats in a strong conference. SEC, BIG TEN, and others. THE ACC just can’t match up at this time. I hope they will soon. I,m older than most on this blog I,m sure. The great old coaches, B. Dodd, Bear Bryant, Shug Jordan, Wally Butts and others went through lean seasons. And it was expected. But these knuckle head impatent fans these days won’t stand for it. Look at the Gators. Their fans are already calling for Urban Meyers head. Its all so stupid. The fans on some of these teams bandwagon must have brains shaped like footballs. “We should be conf. champs EVERY YEAR”. NO EXCUSES. They eat sleep, and dream football. I know most can’t understand it but I like UGA and GT. But I gotta admit I’d rather watch 2 teams in the SEC play than 2 in the ACC.

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Dawg-gone

Tech did tie UNC that year. But Colorado lost to illinois and also had a tie with Tennessee that year. So, if a team is undefeated and the team sharing the MNC has 1 loss then the undefeated team should have the title. Everyone know that Colorado should not have won it that year. Just ask Missouri. By the way, I am telling with a straight face that Colorado is not the Champ in 1990. Tech would have beat Colorado if they would of played each other. Tech even beat the #1 UVA team that year on the road. Colorado didn’t even do that.

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i’m not a smart man, but even i know ga has more titles than gt.

1927, 1942, 1946, 1968, and 1980.

5>4.

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tech’s schedule in 1990 makes boise state’s schedule in 2010 seem daunting.

Everybody knows that.

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Dawg-Gone

You’re right, GT had a 4-7 UGA team on it that GT beat by 2+TD’s be’twinx the hedges

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Dawg Gone proves that they can’t teach history at UGA. Tech beat the #1 team in the nation in 1990. When the puppy’s won their last Nat’l title it took GT to tie Notre Dame to even get UGA in the running.

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and by Ramblin’s argument, the 1968 title should be universally recognized as Georgia’s, as they were the only undefeated team with a record of 8-0-2. Right? Apples to Apples.

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point. in. case.

and would you like to compare the georgia/tech series record over the last 20 years? And when you do so, please only count games where tech players were academically eligible. I think you’ll find that georgia “owns tech’s ass.”

Loser.

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you are correct on one thing, new georgia students aren’t handed the same (inaccurate) talking points about tech the moment they step on campus. Unlike they do at tech.

It’s pretty funny – all the hatred towards georgia is so contrived. Everything from the little pre-game drum circle to the fight song to the exact same TECHNIQUE georgia theme every year.

Does it bother tech fans at all that the majority of georgia fans don’t even think about tech until the week of the game? Classic little brother syndrome.

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Forrest Gump

HAHAHA. Now that’s funny. Those weren’t MNC. Back then, there were so many polls that had their own ranking. Good luck on selling that to someone.

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Ramblin, aren’t three out of four of tech’s claimed titles from that same era (or even before)? If you can sell me on how tech’s are different from georgia’s, then you should be in sales.

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I see a lot of UGA fans right now who are thinking about Tech…I’d say they’re obsessed.

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Tech students = terrorists.

typical tech fans.

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lol. I love UGA fans. They don’t realize the irony of coming onto a blog about Ga Tech and telling us how much they don’t care about us.

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historian

October 26th, 2010
1:23 pm
and by Ramblin’s argument, the 1968 title should be universally recognized as Georgia’s, as they were the only undefeated team with a record of 8-0-2. Right? Apples to Apples.

Really? because by my facts, Ohio State finished 10-0 that year with no ties unlike UGA who had 2 ties.

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Oh and to Dawg Gay Afternoon…who was the last team to win a National Championship in the State of Ga…that’s right Tech in ‘90. UGAG won in 80. What morons!

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Actually, the last team in georgia to claim a legitimate title were my GaSouthern eagles of 2000. Ah, I miss those days. I miss playing in a real conference.

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i believe the Valdosta State Blazers won one in 2007 as well.

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All you dawg fans – you have your own problems so back to your kennels.

Techsters – Our receivers do not yet understand the concept of owning the ball when it is thrown to them. Hill has talent but is not yet committed to going up at any time to use his hands to out manuver the defender. And, as good an athlete as Nesbitt is, he is truthfully not the prototypical QB for this offense. That said, I’ve never seen an athlete warrior like him. He may not have the best footwork going but never question his will. The man is a winner and as tough a competitor as there is.

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once again gt will be fine ! all the bandwagon tech fans you can leave now we dont need yall!!1 coach pj will get it fixed this year i fully expect us to win 3of the next 4 if….. we execute our offense right, we have yet to execute our offense even half to what its capable of due to very poor blocking and dropping passes. coach pj earned our loyalty to him for what he has done the past 2 years, i can tell you one thing gt will be a constant 8-10 wins every year, something gailey could never do… go gt if we execute against vt we win in a shootout 38-35.

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We shared the title in 90 moron! I know I was at the bowl game where we blew out Nebraska and had to wait for the Notre Dame/Colorado game. Ishmael ran a punt back for a TD which was called back alas us sharing the title with Colorado. Why are so many UGAG fans on this blog? Shouldn’t they be worried about their own problems?

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gt

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Dawg-gone is a racist – please explain your title. Are you calling me a racist because i pointed out that the tech student section resembles the bar scene from Star Wars?

Wow, the truth hurts a little bit?

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If we want to count RECOGNIZED national championships (meaning championships picked by selectors recognized by the NCAA), Tech has three (1917, 1928, and 1990) and UGA has one (1980).

If we want to count any year that ANY selector chose either team as their national champion, Tech has 6 (1917, 1928, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1990) and Georgia has 5 (1927, 1942, 1946, 1968, 1980).

If we want to count BCS National Championships, both Tech and Georgia have 0.

If we want to count undefeated seasons (including ties), Tech has 8 (1905, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1928, 1951, 1952, 1990) and Georgia has 4 (1896, 1920, 1946, 1980).

If we want to count undefeated AND untied seasons, Tech has 3 (1917, 1928, 1952) and Georgia has 3 (1896, 1946, 1980).

Tech comes out on top of every list except undefeated and untied seasons, although it should be noted that in 1896 Georgia only played 4 games.

When Tech and Georgia were both in the SIAA conference (1895-1920), Tech had 5 titles (1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921) and UGA had 2 (1896, 1920). Tech and UGA shared the title in 1920 apparently.

When Tech and Georgia were both in the Southern Conference (1921-1932), Tech had 3 titles (1922, 1927, 1928) and UGA had 0.

When Tech and Georgia were both in the SEC (1933-1963), Tech had 5 titles (1939, 1943, 1944, 1951,1952) and UGA had 4 (1942, 1946, 1948, 1959).

So in summary, Tech leads UGA in every one of these historical measures, save for one: UGA leads the all-time head-to-head series.

But since UGA fans don’t care about Tech anyway, this is really nothing to brag about.

I guess we now see why so many UGA fans come onto our blogs so often.

Jealousy is a very ugly thing.

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Dawg-gone. I as a Tech alumnus and die-hard fan find Star Wars and other nerd jokes hilarious. Tech students are indeed a quirky bunch, by and large. After they graduate? Well, that’s where the pride points tend to pile up. Whoever’s calling you a racist is too sensitive. It’d be the same as a Dawg fan yelling at me for making the same age-old joke about Sanford stadium being the biggest gathering of trailer trash this side of the Sprint Cup. No one’s mad about that. We say things in jest knowing that generalizations are just stupid and funny. Racist…sheesh…

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ManUP – i hear you. Generalizations are stupid…but also fun. and convenient.

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who cares what gt or ga did 30 years ago what matters is now.. im a diehard gt fan but at best case senario we are a 8-4 team and georgia you have beat a bad tenn and vanderbuilt team and kentucky a ok team…both teams are not that good this year, please lets stop fighting and wait til the week we gt and ga actually play for our clean old fashion hate………..

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Stephen Hill was a higher ranked WR than Bay Bay..We will get WR’s that are ranked higher than Bay Bay…Nice try though

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RambleOn84, good history lesson, but let the number speak for themselves without the cut at the end. Who cares who thinks they’re better historically than us? If we’re so great, should we be owning the head-to-head series? I’ve always left it at that. We are 20 games back in that race, so no matter what we say they’ll always say they’re better. Fandom of Tech really should be based on just loving Tech and not trying to prove anything. I, just like other Tech fans, would LOVE for us to beat the Dawgs in everything, and I think there’s no excuse. Of course we’ve been better than them through history and had maybe more time in the spotlight over the years…so why haven’t we beaten them historically? I say it’s a mental block. We make the mistake of BELIEVING they’re better and play them that way. That’s why we love CPJ. He sees no reason we shouldn’t win. I also see no reason we can’t put in the necessary work and reap the benefit of being #1 in the state again. It will take exactly 21 straight wins over UGA to get us back to that place. Let’s get busy, I say!

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i think if we gt execute our offense we can reasonably win at lest 3of the next 4 games,, but the problem is we havent executed it all years,, well the next game would be a place to start

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here’s an interesting site…

http://michigan-football.com/ncaa/ncaa_1a.htm

and i’m not trying to be a smart-ass, but i’m surprised tech is only #23. if you omit the newer programs from the list (Boise, S. Florida, etc.), i’d have to admit it’s pretty accurate.

Thoughts?

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mark bradley ,

why do you only post bad post about tech, but ga beats 3 averages teams at best and you say they will win the sec east????????? what a joke??????????

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Any chance before Nov. 27th AJ Green will sell another jersey to an agent, Washaun Ealey will be arrested again for hit-and-run of a parked vehicle & driving with a suspended license, or Caleb King will get arrested for missing another court date? ….. just wonderin’ ….

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Einstein – right, because those offenses should all be punishable by the Chinese Water Torture, right?

I mean, driving with a suspended license! Selling a football jersey to a willing third party! Fender bender in a garage! Those THUGS!!!

The HORROR!!!

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Dawg-gone moron – well, let’s see…

VT wasn’t on the national radar, or even slightly relevant for that matter, until the late 90s. Georgia had its worst team of the past 50 years that year. S. Carolina was their ususal pre-Spurrier terrible selves. But…Clemson and UVA were both decent that year. SO…great job, tech?

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dem jawga boys be arrested for dem silly crimes. I know how make it RAIN, baby!!!

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right, but my point was that it’s skewed a little bit. Unless, of course, you hold Boise in a higher esteem historically than Michigan, Bama, ND, Nebraska, etc…

get where i’m coming from?

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#1gt will be fine ! all the bandwagon tech fans you can leave now we dont need yall!!1 coach pj will get it fixed this year i fully expect us to win 3of the next 4 if….. we execute our offense right, we have yet to execute our offense even half to what its capable of due to very poor blocking and dropping passes. coach pj earned our loyalty to him for what he has done the past 2 years, i can tell you one thing gt will be a constant 8-10 wins every year, something gailey could never do… go gt if we execute against vt we win in a shootout 38-35.

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ManUP – agree on all accounts. Unquestionably, Dodd set tech back a few decades when he pulled them out of the SEC.

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Dawg-gone

October 26th, 2010
2:27 pm
Dawg-gone moron – well, let’s see…

VT wasn’t on the national radar, or even slightly relevant for that matter, until the late 90s. Georgia had its worst team of the past 50 years that year. S. Carolina was their ususal pre-Spurrier terrible selves. But…Clemson and UVA were both decent that year. SO…great job, tech?

You should quit making excuses for that year. Colorado played quite a few top 25 teams in the beginning of the year. Most of the teams (Tenn, illinois, texas and others) didn’t finish with good records. Regardless, Tech earned it more than Colorado. Tech didn’t need phantom calls to win games.

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damn right he’s a thug – how dare he sell a game jersey to a collector. Shoot, i think he got off easy. he only had to miss 1/3 of his last season? I think he should have been drawn and quartered.

but just out of curiosity, why is he a thug? we have plenty of thugs on our team (so does every d-1 team), but from every indication, AJ is a good kid. I know it kills you to realize that.

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we won the national title in ‘90. i never even heard of gatech.

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Meh, Dodd had his reasons for leaving the SEC, although people disagree on what they actually were. We are better off today then we were then even if football took a hit. I think looking at all time winning percentages is a bit of a tricky measure anyways. There have been so many changes to every team, and conference that it would be nearly impossible to compute a strength of schedule, and without that then wins don’t really mean anything.

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Come play here at UGA and you can do whatever, whenever you want. We even had an athletic director that loved his girls young and utterly enjoyed driving frunk!

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Dodd left the SEC because he didn’t want to travel to the Mississippi schools (can’t say i blame him, although as a spectator i enjoy the scenery in Oxford) and he was trying to make tech the Notre Dame of the South (results notwithstanding).

The whole academic argument doesn’t make a lot of sense. Tech didn’t start to gain academic notoriety on a national level until recently, and i think everyone would agree that Vandy, florida, and georgia are recognized as more academically favorable than clemson, vatech, maryland, fsu, miami, nc state, etc.

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who has a better shot to win out ga or ga tech???????

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dawghater, I’m pretty sure we lead the SEC in handing Tech its azz on a football field. Granted, its only because we have the fortune of playing you every year, but we love the sure W’s.

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I wasn’t really speaking in terms of only an academic argument, Tech just overall wouldn’t really fit in the SEC these days. All of the conferences have gained their own identity for what their members are strong at and where their priorities lie. Not that every conference doesn’t have its odd balls. The ACC has Florida St and the SEC has Vanderbilt.

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How can you say that tech wont get a WR like Bay Bay anytime soon?? I understand that Bay Bay was the first WR taken in the draft and that he was great. But that doesn’t mean we wont get another WR in the same ball park anytime soon with PJ here… D. Thomas was not a stud in highschool and was not ranked that high.

Bay Bay: recruiting rankings
Scout: 3 star #34 WR ESPN: 3 star #100 WR Rivals: 3 star # 58

Stephen Hill:
Scout: 4 star #23 WR ESPN: 3 star #90 WR Rivals: 3 star #99

We will continue to recruit WR’s that are better ranked than Bay Bay was..Will they become as good as Bay Bay?? Not a great chance. But what team WR has the chance at becoming the first WR taken in the draft?? The odds are not that good.

But basically your point about tech not being able to recruit WR’s is a load of BS…

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Joey tech does just because our schedule is easier..besides them playing us and I. State

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Thank you MB. It’s about time somebody put the onus where it belongs. Squarely on that TO. By the end of next year the love affair with PJ and that offense will be over.

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ramblinwreck – right, and you didn’t go to florida. none of you did. stop using florida as your surrogate. georgia owns tech. it’s pathetic of tech fans to use another team to try and even the playing field.

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i think you have it a little turned around ..its the quartback ..can’t pass

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3-17 since 1990

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Our D will be lucky to hold UGA under 50 points.

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tech’s record versus georgia? It’s actually 1-15 since 1991 (excluding the games from 98-00 when tech cheated with ineligible players).

but yeah, florida has been really good for the past two decades. what’s your point? georgia still owns tech.

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wow, i guess the techies that want AJ to get the gaschamber for selling a bowl jersey are pretty dismissive about program-wide academic fraud.

Shocking, but not really.

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5-15 > 3-17

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I don’t think our D can hold UGA under 50 pts.

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If we remove wins when guys may have been academically ineligible, should we also take away UGA’s ONLY national title?

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UGA officials intervened to make sure nine UGA players were allowed to play in the 1981 Sugar Bowl despite the fact that they had failed remedial English.

REMEDIAL ENGLISH…I wonder if Herschel was among them.

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The difference between the two academic issues at UGA and Tech is that in 2000, Tech self-reported what they found were violations.

UGA, on the other hand, fired Jan Kemp for speaking out against the academic misdeeds involving UGA football players.

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Hey, give up the National Championship y’all cheated to win and then we’ll talk about Tech’s problems under O’Leary.

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hey idiot – they “self” reported when they realized it was about to blow up. Schools self-report things they know are about to be uncovered in order to try for leniency.

Kemp was a bad deal, and it was Dooley’s fault. But that’s the difference – i’ll recognize transgressions. tech tries to act like they never happened.

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Better to come clean at the last moment than to never do so…so is UGA going to hand back that trophy or continue to demonize Jan Kemp?

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Ramble – you are truly a sociopath. i’ll bet you could justify anything, couldn’t you?

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I’m a sociopath because…maybe you should take a remedial English course and find out what that word means.

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i would have loved to have had the gatech men fighting for me over in Europe in 1917, when they supposedly won a national championship. Then again, maybe that’s why the US won the war – no wimpy techies were present to drag everyone down.

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Racist – you’re right, i’m on a tech blog the week of the florida game. You must know why, giving your citation of our RECENT record with them. Oh, you don’t? You mean you talk $hit to teams that have owned you the past twenty years? You do? But…that doesn’t make any sense…

I don’t talk trash to teams that have owned georgia recently. Only techies talk trash to teams that have owned them.

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UGA fans are so scared of the beat down there are going to receive on Sat that they don’t have the testicular fortitude to find a UGA v UF blog to troll on….

you’re a pathetic, racist idiot

but hey atleast you’ve got your well respect degree(sic) from uga to hang your hat on

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Racist – so you measure your manhood by what blogs you contribute to?

Tell me you’re kidding.

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haha so now ga tech has the harder schedule? uga played/plays south carolina, arkansas, florida, and the number 1 team in the country, auburn. ga tech has the pleasure of playing va tech (watch out for james madison), miami, and nc state (real acc juggernaut). oohhhh nooo!!!!!! i don’t think either team will be satisfied with 4 or 5 losses, and I don’t care what conference you play in. we both suck, but don’t be stupid. georgia has won 15 of the last 20. i think we can talk about who’s better in november. and if it’s like any other year, i’ll love my position as a georgia fan.

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history is lacking at gatech. True we were attacked in 1941 by Japan, but D-Day wasn’t until 1944. The boys from Athens won a national title in 1942, and then Trippi, Sinkwich, et al joined the service and whipped the Krauts. Then they went back to school and won another one in 1946.

that’s how it’s done.

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Ohio State won the ap in 1942

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gatech has never won a non-wartime national title. well, they did win a women’s tennis title in 2007. so there is that.

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Dropped the ball ball
when it mattered
30-24

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The last time Tech was relevant

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Bay Bay “Butter Fingers” Thomas had a good game against georgia last year. I mean, it’s not like he choked at the end or anything.

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So you’re telling me those UGA cowards waited two whole years to join the fight? Doesn’t sound very brave to me.

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Enter your comments here

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ah, cowards they were not. these gentlemen were there for the worst of it. strange how you would denigrate men who landed at Normandy. Interesting.

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We’re going to argue about the wartime V-12 program again?! WOW.

A little background here: Georgia Tech had existed as an engineering school with an all-male student population all of whom were in a mandatory ROTC program. During the wars Tech was one of several collegiate sites of the Navy’s V12 officer training program. Thus, when most schools stopped fielding football teams in the South or fielded teams populated with walk-ons who could not for whatever reasons go to war, Georgia Tech gained transfer students from all over the country who were all Navy officer candidates. They fielded a very successful football team in 1917 and the early 40’s due to programs such as this.

The 1917 version, in particular, is when “the great insult” occurred in which before a Georgia v. Tech baseball game Georgia students had a parade in which a float was entered insinuating that Tech men did not fight in the ware and instead were playing sports while other great university men like those of UGA were defending our freedom. The truth, on the other hand, is that as a military school Tech had placed hundreds of its own to fight in each war (Clint Castleberry, etc.) mostly as officers and pilots.

I can’t believe the debate is still alive in 2010 though. That’s astounding to me! I guess this rivalry is more heated on the Georgia side than I thought it was!

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I think it was actually the Coaches Poll (then called UPI) that recognized Tech in 1990…being one of the two recognized selectors of that time, that’s what we call a RECOGNIZED championship. Don’t worry, UGA had one…in 1980. Earn two more and you’ll be on the same level as Tech.

Just make sure no war is going on when you win one. Might have to wait a few years…

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or 73-66
I don’t know which one makes me laugh more

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It’s a mistake to insult UGA’s academics, since 95% of their fans never went there (or anywhere else for that matter).

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Dawg-gone

Did Courtney ever get her red panties back? I heard the AD suggested dressing Uga VIII in them so he didn’t pi$$ and $hit himself in public

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hey, that’s an interesting statistic. Let me give you one – 95% of techies still wet the bed.

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And a UGA fan will probably clean it up.

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My favorite moment of the pre-game was the dork with the Kentucky – Really – Kentucky Sign
Then we demolished their #7 ranking and humiliated them at JBC stadium

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This is amazing. How old do you have to be to remember this tach that somehow GT (a school with rich historical and present-day military roots) is gutless and won’t fight in wars?! Wasn’t this a popular thing to argue about in, say, the ’50’s when Tech was still a national power?

Unbelievable. I guess next we should start making fun of UGA for being called ‘the fighting goats’ and the ‘fighting wildcats’ before settling on a bulldog because of a faculty tie to Yale?

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does your mom count?

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oh, are we doing mama-jokes now? Well, you’re mom is so fat…

just go ahead and finish that one. this has officially jumped the shark. talk at you dorks later.

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I know, but I’m saying to make fun of that or the mascots before it for UGA would be to dregde up a stupid argument from the past – much like making fun of Tech for something that happened (or didn’t, actually) in 1917 or 1942-45.

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does any tech fan on here believe that tech could actually beat kentucky?

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eh, Ramble? Not sure you want to go there with the whole “ironic” mascot thing. I mean, tech’s mascot IS an insect…

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historian

Clem beat UK soundly last year and GT beat Clemson twice last year

GT beating UK is not a stretch

Again, just because UK embarrassed uga on your home field doesn’t mean they can do it to someone else

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and with 30-24’s last comment, i bid you all adieu. Game over.

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man-up, ever heard of castleberry??????????? most of our guys were in INTELLIGENCE but not foot soldiers, a.k.a. uga. but GOD bless them all. GO JIMMY CARTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Forget UK, I want a crack at Auburn. I bet we’d get up for it and keep it close in a shootout. They haven’t had a taste of us for a while now. And we’ve been successful against them the last, what, 3 or 4 meetings? I think we could ball with ‘em on offense if we execute.

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They told you the Tech students were in intelligence? Our archives have far more Navy/Marine officers, and pilots than intelligence guys. We were an officer training camp in both wars, for crap sake!

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MANUP-i don’t have time to read all blogs. i hit the last page. and the forties do count! go tech!

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since we are talking about bravery, etc, etc

which U(sic)GA fan has the balls to take the other side of this

+3 Florida $20,000

crickets…crickets…..spineless cowards

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we just beat 3 of the top sec foes, wow we are awesome no way we lose to g tech this year they suck

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no way ga beats us 55-7 i dont even think they beat us this year we win 35-28 in athens

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again, which U(sic)GA fan has the balls to take the other side of this

+3 Florida $20,000

If you’ve got that much faith in your team this should be a no-brainer

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Right then, great, we’re in agreement. There’s only one thing to do at a time like this:

“What’s the Good Word?”

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The first thing Paul Johnson should do is…….”Bench Stephen Hill”. He was the biggest reason Tech lost to Clemson……he’s definitely concentrating on something else other than “catching a perfectly thrown ball”.

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radakovich seems cool when it’s business but i’ve never met him. does anyone here today have had any contact with him? i mean, is he more about money or his he actually into our program. you know how coaches change….

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I’ve met D-Rad. He’s very charismatic and gives off kind of a shrewd demeanor. BUT he does know how to talk to Tech folk. I think he cares greatly about the program…but how far can you really seperate the money from the success? They seem pretty symbiotic.

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Tech Forever, what the heck are you smoking, son?

Despite this year’s reversion to “average” we are still on the rise. A good receiver will turn up and we’ll continue with 8-10 wins a year and never lacking for a chance at the Coastal title. Good years will constitute winning the ACC and beating Georgia. Bad years will be ones in which we fumble our way out of the Coastal title but still take a good shot at Georgia. Believing Tech is heading anywhere but there in the logterm is to ignore the recent history.

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Help me. I am so confused. Last year vs UGA, CPJ decided to unveil his power passing attack with Nesbitt at the helm. He passed near the goal line with seconds left only to see his fabled wide out MUFF the ball. First dwon UGA. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA

In 2010 ……….CPJ is at it again. Why is he trying to make Tt a passing attack, when he just does not have ANY of the necessary ingredients. Why? The ACC ahs caught up to the wishbone just like we predicted and now he is desperate. He knows that he lacks talent to compete with the ACC’s “big boys” like Va Tech and Miami and FSU. GT will be 6-6 and that will get them in the Weedeater. AAAAHAHAHHAHAHA

CPJ is in his third year and every 3.5 years since 1967, GT has changed their football staff. Gulp …………….CPJ is slipping. Look at GT’s record and look at how the bloggers are after his head.

GT;s older alums are disgusted with the ACC anyway and if Gt cannot win there, they become ill. it is so funny to me to see GT thinking that they are a power. They might compete in Dunwoody’s Murphey Candler Park Pop Warner league.

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I am so confused,

I must concur, YOU ARE CONFUSED, but hey so are most dawg fans!

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No defense at all, poor passing, abysmal receiving, bad special teams, too small on both lines, slow. What else is there? The place kicker is pretty darn good.

Coaching is poor. The big problem I have with PJ is this: You have to have a plan B in case they are ready for “what we do.” PJ just wants to go out and do “what we do” and dare the other guys to stop you, which he says will not happen if we “execute.” Well, when you get overmatched and outwitted like against Clemson and Iowa, you can’t just sit there firing the same blank filled gun. You absolutely have to have an alternative when they shut you down. PJ does not get that for some reason.

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I hope all you folks will get off the blogs long enough to go vote next week. WE NEED A BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON. Then in another 2 years we need NEW LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON.

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No one can be expected to seriously contend as a one dimensional team. That’s exactly what Tech has become, a one dimensional team. A decent team can shut down our offense if we cannot pass efficiently. Too many drops, it’s become a regular occurence in each game.

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In a nutshell. Tech just ain’t man enough. They’re getting pushed all over the field like a bunch of little girls. That’s the problem.

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One other vent and then I’ll leave the kid alone. When Stephen Hill does get the ball (more likely from an end-around than a catch), he runs like he’s afraid to be hit. Somebody might want to remind him that football is a contact sport. If he thinks he’s saving himself for the NFL, he’ll never get there. Scouts will give him the “PUSS” stamp immediately.

During the Clemson beat-down, I did see him finally muscle away from a defender. At which point, the ball hit him squarely in the chest and he dropped it.

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We do need to finish strong. Here’s hoping. I’ll be at all the games!

Go Jackets!

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For all of the nay-sayers about CPJ and his offense not working. It’s only the third year! I love our offense. Stephen Hill is having a rough time this year, but he is only a sophomore. We have a very young offensive line, and I think Nesbitt is “pressing” because of the hype of the Heisman talk. Early on, he held on to the ball too much trying to make the plays himself. I can recall during the Kansas game after a failed 4th down that CPJ very explicitly told him “PITCH THE BALL!” as he was coming off the field. Since then, he has pitched the ball more… sometimes too late and sometimes behind the A-back, but we need to get the ball to the edge.

Orwin Smith has been great when he gets the ball in space. He needs more touches. I think AA is better suited at A-back as well. He broke out against VA up the middle, but his best runs are on the edge. Also, AA is the best receiver that we have on the team this year and A-back will give him more opportunities to catch the ball. I think we should start Cox at B-back and move AA to one A-back and start Orwin Smith at the other A-back. I also want to see Bostic get more touches… at A-back or receiver. He is FAST and needs the ball.

I think our biggest problem is our toughness on defense. We aren’t getting any kind of pressure on the QB’s and our DB’s need a lesson on moving up on the running backs to make a tackle instead of sitting back and waiting, or worse BACKPEDALING, to attempt an arm tackle. I hope that the extra time we have will be used on tackling drills for the DB’s.

We “can” beat all of the teams left on our schedule, but it is going to take a better effort in all phases of the game.

Go Jackets! Forever!

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Good Article Bradly. What Tech first needs is a possession receiver at Wr…remember Drew Hill, Jimmy Robinson, and Steve Raible under Pepper Rodgers in the 70’s. All played pros. All could block. Two were recruited for pro style type of offense and switched to the Wishbone. Tech needs on speed merchant. Then they already have two slot backs and two of the backs look sure handed last week…Allen and Smith. The Fridge used the pass to open the run and vice versa..his 99 offense ranked #1 in what points and yards. The Defense was pretty bad. Tech use to be good at Defense and had some great Linebackers. What’s really interesting is it felt like we were blown out only to loose by 14 and that’s a credit to Johnson. A few corrections and it’s another game.

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It’s the uniforms !!!!!

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GT football program? BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Paul Johnson? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Al Groh? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

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Once they get their butts whipped by UF, the Dog fans will crawl back into their littles holes.

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I scored UGA GT tix for this year’s game. Can’t wait to take a piss on something in Athens.

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Execution is the key. Until GT loses the remaining 4 games, as so many GA fans now suggest, I’ll still have faith. Come to play and EXECUTE the game plan each week, and the Jackets will be fine in the final 4 games.

My, how things have changed for the fans of the boys in Athens. Just 3 weeks ago, no dog fan had GA winning any remaining games except the creampuff before GT. Now their dogs won’t lose again, and “wait til next year” chants have already started.

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It is irrelevant, you can’t win ball games without defense and GT has the biggest bunch of whimps in football. Running around the field like a bunch of clowns. Horrible just horrible.

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Recruiting is our problem.We are getting destroyed up front.We are a joke! PJ is in big trouble.Teams have caught up with his offense and his staff can not recruit.PJ needs to hire a recruiting staff or go coach at Western Carolina.People it is fixing to get real ugly.You can not spin our terrible recruiting anymore.

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You try throwing a good ball after having your head and arms bashed in all game. I bet you couldn’t hit your butt with both hands either!!

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The entire staff at Tech has to go!!!!!Aweful recruiters and we are getting physically beaten up front every week.The last few games will be ugly.You can not spin our situation anymore.We are in trouble.Tired of reading idiots who spin our team.We are bad.The staff can not recruit.We are in big trouble.It is fixing to get real ugly.For those who are stupid enough to disagree.Wait until Va Tech,Miamai,and UGA then try to defend the stoneage idiot running our football team,.

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Who’s laughin’ now?

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3-17 since 1990 will evolve into 3-18 since 1990

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I would play Josh Nibbler on defense. Strategic moves like that always worked great for me. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

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I am sick of ga fans trying to post as gt fans. You are just jealous because paul can fry a mean tasting creek sucker. BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bay Bay. He was really great. He helped paul clean the suckers before fry time. BAHAHAHA!!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

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BayBay drop ay pass ay. That is my fondest memory of the legendary Tech all world receiver. It will take no time and effort at all for Paul and Al to replace Bay Bay Drop ay. They are recruiting legends. I do hope however that Varsity Owner spices up Al’s creek sucker filet so he won’t fall asleep. Please remind Paul that he can fry the next batch of creek suckers in that NC trophy that is being presented for your viewing pleasure. Wasn’t that Clemson game a tough loss though? At least Josh Nibbler had a big day running the ball though, racking up an astounding 2 yards. Must have eaten a bad fish, do you reckon? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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LOL come on GT fans,CPJ isnt going anywhere and GT Football just like baseball,basketball and golf will be fine.So its not a great year ..IT HAPPENS..not one person can really say why GT hasnt clicked in football this year (especially idiots like Bradley and dawgfan).Chemistry has alot to do with how well football teams go and GT just dosent have it this year..Who knows it may click against Va.Tech( I doubt it but it may)or Miami or Duke or uga…Most forget that GT and uga are Rivals,you NEVER know about those games.uga has had GTs number for awhile now but before that GT had ugas number and will again.I always want to beat uga but it really is NOT the most important game for GT.If GT won the ACC every year I would not lose one bit of sleep over losing to uga and Ive NEVER lost sleep over a freaking football game.GT fans yall need to chill out.CPJ and GT are having a tuff year but ya know what they always say…Theres always next year and I believe GT will be in the mix for the ACC title again next year.Yall let these uga trolling nerds get to you wayyyyyyy to much.Like Ive said in a few post over he season I have 2 brothers that are uga grads aand both think these people like (dawgfan) are an insult to uga.These arent Adults GT fans and if you go to uga blogs and do what that nitwit does then you cant be an adult either.Fact is you have a guy that writes for the AJC..LOL the AJC people that thinks he knows sports..I swear my 9 year old son is better at picking games and understanding Offenses and Defenses than Bradley or anyone else that writes for the Atlanta Constipation….( MAN I miss Bisher)Im not sure and never heard but Im guessing Bradley has never even played vollyball much less football…so listen take every thing you hear from the ajc, uga or GT nitwits with a grain of salt.#1 not much sports knowledge,#2 ITs a FREAKING GAME!!!!!..GO JACKETS…and good luck this weekend uga

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I repeat, Mark Bradley is a tool!

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After UF thrashes the puppies today (AGAIN), and GT surprises many with a win against VT next week. most of the ignorant people on this blog will be hiding in the holes they crawled out of.

GT v uga can”t get here soon enough to suit me, and shut all the moronic ‘dawg’ posters up for another year!

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I am a proud graduate of GT. I am also a prominent attorney. Fla. cleaned UGA’s clock again today in a good close game. UGA has seen their better days. We can beat them.

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