Sure to delight no one! Our annual look at Tech and UGA fans
Two years after the fact, Tech's hedge fun still rankles. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
I ask: What would Thanksgiving be without our annual Field Guide to Tech and Georgia fans? You answer: “A heck of a lot better, you jerk!” Being the stickler for tradition that I am, I choose to ignore you and offer, in the spirit of the holiday, something guaranteed to make both sides spit cranberry sauce across the room. Enjoy!
• Georgia fans refer to Bobby Dodd Stadium as the Joke by Coke; Tech fans refer to the gesture made in Jacksonville by defensive coordinator Todd Grantham as the Choke by the Dope.
• Tech fans aren’t looking forward to a bowl trip to Shreveport; having heard about Shreveport every day for the past year, Georgia fans look forward to the Independence Bowl being renamed the Karma Bowl.
• Georgia fans are still miffed that Tech players appropriated some of Sanford Stadium’s hallowed hedges after winning two years ago; Tech fans are miffed their team has beaten Georgia once in the time it takes a redwood tree to grow to the sky.
• Tech fans found it amusing that A.J. Green sold his jersey for $1,000; Georgia fans find it amusing that Tech can’t sell out its stadium.
• Georgia fans are mortified that the Bulldogs considered Auburn quarterback Cam Newton a prospect to play tight end; Tech fans wouldn’t mind seeing their team sign a tight end just for the heck of it.
• Tech fans are tired of being reminded how lousy the ACC is; Georgia fans never tire of reminding Tech fans how lousy the ACC is.
• Georgia fans giggled when Tech lost at Kansas; Tech fans giggled harder when Georgia lost at Colorado; neither side has giggled much since.
• Tech fans are starting to wonder about coach Paul Johnson’s offensive approach; Georgia fans have long found Johnson’s approach — “Punch somebody in the face” — offensive.
• Georgia fans doubt that any Tech player really takes calculus; Tech fans doubt that any Georgia player has a valid driver’s license.
• Tech fans refer to Derrick Morgan, who left early for the NFL, as the one who got away; Georgia fans refer to Da’Rick Rogers, who signed elsewhere, as the one who went to Knoxville and got arrested.
• Georgia fans hate it that Steve Spurrier’s South Carolina program has passed them by; Tech fans would love it if their team completed a forward pass.
• Tech fans don’t know what to make of Al Groh, the new defensive coordinator; Georgia fans have a pretty good idea what to make of Mike Bobo, the not-new offensive coordinator.
• Georgia fans never knew broadcaster Chuck Dowdle was such a rabid Bulldog backer; Tech fans knew it all along.
• Tech fans are starting to wonder if Johnson could only win big with Chan Gailey’s players; Georgia fans are starting to wonder if Mark Richt could only win big with Jim Donnan’s players; both sides are starting to wonder, period.
• The Georgia fan’s credo: “We run this state”; the Tech fan’s retort: “Your players can run but they can’t drive.”
• Tech fans get really upset when an opposing coach complains about chop blocks; Georgia fans got really upset because Auburn lineman Nick Fairley played unfairly.
• Georgia fans scoff at Tech’s low recruiting rankings; Tech fans scoff at Georgia’s high recruiting rankings.
• The Tech fan’s favorite unintentionally funny video: “Party in the UGA”; the Georgia fan’s favorite unintentionally funny video: Joshua Nesbitt’s Heisman campaign.
• Georgia fans think Richt is a great pitchman for Ford trucks; Tech fans think Damon Evans would be a great pitchman for Victoria’s Secret.
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508 comments Add your comment
Elijah
November 25th, 2010
8:48 pm
We must have the slowest mail in the world. I just got AJ’s postcard from South Beach.
wreckmaniac
November 25th, 2010
9:05 pm
Tech fans are disappointed that we aren’t contending for the ACC championship. UGA is once again
celebrating another year as a doormat in the SEC.
wreckmaniac
November 25th, 2010
9:07 pm
Please advise the top sights when visiting Athens. Is there anything there besides pizza, beer, and a jail ?
wreckmaniac
November 25th, 2010
9:13 pm
UGA is trying secretly to change the SEC division format so that their half has Vandy, Ky, Miss State, Miss , TN and UGA. Richt says ” let all those tough teams play in the west”
except for maybe........
November 25th, 2010
9:17 pm
maniac, just drive west til you get car jacked and you’ll
know you have hit the megopolis of atlanta.
lots of stuff to do there, even on foot.
wreckmaniac
November 25th, 2010
9:17 pm
Are all of the 93,000 butts in seats at Kudzu Stadium people or manikins ?
wreckmaniac
November 25th, 2010
9:20 pm
This year’s plan is for several Tech players to dive into the bushes at UGA stadium and leave Kudzu seeds.
jdawgT
November 25th, 2010
9:27 pm
maniac’s car is not the only thing getting jacked !
wes
November 25th, 2010
9:39 pm
UGA tradition is a highly unoriginal, absolute joke…
They stole their beloved “G” from the Green Bay Packers. Same with their bulldog…stole that idea from Yale.
UGA named their marching band the “Red Coats” after the same people our forefathers had to kill in order to gain our Independence.
UGA, a very Southern school, decided their fight song should be what the Union Army used to play…”Battle Hymn of the Republic”.
The only time UGA ever won anything was with Herschel Walker. And guess what? He was given a brand new black Trans Am to go to school there. In this day and age with the media being a 24/7 beast…1980 never happens.
What an absolute joke UGA’s history, fanbase, and traditions truly are!
LOL! UGA is the biggest joke in the country!
FLA DAWG
November 25th, 2010
9:58 pm
wes,
UGA is the oldest State Chartered University in The United States of America.
Get your facts straight.
Thanks again Trek for another laugh
November 25th, 2010
10:08 pm
wes is obviously bitter about the 60 arse beatings by UGA or business on his knees behind the 7-11 dumpster is slow tonight
Ga Dawg 97
November 25th, 2010
10:20 pm
FLA DAWG, who cares?
Mark Richt
November 25th, 2010
10:28 pm
We were in Shreavport last year and this year if we win Sat we may go to Detroit for the Little Caesar’s Bowl! I don’t know what everyone is complaining about.
Todd Grantham
November 25th, 2010
10:35 pm
Just for the record, I was giving the choke sign to Aaron Murray.
Crappy football in georgia
November 25th, 2010
10:57 pm
Sorry ole 5-6 UGA taking on even sorrier 6-5 Tech. Yawn!!!!
Meanwhile over in Alabama where the 2 state teams have historically dominated the 2 georgia state teams in all 4 head to head series we have the defending national champions at a respectable 9-2 taking on unbeaten and 2nd ranked AU. Funny to think that those rednecks over in Alabama own Georgia in terms of college football success and achievement.
surfdawg
November 25th, 2010
11:07 pm
CRAPPY is what CRAPPY eats
surfdawg
November 25th, 2010
11:08 pm
CRAPPY memory
DAWG 555
November 25th, 2010
11:09 pm
Techies….keep talking the talk….you’ve got about 48 hours. Then you will keep whining the whine…. for another year. I can just hear it now….and I can’t wait to rub it in for yet another year! GO DAWGS!
surfdawg
November 25th, 2010
11:10 pm
“in all four head to head series” ? huh
kral
November 25th, 2010
11:12 pm
Let’s see you both have storied programs,but you also have seen tough times…..guess what GA and GA Tech have plenty of history too..cfing you are now own my list of fartheads
kral
November 25th, 2010
11:14 pm
hey wreckmaniac that might win the acc
Todd Grantham
November 25th, 2010
11:14 pm
Just for the record, I was giving the choke sign to Aaron Murray. That little snot nosed frat boy…
Bama Stan
November 25th, 2010
11:17 pm
2 unranked teams playing a meaningless game. Tune in tomorrow for Big Boy Football.
kral
November 25th, 2010
11:22 pm
To tg and mr your don’t make my list of fartheads your more in the chickensh… area posting as people you’re not is gutless.. childish.. and in south GA what you two would need is a real live south GA as..whippin..but you probably wouldn’t understand because you hide behind everything..true definition of gutless..balless and I do not mean a football
kral
November 25th, 2010
11:30 pm
Come on toodie pick a little on line fight with ole kral say some more stupid sh.. I’m dying to tell you what I think of you..It want matter kral..he want get it .. that’s alright, if he reflects on it and is not retarded he will say dam I am a fool
except for maybe........
November 25th, 2010
11:30 pm
the main thing to remember when talking bowls is that
UGA at least shows up for them.
except for maybe........
November 25th, 2010
11:35 pm
hey fans of the teams in the land o no opportunity,
get over yourselves and crawl back onto your porch.
surely there is a nice piece of furniture waiting for you.
maybe next year you can afford to attend a game.
kral
November 25th, 2010
11:43 pm
bama you got a glorios history.. why cheapen it by attacking two teams that did not live up to expectations..you have both had some hard times yourself.. ooo coach couldn’t get the dollar bills in the stripper g-string without getting caught ..ooo coach leaves you for texam..ooo coach get’s a little more than frisky with his secretary need I go on
kral
November 25th, 2010
11:56 pm
bamer stan you just made my farthead list ,but do not give up say something stupid again and you can be on the chickensh.. list..and hel.. I’m sure to come up with another list for some of ya’ll that qualify for it .. let’s see you got cowsh.. hogsh.. bullsh.. possam sh.. Dang the options are endless
kral
November 26th, 2010
12:00 am
I’ll tell you one list you do not want to be on that’s the frog sh.. list.well maybe now kral it could be the roachshi..list..well you could include bacteria and viruses….knaw they just do not sound as bad
kral
November 26th, 2010
12:06 am
dam..where all the fartheads go, thanks for giving me a few minutes of pleasure..Remember read “DEATH To the BCS”
jdawgT
November 26th, 2010
12:08 am
You are correct FLA DAWG. Wes is a mindless moron.
BobbyDawg
November 26th, 2010
8:28 am
This is a great game and always will be a great game no matter what. Both teams will romp up and down the field in a barn burner. Dawgs 42 Jackets 31
RC
November 26th, 2010
8:42 am
Weak. This was almost funny the first time you did it, Bradley, but almost never since.
Russ555
November 26th, 2010
8:47 am
The hedge is indestructive, It’s privot hedge. It grows back forever and could not be killed. much less hurt by breaking off a little bit. Or is that the point?
Ceres
November 26th, 2010
9:03 am
Will red panties be optional clothing for dawgtards fans this week?
Burma Shave
November 26th, 2010
9:17 am
The dawgs go up
The dawgs go down
But in the end
They’re just a clown.
Burma Shave
BradleyisaBulldogHomer
November 26th, 2010
9:30 am
Hey Mark Bradley,
You are the biggest Bulldog Homer on the face of the earth. I guess you will be predicting Thuga to win the National Championship next year. You just keep piling on Fairley (”Nick Fairley plays unfairly”) and whining about the Auburn loss. Hey at least your beloved Thugs beat mighty Idaho State!
BradleyisaBulldogHomer
November 26th, 2010
9:33 am
Mark Bradley and Saint Mark are encouraging the Bulldog Nation to wear red panties to the game on Saturday. Get them on sale at Walmart while they last. One size fits all. And to get the Bulldog Nation wired for the game, Bradley and Richt are going to run out onto the field arm in arm and run to the UGA logo at midfield and stomp on it wearing nothing but red panties, with Soldier Boy cranked up on the sound system! Woof Woof!
jk
November 26th, 2010
9:51 am
where could bobo get a job: nowhere not even HS. note richt sly comments after a loss like “its not like we got pushed all over the field”. richt u got whipped just say it like a man. richt is a weasly slick talking fake tan wimp
GT Crow
November 26th, 2010
10:00 am
I’ve not heard a single tech fan say that they have doubts about the offence… they have doubts about the players resolve, and general lack of motivation – that, however, can also be credited to the coaching staff. Unlike Richt though… CPJ blames no one but himself for that. And I love it.
Can Georgia Tech upset 5-6 UGA?
November 26th, 2010
10:18 am
The Dawgs will lose for the seventh time this season.
Burma Shave
November 26th, 2010
10:33 am
In football and elsewhere
Dawgs appeal to the masses
But we all know
They’re just asses.
Burma Shave
Buh Bye
November 26th, 2010
10:35 am
Buh bye, dawgtards.
Burma Shave
November 26th, 2010
10:44 am
Heads in the sand
Heads in the sand
Auburn fan’s looking like fools with their
Heads in the sand….
how2fish
November 26th, 2010
10:46 am
wreckmaniac yeah we wish you’d get the ACC trophy again this year…so we can take it away form you….AGAIN!
Vick=Dog killing Thug
November 26th, 2010
11:00 am
Many bulldawg fans will take great delight in the annual beat down of the hated bees.
Bugs get crushed by 21 or more….
Ed
November 26th, 2010
11:22 am
I finally canceled my AJC subscription after 14 years. I can no longer in good conscience patronize a periodical that employs, and therefore supports, a whiny incompetent hack journalist like Mark Bradley. You are an embarrassment to this city.
KimZ'spackage
November 26th, 2010
11:41 am
ED then why are you on-line talking crap about Mark if you don’t want to patronize the AJC. Ed you are really putting that education to work now aren’t you? It took you longer to figure out the AJC sucks, than it takes to get a high school diploma. Do you still ride the short bus to bag at Kroger?
5150 P.O.A.D.
November 26th, 2010
11:43 am
When you shake a Tech fan’s hand you are likley to see a GT Ring. When you shake a UGS fan’s hand you are likely to see dirt and oil under their fingernails.