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
Washuan Ealey
November 24th, 2010
1:19 pm
WE RUN THIS STATE (PRISON)!
bt
November 24th, 2010
1:21 pm
Whatever, I know plenty of Tech grads that are now lawyers and doctors. I also know UGA grads that are IT nerds. Sometimes stereotypes just aren’t very true.
Bradley Is A Georgia Homer
November 24th, 2010
1:22 pm
The Georgia fans are the biggest whiners in the country. The Tech fans agree with that assessment.
Bradley Is A Georgia Homer
November 24th, 2010
1:23 pm
The Georgia fans are poor winners and poor losers. The Tech fans agree with that.
DILLIGAF
November 24th, 2010
1:27 pm
Be sure to get to the game early because UGA will be having a pregameceremony to induct Reggie Ball’s jersey into the UGA Hall of Fame as one of the best players that UGA ever had.
Chips
November 24th, 2010
1:28 pm
And kansas beat colorado!
What’s going to be funny is when clemson beats sc, sc beats auburn. Don’t worry though, acc fans won’t be idiots like eric zeier and the thousands of moronic uga fans who said we’re acc champions.
and that clemson team is still the team that has come closest to beating all barn. while unc without 7 starters came within a blown pass int call to beating lsu the same way they beat tenn.
Dirty Jacket
November 24th, 2010
1:32 pm
This wasn’t funny or offensive…just lame.
Spike
November 24th, 2010
1:32 pm
I wonder if they will buy themselves another ring if they win this year?
ramblinwreck
November 24th, 2010
1:32 pm
Tech doesn’t graduate any lawyers or doctors? haha…that’s entertaining considering I know a number of IP lawyers from Tech that start out making triple what any UGA grad makes. Try one of the highest medical school entrance percentages in the Southeast. I know it may be difficult, but percentages aren’t affected by total student enrollment…(number accepted divided by total attempted) that division can be tricky, check your math there bud. I can understand the nerd stereotype, minus the fact that uga fans would never have even seen them because they’re in their dorms writing code. It’s not our fault your football program went down the drain this year…at least we’ve been consistent
Real Tech and UGA fans alike appreciate Bradley’s release every year and look forward to some good old fashioned hate. As a Tech grad who has been to Sanford stadium on multiple accounts, I feel bad for the people who actually attended UGA as it’s the “I didn’t go to college” individuals that find their way into producing the bad reputation. I experienced a grown man who could have very well been my father’s age spit on me after barking in my face. Nothing screams more classy and intelligent…
ramblinwreck
November 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
I wonder if more UGA fans will jump ship or get off the bandwagon if that’s the case?
Boobie Bowden
November 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
A fan wearing Tech gear usually has some connection to the school. A fan wearing dawg gear just pulled out of Walmart.
DILLIGAF
November 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
One day at a Georgia elementary school, a teacher asked her class if the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets were their favorite football team. The whole class said yes, except for Jimmy.
The teacher asked, “What’s your favorite football team, Jimmy?”
Little Jimmy said, “The Georgia Bulldogs.”
The teacher asked, “Well, why is that?”
Little Jimmy said, “Well, my dad is a Bulldogs fan, my mom is a Bulldogs fan, so I guess that makes me a Bulldogs fan.”
The teacher, angered by his reply, said, “If your dad was a moron, and your mom was an idiot, what would that make you?”
Jimmy said, “Well, I guess that would make me a Yellowjacket fan.”
UGA=YAWN
November 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
I said over 3 years ago, over and over, that it was only a mtter of time before Spurrier started to beat UGA – and would beat them year after year. He should have won last year, he won this year. Look for many, many more years of him beating UGA just like he did when he was at UF. UGA will never get back to the SEC championship game if they play SC every year.
UGA=YAWN
November 24th, 2010
1:35 pm
PS: I agree Boobie Bowden!
SuperB
November 24th, 2010
1:35 pm
The biggest difference? Georgia fans are NOT jealous of Georgia Tech.
Sandyspringsjacket
November 24th, 2010
1:35 pm
Tech fans wonder how Mark Bradley keeps his job,so do THUGA fans.
Tech fans wonder why they waste time reading Bradley’s dumb columns, so do THUGA fans.
Mark, write something positive, why do you hate GT and THUGA so much… Are all Kentucky grads so envious of GT and THUGA. Stop feeding on the negative, kinda like a vulture.
ramblinwreck
November 24th, 2010
1:37 pm
DILLIGAF,
and then the teacher asked “Oh did your parent’s go to UGA Jimmy?” “Oh no, they didn’t go to college but they knew that UGA was the biggest state school with a football team that was usually decent, so now we’re die hard fans.”
the truth hurts
November 24th, 2010
1:39 pm
The PR department at Tech wishes more students would attend games and be fans; UGA PR reps wish that a large portion of their fans weren’t rednecks who never went to college.
UGA=YAWN
November 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
To Hell, To Hell, To Hell with Georgia – the Cesspool of South!!!
dawgmatic
November 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
Lots of butt-hurt tech nerds on this blog! Being the little brother of the State is really starting to get to them, especially with Georgia State, Kennesaw, and Mercer starting football. Look out below, nerds!!
UGA=YAWN
November 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
If you can’t go to college – go to UGA!!!
wesleywhatwhat
November 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
“Tech fans are starting to wonder if Johnson could only win big with Chan Gailey’s players … both sides are starting to wonder, period.”
nah, not in the slightest.
mark, u must not know many actual georgia tech fans, eh?
Spike
November 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
Don’t worry about wondering, ramblinwreck, we both know it is not going to happen.
BartBuzz
November 24th, 2010
1:41 pm
I still like the story about why UGA no longer serves cold Gatorade on the sidelines. The player who knew the formula for ice graduated.
THWG! Go Jackets! Lets’s get some more of that stupid hedge.
ramblinwreck
November 24th, 2010
1:41 pm
Except nerds= bosses…it’s okay dawgmatic. We’re not too concerned.
Ramblin Man
November 24th, 2010
1:42 pm
The best thing I will take away from this football season is watching a UGA fan get beat silly in Columbia after talking trash to USC fans. The idiot was barking at them and saying UGA was #1 after being beat then spit on a girl and the rest was history.
MAKO
November 24th, 2010
1:45 pm
I take this as Bradley’s latest attempt at humor. What would one expect of a Kentucky Colonel-in-waiting.
how2fish
November 24th, 2010
1:46 pm
HelluvaEngineer actually we also watch our football team stomp mudholes in your football teams Azz.
Basketball-fan
November 24th, 2010
1:47 pm
GT fans wish to fire Paul Hewitt. UGA fans love Coach Hewitt because the Fox keeps PH on the run……
Spike
November 24th, 2010
1:48 pm
Eight out of nine and counting….
how2fish
November 24th, 2010
1:49 pm
Ramblin Man that’s the only beating your going to see regarding UGA this year. But if he did spit on a girl he got what he bloody well deserved!
how not 2 fish
November 24th, 2010
1:50 pm
Keep it clean
Spike
November 24th, 2010
1:50 pm
Any of you Tech know it alls know the Tech bowl record the last five or six years or so?
Xiaoming Hsu starring as Randall Smallwood
November 24th, 2010
1:50 pm
I have noticed a serious inferiority complex associated with Techies but I think I know why. They have little to show and usually don’t have anything useful to say. Simply, they are pathetic. Thank you and God Bless.
mike
November 24th, 2010
1:51 pm
That was one of the worst articles ever written. We are all now dumber for having read that! (Adam Sandler movie if you are’t aware). UGA AND Tech fans can agree that Mark Bradley just wasted our time by reading his stupid article that made no sense.
dawgmatic
November 24th, 2010
1:52 pm
I wonder why none of these nerd bosses can seem to afford tech football tickets? They must be sanitation engineers working at the Varsity. Silly nerds!
Time
November 24th, 2010
1:53 pm
Tech fans think Bradley is a hack. UGA fans think Bradley is a hack. There, something for the two sides to agree on.
Wheresyourlaptop
November 24th, 2010
1:55 pm
Serious Bradley all you do is try to get people fired and cause controversy. Write a story worth reading. I would rather you get fired before Richt or Paul Johnson. Your a piece of S**T.
fishydawg
November 24th, 2010
1:57 pm
Super B………….Dawg fans will lie…jealous thats a joke. GT fans wish to fire Richt..he!! no, keep him.
BirdDog
November 24th, 2010
2:01 pm
You forgot to add that UGA fans wonder why Tech fans obsess over everything UGA. And UGA fans could care less about Tech.
GT84
November 24th, 2010
2:04 pm
as coach pj said before ” its never as good as it seems when you win and its never as bad as it seems when you lose” of cousre we are having a down year but coach pj earned for us to cut him some slack for what he did the 1st 2 years if in 2-3 years we are still average then then we should be concerned!! and for the people that think we will get blown out by ga yall are idiots, ga is 5-6 we are 6-5 both playing a easy schedule, this will be a shootout ,on paper ga should win with their talent but who knows stranger things have happened, the last 2 years the team soppose to win did not.
i like my team-tech to play its best game of the year tech wins 38-35
Mike Bobo 17 INT
November 24th, 2010
2:04 pm
GT 4, UGA 1.
no class!
November 24th, 2010
2:04 pm
Laptop..@ 1:55..you don’t have to read Marks post…Whats your problem . This is America and he has a right to express his opinion on blogs. He always gives you a chance to respond. He’s also a Daddy and family man with with high moral values….whats your excuse?
Mike Bobo 17 INT
November 24th, 2010
2:05 pm
Bradley is a coward for blocking me, the AJC says the First Amendment only applies to the AJC and not the bloggers.
Bo
November 24th, 2010
2:08 pm
I thought the list was good. However, I still don’t understand how it is an indictment against UGA that Newton was considered a TE prospect. Cam Newton will never play QB in a pro system. He’s awesome for sure but he is an option QB.
Sandyspringsjacket
November 24th, 2010
2:09 pm
No class!
You are either Bradley’s mother or wife. Either way,i feel sorry for you.
Mark Gray
November 24th, 2010
2:09 pm
Don’t know if South Carolina finishing ahead of us for 1 year means their program has passed ours. I guess by that rationale Miss State has passed Florida and oh yeah, James Madison has passed Va Tech.
GT fan
November 24th, 2010
2:11 pm
I pull for all Georgia school when there’re not play ing each other. I have pulled for UGA all year as I have GT but I’m pulling for GT to up set UGA. BIRDDog! why would GT be obsess?
papadawg
November 24th, 2010
2:12 pm
40+ points on that pitiful GT defense
greenjacket
November 24th, 2010
2:13 pm
biggest difference – this is all most UGA fans have (well, this and the walmart sale on bulldog gear!)