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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brokeback jacket
November 24th, 2010
3:00 pm
Has the tech football ticket office considered free weed to go with the free hotdogs and free Cokes? If nerds believe that weed can sure their virginity, it may help sell the remaining thousands upon thousands of unsold tickets to tech’s tiny, ugly stadium. Just don’t give any of that weed to those butt ugly cheerleaders.
shane#1
November 24th, 2010
3:00 pm
1-Tech has the Ramblin Wreck, UGA has UGA. Neither one runs.
todd grantham
November 24th, 2010
3:03 pm
Georgia has Theron Sapp. Tech has Reggie Ball. nuff said.
independent
November 24th, 2010
3:03 pm
I heard georgia is considering converting sanford stadium to astro-turf. They are hoping it will stop their cheerleaders from grazing
UGA=YAWN
November 24th, 2010
3:05 pm
XIA – study history better. It was 222-0. Feel free to score 222 anytime you like at UGA.
greenjacket
November 24th, 2010
3:06 pm
todd, don’t forget the disparity in national titles between these two football powers. I realize it has been a while for both since then (longer for UGA).
anyway, happy thanksgiving and good luck saturday!
No thanks for this...
November 24th, 2010
3:07 pm
1. #1Party School in the USA.
2. Winner of the Fulmer Cup.
3. 46 players arrested in the past three years.
4. 12 players arrested this year.
5. Jim Harrick and his “Basketball 101″ final exam.
6. Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam instituted by Vince Dooley.
7. Damon Evans and the infamous red panties.
8. AJ Green
9. A hundred tons of garbage left by fans after a home game.
10. Ad nauseum.
independent
November 24th, 2010
3:07 pm
The georgia fans would need to learn to read and write before they can study history UGA=YAWN. They have to take things one at a time, they are rather slow
shreveport
November 24th, 2010
3:07 pm
do they sell red panties at the stadium?
independent
November 24th, 2010
3:10 pm
There needs to be one added to your list No thanks, remember Dooley’s unwanted sexual advances on that lady cop in New Orleans. georgia really is a rather dispicable program, always has been
independent
November 24th, 2010
3:12 pm
Good list No thanks, don’t forget Dooleys unwanted advances on that lady cop in New Orleans. georgia is a dispicable program all the way around
superDawg
November 24th, 2010
3:12 pm
if you like fizziks go to tek.if you like physigals go to Ga.
No thanks for this...
November 24th, 2010
3:12 pm
11. A stupid, ugly, flea-bitten mutt who’s only kept alive with life support.
12. Todd Grantham, one of the biggest jerkoffs in coaching today.
13. Mark Richt, who looks the other way while his players turn Athens into their drunken hit and run playground.
independent
November 24th, 2010
3:14 pm
Good list No thanks, don’t forget Dooley’s unwanted advances on that lady cop in New Orleans. The dogs are always doing something immoral or illegal, it is their creed
Brett
November 24th, 2010
3:15 pm
todd grantham November 24th, 2010 2:27 pm
Georgia fans never want to leave college.
1.) 95% of Georgia fans never went to college.
2.) The ones that did don’t want to leave college because they realize their chance of finding a good job upon graduation has barely changed over when they graduated from high school.
how2fish
November 24th, 2010
3:16 pm
Hey Bugs here’s hoping all of you have a great Thanksgiving see you Saturday ! Go Dogs!
independent
November 24th, 2010
3:16 pm
If they do not sell red panties at the stadium, I’m sure Evans has a few extra he could let go of
No thanks for this...
November 24th, 2010
3:18 pm
14. The greatest number of fans who have had their double-wides foreclosed.
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:18 pm
UGA=YAWN,
Replay that game today and Im taking Cumberland and giving 7. How is that Nesbitt for Heisman campaign comming?
Red Pantalones
November 24th, 2010
3:20 pm
Get your red panties at K-Mart before the game, they’re much cheaper than they’ll be at the stadium.
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:21 pm
Red Pantalones,
Buy in bulk young man-save even more!
Gravy Train
November 24th, 2010
3:22 pm
Just like a Tech fan to brag about beating a intramural team that doesn’t exist any longer. They’re always scrounging for athletic validity.
Biggest difference: UGA grads lead the state. Techies blog from their mom’s basement claiming to be body builders and drivers of cars they can’t even spell.
Hey Tech: Boss these!
And for Thanksgiving: Dawgs eat turkey. Tech has a Turkey Neck with moobies.
JM
November 24th, 2010
3:23 pm
This blog is a waste of cyberspace.
Athens Hottie
November 24th, 2010
3:25 pm
shreveport, you only WISH you could get your hands on MY red panties! All of you bugs can trash talk all you want, but you know you’ll be dreaming about me tonight!
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:26 pm
Gravy Train,
AT A BOY! GO DAWGS
Win at any price, but win!
November 24th, 2010
3:26 pm
Dawgs are so stupid that they pay Mark Richt millions of dollars to win the SEC, but he can barely make .500. This goes on year after year with no change.
Why?
Glory Glory
November 24th, 2010
3:27 pm
DAWGS 49
nerds 3
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:27 pm
JM,
Didnt you just waste more by making that stupid post?
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:28 pm
Win at any price,but win
But the money we pay him the beat Tech is well spent uh?
Joe in Conyers
November 24th, 2010
3:29 pm
Jan Kemp exposed the sleaze at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or self-discipline.
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:31 pm
Joe in Conyers,
Is that your excuse for UGA owning Tech in Football? WEAK!
gdawginkalamazoo
November 24th, 2010
3:32 pm
The Tech players that took the hedge smoked it and got smarter.
Buckeye
November 24th, 2010
3:33 pm
Ohio State/Michigan – # 1 Rivalry in College Football
UGA=YAWN
November 24th, 2010
3:33 pm
15. Herschel Walker signing his name with an ‘X’ when he was at UGA.
Cyber Dawg
November 24th, 2010
3:34 pm
Encryption keys for today:
Pilgrim
Asset
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:34 pm
gdawg,
Im sure they are in the process of installation of a hedge at Joke by Coke right now! Oh wait-hedge wont grow that close to the interstate?
UGA=YAWN
November 24th, 2010
3:35 pm
Buckeye – not really – and I live in Ohio. It is big up here but doesn’t hold a candle to the deep-routed southern rivalries.
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:35 pm
UGA=YAWN,
16.Reggie Ball-One of UGA’’s best!
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:37 pm
UGA=YAWN,
Dang man-I didnt want to agree with you today! LOL
Been to Michigan vs OSU in the horseshoe-Doesnt compare to a Bama/AU or even a UGA/fLORIDA GAME.
Evil:twisted:Murph
November 24th, 2010
3:37 pm
Enter your comments here
Angels High
November 24th, 2010
3:38 pm
We’ve just learned that “MURPHY” is a Democrat who voted for Obama.
Shame on him.
Beast from the East
November 24th, 2010
3:40 pm
Mark,
Pretty funny observations. No love lost between these two fanbases. Kinda like the Gators and the Semis (FSU. Where the women are women and the men are, too!).
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:40 pm
Guy’s just having fun today-nothing personal-Good ole fashioned ribbing going on-Keep it comming.
P.S Ouch-No way on the Obama thing!
yellerjacket
November 24th, 2010
3:41 pm
I’m a Bradley fan, but that sucked.
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:42 pm
Beast,
Good luck in Tallahassee . Show them how it’s done in the SEC-Go Gators.
Dang-dont tell anyone I just said that! My blogging privelages might be revoked! lol
BuzzGT
November 24th, 2010
3:43 pm
I hope you didn’t spend a lot of time on this list.
Smoke
November 24th, 2010
3:44 pm
106th!
Beast from the East
November 24th, 2010
3:44 pm
MURPHY,
Thanks, we’ll surely need it! Go Gators!
Good luck with the gnats!!!! Go Dawgs!
MURPHY
November 24th, 2010
3:45 pm
Beast,
thanks
cadawg
November 24th, 2010
3:47 pm
i grew up in TN rather than GA so i always hated UT fans a lot more than tech fans. in fact i never really had to deal with tech fans until i started posting on the ajc about 6 months ago. some good and some bad, but as a group they’re no worse than anyone else. and since we always beat tech it doesn’t matter what their fans say. in fact, whoever came up with “we hit and run this state” was actually a pretty good crack.
anyway i’m looking forward to kicking their little team all over the field on saturday. go dawgs!