Paul Johnson thinks of something. (AJC photo by Johnny Crawford)
This we know: Georgia Tech folks obsess over Georgia. (An unkind reference to UGA is included in the song “Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech.”) And it’s beyond dispute that the Jackets lost to the Mutts (another unkind reference) in Athens on Saturday. And yet …
Tech people walked away from that game feeling good about themselves, which never happens when Tech loses to Georgia in any sport. But it happened this time. It happened because Techies, who pride themselves on brainpower, were tickled at having outsmarted Big Brother.
OK, I know what you Bulldogs are saying. I’ve read the responses to this little missive from late last night. To paraphrase the stance of (some) Georgia folks: “If Paul Johnson is such a genius, how come he lost to Mark Richt again? Isn’t the name of the game to win?”
Well, yes. But there can be honor in defeat, especially when the defeat is so hard-fought and cleverly wrought. There can be no denying that the Jackets were the aggressor throughout and the stronger side up front. Those 411 yards rushing weren’t wisps of smoke. (Fun fact: The Jackets ran for two more yards against Todd Grantham’s million-dollar defense than they had against the one misguided by Willie Martinez in the epic upset of 2008. And this time they did it, as I’m guessing you’re aware, without Joshua Nesbitt.)
Urban Meyer, my role model in all things, believes the measure of a coach is how his team fares “when the checkers are equal.” The checkers weren’t anywhere close to equal Saturday night — even Tech people fully expected their team to get blown out — and the Jackets were a PAT from a tie inside the final five minutes. Georgia made three mistakes (two turnovers and a botched kickoff) that yielded no Tech points, while three Tech fumbles spawned three Bulldog touchdowns … and still the Jackets kept coming.
Full credit to the Bulldogs for making the requisite plays at the end, but fuller credit must go to Johnson and his Jackets: They got nearly the maximum from their diminished resources on a night when Georgia’s best player, the sublime A.J. Green, could be seen running out of bounds three yards short of a first down when the score was 0-0. (Georgia scored on the next play, Kris Durham’s catch-and-run, but still.)
And when the careening game finally seemed lost, that rascal Johnson conjured up one last way to make it winnable. He ordered cornerback Jerrard Tarrant to tell the other Jacket defenders, “Let ‘em score.” A Tech employee standing on the sideline heard this exchange and was terrified the Bulldogs would catch on to this strategic bit of jujitsu, but they didn’t. Washaun Ealey burst through the line and kept going and everyone in red and black got really excited — for five seconds. Then they realized they’d been snookered.
Said Richt: “We didn’t coach very good there. We got outcoached right there. It was good strategy by Coach Johnson. I thought [when it happened], ‘He got us there. He got me.’ ”
Said Johnson, almost shrugging: “It was the only way we could win the game.”
In the end his team lost, but the same Tech man who’d told me after the Jackets’ uninspiring defeat of Duke that he fully dreaded Saturday night in Athens was positively giddy in this losing aftermath. And another Tech man, the former captain Taz Anderson, sent this e-mail 18 minutes after the final whistle: “Tonight you saw a great football coach take a group that has little talent and keep them in a game where they were clearly overmatched.”
OK, I know what (some of) you Bulldogs are saying to that: “They’re Techies and they lost– who cares what they think?” And under other circumstances I might agree. But after this wild night I’d suggest both sides saw the same game, which is to say an on-paper mismatch that became an on-field white-knuckler. And I’d also ask this: When was the last time Georgia’s coach worked a game that good?
791 comments Add your comment
CBB1
November 28th, 2010
1:45 pm
First!!! Go DAWGS!!!
CBB1
November 28th, 2010
1:46 pm
Mark Bradley and Chip Towers “Run This State.”
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2010
1:48 pm
Actually, CBB1, Chip and Sonny Perdue run this state. I have nothing to do with anything.
But kudos.
SECFAN
November 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
42-34.
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
Kinda funny watching the defending national champion Alabama play no. 2 ranked, undefeated and probable 2010 national champion AU in the Iron bowl and then watching these 2 pathetic georgia football teams a day later. Both are now 6-6. Really? Is that all this weak arse state has to offer in college football? Looks like the state of Alabama has its foot on the neck of the state of Georgia in college football.
Paul H
November 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
FUN FACT: 42-34
rusty
November 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
Go Gamecocks
UGA Dawg
November 28th, 2010
1:51 pm
I said it great to be a UGA Engineer… We beat you in the Board of Regents and we beat you on the gridiron.
Paul H
November 28th, 2010
1:51 pm
FUN FACT: 9-1. We own this state.
Bob
November 28th, 2010
1:51 pm
A win is a win. Paul Johnson was out coached last year.
Cousin Vicker
November 28th, 2010
1:51 pm
“When was the last time Georgia’s coach worked a game that good?”
Perhaps last year when UGA upset the eventual ACC champions in Atlanta
CBB1
November 28th, 2010
1:51 pm
Great article, Mark. I agree with you about A.J. I wondered why he ran out of bounds too. Guess he showed us he is headed to the NFL.
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
1:52 pm
Too funny watching this horrible dawg football team celebrating winning the toilet bowl over an even worse Tech team. When ya’ll Georgia boys gonna learn to play some real football? Go sit in your corners and watch the real men in the state of Alabama play some football. Sissies you both are.
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
1:53 pm
Paul H,
UGA is now just the lesser of the 2 joke college football programs in your pathetic state. Wasn’t deliverance based on the state of Georgia?
((((((42-34)))))))
November 28th, 2010
1:53 pm
Enter your comments here
dawggirl
November 28th, 2010
1:53 pm
If I were Tech, I wouldn’t feel so good about having outsmarted this coaching staff. That’s really not saying much, since they suck. Still not ready to run Richt off, but if this next year doesn’t show major improvement, that’s it. I’m not about to just sit here and settle for mediocrity.
Congrats to Tech on a well-fought game by you guys. Good luck in your bowl game.
SECFAN
November 28th, 2010
1:54 pm
@rusty Pretty sure we(Gamecocks) run this state. Don’t you agree?
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
1:55 pm
Paul H,
Sorry dude. I meant to say UGA is now just the team that is not as bad as the other team. Still a bad team though. Good thing Tech can’t even make an extra point. Otherwise they thoroughly dominated Georgia- dawgs couldn’t stop that high school offense all night.
Dawg Gummit
November 28th, 2010
1:56 pm
Kind of funny MB how your genius CPJ gave away points to start the game. UGA fumbles kickoff, GT has 4 & 2 from the 20. Take the points and 75% chance of field goal and GT wins the game. CPJ and his massive ego will not allow the Jackets to win the NC for this reason. UGA lost to Colorado yet you think the GT losing to UGA barely was the best coaching move of the century. Get over it Mark CPJ is 1-2 against two of the worst UGA teams in 20 years.
Dawg H8R
November 28th, 2010
1:58 pm
Tech grads work for NASA. Jawja “grads” work for coca-cola bottling. HEEE-Hawww.
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
1:58 pm
So what, we have a lousy coach but we still won. That’s what counts. Teck can brag about their school, academics, rankings, etc. but UGA alums and fans know that football is what is important in the south. We don’t care about anything but football and that’s why we have wond 9 of 10. We have the superior football program and that’s all that counts. The nerds will talk about anything other than football, but who really cares? Football is king in the south and we wear the crown in this state. Deall with it! Go Dawgs!
superDawg
November 28th, 2010
1:58 pm
If pj was so smart why did he start passing the ball.I know he wanted to show the world his team really does suck.
Dawg H8R
November 28th, 2010
1:59 pm
SECFAN, agreed.
matt-t
November 28th, 2010
1:59 pm
Giddy about their coach who lost to the two worst Georgia teams in the past 15 years.
That’s all kinds of funny
Dogs Smell
November 28th, 2010
1:59 pm
Really , Really ? Georgia you’re bragging about beating a team that has the same record as yourself and neither are any good. Next year Georgia fans doesnt look to be any better. Looks like another 6-6 season.
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:00 pm
BBWWWAAAAAHHHAAAAAAAAAA
42-34 ALL YEAR LONG
Thanks for wiping away the pain of a terribles season
I don’t know why, but it never gets old beating you
61-39-5
And to College football in the state of Georgia
No one here cares what your toothless arse has to say
So go back behind the 7-11 dumpster, get on your knees and go back to work
Good thing for you, the State of Georgia has enough talent to keep Auburn competitive, because the state of Alabama doesn’t have shart
Barry from Eastenders
November 28th, 2010
2:00 pm
Mark — You are waaaaay overstating this, as usual. Where was the genius last year when he got pants’d at home by a Joe Cox led team w/o AJ Green and a dead man walking DC? The “genius” also had Nesbitt, Thomas and a better fullback. Also, if he is do great why did he have such an overmatched team on the field? Is he not responsible for that part of coaching also? Great coaches find and sign great players. You latch onto a narrative and go with it despite facts or outcomes to the contrary.
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:00 pm
Dogs Smell
SCOREBOARD LOSER
61-39-5
BBBBBWWAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAA
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
Dawg H8R
SCOREBOARD
YOU TALK TRASH EVEN WHEN YOU LOSE
D O U C H E
jarvis
November 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
How’s he doing stocking that defense with talent? It’s not the NFL. Coaching in college requires more than just gameday planning.
baker leavitt
November 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
i believe it was Paul Johnson himself (georgia southern days) that said “you show me a good loser and ill show you a loser”
putting all BS aside, that was an exciting game to watch, i am hoping both programs can get their you know whats together. both programs get a huge F for this season.
Go Dawgs, a win is a win and ill take it anyway i can this season.
hats off to GT, they neve gave up
saint simon 16-4
November 28th, 2010
2:03 pm
We own Tech
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:03 pm
Mark, how many games do you see Tech and UGA winning next year before a bowl game? Assuming AJ is gone.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:03 pm
Florida runs Georgia on the field and in recruiting
South Carolina runs Georgia and drags them too….
But then again, who has not drug UGA up and down the field the past 3 years……?
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:03 pm
Yellow Jackets can be attracted by vinegar and water
The main compnents of a douche
http://www.ehow.com/how_6759314_build-own-yellow-jacket-trap.html
No Surprise
saint simon 16-4, 9-1
November 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
Loser
jarvis
November 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
Also, Johnson f’d his team when he called a pass play on first down with 4 minutes to play and a time out….sack….sack….game over.
Jack613
November 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
Always enjoy your insights, Mark. Glad to see your shout out to former Tech football star turned real estate exec, Taz Anderson, too. Taz sure loves GT and I think he summed up Coach Johnson well, as did you. Good luck to GA Tech – and to UGA – in the Bowls.
Benjamin
November 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
PJ had no choice in the end, superDawg. You would’ve ran draws from 80 yards out with no timeouts and a minute to go? PJ is smarter than you if you say yes… just saying…
At the end of the day, both teams have six wins, six losses, and losses to either Kansas or Colorado. Terrible year for both. Thank God for the Falcons and their ability to bring winning football to the state of Georgia; both the techies and all the UGA fans who never went to the school have had very little to root for this season.
GT65
November 28th, 2010
2:05 pm
Who cares what any Georgia fan has to say about anything. I hate losing to the mutts, particularly when we outplayed them and handed them the game with turnovers.
I have a good feeling about next season, the ACC title will be the goal. I will take conference titles and BCS bowl bids over the moniker, “State Champs” any day. Between Tech and UGA, who has been to the last BCS bowl, who won the last conference championship and who won the last national championship between the two schools?
…exactly!
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
2:05 pm
Laces Out Finkle,
Too funny watching you pathetic georgia teams play football. I can’t imagine how truly bad both teams would be if their star players didn’t come from other states- Murray and Orson from Fla, AJ from South Carolina, Ben Jones from Bama, Tevin Washington from Bama. And BTW AU is about 15-20% Georgia players but is overwhelmingly an Alabama team. Your just mad cause the state of Alabama has historically dominated Georgia and continues to dominate your state in college football- AL. leads Ga in all 4 series between the 4 programs. Suck on that beyotch.
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:05 pm
Monkey Business
How does South Carolina run Georgia
One Year
Check the All Time Record
Check their all time record against everyone
They are a joke and you are too ———-Sore Loser
42-34
BWWWWAAAHAHHA
DOOOOUUUCCCCHHHHHHHEEEEEEE
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:05 pm
Assuming AJ is gone? Why would he stay under this sinking ship is a better question?
Georgia max 7 wins
GT max 8 wins….
Mark Richt gets released and Paul Johnson gets a raise and Steve Spurrier, Urban Meyer, Dan Mullens, and Derek Dooley get wins against UGA…
There you go…
Steve Spurrier
November 28th, 2010
2:07 pm
What happens to all of those great players when they get to Athens?
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
2:07 pm
How pathetic is a program when they are 6-6 and celebrating a win over another 6-6 program. Pretty pathetic. Very pathetic. Incredibly pathetic.
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:07 pm
PAUL JOHNSON FOREVER
BBBBBBWWAAAAAHHHHHHHAAA
We Dawgs Love Him
What a Tool
I want as much triple joke as possible
61-39-5
GA SUX
November 28th, 2010
2:07 pm
You sure cant drive it.
Golden Tornado
November 28th, 2010
2:07 pm
1917 ~ 1928 ~ 1952 ~ 1990 > 1942 ~ 1980
Big Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:08 pm
Great article Mark. 99% of time we win on talent alone. Can’t remember the last game we out coached another team for a victory. Maybe Tennessee and the hob nail boot? Seems like a long time ago.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:08 pm
Who are Georgia’s Key Players next year?
Murray , Charles then two running backs with no driving skills…..then who?
UF and USC will beat UGA like a drum played by the LITTLE DRUMMER BOY…
rUMPA PUM PUM rUMPA PUM PUM
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:08 pm
Wrong answer Monkey Business. UGA has a great schedule next year. The will beat Boise St. They have Auburn and SC at home. Both wins. They will beat the teams they usually do. They will lose at Tennessee and to Florida. We all know what they will do to Tech. 10-2 before a bowl. Tech? Maybe 5-7.
nats love Swinging Richards on Northside...
November 28th, 2010
2:08 pm
9-1 last 10….
16-4 last 20…
23-7 last 30…
30-10 last 40…
’nuff said….ESAD nats…
GTFan
November 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
Funny how the doggies say that CPJ can’t even beat Richt. Give CPJ the doggie 5 star players and it would be a massacre of the greatest proportions. or how about this, play your second string qb and see how it looks.
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
61-39-5
Your predictions are a joke
The FACT IS 42-34
and you are a sore loser and a d o u c h e
Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
It wasn’t a pass on first down with four minutes left. It was a quarterback draw.
Hollis G.
November 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
Hey college football in Ga, how many Ga. players on the Auburn and Alabama squads? You sleazy cheating sobs can’t even field a full squad from your pathetic state. Your state sucks our water, sucks our gullible players. So I guess your state just sucks. As for you Bradley, it must really be hard to type your articles with your lips so firmly placed on Johnson’s fanny.
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
They should erect a bronze toilet outside of Sanford stadium to celebrate one horrible georgia team beating another horrible georgia team in the annual toilet bowl of children of lesser football gods. Good thing for the dawgs that Tech can’t even kick an extra point. Otherwise Tech’s high school offense ran over, around, and through that pathetic dawg defense.
Lilburn Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
Last night’s game wasn’t anything to be proud of by either side. I congratulate Tech on fighting the better battle with the players they have. I remember how UGA was getting ragged by Tech bloggers last year about the “pitiful” bowl we went to and hearing how much classier their bowl was. And now this year what I find amusing is reading that Tech may end up in the same bowl we were in last year!! So always be careful when you throw mud. No double standards. If it was an embarassment last year then it will be this year, too.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
Georgia Alum owns Swinging Richards and have pre game meals there….
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
“College Football In The State Of Georgia” what’s it like to be a total moron? So if 5-6 Auburn beat 6-5 Alabama one year, you don’t think they would brag or be excited? Poor little redneck. Must suck to not understand college football.
joe taxpayer
November 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
“the sublime A.J. Green, could be seen running out of bounds three yards short of a first down when the score was 0-0″. That quote is from the above Mark Bradley’s column and it sums up UGA’s staff.
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
WIDE RIGHT
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:11 pm
fINKLE..You were watching TBS earlier weren’t you….?
Old South Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:11 pm
You can ALWAYS count on gTech to Wet the Bed!!! also love the look on paul johnsons face, He knows as long as he is at tech, this is as far as he can go. LOL
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:11 pm
AU WINS WITH AAJORITY OF OUT OF STATE TALENT
–a joke just like UT
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:12 pm
That’s majority before any trekkei stops playing dungeons and dragons to correct me
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:12 pm
The problem with 5-6 and 6-5 is besides Tech last year, Both teams have been horrible for 3 years in a row…..
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:13 pm
No – Was it on?
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
2:13 pm
Hollis G,
Lets see. Georgia’s top players of the last few years- Knowshow and Stafford- came from Texas and New Jersey. Your qb is from Fla, your best O-lineman is from Alabama, your top player in AJ Green is from S. Carolina, your 2nd best receiver in Orson Charles is from Fla. Tech’s qb is from Alabama. Alabama and AU have a smattering of players from Georgia on their teams but I can’t think of any of Bama’s top players from Georgia and can only think of Cam from Georgia on AU’s team. You’re just mad cause your college teams always have been and always will be dominated by the teams from Alabama. You guys suck- both of you.
Top Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:13 pm
Okay, I’ll toast that: Kudos to Coach Johnson on ANOTHER LOSS.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:13 pm
Auburn does not recruit players, they HIRE them….
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Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:14 pm
a smattering ?
CHECK YOUR ROSTER
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:14 pm
Yep it was on at 11 a.m.
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:15 pm
Poor “Monkey Business.” Does it suck not knowing college football? “Both teams have been horrible for 3 years in a row.” In 2008 UGA went 10-3 and won the Capital One Bowl. Yea, that is horrible.
Dawg H8R
November 28th, 2010
2:15 pm
Laces Out Finkle
November 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
Dawg H8R
SCOREBOARD
YOU TALK TRASH EVEN WHEN YOU LOSE
D O U C H E
Douche?. Is this Jeff Spiccoli? Andrew Dice Clay? Or maybe some other braindead moron.Try talking trash when you beat someone. Consensual adult incest could be the reason for this phenomenon known as “dawgnation”. Disgusting.
The Blair Miss Project
November 28th, 2010
2:16 pm
<———- WIDE LEFT <————-
Dear Coach Paul Johnson,
Enjoy the fish fry in Shreveport, LA.
Karma sure is a b**** ain't it???
-Dawgs
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
2:16 pm
Steve,
Since when were both Alabama and AU crappy in the same year? Fool! Can’t remember when both were something awful like 5-6 and 6-5 coming into a game. You guys just plain suck.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
Everyone give us your date on when Auburn’s Penalities are Announced for Breaking The entire NCAA book on Recruitment of Student Athletes?
I say the FBI announces indictments before the NCAA announces letter of investigation.
January 24th 2011 is my prediction.
College football in the state of Georgia
November 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
Steve,
Go watch a replay of the Iron bowl and watch some serious football son. Not those pee wees that played last night.
Old South Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
I wonder if AU is offering a 401k program also to its recruits
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
There’s nothing dumber than a Georgia Bulldog fan.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:18 pm
10-3 does suck in the BIG PICTURE….especially since you were preseason No. 1
nats love Swinging Richards on Northside...
November 28th, 2010
2:18 pm
35-13 since Dooley arrived in ‘64…
LMMFAO nats….y’all suck…
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:20 pm
HA HA HA. 10-3 and winning at a good bowl sucks huh? You think you nerds would not take that every year? Tech dorks are happy, and used to, winning 7 or 8 a year.
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
2:20 pm
UGA SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Always has and always will. Deal with it mutts.
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:20 pm
Wow. Good one Glory Glory! What a loser.
T'VILLE DAWG
November 28th, 2010
2:21 pm
As I sneeze I muffle bullthit! A veer offense is never over matched. The local high school coach here has won several state titles, the offense is the same on any level and as he puts it “it’s a high risk high reward offense”. You may stop it for a while but it will get it’s pound of flesh. The only negative is when the defense puts 8 men in the box you have to be able to pass it and willing to do it.
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:21 pm
So if UGA sucks, what does that say about Tech? Georgia has always sucked??? What? If you are going to run your mouth, at least know what you are talking about moron.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:21 pm
Steve…not a techie here buckwheat…
Gator Baby Gators…! and yes we sucked this year too but we beat UGA as we do annually…
UGA Fan
November 28th, 2010
2:23 pm
Yeah, Tech is giddy over a coach that has lost 2 of 3 to inferior UGA teams. The ACC champs lose to a then 6-5 UGA team last year in Atlanta, and now a then 5-6 team this year. How was CPJ outsmarted. UGA gained over 420 yards on HALF the plays Tech had to gain 512? Too bad, so sad for Tech. 10 years, 9 loses! And it will continue that way into the next decade.
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:24 pm
Monkey Business, your point? Who on here said UGA does not struggle against Florida? However feel free to look up the only stat that matters, the overall record between UGA and UF. Nice job yesterday against FSU.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:24 pm
Who is UGA going to line up and play to beat Boise St. USC, UF, Tenn. MSU…
UGA Fan
November 28th, 2010
2:26 pm
Maybe the stupid Tech students can go out tonight and continue to get mugged, just like their team year after year after year.
SRF
November 28th, 2010
2:26 pm
Do UGA fans always brag this much when they beat up little girls like this ?
The Blair Miss Project
November 28th, 2010
2:26 pm
<————- WIDE LEFT <—————–
The same GENIOUS coach you Nerds are "giddy" about, after LOSING to the team you HATE the most, abandoned the run game, AGAIN, late in the game when you needed to score.
I hope you Nerds keep him around forever!!
(((((42-34)))))
9-1
61-39-5
We STILL Run This State!!
DawginTX
November 28th, 2010
2:26 pm
“without their best player”….as if to say if only Nesbitt had played, certainly Tech would have won. The fact is that Washington has a better passer rating and the same YPC. But to acknowledge that would take an excuse away from the brilliant, courageous Johnson. Look, I cussed when Tech hired Johnson because I knew he was a good system coach. And running an offensive system that teams don’t see often is a good thing for the have-nots of the college football world to do. It is a smart strategic move, but we don’t need to gush all over ourselves about how brilliant someone is who knows how to run an offense from 40 years ago.
I think the Georgia coaching staff accomplished less with more for the 3rd straight year, and that is why they are on the hot seat heading into next year. But Georgia’s “outsmarted” coaches won 5 of their last 7 down the stretch while the brilliant Johnson lost 4 of 5.
RAID
November 28th, 2010
2:27 pm
Mark, you’re right!…..I havent seen a UGA coach that ballsy in a long time…..but not trying to PO any Tech fans off here but as genious as it was that he let UGA score, I was still baffled that he all the sudden on his last 2 possessions he decided to break out a passing game on every down that is not there especially since Tech was breaking off long runs at a huge clip against a tired UGA defence…..that played right into UGA’s hands……jus sayin……
Fuzzybee
November 28th, 2010
2:28 pm
Dawg fans – has AJ always avoided contact like he did last night? Great hands but he looks pretty soft to me.
The Blair Miss Project
November 28th, 2010
2:29 pm
<———— WIDE LEFT <—————
Honestly, Nerds……
Which hurts worse? Losing to UGA when UGA is up, or losing to UGA when they are down? Because either way, it ALWAYS happens!!!!
(((((42-34))))) All. Year. Long!!!
Jeremy
November 28th, 2010
2:29 pm
Who else saw Samuel L. Jackson on UGA’s sideline decked out in Dawgs gear from head to toe? Bulldawgs rise up. Bottom line = bumblebees lost again. UGA won the game and nobody will remember Paul Johnson allowing them to score late, the win is what will be remembered. “You play to win the game” – Herm Edwards
Old South Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:29 pm
It wont be long until Tech must worry about losing to Kennesaw st. in Football as well. LOL
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
2:30 pm
Steve..i said we suck, but we still beat UGA….
The Blair Miss Project
November 28th, 2010
2:32 pm
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I think this win is sweeter than last year.
It got us bowl eligible, and the Techies are SO bitter that they act like they won.
HILLARIOUS!!!!!
(((((42-34)))))
Gold Helmets
November 28th, 2010
2:33 pm
Thanks Mark for the nice article. Proud of the Jackets and CPJ and his staff. Just fix a few things and next year could be special.
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:34 pm
And what else is new???
The Blair Miss Project
November 28th, 2010
2:34 pm
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Sure, Tech fans will remember the "geniusness" of Manboobs Johnson for a week. Then it is realized that it's just ANOTHER loss to the Dawgs!!!!
Enjoy Shreveport!!! Karma SUCKS doesn't it!!
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:37 pm
Gold Helmets you are kidding right? Next year could be special? Tech will be 7-5 AT BEST before a bowl. Obviously UGA is a loss. They will lose to VA Tech, Miami, Clemson, and someone who they should not lose to.
dobearsbare
November 28th, 2010
2:38 pm
At my postgame tailgate of UGA fans, there was very little in the way of celebration, because Georgia leads the nation in stupid. We all repeatedly acknowledged that UGA got away with one. Part of me is loathe to quibble over style points, and I’d rather gnash teeth over an ugly win than seethe over any loss. Still, this win was hard to enjoy.
It has become a conundrum that UGA’s coach of undisputed character presides over a program so devoid of character, which is why Georgia is lucky to be 6-6 and has struggled so mightily since the beginning of 2009.
Hire Mark Richt
November 28th, 2010
2:38 pm
Hey you Auburm fans ,hope you enjoy this year. Because you will be staring down the barrel of NCAA Sanctions after Cam Newton for hire scandal plays out.Hope you can beat the”Old Ball Coach or you will have sold your souls for a trip to the Capitol One Bowl.Enjoy your stay on NCAA probation.
Exley DAWG
November 28th, 2010
2:38 pm
Pathetic is when you feel good after a loss. GT is pathetic. Case in point, even a turd like Bob Davie joked Tech about not being able to sell out a home game. Tech couldn’t even sellout an ACC championship game they played in.
The Dawgs had the worst season in 15 years, it happens. We still beat tech. So all of you nerds, starting with Bradley, go ahead and feel good about losing. Thats so pathetic.
destin dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:39 pm
my PHD ( goes by Dr.. not a medical Dr.. ) brother works (????????) for NASA… that’s a Gov’t job… tax payer revolt !!
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
2:41 pm
The mighty Ga bulldogs, legends in their own minds, reduced to bragging about beating a 4th rate high school team (barely). The junkyard dawg defense gives up over 400 yards to a high school offense against a team without their starting QB, and they want to brag. The only state they can run is Ga cause they sure can’t compete in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, even Arkansas and Colorado. Down go the dogs, down go the dogs! 4 and 5 star recruits and yet, off to another loser bowl.
nats love Swinging Richards on Northside...
November 28th, 2010
2:41 pm
It’s gonna be next year for a long time nats. Face it, CG’s recruits are gone. Fish fry’s recruiting sucks. Your can’t complete a pass “O” & Depends wearing “D” will be a perennial 6-6 team in the worst conference in America for the foreseeable future. ‘09 was a fluke, you’re 7-8 in your last 15 games and are going down hill fast.
35-13 in the last 48…consider yourselves our biotch…
layinlow
November 28th, 2010
2:41 pm
Im just not buying this whole brilliance thing and celebration of PJ because he let Georgia score to get the ball back. In hindsight yes we could have ran the clock out and it was the best thing for tech to let us score. But an 8 point lead on an option team with only 1:29 left in the game is not exactly a bad situation. Did Tech drive the length of the field and score, go for two to tie, and then win in overtime? NO. Now that would have made a great story of brilliance but they didn’t even come close. And this is not the first time a team has let another team score to get the ball back. Heck it happened in the Super Bowl when Mike Holmgren let the Broncos score so Green Bay could get the ball back with a chance to win. They also failed to capitalize. So its not like PJ invented the concept of letting someone score to keep the clock from being run out. How brilliant was PJ when Miami cleaned their clock? So now Tech fans are going to celebrate Paul Johnson after losses?
Josh Smith For 3
November 28th, 2010
2:41 pm
I’m still not impressed Mark. Even though I’m biased for UGA, Johnson displayed glaring similarities to Mike Bobo on the most critical drive for Tech’s offense. With just under three minutes and a timeout, I would’ve run the option until the cows came home, not QB keepers and passes. Maybe that’s why I don’t coach college football, but why try to change a strategy when it worked for 95% of the game? I kinda doubt our D would have kept them out of field goal range.
Dawg_Central
November 28th, 2010
2:43 pm
Bradley….you just explained the difference between UGA and Tech…..UGA would never be giddie over a loss. Tech fans wanna believe Paul Johnson is a genuis and sports writers keep saying it, but the proof is in wins. Paul Johnson runs the triple option, that should prove he is an idiot, when is the last time a team running the triple option won the national title???? Point proven !! Richt owns Johnson, UGA owns Tech, Nobody wants Paul Johnson as a head coach but Tech and maybe Ga Southern.
Herschel Talker
November 28th, 2010
2:43 pm
And when the careening game finally seemed lost, that rascal Johnson conjured up one last way to make it winnable. He ordered cornerback Jerrard Tarrant to tell the other Jacket defenders, “Let ‘em score.” A Tech employee standing on the sideline heard this exchange and was terrified the Bulldogs would catch on to this strategic bit of jujitsu, but they didn’t. Washaun Ealey burst through the line and kept going and everyone in red and black got really excited — for five seconds. Then they realized they’d been snookered.
Said Richt: “We didn’t coach very good there. We got outcoached right there. It was good strategy by Coach Johnson. I thought [when it happened], ‘He got us there. He got me.’ ”
THIS IS ALL YOU NEED TO READ TO KNOW THAT MARK RICHT SHOULD BE FIRED. HOW MANY MORE TIMES DOES THIS BUMBLING IDIOT HAVE TO BE OUTCOACHED BEFORE MCGARITY WILL SAY THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
2:44 pm
Blessed with so much, yet off to another loser bowl. But hey, we are the best of the lest.
UGA isn't happy about this victory..
November 28th, 2010
2:45 pm
They are really proud of their Fulmer cup championship!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats!
Dawg_Central
November 28th, 2010
2:46 pm
UGA is gonna get to play a conference champion in a bowl, Tech goes to play Air Force…..LOL remember Shervport………karma is a mofo.
greg
November 28th, 2010
2:48 pm
Wow! Now MB is giving out moral victory trophies. That is funny. Last year CMR outcoached and pulled CPJ’s pants down on national tv. This year UGA did everything they could to lose the game and still won. I guess what we learned is regardless of if CMR is outcoached or not his team will still beat GT most of the time. The only thing that matters is 9 out of 10, and 42-34. Suck on that nerds. Enjoy the trophy you received from MB for not losing too badly (geez, what is this? 7 and under soccer?. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:48 pm
“Oh how the mighty have fallen” who is your team? Another loser bowl??? Would you like me to list the bowls UGA has gone to from 2001 – 2008?
The Blair Miss Project
November 28th, 2010
2:48 pm
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"but, but, but…. we uh….. uh…. we won in 2008!!!!"
You Nerds are PATHETIC!!!! "giddy" over a loss!
(((((42-34))))) A LONG, LONG 364 days awaits you on these blogs!!!!
fair and Balanced
November 28th, 2010
2:50 pm
I really don’t understand this “Well we played a good game. We have inferior players and so to stay close to GA is great for us.” You play the game to win. You can’t be happy with losing. Show me a good loser – and I’ll show you a loser! Pitiful. But the truth is that Johnson gets more done with less while Richt gets less done with more. Fact. Indisputable! The best coach in the state of GA at the college ranks is not CMR. And btw, how on earth can UGA be considered the state champs? Neither Tech nor GA played GA State or GA Southern.
DawgsRule
November 28th, 2010
2:50 pm
We gave you every opportunity to win – muffed punts, turnovers, Caleb King, multiple failures to convert 4th down, and an offense playing not to lose instead of playing to win. The WORST UGA team in two decades and you still couldn’t beat us. We beat your sorry coach, your players, and your referees for the 9th time in 10 years!
Good luck in Shreveport, we left the light on for you!!
JayBee
November 28th, 2010
2:51 pm
Funny how this article seems to think that this game was going to be a UGA blow out when Tech had a better record than Georgia. A quick read of the Georgia blogsites would also reveal that almost all Ga. fans thought this would be a well fought game just like all the other ones we’ve had the past 3 years.
Tech has a good coach, that’s for sure, but I believe completely that Tech came believing they would win. They didn’t, the effect of the loss was evident in the fan’s faces at the end of the game. They have a year to prepare to beat us again, and I’m sure it will be another battle in the trenches regardless of the records. But it’s never fun to lose to your instate rival.
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
2:51 pm
Ga’s new motto Give us your 4 and 5 star recruits, and we will do less with more = 6 and 6 record = another losers bowl.
Burgess
November 28th, 2010
2:51 pm
OK, Taz……..if this coach took a group with little talent, shouldn’t ya’ll get a coach that can recruit BETTER talent ?
Steve
November 28th, 2010
2:53 pm
Not going to answer me “mighty have fallen?” What a loser.
Burgess
November 28th, 2010
2:54 pm
I hope Paul Johnson doesn’t take a sharp right…….Bradley will break his neck. Why is he kissing the ass of a coach that won the ACC with Gailey’s players and is now a .500 coach ?
A coach that refuses to take any responsibility for HIS team’s failures ?
SoCal Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:54 pm
“Fun Fact” PJ had to let a 5-6 team score a TD with a minute and a half in the game for a 1 to 1,000,000 chance of winning and GT is about to pee themselves over it. (Oh yeah, by the way… Tech lost.)
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
2:55 pm
9-4
7-5
6-6
down go the dogs, from playing for SEC championships to bragging about beating a 4th rate high school team which ran for over 400 yards on the mighty junk yard dogs
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
2:56 pm
Yeah, CMR is an awful coach!!
2-1 in BCS Bowls
2 SEC Crowns in 3.
The big kicker 9-1 vs the Nerds!
3-1 overall against Man Boobs! Great coaching job. You can say Man boobs is better if it makes you feel better. Gave us the TD at the end was smart??? Seriously? This makes a young inexperienced QB have to throw the ball, go 80 yards for a TD in 1:25. YEAH, SMART COACH. If you ask me it’s not knowing the potential of your players. teks D should have stopped UGA, get the ball back and continue to run it in the middle. There was plenty of time left the way tek was running the ball. Man Boobs got nervous and decided to make a running QB a passer. I knew the game was over as soon as they started trying to throw the ball. Here’s to another long off season for the techies!!!
9-1 CMR GO DAWGS!
Mike
November 28th, 2010
2:56 pm
Coach Richt outcoached Georgia Tech for the 8th time out of 9 attempts.
Thought the gameplan by Grantham to strip in the red zone, especially off to’s, worked perfectly. Georgia forced 4 fumbles and recovered 3. Tech players said in post game Georgia’s players were excellent at stripping, in the red zone, and off to’s.
Then you have Richt outsmarting PJ on the last drive by dropping his best passrusher into pass coverage. BRILLIANT.
Also, knowing which way the swirling wind would blow in the 2nd half proved to be a smart move by Richt as their extra point got caught in the swirling 10 mph winds and went a little left.
Forcing Tech to pass at the end was another way Richt outcoached PJ, as Tech ranks last in passing in the NCAA. Richt forced PJ, just like last year, to try and win, doign what he did the worst, passing the football.
Richt won the TO battle, had better kick off returns, better special teams, that was the difference.
V Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:56 pm
After another UGA win, how much longer are tech fans going to put up with Johnson’s mediocrity? Losing 6 games, in a weak conference like the ACC? Not good. He won with gailey’s recruits but can’t win with his own. The Dawgs will beat them worse in 2011—which is the year of the DAWGS—SEC title next year—count on it!!!
The Blair Miss Project
November 28th, 2010
2:56 pm
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I'm glad you Techies are giving yourself the "we didn't play as bad as we thought we would play" Trophy.
Enjoy it….. while we enjoy holding onto the Governor's Cup….AGAIN.
(go ahead Tech, insert Fulmer Cup Joke here __________________________)
Game Over. DAWGS Won
November 28th, 2010
2:57 pm
Mark,
Where was the genius CPJ during the 6 losses this year? UGA is not a good team(6 LOSES LAST TIME I CHECKED) and you act like it was this huge talent mismatch. Remember we lost to Colorado
Burgess
November 28th, 2010
2:57 pm
Has CPJ got pictures of Bradley or what ? What a crock ! Ya’ll talk about Tech’s mistakes……UGA’s mistakes kept Tech in the game.
LOL @ UGA Dawg
November 28th, 2010
2:57 pm
I absolutely bet that I beat you at W2 time !! THAT.. I am sure of !
Burgess
November 28th, 2010
2:58 pm
If Paul Johnson is such a great coach, how did they lose to Kansas ?
Mike
November 28th, 2010
2:58 pm
Also thought PJ messed up by calling the pitch to Houston’s side.
Boy was that a bad call.
Cost him the game.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
2:58 pm
“Florida and South Carolina beat you”… sniff, sniff sniff. You bunch of cry babies it still does not take away from the fact that UGA beat you….AGAIN! 9 out of 10.. Oh, it hurts sooooo bad!! HA!
GO DAWGS!. We may suck this year, but you suck worse than we do…. And that is bad.
Burgess
November 28th, 2010
2:59 pm
As bad as Georgia was this year, they could have won the ACC .
Scott
November 28th, 2010
2:59 pm
Tech faced the worst team Richt has coached in 24 years, and couldn’t beat him.
That’s hilarious.
Paul Johnson simply cannot coach.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:00 pm
Mike
Perfectly said!
Jeremy
November 28th, 2010
3:01 pm
If G Tech can’t beat a 5-6 Georgia team, who couldn’t even beat Colorado, should Paul Johnson be fired?
Rest of the SEC
November 28th, 2010
3:02 pm
Is UGA still celebrating beating a 6-5 ACC team? Georgia fans never cease to amuse me.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:02 pm
tek fan, “Well, our coach has bigger boobs than your coach.”
I’ll give you that one!
Matthew
November 28th, 2010
3:02 pm
For the past month Bradley has willfully taken a dump on Georgia. Yeah, we get it – its been a bad year. But even in a bad year, Paul Johnson can’t beat Georgia… and it has nothing to do with Nesbitt.
The Option-Gimmick Tech runs completely dismisses a QB’s ability to pass, which came to fruition in the fourth quarter. Period.
calvin
November 28th, 2010
3:02 pm
Where was Bradley after the Virginia Tech game? Tech came even
closer to a winning comeback, much closer, after Nesbitt had
been lost before the half.
GT fan in MS
November 28th, 2010
3:03 pm
Boy Mark Richt is sooo smart.
Him and Grantham had that D ready to play against GT’s sorry High School Offense. Those 2 weeks of preparation and film study really showed last night.
They really shut it down. Holding it to only 410 yards rushing.
Harold
November 28th, 2010
3:03 pm
How in the word Richt got his team to 7-6 after starting out 1-4 is amazing.
Best coahc in the country.
Bye-Bye Mark
November 28th, 2010
3:04 pm
Mark Richt to be new Head Coach at Miami, his alma mater. He is the number one target and money is the discussion. Mark to leave the dawgs. Mike Bobo begs for change to be head coach.
Dawg Paws
November 28th, 2010
3:04 pm
Richt to Miami – Bobo as head coach!
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
Paul Johnson, “That Dawg Uga just punched me in the mouth. I’m telling!”
Jamie
November 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
Georgia had 2 defensive players that couldn’t go in the 2nd half, and that’s where G Tech got most of their yards. I think Rambo went down, and maybe Dobbs?
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:06 pm
Oh, and you Nerds thinking…. or should I say, DREAMING, CMR is not leaving UGA. BANK ON IT!
The Alpha Male
November 28th, 2010
3:08 pm
Congratulations to Coach Johnson for his moral victory. How pathetic a program has Tech become when near-misses against Georgia are celebrated?
***GEORGIA OWNS TECH…. FEEL OUR OWNAGE***
GT fan in MS
November 28th, 2010
3:08 pm
That Mark Richt sure is smart. Him and Grantham really coached up that D to shut down GT’s High School Offense. They really took advantage of the 2 weeks off to prepare and watch film on shutting down GT. Holding GT to a measly 410 yds rushing. Well done UGA coaching staff.
Dawg Paws
November 28th, 2010
3:08 pm
$5MM signing bonus for Richt? Bobo gets Ford 150.
Jamie
November 28th, 2010
3:08 pm
The reaosn no NFL team runs the triple option?
The QB can get injured and end your season as you get stuck with a back up QB.
How’s that for brains?
IDJacket
November 28th, 2010
3:09 pm
I can’t see how any fan can be happy about losing to UGA. But at least it is clear where the problems with the team lie, and there is reason to hope they can be fixed.
I also fail to see how any UGA fan can feel very good about their program. For the true UGA fans (not the obnoxious bloggers here) I feel some sympathy for what it looks like you will have to face over the next few years. At least you have that satisfaction of still owning this series and we will look to change that.
I guess we can all be happy to find that the state of Alabama now has internet service. I suppose that means they have indoor plumbing and other “modern” conveniences as well. Great Job Alabama, we are so proud of you, and we knew you could do it!
ramblinman
November 28th, 2010
3:10 pm
Well put, Mark. I love how CPJ made CMR look like an absolute idiot there near the end! “Georgia gets all these players; what happens to them?”. Well, it is becoming increasingly clear that they simply fall into the hands of subpar coaching for the collegiate level.
macrotech
November 28th, 2010
3:10 pm
It was a GREAT game to take in…neither team showed ANY quit! I don’t think there is a single Tech fan that is ‘giddy’ with this loss. We have EVERY reason to be optimistic for next year (no offense to uga fans), though. We ran for 411 yards and passed for over 100. Washington is going to be really good as he matures. He still makes some REALLY bad reads out there. In time, he’ll wise up. Our redzone scoring needs to be more consistent and I’d like for CPJ to call for a field goal attempt from time to time. We left nine points out there on the field, assuming (He’s a better kicker than the missed extra point) Blair hits them. It was fun watching all the fans leaving the stadium after the game trying to figure out uga’s last score…most of them seemed to get it. I won’t say the best team won last night, but I can say, “Congrats on the win, Bulldawgs”.
Perry
November 28th, 2010
3:12 pm
Paul Johnson got outcoached.
His team is ranked last in the NCAA in passing.
Didn’t think he’d need to pass.
Dawg Paws
November 28th, 2010
3:12 pm
Nine and one. You can be sure that the “U” would never hire a head coach that had BoBo and the G man as coordinators.
cattle dawg
November 28th, 2010
3:13 pm
Pathetic. Did UGA ever trail in this game? All tech has left is to hope cpj is the 2nd coming of God. Im actually shocked by how giddy techies are about a good loss.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:13 pm
HEY NERDS! No matter how you slice it UGA 42-Nerds 34! CMR out coached Man Boobs again. He mad his sorry team 1 TD better than your sorry team. That makes his sorry team better.
NINE OUT OF TEN!!!!
Ralph
November 28th, 2010
3:14 pm
Brainy engineers can’t figure out a way to beat Mark Richt.
It’s quite simple really.
4 to’s = win.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:14 pm
techies aren’t giddy because of CPJ, they are giddy because they are nerds!
Edward
November 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
rICHT GOT BORED.
HE LET PJ HAVE THE BALL FOR 38 MINUTES.
TIED BOTH HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK.
PLAYED A FRESHMAN QB.
FUMBLED TWICE ON SPECIAL TEAMS INSIDE GEORGIA’S OWN 20.
FUMBLED WITH KING INSIDE THE 20.
AND STILL WON BY 8!!
S Crook
November 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Again this year, as with last, Coach Johnson seemed to abandon the triple option with sufficient time left on the clock in favor of plays with a lower percentage of succes. Just wondering why.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Dawg Paws
REALLY? Then how come it’s posted all over the “U”’s boards that he is on top of their list? Please check your facts before running your pie hole! NEXT!
Bulldawg Bennie
November 28th, 2010
3:18 pm
We still run this state and Tech is still out “Little Brothers” GO DAWGS!!
Edward
November 28th, 2010
3:20 pm
RCIHT COULD OUTCOACH JOHNSON BLINDFOLDED WITH BOTH HANDS TIED BEHIND HIS BACK.
Tech Man
November 28th, 2010
3:21 pm
UGA Engineer? Try selling that sauce worldwide. It ain’t happening.
CPJ is a great Tech Man. I look forward to his future on the flats.
BeatTech
November 28th, 2010
3:22 pm
Mark, 2 things: 1) yes, I agree that PJ is a really good strategist, but with about 2:50 they got the ball back and he decided to start throwing the ball. Did he panic a bit quickly, sir? I’m just saying he might not be as perfect as you suggest. And, 2) why don’t you and PJ just get a room already. Dang man, you have a real bromance going with this guy.
Edward
November 28th, 2010
3:22 pm
IF PJ KICKS A FIELD GOAL INSTEAD OF GOES FOR IT ON 4TH DOWN, TECH WINS.
SMART MOVE.
Edward
November 28th, 2010
3:23 pm
GO FOR IT ON 4TH DOWN 3 TIMES? DOES PJ KNOW THAT’S CALLED “LOW PROBABILITY’?
1 FOR 3. LOST HIM ANOTHER GAME.
Denial is a mechanism that maybe helps them
November 28th, 2010
3:24 pm
To lose oh so closely to your hated rival ( for UGA that is AU and UT and Florida and SC and LSU and Ole Miss and sometimes Arkansas) is very painful and this year UGA did lose 5 to our hated SEC rivals. Colorado was palatable, given the fact that they were the 1990 National Champions and all.
For GT this same thing happens about every 8, or is it 9? years ……………that is to say, “oh we are awesome because we outgained them” or that” our guys end up as engineers and theirs are just dreadful thugs”. Whatever …………….it is all the same. In fact, GT ought to say our uniforms look better, for all the good that it would do them.
As for CPJ …………………..he must think that to be behind by 8 is better than being behind by 1. What if GT were to get the ball back with no guarantees of scoring and throw an interception??? Gulp, that happened. Dumber than a sack of hammers he is. Dumber than Reggie Ball in fact.
We look forward to beating GT in 2011 in our second most favorite home field …………….Grant Field in front of 32,000 + sceaming UGA fans.
Go Dogs.
GT? Look forward to watching y’all in the Independence Bowl. It “IS the worst one in college history” …………..right? It is” humilating to play in that low level bowl”…………………right??? Bulldogss will be watching and giggling.
PS: that weekend White House photo of Obama and his busted lip is the second funniest in the news. First? oh, that was CPJ’s face when Blair SHANKED the PAT.
GT fan in MS
November 28th, 2010
3:24 pm
I’m surprised to see dawg fans so giddy after seeing an “SEC” quality / level D get completely dominated by a High School Offense from the ACC. Really? 410 yards rushing? 2 weeks to prepare? 3 year in a row to have seen it? UGA players attending the Duke-GT game to see it the week before? Superior recruiting and talent at UGA and this is the future of your program?
I’m disappointed in losing but I am really optimistic about Tevin Washington’s future running this O at GT. How great was it last night watching UGA’s D hands on hips play after play knowing they couldn’t do a dang thing to stop the High School Offense. ESPN panning the crowd and seeing it on the fans faces too.
Jamie
November 28th, 2010
3:26 pm
No NFL runs the triple option.
If PJ’s so smart, why doesn’t the NFL run it?
Answer? High probability of losing your #1 QB to an injury then being stuck the rest of the season to try and win with your back up QB.
PJ’s score strategies are ALL LOW PROBABILITY.
Richt outcoached him–AGAIN.
SAINT SIMON
November 28th, 2010
3:26 pm
UGA 42 – GT 34!!!!
UGA 30 – GT 24!!!!
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA!!!!
WE RUN THIS STATE!!!
Dawgs Dawgs Dawgs
November 28th, 2010
3:27 pm
I don’t care one bit if Mark Richt is outcoached every game as long as UGA wins. Part of coaching in college is recruiting and Mark Richt has out recruited Paul Johnson every year so the out coached on the field is only a small part of college football. A win is a win against your rival period.
Steve O
November 28th, 2010
3:30 pm
WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS COACH PAUL JOHNSON THINKING AFTER HE GETS THE OPENING TURNOVER, HAS A CHANCE TO GO UP 3-0, KNOWING GEORGIA’S 0-6 WHEN PLAYING FORM BEHIND, CAN KICK AN EASY FIELD GOAL, AND OPTS TO GO FOR ON 4TH DOWN AND MISSES OUT ON AN EASY 3 POINTS.
THOSE 3 POINTS WERE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME.
JOHNSON OUTCOACHED AGAIN.
All year we Dogs listen to how bad we are, then .....
November 28th, 2010
3:31 pm
I am so confused. I am getting old as I am 62+. UGA man too. All year, year in and year out, GT fans say how bad our coaching staff is ( you might have a point ) and how lousy UGA is ( in 2009 and 2010) you might have a point and how terrible the SEC is or how awful UGA’s recruiting is,etc. Right??
But over the last 10 years, Richt has stomped Chan the Man and now CPJ. Help me please. Richt might not be as great as a Sabin or a CUM, but um, ah, is he not proving on the field that he is better than your last two coaches that y’all hired with good GT money $$$ and invested emotionally in???
Is Mark richt not dominating now both CPJ and historically Chan the NFL Man???
You prove this stuff on the field kids ……………not on your mom’s PC.
Go Dogs. 2011 in our Atl home field. Look forward to it.
Darren
November 28th, 2010
3:34 pm
How Richt found a way to win this game, giving up 500+ yards, giving up 38 minutes in time possession, giving up the ball 3 times inside his own 20 yard line, is a testament to how great of a coach Mark Richt is.
No wonder Richt’s winning % is higher than Paul Johnson’s.
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November 28th, 2010
3:35 pm
Atta’ boy, Bark. You got the dawgs foaming and spittin’ mad over this article. Very funny.
GT students are good in math but CPJ??
November 28th, 2010
3:38 pm
I’ll give you techies that you are very decent in math. No doubt about that. Hey, congrats.
Your football coach is dumber than a bag of rocks, however. He must think that to be behind by 8 points is superior to being behind by 1. This is so funny to UGA folks and now replaces Reggie Ball throwing the ball in the stands on 4th down as the funniest GT goof up vs UGA. He still thinks that GT must get 5 or is it 6 downs. AAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
CPJ’s face is priceless when Blair shanked that PAT. It also was funny when GT had to pass to move the ball with the universe’s number 1 rushing team and we picked him off. Funnier than Obama sitting in the WH with his busted mouth. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHA
Clowns they both are.
G
November 28th, 2010
3:38 pm
Who cares who out coaches who if you win. Bradley you are a joke as usual….
Where was the great coaching win Tech had the ball with 2:35 left down 1, needing a field goal to take the lead, and had been running it down UGA’s throat all day and he calls a pass play on first down and gets a sack, then throws it again, incomplete?
If we are going to write an article about “great coaching” let’s look at the entire body of work. Oh yea Tech also lost 6 games, whose fault was it the other 5 losses, maybe it was Mark Richts fault Tech lost the other 5 games.
GT fan in MS
November 28th, 2010
3:39 pm
That Mark Richt sure outcoached Paul Johnson this year.
It must have been part of his master plan to keep his D on the field for 38 minutes. Give up over 400 yards in rushing. Maybe he didn’t want Murray getting bored? Maybe he really wanted his D conditioned? They looked like they were really getting a work out… Everytime I saw them they had their hands on their hips.
Didn’t Richt and Grantham have 2 weeks to prepare to shut down this High School Offense? Isn’t this the 3rd time they’ve seen this High School Offense? Didn’t UGA players come to watch the O last week against Duke? They were really well prepared.
dawgfan
November 28th, 2010
3:40 pm
Georgia Tech=Moral Victory U.
Congratulations to Georgia Tech once again for “outcoaching” UGA. Truly a stellar accomplishment. You should put it on rings.
BeatTech
November 28th, 2010
3:41 pm
And all of those that question PJ not kicking the field goal early to go up 3-0 are correct. But, that’s not PJ’s MO. He always goes for it. Not because he’s a great coach, but because he’s arrogant. This is why he is a great fit for GT. Arrogance loves arrogance.
ugahydro
November 28th, 2010
3:41 pm
Wow, another man bites dog story from a newspaper; how original. Here’s Mark’s ploy folks: take a game where the offense we all knew was difficult to stop but will always run the risk of stopping itself with turnovers is, shockingly, hard to stop, forget that when behind the ‘man’ abandons said offense and starts trying to do what it is poorest at, take one play where ‘man’ does something ‘dog’ isn’t prepared for but forget that the end result of that brilliant move was to have to starts trying to do what it is poorest at for a TD instead of a FG, forget that dog has won 9 of 10 against man’s employer, declare a moral victory for man over dog riling up both’s supporters, and attempt to be edgy and relevant. Remember when there were quality sportswriters adding to the post game experience?
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:42 pm
GT fan in MS
9 out of 10….. yes, CMR is an awful coach! Your probably one of the many tech tools wanting him to leave UGA and go to Miami where you tools still play Miami.
CMR OWNS YOU! 9-1!
Keep dreaming about Man Boobs!
Tampa Wreck
November 28th, 2010
3:43 pm
I was far from “giddy” about my coach last night. Perhaps if we kick afield goal on the opening possession instead of “going for it” of 4th and 2, that last missed extra point doesn’t hurt us. Or maybe if we stick with the offense that was marching down the field throughout the second half when we get the ball down by 1 with 3 minutes left to play, we move the ball into position for a game winning field goal. Instead, we try to get cute and lost 7 yards on 2 plays.
Yes, I was far from “giddy” about CPJ last night. What I saw last night were two putrid defensive teams and the dawgs offensive talent winning out over the the grind it out scheme of the jackets. Both teams tried to give it away, but Tech was more successful at aspect of the game, so the dawgs won. However, hard for either team to be proud of what they saw last night.
Hard to believe our defense was that bad, but seeing was believing. Did we just not recruit any defensive linemen or linebackers for 3 years? We had no clue as to how to stop the dawg’s offense. If we can’t do something to improve our recruiting on the defensive side, we are in for more years of mediocrity.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:44 pm
Be giddy techies, be giddy while UGA continues to own you!
I’d rather win than be GIDDY!!!!
Tom in ATL
November 28th, 2010
3:45 pm
UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game. UGA never trailed in this game.
dawgfan
November 28th, 2010
3:46 pm
Anthony Allen:
“Kansas didn’t beat us. Clemson didn’t beat us. Virginia Tech didn’t beat us. Georgia didn’t beat us. We beat ourselves out there.”
Georgia Tech=10-2 in 2010.
Congratulations nerds on yet another season of empty moral victories!!!!
Time for some state of Georgia geography
November 28th, 2010
3:47 pm
A blogger here and obviously a sad little GT fan, was arguing how horrible it must be as a Georgia Bulldog fan to see Alabama and AU playing with state of Gerogia kids. To some extent he is right.
Here is where the goegrpahy comes in ………………..um, ah, GT is also in the state of Georgia and so they too are NOT GETTING kids to play in their funky lil out dated 70s offense. Yes, GT had 42,890 miles on UGA on the ground. Sure did. UGA??
UGA won the game kids. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
If I am wrong, ask any GT grad this ….” would you be happay winning vs UGA with 120 total yds and the score of 3-0 and them churning up 3,890 yds??? Hmmmmmmmmmm? Answer is WE WANT THE WIN. UGA WON.
See you in our other home field ………………..Grant Field where it will be 1-10.
gtarch
November 28th, 2010
3:49 pm
i usually don’t comment on these, but i just have to say, tech students don’t really engage in the rivalry like uga students do. it’s kind of funny how uga students can only talk about football and how it’s so important in the south (goes to show where our cultural and sociopolitical priorities are), but tech students are usually more prepared to argue about their rivalry with mit, emory, and top notch schools. apparently uga students are obsessed with their four best years, whereas tech students are concerned with the rest of their lives.
and remember, 9 in 10 means nothing. you’ve only tied the record we held for consecutive wins against you back in the ’60s. so if you’re going to sit there and spew statistics, remember, tech students are actually good at math and being logical, uga students are good at non-sequiturs spewed between drunken bouts.
uga, forever in our shadow
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:49 pm
Yes Anthony Allen it looks like “Your just going to keep beating yourself.”
kingster
November 28th, 2010
3:51 pm
Mark that was a very good article, I’m sure that other team did not UNDERSTAND it (smile), the only think I do not agree is the first couple of lines, Tech fans are not obsessed with UGA, I think its the other way around, a lot of times there are many more UGA fans on TECH blog than Teckies. In this game UGA had how many 4 and 5 star players and high school all americans, I’m proud of TECH if you believe in moral victories, I think UGA really knows the real deal, sure on the score board Georgia won, but ask people how they REALLY FEEL?
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:51 pm
gtarch –
What a whiny little nerd. To sit there and say this rivalry means nothing??? Who are you kidding? 2 years ago your techmites could not stay off our blogs for a full year so please go back to your basement with that mindless dribble!
GT fan in MS
November 28th, 2010
3:52 pm
NINE AND ONE!
Your name says it all. That’s the only reason Richt hasn’t been fired. UGA fans will put up with alot. Total Pwnage by UF. Doesn’t he have a losing record against UT as well? Just don’t lose to the Nerds. That will get a coach fired faster than being an also ran in the SEC east. Look at his predecessor …. Lost 3 in a row to GT and was out on his ear.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:53 pm
kingster
You guys kill me with that dribble!!! You can have your “moral, giddy” wins. I’ll take mine on the scoreboard. 9 out of 10!
heyberto
November 28th, 2010
3:54 pm
Ah yes, the ‘Moral Victory’ meme rears its head. Then again, that’s about all Tech fans are used to.. 9 out of the last 10 baby… Go Dawgs!!
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
3:58 pm
GT fan in MS
Yep, live through those other teams! No, CMR has a winning record against UT. Hey Meyer has a losing record against Auburn, should they fire him? We don’t accept losing to UF. That is why CMR will be under the gun next year. Your Tool box of a coach will stay there for a long time as UGA continues to beat up on them.
Gotta love the way you techies, again, have to bring up other teams that have had success against UGA. It must really hurt because you have no idea how it feels to win 2 in a row for the past decade!
ramblinman
November 28th, 2010
3:58 pm
Nice article Mark…thanks. I was thinking while watching the game as I saw celebrities on the sideline in their UGA colors, 95K in the stands, 5 star UGA recruits on the field, etc “How does Tech even compete?” Paul Johnson proves that great coaching is everything. The program is in good hands and I look for great things to come.
They fought to get the best seats in the house
November 28th, 2010
3:59 pm
I heard that The Bureau, um, that would be the FBI …………….had agents fighting in the Atlanta office for the best seats in the house for the Alabama/AU game.
FBI??? Now why on earth are they interested in watching Auburn?? Hmmmmmmmmm??
GO Dogs.
surfrider
November 28th, 2010
4:00 pm
The big thing is we lost the game. After having 500 yards offense, 32 1st downs, clock time of what 38 minutes and we still loose unbelievable. Now 4 fumbles deep in their terrortory, a missed extra point and what has to be the worse defense in sometime is why Ga. won. They also prorated out a big offense when they had the ball. We need faster and big Lb’s for this defesne to work otherwise let’s go back to the 4-3.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:02 pm
To be honest, I kid about CPJ, but he is the best coach you will have. He is a good coach and I would bet IF he read this post and saw that you guys like moral victories he would puke! I don’t see tech losing 6 games again next year. I think he will win about 8 or 9 next year. Of course it will not include a win over UGA. To only win 6 games while in the ACC is very weak. He won’t put up with that.
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
4:02 pm
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NERDS!!! 42-34!!!
November 28th, 2010
4:03 pm
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November 28th, 2010
4:03 pm
PS:
NERDS!!!
JR
November 28th, 2010
4:04 pm
You know, Bradley, I quit taking you seriously years ago as a legitimate journalist. I remember covering the Braves with you during the time Tom Glavine signed one of his big contracts with the team. On the day he signed it the Braves were at home and after the game several reporters were, of course, standing around his locker discussing the signing. With most of the questions asked and answered by a very patient Glavie, all of the reporters take their leave. All but you. You are standing right in front of Glavie with your arms crossed kind of staring with that stupid look of yours and Glavine is awaiting your question. I stand off to the side watching the event play out.
With you and Glavine standing their, Glavine obviously feeling a little awkward as you are only about a foot away from his face- I can only imagine what your breath smelled like- you proceed to ask probably the stupidest question I’ve ever heard a reporter ask; “Tom, (long pause) has money changed you?” The look on Glavine’s face was priceless! But, being the true gentlemen that he is, he tried to answer that question with a straight face.
After you walk away he sees me standing there observing and he and I crack up laughing! You’ve got my email address. Shoot me an email and I’ll tell you what he called you that night. I don’t think Glavine ever took you serious after that.
My point? No one in Atlanta really takes you seriously and this article is just case in point and really provides more humor than true reflection. After growing up a little the comic papers just weren’t funny anymore. Thank goodness you now provide that much needed humor on a Sunday afternoon!
Progressive Humanist
November 28th, 2010
4:05 pm
Yes, the win was not the most satisfying one to UGA fans, but this idea about how GT’s athletes were so overmatched is BS. The running game is a strong measure of athleticism because it’s all about physicality and power (whereas a successful passing game can sometimes be a product of smoke and mirrors). An overmatched team does not roll up 400 rushing yards on their “superior” opponent. I was at the game and it was clear that GT was physically taking it to the Dogs all night. UGA had the speed advantage in the passing game, and GT certainly outcoached UGA, but it’s bogus to talk about how the poor, overmatched GT players overcame so much adversity. They played well and they lost. That’s it. Oh, and Mark Bradley has a man-crush on Paul Johnson.
brokeback jacket
November 28th, 2010
4:05 pm
The FBI wanted some last-minute to some tech games this season, and they were pleasantly surprised to find some in the front row every single time. They reported back to Washington that those butt ugly cheerleaders were a national security risk.
PHIL
November 28th, 2010
4:05 pm
Bradley I agree with the guy who said “where was the genius last year when he got pants’d at home by a Joe Cox led team w/o AJ Green and a dead man walking DC? The “genius” also had Nesbitt, Thomas and a better fullback. ” LAst year UGA had a team that was actually worse than this one and he had the ACC champs, what ever that is worth. Also, if he is do great why did he have such an over matched team on the field? Is he not responsible for that part of coaching also? Great coaches find and sign great players. At Auburn you pay them and at Alabama you sign more and more and just cut players from the team. You latch onto a narrative and go with it despite facts or outcomes to the contrary. I always wondered if you were stupid or if you were just out to stir up crap. Now I know. Hope the AJC gives you big bonuses.
On a subject related to getting better players, I can’t wait for the FBI to put it on Auburn so hard they don’t even have a football team in 5 years! Bwaaaaaahhhhaaaaahhhhaaaaa
brokeback jacket
November 28th, 2010
4:06 pm
Last minute tickets, I meant. I got distracted just thinking about those butt ugly tech cheerleaders, and I can’t get these numbers out of my head:
42-34
Vick=Dog killing Thug
November 28th, 2010
4:07 pm
The state of GA does have 1 good football team. GO FALCONS !!
reality
November 28th, 2010
4:08 pm
So it comes down to the fact that UGA has nothing to hang their on this year but a victory at home over a 6-6 GT team. Think of all of the embarrassment which has led UGA to this point. There is no pride, no integrity in UGA’s program. Enjoy your bowl game because you represent all that is wrong with college athletics.
kp1
November 28th, 2010
4:08 pm
I know you had to write something, but this is such a stupid article.
Monkey Business
November 28th, 2010
4:09 pm
Okay you Georgia Fans want to break it all down with the BIG WIN on Saturday Night against a team that was 6-5 coming into the game in a conference that is across the board rated as the 5th best BCS conference behind the SEC, PAC 10 BIG 10, BIG 12 then the ACC.
You by all accounts have lost to some pretty good SEC teams and a pitiful Big 12 team soon to be in the PAC 10 on the road with your best player back on the field. By all accounts UGA is in the bottom half of the conference of all overall schools. By all accounts UGA has had more arrest and police reports issued than any other school in the conference. UGA ranks in the top 25 teams with personal foul penalities running for the past 5 years. UGA has changed its entire defensive staff due to poor performance for the past 4 years running. UGA’s head coach was rejected by a former UGA player to become D.C, and turned down by 2 others for the same position. It is widely recognized that very very few coaches on the current UGA staff would be hired by any other SEC school.
The state of GEORGIA is rated as the 4th or 5th best High School talent available year in and year out. UGA has experienced some great recruiting classes in CMR’s early and mid years, but as of 2005 those classes have not been in the same league as those first ones and it has shown on the field.
UGA has done the Penalty endzone celebration against UF, the Black Out at home against Alabama and since those moments the discipline on the squad as diminished to epic proportions.
Arrest, poor decisions, AD issues, minor NCAA violations by the staff( which every school commits) and Jersey Gate have made the Sport Page Headlines. You(UGA) make those headlines because you are the state school.
The current recruiting class is hinging on signing 3 players, and only one of those is a dominant Defensive player. If UGA does not get all three of these players the recruiting class will finish in the bottom half of the top 20 nationally. Finishing out of the top 10 nationally in a state that produces top 4 or 5 talent is unacceptable and is a road map to failure.
UGA ranks in the middle of the pack in facilities in the SEC and lacks one key element that CMR has requested since he first arrived at UGA, a full fledged INDOOR Practice Facility, not a walk thru building. For those of you that have not visited other facilities around the league, take a few trips and see the weight rooms, training facilities, the academic centers, the practice facilities, the support facilities, and you will see how far down the line UGA stands.
This program beat a 6-5 team now 6-6 that is an average team in a below average conference and even Tech fans are giddy because they know they are catching the STATE SCHOOL every year and with the current staff in place at both schools it is a matter of time before they pass the STATE SCHOOL.
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
4:10 pm
Nothing left to brag about but beating Ga Tech. From SEC champs to best of the lest, the most impressive 6 and 6 team in the country. Can’t compete in the SEC, 4 and 5 star recruits but still going to a losers bowl just like Tech, two peas in a pod. And barely won at that. The mighty junk yard dog D could not even stop a 4th rate high school team offense.
Progressive Humanist
November 28th, 2010
4:10 pm
GTarch,
Only one of the two schools had a Rhodes scholar this year and it wasn’t Tech.
Sshhhhhhhhhhhhh! The Weedeater is calling GT
November 28th, 2010
4:10 pm
The phone at the GT athletic complex is on auto. It says ” thank you for calling GT. At this time, we are dreaming about a trip to sunny Nashville or to sunny Boise and that blue carpet and if you are with the Weedeater Bowl …………AKA The Independence Bowl …………………..PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE A MESSAGE> UGA fans will be cackling when GT gets and ACCEPTS the bid to Shreveport.
My aunt and uncle live there and are in the glitzy part of town where the MDs live. I had one blast there last year and so did my 24 year old son ( UGA class of 2007 ) with some comely LSU gals in her hood. GT? Naw ………………….y’all will be out at the by pass in the Shoney’s Inn. Their shrimp meal deal for $4.99 ain’t that bad, I heard.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAH The Independence is a coming up fast GT.
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
4:11 pm
barely beat a bunch of nerds, a disgrace to the SEC
Too Funny
November 28th, 2010
4:13 pm
I wonder if they’ll get some rings this year for almost winning a game against UGA.. GT is and will always be the red headed step child. Now back to North Ave. Try again next year nerds.
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
4:16 pm
up 14 points twice but could not hold the lead, took a missed x-tra point to win against a 4th rate high school team with a QB who was starting only his third game, down go the dogs, down go the dogs!
GT fan in MS
November 28th, 2010
4:17 pm
NINE AND ONE!
I’m not about moral victories.
I just simply refuse to hang my head about this game. I am very proud of GT’s effort and I’m optimistic about Tevin Washington running this offense next year.
UGA was a 15 point favorite going into the game last night? UGA’s coaching staff had 2 weeks to prepare for a “High School Offense” they’d seen the previous 2 years being run by a QB in his 3rd start and first on the road. UGA was supposed to dominate this game but got dominated instead. Georgia’s Football U got all they wanted last night. It was great seeing GT continutally run the ball right down an SEC D’s throat and seeing UGA’s players with hands on hips. So, no, I’m not going to hang my head over last night’s game.
John
November 28th, 2010
4:19 pm
Next year is going to be rough on uga losing 75% of their receiving offense.
Just as tech couldn’t overcome the losses of 4 players, ga will have the same fate. The difference is, we were coming off a bcs bowl and you’re coming off a 6-6 season. Good luck with that. Murray is a good qb but losing these playmakers will hurt a lot. You don’t replace these two guys very easily and certainly not in one season
2011 Gt goes 9-3 with a win against ga
Ga goes 4-8 with opening losses to boise and sc and if richt doesn’t leave for miami now, he won’t be returning to athens next year.
papadawg
November 28th, 2010
4:19 pm
They’re Techies and they lost– who cares what they think?
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:21 pm
Ha Ha …. man I forgot about the ring stuff. Hey I bet the team will get rings for being “GIDDY”
urban meyer
November 28th, 2010
4:21 pm
UGA is 3 of 21 against UF! I guess it is a good reason to come to Florida baaaahaaa we get ur money and a win!
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
4:21 pm
Since Ga fans are on here bragging it is obvious that Tech has been put on a pedestal by Ga fans this year and beating Tech IS the highlight of Ga’s otherwise sorry ass season.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:22 pm
John
Smoke em if ya got em!
Jones
November 28th, 2010
4:22 pm
62k to 43k starting salary for tech versus uga – the only stat that really matters for a college
bradley- kentucky is a joke of an institution- you should be kissing the campus grounds of uga and ga tech-
-cmr can now take his thug act to miami- uga should pay derek dooley whatever he wants to bring him to ath
Alan
November 28th, 2010
4:22 pm
This website has gt playing boise???
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions
nick
November 28th, 2010
4:24 pm
That is a pathetic article. Hang your hat on an unconventional tactic that didnt work in a game you lost if you want to.
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
4:24 pm
How do you have a 6 and 6 season with 4 and 5 star recruits? That’s easy, just send them to uga:
9-4
7-5
6-6
down go the dogs
down go the dogs
dwdawg
November 28th, 2010
4:24 pm
Wrong, Mark, it really is about the scoreboard
Too Funny
November 28th, 2010
4:24 pm
Hey “Oh how they mighty has fallen”..4th rate high school team? Really, you mean the same 4th rate high school team that leads the nation in rushing? Yeah, that’s who the Dogs beat.. read it again if you have any questions.. “You play to win the game” to quote a famous coach.. You must be a GT fan.. GT: Kings of the Moral Victory.. We run this State. Drive safely.
coach smith
November 28th, 2010
4:26 pm
yeah CPJ is soo smart and such a great coach he just taught his players how to lay down and give up
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
4:26 pm
Ok, if you want to show some respect for beating a good team last night I can accept that, but calling Ga Tech a 4th rate high school team came from a Ga fan
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
4:26 pm
I’m Giddy with envy!
coach smith
November 28th, 2010
4:28 pm
Oh how the mighty have fallen
get your facts straight you moron
2008 UGA was 10-3 and won the capital one bowl (not 9-4)
2009 UGA was 8-5 and won the Independence bowl (not 7-5)
2010 UGA is 6-6 so far the same as your techies who we just beat
Oh how the mighty have fallen
November 28th, 2010
4:28 pm
UGA: King of the 6 and 6 teams. Oh how the mighty have fallen
Ricky Bobby
November 28th, 2010
4:28 pm
You stupid nerds…if you ain’t first, you’re last…that there is trade marked….
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:29 pm
He did not have to have his defense lay down and give up. That was inevitable! Just should have given it 3 to 4 more plays and UGA would have been in the end zone anyway.
Then turns it over to a QB that has no experience in consistently passing the ball. And had to go 80 yards to do so.
That’s what a great coach does for you! ha ha ha ha
flagboy?
November 28th, 2010
4:30 pm
All of that is fine and dandy Mark Bradley.
As for the 400 yards being “wisps of smoke”, I give tech credit on running the ball well. However, the average yard per rush was the same for both teams. One fact that seems to get left out of this is tech ran about twice as many plays as UGA. Granted, that is a side-effect of the ball control offense, but still, if a team runs about 80-90 plays, it isn’t surprising they have a ton of yards. Not to take anything away from tech; they played a very good, inspired game.
What IS funny is if tech was chewing up UGA on the ground so much, why did Johnson go to QB draws and passing on the next to last series tech had? They had plenty of time. . and timeouts. It was uncanny how much that series was similar to last year, when Johnson went for 3 bombs at the end of the game with plenty of time as well.
Speaking of last year and the “checkers” being even and your comment about when was the last time a UGA coach did the same. . . what was the outcome last year up in Atlanta? How big of a favorite was tech at kickoff? How many first round draft picks did Tech have last year? Who was more talented at the time and fully expected to hammer the other team? Man, how quickly you forget.
congrats to those that happy in defeat. I understand still being proud of your school/team, even in defeat. I would be the same way. But trying to belittle UGA’s win at the same time smacks of bitterness.
RomeDawg
November 28th, 2010
4:30 pm
For all of the football genius Paul Johnson is, how come his team is 6-6 and play in a SUPER WEAK conference. The ACC has to be the 5th best conference, at best. This was a team expected to play contend for the ACC title and started the year ranked 15th.
As best I can tell, I can still say we have won 9 of 10 and we own the bee hinney. I couldn’t give a rats butt less about the score. A win is a win is a win, PERIOD.
Boses
November 28th, 2010
4:31 pm
When Richt wins, he has better players. Hewitt has better players and he loses. That gives some credence to Richt.
OK
November 28th, 2010
4:32 pm
Sooooo… when Paul Johnson wins it is because he is a genius but when he loses it is because the players (that he recruited and signed mind you) are all bums and he did the best with the subpar talent that he is stuck with? Wow. That is a guy I would want to play for if I were a young player. Win and it is all coach, lose and it is all you because coach only gets credit around here.
Johnson magnificently coached his team to a 6 loss season one year removed from the ACC championship. I fail to see why that is so encouraging.
Whopper Dawg
November 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
It really is amazing how Johnson keeps getting labeled as a genesis for getting beat. Happens all the time.
StingerSplash
November 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
I thought the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce ran the state.
You learn something new every day.
RomeDawg
November 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
Mark,
No offense but lately your articles seem more about pushing your agenda and less about journalism. UGA could have won 105-0 and your spin would have been that we ran the score up and almost gave up a critical game.
And as for “outsmarting” our coaches, I would rather lose with class than give up a score. Fact is, CPJ told his team to quit while on the field. That is tacky. How well did it work for the bees?
robert
November 28th, 2010
4:34 pm
Ga. & Tech keep your good players home or get ready to be beat. Auburn players from Ga. Newton,Lutz TE, Adams WR, Isom OG, Thorpe CB, and many backups, plus several red-shirt freshman for 2011. WAR EAGLE. GA HS seniors look towards the Plains of East Alabama for a chance at a great college experience and possible Natl Champ. in your future.
Wreck Gives ‘Em Hell, Falls In The End | GT's Campus Correspondent Blog
November 28th, 2010
4:36 pm
[...] the ground. They dominated in time of possession with over 38 minutes. Paul Johnson clearly was the smarter man for 60 minutes last night. The only time the Jackets could be stopped was when they stopped themselves, a common [...]
Saint Simons
November 28th, 2010
4:36 pm
I love the smell of mutt butt in the morning.Looking forward to many more canny losses in the future.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:37 pm
where is Blackberry Pie and Yellow Fuzz??????
the real Old Gold
November 28th, 2010
4:37 pm
Just shows how Nerds have no common sense! I’m sure Georgia wants Johnson to stay at Tech forever just like Hewitt!!
BSU fan
November 28th, 2010
4:37 pm
SEC is such a fine conference, indeed. Hey UGA, I think you may need to look to joining the WAC where you can hopefully establish a winning conference record.
When you can't win them on the field....
November 28th, 2010
4:37 pm
All tek fans are taught from birth to change the subject from wins and losses when it comes to UGA and Tek playing football. Now the local paper has bought into it.
When is the last time we’ve seen an overmatched team out play or out coach the other team… happens all the time dufus…. how about UGA and tek last year. How about tek and kansas this year. If UGA had made fewer offensive mistakes the score could have been a lot worse. If CPJ wasn’t so stupid not to take two gimmie field goals the out come might have been different. If tek had even a sembelence of a passing game… we could go on and on with the what ifs.
UGA won and has won 9 of 10 and two out of three from CPJ…. The program is superior no matter how you slice it…
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:40 pm
When you can’t win them on the field….
Don’t be so hard on them. They are GIDDY today!
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:41 pm
BSU fan
Tech could have beat Nevada…. ha ha ha
Score Check
November 28th, 2010
4:42 pm
Hey Bradley maybe you can lobby to have them put an asterisk next to this lost in the gt record book.
After the gt players QUIT on that play in the end how did it work out for the bugs.
BTW: Those ACC ref’s really blew spotting the ball on the 3rd down play where Chris Durham had a first down by a full yard.
The Ole Ball Coach
November 28th, 2010
4:42 pm
So Bradley admitts Tech is a bunch of losers….LOL
SCAM Newton
November 28th, 2010
4:42 pm
Actually Tech is always giddy when they lose. After all they are really good at it.
BSU fan
November 28th, 2010
4:44 pm
NINE AND ONE! – you are correct. I think UGA could have had a decent chance to play well against a team not even leading the WAC. Congratulations! Your’s is a storied program.
tony
November 28th, 2010
4:44 pm
Where was the blowout that the dawgs barked about? This game should not have even been close. Tech is playing with a backup QB with virtually no experience with a bunch of two and three star recruits versus Georgia’s stacked 5star studded team and yet we ran for over 400 plus yards against this dynamite defense. If not for those careless Tech miscues late in the game, Tech wins. Even Coach Richt admiitted that He got outcoached by Coach Johnson.
The Ole Ball Coach
November 28th, 2010
4:44 pm
GT says our coach is a genius that is why we lost and he is 1 & 2 against CMR. LOL, Wait …ha ha ha LOL
Coach
November 28th, 2010
4:46 pm
Great article! The man can coach. How many times have we seen the same circumstances at the end of a game, and the Head Coach had rather loose by one than take the chance needed to win the game. The man can coach!
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:46 pm
BSU fan
Yes, we are a storied program and so is tech. Congrats on making yourselves known this decade! I know it must be hard just starting up a football program
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:47 pm
tony
You must be one of those “Giddy” ones. Still lost Pal. 42-34, 9 out of 10. Slice it up anyway you want. You lost UGA won…. again!
Huh
November 28th, 2010
4:48 pm
Wasn’t Georgia 5-6 going into the game? Wow your blog sounds as if the Dawgs were ranked in the top ten and going to a BCS Bowl game.
All this game proved that a terrible Georgia Team was better than a terrible gt team. Nothing more or nothing less.
Coach
November 28th, 2010
4:49 pm
One more thing. Heard Chuck Dowdle in his post-game interviews. Does anyone still believe that Chuck was objective and unbiased all those years at WSB?
tony
November 28th, 2010
4:49 pm
It’s obvious that Rome has no clue about Coach Johnson’s decision to LET Georgia score. Common sense will tell you that you have to get the ball back in order to have a chance to score. NO one has a crystal ball to know what’s going to happen. That’s why those guys coach and we sit at home trying to coach while second guessing.
UGADawg83
November 28th, 2010
4:50 pm
What a load of crap Mark. Did Paul Johnson threaten to take you off of his Christmas card list? Spin it however you’d like. Tech lost. Paul Johnson’s team lost. Taz Anderson’s precious Jackets lost. They all lost. They got beat. End of story. In case you don’t understand Tech lost. To try and call it anything but a loss is a sign of loser.
BSU fan
November 28th, 2010
4:51 pm
NINE AND ONE, not many outside of Georgia thinks that much of you…this year or anytime in the last decade but I’m glad you run the state….
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:52 pm
tony
I agree. You had to get the ball back. However. they probably would have been better running sweeps than throwing the ball. I would have been more worried if they kept the ball on the ground. When I saw that they were going to pass the ball I knew that an INT was going to happen. That’s not the fault of your QB. It’s your coaches fault for setting him up for failure during practice by not getting him the throwing reps he needed.
Dawg Fan
November 28th, 2010
4:52 pm
Hey Mark why don’t write a blog about Coach Paul “man boobs” pre game antics nearly causing a fracas? Very smart?
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:54 pm
BSU fan
I understand you lack of knowledge about football history. I mean being new to the game. I grew up in California and knew about both GT and UGA so try again!
GT
November 28th, 2010
4:54 pm
As the announcers said, “most of the stadium had no idea Johnson let that runner score on purpose.” Johnson looked like Maverick in one of those fist fights where Goliath. Ealey who ate us up in Atlanta last year, has that trash talking routine down which I am sure dulled his perception which I understand has never been off the charts anyway. Anybody else running that ball last night might have known what time it was, but not Ealey. I’m sure Johnson looked on the field and saw Ealey back there and knew that he could bluff this thing with a pair of duces, or may just one duce. I wonder if this reminds Taz of some of the stuff Coach Dodd use to do. That lonesome end was my favorite. Both these guys Johnson and Dodd grew up in that area between Tennessee and North Carolina, Mayberry Country. I think Spurrier was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. I guess you learn a lot about human nature in those hills. I bet they were all great practical jokers long before they were great football coaches.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:56 pm
OK, we might not be known in Boise…… Big woop de do! I mean Boise? They don’t get out to much over there I hear
drill sargent psychologist
November 28th, 2010
4:57 pm
you mamby pamby dogbois, if you’re such a dam fine football team, why do you suck when you go outside this state? get your crackheads together and beat someone who really matters and get yourself ranked again. you miserable bedwetters!!!!!!!!!!!!! you’re pathetic! even fsu beat the miserable gators. why don’t you join the acc then your win against tech might mean something! sliderulers will go to class on monday and they won’t care, trust me. you’re pathetic!!!!!11
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
4:58 pm
drill sargent psychologist
You left out Jack Wagon…. love that comercial!
luv-it dawg
November 28th, 2010
4:59 pm
Must agree MARK..you are 100% right. I really hope Richt goes to UM are somewhere else. He is a great person and I love him but its time he moves on. Coach Johnson is a great Coach because he gets the most from less. I was expecting us -uga- to win by 3 or 4 TD’s. GT won my respect. Good luck in your future bowl game.
bonairedawg
November 28th, 2010
5:01 pm
Enter your comments here
BSU fan
November 28th, 2010
5:02 pm
Never said you weren’t known…just that not many people outside of Georgia think that much of you or think as much of the SEC as you do. Having lived in multiple states over the years I know that to be true. So you ought to get over yourself.
Tell the Truth...and live with it...
November 28th, 2010
5:02 pm
Let’s get to the point of this.
UGA beat a 6-5 team that is average in the 5 th best conferences in the BCS Conferences. The ACC is rated behind the SEC, BIG 10, PAC 10, BIG 12 and is pretty close to the Big East overall. That 6-5 team lost to some average BCS schools that across the board lost to SEC with the exception of Florida and Vanderbilt who lost to FSU and Wake Forest. So beating an average ACC team is no great feat. Get over it.
UGA hired CMR to the post after Jimmy D., and did a pretty great job bringing in some talented skilled people to pepper in with the dominant front 7 on each side of the ball that Coach D. had in place. CMR had 4 or 5 very recruiting classes his first 4 or 5 years, but he should. The State of Georgia is rated as the 4th or 5th best High School talent prospects in the Nation, so UGA should be in the top 10 annually as the STATE SCHOOL OF GEORGIA. Recently the recruiting at UGA has slipped several notches. Since the Stafford, Moreno recruiting years the fall off of talent has become relevant each year( with the exception of AJ Green, the talent is not on the same level) and it is reflected in the WIN numbers since 2007.
The worst thing to happen to a team is success, it becomes harder and harder to motivate players who are used to winning, it is human nature. The teams at UGA of late are just not good and very talented on the level s as they were from 2000 to 2007, the 2008 team had talent but that No. 1 Pre-Season ranking went to some player’s heads and then it cost them.
UGA has experienced the END ZONE CELEBRATION Penalty against FLORIDA and the Black Out against ALABAMA the following year and since that time the UGA has become a disciplinary nightmare.
UGA is constantly year in and year out in the top 20 of all schools in Personal Foul Penalties and was the top team in the “FULMER CUP” arrest department. If you are one of those blind UGA loyalists who do not see the correlation then you need to take a closer look at your own children because there is no telling what they are up to. CMR has shown the propensity to allow players to commit misdemeanors, felonies, and school related acts against other students go practically unchecked until the AJC started reporting each issue in its daily blogs.
Mark Richt has recently fired his DC and a few other coaches to take the heat off of his own head. The problem is the talent is not there to compete against these dominant head coaches he faces week in and week out in the SEC. It is widely accepted that there is very very few coaches (maybe one or two) that would be on the staffs of the dominant teams in the SEC. Just face it, the staff at UGA is very poorly rated, even Stacey S. is no longer relevant in the recruiting department.
Now onto the Facilities at UGA. The current Facilities in Athens rates in the middle of the pack of all SEC Schools. CMR has begged for an FULL FLEDGED INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY since his arrival on campus and not some walk thru facility as describe by others. If you have not visited other schools around the SEC then do so and visit the weight rooms, training facilities, performance management areas, training tables, indoor facilities, outdoor practice grounds, media training centers, student education facilities all geared toward the student athletes. UGA is lagging far behind.
The campus at ATHENS does have space limitations and a lot of the issues are related to that one issue, but other schools have developed and built modern updated resources.
Beating an average team is not such an outstanding feat as some of you believe.
The current recruiting class is hinging on the signing of 3 top 4 or 5 star players and if UGA does not get all 3 of those players’ times at UGA is not going to get easier. By the way only one of those top players is a defensive stud who can play right away.
UGA had a nice schedule until Boise St. was added and anyone will tell you Boise St. has such an easy schedule that they have to focus only on UGA for 9 months and then they coast for 3 months. UGA loses AJ, Durham and a few others from this 6 and 6 team and everyone knows how poorly UGA looked without AJ for those first 4 games, next year you play 12 games without him. What will be UGA’s IDENTITY in 2011? Running backs, Aaron Murray (who is going to be a great one before he leaves) Orson Charles, Defense?
USC will be about the same team in 2011 as they were this year, Ms. St. will be better, Ole Miss will get better, Florida will for sure be better with DRISKALL playing QB on 3rd downs like Tebow did his freshman year. Kentucky will be about the same but better on defense, Tennessee is a lot better today than they were when they played UGA and have played more FRESHMEN than anyone in the country. Auburn will be worse off with 28 seniors and the paid QB in the NFL. GT will be better as their Freshman QB will know the system and those young OL will be better and they play UGA at home (if that even matters). The schedule looks somewhat favorable to UGA if Green was still around so the Secondary had to respect the deep ball, but unless someone can fill his shoes, every team will line up with 8 men in the box and dare Murray to throw it. Just stating the obvious.
UGA is and below average team in a superior conference and things will remain the same in 2011.
flagboy?
November 28th, 2010
5:03 pm
Saint Simons
November 28th, 2010
4:36 pm
I love the smell of mutt butt in the morning.Looking forward to many more canny losses in the future.
____________________________________________
that pretty much sums up the difference. . .
thank God this country wasn’t built by people giddy with almost.
Hope you all have an ALMOST merry christmas.
Hey, I asked her to marry me and she ALMOST said yes!
Hey, I ALMOST won the lottery!
I ALMOST got that promotion!
so, a hearty ALMOST congrats.
D.Ellis
November 28th, 2010
5:03 pm
Nothing like writing about moral victories……gota love those moral victories
Great game GT fans…..good luck in your bowl game
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November 28th, 2010
5:04 pm
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flagboy?
November 28th, 2010
5:04 pm
BSU fan
November 28th, 2010
5:02 pm
Never said you weren’t known…just that not many people outside of Georgia think that much of you or think as much of the SEC as you do. Having lived in multiple states over the years I know that to be true. So you ought to get over yourself.
_____________________________________________
Don’t think much about UGA or the SEC. . and yet, here you are, posting about us. Thanks for bucking the trend there partner.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
5:04 pm
BSU fan
Sounds like SEC envy to me… but thank for playing. Of course your probably still having that shell shock feeling from the beat down from 2005 in Athens. Don’t blame ya, but better be ready for another one next season.
Dawg Tired
November 28th, 2010
5:05 pm
Mark – You are absolutely right. I take no comfort in Coach Richt admitting he got out coached. As I said last night – Not having Murray simply take a knee was the dumbest coaching decision I can remember seeing in my life – well maybe the NFL game where they handed the ball off in a similar situation and fumbled and actually lost the game (I’m 64 years old). I just don’t see how that could happen. I would really like to hear what Coach Richt was actually thinking in even risking the handoff in the first place. Remember Colorado?
buzzoff
November 28th, 2010
5:06 pm
Yes we lost on scoreboard but we made our point..we kicked you A@@ of the field..You don’t run anything but your mouth….I wouldn’t trade Coach Johnson for Richt…no way.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
5:08 pm
buzzoff…….. L.O.L.
We don’t want to trade CMR for Man Boobs….. Why? He is 9-1 against your sorry team and 3-1 all time against Man Boobs….. He is all yours.
Have all the stats you want. It’s what is on the scoreboard that matters most pal. 42-34!!!!
BSU fan
November 28th, 2010
5:08 pm
Hooray UGA beat BSU back a couple a years ago…you are absolutely right my friend….hey you better get the phone….I think the WAC is calling….
teewest
November 28th, 2010
5:09 pm
Markus you probably won’t read this but really Markus…Do you really think what you wrote means anything at all… to us win-starved-dawg-fans? WE WANT TO WIN Markus…period!!! WE do not care about all of that…did we say any of that when we lost any games this year? come on Markus we want a Victory anyway…anywhere…anyhow!!! sheesh paul johnson my butt!!!
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
5:10 pm
That’s the best you got?
If you remember BSU was suppose to come into Athens and destroy UGA. Didn’t happen in case you have yet to read the paper.
freddy
November 28th, 2010
5:10 pm
flag boy..almost beat Fla
Almost beat Auburn but cryed all the way home and still bitching.
Greg
November 28th, 2010
5:10 pm
There is honor in defeat when you’re a 2-9 Vandy team keeping it within a score or two of a top 20 team, but that doesn’t apply here at all. It was a 6 win Tech team against a 5 win UGA team…and Tech lost. Period.
I realize Tech is looking for any consolation they can after losing 9 of 10(and 30 of 41) to Georgia. Johnson has now lost two in a row vs UGA and can’t even recruit on par with middle tier ACC schools so his “superior coaching ability” is Tech’s ONLY hope for the future. If winning 7, maybe 8, games per year on average over the next decade if worth the Nerd Nation getting excited about, then start the celebration now. He might even beat UGA 2 of 3 out of 10. Then again, so might Vandy.
Tell the Truth...and live with it...
November 28th, 2010
5:14 pm
How many votes did UGA get this week?
How long ago did UGA beat Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl? The mighty have fallen…
Oregon (36) 11-0 1475 1
2. Auburn (23) 12-0 1456 2
3. TCU (1) 12-0 1383 4
4. Wisconsin 11-1 1289 5
5. Stanford 11-1 1283 7
6. Ohio St. 11-1 1184 8
7. Michigan St. 11-1 1098 11
8. Arkansas 10-2 1094 12
9. Boise St. 10-1 908 3
10. Oklahoma 10-2 886 14
11. LSU 10-2 856 6
12. Virginia Tech 10-2 761 13
13. Nebraska 10-2 740 16
14. Nevada 11-1 736 19
15. Missouri 10-2 691 15
16. Oklahoma St. 10-2 599 10
17. Alabama 9-3 597 9
18. South Carolina 9-3 591 18
19. Texas A&M 9-3 582 17
20. Florida St. 9-3 356 22
21. Utah 10-2 249 23
22. Mississippi St. 8-4 224 25
23. West Virginia 8-3 147 NR
24. Northern Illinois 10-2 130 NR
25. Hawaii
buzz-off
November 28th, 2010
5:15 pm
34-35…yes that last td was a great run and super effort for your 5-star back..yes I’d brag about that too..great job!
Same old nonsense
November 28th, 2010
5:16 pm
This article is such a joke. Once again, the brilliant CPJ blew it down the stretch. Tech got the ball back with 3 minutes left and a couple of time outs, then promptly abandoned their bread and better dive and pitch plays. Makes no sense, especially for someone who is supposed to be an offensive genius.. Also, how does a brilliant coach like this get thumped in 2 bowl games in a row? Plus, he’s now in his third year and has found a way to regress, Nesbitt or not. How was Richt doing in year 3? As for the stupid reference to AJ not hustling (in an article focused on worshipping CPJ), I seem to recall numerous diving catches without regard for getting hurt.
Critique Richt all you want, but PLEASE get over your love affair with CPJ. He’s an average coach with a gimmick offense that’s only hard to prepare for because so few teams run it. Oh, and how did that decision to let UGA score work out for CPJ? Didn’t he remember that his pop warner QB can only throw the ball 15 yards?
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
5:16 pm
We might have fallen, but we continue to beat up on little brother. Typical tekie. Let’s live off other teams so we can feel better because we sure can’t beat big bad UGA
Fan of the Game
November 28th, 2010
5:16 pm
UGA needs somebody to get on some butt. Worse defensive effort I have seen in a while. Lack of effort, nothing to do with x and o’s.
Tell the Truth...and live with it...
November 28th, 2010
5:17 pm
6 teams in the top 25 and UGA is not one of them, Tennessee is closer to the top 25 than UGA is ha ha…..
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
5:19 pm
buzz-off
I brag about 42-35!!!! 9- out of 10.
Your Man Boobs coach knew that UGA was going to score anyway. Why do you think he did that? Dope, he knew that he needed the ball back and could not rely on his defense. It was inevitable that UGA was going to score. He just wanted to get it over with so he can have his QB………… attempt a few passes….. ha ha ha ha
Skitty Fritty
November 28th, 2010
5:19 pm
Why did CPJ try to throw the ball on 3 attempts before UGA’s last score? He did the same thing last year in Atlanta and it cost Tech the game. If CPJ runs the ball last year and this year with his last possesion then Tech more than likely wins. I guess he is smart for part of the game and dumb the rest of the game.
Also, what kind of team/coach allows the other team to score without trying to stop them? The answer is a team who quits.
We Own You
November 28th, 2010
5:19 pm
Those stats are wonderful….maybe they can engrave them on this year’s ring.
Tell the Truth...and live with it...
November 28th, 2010
5:19 pm
Georgia is not even in the same league as my team and even though we finished 9-3 it beats 6-6 and our strength of schedule makes UGA look like Boise St. Schedule…
flagboy?
November 28th, 2010
5:20 pm
freddy, how pathetic.
Yep, we almost beat Florida, but the difference being, after it’s over, we don’t go “hallalujah, we almost won! We just barely lost!” UGA expects to win, even if sometimes, it seems far-fetched. Tech apparently is just happy with being a scrappy competitior. Kudos.
Hope you get all of that Florida Gator and Auburn Tiger gear you want for Christmas.
And for the record, I only “cryed” for a little while after the Auburn game
Skitty Fritty
November 28th, 2010
5:20 pm
Tech:
Congrats on a great “Moral” victory!
UGA
Tell the Truth...and live with it...
November 28th, 2010
5:20 pm
Sagarin rated UGA below 2 FCS teams…..LOL……
Yuck
November 28th, 2010
5:21 pm
Mark,
Can’t agree with your assessment on game. GT wasn’t “clearly overmatched.” One year ago, everyone thought Tech had the better team and players, so I don’t buy how much better UGA was than Tech this year.
And, yeah, letting UGA score at the end was smart, but only an option because of UGA’s smart play-calling and offensive performance during that drive.
Finally, at what point do we stop being surprised that teams perform better or worse than they would seem “on paper.” That’s the great thing about college football. Alabama was the best team “on paper” this season and lost 3 games. It doesn’t make their coach an idiot or the opposing coach a genius.
Your (and others) failure to see that this would be a close game – aren’t they always close anyway – is not an indictment of UGA or praise for PJ, but more of an incorrect prediction on your part.
Yuck
November 28th, 2010
5:22 pm
@ Tell the Truth,
Are you insane? Did you expect UGA to be in the top 25?
Tell the Truth...and live with it...
November 28th, 2010
5:23 pm
There are high schools in Alabama with better facilities than those at UGA and that is the truth, full indoor practice fields, JUMBOTRONS, now that is hilarious…
JB
November 28th, 2010
5:23 pm
Interesting to read on here about Tech fans talking about THEIR turnovers and mistakes, but not ours……..Tech played great I will admit. I”m very concerned our OL could not push the Tech D late on fourth and one. We must outweigh Tech’s D line by 30 pounds. I will say that Tech talking on here like they feel good is crap. You lost, like we did 3 years ago by 3 points. You lost Saturday, and 5 years from now when Richt and Johnson are gone, it’ll still be a L.
Tell the Truth...and live with it...
November 28th, 2010
5:24 pm
THE WAY THE UGA FANS ARE ACTING ON HERE, FOOTBALL WAS INVENTED IN ATHENS…..JUST BUSTIN SOME BALLS….
The Ole Ball Coach
November 28th, 2010
5:24 pm
Post from another person I had to share here:
The Tech-Georgia series is great becasue everybody goes home happy… Tech fans are happy because they come close… Georgia fans are happy because they won… The games are close enough for Tech fans to make all sorts of excuses and try to explain what would have happened and what could have happened… And Mark Bradley is happy cause he can kiss Paul Johnson’s rear again and talk about the Tech fumbles without mentioning that the game wouldn’t have been close without all the Georgia fumbles…nats fans & Bradley are happy that they can cite all the statistics which prove they shoulda won (which is what LOSERS do)…But the only statistic that matters is in lights when the scoreboard hits :00 and it shows that GEORGIA won for the 9th time in 10 years….
Insider
November 28th, 2010
5:24 pm
Paul Johnson is considering a job offer with Vandy! Can’t blame him!!
Yuck
November 28th, 2010
5:25 pm
@Tell the Truth,
Unfortunately though, if you go those Alabama high schools, you have to live in Alabama…
JB
November 28th, 2010
5:26 pm
Who would of thought back in Augusta Dawgs would lose 6 and FLORIDA 5. And Bama 3.
2011 looks scary for all three of us.
Tell the Truth...and live with it...
November 28th, 2010
5:26 pm
CPJ would do a good job at Vandy, the recruiting budget there is horrible but who goes to VANDERBILT except to get an education…..smart kids though…
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
5:27 pm
Vandy is going after Johnson? Did not hear about that one. Kind of would be like taking a lateral move. Not sure he would do it.
Bill Stanfill
November 28th, 2010
5:28 pm
What Paul Johnson hasn’t done is prove he can recruit. Navy gave him little experience with this. He CAN coach his running offense. By and large, he has won with someone else’s recruits. And Josh Nesbit is the perfect QB for that triple option. And Tech’s defensive backs looked lost last night. Johnson’s got to get some athletes back there,
Still, you can’t help but like Paul Johnson, even if he does scowl too much.
Richt really needs to focus on defensive recruits, especially linemen. UGA has produced plenty of top college defensive linemen but where are they now? I don’t know if it’s just me but we definitely seem to be in an era of college football of stronger offenses and weaker defenses. And not just at UGA and Tech.
The Ole Ball Coach
November 28th, 2010
5:28 pm
Great coaching and still lost this game – LOL
Smokie Jokie
November 28th, 2010
5:28 pm
Alabama Slamma,
Don’t worry you guys still have MS to make jokes about…..as far as the rest of the US however you will always be the punch line……..
BigDawg
November 28th, 2010
5:28 pm
BOTTOM LINE:
Nerds=Losers
A She She
November 28th, 2010
5:30 pm
Maybe the BCS committee will pair A She She champ against the Big Least. This way maybe one of them could win the game…..maybe not with those inept leagues.
freddy
November 28th, 2010
5:31 pm
Congrad flag-boy..go fly your flag you beat a 6-6 team and it made you 6-6…great job UGA you have a great team. Tell Pulpwood Smith hello! Hope you keep you players out of jail till after the bowl game. Go dawgs…how great you are!
BSU fan
November 28th, 2010
5:33 pm
NINE AND ONE, in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m not really a BSU fan, anymore than anyone else that likes a good underdog story, but it’s not in my nature to be a bandwagon fan. Not sure about you though.
Point is, as several have said, last night (and for a long time) UGA has owned the one statistic that matters most. Points scored. Celebrate your victory, and have some class. Many Dawg fans have done that here. Some, not so much.
To the team that lost, look and see what you could do to change things. I haven’t heard any of the “giddyness” that Bradley wrote about or the complaining that some of you class-less individuals have crowed about.
I hope my life never revolves around college football so much that my worth, or the worth of UGA alumni friends, is weighed by the current series standings. However, both of these programs are far from whatever glory they had in the past. UGA is hardly the pride of the SEC.
Yuck
November 28th, 2010
5:34 pm
@ Marcus
Where are you, bully? Like all bullies, you are a coward. Why not continue your attack on Murray, now? Next move – hide in basement, change blog name, wait til next year.
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
5:34 pm
freddy.
UGA is not great, but better than tek! GO DAWGS!
Bobo
November 28th, 2010
5:36 pm
Yuck=30 IQ
GTSTEVE
November 28th, 2010
5:36 pm
Yeah i thought it was a hard fought game for both teams last night. They both made costly turnovers and the tech fumble that went in for a td was something that we have all come to get used to this season. Washington played a very good game and our O-line and running game played the best we had played all season. Georgia could not stop the option. Dawg fans can say what they want about that offense but in 3 years Tech has rushed over 1000 yards against them. If tech had any kind of defense they would have won this game. Give Groh some time because i believe this defense can be better next year. As far as QB i think Washington or possibly Days will be our starter next season and our offensive line will for sure be better. Now that our seasons are basically over it’s time to cheer on those hometown Atlanta Falcons as they go for a superbowl championship this season.
Yuck
November 28th, 2010
5:36 pm
@ freddy
We are anything but a great team.
Yuck
November 28th, 2010
5:37 pm
@ Bobo
Good one.
Stealin, Cheatin, The Auburn Way..try it UGA
November 28th, 2010
5:39 pm
Part One (I) CAST –
John Bond – Former MSU QB now living in Madison, Miss. Director of business development for Eutaw Construction. His company specializes in heavy construction, although they branched off in the last few years and built some game-day condos near the Mississippi State stadium. Supposedly had 1st contact with Kenny Rodgers and his alleged representation of Cam Newton
Greg Bryne – MSU AD which John Bond asserts he immediately told once he learned about the Newton PFP Scheme. Was responsible for providing PFP information to the SEC. Resigned his post Spring, 2010 taking a similar position at Arizona. Was replaced with the National Search find of Scott Stricklin – Named Mississippi State’s associate athletics director for external affairs in May, 2010. Scott, who has spent the previous five seasons at Kentucky as associate AD for media relations overseeing men’s basketball, is a Jackson native and graduated from KSU in 1992
Mike Slive – Replaced Roy Kramer as Commissioner of the SEC on July 1, 2002. He previously was the first commissioner of Conference USA from 1995 to 2002, and the first commissioner of the Great Midwest Conference upon its founding in 1991. Practiced law in New Hampshire; Served as judge of the Hanover District Court from 1972 to 1977, and was a partner in a Chicago law firm. He was assistant director of athletics at Dartmouth College, assistant executive director of the Pacific-10 Conference, and director of athletics at Cornell University from 1981 to 1983. In 1990, he became senior partner and founder of the Mike Slive-Mike Glazier Sports Group, a legal practice specializing in representing colleges and universities in athletics-related matters.
Bill Bell – Former MSU Player, president of Bel-Mac Roofing Co. in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. Was the man Kenny Rogers left a voice message with stating Cecil Newman wanted to speak with him. Also rumored to have taped conversations between Himself and Newton where Newton Shops Son’s Commitment.
Cecil Newton – Pastor of Holy Zion Center of Deliverance in the Atlanta suburb of Newnan, Georgia, and father of Cam Newton, The Auburn player this epic story surrounds. Also purported to own RM Trucking, a small local carrier based in Jacksonville, Ga. Verification of such could not be found by the time of publication.
Kenny Rodgers – The so-called “handler” requested by Cecil Newman to make introductions at MSU. Operates Elite Football Preparation, a company that places prospective athletes in football camps throughout Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Illinois. Also has direct links to Ian Greengross, a certified Agent by the NFLPA, acting often as a “Runner” for Greengross.
Dan Mullen – Head Football Coach MSU. Was offensive Coordinator at Univ. of Florida prior to be coming MSU’s Head Coach. Both Mullen and his wife Megan built Relationship with Cam Newton as a Freshman. Mullen is credited with the development of several notable quarterbacks including Alex Smith (Utah), Josh Harris (Bowling Green), Chris Leak (Florida) and Heisman Trophy-winner Tim Tebow (Florida). Mullen, along with LSU Offensive Coordinator Gary Crowton and University of Oregon Head Coach Chip Kelly, are part of the so-called “New Hampshire mafia” as they all have strong connections to New Hampshire.
Jody Wright – Asst. coach at MSU in 2009, now on staff at UA in the same capacity – was the one who recruited Cam Newton for Mississippi State. It’s believed that Wright was the (legal) middle-man between the Newton’s and MSU. Was interviewed by the NCAA on November 15th. Upon completion of that Interview, NCAA headed immediately to Auburn.
Gene Chizik – Named Head Coach of AU on Dec. 13, 2008. Prior to Auburn, Was head coach at Iowa State, compiling a 5-19 record in two seasons. Chizik was also at AU during the 2002-2004 seasons acting as DC under Tuberville.
Jay Jacobs – Named AU’s AD on Dec. 22, 2004, after working in almost every area of the Dept. for the previous 20 years. Played Football for AU as a Walk-on offensive tackle in 1982 and 1983. After College, Held various positions in AD while working under then Coach and AD Pat Dye. Was Sr. Assoc. AD in charge of Tigers Unlimited from 2001-04, the lead Fundraising arm of the AU AD. Also spearheaded a $90 million capital campaign for Athletics, the largest AU history.
Pat Dye – Head coach and AD at AU from 1981 until 1992. Dye was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Served as Defensive Coach at UA from 1965 to 1973 under Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. Ranked 3rd in AU Football wins with a record of 99-39-4. Reign on the Plains ended abruptly after the 1992 season, the result of a NCAA probe relating to illegal loans, payments, and gifts made by boosters and assistant coaches to then player Eric Ramsey. At the time, the most severe penalty handed down by the NCAA Committee.
Eric Ramsey – The defensive back AU in the early 1990s who used a tape recorder to secretly record conversations between his football coaches and Booster “Corky” Frost regarding an illicit player payment scheme. Ramsey’s allegations also included racist practices at Auburn, including disapproval of inter-racial dating in the community and segregation of black and white players in the resident athletic dorm. After his tapes were revealed, Auburn received strict penalties and probation for the sixth time in the schools history
Terry Bowden – a.k.a. “Tater Tot”, and son of the legendary Bobby Bowden. Became AU head coach in 1992. During his first year at Auburn, Bowden led the Tigers to a perfect 11–0 season, becoming the first coach to go undefeated in his debut season at a Division I school. In 1994, Auburn finished 9–1–1, establishing the longest winning streak in school history at 20 games. While still suffering from the sanctions rendered for Dye & Co’s transgressions, in 1998 Bowden’s fate at AU changed as he faced criticism for recruiting woes and off-the-field player discipline issues. Compound these problems with a string of injuries at center and in the backfield and you have to a disastrous start of the 1998 season. After starting with a 1–5 record, Bowden resigned as head coach the night before Auburn played against Louisiana Tech, replaced with Bill Oliver.
Bill Oliver – He is best known as a DC at both UA under Gene Stallings and at AU under Terry Bowden, the latter where he also served as interim head coach in 1998. Was at the center of Bowden controversy, allegedly working with Longtime Booster and then BoT member Bobby Lowder conspiring to have Bowden Fired.
Wayne Hall – Longtime asst. and DC under both Dye and Bowden. Was the supposed “Bookkeeper and Bag Man” for payments to touted recruits under Dye, which continued under Bowden. Started Coach’s Construction of Auburn, has been recognized as a premier business leader in the AU community. (see link)
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Gene Jelks – UA defensive Back and prize recruit which received $2,100 as a “signing bonus” when he committed to Alabama in 1985 and received money from coaches and boosters during his playing career, which ended with the 1989 season. He, along with Antonio Langham and his role in NapkinGate, led to the departure of Gene Stallings and Staff, along with most of the Athletic Dept.
Tommy Tuberville – AU Head Coach from 1999 to 2008. During his tenure Tubs guided AU to the top of the SEC, Winning both the SEC Championship and the Western Division title in 2004. Made 8 straight bowl appearances and 5 New Year’s Day bowls. Was a perfect 13–0 in 2004; In 2005, finished 9–3 with victories over UGA and UA. Had a winning record against UA (7–3) including 6 straight, more than any other Auburn coach. Also broke even with Georgia and LSU (5–5).
Tony Franklin – Much Maligned OC hired by Tubs to install the Spread Offense. Never really had the proper personnel at skilled positions, and was later fired for lack of performance. Was most noted for his quote in the AJC sometime after his termination – “People would be shocked at the stuff that goes on at Auburn – it would make headlines for the National Enquirer”
Trooper Taylor – Current assistant head coach, wide receivers coach, and Recruiting Coordinator at AU. Instrumental in Auburn signing a consensus top-five recruiting class in 2010. Named by Rivals.com to its list of the top 25 recruiters for the 3rd time, having previously earned the recognition in 2005 and 2007. Served in a similar capacity at OK. State, landing prize 5* players Dez Bryant and Kendall Hunter. Has held similar positions at both UT and Tulane. Although never formally sanctioned, rumors and innuendo have always followed Taylor with respect to PFP controversies and inappropriate gifts to prospective players, especially while at Tulane.
Rich McGlynn – Current AU AD Compliance Officer. Prior to AU, was employed by the NCAA from 2001 to 2006, most recently serving as Associate Director of Membership Services. Prior to that, was an Assistant Director of Membership Services and a Student-Athletes Reinstatement Representative within the Enforcement Services arm of the NCAA. Was Commissioner of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference from 2000-01 and was a legal specialist for the New Jersey General Assembly Majority Office (2000-01). Served as a legal specialist to the Office of Counsel to the Governor to the State of New Jersey (1999-00).
W&L – According to those in the know, in real life he is a fairly influential religious figure in Al. working with athletes at the high school and collegiate level. In CyberSpace, he’s a long-Time member of Bama OnLine, who evidently is very well placed within the Bama Athletic Machine. Rarely does he post, but when he does most take it to the bank. Doesn’t always post the actual facts as “Gospel”, but rather his opinion based on unrevealed concrete facts. Evidently was way ahead of the Jones/Ingram Fishing Saga, the Saban Hiring, and most recently the Dareus Suspension. Also the Seed for The Egg’s nearly 1200 post thread regarding W&L’s e-cred.
Paul Davis – Editor for the Opelika-Auburn News and the Tuskegee News Press. Often critical of Lowder and his mingling, broke the piece on October 21st regarding the ties between Geddie, Auburn, and the Vote buying indictments. Also authored the interview with Bowden in 2001 on his ranch regarding Lowder, Dye, and the BoT.
Robert Geddie – Lobbyist for Wise–Geddie. According to the Department of Justice, (Geddie) was nailed for allegedly working with the state’s major gambling interests to influence and/or buying votes favoring proposed gambling houses. The indictment was based primarily on intercepts (wire taps) of cell phone and land line conversations with those now rumored in the alleged pay-for-play scheme
LOWDER & CO.
Bobby Lowder – AU BoT member since 1988, and Chairman of AU Finance Committee. Also the largest booster with AU Athletics. Current Trustee position expires Late 2011. Was chairman and CEO of Colonial BancGroup, a $25Billion Nat’l. Bank headquartered in Montgomery Al. until it’s failure inMid-Late August, 2009. Lowder is often thought of as the Wizard behind the Curtain, manipulating the Ala. Political Machine as well as the AU BoT and AD as he feels. Up until Colonial’s failure and takeover and liquidation by the Feds, Lowder was labeled as the most powerful man in Alabama. Also the most disliked individual within AU, outside of his inner circle.
Milton McGregor – Large AU Athletics Booster, and Owner of Victoryland, an area located in Shorter, Alabama that consists of a greyhound racing track, casino, and a 5-star hotel. It was dubbed as a racino. Ala. Govenor, Atty General, and approx 100 Ala State Troopers tried to seize bingo machines on Jan. 29th, but were blocked by a temporary restraining order blocking State Access. Since August 12, 2010, Victoryland has closed its casino, restaurant and hotel operations. McGregor was arrested on October 4th, along with several of his Legislative Cronies as part of a Vote Buying Scam. This was the same casino operator that led to the lawsuits against former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford.
Larry Langford – Former Birmingham Al. mayor in jail for taking $235,000 in cash and gifts from associates profiting from Jefferson County bond deals. Was also sued by several individuals claiming he received ill-gotten winnings from rigged Bingo Machines at VictoryLand, in exchange for receiving political favor and to promote approval of business dealings for affiliates of the Macon County Greyhound Park, mainly McGregor.
Jimmy Rane – Another Long Time AU Booster, Rane is the CEO and founder of Great Southern Wood Preserving, which makes YellaWood, a rot resistant pressure treated lumber used in a multitude of construction and landscaping applications. He is also the founder of the Jimmy Rane Foundation, which promotes Higher Ed through Scholarships for lesser-advantaged students with low incomes or unsuccessful surroundings. Rane’s involvement in AU Boosters goes all the way back to the Bowden Era. In Fact, Bowden referred to him, in his 2001 interview with Paul Davis “…as a wannabe, a jock sniffer, a loose cannon. He wants to be involved in everything. He is High Maintenance.”
Paul Spina and John C. McWhorter – Spina of Spina Enterprises, Pelham, Al (Real Estate & Investments) and McWhorter of McWhorter & Co., Anniston, Al (General Contractor) are the two BoT members along with Rane that Bowden accused of making direct payments to players during both Dye’s and Bowden’s tenure. Spina still sits on the Bot, while McWhorter’s At-large term expired in 2008.
ORGANIZATIONS – TERMS – ACRONYMS
Colonial BancGroup – $25Billion Financial Institution controlled by Lowder headquartered in Montgomery, Al. August of 2009, failed and was seized by the FDIC, and simultaneously sold to BB&T for $1Million. Currently under federal investigation for fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, and money laundering (to name a few) in conjunction with the financial instability of both Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac. As late as 2007, board members included in addition to Lowder, John Miller, AU BoT and lead partner of Miller, Hamilton, Snyder, and Odom – Mobile, Jimmy Rane (BoT), Pat Dye, and Milton McGregor Paul Spina (BoT) was Chairman of Colonial Bank Group, Montgomery, a subsidiary of the Colonial Parent Holding Company.
Victoryland/Quincey’s 777 -An area located in Shorter, Alabama that consists of a greyhound racing track, casino, and a 5-star hotel. It was dubbed as a racino. Operations closed in late summer 2010, just before McGregor was indicted.
Bama OnLine (BOL)– Rivals.com site discussing all things Bama. ITAT Conspiracy theorists feel several posters on this site are the machine behind the atrocity known as CamGate.
Tiger Sports Digest (TSD)– LSU’s Scout.com Pay Site. November 16th reports Indictments handed down today involving Auburn Boosters caught on tape discussing PFP scheme.
REC – Red Elephant Club – UA Athletics contribution Vehicle and Booster Club. Not confirmed, but also rumored to have overthrown the FreeMasons, the Illuminati, The US Federal Reserve Bank, The 7 Jewish Bankers controlling the world’s economy, as well as keeping the commitment of a 6:30am Friday tee time at Augusta National with Pope Benedict XVI
SACS-Southern Association of Colleges and Schools – The Commission on Colleges that is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting for higher education institutions in the Southern states.
ITAT – Inside the Auburn Tigers. Scout.com’s website with discussions all things Auburn.
PFP – Play-For-Play
BoT – Auburn University’s Board of Trustees
SECr – TigerDroppings.com’s SEC Rant
SIAP – Seen in a different Post (or Sorry If Already Posted)
WWTDD – What Would Tyler Durden Do? wwtdd.com
PART TWO (II) – BACKGROUND HISTORY INVOLVING DYE, LOWDER, THE BOT, AND THE COACHES.
This is a brief compilation of Bobby Lowder’s alleged involvement and manipulation of the Auburn University System as it relates to the Athletic Dept., the Board of trustees, and SACS
CHAPTER 1 -Terry Bowden (source: Darkside of College Football Interview with Paul Davis at Bowden’s ranch in 2001)
1) Way back in 1992-93, rumors and allegations surrounding AU’s football program are swirling around Pat Dye, Asst. Coach Wayne Hall (the “Bookkeeper”), and Bobby Lowder claiming lump sum as well as monthly payments to highly touted recruits were being made by the Coaching Staff and BoT members. Supposedly, 50-60 boosters would each contribute $5,000 to facilitate the payments. Hall collected the money from the boosters, as well as making the payments to the players. Hall and Dye also pay an Atlanta Atty $30,000 to forward onto Gene Jelks to keep him squeeling about PFP programs at Bama. (This by the way is absolutely hilarious!!)
2) The same year, Eric Ramsey uses a concealed tape recorder and documents booster “Corky” Frost’s conversations with Dye and other coaches describing AU’s PFP program and how it worked.
3) Before the shitstorm gets totally out of control with NCAA Investigations, Bobby Lowder ‘ram-rods” Terry Bowden into Dye’s position as coach, with the understanding Bowden keeps Hall (Paymaster and Bookkeeper) on staff, against the wishes of assoc. AD Mike Lude, because Lude knew Hall was the money man.
4) On August 18, 1993, Auburn was hit with some of the most severe penalties in the history of the NCAA (at that time). These included a two-year bowl ban, a one-year television ban (for the 1993 season), and the loss of 13 scholarships spread out over a four-year period. Dye was also banned from any appearance at an Auburn function until August 1995. The probation period, while enforced at the beginning of the 1993 season, did not actually start until the 1991 probations of the basketball and tennis teams ended. The probation therefore extended until Thanksgiving 1995.
5) Although Bowden admits to allowing Hall to honor payment agreements reached with existing players, Bowden begins the “termination” of the PFP program involving any new recruits, pissing Lowder off for not playing along, even though sanctions were severely limiting the talent pool in Football. Lowder begins to panic, has his daughter hired as Bowden’s Admin. Asst. to keep tabs, and implements a “coup” of the Athletic Administration. He has Muse replaced with David Housel, someone to act more as a puppet controlled by Lowder. Also orchestrates BoT Members Jimmy Rane, Paul Spina, and John C. McWhorter as the BoT Football Advisory Committee, which devises the demise of Bowden.
6) According to Bowden, Danny Rane (a walk on and YellaWood’s son) is secretly sending AU practice tapes to Miss. St. to further the failure of Bowden and Staff (also absolutely hilarious if true.) Bill Oliver (Bowden’s Def. Coord.) brings a concealed tape recorder to coaches meeting and prods Bowden into lying about supposed “votes of confidence” assured for Bowden and Staff by Lowder. Mid-Season Tommy Tubs is promised AU’s head coaching job, while still coaching at Ole Miss.
7) Bowden gets wind of all this, and resigns mid-season before the BoT and Lowder can orchestrate his formal termination. By doing so, Bowden secures a severance package of the Ranch where the invterview took place, a lump sum payment of Ccash, and deferred installment disbursements, in all valued at over $1.8Million. Also included in the package is a confidentiality agreement sealing ANY discussion of Lowder, BoT, the Athletic Dept. or Recruiting.
CHAPTER 2 – TOMMY TUBS (source: AJC, Mobile Register, and ESPN Archived Articles via Google)
1) From 1999 to 2003, TT Wins between 7-9 games per season, placing 1st in the West twice. On more than one occasion, Lowder and TT butt heads during this period, pissing Lowder off.
2) Lowder, then President William Walker, Then AD Housel, and BoT members Franklin and McWhorter fly to Louisville to meet Bobby Petrino about replacing Tubs, starting the fiasco later known as JetGate.
3) Tubs gets pissed, threatens to go to the SACS (which is in the midst of it’s own review of BoT problems caused by Lowder), and the whole thing blows up in Lowder’s face. In an effort to keep Tubs at bay, his contract is renegotiated to include a disclosure provision that Tubs is to be notified before any contact with a potential coach or search is made.
4) Tubs goes 13-0 yet AU gets snubbed for 2004 BCS.
5) 2007 Saban shows up at Bama
6) Lowder and Co. are scared about Bama’s hire and want Tubs out, allegedly because Tubs won’t “actively” participate in PFP schemes which Lowder and Co. feel is necessary to compete with Bama’s new hire. Also, Tubs hire of Franklin as OC was a compete failure. YellaWood (Still BoT Member) contacts Huston Nutt (Sexton Client) about possible interest. Nutt Tells Sexton, who Tells Tubs, who Treatens Litigation for Breach of Search Notification Clause.
7) AU and Boosters shell out $Millions to Tubs as Settlement.
CHAPTER 3 – Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) (source: Timeline – AJC Archives, Al.com, via Google)
1) April 1999. Budget Cuts orchestrated by Lowder as head of BoT Finance Chair eliminate the PhD. program in Economics, pissing off a large portion of the Faculty, including then Pres. William Muse. By Feb, 2001 (led behind the scenes by Lowder) Muse has had enough, gets forced out and takes a similar position with East Carolina.
2) March, 2001, Muse along with several Faculty and Dept Chairs, initiate a formal complaint to the SACS that BoT has severely infringed upon the authority of the University President, specifically the “Micromanagement” of Lowder in both Academics and the Athletic Dept. They specifically site the Termination/Resignation of TBowden as record.
3) SACS records 9 votes of no confidence and was in the process of initiating and investigation when AU sues the SACS for lack of due process.
4) In August, 2002 a Federal Judge appoints an independent examiner to look into allegations, as well as the financial ties between the various BoT members. Richard Bradley issues a report on December 13th, but the Judge, at the insistence of SACS, deems the report inadequate. So Bradley does another investigation, the results of which are curiously sealed by a separate court order, an order which remains intact still today.
5) SACS places AU on a one year probation, the most severe sanction possible without pulling the accreditation entirely. Although hampered by a Federal Judge’s restrictions, they were still able to substantiate Micromanagement issues. Specifically, the business relationships bewteen Lowder’s Bank, Atty Jack Miller (BoT member as well as lead Counsel for Colonial Bank) Jimmy Rane (BoT Member whose Lumber Company’s primary commercial banking relationship is with Colonial Bank, Also owning Colonial Bank Stock worth over $2.4Million), would allow Lowder and his “Minority” vote could influence the “Majority”. They also noted Lowder & Co.’s involvement in both the Dye-PFP and Bowden termination as Micromanagement.
CHAPTER 4 – Chizik (source: ESPN: editorial via Google with added supposition)
1) Rane makes contact with Houston Nutt in 2008 mid-season, violating the search notification clause in TTubs’ Contract Renegotiation after JetGate.
2) Nutt tells Sexton (his Agent), which in turn tells Tubs who is also a Sexton Client. Tubs resigns, gets a huge settlement, leaving Au coachless.
3) Lowder and AU continue search, which ultimately leads to the hiring of Chizik, a former Sexton client which with a 5-19 record would knowingly jump at any opportunity to enhance his resume. Chizik also was familiar with Lowder, Dye, and Co., as he previously acted as DC under Tubs, making him a perfect “puppet” for Lowder and crew to manipulate. Chizik’s Recruiting Coordinator is TTaylor –
PART THREE (III)- THE CORRUPTION, TIES TO GAMBLING, CORRUPT POLITICIANS, AND LOBBYISTS
Before the actual events and behind the scene motivations of CamGate can be fully understood, one needs to comprehend the inner workings of Alabama’s political system and the players pulling the strings. The course of events leading up to the wire taps, investigations, and ultimate indictments are starting to surface and are becoming VERY VERY interesting……
1st is an Article in the Tuskegee News dated October 21st. In short, the writer suggests a lobbying/consulting group has been used by the Auburn Athletic Foundation to launder cash ultimately ending up in the hands of players/player families. Robert Geddie was a partner in the firm Fine-Geddie until his indictment and arrest in October. According to the Department of Justice, (Geddie) was nailed for allegedly working with the state’s major gambling interests to influence and/or buying votes favoring proposed gambling houses. The indictment was based primarily on intercepts (wire taps) of cell phone and land-line conversations with those now rumored to have facilitated the PFP scheme.
This is an Amazing Read.
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Adding fuel to the fire are the ties between former Colonial Bank Chairman Bobby Lowder (Bank of $25Billion failed earlier this year), Milton McGregor (Dog Track, Bingo, and Casino Owner), and Pat Dye (former AU Football Coach). These were the three largest shareholders of the now defunct Colonial BancGroup, a mortgage brokerage, commercial banking, and mortgage warehousing firm based in Montgomery, Al. McGregor was indicted about the same time as Geddie. Wire-taps were the backbone behind the indictments, but it has been speculated by most the FBI overheard conversations between McGergor, Rane, Dye, and coaches talking about the PFP schemes that are speculated at Auburn. What most are saying is that the FBI just stumbled into the PFP planning while gathering the voter fraud and political corruption evidence. Notice how the 1st person the FBI supposedly questioned regarding Cam and his Father was John Bond. Next, they’re going to Kenny Rodgers (this Tuesday). Speculation is the Feds are gathering the bits and pieces from the MSU side which can be proven or substantiated with the wire tap tapes they have between all of these AU Boosters, and then are going to the AU side corner those suspects either in perjured testimony, or extortion charges relating to this unintended evidence. Once they are able to turn the smaller players, the FBI will turn the pleas against the real targets, in very much the same fashion as the Edwin Edwards and William Jefferson Cases.
Think about it for a minute. The FBI could care less about college football unless it involves organized gambling or extortion. They are after evidence of Voter Influence, mis-appropriation of Bank Funds, extortion, embezzlement, the ultimate goal being to gain as many assets as possible to offset the FDIC losses incurred from the Colonial failure, while punishing those behind the schemes.
Remember TMZ’s report and why the FBI was involved in the 1st place. They implied that the FBI is more interested in efforts to shop players around, not just a single player (extortion). This was again confirmed Friday, November 12th when John Bond stated the reason for the FBI’s questioning was that “They don’t want people selling kids to colleges.” This ties into the AgentGate BS all of the governing bodies came unglued about earlier this summer. One editorial out of Mobile included this little gem the other day – With Milton McGregor involved in this as an Auburn booster watch out. The FBI has listened to every phone conversation from his office in the past year. He is the dirtiest multi-millionaire in Alabama.
Fast forward to this past Thursday, November 11th. The NCAA meets with Auburn officials supposedly to discuss the previous two weeks news reports. Upon conclusion of that meeting, the “We’ve done absolutely nothing wrong, Cam is Innocent, this is a Witch Hunt” being spewed by both the University and the Athletic Department suddenly changed to “No Comment.” Auburn quickly lawyered up with an experienced NCAA Compliance Firm. They also hired a longtime NCAA investigator which acted as a consultant when Albert Means and Alabama went down in 2001-2002. What is interesting here is the relationship between McGregor, Geddie (Lobbyist), and an election for State Supreme Court Judge. Here’s what was posted on BOL about the relationships between everyone.
Finebaum participated two years ago in a Paul Finebaum Roast to benefit an organization called “The Children’s First Trust Fund” I am not sure if I have the name correct. A lot of sports celebrities and very powerful people were at this roast. This organizations top donor was Quincy’s 777, which is McGregors Casino. This organization was incorporated by the Chief Justice of our Supreme Court in Alabama, Justice Sue Bell Cobb. The money from the tobacco lawsuits go into this trust fund and it is about 50-60 million a year. If I were an FBI agent that amount of money would make me look. Sue Bell Cobb ran a campaign for Chief Justice that cost about 13 million dollars which was the most expensive state run campaign for a supreme court seat in the history of the US compared to one other in Texas. However Alabama only has 4 million people so why is controlling our supreme court so important? Now go back and look at why Milton McGregor was indicted. (He is accused of buying legislative votes on the gambling bill) People in this state are so stupid that they think Bob Riley, our governor, has a political agenda against Milton and that his indictment was just about bingo gambling. People in this state are so stupid that they have no idea what is really going on here. Link to the roast is below with a list of their donors. Notice Quincy 777 (Milton McGregor) is at the top of the list.
LINK
Now lets look at the Law Firm Auburn hired, Lightfoot, Franklin & White in Birmingham. Look back to link that tells who all the powerful donors are and scroll down to the bronze donors and see if you see what law-firm you see listed there. Oh my…it’s Lightfoot, Franklin, & White. Now let’s take a look back to our organization, “Alabama Children First” and ask ourselves what that once great humanitarian Adolph Hitler said.
He said, “if you do it in the name of children you can get away with murder”
Another BOL poster suggested, after reading the post noted above that “Someone needs to be looking into the allegations of the AU Boosters using this Children’s Fund Foundation to fly players, players parents, boosters, around to and from games, events, and other University functions.”
McGregor, Geddie, and the rest were arrested on October 4th, 2010. Cam signed with Auburn December 31st, 2009. If the wiretaps were the basis for their arrests and Cam was one of the PFP players noted, the dots must be starting to become connected. The Following link is to the actual indictment filed by the US Attorney. In it are details about the date of the calls, the substance of those conversations relative to the case against the defendants.
PART THREE (III) – (continued)
Again, this thing now goes way beyond PFP schemes, and it appears the FED’s goal is to build the ultimate case against Bobby Lowder. Here is what is being said about Lowder’s tie in to all of this.
This goes way beyond Cam. They say the FBI, while monitoring the Bingo mess in Montgomery and also investigating the misappropriation of TARP funds by Colonial Bank, uncovered many, many things. Such things include guaranteed winning slot machines for AU players at Milt’s (Colonial Board member, AU Booster) Casino, unmarked ATM cards issued to AU players from Colonial Bank (Bobby Lowder-AU Board Member and Booster; Pat Dye-Colonial Board member, AU employee and Booster), forgiven loans to families, friends, donors, etc.
If true, big time jail time, loss of SACS accreditation which means expulsion from the SEC, huge financial implications for AU, removal of Dye’s name from the field and so on.
This also explains why the AU President wanted to sit Cam last Saturday, but was overridden by Lowder, Dye, Jacobs, Rane and McGregor
The FBI must have overheard discussions about players on tape while the FBI was building their case against those arrested. It was reported the Department of Justice in July began notifying various politicians, reporters, lobbyists and others that their conversations may have been picked up during wire-taps. The phone taps occurred during a 13 Month period starting mid-2009, just about the same time as the total collapse of Colonial BancGroup was taking place. Late 2009 – early 2010 would have been when recruiting was at it’s height, and money and deals (if this pay for play scheme was in fact in full operation) had to have been discussed every day. This was also just before the Legislative Session would have been in discussions/ negotiations regarding Sweet Home Alabama (Res 44), the states gambling and casino bill.
Here is another poster from “Tidesports”, the Bama Scout.com affiliate similar to “Tiger Rag”…
[b]“I previously posted an unsubstantiated rumor I read somewhere that Milton McGregor, the owner of Victoryland dog track, and according to recent articles an Auburn BOT member, was involved in the Newton saga as the conduit for the cash. According to the story, the FBI had wire-taps of McGregor because of this gambling conspiracy, and on those wire taps were conversations that took place between McGregor and Cecil Newton. The timeline fits as the FBI arrested McGregor in October, 2010 and according to MSU, the Cam shopping didn’t start until late November, 2009. Is McGregor stupid enough to continue his role in the pay for play deal for Auburn even after he knew the Feds were watching? I don’t know. But it’s funny that you find this article after I saw the allegation that Milton McGregor was the money man for Auburn. It would be real convenient and easy to launder money and hide it with an operation like Victoryland that handles huge amounts of cash on a daily basis.
Another thing your article alluded to that was commonly known, but never said out loud was how Bobby Lowder became so powerful in Auburn athletic circles. Ole Bobby controlled the purse strings. If you were an Auburn BOT member and you wanted your business to continue to have funds readily available, you played ball with Bobby and did what he wanted or Colonial Bank would find a reason to make your business dealings difficult i.e. they would slow down or cut off the money. And they ALL did business with Colonial as you can see. I’m sure he sucked them all in with sweet deals and promises then when he got his hooks into them, they either did what Bobby wanted or Bobby would get nasty.,
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As a point of reference, here’s a partial list of AU’s BoT when all of this was supposedly going down:
Link: LINK
Bobby Lowder
John CH Miller, Jr
Earlon C. McWHorter
Jimmy Rane
Paul Spina
Recognize any Names/Faces? Now look at the Colonial BancGroup Board of Directors the last full year of Operation December 31, 2007.
Link: LINK
Bobby Lowder
John HC Miller
Jimmy Rane
Paul Spina – Montgomery, Al. Bank Chairman
Milton McGregor
Pat Dye
Very easy to see why the Tuskegee News was so interested in the relationship between Lowder and the other Auburn Board members.
PART FOUR (IV) – THE 2010 CLASS, W&L, TROOPER TAYLOR, AND CAMGATE
Coach Chiz was hired December 13th, 2008. Auburn’s Class consisted of 28 players being signed, ranked 25th in the Country (LSU #1, Bama #2, Fla. #5, UGA #6, USCe #12, UTenn, #15, ARKY. #20, Ole Miss #22, Miss. St. #23). AU’s top rated player that year was DeAngelo Benton, a highly sought after, but academically troubling player from La. that had originally committed to LSU. Production thus far in his career is just 7 receptions for only 103 yards.
The 2010 Class, built primarily on the efforts of Trooper Taylor (as per AU Football Media Propaganda), miraculously lands the #1 players from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, as well as the #1 JUCO signee in Cam Newton. Why the turnaround, when their previous season only netted a 7-5 regular season record (3-5 SEC), along with an overtime win against Northwestern on New Years Day.
Enter CamGate, Lowder & Co., and Trooper Taylor.
The Rodgers/Bodn/Mullen/Cecil/SEC/NCAA/FBI Timeline (as per TD poster Ilovebama):
• Before 2009 Egg Bowl, Ken Rodgers talked with Cecil, who said “It’s not gonna be free this time.”
• Nov 27th, 2009 Ken Rodgers meets Cam and Dan, for the first time.
• Nov 27th, 2009 Ken, Cecil, and two coaches meet at Hilton Garden Inn, where Cecil says “Anywhere between $100,000 and $180,000.” coaches respond ‘No, no, I don’t want to hear that,’
• Nov 29th, 2009 Ken leaves Bill Bell a voicemail asking if the deal is going to get done
• Bell was contacted by Cecil Newton asking for money
• Bell calls Bond and urges Bond to tell MSU officials.
• Bond calls Byrne
• Dec 14th, 2009 Cam pushes committing back to Dec 22nd, 2009
• Dec 20th, 2009 Cam visits Auburn, Dad was not there
• Cam commits Dec 31st
Trevon Reed is a solid to Strong LSU verbal, until very late in the process when he abruptly changes his mind to Auburn, against the better judgment of his high school coach. Similar waffling is also experienced with Dyer, Coleman, and Others. It has been mentioned there exists a recorded conversation between TTaylor and McGregor discussing the progress in wrapping up this class. To paraphrase, ”… just one more deal to cut and it’s all done. Then there’s a mention of needing $200K to close it out.”
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
The totally amazing thing is that even though there have been sanctions levied against all of Lowder’s “bag-men” and puppets, they still are allowed to wander freely about the University carrying on like nothing has ever happened. The Field is named after the notorious Pat Dye, even though he was recorded and caught coordinating a $9,000 loan from where, Colonial Bank. Don’t forget that Dye was both AD and head coach. Jump Forward to 2010. Cecil’s Church suddenly “Rises from the Dead” (no pun intended) and is no longer involved in condemnation proceedings with Local Authorities. Pre Chris Low, Pat Forde, and Others at ESPN, comment on how Newton’s Church and home are meager, but he drives up for the interview in a $60,000 truck less than a year old?
THE NOW INFAMOUS W&L –
Follow these questions with the now infamous post of W&L on BOL earlier in the week.
unlike Aubs and Gadsden, and (insert recruit X here) being sold to Bama, this tale of cheating is factual and fatal. I cannot nor will I say anything other than this.
Auburn is going on probation for a very long time. enjoy playing cam yesterday to keep Bama from Atlanta. enjoy playing cam so that you could give your fans a send off to Atlanta. enjoy watching a player who gave your program the finger kneel at the goalpost so your “family” could be fooled again. He and his family could care less about you.
Save it…..repeat it..put in on the bunker………mark my word and my reputation (which means nothing at all in the true sense of the word after all..this is an internet board for goodness sake..VBG)
You are about to be publically humiliated and punished harder than any College Football team in history..except SMU.
Cam will be stricken from your record books. All wins, championships, and records will be gone. You will spend a decade at the BOTTOM of the SEC West, and financial hits will devastate your entire school (note..not the AD alone).
You will reinforce your reputation as the most corrupt college program in history. You will be forced to change the name of your “field”. You will lose to Alabama for a decade if not more. And finally, if leadership can be brought to the forefront, (and yes, this is the only prediction about which I cannot put forth what I consider strong evidence), you will be kicked out of the Southeastern Conference in a unanimous vote.
Enjoy this limited run. And Will Collier..yes I know you will read this post…Hell is REALLY coming to burn your program to the ground. Go ahead and get your “conspiracy theories” ready..go ahead and try to figure out how you can claim championships that were rightfully stipped from you..go ahead and focus on how you will bring down Alabama, your singular obsession in life.
Your hell continues this week……….we here plan to enjoy your pain.
Payoffs with Poker Chips, Colonial Bank ATM Cards, guaranteed winnings at McGregor’s casinos, similar to that of Langford. Too many coincidences mean too much smoke. Everyone knows this can only lead to a firestorm, the kind only experienced in Hell.
AUBURN’S SLIPPERY SLOPE
• January, 2010 Byrne (MSU)reports to SEC
• SEC responds wanting more information, into allegations
• MSU waits because they are working on eligibility’s issues relating to their Basketball program, currently in season
• SEC contacts NCAA
• NCAA-SEC get with MSU
• During this time, the Church managed by Newton was in financial trouble and facing eviction but suddenly had enough cash to do extensive renovations to meet building codes.
• Newton’s father owned a small trucking company with two drivers. After Newton signed they were flushed with so many contracts that a dozen drivers were hired.
• OCTOBER 4TH, 2010. McGregor, Geddie, and others with political ties Lowder and Co. are indicted and arrested, based on taped conversations held during the previous 13 months.
• 10/21/2010 Dan Mullen goes on Rivals radio ASKED… how close were you to getting Cam at MSU …Dan Mullen: “thats a long long story …that be in the book.”
• Nov 4th, Bond releases statement “During the 2009 football season, I was contacted by a former football teammate, who represented to me that he was speaking for the Newton camp. He told me that Cam Newton wanted to play at Mississippi State, but that a specified payment would have to be made. I reported the conversation to the Mississippi State Athletic Department. I was told by the Athletic Department that Mississippi State would not respond to the overture that was made to me, and that Mississippi State would continue to recruit Cam Newton as it does any other football recruit.”
• MSU: “We are comfortable that representatives of Mississippi State University’s interests conducted themselves appropriately and in compliance with all NCAA by-laws. Mississippi State is committed to operating our athletics programs within the rules of the NCAA and Southeastern Conference, and we expect those affiliated with our program to continue to do the same.”
• Cecil Newton, the quarterback’s father, denied the allegations to ESPN.com. “If Rogers tried to solicit money from Mississippi State, he did it on his own, without our knowledge,” he told the website.
• Chizik: “I’m standing up here on a very important week trying to defend something that quite frankly is garbage,” Chizik told reporters. “Is there a wizard behind the curtain? I don’t know. Is there one, is there two, are there 10? I don’t know and I don’t care. But what I do care about is coming to the defense of not only a great football player but a great human being who comes from a great family.”
Nov 8th, Foxsports.com reports that Newton was caught cheating three times at Florida.
• Nov 9th, Auburn AD called cheating allegations “sad”. “Cam is by all accounts a great kid.”
• Nov 9th, ESPN.com’s Joe Schad reported that “two sources who recruit for Mississippi State” said in separate phone conversations that Cam Newton’s decision to commit to a school “would be part of a pay-for-play” plan.
• FBI gets involved in the MSU portion of the investigation, as they are already well trenched in the Auburn/Lowder/McGregor and friends side.
• Nov 10th, Once the NCAA enforcement staff became involved, Mississippi State University cooperated fully with its investigation. MSU is confident the SEC office has managed this process consistent with its established procedures and the university is committed to the conference’s ongoing efforts to ensure compliance with SEC and NCAA rules.
• Nov 11th, “The SEC never received information from MSU about phone calls with the Newtons about pay for play,” SEC spokesman Charles Bloom said in an e-mail Thursday.
• Nov 11th, Bond releases a statement. “My story hasn’t changed. I absolutely talked with Kenny Rogers, and there are phone records that will show that.” Bond said he’s scheduled to meet with the FBI on Tuesday and plans to turn over his phone records and anything else they ask for at that point. He said the FBI reached out to his attorney earlier this week wanting to talk with him about the Newton situation, in particular if kids were being shopped out to colleges. That meeting was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was postponed by the FBI until next Tuesday. “Until I speak with the FBI, I’d prefer not to say much more,”
• Nov 11th Rogers admits, after previously denying, that in fact Cecil Newton had asked for money to recruit his son to play at MSU.
• Nov 11th Bill Bell says he was contacted and asked for payment by Cecil Newton and he has been interviewed by the NCAA
• Nov 12th Jay Jacobs says “We aren’t commenting on it”
• Bond to meet FBI on November 16th, later said “This has nothing to do with Auburn, Absolutely nothing to do with Auburn. The FBI does not want anyone selling the right to players”
• Rodgers to meet with NCAA around November 16th
• Nov 12th, Cecil Newton admits to asking for money from MSU in exchange for Cam to play there.
• Nov 12th, ESPN reports that a source stated that he was contacted by an emotional Cam Newton stating his regret that he would not be playing for MSU, as his father had chosen Auburn because “the money was too much”.
• Nov 13th, Despite all of the above evidence, Auburn Still Plays Newton
PART FOUR (IV) – (continued)
Remember EVERYONE has now lawyered up, and remember the change of heart from “He’s clean!” to the “No Comment” response. Here’s what is being said by those in the “know”……… Auburn did not suspend Cam because the NCAA didn’t tell them to. They let Auburn make the decision and then after the fact will hammer them for doing something “they should not have done” Right now All Auburn cares about is beating Bama, winning the SEC getting Cam the Heisman, playing and perhaps winning the MNC, and marketing the hell out of their success..and deal with the NCAA later. And for those wondering why people thought Cam wouldn’t play… it’s because the president, the compliance dept and a couple of coaches all wanted to sit Cam. THAT is why so many people were sure Cam would sit. They knew what these guys were saying. HOWEVER, the AD, boosters and the rest of the coaches wanted to play him. It’s clear the president and the compliance dept weren’t being listened to. All of this is an exact repetition of what the SACS complained about in 2001-2004. It was only after strong urging from the Governor stressing to the accreditation board they were fixing the problem. Some Repair.
Now, take into account the similarities of the BoT and Colonial, and the ability to launder money through the various foundations becomes mind-boggling. Also don’t forget that McGregor is major gambling, betting houses, casino business, and is reportedly now the main money-man between the Boosters and Newton. Now are you starting to see what is so disturbing to both the FBI and the NCAA? In short, Major Gambling tied into illegal activities in College Athletics. Also don’t forget Saturday’s game with Georgia had the line pulled not once, but twice. Think inside information was being passed? This is not going to end well, and why so many are speculating Auburn’s dismissal from the SEC and ultimately Athletic Death Penalty. This is also the speculation as to why Mike Slive tried to drag his feet regarding the investigation hoping it would just go away. Now look at what is being reported in Sunday’s New York Times, specifically the quote…….
“But what could happen in the next few weeks is a nightmare script for the N.C.A.A., the SEC and college football. From the involvement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the gluttonous news media attention, the story is one of the most explosive in the history of college football.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/sports/ncaafootball/15colleges.html?_r=2
It looks like everyone has a lot of the same information, but from varying sources. This is the same guy that broke the Cam Cheating information a week ago. By the way, SUpposedly, some reporter sent out a blase e-mail to the Faculty or Student Body questioning Cam’s attendance in class. From his responses and subsequent notations, it seems Cam has been skipping the majority of classes according to those in the know.
I’m not sure how this will end, or the validity of what is being reported. But I can tell you most in Alabama think there is a major bomb getting ready to drop, and this is being reported on both sides. Whatever the outcome, this story sounds like something from a Grisham Novel, Huh?
NOVEMBER 17th, 2010
TMZ reports that the FBI is investigating relationships between Milton McGregor and the Newton Controversy. Specifically, the report states that FBI asked someone connected with the Newton Case if he was familiar with McGregor or his bribery trial.
LINK
Just after this hit the wires, RollTideTA of TideSports.com posts an e-mail he received from someone “in the know”. The e-mail contained the following:
“…The Feds have tape from wire taps made on McGregor and other prominent Auburn boosters from their investigation. The Newton’s were just shopping their talent’s to the wrong people at the wrong time and thus there is hard evidence available that incriminates everyone involved. It’s only a matter of time that all of this information becomes public.
FBI found out about Cam before the NCAA did while wiretapping Milton McGregor and others related to the casino/bingo indictments. They uncovered conversations with McGregor, Auburn and Cam’s uncle in Michigan. McGregor paid $250K to the uncle through a PAC and other hidden entities and the uncle funneled the money to Cecil.
The FBI gave this information to the NCAA sometime after the indictments were handed down. They had to sit on the information for 6 months until the grand jury indicted the men and women in the gambling deal. All of the wiretap information was sealed and that is why the delay in investigating. The NCAA had to go to Miss St to see if Cecil had solicited money from them as well. That is why Miss St is involved. They are basically connecting all of the dots. Miss St may be cleared because they told Cecil no. He then went to Auburn. The offer was on the table from McGregor but Cam wanted to play at Miss St and not Auburn. When Miss St declined to pay him, he went to where the money was… hence the comment, “The money was too much.” The FBI met with the Miss St coaches, John Bond and Bill Bell today to get their official statements.
LINK
Later in the day, ESPN reported Bill Bell received text from someone purportedly to represent the Newton Family outlining the payment schedule the family wanted in order to have his son play at MSU. Bell also handed over tape recordings of Cecil saying “’Dan Mullen is going to have to put a smile on my face if he thinks he’s going to get my son” – substantiating the “Make Me Smile” comments rumored shortly after MSU went public.
LINK
The final gem of the day came from TD Poster “Tuck”, on pg. 68 of Egg’s “Mega Thread”
some more goodness, not from BOL though:
quote:
The FBI has been investigating Colonial Bank and Louder for a number
of possible violations in the financial market crash which are
unrelated to AU. Part of the investigation involved gambling fraud
between McGregor and Colonial Bank. Something called the Rico Stature
allowed the justice department to set up wiretaps on Colonial Bank.
On the wiretaps the FBI found major AU recruiting infractions involving
Louder, McGregor, Dye, Trooper, boosters and others.
Here’s what they say the FBI has on tape and can prove AU did:
• The people above are on tape explaining who they paid and how they did it.
• It involves many AU players
• Providing unmarked Colonial Bank ATM cards to players to withdraw
money from secret accounts.
• Giving “slot machine cards” to the players, which now involves the
Alabama Gaming Commission.
• Provided improper loans to some of the families in our last and
current recruiting class.
• The NCAA “strongly” recommended that AU sit Cam for GA. game because
of the mounting evidence.
• President Grogue wanted to sit Cam but was overruled by Louder and
the Board of Trustees.
• Coach Chizik knows none of this and has been lied to by Jacobs.
• The people named above know the S%#& is going to hit the fan “big
time” and have decided “we’re going down” so lets win the title even
if they take it away later.
• Slive knew about this early and sat on the information and is also
Cornelius Washington
November 28th, 2010
5:40 pm
turkey neck
NINE AND ONE!
November 28th, 2010
5:40 pm
Gotta run.
Just giving some grief to my rivals. All in good fun. Let’s just hope for both teams sake that we both play much better next year. GT, good luck in your bowl game!
ol' balls coach
November 28th, 2010
5:41 pm
Based solely on this year I don’t think either program has much to celebrate – this is nothing more than the “tallest midget” debate.
Bobo
November 28th, 2010
5:42 pm
9 &1…will agree you are better. You have better players, 4 & 5 stars, you should have won by 30 but your players don’t give but 60 % thats why they didn’t win crap this year…who’s to blame? GT is not good this year but you just did beat them (no 4 or 5 stars) and that was because they shot themselves in the foot. Love it while you can. Go dawgs, go GT , go GSU, Go GS, Go Kennesaw….
dawgster
November 28th, 2010
5:42 pm
Mark…you really need to take a look at this hero worship you have for coach CPJ…I mean in the first series he didn’t take a pretty sure field goal and whet for it on fourth down as he does so often, and what happens, they get stopped…a 3-0 lead there would have been huge…He constantly goes against what most coaches think is sound football, but yet you have this hero worship for him..I’ll say this, i think he is a good coach, but al the negative sour grape remarks in your articles and the excuses don’t change a thing…the bottom line in football is about victories. that Mark is you get the “W”..that my friend is what its about, not moral victories with tons of excuses as you have given..I think the dawgs can honestly say we know how Tech feels as we have had similar results against the gators for years now, but the bottom line is we don’t have the “W”s, until we do the excuse really do us no good…but we will wait patiently for your next article on the matter…go dawgs…by the way FINAL SCORE::Dawgs 42- Tech 34…you know i usually don’t like to rub the games in we win and actually this is not to the Tech fans that i respect, but to your defending CPJ for his coaching abilities, but giving no credit at all to Coach Richt…lets see its 9 out of 10 and what 2 out of 3 against CPJ…at least be fair with you remarks Mark, thats all we ask…go dawgs
crapsandwich
November 28th, 2010
5:45 pm
Oh Mark, you homer! You know that million dollar defense you talk about, sacked Washington twice at the end and forced two incomplete passes. Thank you for recognizing that in your biased article. Smart move by Richt to score the touchdown late. Any coach will take the points. Look I like the look at having scored 42 points against your all “Genius” team. How brilliant was Johnson early in the game going for it on fourth down, instead of taking the 3 points?
Hunker Down
November 28th, 2010
5:46 pm
I felt good going into the game after UF got whipped. Made me think God was smiling on the Dawgs. Give credit where credit is due. CPJ knew he was outmanned and like a general used everything in his control to try and make a difference. He almost did. Georgia needs help on Defense I think that is clear. However, I feel that the team is better than their record indicates. I do not know watching Tech go all out how they did not fare better this year than they did. The game was hard fought with battles won by both sides. In many regards everything a football game is meant to be with the exception of the many turnovers. Good luck to the Bees when you go bowling. Go Dawgs!
Old Gold and White Fan
November 28th, 2010
5:48 pm
Typical mutt fans! Tech put up over 500 yds of offense including over 400 on the ground against a good rush defense (as measured nationally), we keep the game that was supposed to be a blow out tight and make it a one point game all the way down to the end, we spot them 14 points TWICE by fumbling the ball and STILL they think they beat us. We beat ourselves. Why do you think CPJ said, “let ‘em score”? Because he KNEW, and the night had shown, that we could move the ball up and down the field at will. We did so allllllllllllllllllllllllll night. Mutts get the W because the Jackets gave it to them, end of story. You’re WELCOME mutt fans for the bowl. You can thank us when you get over your hangovers!
JB
November 28th, 2010
5:49 pm
I’m tickled for any win, but we just barely beat a bad Tech team, Under sized without their best player. Yes, Many Tech fans on here have admitted we should of won, and we did, but we are suffering from a very average defense syndrome that is costing us games. With a typical UGA D, we win Saturday by 3-4 TD’s…Good effort Tech, and the game could of gone either way.
tex dog
November 28th, 2010
5:51 pm
Mark B thanks all of you for continuing to respond to his articles. You keep the $$$ flowing
into his pocket. Keep staying agitated and keep the $$$ coming. The editors love it. All he has to
say is. what I write may be sh*& but look at the blog hits. PAY ME.
SuperB
November 28th, 2010
5:52 pm
With all due respect to Taz Anderson– if Johnson was such a good coach he would have BETTER PLAYERS. He won with Chan Gailey’s recruits, not his own. A loss is a loss and theya re not handing out awards for giving it that old college try anymore.
Dave
November 28th, 2010
5:53 pm
Whatever you say, Mark. You know you are just trying to start spinning BS because Randy Shannon was fired. Not to you ole’ novice of UGA vs GA Tech football games, this is a rivalry game. You always have to throwout EVERYTHING when that happens. Heck, look at last year!! Who was “suppose” to dominate that game!!
Dumn and obnoxious article.
Go Dawgs!! State champs AGAIN!!!
heeldawg
November 28th, 2010
5:54 pm
Dawgs got outcoached. I’ll give y’all that. Johnson got outcoached by Richt last season in the same game–gotta admit that one,too.
Next season, who knows about the Dawgs, but I know this–the talent level at Tech is not going to get much better overnight. For Tech to win more than seven games next season–even in the ACC–will require a lot more of the Paul Johnson smoke and mirrors act. It sure ain’t going to be coming from the talent.
macrotech
November 28th, 2010
5:54 pm
It was a GREAT game to take in…neither team showed ANY quit! I don’t think there is a single Tech fan that is ‘giddy’ with this loss. We have EVERY reason to be optimistic for next year (no offense to uga fans), though. We ran for 411 yards and passed for over 100. Washington is going to be really good as he matures. He still makes some REALLY bad reads out there. In time, he’ll wise up. Our redzone scoring needs to be more consistent and I’d like for CPJ to call for a field goal attempt from time to time. We left nine points out there on the field, assuming (He’s a better kicker than the missed extra point) Blair hits them. It was fun watching all the fans leaving the stadium after the game trying to figure out uga’s last score…most of them seemed to get it. I won’t say the best team won last night, but I can say, “Congrats on the win, Bulldawgs”. GO TECH!!!
TechRedNeck
November 28th, 2010
5:59 pm
I gotta admit I just accepted that our guys were gonna get beat by 2 or 3 touchdowns. Tech is no powerhouse but UGA isn’t either, and UGA is in a powerhouse conference. Run your mouths mutts, you won from a very weak team who gave you all you could handle.
ZUMADAWG
November 28th, 2010
6:00 pm
Insects 34; “that other state school” : 42!!!I I’ll consede PJ’s genius when his 10 year record is 9-1.
Stealin, Cheatin, The Auburn Way..try it UGA
November 28th, 2010
6:01 pm
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Surprised
November 28th, 2010
6:03 pm
We’re looking at another 6-6 season for the Dawgs next year.
Maddawg
November 28th, 2010
6:04 pm
Well, if you wish to use this situation as an example of how Tech “outsmarts” UGA, then go for it. Bragging about how Tech “outsmarted” UGA on one play and going home blubbering about it……lordamercy.
Why not mention how UGA outsmarted Tech the rest of the game by winning with half the number of plays that they ran on the field, eh???? Duh!!! Guess the Yekkies just don’t get that one, huh?
Eddie
November 28th, 2010
6:05 pm
I’m not sure what to think of this article. It seems, no matter what Georgia does, they looked down on. First, Georgia isn’t closing games … then, when they close out a game against Tech, really making the plays when they count, you write that somehow Georgia was out-coached? Tech has the No. 1 ranked rushing offense in the country … they didn’t do anything different or special. They run against everyone with success. Georgia played a solid game and made plays when they needed to and won. They made their extra points. They did the little things and took advantage of turnovers … Tech didn’t. I can’t help feeling if the result was reversed, you would write how Georgia was out-coached in that scenario. I think it would be wise to say both teams played well and Georgia deserves credit for winning.
Rusty
November 28th, 2010
6:06 pm
There’s a new Sheriff in town.
Billyboy
November 28th, 2010
6:08 pm
Mark, you must have missed the game. There were about 140 plays in the game. Tech did out coach and out play the Dawgs on some of the plays, but, the key to football is who wins the key plays. UGA won 12 key plays GT won 5 key plays, UGA wins. Next time I hope you can see the game.
Tech cant block Rudy
November 28th, 2010
6:09 pm
IF IF IF IF grandma had BALLS grandma would me GRANDPA. Georgia won, end of story.
russ gata
November 28th, 2010
6:10 pm
Only the tech nerds who giggle aqt dirty words made by calculators saw this as a victory.-by quitting. Thats like bed wetting to make your mattress fire retardent-yes probably been done on the flats.
Stay Awhile
November 28th, 2010
6:12 pm
How much longer are tech fans going to put with up johnson–a 6 loss season in a cupcake conference? They are paying millions for that?????
urbain64
November 28th, 2010
6:12 pm
Talking about academics: 2010 Rhodes Scholar UGA 1- GT 0. Go Dawgs !!!
CDAWG
November 28th, 2010
6:15 pm
Mark are you trying to up your readership from the Nerds? In case you didn’t know there were only 15 nerd fans in the whole stadium. They don’t support their team anywhere close to how UGA fans support our team. Tech can’t even sell out their 15,000 seat stadium but you are trying to write a feel good story for them. They still lost!
Stealin, Cheatin, The Auburn Way..try it UGA
November 28th, 2010
6:16 pm
How many Bulldogs have walked on the moon?
I asked walked on the moon, not done the moon walk. or eaten a moon pie.
Now that is funny!
Stealin, Cheatin, The Auburn Way..try it UGA
November 28th, 2010
6:16 pm
Rudy….have you been looking up Grandma’s skirt again?
Stealin, Cheatin, The Auburn Way..try it UGA
November 28th, 2010
6:18 pm
Can a UGA spell Space Shuttle…..I know they can spell WAFFLE HOUSE…
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Now that was funny….
Burgess
November 28th, 2010
6:18 pm
Gailey lost in overtime to the Steelers today. If it had been Paul Johnson, Bradley would be pushing him for NFL coach of the year.
Class of '98
November 28th, 2010
6:21 pm
Didn’t Nesbitt play last year? Didn’t Dwyer and Demarius and Burnett and Morgan play too?
Johnson didn’t seem like such an Einstein 366 days ago.
Only Tech fans can be giddy with losing. Again.
Nerds.
9-1
November 28th, 2010
6:26 pm
UGA won, the myth that we should have blown Tech out is a joke, we have struggled all year.
And to answer the question about coaching see 2009, that was a mismatch..ACC champs etc. lost to a mid level SEC team…sounds like a good game plan from the UGA coaches. 2001 would be another good example… CMR first year, surprise a win over GT.
I am 45, history bears it out UGA wins 7-9 games a decade against the bugs..nuff said…HBTD, crawl back under your rock Tech fans, see you in a year. GEORGIA IS,HAS AND WILL BE BULLDAAAWG COUNTRY.
Northern sympathizer
November 28th, 2010
6:31 pm
I think Bradley is making too much of the Johnson decision to let UGA score. OK. Strategically, it made sense and gave GT a chance- With no timeouts, a remarkably low chance.
Truth is, Tech blew the game way more than UGA won it. Two key fumbles and a missed PAT is nothing to leave “giddy” about. Not really following the premise.
Dan
November 28th, 2010
6:31 pm
))))))))))))))))))42 – 34((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Wrecks-N-Effect
November 28th, 2010
6:32 pm
I’m embarrassed by your article MB, and I am a GT Alum and I could care less what Taz says.
I’m not giddy about anything that CPJ has shown this season.
If CPJ were a “Genius”, then he would have used the previous 36-months to develop some sort of passing game so that we would have a chance to win Games with 80-yds.-to-go and less than 3-mins. on the clock, there’s no Genius at getting your Team in a situation, and then having NOTHING to go to that will work, IMO that is more like Chan Gailey FB than “Genius FB”.
If CPJ were Genius, then he would not have 2-OL-coaches to teach our OLine how to dive at kneecaps all game long, instead he would have only one full-time-OL-Coach and one full-time STs Coach, an area that has repeatedly cost GT Games over his 3-yr-tenure despite a good yr. from our PK.
If CPJ were Genius, then he would realize that his lack of attention to GT’s STs causes headaches for his DC since we have to pooch kick and give Teams good Field-Position at their 35-40yd. line after each score, rarely do we ever pin teams inside their 20.
Finally Mark, if CPJ were such a “Genius” he would not have lost to Turner Gill, Randy Shannon, and Daboo Swinney in the same season, in fact “Genius HCs” might not lose to those 3 within a 10-yr. time period, yet CPJ managed that feat within a 2-month stretch.
Unlike the majority of GT fans, I actually follow CFB and I am not close to being giddy about what CPJ has done, the ACC is a very weak Conf. and he had 15-starters back and yet found a way to lose 6 games against the 66th toughest schedule in all of CFB, the computer polls have us as the 70th ranked Team.
Does that sound like a Genius HC to you Mark?
If CPJ is such a Genius WHY can’t he recruit like another HC that has tough Academics to deal with, that would be Jim Harbaugh @ Stanford?
The truth is Mark, is that any GT Fan that is giddy about what CPJ has done doesn’t know a d@mn thing about CFB, and that includes Taz Anderson even if he did play for Bobby Dodd.
Don Gill
November 28th, 2010
6:33 pm
We, Georgians don’t deserve good teams. When our teams do well nobody seems to notice. The Media, especially ESPN tries to bury us. Started wi the CNN wars. There is a conspiracy. I felt it for a while. I heard it stated by someone only recently. Going all the way back when TBS and Ted Turner ruled American baseball with the Braves playing in every city in the US. Rupert Murdoch didn’t help at all. How much criticism have the Braves reaped? Didn’t UGA finish 2nd in the nation 3 years ago and Knowson Moreno warped Florida’s and the Gator Nation’s minds? Was that the year that Willie Martinez’ defense ran undefeated Hawaii right out of the Sugar bowl. But hardly anyone noticed. Have you noticed how hard it is to get Braves, Hawks, UGA, Tech, even Falcons scores and coverage on TV. Last year the Hawks had a great year. A year of many miracles. But every sportswriter in ATL complained. Notice that it has taken Orlando quite a few years to get really good. Same wi LA, Chicago, Cleveland and last but not least Boston. Yeah, Salt Lake, Dallas and a few more out West. I was brought up that only sissies (and girls) complain. Apologies to all the great women out there. I think we should be saying “Thanks Atlanta. Hawks, Braves, Falcons, Bulldogs and Jackets, who had a fabulous (I’m a Bulldog) year last year. (and now Bill Curry, who’s one of the world’s great guys). Bradley obviously is a Paul Johnson supporter. If GA had lost he would have crucified Mark Richt. Who in my opinion is the finest overall coach. Ever. Where was Bradley during the Ray Goff years?
Doggone
November 28th, 2010
6:34 pm
u don’t get points for yards less you get it those last few by kicking or carrying looks like engineers could at least figure that out….. hahahaha till next year…
jsmuga
November 28th, 2010
6:34 pm
Isn’t Johnson responsible for recruiting??? He has done a terrible job after losing all his good (CG) players. So he is the reason for for having lesser talent to UGA. So I do get the praise or optimism.
When you can't win them on the field....
November 28th, 2010
6:38 pm
TEK obsesses about UGA, read all the blogs and it is obvious. look at the score then look at the record. That says it all… now tek can continue with the “we out played you but we lost”….by the way check out how many 5 star players are at Alabama, Florida and Texas…. doesn’t always mean a lot…. David Pollack and David Green were like two star recruits. They never lost to tek and were our best players at the time.
BullDawgBenny
November 28th, 2010
6:38 pm
WOW! I have respected Markster article’s for years. Can you believe that TECH has actually lost a game under Paul Johnson? A great coach at GSU, a super coach at Navy and the best coach in the ACC. There is no doubt that his system works great, except at the Championship level of Division 1. The year he won the ACC, he lost to Georgia? Tev Washington will make you forget about Mr. Nesbitt, he showed that last night, but he lost to Georgia. Turnovers, Missed Tackles, Injuries THAT IS FOOTBALL GUYS. ASK MARK RICHT, our team this year can do all the afermentioned and finish 6-6. I will take it, especially a 9-1 record against our NO.1 RIVAL
As the great Admiral Johnson says, it is all blocking and tackling, executing, and effort. Once again, ole Mark Richt and his dastardly Dawgs won again. GOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS, SICEM!!!!!!!!!!!! BEAT TECH EVERY CHANCE YOU GET!!!!
GT12
November 28th, 2010
6:39 pm
Ya know…you dawgs are getting awfully fired up over a team that just two days ago “no Georgia fan even cared about.” Aren’t yall still supposed to be pissed over your loss to Auburn? Just sayin’…
Don Gill
November 28th, 2010
6:39 pm
What happened to my Blog?
eddy
November 28th, 2010
6:41 pm
If Tech is so good, the 500+ yards of offense would have been enough……500+ yards of offense and still lose the game. Now that is something for the plastic pocket protector and slide rule gang to cogitate on…..single wing consumes 5-7 minutes to score. UGA take 1:30 to do the same, repeat as necessary. For the Nerds, it is not how long you control the ball….it is the score!!!!
Millionaire Matchmaker
November 28th, 2010
6:41 pm
Here is an update,
According to a Forbes Magazine article that is 5 years old published in 2005:
Harvard has produced the most Millionaires and Presidents
Yale is right there with them.
They grouped them in 10’s so here it goes:
Georgia Tech ranks in the top 30
The University of Georgia was below the 200 range.
Vanderbilt was the leading SEC school in the top 40
The University of Alabama was in the top 60
The University of Florida was in the top 60
The ACC had 7 schools in the 100
Virginia was the leading ACC school in the top 20
The SEC had 5 schools in the top 100…
What does that mean? Who knows….Rich kids in ACC schools.
Don Gill
November 28th, 2010
6:41 pm
Found it.
LOVETHASEC
November 28th, 2010
6:42 pm
Awsome JAWJA has won again. They beat that region 3AAA school up on North Ave. Next year they’ll be national champs. Several convicted felons have been realeased from jail and all are interested in playong for JAWJA. LOVE MY JAWJA BULLDAWGS!
cattle dawg
November 28th, 2010
6:45 pm
Dear CMR, go hire Giff Smith and fire Rodney Garner.
UGA 92
November 28th, 2010
6:52 pm
Enjoy your 500 yards of offense, nerd herd. We’ll take the actually victory. UGA won with almost half the number of offensive plays. That speaks volumes about your program. Please continue the love affair with CPJ. A man who has no ability to create a passing game and can lay claim to the most one dimensional football team in college football. Any other team would be humiliated to let an opposing play walk into the end zone regardless of the situation. But not Tech fans. Once again, relying on your self-appointed intellectual superiority has left you wanting.
black bee
November 28th, 2010
6:54 pm
CPJ clearly did a great job and has shown what he can do with players but I’m afraid this Staff is not recruiting enough real players. If you look at Stanford’s list they are recruiting more players from Florida then Tech. Did you see all the 4 and 5 Star players on the UGA sidelines. CPJ can do more with less but I just wish they would somehow have 2 back to back recruiting years and lets see what CPJ would do.
Adam
November 28th, 2010
6:56 pm
Let’s gain a bit of perspective here. GA Tech coming off a BCS game and an ACC title returning a fair number of their team and expected to do good things in the ACC this year. Georgia, coming off a bowl game in Shreveport LA, with a new d-coordinator that everyone thought would struggle until we got some real 3-4 talent on the defensive line. And the claim is that Ga Tech was CLEARLY OVERMATCHED?!!?? Yes, you did lose your QB. Yes, our QB is better than we expected….but this is still the best rushing team in the country that did exactly what they were supposed to do against a weak UGA defense. Spare me the….Tech got the most out of an over-matched team mantra. It was a game of two mediocre teams who played one another just like two evenly matched bad teams do…close.
AO
November 28th, 2010
6:56 pm
We’ll see how much trust Tech fans have in him next year now that he’s finally run out of Chan Gailey’s talent.
FishyBusiness
November 28th, 2010
6:57 pm
Mark: Who won the game???
Born2Buzz
November 28th, 2010
7:01 pm
MB, not going to read the 8 pages of comments because I’m sure most are the same old drivel from the woofin dawgs. But you are wrong and I’m sure CPJ would agree. There are no moral victories. While we do love our coach we still lost the game. He is a great offensive coach and we ran up a ton of yards and had a chance to win, but he is the HEAD football coach and thus is responsible for the entire team. He is responsible for a defense that gave up an average of almost 10 yards a play and a special teams unit that continually made mistakes (all season) and ended up costing us the game. CPJ would agree that he has work to do to get this program where he wants it to be. And going 6-6 and losing to UGA isn’t the destination.
MC
November 28th, 2010
7:01 pm
Any team that can run 92 plays and lose is pitiful. How many points would UGA have hung on GT if they’d run 92 plays? 70? 80?
Doug
November 28th, 2010
7:01 pm
I wonder if Tech will keep that defensive genius we hired last year? I haven’t seen a bit of improvement this year. If we didn’t have to score 40 points (or more) every game to win, it might have been a pretty good year. Is our talent that bad?
Someone earlier used the term, “UGA engineer” Now there’s an oxymoron! After perusing the day’s blogs, I am amused at the astounding butchery of spelling and the English language by Dawgs’ fans. Oh wait, I forgot that we are talking Georgia fans, not Georgia grads. YEEHAW!
Butts Wagner
November 28th, 2010
7:02 pm
Kind of funny MB how your genius CPJ gave away points to start the game. UGA fumbles kickoff, GT has 4 & 2 from the 20. Take the points and 75% chance of field goal and GT wins the game.
Commentary like this is very valid. One disturbing trend I’ve noticed is PJ’s 4th down strategy of trying to draw the opponent offsides, calling a timeout, and then going for it anyways. At this point, it’s predictable. If there was ever a time to do something unpredictable, it would have been in this game. GT was bowl eligible, the result wouldn’t affect conference standings, and GT is not getting into the top 25 with a win. Take a real chance on 4th down or kick the field goal and get some points. But the 4th down, try to draw-em-offsides-then-call-TO-and-go-for-it-anyways move is just one example. I think what PJ is trying to do is prove to his team that if they just do their jobs, they will win. And that was true in this game. If GT had taken care of the ball, they probably would have won. What I’m getting at is that PJ is not a perfect coach, but compared to Gailey’s close losses to Georgia, this loss leaves a GT fan with optimism, whereas the Gailey losses always felt like the coach’s fault and not a lack of player execution(and it was absolutely the coach’s fault that Reggie Ball was a four year starter).
Reality Sucks
November 28th, 2010
7:02 pm
Unfortunately for PJ, recruiting is a part of being the head coach of a football program. PJ is an awful recruiter (note that his best season so far was last year, with all of Chan’s star recruits). Does it surprise anyone that he’s bad at recruiting? He’s arrogant, belittles his players (e.g. he gets caught on camera calling them “stupid mother f’rs”), and he’s unattractive. My point is this: His talent pool will continue to drop and UGA’s won’t. Plus, why does he get a free pass for being so bad at recruiting? And I don’t want to hear the typical academics excuse because that sure didn’t stop Chan. Boom. Victory is sweet.
Born2Buzz
November 28th, 2010
7:02 pm
Adam, I agree. There was no clear advantage talent wise, no matter what MB says.
CC
November 28th, 2010
7:06 pm
I completely disagree. If he’s such a good coach, then why didn’t he take the gift points on the first drive instead of going for it on 4th and a long 2? Could have used those points in the end. It’s because he’s so damned stubborn. If Tech wants to claim moral victory, be my guest. I’ll take the “W”.
mtraininjax
November 28th, 2010
7:07 pm
Tech fans, tough game, but you have to figure the coaches will motivate the seniors to NOT go 6-7 in their final year. So win the bowl game and break the 5 game losing streak!
BuzzGTBUzz
November 28th, 2010
7:08 pm
If Paul Johnson is such a genius, why did he go 6-6 in a mediocore ACC? And Mark asks a question about the last time Richt outcoached someone – how about this time last year when UGA rolled into Atl and beat the #7 Jackets in the Joke by Coke without their best player? Really stretching it on this one Mark. Johnson is now 1-2 against UGA and another GT senior class is leaving campus with a losing record against UGA. And the beat goes on.
nerds are funny
November 28th, 2010
7:08 pm
Well goodie for tech fans Mark that they trust PJ. Another year they should have beat UGA and another year they did not. I hope they keep trusting the guy for a long time so that the streak can stay alive and we will continue to own the state. By the way, they made another bowl game that they will lose. In Pj we trust!
wreckmaniac
November 28th, 2010
7:09 pm
Why is there anything positive to say about Johnson at this point ? We know he can run a successfull offense but until he gets the point that you have to stop the other team , his offense is useless. There’s no difference between losing 42-0 and losing 42-34.
nerds are funny
November 28th, 2010
7:11 pm
You are wrong wreckmaniac, in Bradley’s mind you almost won. That’s all that counts at GT.
boots
November 28th, 2010
7:11 pm
Mark, I have to say this article makes no sense. Georgia has won 9 of 10. Its coaches might have had a night not as strong as CPJ, but so what? Last year, our coaches out-planned, out-schemed and out-coached the ACC champs and a top 10 team. In the end, our players survived some stupid mistakes, and we won. Let me repeat that – we won. By any standard, I would rather be on the Dawgs side of a 9 of 10 record than on the Tech side. It is similar to the way my Tech employee boasts about her school – “we are better at math.” To which I say, “ok, now get back to work.”
wreckmaniac
November 28th, 2010
7:12 pm
If you dawg fans admire Chan so much, I suggest you hire him.
nerds are funny
November 28th, 2010
7:14 pm
No thanks, we have our own issues all the same.
wreckmaniac
November 28th, 2010
7:14 pm
Eddie: UGA is always looked down on. What planet have you been on ?
4 Jacks
November 28th, 2010
7:18 pm
If UGA did not own the board of regents and every other recruiting advantage in this state it would be alot different and anybody with half a brain knows it. However, most ugag fans don’t have half a brain that is why they never graduated from ugag or any college, Yes, Paul Johnson outcoached Richt and usually does. Richt is loaded with 4 and 5 star atheletes all up and down his roster, CPJ has maybe 5 or 6 4star players on the whole squad if that and I know of no 5 star guys, but maybe he has one or two. Fact is if CPJ had Richt’s sqaud or talent ugag would have won by 24 to 30 points. Richt gets by on talent alone, and is a very average coach. CPJ usually makes the most of his talent and gets the best from it, although this year something just did not click with this team. ugag will always have the better players on whole because of all their advantages, but one thing they do not own and never will…class…look at the state “school” over the past year, the AD, the arrest, coached giving choke holds etc., etc. Class is something you rarely see from over there.
Reality Sucks
November 28th, 2010
7:19 pm
I don’t think anyone admires Chan. Afterall, he’s the coach that was never able to beat UGA. What we like to point out, though, is that PJ is getting credit for Chan’s recruiting successes. Why do you think the team went from an 11 win season to a 6 win season in just one year? Think maybe it was because of the fact that Chan’s recruits left for the NFL? Maybe I’m just crazy…
wreckmaniac
November 28th, 2010
7:21 pm
There’s a point that we all need to recognize. The top five states for producing NFL players are:
Calif, Texas, GA, FL and Ohio. Now which one of those five states has NOT produced a
nat champ in the past 10 years ?
Georgia’s college teams are underachievers.
Reality Sucks
November 28th, 2010
7:21 pm
“something just did not click with this team” – haha, great analysis 4 Jacks. You should charge money for that kind of material. Very insightful.
where is marcus
November 28th, 2010
7:23 pm
Remember Marcus??The Aaron Murry expert? The one who said about 9,000 times last week Murray is no good and over-rated…Marcus…where are you???
Mel
November 28th, 2010
7:24 pm
You’re right, Mark. There’s honor in defeat when we can say none of our players got arrested this season.
wreckmaniac
November 28th, 2010
7:24 pm
You dawg fans really believe that recruting is important. Why ?
What have 4 and 5 star players accomplished for UGA ?
Wow1979
November 28th, 2010
7:25 pm
Why are UGA fans such douches? They BARELY beat a pitiful Georgia Tech team (one of the worst seen since Reggie Ball) and they claim they “Run the State?” Yeah, let’s see UGA try and beat Virginia Tech or Florida State or even NC State or Miami. So you are so cool because you are in the “mighty” SEC? The SEC does have THE best teams in the league (I.e. Augurn, Arkansas, South Carolina) but their depth is not as great as those say. FSU PUMMELED Florida who beat you ignorant mutts. What do the “Dawgs” have to brag about? They are not that good, and were supposed to RUN IT UP on Tech, yet they allowed around 511 yardsa to be run on them by an injury-plagued weak team… True, the SEC is the strongest conference, but I highly doubt Georgia of all team would do any better in the Big-12 or the ACC. Screw the “dawgs,” you ignorant fools.
Go Tigers
Cornelius Washington
November 28th, 2010
7:26 pm
The Cult of Paul Johnson……why doesn’t the ajc investigate whether CPJ was taunting the UGA players before the game which led to the pregame face off, as reported by Kevin Butler today on Bulldog Brunch…….if true, that is less classy than Grantham and the choke sign after the UF kicker shouted something at him…..do any of the Kool Aid drinkers wonder about his decisions to QB draw and attempt two passes with 2:54 left when he ran for over 400 yards???? no, that would be questioning the greatest, smartest coach in all of college football….Richt should realize he has met his match and that the last two years have been flukes…..all hail coach turkey neck….all hail coach triple chin….all hail coach manboobs….all hail coach nose cleavage….
Your Breath Smells like Fish Fry Tacos
November 28th, 2010
7:28 pm
Giddy? I thought Gtu lost.
TheItalianDawg
November 28th, 2010
7:28 pm
Bradly,
I have no idea how a techie would be giddy after that loss!! this loss should be more painful.
also I may add, Tech couldn’t stop our offense at all, they were very lucky to be that close, but very nice of you to make them feel better about this nasty loss
Kay
November 28th, 2010
7:30 pm
Good article/perspective, Mark.
Seems pretty objective to me.
Yes, Tech fans do love and appreciate Paul Johnson very much.
The team did better than anyone expected. They played their hearts out and almost pulled it off.
Coach Johnsons Paul
November 28th, 2010
7:30 pm
“Lesser talent” Who’s fault is that??? (see CPJ) “Without Joshua Nesbitt” Who recruited him to Tech??? (See Chan Gailey) Who was higher ranked at the beginning of the season??? (see GT)
Who is 1-3 versus UGA alltime??? (see CPJ) by the way when CPJ brought GSU into Athens that team also ran up some stats w a pretty decent back but that end in a LOSS as well.
Give it up MB…Tech can win the stat battle all day but the W is all that will be remembered about this game 10 years from now.
FWIW…UGA QB Murray played pretty smartly given he could barely walk a few days ago!!!
Boo Radley
November 28th, 2010
7:32 pm
Mark — Why isn’t defensive coaching part of your equation for “genius”? Or special teams? Or acquiring and developing talent? Or having some diversification in your offensive attack that allows for situational flexibility? Johnson has not been able to recruit and develop his own players in the 3 years he has been at GT. His defenses are horrible as are his special teams. Lastly, when circumstances require it, his rigid offensive scheme is unable to adapt (i.e. consistently pass when required). Is building an offensive attack that is so limiting really an indication of coaching genius?
You really seem to be running the same AJC Sports page formula, which has been developed since the emergence of digital media — throw some red meat to the dozen or so GT fans in the state to ensure that they stay engaged in the dialogue and take repeated cheap shots at UGA to aggrieve and inflame the passions of the majority. Sadly, it works for generating page hits, but the jury is still out as to whether it is a sustainable business model. One thing is for sure though — this can’t be all that gratifying for you as journalist/columnist. I can’t imagine churning out these formulaic, unimaginative, pot-stirring pieces is what you signed up for when you launched your career.
TXDAWG
November 28th, 2010
7:32 pm
Holding on to the ball is part of the game. It is just as important as play calling, play execution AND coaching. If you don’t hold onto it and say “We were the better team that lost because we couldn’t live up to the most important thing in the game”…you are a double loser.
I bleed white and (old) gold
November 28th, 2010
7:35 pm
@ Mark Bradley: I think Taz is right to support our coach, but his comment about our boys talent was rather thoughtless. Perhaps Taz could rephrase his comment.
Your Breath Smells like Fish Fry Tacos
November 28th, 2010
7:35 pm
The only thing I saw was a Gtu loss. CPJ is too arrogant to be effective.
Wow1979
November 28th, 2010
7:38 pm
Why are UGA fans such douches? They BARELY beat a pitiful Georgia Tech team (one of the worst seen since Reggie Ball) and they claim they “Run the State?” Yeah, let’s see UGA try and beat Virginia Tech or Florida State or even NC State or Miami. So you are so cool because you are in the “mighty” SEC? The SEC does have THE best teams in the league (I.e. Augurn, Arkansas, South Carolina) but their depth is not as great as those say. FSU PUMMELED Florida who beat you ignorant mutts. What do the “Dawgs” have to brag about? They are not that good, and were supposed to RUN IT UP on Tech, yet they allowed around 511 yardsa to be run on them by an injury-plagued weak team… True, the SEC is the strongest conference, but I highly doubt Georgia of all team would do any better in the Big-12 or the ACC. Screw the “dawgs,” you ignorant fools.
Go Tigers
Coach Johnsons Paul
November 28th, 2010
7:38 pm
wereckmaniac-in regards to recruiting I would suggest that CPJ do a better job since the last of Gaileys recruits that CPJ benefited from will exit this year.
WOW1979-Who was higher ranked at the beginning of the season??? That you underachieved hangs like an albatross from CPJ’s neck.
F
November 28th, 2010
7:38 pm
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Rusty
November 28th, 2010
7:40 pm
Thank you Boo Radley.
Bradley….you really do suck.
roterhalsdawg
November 28th, 2010
7:41 pm
UGA lost to South Carolina, possible SEC east champ….but we were in it until well into the 4th qtr.
Then UGA lost to Ark. at the very end. Ark gonna be in the top 10 after they just beat no. 5 LSU.
UGA took the Gators into OT!! Didn’t lose by 40 as usual!!
UGA took no. 2 Auburn into the 4th qtr before fading, good effort though.
See there boys, not such a bad year after all!!!
Mark, moral victories are still for losers……
The Hedge
November 28th, 2010
7:43 pm
Mark…”When was the last time Georgia coaches worked a game that good?” Oh, what a short memory you have! How about LAST YEAR when Tech was SUPPOSE to be the dominate team and UGA ran up and down the field on them….9-1 speaks volumes!! Get over it!
roterhalsdawg
November 28th, 2010
7:49 pm
wreckmaniac hit the nail on the head though. WAY too much talent in this state for the mediocrity that is college football here. That’s something the geniuses over at ESPN will never understand.
TXDAWG
November 28th, 2010
7:51 pm
WOW1979 – The Augurn tigers drink some more buddy. Your argument is stupid. FSU beat Florida who beat Georgia…. To quote another article…”This is the same sort of circular logic that SOME college football fans use when they back-trail a team’s losses to produce a dubious top team. For instance: Murray State beat Tennessee Tech who beat Jacksonville State who beat Mississippi who beat Kentucky who beat South Carolina who beat Georgia who beat Georgia Tech, so therefore Murray state is better than Georgia Tech.
DAWGS....suck
November 28th, 2010
7:53 pm
I do believe UGA played a good game on their part no doubt. But, I will say that GT played better than georgia because you have to consider their main QB is out with an injury. I guarantee if you took AJ out of the game, Georgia wouldn’t have a damn fighting chance. Oh yeah, and to you Auburn fans same thing. Take Cam out and you guys suck a nut, like last year. To Alabama, yeah you guys are good, but you’re not as good as you used to be. You went from #1 to #11. I mean come on, you’re getting beat out by Oregon, who isn’t even in the SEC. All in all, GT put up a real good fight considering they lost a key player. Sounds similar to the NFL where the Falcons lost their main QB and now the 2nd stream QB has helped lead them to leaders of the NFC South.
WOW1979
November 28th, 2010
7:59 pm
TXDAWG – I’m not saying that Arguement means anything. I’m only saying y’all are ignorant and more cocky than anything I’ve EVER seen in forever, and y’all aren’t even that great. Why do y’all get so giddy for BARELY beating a team who 1) probably would have raped y’all if Nesbitt played and 2)Doesn’t get NEAR the recruiting nor ever will that y’all get. I’m so sick of the cockiness of Georgia Fans. Like y’all have beat any good teams this year… NOBODY you have beat are impressive at all. Kentucky and Georgia Tech are the only halfway-decent teams and y’all barely beat Tech while they were starting mosly freshmen and sophomores… bottom line y’all were a much better team and should have won by alot more… but having 500 yards put on you BY MOSTLY THIRD STRING PLAYERS (and the best active player on their team, Anthony Allen) is just sad. Sure, be happy y’all beat a pitiful team. But all this bragging and rubbing it in is rediculous. Y’all are pretty mediocre. I’ve never read so much ignorance.
Dirty Dawg
November 28th, 2010
7:59 pm
You and Schultz love this crap man..you both have got such a ‘man-crush’ on Turkey-neck Johnson you ought to marry him or something. Yeah he’s got an effective offense that out-gained Georgia by about 80 or 90 yards…whooopee. And, as Mark Richt said that letting us score there in order to get the ball back was a good move…but in the end it didn’t work, did it?
As for Tax Anderson – his middle initials ought to be PT, cause he’s the biggest huckster in town…as a Tech fan he’s almost a bigger joke than the one that used to run a ‘bone-cruncher mill’ out in Marietta and called himself a Doctor – you know, like Alan Harper’s a Doctor. But you go on quoting this guy if it serves your love affair.
I wasn’t expecting a blowout and we didn’t get on, but yet you write this as if it should have been. The history of this game is that it’s almost always closer than you expect it to be and so it was. I’m relieved that we pulled it out and I’m happy that the Techies are happy about how smart he is…they seem to take pride in being ’smart’…even if he is a loser. Let’s see how smart they think he is in a couple of years when he shows that he can’t recruit a single ball-player that excels in that offense.
D0293
November 28th, 2010
8:01 pm
I agree with the Wow dude… seriously.. arrogant, cocky, ignorance… I’m seeing all this from my fellow Georgia Fans.. I’m a Dawg fan but you all make me sick.. i am glad we beat Tec but I am not proud of how we did. Seriosuly guys
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November 28th, 2010
8:02 pm
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Coach Johnsons Paul
November 28th, 2010
8:03 pm
MB-To be objective (which apparently you are not trying to be) you should have taken a better look at the stats.
GT held an almost 17 minute TOP advantage. And still lost
GT had a 87 total yard advantage-And still lost
UGA’s per play avg. was almost 4 yards per play better than GT’s (which means GT wasn’t doing too good of a job slowing UGA down)
UGA converted 3 GT TO’s into 21 points which is an integral part of any game. GT did not convert UGA TO’s into points hince the loss.
FWIW-The 2008 UGA-GT game for which CPJ built his “Genius” resume Tech converted 3 UGA TO’s into 21 points that day otherwise CPJ would be 0-4 alltime versus UGA. The sword cuts both ways MB!!!
BTW-Please review 2009 UGA-GT game and see if you have the same opinion about “Genius” CPJ.
Ed (The Original)
November 28th, 2010
8:04 pm
Said Richt: “We didn’t coach very good there. We got outcoached right there. It was good strategy by Coach Johnson. I thought [when it happened], ‘He got us there. He got me.’ ”
It’s the difference between a good coach and a mediocre one. Richt has had time and game management issues before. But a coach should never, ever pass up the opportunity to kneel down and kill the clock with a slim lead. What if Ealey had fumbled (not much of a stretch)?
A boneheaded move that might have gotten Richt fired if Tech had rallied with a TD and 2-point conversion to send the game into overtime.
Miami is calling, coach.
Kevin Everett
November 28th, 2010
8:05 pm
Ridiculous article, absolutely ridiculous. UGA coaching staff outsmarted on ONE play & you write an article about it? 42-34. Go check out the “sting” & the “hive”, they’re on suicide watch because of the “moral victory” you’re writing about!
Pin Head Mark Bradley
November 28th, 2010
8:06 pm
Mark, after yesterdays beating by FSU you must have love Urban Meyer now.
Big Dawg
November 28th, 2010
8:07 pm
How can you feel good about losing? This article is a joke bottom line Georgia won! made the plays GT didn’t …maybe next year..ummm nope….Thats like me saying we felt good we stayed in the game with Flordia SMH! GP DAWGS..WON AGAIN!
wesleywhatwhat
November 28th, 2010
8:07 pm
“This we know: Georgia Tech folks obsess over Georgia.”
,ark bradley is a moron.
gunter
November 28th, 2010
8:08 pm
Mark, not all Tech Fans are giddy. The guy that you constantly bash (Richt) just beat us for the 9th time in 10 attempts. We had by far the better team last year and got waxed by a sub-par Ga. Team. This year we were evenly matched and they won again. We also lost several games this year that we should have won. Johnson needs a passing game to go with the triple option. Call it like it is Mark!
gunter
November 28th, 2010
8:09 pm
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Tech
November 28th, 2010
8:10 pm
Tech-Buzz may be a Bug but your Mam’s a Dog!
TXDAWG
November 28th, 2010
8:10 pm
DAWGS….suck. Horrible argument. In one statement you say ” I will say that GT played better than georgia because you have to consider their main QB is out with an injury”…and then later you say ” Falcons lost their main QB and now the 2nd stream QB has helped lead them to leaders of the NFC South.” So the Falcons play better because their 2nd string QB is in, but GT can only play better with their 1st string QB in? Sounds like a double standard.
Besides, 511 yards with the 2nd string QB. I’m not buying that GT would have done better with Nesbit. They might have done worse. After all, GT only gained more than 500 yards once WITH Nesbitt this year against 4-8 Virginia.
Dennis
November 28th, 2010
8:11 pm
Who gives a rip! I am wondering why we could win with walkons and freshmen two years ago against a Moreno and Stafford team and now we cant beat a poor bullpup team. This is not a ringing endorsement for PJ. He needs to recruit some defense.
NC Brave
November 28th, 2010
8:11 pm
I’m very happy PJ is there. The boring football version of the “Princeton” style offense will never work on a consistent basis and UGA will continue to beat them. Go Dawgs!!!!!!!
Glenn
November 28th, 2010
8:13 pm
If I was one of those 100 recruits on the UGA sideline and witnessed the game Saturday evening, and then read Mark Richt’s comments that said Paul Johnson had outcoached him, it would sure cause me to rethink whether the Georgia Bulldogs were a program worth investing in if I had an option with, let’s say an Alabama, LSU, or Auburn…
Butler made the this Point Mark...
November 28th, 2010
8:17 pm
Yes, last night on Kenvin Butler’s after game radio show, butler stated that Tech letting UGA score the fouth quarter Touchdown shows that Paul Johnson is a losser which makes Tech a losser. We all know that Butler knows more about Football that Mark Bradley.
St. Clarkston
November 28th, 2010
8:17 pm
Tech, 1-0 in moral victories.
Ponte Vedra Dog
November 28th, 2010
8:18 pm
Hopefully Tech will feel this “giddy” for the next 10 years too!
CMR
November 28th, 2010
8:19 pm
So Techies feel all warm & fuzzy about their coach? Who gives a damn, the name of the game is to get a W, not feel good about losing,thats what all losers say, we got a character win! Nerds, thats all you CAN say 9 out of the last 10 years, we suck this year & still beat you Bumblebees & we have NO defense, but we have enough to beat the Nerds! Go Dawgs
Coach Johnsons Paul
November 28th, 2010
8:20 pm
MB-When you review that 2009 UGA-GT game please note that GT “HAD” Josh (2009 it was Josh, not Joshua) Nesbitt, and BayBay, and Morgan Burnett, andDerrick Morgan and STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LOST!!!
What was Cumberlands excuse the day they lost to GT 222-0???
Go get a job at Disney because your imagination is just what they need for their fantasies.
Rodney Dangerfield
November 28th, 2010
8:20 pm
The only thing that would have made this awesome would be Tech scoring at the end to tie it up and then win in OT when all UGA had to do was kneel on the ball.
And, yeah AJ is going to the NFL. He showed that when he nonchalantly ran out of bounds 2 yard short of a defender and 3 yards short of a first down.
TXDAWG
November 28th, 2010
8:21 pm
WOW1979 – Good job of putting words into others mouths. The real fans don’t think UGA is a great team this year. They don’t feel thrilled over the way the GT win happened. If Tech had one by 1 point instead, would you still call GT pathetic? They are’t good, neither is UGA. Don’t take things so personal and call people ignorant that you know nothing about….and PS. See my comment on the GT “backup” QB vs Nesbitt.
hawksfan
November 28th, 2010
8:21 pm
42 to 34. That is all the matter bradley..
San Francisco Dawg
November 28th, 2010
8:22 pm
Mark Bradley, moral victories mean nothing…that’s laughable! Tech lost for the ninth time in ten tries and that is all that counts…it was a devastating loss for Tech because they should have won the game..when the game ended, Georgia had the better offense, defense and special teams…Richt won, Johnson lost…Tech fans have another year to think about the game that could have gone their way, just like so many times before…
woodie
November 28th, 2010
8:25 pm
Great article Mark. I agree with you.
Not Don Waddell
November 28th, 2010
8:25 pm
I think that Mark Bradley wrote this same article about Mark Richt after the 2001, Cocktail Party.
10 years later, the Dawgs are still waiting for the momentum to change in that series.
Gtu is to UGA as UGA is to UF. Makes no difference what kind of platitudes are thrown Paul Johnson’s way, this game is going to end the same way 8 out of 10 times.
southernfan
November 28th, 2010
8:30 pm
The only Georgia college football team worth getting giddy about is Georgia Southern-headed to the league finals. 41-16 in the playoff with their star quaterback injured and out after one quarter. Maybe they need to show UGA and Tech how the game is played. Maube mark B. can focus on their success and not the 6-6 bunch of losers.
Gotta Go
November 28th, 2010
8:34 pm
Mark
I usually agree with you but this article is a bit of a reach. We UGA fans know we had a terrible season, are disappointed in our coach, etc. However, we still beat Tech and their brilliant coach who went for it on 4th down on their first possession, passing up a sure FG. That was a critical decision that would have made the difference in their SECOND victory in the past decade. Let’s not equate the two programs. It is not close, and this opinion is supported by our continued dominance during the worst two-year span we have experienced in over 15 years.
Rich
November 28th, 2010
8:34 pm
Bradley,
Where do you come up with this inane idea that Tech fans are ‘giddy’? One email from Tax Anderson?? He doesnt speak for all Tech fans. The Tech fans I know dont feel that way at all. Yes, Georgia was the better team…because they have out recruited Tech. And that is a problem…if Paul Johnson is such a great coach – why cant he get better talent? And CPJ doesnt pay a bit of attention to defense, special teams or a passing game. He is so arrogant about his triple option offense that he ignores every other phase of the game. Yes, he beat UGAg 2 years ago….with Chan Gailey’s recruits….his own recruits are a different story. And last year, Tech was the more talented team against Georgia and lost…there are no moral victories..losing to Georgia always sucks.
From a Tech perspective, having lost 9 out of 10 to CMR, including 2 out of 3 under CPJ, Richt must be doing something right
GT man
November 28th, 2010
8:35 pm
PJ is becoming like Gailey, being intimadated by Richt. Allen is making all those yards, why at the end does Washington run the ball? Just like last seasons 4 bombs and incompletions–why? Bring Shannon from Miami to be our defensive coach.
UGA FAN
November 28th, 2010
8:37 pm
woohoo go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we win again even though we cant beat the rivals that really matter in sec play. We constantly get outcoached and outplayed by teams with half of the talent, because we bring down talent, and half of our team has an alternate uniform of a orange jumpsuit. we constantly underachieve. I guess well just get drunk again and chant 42-34 all year long while our a** is getting handed to us by AU, UF, and SC.
GO Dawgs!!!!!!
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
8:41 pm
SUCK IT, NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old AU Fan
November 28th, 2010
8:43 pm
Hey, UGA, congrats about now being bowl eligible. I just got up after reading an article about the game in the AJC, flushed and now the bowl is ready for you.
All kidding aside, I hope you beat the snot out of the smurfs next year!!!!
Techbuzzer
November 28th, 2010
8:44 pm
How the hell can you feel good about the tech team when the special teams was on life support?
Not one highschool level play on a kickoff return. I thought I was watching a first year middle school practice team.
ie”Bostic gets ball; then “Bostic runs ten feet straight into UGA defense; then Bostic is at bottom of a heap on the ground” – that scenario got real old and showed zero coaching.
Dawg Gummit
November 28th, 2010
8:46 pm
MB, why don’t you write an article about how in year 3 a program goes from ACC champs to the lofty status of 6-6. Most brilliant coaches actually improve with the program in year 3. At least the so called idiot CMR went 10-2 and the SEC title game in his third year. UGA needs to fix defense in a bad way before next year, but GT also has serious problems next year.This was two mediocre teams playimg but at least 9 out of 10, and 2 out of 3 since CPJ came to town.
Your Breath Smells like Fish Fry Tacos
November 28th, 2010
8:47 pm
Did PJ make any comments like punch a UGA fan in the face this year?
Ponte Vedra Dog
November 28th, 2010
8:49 pm
Mark, Tech fans should feel proud. Their team played hard all night and never quit, well maybe on 1 play. And yea, CPJ outcoached CMR on one play. Feeling pride for a great effort, sure, but giddy, come on. I hope not for their sake. I don’t care who UGA loses to or how they lose. I have never felt giddy in a loss. I feel sick, and yes, I’ve felt sick more times than I would like in the last two years. Great effort by Tech, but in the end the better team won.
Sautee Dawg
November 28th, 2010
8:51 pm
Gamecocks fans talking trash, Bama folks talking trash, Tech people proud they put up a good fight.
To the Gamecock fans 1 out of 4 is not very much to boast about. Auburn won this year for the 1st time against UGA in 5 years. Bama is 2 and 2 the past 4 years. Tech 1 out of the last 10..
Pretty sound coaching if you ask me Bradley.
When’s the last time you had a good article???
Who outcoached who??
Lets give them a touchdown so we can keep playing, are you serious?
Your Breath Smells like Fish Fry Tacos
November 28th, 2010
8:51 pm
Gtu fans – I understand you are projected to Shrieveport. You all are dumb as you look.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 28th, 2010
8:56 pm
I doubt many GT fans are giddy after the game – I know DAWGS were not even though we won in spite of an ugly game (was it 8 fumbles total).
GT had good efforts from their QB and RBs last night. UGA has a lot of work to do to rise above what is now a mid-level SEC team.
bitter coach donnan
November 28th, 2010
8:57 pm
sure dont miss coachin, haha, da–n what a crazt football year, fla looses 5, ga 5, texas 7, s.c. wins east with 3 conf loss’s. well murphy’s law yaaaw. so one thang did’nt change on this webb pg. so much bitc—in with bringing little to nothing to the table in the form of quality football talk. richt and bobo and gratham are our coach’s and yes they will win in the future, so hit the books loossers and start bringing some solid TAKES. P.S. mark my word 10 years probation coing fo those war eagletts, hahahahahahahahahah punks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWGADAWG
November 28th, 2010
8:58 pm
Glad you are enjoying your “victory”….that makes 9 out of 10 of those doesn’t it???? “Winners never consider a loss a victory” That goes for us too……
Dan in the keys
November 28th, 2010
9:00 pm
UGA says “we still run this state”. Let’s see. The state economy is really bad. There is a crisis of state leadership. The Dogs go 6 & 6 with really great talent. Tech has ‘dropsy”. Hmm, maybe UGA does run the State!
John Galt
November 28th, 2010
9:01 pm
I for one am not celebrating. Tech’s program is too pathetic to celebrate an 8-point victory.
Not a good game for us Dawgs.
But I still thank God that I am a Dawg, in the end.
John Galt
Terry School of Accounting 1979
gt
November 28th, 2010
9:02 pm
haha is the comment on the picture real?
Jaybo Shaw
November 28th, 2010
9:02 pm
The real winners yesterday were Florida State and Georgia Southern- both make UGA look like a freshman highschool team . I feel sorry for the people in Shreveport having to watch a second rate team play.
Sautee Dawg
November 28th, 2010
9:05 pm
Bradley you’ve bashed our coaching staff all year long. “wasn’t playing with an even amount of checkers” Tech had just as many checkers as we did.
Hell the Qb Tech put on the field did a better job that Nesbitt would have. look at last years stats. This years even had a better completion ratio.
Why with 1.30 left down by 1 point did the Great Genius Paul Johnson call 4 straight passes like he did last season after running for 400+ yards??
Who’s outcoached???
Bradley you’ve outdid yourself this time/
May want to take a look back at the score.
Paul Johnson doing the same stupid thing he did last season, asking a running QB to pass 4 straight downs, and now he’s a coaching legend. Both of them losses.
Tech fans should be real proud of these accomplishments.
Jekyll Island
November 28th, 2010
9:05 pm
(((((((((((((((((((((((((42-34))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!!!!
Ponte Vedra Dog
November 28th, 2010
9:07 pm
gt, the comment under the picture is a classic. I’m guessing he was thinking about dinner. That’s the dumbest caption I’ve seen in a long time.
alpha
November 28th, 2010
9:08 pm
You techies can rationalize the outcome of the game till next year if you like. But when all is said and done, guess what? You still lost!
Jekyll Island
November 28th, 2010
9:08 pm
Bradley, you Tech lovin’ moron! YES, CPJ IS THE GREATEST FREAKIN’ COACH IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HIS RECORD SHOWS HIS DOMINANCE OVER EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
42 – 34 = ANOTHER YEAR OF UGA DOMINATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THWGT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stachemoney22
November 28th, 2010
9:09 pm
uga had joe cox at quarterback and tech was a top ten team last season and we beat them at their place. great coaching by paul johnson. i guess paul johnson recruits great kickers and doesnt teach laces out. we had a freshman qb this year and won again. 9 of last 10. quit talking about good coaching from johnson and start talking about the dawg’s dominance.
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November 28th, 2010
9:09 pm
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November 28th, 2010
9:09 pm
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Paul's Johnson
November 28th, 2010
9:10 pm
Tech’s offense was UNSTOPPABLE…hence the reason Richt went for it on 4th down in the 4th quarter rather than taking a sure field-goal and four point lead…he knew UGA couldn’t stop GT from scoring another TD while milking the clock to zero.
So Tech gets a gift, a fumbled exchanged (let’s be honest…Tech couldn’t stop the Dawgs either), and thus a chance to march down the field and win it with a field goal.
The “genius” abandons (like last year) what had been working all night and calls a series of head-scratchers.
And like every year other year tech chokes up against UGA…they’ve given away at least five out of the last ten.
Until Tech beats UGA down…by more than 14pts…and then wins the following year…they’ll always play like the nervous younger brother.
Charles
November 28th, 2010
9:11 pm
Taking moral victories from losing to a 5-6 club. Ah, must be great to be a Jacket.
Put it this way…roles were reversed a year ago. Tech was the favorite. UGA playing without its best player…on the road. And won, taking an actual victory home. That’s the difference in the two programs. That and 22 head-to-head wins.
Jekyll Island
November 28th, 2010
9:13 pm
MB, YOU ARE SUCH A DUMB A$$! I AGREE WITH CHARLES, THE TECHIES CAN TRULY REVEL IN THEIR MORAL VICTORIES!
Larry Bowie - No. 15
November 28th, 2010
9:13 pm
I actually think it is refreshing for a coach to admit that he did not make the right call…..Richt admitted that he should have told his players to take a knee rather than scoring….does anyone think CPJ would admit that he should not have called a QB draw, then two passes on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd downs with 2:50 left in the game? He was asked about the same thing last season and would not consider the fact that he might have done something different….he obviously did not learn his lesson…….ego over humility…..but, CMR over CPJ two years in a row.
tech fan
November 28th, 2010
9:13 pm
the jackets played hard the whole game for coach johnson and they will continue to play hard for him and as far as the commit about his offense what does it have to prove not one thing they have led the nation in rushing all year and it has already won national championchips coach has nothing elese to prove so just set back enjoy the ride and lets see how it unfolds go gettem tech keep right on rolling
bigcalidawg
November 28th, 2010
9:17 pm
Seems like a few weeks ago I was chompin’ at the bit for the season to start, as I knew a loss, or two on each side would calm things down a bit between these feuding factions. (It’s probably easier for me to say this livin’ way out here and not having to face the music after a loss).
A win is a win…….hecka sloppy game, fumbles on kick returns are maddening (can we take Brandon off pr already?).
I just looked at our roster and like what I see returning next year. Even without Boykin’, Justin H., and A.J. we look like a team with a lotta youngins with playing experience.
Look at us at LB…..we are 2-3 deep at every spot. Robinson, Cornelius (those 2 monster FR OLB’s, Morant and Faloughi) the USC transfer from Carver, Chase Vasser, and Samuel.
We are loaded at DB. Commings, Rambo, Brandon Smith, Love, Derek Owens, and Ogletree.
Our “D” will be better next year…..along with the running game.
dawgmatic
November 28th, 2010
9:17 pm
go gettem tech keep right on sucking
richard
November 28th, 2010
9:17 pm
this seems to be a little blown out of proportion…when did desperation become genius? btw, I’ll take dumb winning over smart losing any day of the week. suck it nerds.
whut?
November 28th, 2010
9:20 pm
too funny. Last year we didn’t hear anything about how UGA beat the nerds with nesbitt.
Bradley is a stretch.
[[[[[[ Y a w n ]]]]]]
November 28th, 2010
9:21 pm
Georgia Bulldawgs
just not interesting discussion any longer
Best Choice
November 28th, 2010
9:24 pm
Looking at my two young kids and their possible *higher* education in the State of Georgia, I’d have to pick Georgia Tech ver University of Georgia.
Let’s see… a possibility of losing four football games during their college career in exchange for a better education, better employment, more promising future, more impressive resume, and on and on and on.
I know winning footballs games is the “be all, end all” for the small minded, but looking a the bigger picture, Georgia Tech wins every time. Hands down.
Frank Harvey
November 28th, 2010
9:25 pm
Hey Mark Bradley…..maybe you and some of the top flight journalists at the ajc should do some investigative reporting and ask Paul Johnson if he was verbally taunting the UGA players before the game and if that is what led to the ‘meeting’ before the game between the two teams at midfield…..it might not be comfortable for you to question the greatest coach in the history of college football, but it might be interesting to see what his answer is.
bk
November 28th, 2010
9:25 pm
Bradley – you are at it again – anything to stir the pot. At the beginning of the year many people had Tech ranked higher than UGA and going to win the ACC again. Since this did not happen – UGA is the superior team outcoached according to you. What about the 3 pts. left on the field early in the game by Johnson? What about Johnson being so obsessed with UGA’s run game from last year that he gave them the pass all night and did not focus on UGA’s strength – AJ Greene. The only way you survive is to stir the pot.
dawgmatic
November 28th, 2010
9:26 pm
Sending your kid to tech will also lead to the end of your bloodline (since he’ll be a virgin for life).
Reuben Houston
November 28th, 2010
9:27 pm
Best Choice…..send your kids to Tech if they is unattractive and lack social skills like most engineers….they can then climb their way to middle management.
ms. shirley
November 28th, 2010
9:28 pm
Why would you brag or feel good about any loss? Apparently, most of you bloaks haven’t competed at any serious level of sports, if you did you wouldn’t feel good about losing. Strategy? Score 35-34. Let them score to go up by 8? Score 42-34. You need a touch down (no guarantee you’ll get it) with two point conversion to TIE the game for overtime. How is that strategy? Oh yeah, there’s about 1 minute 20 seconds left and you have no time outs. Oh yeah, you are a running team with below average passing ability and a very young 2nd string QB…..typical loser mentality – grasping at straws to justify losing…Reverse the situation and if Mark Richt had implemented “let’em score strategy” and lost the game (like Paul Johnson) Richt would be called an idiot and not hailed as a genius. Sniff, sniff – smells like a double standard.
One last thing for Mark Bradley – Furman Bisher called and he needs you to change his diaper so he can get started on another article about how the Braves got screwed in the Texiera trade.
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
9:28 pm
Has tech’s head coach lost weight? His turkey flap doesn’t look as pronounced, and he’s not quite the fatty he was before his sorry team choked against the Dawgs.
richard
November 28th, 2010
9:30 pm
@ better choice. Tech is great if you want your kids to have no interpersonal skills and a limited business network. UGA grads RUN THIS STATE!!!
Top 25 Recap for Week 13
November 28th, 2010
9:31 pm
http://espn.go.com/college-football/overview
And UGA is number…
Well, ummmm, if you scroll down to right about number… uhhhh…
Okay, a little bit further… lessee… 18? no….? 19?
20?
(Gotta be here somewhere)
Okay, so not in the top 20, they must be …. 21? No? 22?
Accccccccck… don’t tell me those Dawgies are 23!!!
Oh… they’re not?
Let’s look a little lower.
(scrolling)
24????
25????
No???????????????????????????
Bueller? Bueller?
Where they heck are those Dawgies!!!!!!
Nice Try, Richard
November 28th, 2010
9:34 pm
Take off the rose-colored glasses, son. I’ve lived in this state a LONG time, and UGA hardly *runs* it. You got a couple of lawyers here and there (and we KNOW what a proud, upstanding profession THAT is), but sadly, not much else.
Better educational product definitely comes out of Georgia Tech.
No grading on the curve at Tech.
DAWG A
November 28th, 2010
9:37 pm
Georgia Fans…. this is just another bandwagon article written by a sportwriter who has seen his day!! Bradley is old news!!!!
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
9:38 pm
No grading on the curve at tech, and definitely no having sex with girls at tech.
Well....
November 28th, 2010
9:39 pm
If I were to make a judgment on the more intelligent school based on those posting on this blog, I’m afraid Bulldawgs would be the loser in that category as well.
Perhaps it’s all that abundance of testosterone (I know that’s important to you) or maybe something else that damages the braincells (alcohol?), but you Dawgs just don’t come across as very intelligent.
Sorry … that’s just the way it is.
Glory Glory?
November 28th, 2010
9:41 pm
You obviously don’t think with any organ located above your waste.
Your parents must be proud.
jeff
November 28th, 2010
9:42 pm
FunFact Bradley…9-1 vs nerds. If Techies are so giddy losing to UGA….who out smarted who. Best he could hope for is overtime and that was a long shot. Tech basically committed the cradnal sin…you NEVER give up and LET a team score….it goes against everything in playing the game….
DScottGT91
November 28th, 2010
9:43 pm
I am a Tech fan who HATES reading this kind of pablum. THERE ARE NO MORAL VICTORIES! We lost, they won…. plain and simple. I did think the final score would be worse than it was, so I was really proud of the passion and fight our guys showed. Still, I’d like our program to get to the point where we are not satisfied with “we didn’t lose as badly as we thought we would.” Let’s keep expecting improvement from our team. We at GT will always have to be satisfied with being the best institution of higher learning in our state – we won’t pass UGA as a football factory. But let’s not quit trying, and get complacent with our efforts.
rxdawg79
November 28th, 2010
9:44 pm
@Glory Glory?: Your parents would be proud if you knew the difference between “waste” and “waist.”
Whatever
November 28th, 2010
9:46 pm
Ray Goff took a very untalented team to Jax in 1993 and outcoached the Old Ball Coach to a 7 point loss. We all know how well things turned out from there. Letting a team score to give you the ball back w/ 1:30 and 8 pts. down is desperation. The percentage of making a 2 pt. conversion is low. And, that was just to tie the game.
Denver Dog
November 28th, 2010
9:46 pm
Just think what Bradley would say if he wrote about the recent elections, or the past 2 years of the economice woes we have all faced. The bottom line is that it was a risk worth taking, he took it and UGA beat him. The real queston is was that really his strategy, or was it another excuse for poor execution? If it was indeed the strategy it is no different from fouling and hoping the other team misses the free throws in basketball,or walking the big hitter to face a lesser hitter in baseball. So if Techies need to find a feel good reason to lose, let them have it. 42-34 yeah, but!
GO Anthony Allen
November 28th, 2010
9:46 pm
*** 2010 NCAA FBS Team Rushing Statistics ***
(Complete through Saturday, November 27th)
From The Sports Network
R U S H I N G O F F E N S E
Rank Team G Rsh Net Avg TD Ydspg
1. Georgia Tech 12 696 3924 5.64 30 327.00
2. Air Force 12 699 3815 5.46 40 317.92
3. Navy 11 603 3328 5.52 35 302.55
4. Nevada 12 568 3617 6.37 47 301.42
5. Oregon 11 548 3300 6.02 39 300.00
6. Auburn 12 560 3495 6.24 38 291.25
ACC RUSHING LEADERS
1. Montel Harris-BC JR 12 269 1243 4.6 8 72 103.6
2. Anthony Allen-GT SR 12 217 1225 5.6 6 48 102.1
3. Joshua Nesbitt-GT SR 9 166 737 4.4 10 71 81.9
4. Johnny White-NC SR 9 130 720 5.5 7 76 80.0
5. Damien Berry-UM SR 11 181 865 4.8 5 42 78.6
Mike Smith
November 28th, 2010
9:46 pm
As far as Johnson, I guess you take what little victories you can. Smart or not, Johnson just lost to the worst UGA team in nearly 15 years. Its bad enough UGA has a new defensive system, but they lost everyone up the middle to the NFL last year. They lost their top THREE DTs, best inside linebacker (Curran), and top safety (Jones). Any wonder why UGA cant stop the run between the tackles? They are thin as paper up the middle and green as grass…and Johnson STILL lost.
My point is, UGA will likely be better going forward (assuming no off-season incidents). A more experienced Murray and second year in a new defensive system should be better. Even though it is likely, Green and Houston might still come back as well. Tech does not appear like they can say the same. You saw the drop off this year with just Dwyer and Thomas gone. Allen and Nesbitt follow them as Seniors. That leaves Roddy Jones as the lone star left from the Gailey era. With no one coming in of the same caliber, how is Johnson going to impress anyone going forward?
How do you TRULY come away from this as a Tech fan and feel good?
rxdawg79
November 28th, 2010
9:48 pm
@DScottGT91: You and I agree regarding moral victories. I, for example, refuse to take solace in the closeness of the UF/UGA game. We lost. Again. Close doesn’t count. Any school or fanbase that takes pride in merely coming close is, IMO, doomed never to win.
wreckmaniac
November 28th, 2010
9:48 pm
PJ had better understand how he got this job to start with. He’s here to beat UGA and its not getting done. If UGA had a 9 or 10 win team this year vs Tech’s team this year I could understand a loss but not a loss to this UGA team. I don’t care if Tech looked 4th rate against Clemson and Miami ( which they did) and I don’t care if Nesbitt is unable to play. Washington played a nice game. There is no reason to lose to this UGA team.
Jeff?
November 28th, 2010
9:50 pm
You can’t possibly be as dumb as you seem.
Tech didn’t *give up* by letting a team score. Tech gave up the score to get the ball back. Duh. Were you NOT paying attention? Here’, I’ll type s….l….o….w….l….y so you can try to comprehend it this time:
Georgia had the ball
(pause — while that sinks in)
Georgia Tech had no more time outs.
(pausing again — please feel free to re-read it if you can’t make sense of it)
All Georgia had to do was take a knee two more times to run out the clock.
(Can you do the math on that one? Well, try harder)
When the clock runs out, the game is OVER.
(You DO understand the concept of “game over”, right???)
Thus (and here’s the hard part, that you don’t seem to understand): The only way Georgia Tech could get the ball back and have any chance in h*ll of winning was on a kick-off.
Was it a long shot? Of course.
Was it possible? Absolutely.
So Jeff, what Tech did was REFUSE to give up. Giving up would have been to tackle Ealey and watch the seconds tick off the clock.
Get it now?
Good. This has been a public service for the clueless. You’ll not be charged for this lesson.
Rob
November 28th, 2010
9:51 pm
Paul Johnson-if anyone thought he could let Georgia score and then expect his team and QB to orchestrate a Joe Montana type drive and then go for two to tie. How dumb is Paul Johnson and MB for thinking that his non passing offense could do that?
@ Rob
November 28th, 2010
9:54 pm
So your answer would be to just give up an not try?
A snowball’s chance in Hades is better than no snowball at all.
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
9:55 pm
SUCK IT, NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is for Rob:
November 28th, 2010
9:56 pm
I guess you’re so much brighter than the sports analysts, commentators and even Coach Richt who called it a good strategy.
Wow — you’re brilliant, indeed!!!
Ummm.... Glory?
November 28th, 2010
9:58 pm
You really DO need a girlfriend, son.
Or… perhaps a boyfriend?
Sheesh… you’re desperate.
athens dog fan
November 28th, 2010
9:58 pm
I’m remembering a bowl game two years ago, Tech had run over basically everyone they played all year. Defense had let them down, but the offense was able to run on anybody. The bowl game rolls around and CPJ comes out throwing the ball, abandoned what had gotten them there, and was summarily destroyed…don’t tell me about how ’smart’ coach Johnson is. He did what any many coaches have done, remember the Green Bay-Denver Super Bowl? Didn’t workout for Green Bay, and it didn’t work out for Yech.
I don’t know how many coaches would have had the presence of mind to remind their offense ‘not to score’ if given the opportunity. Not many, I’d imagine. Let’s say I’m wrong, let’s say every other coach in the history of football would have had the talk with their offense and told them not to put points on the board, the object is to win. We Won.
Friggin’ Idiots.
Glory Glory
November 28th, 2010
10:01 pm
No thanks, you’ll have to find someone else to end your decades of virginity. Don’t worry, you’ll find a nice man one day. Maybe at a tech football game, if anyone actually attended those.
lol @ Glory
November 28th, 2010
10:05 pm
You must be about… what? 12? Maybe 13, tops?
Mommy will be taking the computer off shortly.
Bedtime and you have school tomorrow.
(Nightie Night)
yep, athens dog fan
November 28th, 2010
10:07 pm
you won
(for what it’s worth)
[[[ yawn ]]]
lol @ Glory
November 28th, 2010
10:08 pm
You must be like what….? 12? 13, tops?
Mommy will be turning off the computer soon.
Bedtime. You have school tomorrow.
Nightie Night.
Gator
November 28th, 2010
10:18 pm
fun fact 18 out of 21
Hollywood
November 28th, 2010
10:20 pm
Give me a “ugly” win versus a “pretty” loss any day! GO DAWGS!
P. Bull Terrier
November 28th, 2010
10:22 pm
The only thing more pathetic than some of the UGA fans on here acting like the Dawgs accomplished something special in beating a bad Ga Tech team is the multitude Ga Tech fans on here acting like the Jackets accomplished something by LOSING to a bad UGA team.
I don’t know why it comes as a surprise to anyone that UGA made a weaker team look better than they really are. That’s been the story of UGA’s season. The talent looks great on paper, but on the field they rarely play as well as they should for all four quarters. That’s a problem that Richt is going to have to fix next year, because unlike Paul Johnson, Richt isn’t going to get any praise for playing close games against mediocre teams.
InsectInside
November 28th, 2010
10:24 pm
Dawggirl: Thanks for your well-wishes, but he didn’t just out-smart your coaching staff, he outsmarted everyone in that stadium. Some of whom still don’t get it.
Coach Scroach
November 28th, 2010
10:29 pm
What can I say? Who won the game? Yep, Johnson had a slick move, but it didn’t help. Nesbitt can’t pass any better than his freshman replacement, who, by the way, runs the ball about as well or better than Nesbitt. Losers always find excuses about what “might have been” – next year it won’t be close…UGA will kick more booty.
Georgia and Oregon
November 28th, 2010
10:30 pm
sorry tech fans you can continue to talk about academics but UGA continues to catch y’all and auburns offense is from Georgia remember that cam newton is from Georgia but Carolina will not beat Georgia next year they lose everything but Lattimore Auburn loses to Carolina in the sec championship and Oregon wins the national championship keep Grantham and d coaches fire the offensive and Richt and hire Chip Kelly he seems to have it together
ben
November 28th, 2010
10:31 pm
“Tonight you saw a great football coach take a group that has little talent and keep them in a game where they were clearly overmatched.”
Clearly overmatched? Get real Techies. GT was playing an irrelevant 5-6 UGA team.
I have spoken
November 28th, 2010
10:32 pm
The Yellow jackets truly are a Rambling Wreck!
Erk
November 28th, 2010
10:32 pm
Mark, is any loss to a 5-6 team canny?
gcs
November 28th, 2010
10:40 pm
Georgia Tech leads the nation in Moral Victories.
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Clete Cole
November 28th, 2010
10:45 pm
This Last time a UGA coach worked a game that good ?(question posed by Mark Bradley above)
Well Mark , dont you and the tech folks have a very short memory?? It was last year, 2009 when A supposedly highly Talented Tech team headed to play in the ACC Championship Game had the the ball run right down their throats ane werew defeated by underdog UGA, the 6th best ream in the SEC at that point : )
LOVETHASEC
November 28th, 2010
10:45 pm
NERDS NERDS NERDS? Boy you must have alot of spare time on your hands. O.K. Lets make the bulldog nation happy. UGA is the greatest university on the planet. They have the greatest and best macho looking coach in the land. They ALWAYS get the most promising and best recruits. Their campus is the most beautiful in the land. Their coeds are the most gorgeous. (even the fat ones). If their coach can’t walk on water they will fire him. The only reason they may lose a game is because the refs. are against them. If a sports reporter prints a negative comment about UGA hes a Tech guy. Or Auburn guy, Bama guy Fla. guy or anybodys guy but a true bulldog worshiper. Come over to Athens and wear red and black and come to the dog walk and when the team passes by, FALL ON YOUR KNEES. Never mention players arrests or how much jail time they may have. And ALWAYS YELL “WE LOVE OUR JAWJA BULLDOGS”.
macrotech
November 28th, 2010
10:50 pm
I hate that we lost that game, but it was a GREAT game to attend! I don’t know of a SINGLE Tech fan that is ‘giddy’ about it, though. I am encouraged to see Washington getting better at his decision making…STILL a long way to go before he has it down like Nesbitt. STILL waiting to see Hill get confident catching the ball, though he’s looked better the past two games. I don’t believe, for a second, that uga had the better team out there. They capitalized on our mistakes for three scores and we didn’t capitalize on any of theirs. I congratulate them on their win….AGAIN! It was a great game played by two mediocre teams…what else is there to say? I did get to meet Vince Dooley…he was kind enough to take a pic with me and sign a book for me…EVEN though I was wearing my Tech gear. What can I say? He’s a legend! GO TECH!!!
P.S. Vince Dooley wrote in the corner of my book, “Go Jackets”…the man is a kind and noble man!
Clete Cole
November 28th, 2010
10:53 pm
fun fact last 10 years UGA 9-1 vs. tech. SUCK IT NERDS!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!
Mark, go to Basketball ......
November 28th, 2010
10:57 pm
…..because you have demonstrated once again that you know absolutely nothing about football. By using your logic (and your giddy Tech fans and senile Taz Anderson’s logic) Mark Richt is a better coach than Urban Meyer because Rambo tried a scoop and score instead of falling on the ball which led to a close fl win. Richt is 2-8 against fl and I guess by your standards he outcoached CUM 8 times, but lost. This is a pathetic article!!!
If Smug Johnson is so great, how can his team run 92 plays, gain 500 yards of offense and still lose the game? This offense is suited for nerds who like stats. As I said last year, winning the ACC is like winning the tallest midget contest.
Call Kevin Butler and ask him how smart he thinks Johnson is for telling his players “to quit” .
When does KY basketball come to town? Maybe you will write a decent column then!!!!!
Dr.Brown
November 28th, 2010
11:09 pm
December 8th, 2010….
‘Mark. MARK!! Get in the Delorian. We need to go back and change what you wrote about concerning the Georgia/Georgia Tech game!’
‘Why…did Georgia Tech actually win?’
‘No…your subsequent articles make you look like an A$$hole….’
Lee
November 28th, 2010
11:13 pm
Oh good grief. Johnson has been running this offense for what, 30 years? He racks up a bunch of yards against a first year defensive coordinator who has probably never schemed against the triple option before.
That is the distinct advantage CPJ has with this offense. Not many DC’s have experience defending it and CPJ has enough experience to counter any move that a DC can throw at him.
The disadvantage is that you will never get a “NFL style” QB to come to Tech to run it. Then, when you get in those 3rd and 20 situations, or you have to drive 80 yards with two minutes left in the game, you are at a disadvantage when you cannot throw the ball effectively.
When DC’s have ample time to prepare, the novelty of this offense wears thin very quickly. CPJ has lost both bowl games while at Tech. Overall, his postseason record is 4-7. There is a reason for that.
A She She
November 28th, 2010
11:22 pm
Did anyone catch the announcers last night making fun of the fact the nerds only had 42k for their home game previous week? Good thing Aaron Murray and a few UGA fans went to “check out” the game. If they had not attended free programs and 4 cokes would have been left over till next year
aladawg
November 28th, 2010
11:38 pm
College Football in the state of Georgia, yes, we were down this year but talk about the state of Alabama buster I live in Muscle Shoals, AL and this state is so screwed up with inbred people it is funny. Take Auburn and Alabama out and the state of Alabama has nothing and I mean nothing except for Gulf Shores. I listen to Paul Pinebum every day just to laugh my a– off at the inbred folks that call in. Say what you want but the fact is that Alabama has and is nothing.
LA-DAWG
November 28th, 2010
11:39 pm
Mark….can’t you get it…..Final Score, 42-34. No matter how you played, lf you lose, you lose.
Chuck Uga
November 28th, 2010
11:48 pm
Ga Tech will beat Georgia in 2011, Mark Richt’s final game as coach in Athens. His steadfast refusal to make changes on his staff and within his program has sealed his fate. The unbelievably short-sighted statement today is basically a delivery of the box of nails to seal his coffin. I guess he thinks 8-4 in 2011 will get him to 2012. Sorry Mark, that ain’t gonna get it in Athens. Mr. McGarity has already been told what he must do if HE wants to stay on as AD.
hotdawg
November 28th, 2010
11:59 pm
To the question pertaining to the last time a UGA coach coached as well as Paul Johnson did against the bulldogs, I’d say the Tennessee game earlier this year for sure and–since Tech’s ‘brilliant’ ploy that left them losing by 8 points instead of one is a new paradigm for excellence–maybe thenAuburn game two weeks ago. In any case, the AJC continues its pathetically transparent effort to paint Tech’s disappointing year as being a gallant struggle of the oppressed against the mighty whereas Georgia’s comparatively good season (same record against better opposition and a head-to-head win) continues to be critically reviewed. The ever-bumbling Richt’s record against Tech: 10 wins, one loss. The brilliant Johnson’s record vs. Georgia: can it be 1-2 (67% losses)?!
Coastal D
November 29th, 2010
12:02 am
Mark,
Interesting spin you place on the game. After reading your article I had to go back and make sure we won the game I attended last night.
Give credit to Tech’s O line and RB Allen. They did a great job of blowing us off the line and Allen would get 4 yards just by twisting and falling.
Our Defense is a couple of players away. The effort of the players was great and ultimately the reason we won. They refused to give when their backs were against the wall. I am extremely proud of the players, but feel the coaches need to do a better job of recognizing our shortfalls on defense and correct them.
Tech could not stop AJ, Durham, Charles, Figgins, and Murray, but our offensive coaches can and did. We ran 1st and 2nd down in a crucial series into the middle of the line where we had made nothing and then did it again later. Why? The passing game was going.
Finally, we ran outside and it worked. It’s been there all year but we have refused to run it. Not only occasionally changing from run to pass mixes it up, but running in a different pattern does it also. We have speed to run around the corner but never use it until late last night.
When something is working ride it until they prove they can stop it. Tech sure rode the dive to Allen.
As far as outsmarting us…Richt was just being diplomatic and not putting down Johnson. Genius had used his timeouts and you are trying to convince me he was going down the field in a minute and going to score a 2 pt conversion. How was he going to do this…on the ground with no timeouts or with the worst passing game in the NCAA?
C’mon Mark, you are smarter than that. You are just trying to stir the pot and make Tech fans feel better about their situation. If they left the game feeling good, then so much for the myth of their intelligence.
9 of 10. Go Dawgs!
Coastal D
November 29th, 2010
12:05 am
Enter your comments here
huh?
November 29th, 2010
12:13 am
So I guess Kansas coach Turner Gill is more clever and smarter than CPJ since the checkers were equal?
SoCal Dawg
November 29th, 2010
12:16 am
macrotech- “I don’t believe, for a second, that uga had the better team out there. They capitalized on our mistakes for three scores and we didn’t capitalize on any of theirs.” Isn’t that pretty much the definition of the better team? Funny.
huh?
November 29th, 2010
12:20 am
Wait a minute? Tech was ranked #15 and had a heisman hopeful QB going against a pitiful Kansas team who ended up 3-9. Surely the all knowing brainiac CPJ didn’t get out coached by Gill?
Disappointed the AJC won't show my comments
November 29th, 2010
12:29 am
Mark,
Interesting spin you place on the game After reading the article I had to go back and make sure we won the game I attended last night.
Give credit to Tech’s O line and RB Allen. They did a great job of blowing us off the line and Allen would get 4 yards just by twisting and falling.
Our Defense is a couple of players away. The efforts of the players was great and ultimately was the reason we prevailed. They refused to give when their backs were against the wall. I am extremely proud of the players but the coaches must do a better job of recognizing our shortfalls and correcting them.
Tech could not stop AJ, Durham, Charles, Figgins, and Murray, but our offensive coaches could and did. In crucial situations we ran 1st and 2nd downs into the middle of the line where we had made nothing. The passing game was going. Is that arrogance or ignorance?
Finally we ran outside and it worked. It’s been there all year but we have refused to run it. Not only mixing run and pass changes it up but different types of runs does it also. We have the speed to run outside but never used it until late last night.
When something is working ride it until they prove they can stop it. Tech sure rode the dive to Allen.
As far as outsmarting us…Richt was just being diplomatic and not putting down Johnson. He was probably thinking what an idiot. Genius had just used his timeouts and you are going to tell us he was going down the field in a minute on the ground with no timeouts AND get the 2 pt conversion…or he was going to use the nation’s worst passing offense to go the distance?
C’mon Mark, you are smarter than that. You are just trying to stir the pot or make Tech fans feel better about their situation. If they left the game feeling good about that aspect, then so much for the myth of their intelligence.
Oh, and BTW, why would a highly ranked receiver such as Stephen Hill or current recruits consider playing in that offense where the best they get to do is run the every 3rd play in to the QB and get 1-2 pass attempts per game?
9 of 10….Go Dawgs!
Reuben Houston
November 29th, 2010
12:29 am
16 out of 20…..9 out of 10…..2 out of 3 (CMR over CPJ)…..Saint Simons where are you????
Why won't the AJC let me comment?
November 29th, 2010
12:30 am
Mark,
Interesting spin you place on the game After reading the article I had to go back and make sure we won the game I attended last night.
Give credit to Tech’s O line and RB Allen. They did a great job of blowing us off the line and Allen would get 4 yards just by twisting and falling.
Our Defense is a couple of players away. The efforts of the players was great and ultimately was the reason we prevailed. They refused to give when their backs were against the wall. I am extremely proud of the players but the coaches must do a better job of recognizing our shortfalls and correcting them.
Tech could not stop AJ, Durham, Charles, Figgins, and Murray, but our offensive coaches could and did. In crucial situations we ran 1st and 2nd downs into the middle of the line where we had made nothing. The passing game was going. Is that arrogance or ignorance?
Finally we ran outside and it worked. It’s been there all year but we have refused to run it. Not only mixing run and pass changes it up but different types of runs does it also. We have the speed to run outside but never used it until late last night.
When something is working ride it until they prove they can stop it. Tech sure rode the dive to Allen.
As far as outsmarting us…Richt was just being diplomatic and not putting down Johnson. He was probably thinking what an idiot. Genius had just used his timeouts and you are going to tell us he was going down the field in a minute on the ground with no timeouts AND get the 2 pt conversion…or he was going to use the nation’s worst passing offense to go the distance?
C’mon Mark, you are smarter than that. You are just trying to stir the pot or make Tech fans feel better about their situation. If they left the game feeling good about that aspect, then so much for the myth of their intelligence.
Oh, and BTW, why would a highly ranked receiver such as Stephen Hill or current recruits consider playing in that offense where the best they get to do is run the every 3rd play in to the QB and get 1-2 pass attempts per game?
9 of 10….Go Dawgs!
Just saying...
November 29th, 2010
12:32 am
Mark,
Interesting spin you place on the game After reading the article I had to go back and make sure we won the game I attended last night.
Give credit to Tech’s O line and RB Allen. They did a great job of blowing us off the line and Allen would get 4 yards just by twisting and falling.
Our Defense is a couple of players away. The efforts of the players was great and ultimately was the reason we prevailed. They refused to give when their backs were against the wall. I am extremely proud of the players but the coaches must do a better job of recognizing our shortfalls and correcting them.
Tech could not stop AJ, Durham, Charles, Figgins, and Murray, but our offensive coaches could and did. In crucial situations we ran 1st and 2nd downs into the middle of the line where we had made nothing. The passing game was going. Is that arrogance or ignorance?
Finally we ran outside and it worked. It’s been there all year but we have refused to run it. Not only mixing run and pass changes it up but different types of runs does it also. We have the speed to run outside but never used it until late last night.
When something is working ride it until they prove they can stop it. Tech sure rode the dive to Allen.
As far as outsmarting us…Richt was just being diplomatic and not putting down Johnson. He was probably thinking what an idiot. Genius had just used his timeouts and you are going to tell us he was going down the field in a minute on the ground with no timeouts AND get the 2 pt conversion…or he was going to use the nation’s worst passing offense to go the distance?
C’mon Mark, you are smarter than that. You are just trying to stir the pot or make Tech fans feel better about their situation. If they left the game feeling good about that aspect, then so much for the myth of their intelligence.
Oh, and BTW, why would a highly ranked receiver such as Stephen Hill or current recruits consider playing in that offense where the best they get to do is run the every 3rd play in to the QB and get 1-2 pass attempts per game?
9 of 10….Go Dawgs!
Coastal D
November 29th, 2010
12:33 am
Mark,
Interesting spin you place on the game After reading the article I had to go back and make sure we won the game I attended last night.
Give credit to Tech’s O line and RB Allen. They did a great job of blowing us off the line and Allen would get 4 yards just by twisting and falling.
Our Defense is a couple of players away. The efforts of the players was great and ultimately was the reason we prevailed. They refused to give when their backs were against the wall. I am extremely proud of the players but the coaches must do a better job of recognizing our shortfalls and correcting them.
Tech could not stop AJ, Durham, Charles, Figgins, and Murray, but our offensive coaches could and did. In crucial situations we ran 1st and 2nd downs into the middle of the line where we had made nothing. The passing game was going. Is that arrogance or ignorance?
Finally we ran outside and it worked. It’s been there all year but we have refused to run it. Not only mixing run and pass changes it up but different types of runs does it also. We have the speed to run outside but never used it until late last night.
When something is working ride it until they prove they can stop it. Tech sure rode the dive to Allen.
As far as outsmarting us…Richt was just being diplomatic and not putting down Johnson. He was probably thinking what an idiot. Genius had just used his timeouts and you are going to tell us he was going down the field in a minute on the ground with no timeouts AND get the 2 pt conversion…or he was going to use the nation’s worst passing offense to go the distance?
C’mon Mark, you are smarter than that. You are just trying to stir the pot or make Tech fans feel better about their situation. If they left the game feeling good about that aspect, then so much for the myth of their intelligence.
Oh, and BTW, why would a highly ranked receiver such as Stephen Hill or current recruits consider playing in that offense where the best they get to do is run the every 3rd play in to the QB and get 1-2 pass attempts per game?
9 of 10….Go Dawgs!
Coastal Dawg
November 29th, 2010
12:34 am
Mark,
Interesting spin you place on the game After reading the article I had to go back and make sure we won the game I attended last night.
Give credit to Tech’s O line and RB Allen. They did a great job of blowing us off the line and Allen would get 4 yards just by twisting and falling.
Our Defense is a couple of players away. The efforts of the players was great and ultimately was the reason we prevailed. They refused to give when their backs were against the wall. I am extremely proud of the players but the coaches must do a better job of recognizing our shortfalls and correcting them.
Tech could not stop AJ, Durham, Charles, Figgins, and Murray, but our offensive coaches could and did. In crucial situations we ran 1st and 2nd downs into the middle of the line where we had made nothing. The passing game was going. Is that arrogance or ignorance?
Finally we ran outside and it worked. It’s been there all year but we have refused to run it. Not only mixing run and pass changes it up but different types of runs does it also. We have the speed to run outside but never used it until late last night.
When something is working ride it until they prove they can stop it. Tech sure rode the dive to Allen.
As far as outsmarting us…Richt was just being diplomatic and not putting down Johnson. He was probably thinking what an idiot. Genius had just used his timeouts and you are going to tell us he was going down the field in a minute on the ground with no timeouts AND get the 2 pt conversion…or he was going to use the nation’s worst passing offense to go the distance?
C’mon Mark, you are smarter than that. You are just trying to stir the pot or make Tech fans feel better about their situation. If they left the game feeling good about that aspect, then so much for the myth of their intelligence.
Oh, and BTW, why would a highly ranked receiver such as Stephen Hill or current recruits consider playing in that offense where the best they get to do is run the every 3rd play in to the QB and get 1-2 pass attempts per game?
9 of 10….Go Dawgs!
Just saying...
November 29th, 2010
12:37 am
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Grantham's Salary
November 29th, 2010
1:34 am
$750,0000—–and grantham will want a big bonus and raise! He knows his stuff!
Wrecks.NEffect
November 29th, 2010
1:38 am
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Just saying...
November 29th, 2010
1:48 am
why can’t I post a comment other than this one?
Jeff
November 29th, 2010
1:59 am
Mark, ordinarily I love your stuff, but you’re in left field here.
The bottom line is to WIN. I don’t care how, or by what style, or by how many points… it’s to WIN. Did Florida kinda outplay and outcoach UGA in 1980? Absolutely. Who won? Did Kentucky outcoach and outplay LSU in 2002? Yep, but know what? LSU won. Did Georgia outplay and outcoach Tech in 1999? You bet, but Tech got the win (stole it, actually….) And did Auburn outplay Georgia in 2002? You could say, but David Greene helped get Georgia the win and the SEC title.
So don’t give me any crap about “honor in losing, Johnson snookered UGA, etc. etc. etc.” The bottom line is he TRIED to pull some trick to get Tech to somehow tie or win the game… BUT IT DIDN’T WORK. Georgia’s defense slammed the door on Tech’s last two drives… end of story, goodnight, thanks for playing.
This is typical loser mentality… a “moral victory.” The fact is, Mr. Bradley, Georgia won the game and has dominated Tech for a decade… and however you slice it, Tech has to stew on this loss for 365 more days. So don’t give me any garbage about an “honorable loss”…. Johnson tried something cute but it didn’t work, so maybe he should go recruit better or coach better and WIN a game against Georgia next year!!!
Average Dawgs
November 29th, 2010
4:25 am
Mark Richt is an absolute moron. A – you’ve GOT to kick the field goal on fourth down. A no-brainer for any coach at any level. He blew it.
Even bigger – all you have to do is TAKE A KNEE. Game over. Instead he directs his team to run a play, score the touchdown, and ensure that his defense has to step on the field with every opportunity to lose when all they had to do was TAKE A KNEE and win.
OK. Georgia won. But only because they got lucky on both the above calls. They pay this guy big bucks to blow OBVIOUS calls like getting in the victory formation and taking a knee when you HAVE THE LEAD and your opponent only has 1 timeout with a little over a minute left? Those are the calls that make you a national champ or a perennial mediocre team that will top out at 9-3 and occassionally 10-2. mixed in with your 6-6 and 7-5 years, or, exactly what Georgia has accomplished under Richt. Good, yes. But Georgia will never achieve a national championship under Richt.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a coach dumb enough to not do the basic math and run out the clock when he can! Overpaid is an understatement. Look what Petrino has done in Arkansas, Spurrier has done in South Carolina and Saban has done in Alabama…in just 2-3 years. Richt is several years on in Georgia and he has already been outdone by those guys.
Dawgjob
November 29th, 2010
4:30 am
Tech finishes at 6-6. Georgia finishes exactly the same, 6-6. No one wins anything. They both suck.
But dang did Tech’s offense literally run all over our Georgia boys. Seems like every play they were knocking ‘em on their butts and picking up another 8-12 yards. Whoooooo-weee they flattened our boys.
HATinGA
November 29th, 2010
4:45 am
For this year the ATLANTA FALCONS runthis state!!!
MM
November 29th, 2010
5:27 am
Didn’t then-AD Uncle Vince get rid of Hugh Durham (the best basketball coach Georgia ever had) a few years back for not showing “significant improvement” ? He took a doormat program to the Final Four; an outstanding job.. They’ve generally been dismal since. Of course, no one seems to care about basketball around here. Just think what the crowd would be saying about Coach Richt had he lost to Tech, which he came close to doing. Mark dodged a bullet. What we need now is : significant improvement !
What a Joke
November 29th, 2010
6:07 am
Worst post ever Mark. Tech can “feel pretty good” about losing to Georgia all year long. We’ll feel great about having actually won the freaking game. So-called moral victory vs. actual victory? Hmm, we’ll take the actual victory, thank you. 9 out of 10 actual victories, in fact.
Richt is soft and can’t control his team, and I agree with those who say that 2011 should be his put-up-big-or-begone year, but for the next 363 days he gets to live with an actual victory, not some woulda-coulda-shoulda B.S.
Your Facebook Friend
November 29th, 2010
6:47 am
Moral victories are more important than the actual score. LOL. Nice try NERDS.
Florida Dawg
November 29th, 2010
6:59 am
Only thing I saw that was a telling sign was AJ Green running out of bounds 3 yards short of a first down, as you said Mark. He’s gone.
I watched the game in a sports bar and could not hear the announcers but I would think they would have commented on such a lame finish to a play.
411 Yards Rushing
November 29th, 2010
7:04 am
WHO runs this state?
A Green
November 29th, 2010
7:08 am
Yes, I am waaaay over rated and over hyped….Not only did I run out of bounds without getting a first down, I have NO idea what “yards after catch” means; I’m either sitting down, falling down, or upside down.
My little beanpole body will get killed in the Pros, I’ll have to get a good signing bonus, because once they find out that I’m a fraud, Illl be done.
Tech 76
November 29th, 2010
7:09 am
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Larry
November 29th, 2010
7:10 am
This team (Dawgs) stinks. Something has to be done now,immediately, today. But, it won’t be; it’s like hoping Congress will get its act together. Not going to happen. The Dawgs are down for the count.
Jacketman
November 29th, 2010
7:11 am
Good article, Mark. CPJ can outcoach Richt any day of the week. After all, they’re not really known for their brains over there.
CentralFLDawg
November 29th, 2010
7:14 am
An analogy: The Japanese outsmarted us by not sending up interseptors to shoot down the B-29s carrying the atomic bombs. They didn’t want to give away the strength of their air defense system.
Your Facebook Friend
November 29th, 2010
7:18 am
I think you all NERDS are so mad you are not making any sense. Check the score board dummies.
Jupiter
November 29th, 2010
7:23 am
I can’t wait for another 6-6 season, or worse for UGA next year. HAHAHAHA!! You guys are gonna SUCK! No AJ, Durham, Houston, etc… If it wasn’t for the weak schedule I would keep my stance but since it’s weak I’ll say 7-5. Good Luck Rug Humpers!!!
THIRTY FOUR POINTS to your thirty one points
November 29th, 2010
7:25 am
don’t forget…
((((((((((((((((((((((34-31))))))))))))))))
8 of 10
18 out of 21…
and we had an off year.
Larry
November 29th, 2010
7:29 am
Tech will probably order rings again this year about how they outsmarted Georgia !!!
NoLion
November 29th, 2010
7:32 am
To College Football in the State of Georgia….If you don’t like it here you can always move back and work,(or dont) you minimum wage job in alabama…. and take your 1st cousin wife with you…
11 Arrests 6 Wins
November 29th, 2010
7:33 am
Larry
Tech outsmarts GA every year.
W Ealey
November 29th, 2010
7:35 am
Did we win? I lost count when it got over 14….I only made 650 on the SAT…see what Im sayin.
cam is a $ham
November 29th, 2010
7:37 am
hey- this blog created over 500 hits, so Bradley got his mission accomplished.
paulsjohnson
November 29th, 2010
7:40 am
Yes Bradley does like my johnson, he sucking it so hard right now it’s almost an inch long. Genius I is, lost again.
T Grantham
November 29th, 2010
7:40 am
Me and my $750K did a helluva job stopping that option, huh? Why, hell, I gave myself a choke-hold.
paulsjohnson
November 29th, 2010
7:40 am
Tech fans are only good at beating their meat, it’s the only sex they ever get.
paulsjohnson
November 29th, 2010
7:42 am
We can see how much it hurts you techies, that’s what makes it so much fun. I can even imagine a few hopefully killing themselves, that would be funny.
Atticus
November 29th, 2010
7:42 am
Paul Johnson is 6-6 in a BAD ACC. Paul Johnson doesn’t recruit hard and doesn’t commit to defense because of his ego. Being smarter than Mark Richt isn’t saying much, Georgia is pathetic. Come on, can’t you write something better than this Mark?
VarsityJacket
November 29th, 2010
7:44 am
HEY MARK; is this the same genious coach that lost to 5 unranked teams this year. He needs to be fired.
Hal
November 29th, 2010
7:45 am
Mark can you explain to the folks why the ESPN broadcast team kept on saying winning rivalry games is big for recruting. Tech won the the National championship in ‘90. It didn’t help its recruting, They beat Georgia two years ago that didn’t help. Last year they won the ACC. No luck there either. Yet year after year evey other school in the area signs 5 star players. There seems to be a disconnect between brain power and physical prowness. Can’t these kids see if Tech had any type of defense they could be in the top 5 every year.
Dawg 1
November 29th, 2010
7:46 am
Mark. Congratulations, almost 500 respones and no telling how many hits. You guys hit a hot buttom everytime you run the ‘how smart’ CPJ is. His team was 6-6 with a very weak schedule. Next year will begin to tell us what Georgia Tech really has in a coach and program. What happened on Saturday night wasn’t anything special. It was less about a ’smart’ move by CPJ and a dumb move by Richt. His team should have been in the ‘V’ formation, knee down two more times, shake hands and watch the Tech players go home with another loss for CPJ, who is 1-2 verses Georgia. Oh wait, that happened anyay didn’t it.
11 Arrests 6 Wins
November 29th, 2010
7:51 am
paulsjohnson
November 29th, 2010
7:40 am
Tech fans are only good at beating their meat,
And GA fans beat other people’s.
OkefenokeeDawg
November 29th, 2010
7:58 am
“Tonight you saw a great football coach take a group that has little talent and keep them in a game where they were clearly overmatched.”
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The Techie is right, Mark, but the same thing could be said of Myer, Mullen, and Hawkins this season vs UGA.
Coach Richt has allowed coaches with lessor talented teams to beat his UGA teams since ‘02, when he allowed UF’s Zook to kill UGA’s chance at the Big Game.
OkefenokeeDawg
November 29th, 2010
8:01 am
“Tonight you saw a great football coach take a group that has little talent and keep them in a game where they were clearly overmatched.”
The Techie is right about that, but the same thing could be said about Hawkins, Myer, and Mullen this season vs UGA.
Coach Richt has allowed coaches of lessor talented teams to beat UGA since ‘02, when UF’s Zook killed the Dawgs’ chance at the Big Game.
Big Dawg Daddy
November 29th, 2010
8:12 am
Keep Richt, fire Bradley
DawginLex
November 29th, 2010
8:13 am
I said 43-41 Tech and everyone laughed.
I tried to tell everyone we couldn’t stop them.
Our coaching staff should be fired for falling for that trick at the end of the game.
Anybody really feel good about that win??
I don’t.
jdawg
November 29th, 2010
8:15 am
If Paul Johnson so much outcoached UGA then why did he lose to the worst UGA team in 20 years? If Paul Johnson so much outcoached UGA then why did he have to tell his team to quit playing the game and let UGA score? If he outcoached UGA then UGA should not have had the ball back with 1:30 left in the game…if he so outcoached UGA then he would not have gone 4 and out on the series prior to that…Anyone who knows anything about football who watched this game could see two basically equally matched teams. True UGA had more talent in some areas, but Tech had more in others…from little league to NFL turnovers makes such an impact on a game and in this game UGA capitalized on turnovers and GT did not. Two years ago when Tech won it was the other way around.
Falcsfan10
November 29th, 2010
8:16 am
So Johnson allowing Ealey to score was outcoaching Richt ? What about getting his defense to cover Charles,Durham,and A.J. ? I guess that was Richt outcoaching Johnson there. Everybody in the stadium knew what Tech was doing letting UGA score. Its been done a lot of times before. Paul Johnson didn’t come up with that tactic, he just used it because it was his only chance.
gt45
November 29th, 2010
8:18 am
I truely expected Ga to win by 21, so I can’t help to be proud of our team. Especially, knowing we would have won, except for the turnovers in the red zone! I honestly can’t believe Ga fans are beating their chests right now. The best they would be in the ACC is 4 and 4!
paul01
November 29th, 2010
8:19 am
Is Alabama so great? How many World Series, Olympic Games, teams in the Super Bowl, Masters Golf tournaments and/or professional teams have they ever had? If an SEC championship were held in AL, there is not a stadium in the state meeting the requirements. Keep your two diversions AU and AL. We in GA have other activities to follow. And, btw Tech and UGA will be back on top soon. What then will you say?
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
8:20 am
Bull Crap to this article and GT fans then. I am GT and I am not at all happy. No moral victories. It is this silly attitude that allows for us to continually lose the game. To me, our team should have 1 goal – beat UGA. I could care less about meaningless bowl games. And winning the ACC last year was also meaningless sandwiched in between losses to UGA and a humiliating one to Iowa. Get real GT fans! Demand better. We lost the game!!!!
DYNAMICBIGBOY
November 29th, 2010
8:21 am
Johnson’s team is headed south. His recruiting has been very poor and with losing Allen they have no big back for the next year. Tevin Washington is not going to win the bumblebees any games and the defense shows no improvement at all.
Falcsfan10
November 29th, 2010
8:21 am
Grantham’s defense couldn’t stop Tech’s option at all. Its hard to believe a coach can get paid $750 g’s to allow 400 yards rushing and 34 points. I could have allowed the same poor defense for $50 g’s…
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
8:21 am
And what coach in the world allows the other team to score!? That is just asinine!!
Shug
November 29th, 2010
8:22 am
What honor in defeat? Why is Tech seemingly pleased with always playing the part of the spunky underdog? Tech could have won the game. Perhaps it should have won the game. Instead it got beat, again. Good teams and good coaches win games against mediocre opponents. Tech didn’t.
hotbobby
November 29th, 2010
8:22 am
This is what I was afraid of. Just like last year. We beat Tech, and it gives Richt a free pass for another year. You people kill me. We got dam lucky to have won, and you folks are just as blind as ever. What will our record be next year, when we lose so many players? Mark Bradley is right on. They kicked our A– with lesser talent that was COACHED up!
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
8:23 am
g45, you are the problem at GT. Cheer for another school. You are proud of us losing 9 times out of the last 10!? get real!!!
Falcsfan10
November 29th, 2010
8:24 am
UGA-Yawn dummazz, losing by 8 with the ball trying to tie the game is better than losing by 1 and watching UGA run out the clock…
high school offense
November 29th, 2010
8:25 am
Didn’t UGA stop Tech on their last two possessions…when it mattered most? Where was the genius of CPJ then.
Coach Richt always get out coached…nothing new there.
Darren
November 29th, 2010
8:26 am
Opening 4th down call by Tech will haunt Johnson. If he kicks the field goal, Tech wins. Richt used his aggression to beat Johnson again.
Perry
November 29th, 2010
8:28 am
If Johnson doesn’t call that pitch that got scooped and scored, to Justin Houston’s side, Tech wins. Great move by Georgia moving Houston around to outfox Johnson.
Falcsfan10
November 29th, 2010
8:28 am
Saying Tech fans are giddy after losing is like saying the groom looked nice in his tuxedo while walking out on the bride at the wedding. Mark, you are trying to bring out the positive in a total negative result…
Felix Millan
November 29th, 2010
8:29 am
brilliant Paul Johnson throwing the ball when they were gaining 10- 15 yds per rush.
bigD
November 29th, 2010
8:30 am
CPJ’s offense looks like my son’s eight year old team. Run it up the middle, run it right, run it left, and throw it once or twice in the game. Too bad our pitiful defense couldn’t figure out how to stop it again! Didn’t Grantham watch the tapes from 2009 on how to stop it and 2008 how to not stop it?
Bud
November 29th, 2010
8:30 am
Thought the sneaky slip of Houston from being a passrusher to a passdefender was the coaching move of the game. Johnson didn’t see it coming. Tech had been calling plays rolling the QB away form Houston. Then, Georgia reverses Houston’s side, and drops the SEC’s 31 sack leader into pass coverage? Johnson didn’t see it coming, and Houston intercepts and ices the game.
Gdawg
November 29th, 2010
8:31 am
UGA’s defense is pathetic and I am totally embarrassed, frustrated, disappointed, and not looking forward to next year. TG you suck as a DC, and to think that you are making $750K is totally rediculous. Duke’s defense is better than UGA. Why can’t we play D? Why can’t we get good defensive coaching? That was a rediculous display of defense the other night. 411 yards rushing with a backup quarterback. Totally embarrassing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Falcsfan10
November 29th, 2010
8:32 am
Its very easy to stop the option. One man on RB,one man on pitchman,and one man on QB. You know one of the three will get the ball every play. Just stay on your man.
gt45
November 29th, 2010
8:32 am
UGA, Our boys gave everything they could given on that field, and could have won, except for turnovers in the red zone. This is to a way more talented GA team. I’ve been to every home game this year, and will be for every year to come, if I’m able. WE’RE YOU? I thought so! You, sir, are not a true fan!
11 Arrests 6 Wins
November 29th, 2010
8:33 am
UGA=YAWN
You wouldn’t know a smart tactic if it hit you in the face.
Falcsfan10
November 29th, 2010
8:34 am
And it would be easy to stop Cam Newton too. Just put 7 or 8 men in the box and make him throw the ball. Blitzing every play wouldn’t allow him the time to set up and throw. Grantham couldn’t figure this out with $750,000 reasons to figure it out…
Alabama 1st in football, last in reading
November 29th, 2010
8:35 am
Even the sleaziest state in the union needs to be the best in something. In Alabama, it is cheating.
Auburn will be out of the football bidness for a while, and when AL is on probation again next time, they will both be purged from the SEC
To The Haters
November 29th, 2010
8:37 am
MB you’re starting to sound like saint simons, “oh yeah we lost but our coach is smarter than your’s!!!”
Did you really write this crap? I thought sports was about wins and loses? If you want to discuss brain power why not write about the Ivy League? MB- A true D-Bag!
TEXAS DAWG
November 29th, 2010
8:38 am
Got back in Texas at 1:30 in the morning yesterday capping off my first ever Bulldog game in Sanford Stadium. It was totally worth it. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!
GTGirl
November 29th, 2010
8:38 am
I’m glad so many UGA people actually read the article. Congrats on the win leghumpers, you’re best possible uga team barely beat our team of misfits and 3rd stringers… you should be really proud
I didn’t know Football counted as work release…
Paul Johnson
November 29th, 2010
8:38 am
Hey, I’m brilliant – I have an idea – let’s let UGA score with one minute left on the clock and go up by 8 so we can run the ball for probably 80 yards and score a 2 point conversion to tie the game! I am so smart it hurts plus it will make these nerd fans giddy to think I thought of this tactic and fooled CMR by letting him go up by 8. ESPYs here I come with the play of the year!!!
Bud
November 29th, 2010
8:40 am
If Johnson saves all 3 of his timeouts for the end of the game, Tech is able to run the ball, and probably wins.
Ouch!
Eric
November 29th, 2010
8:41 am
Little surprised Paul Johnson didn’t figure out a way to win this game. Georgia lost 3 DL to the NFL. That’s big. Johnson didn’t exploit that enough. Thank goodness Johnson didn’t see that.
JDennis
November 29th, 2010
8:41 am
How about last year when the soon to be ACC champs where the far superior team and got their clock cleaned, because their “Genius” coach had bigger fish to fry.
Tom, Resident Georgia Fan
November 29th, 2010
8:43 am
St. Simons: You are a coward and a joke.
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
8:43 am
Dude, I get club seats every year – pay the big bucks. I am a true fan. We lost! Again! Be mad not happy fool.
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
8:44 am
A smart tactic? letting the other team score? Yeah right? Canvass 200 coaches and ask them that one and see how many say they would do it? Zero. Well, maybe 1 – our coach!!!
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
8:45 am
JDennis – we didn’t get our clocked cleaned last year.
Dazed and Confused
November 29th, 2010
8:46 am
Ealey’s little jig in the end zone with the whole Tech team just standing there was priceless. At least Ealey made it across the goal line without fumbling.
Bud
November 29th, 2010
8:47 am
I wish Ealey had known Tech was go let him score. He missed a great opportunity to “showcase” a little bit. He could have criss crossed the field a few times, maybe run backwards, skipping would have been funny, get right down to the goal line and put a knee down.
Saint Simons
November 29th, 2010
8:51 am
Does anybody have any locker room pictures of Tech players naked or in their jock straps.
meh
November 29th, 2010
8:53 am
just because Tech ran the same play over and over again and Georgia couldn’t stop it doesn’t make CPJ a good coach. I think the credit has to go to Anthony Allen for getting good yardage out of each run.
Chuck Allison
November 29th, 2010
8:57 am
Sorry, Mark, but Tech fans don’t want or need any feelgood “good loss” articles. CPJ needs to feel the pressure and man up to do his job. We can find another loser for less than 2 1/2 million per year. He has to get the good recruits, motivate, and select recruits who are disciplined and coachable.
Sea Island Dawg
November 29th, 2010
8:57 am
I watched the Tech game from my house overlooking the ocean. I love being a very rich BullDog.
The Chokemeister
November 29th, 2010
8:58 am
411 yards? Really?
Embarrassed Dog.....
November 29th, 2010
8:59 am
Richt should continue to be ashamed. First, the Tech game…poorly coached again, crappy defense, and the TD at the end of the game instead of running out the clock…Richt was caught off guard by that gambit???? Story of the whole year…no imagination from coaches…same ol’ staleness. Then the 6 “wins”…. 3 against the dregs of the SEC, 2 high school teams, and one against a worn out Ga Tech…have some dignity and turn down the Toilet Bowl that will be offered…… unless it gives us a chance for another loss and a yet another reason to fire CMR!
Bob Leblah
November 29th, 2010
8:59 am
At least Tech fans know their place. Staying within 8 of UGA is a victory for them.
Sea Island Dawg
November 29th, 2010
9:00 am
To all you anti- Georgia Bulldog peasents, please quit blogging unless you’re as rich as I am.
About that scoring streak… | Get The Picture
November 29th, 2010
9:00 am
[...] against Tech and pushing that lead back out to fourteen would have made a difference. For all Mark Bradley’s chirping about it, Paul Johnson’s decision to waive Washaun Ealey in to the end zone wasn’t that [...]
GT77
November 29th, 2010
9:01 am
I have been a Tech fan since the 50’s and I don’t drink the Johnson Koolaid…MB couldn’t be more wrong. Johnson’s teams play no defense, have weak sp teams…can’t pass at all. They only run the ball well against less than avg teams like UGA. By the time he finishes recruiting players for his system we won’t have any bonafide Div 1 athletes left. Look at the incoming class…ouch. The future is here and it’s not going to get any better. He has turned us into Annapolis South. I think I am going to puke
Eric
November 29th, 2010
9:02 am
Paul Johnson’s core strategic decision, to run the triple option, is not considered smart. No NFL team runs it. Why? If your #1 QB gets injured runnign the ball, your season’s over.
Johnson played the low probability “option”. And got burned by using YET ANOTHER low probability strategy.
Eric
November 29th, 2010
9:03 am
Johnson chose strategically, to run a triple option.
NFL teams don’t run this offense, because the #1 QB is likely to get injured.
Johnson’s #1 QB got injured.
Due to poor strategy.
professor
November 29th, 2010
9:09 am
Who cares about ajgreen——if thats all you have on a team I think somewhere somebody ate too many mushrooms. You gotta get more speed on your team and harder hitting players—–in general—not just one or two.
Jim from Roswell
November 29th, 2010
9:11 am
Tech is giddy at 6-6 and UGA is angry about being 6-6. That about sums it up.
Falcsfan10
November 29th, 2010
9:12 am
If I’m Oregon in the Championship game I take out Cam Newton somehow. Hit him in the knees or whatever. Auburn is worse than UGA offensively without Cam Newton.
BirdDog
November 29th, 2010
9:20 am
Every coach that faces UGA knows to do the same thing: Run the ball up the middle, right at the UGA defense. They haven’t stopped it all year. So, please tell me why that makes CPJ a genius? If UGA cannot get some big, dominating guys on the D line they will not be any better next year. What’s the deal with Geathers? Is he just dumb or something?
Gdawg
November 29th, 2010
9:22 am
Todd Grantham sucks out loud. How many DC do you know that makes $750K annually that gives up 411 yards rushing to a depleted 6 and 6 team with a backup quarterback. I am disgusted and I am not looking forward to next year. It’s time for change in Athens. Mr. McGarity it is time for you to do your job, as Richt has already said that no changes are imminent, thus you must make them for him.
UGA wins...AGAIN
November 29th, 2010
9:24 am
If he was so genius why did he throw the ball on BOTH of their last possesions when they’d run on us at will? Heck, they could have run it the length of the field in a minute. I’m glad the Nerds keep their “genius” coach and his gimmick offense.
Junior Samples
November 29th, 2010
9:24 am
Message to Saint Simons: ((((((((((42-34)))))))))) hehehehehehehe
wiseoldawg
November 29th, 2010
9:28 am
The state of Alabama doesn’t have it’s foot on the neck of UGA, they just have deeper pockets.
UGA wins...AGAIN
November 29th, 2010
9:29 am
and their fan base is ecstatic that they hung in there with the worst UGA team in years. Good job GT…you’re making great progress. Bahahahaha!!!
BirdDog
November 29th, 2010
9:31 am
And I’d also ask this: When was the last time Georgia’s coach worked a game that good?
MB, I’d say 1 year ago when UGA beat GT who was ranked #7 in the Nation and UGA was 6-5 at the time. Stupid question.
Jim
November 29th, 2010
9:32 am
Georgia won AGAIN, period!
fatboyslim
November 29th, 2010
9:34 am
Fire Van Halanger! He has these guys 9 mths out of the year. Our top 10 recruiting classes flat line when they get here. Other teams know they are stronger and tougher and have said as much multiple times this year. Van Halanger needs to go!!!!
high school offense
November 29th, 2010
9:35 am
*****Tech 2010 Goals(prioritized)******
1. Beat Georgia – No
2. National Champs – No
3. BCS Bowl – No
4. ACC Title – No
5. 10 win season – No
6. Nesbitt for Heisman – No(is that site still up)
7. Winning season – tbd
CPJ is a genius
longtimedawgfan
November 29th, 2010
9:38 am
what if Johnson had coached that well against the other 5 teams that beat him?
truth is, neither staff has gotten the most from ALL their talent….and, by the way, we need a running back in the worst kind of way…
high school offense
November 29th, 2010
9:40 am
run left, run right, run middle……when all else fails…run left again..or middle…or right
However, if run left, right or middle succeeds…try passing
CPJ is a genius
Billy Lothridge loves Billy Martin
November 29th, 2010
9:41 am
Neither Lothridge, nor Martin ( GT early 60s heroes of mine ) played in the GT/UGA game. For UGA, Catfish Miller nor Theron Sapp played for them. I could go on but will not. How about McWorter? He was UGA first all american player, back in the 20s.
My point? To argue that if so and so had played, is as DUMB as suggesting that one school lost because these old time heroes did not play. Nesbitt did not play and neither did Aaron Murray or Kris Durham, or AJ LAST year. UGA ALSO WON in 2009.
Dumb is CPJ. He must think that he is very strategic with his math …………..that is “8 is better than 1″, as far as a winning UGA margin. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
9-1 over 10 and UGA looks forward to playing again in our second most favorite stadium …Grant Field.
UGA class of 71 & 73
SECWasteManagement
November 29th, 2010
9:42 am
Bradley with another head scratcher.
Gr8 Dawg
November 29th, 2010
9:42 am
SIC’EM!!!!
Laces Out Finkle
November 29th, 2010
9:43 am
Monday Morning and I still haven’t stopped laughing
42-34
BBBUUUUUHHHHHUUUWWWWAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA
Nice Triple Joke – The prefect option- BUHHUUUUHHUUUUUUUWWWWWAAHHHHHAAAAAAA
The triple option is a bigger joke than Nesbitt for Heisman
The looks on the dorks faces in the crowd when the extra point was shanked was great
Reminded me of the douches with the “Kentucky, Really Kentucky?” signs last year who cried on camere then retreated to the local comic book store for a round of D&D when we whipped you last year
61-39-5
BBWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I can’t wait for the Dawgs to humiliate you in Basketball too – Again
Dbalcer
November 29th, 2010
9:44 am
I don’t know if I would call it better coaching since the results were a loss. If they had won yes it would have been the thing to do but he gambled and they lost. The DAWGS won and the W is what matters.
The Grinch
November 29th, 2010
9:46 am
Mark Bradley said “Tech people walked away from that game feeling good about themselves”. I’m glad the jacket fans are so happy with how things worked out, but what a difference a year makes. Last year:
1. CPJ said he wasn’t concerned about the loss to UGA.
2. CPJ said he WAS concerned about winning championships.
3. Many tech supporters posted sarcastic comments about UGA playing in an insignificant bowl like the one played in Shreveport.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The Grinch
November 29th, 2010
9:48 am
In all seriousness, if tech’s fortunes rest on the QB you played Saturday night then you’re screwed next year as well. My middle school daughter throws a football better than that guy.
The Grinch
November 29th, 2010
9:49 am
Hey Mark, what’s the difference between a loss and a “canny” loss?
46-40
November 29th, 2010
9:49 am
MrCFB says: “Could Auburn lose to South Carolina and STILL get to the SEC championship game?”
PRICELESS…
What a goob..
Blue Turf Committee
November 29th, 2010
9:50 am
Nerds,
So glad to have you back on our beautiful blue turf. Our boys are going to kick you girlie men up and down the field. You will be beaten like a rented mule…….
The Grinch
November 29th, 2010
9:51 am
46-40
November 29th, 2010
9:49 am
I wonder if Les Miles is trying to find a way for a 2 loss team who isn’t playing in the conference championship game to get in the BCS National Championship game?
Canny Loss
November 29th, 2010
9:52 am
MB is right….it is a canny loss. UGA fans expect to beat the geeks every year. If not then it is an “uncanny” loss for the Dawgs.
46-40
November 29th, 2010
9:52 am
BOTTOM LINE: RECORD BOOKS WILL SHOW 42-34.
GOOD DAY.
Eric
November 29th, 2010
9:53 am
Mark-
good questions for someone to ask Paul Johnson:
1) You elected to go for it on 4th down, in easy field goal position, you lost by 3 points. In hindsight, was that the best move?
1 for 3 on 4th downs. Do you have common sense?
2) Did your team anticipate Houston well? You first ran a pitch to his side, and got burned for 6. Then you go back to his side for a pass, and burned with an interception that ends the game. Why go against their #1 defender twice?
3) Do you think you abandoned the run too quickly at the end of the game, considering the ineffectiveness of your passing game?
4) Bet you wish you had 3 timeouts at the end of the game, huh Coach? Why did you burn them all so early–poor planning or lack of foresight?
5) You get criticsized for the triple option. No one runs it in the NFL. And Nesbitt gets injured. Did you make a wrong strategic move in going with the triple option scheme?
6) Did you practice ball protection? Your RB’s had 4 fumbles?
7) Did you practice fumble recovery? Your RB’s had 4 fumbles and lost 3?
9) Points off turnovers. You got none. Georgia got 21. Why?
NERDS
November 29th, 2010
9:53 am
((((((((((((((((42-34))))))))))))))))
Tickly Pile
November 29th, 2010
9:53 am
The pile is going to be cold in Boise…..can we get some seat warmers so our bums are nice and toasty?
collegeballfan
November 29th, 2010
9:54 am
“When was the last time Georgia’s coach worked a game that good?”
Richt at Tennessee in Greene’s first year.
Eric
November 29th, 2010
9:56 am
Here’s another one:
Coach, you got 500 yards, controlled the clock for 38 minutes, got 3 turnovers from Georgia, and went up against a line that was depleted with 3 DL gone to the NFL, and a Freshman QB, and a brand new defense, against a 5-6 team that got beat by lowly Colorado, yet you lost by 8. How?
Steiner
November 29th, 2010
9:57 am
BARK:
THIS YOUNG QB LOOKED AS GOOD AS NESBITT….JACKETS DIDN’T DROP OFF THAT MUCH WITH HIM AT QB….OTHER THAN AJ GREEN, WHO ARE ALL THESE TALENTED GUYS UGA GOT WALKING AROUND??? JUST WONDERING WHO GEORGIA HAS THAT TILTED THE FIELD SO HEAVILY TOWARDS THE DOGS……
Dadgum.....
November 29th, 2010
9:57 am
Let me begin by saying I like Johnson’s aggressive style. Sure it can bite him in the butt however I think the balance of his time that the wins will swing in his favor. Having said that I have to say that I was shocked that he did not take an easy field goal to open the game. All points are big especially after the UGA miscue on the kickoff. Not going for the fg was worse than missing the PAT. Fourth and a foot I can understand going for it but not almost two yards. Idiocy.
GT is an error-prone offense backed up by a weak defense. Terrible combination. What we saw Sat night was what we have seen all year. I don’t subscribe to the Taz Anderson feel good society platform. You can’t have a poor defense with this offense or the offense has to be perfect. We have been neither all year.
In fact GT has lost every game this year when playing a team with a winning record. Furthermore, only UNC ended up with a winning record (barely). Our other wins need I remind anyone came against UVA, Duke, Wake, SC State, MTSU. Weakest schedule I can ever remember GT playing and we still lose 6 games. Weaker than a WAC schedule.
I think Miami said it loud and clear when they fired Shannon. The days of being also rans are not going to cut it. 7-5 is not acceptable for a national program. If GT is ever to be considered a national program I think it wise to make sure Johnson heard the message sent by Miami and adhere to the same philosophy. It is one thing to be the new coach with the strange offense and be successful early on and quite another to be successful over a larger body of work. Give CPJ two more years to implement all his own players and Grohs 3-4 defense then take another look. For me I am not convinced he can get the solid recruits which will be key.
Eric
November 29th, 2010
9:58 am
Paul Johnson had to do a LOT of STUFF WRONG, to lose this game.
Genius Johnson?
November 29th, 2010
9:59 am
Mark you are losing credibility by the minute. You are giving Johnson credit for a close loss and not giving Richt any credit for the fact that he has miraculously kept his team from quitting this year even though their record is awful? UGA has been awful at times this year in alot of phases of the game and Richt has to fix it or someone needs to get a shot. But his team has not been blown off the field by anyone (Auburn got away late). That is a sign of a coach that has not lost his team. Remember your article after the Florida game? Richt got no credit from you for a close loss to UF. The 4 turnovers by Murray was the real reason for another loss to UF, but you used that occassion to do some more Richt bashing just like you are doing now. Johnson is a genius after losing to UGA’s second worst team in the last 10 years last year (And was ranked #7 and ACC champs) and he is still a genius after losing to UGA’s worst team in the last 10 years. Really?
mohop63
November 29th, 2010
10:00 am
Mark, I generally agree with most of what you say; but this is getting ridiculous. Two days of crowning a team a victor when they LOST by whatever means or manner. Tech fans should be ashamed for celebrating as if they won. It’s a sad state of affairs for Tech when a loss is accepted as a de facto win. Wouldn’t be the same if the results were reversed. Tech lost, Georgia won, enough said.
The Grinch
November 29th, 2010
10:01 am
Beware, tech fans, more Gailey signed players have finished their careers on the flats. Pretty soon all you’ll have left is Johnson recruits.
NERDS
November 29th, 2010
10:01 am
Grinch , Don’t know…But if it can be done, he would be the one to find a way ..
Maybe he’ll trick the pollsters??
Nesbitt for Heisman
November 29th, 2010
10:01 am
Will Joshie be able to fit in his exams around the trip to Downtown Athletic Club in NY? HA HA HA
chrismiller
November 29th, 2010
10:01 am
Love the offensive scheme, but if you’re gonna run that offense, RUN THAT OFFENSE! Four-plus minutes remaining, tired Georgia defense, success all day doing what you do, and you call a QB draw on first down? Johnson did this more than once during the season, including with 4:22 remaining at Kansas when he had Nesbitt drop back to pass on the first two downs. In both situations, Tech’s chances to break a long run were higher than normal, aside from the whole “dance with who brung ya’” philosophy. Here’s another one the coach might want to think about: don’t fix it if it isn’t broken.
Dawg Fan
November 29th, 2010
10:02 am
Actually CPJ got this, he got beat by 8 instead of 1. His plan could have actually got a tie ball game except for 1 big flaw. He forgot what type offense he runs….what boondoggle…Dawgs Win Again, tech finds some reason to feel good about themselves as usual after another defeat. See You Next Year for another annual Beat Down! Dawgs Run This State!
PreyDawg
November 29th, 2010
10:03 am
Bradley, I have defended you many times before. Not this time. Flame away Dawg fans. Bradley earned the crispy ears this time. Come on Bradley, a moral victory for racking up empty yards??….really? Come on man…dont be that guy…you are better than that.
Richt has beat Johnson was 3 out of 4 now. End of story. Richt needs big time improvement, no dispute there. But Johnson cant go 1 out of 4 and come out superior. Sorry. This is the real world.
UGA OWNS gtu
November 29th, 2010
10:03 am
Yep.
We will ALWAYS own gtu.
dap01
November 29th, 2010
10:04 am
Urban Meyer: “Role Model” . Is there sarcastic humor that I am missing. CUM is a coach who let Cam stay if good standing despite his academic cheating, police record, and 13 traffic violations. The CUM that did not punish a player for trying to gouge out a players eyes. The CUM that was a total contradiction during his meltdown last year. Mark Bradley, surely you jest.
chrismiller
November 29th, 2010
10:05 am
“JACKETS DIDN’T DROP OFF THAT MUCH WITH HIM AT QB.”
Usually I try to avoid hyperbole, but this statement is just plain ignorant. I can promise you, Nesbitt wouldn’t have needed Anthony Allen in his face after nearly every play in the fourth quarter just to keep his confidence up like Washington did. Perhaps in some one-on-one skills competition Washington can match Nesbitt, but on the field you’re talking about two completely different units with Washington and Nesbitt at QB.
PreyDawg
November 29th, 2010
10:06 am
As for criticism of AJ going out of bounds…give me a freeking BREAK!! The guy has not had an easy pass thrown to him in THREE YEARS!!! Cox tried to get him killed repeatedly by exposing him to vicious hits. For some reason as good as Murray has been, he CANNOT hit Green in stride. He too gets AJ racked over and over again.
THAT is why he ran out of bounds. He had taken more brutal hits for this team than any player in UGA history. All of you haters, take ONE hit in your life like AJ takes multiple times every game. Then come here and talk tough.
AJ is one of the all time most loyal and great Bulldogs. PERIOD. The jersey sale was nothing. Bogus rule.
UGA OWNS gtu
November 29th, 2010
10:07 am
We will ALWAYS own gtu. It will never change.
You’re welcome nerds.
Your Breath Smells like Fish Fry Tacos
November 29th, 2010
10:13 am
So…if Gtu did not cheat by playing ineligible players and have to vacate those “wins”, what is the series record over the last 20 years?
Dadgum.....
November 29th, 2010
10:13 am
Well we managed to lose to one of the worst Georgia teams in recent memory and Mark Bradley says some Tech fans are giddy! No Mark we aren’t real giddy. Maybe that Taz Anderson clown is giddy but WE aren’t as a whole. Down right pissed-off is more like it. I congratulate the Bulldogs on the win. CPJ has two more years left on his contract after that GT will lose patience with his theatrics if poor defense and the error prone offense continues. Oh yeah and passing on a chip shot fg on 4th and 2 to go for it after the UGA muff is inexcusable and the type of idiocy that will run him out before his contract is up.
FRED
November 29th, 2010
10:14 am
UGA FAN HERE. JOHNSON IS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE CMR AS A COACH. THE TALENT LEVEL NOT EVEN CLOSE BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS. UGA HAS 4-5 STAR RECRUITES GT HAS 2-3 STAR RECRUITES. GT COULD HAVE BEATEN UGA WITH A LITTLE LUCK. UGA WAS LUCKY TO BEAT GT.
murfdawg
November 29th, 2010
10:14 am
I hope someone on the PGA tour adopts cpj’s “canny” strategy. Let’s say Steve Stricker is leading Tiger Woods by two strokes going into 18. But Stricker decides to double bogey 18 so he can beat Tiger in a playoff. Can’t wait to see that happen.
schmeckdawg
November 29th, 2010
10:14 am
You know what MB, in golf, they don’t ask you what club you used, they ask you what you shot.
((((42-34))))
That’s what we shot and I don’t care how you try to spin it OR about the techies being giddy. If you are giddy after a loss, then you are a loser.
Eric
November 29th, 2010
10:15 am
Paul Johnson, on the hotseat, already? Ye sir re..
http://coacheshotseat.com/coacheshotseatblog/?p=2772
schmeckdawg
November 29th, 2010
10:16 am
murfdawg, it looks as though we are on the same page. Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!
Dadgum.....
November 29th, 2010
10:18 am
I’m betting that neither of those coaches are with their teams after two more years.
murfdawg
November 29th, 2010
10:19 am
How about this Mark. KY is down one to Duke with 10 seconds left to play and lets Duke score an easy layup to go up by three. KY has no time outs and has to go the length of the floor , hit a threeto get a tie to get to over time. But KY can’t get the ball in and turns the ball over on a 5 second count. and loses to Duke again for the ninth time in ten meetings.
The Grinch
November 29th, 2010
10:19 am
If CPJ is such a great coach, then will somebody please explain the brilliance behind tech’s final possession?
Nesbitt for Heisman
November 29th, 2010
10:20 am
ESPN Announcers Saturday Night….”Josh Nesbitt on sideline does not look like your average QB”. No kidding…..he couldn’t throw it in the ocean….and his backup is as poor a passer as him
Dadgum.....
November 29th, 2010
10:20 am
I am not giddy. 34-42 = not giddy. Giddy up giddy out.
BG
November 29th, 2010
10:21 am
Mark Richt has won 9 out of 10 aganist Tech. Nuff said!!! Mark Richt has also won 2 straight against ole Paul Johnson.
Eric
November 29th, 2010
10:22 am
Still can’t see how Johnson, the genius, lost to 3-9 Kansas.
Kansas?
Kansas?
Dadgum.....
November 29th, 2010
10:22 am
Grinch…..the same brilliance that passed on the opening fg after the UGA gift.
murfdawg
November 29th, 2010
10:24 am
Maybe cpj can coach gt baseball this year. I can’t wait to see him down by one in the top of the ninth and he pulls out the “canny” strategy and tells his pitcher to walk in two runs because he can hit a three run homer in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings. Are you listening Danny Hall?
dga
November 29th, 2010
10:27 am
I don’t understand why everyone thought Georgia was going to blow out Tech to begin with. Georgia was 5-6 going into this game, and while Georgia has some talent, it’s still a team that found a way to lose 6 games (lost to a few teams with “less talent” too). I’m happy with the win, but anyone that watched Georgia play all year had to know that this was not going to be a cakewalk. The fact that they were favored by two touchdowns was a joke. I knew that Tech’s offense would give Georgia problems, based on the fact that the defense has consistently been undisciplined. I can’t even count how many times Georgia had no one on the pitch man. Tech may not have as much talent, but they are at least disciplined, which I knew was going to make for a tough game.
Reptillicide
November 29th, 2010
10:27 am
LOL @ moral victories. Guess the nerds have to cling to something.
9-1 over a decade, losers. Hope you’re used to it now, it ain’t gonna change.
Dadgum.....
November 29th, 2010
10:28 am
Eric….GT beat no team with a winning record when we played them and only one that ended up with a winning record (UNC). Losing to Kansas was no great mystery.
Eric
November 29th, 2010
10:32 am
I thought Kansas was an 80’s rock band, didn’t know that had a football team.
they must be awful. to lsoe to a team named after an 80’s rock band, that’s pretty bad.
SECWasteManagement
November 29th, 2010
10:32 am
As I was leaving Sanford and walking out of the north west endzone, I looked into the visitors crowd and I didn’t see anyone in blue and gold smiling Mark you clown.
UgaLeeDawg
November 29th, 2010
10:35 am
I could have sworn Georgia won this game Mark. Rivalry games are hardly ever blowouts even if the “checkers aren’t equal”. Oh well maybe you can get the NCAA to give Tech a half point for a fine effort. UGA was in controll all the way. Tech could not stop us and the gimmick offense worked for them.
Steve
November 29th, 2010
10:36 am
How do you go from 11-3 to 6-6 in one season?
Curlygreg
November 29th, 2010
10:37 am
“When was the last time Georgia’s coach worked a game that good?”
Well, last year against GT comes to mind. Weren’t they ranked 7th in the nation at the time? Weren’t they the ACC champs?
“GIddy”?
About a loss to your in-state rival? When you had a pre-season number 16 ranking?
hotdawg
November 29th, 2010
10:38 am
Could be worse we could all be Longhorn fans.
UGA OWNS gtu
November 29th, 2010
10:43 am
Since we OWN gtu, maybe we should doze that cesspool Bobby Dodd and put something useful there… a wastewater treatment plant would be better there since all that is down there CRAP.
You’re welcome.
UGA OWNS gtu
November 29th, 2010
10:45 am
We completely OWN gtu. Always have, always will.
You’re welcome.
dave
November 29th, 2010
10:50 am
congratulations, UGA. you got your sixth win by barely beating a middle-of-the-pack ACC team with its back-up quarterback. You must be very proud.
Georgia
November 29th, 2010
10:57 am
Tech Loses……Again.
LHardingDawg
November 29th, 2010
11:11 am
Thanks Dave for your congratulations on the win. You got beat by a middle of the pack SEC team. Go figure.
Fire Mark Bradley
November 29th, 2010
11:12 am
Mark Bradley, please move to Gainesville so that you can stroke Urban Meyers hair while hes vomitting after that horrible loss to an ACC team. I honestly think your welcome has far passed. Please go write for the gayterds.
Mister Falcon
November 29th, 2010
11:18 am
Number don’t lie: 6-6 Tech sucks. 6-6 Georgia sucks. Please don’t give either of these teams a bowl. Not only does neither team deserve it, none of us want to watch either of this sh!tty teams play again this year.
I know Tech is sure glad they aren’t paying the big bucks to Johnson like UGA is throwing away to Richt, especially with UGA in financial troubles. Not good.
Thank God for the Falcons or all Georgia sports teams would suck.
Please, no bowls for these losers. We want to watch GOOD teams who perhaps actually put a defense on the field.
GO FALCONS!
Mister Falcon
November 29th, 2010
11:20 am
Need to change the rules so a team actually has to have a WINNING season to be in a bowl. What a laff!
PonGT
November 29th, 2010
11:20 am
Okay … let me see if I read you right … UGA is stupid. Their coaches are stupid. Their players are stupid. Their fans are stupid. BUT TECH, on the other hand, is the paragon of intellectual superiority. So Tech wins by default. WRONG!!!!!
Tech lost, and as stupid as it sounds, the objective was to win the game -not appear to be intellectually superior. So, it seems to me that people who are “giddy” over the intellectual superiority of their coaches, despite losing again, is nothing but a bunch of arrogant losers. SELAH.
macrotech
November 29th, 2010
11:21 am
The Grinch, good to see ya again! In regards to your question, when you have NO time-outs left and your start your last drive deep in uga’s territory with less than a minute on the clock….you gotta throw the ball…EVERYONE knew this and uga smothered the pass…that’s about it. Hope it helped.
OBammy
November 29th, 2010
11:22 am
CPJ can only coach for 58 minutes in a game. He sucks in the last 2 minutes calling plays.
UGA OWNS gtu
November 29th, 2010
11:25 am
Just to reiterate… UGA OWNS gtu.
You’re welcome.
BreakingNews
November 29th, 2010
11:42 am
Hey GT77 – how does it feel knowing that a “less than average” team like UGA has beat your bunch of pansies 9 out of 10 years? Burns doesn’t it!
BreakingNews
November 29th, 2010
11:42 am
Did anyone else notice that every Tech fan shown on TV during the broadcast was a foreigner?
Mark PRicht
November 29th, 2010
11:59 am
BreakingNews
Hey DA just because they have all their teeth only makes the a foreigner to Athens
beeswax
November 29th, 2010
11:59 am
PJ is crossing the line from aggressive to stupid, more and more. He’s a wack job. PJ, you don’t have to be all in everytime, sometime you need to punt, and sometime you need to kick a field goal and take you dadgum points.
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
12:09 pm
I agree. The 4th down try early and not kicking a field goal was just asinine. The team with the most points wins. He will never understand that – which to me – seems odd. Especially after we racked up all these great stats but lost in the ‘points’ category. Kick the frickin field goal next time!!!
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
12:10 pm
PS: and stop fumbling the ball away!!!
JBW
November 29th, 2010
12:23 pm
Techs coach is such a genius that he lost….. AGAIN!
gt45
November 29th, 2010
12:24 pm
Mark, Funny thing, and I haven’t read them all, but I don’t see one person defending Richt’s coaching, just taking shots at CPJ-and you!
JMac12003
November 29th, 2010
12:35 pm
All I can say is that the UGA win proves that it is better to be lucky than good. As Mr. College Football put it on TV Sunday night…. this is the third time UGA has played Tech since PJ took over, and they have yet to stop the Tech offense. 411 rushing yards did not produce a win, but it did prove that GT really runs this state, and in fact the entire NCAA.
Buzz 2010
November 29th, 2010
12:36 pm
Which game were these Dawgs watching Saturday.. The game I saw was lost only because of points left on the field by Tech, which I concede is inexcusable..Your team has all these great recruits, but your coaching is not up to par for a SEC football mill.High school backs could run through that defensive line. I hope Richt leaves and goes to Miami as I love his coaching skills. I also hope you Dawgs don’t have Florida, SC, Arkansas, Boise State and Tennessee on your schedule in 2011.
JMac12003
November 29th, 2010
12:40 pm
All I know is that Saturday’s game proves the old saying that I would rather be lucky than good. 411 rushing yards did not produce a win, but it proved that GT not only runs this state but they run the entire NCAA.
David
November 29th, 2010
12:52 pm
Mark, did you get this idea from Paul Finebaum? “Stir up the pot and it will make you a popular read.”
I guess we are just stupid sheep aren’t we?
Damn, I thought you really were different.
Damn internet has screwed it up for all reporters.
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November 29th, 2010
12:57 pm
[...] the ground. They dominated in time of possession with over 38 minutes. Paul Johnson clearly was the smarter man for 60 minutes last night. The only time the Jackets could be stopped was when they stopped themselves, a common [...]
Dawg Man
November 29th, 2010
1:17 pm
Only the Bugs would be “giddy” after a loss.
chrismiller
November 29th, 2010
1:22 pm
I love how all the UGA folks talk about how terrible Johnson is, how Tech can’t throw the ball, how the ACC is so weak, et. al., and then thump their chest at how they were a single missed extra point better than the Jackets on Saturday. Then again it’s common for Georgia fans not to realize how idiotic they sound.
PreyDawg
November 29th, 2010
1:37 pm
Chrismiller. I invite you to pucker up and kiss this DAWG grad’s posterior. PJ gave us a touchdown at the end but what nobody has mentioned is that we were going to take one anyway. Either way we score and you loose.
PS. I work in a department with thirty engineers and me and my UGA Chemistry degree make more than all of them. And I met a hot babe at UGA to marry (23 years this week) Just so ya know.
gt0823
November 29th, 2010
1:59 pm
Georgia fans can say what they want but every single one of my friends, who are UGA fans, were incredibly disappointed in the way UGA played despite them winning. Georgia had two weeks to prepare for Georgia Tech’s offense. They gave up 512 yards and could not stop the Jackets all night. They got blown of the ball almost every play. It took the Jackets stopping themselves to catch a break. UGA had home field advantage and faced GT’s backup QB. UGA has not figured out how to stop Tech’s “highschool” offense. Congrats to UGA on the win but I have a strong feeling no Georgia fan is going to be to sure of themselves going into any GT game anytime soon. Kudos to the GT players for never giving up even after going down 14 twice. Gotta take care of the football but things should only get better as Washington gets more and more experience. GO JACKETS!!!
Reality
November 29th, 2010
2:03 pm
I STRONGLY think that the win is more important to uga than to Tech. Imagine of uga wasn’t going to any bowl….. with respect to extra practices….. with respect to recruiting. uga winning was required. Tech winning was not.
Would Tech liked to have won? Of course. Tech MAY have moved up to a higher level bowl – but that’s it.
That being said, I think that CPJ will be on the hot seat to beat uga next year. It’ll be in Atlanta and Tech will have better/more experienced players.
Tech was supposed to lose by 2 touchdowns against uga this year – and everyone clearly saw that Tech played them toe-to-toe. Expect Tech to win next year.
Fred
November 29th, 2010
2:04 pm
Glory Glory said:
“Teck (sic) can brag about their school, academics, rankings, etc. but UGA alums and fans know that football is what is important…We have the superior football program and that’s all that counts.”
GG, I am a Tech alumnus and fan, but I have a higher opinion of UGA than you apparently do.
gt0823
November 29th, 2010
2:07 pm
Breaking News: Ummm no I saw a bunch of white folks they showed that were GT fans. You must not have been watching the whole game or just didn’t pay a whole lot of attention. You say we lost to a less than average georgia team. Yea and GT was less than average this year as well along with UGAG having two weeks to prepare for Tech’s backup quarterback. Ya’ll really man handled us let me tell ya. But just for kicks will go with your arrogant comment and bring up 2008 when UGAG was preseason #1 and a “less than average” GT team went into Athens and beat what was suppose to be one of the best teams in all the land.
UGA=YAWN
November 29th, 2010
2:37 pm
Paul had his chance to beat UGA in Atlanta last year and failed. And failed again this year. He is 1-2 against UGA. Chan was 1-6 I think. Who is to say Johnson won’t do the same?
high school offense
November 29th, 2010
2:39 pm
*****Tech 2010 Goals(prioritized)******
1. Beat Georgia – No
2. National Champs – No
3. BCS Bowl – No
4. ACC Title – No
5. 10 win season – No
6. Nesbitt for Heisman – No(is that site still up)
7. Winning season – tbd
run left, run right, run middle……when all else fails…run left again..or middle…or right
However, if run left, right or middle succeeds…try passing
CPJ is a genius
Mark Bradley
November 29th, 2010
2:42 pm
Pretty sure Gailey was 0-6 against Georgia.
GAaREDSTATE
November 29th, 2010
5:50 pm
Although a WIN would have been the icing on the cake, but watching DAWG FANS at the edge of their seats in silence, then after the last second of the clock is ticked off, rush to the bathroom to scrape off the excreted thanksgiving trimmings from the inside of their britches!!!! – A PRICELESS MOMENT! – LOL!!!
GO TECH!
BEEFENSE
November 29th, 2010
5:56 pm
MB you’re wasting your breath telling the truth to nadlicker fans–they are so delusional and ignorant they can not recognize the fact that the best team LOST this game. I’m surprised they stopped crying about mean ole Auburn hurting their puppies long enough to respond to ANY blog. Keep whimpering Dawgs–the Gators are your Daddy and soon Tech will be too. Go Gators–give ‘em Hell Tech and GO TO HELL Ugag.
Jillytech
November 29th, 2010
6:47 pm
first off: u(sic)ga can never get recognized for their engineering program, in fact, you guys already have engineering programs that even YOU don’t know about because they’re that terrible. It’s a fact: u(sic)ga is great at mindless games such as football, but can’t do ish about their international ranking, or endowment, which is half as large as ours I might add. Your fanbase is a bunch of rednecks, at least ours is diverse. Finally, we’re a research and engineering school, not a ” early childhood education and whatever else gives you a paycheck of less than 25K” school, so no our focus isn’t on getting the best football team. They did good, u(sic)ga is still the cesspool of the south
Ross
November 29th, 2010
7:12 pm
This is a great article. It’s exactly was I was feeling after the loss.
bradleyhater
November 29th, 2010
7:38 pm
if Urban Meyer is your role model Bradley then why don’t you go write for the Gainsville Sun! we don’t like you here in Atlanta!
Seekar
November 29th, 2010
10:45 pm
College football in the state of Georgia,
Your star employee, er, student athlete, the one AND ONLY reason Auburn is even mentioned this season, is a product of GA.
Now go ahead and tell me “you just plain suck” one more time, you played-out broken record.
Dan Hill
November 29th, 2010
11:45 pm
Miss. College football in the state of Georgia,
Idaho State University could beat Alabama, and probably play it close with Auburn. It’s sad BSU took Nevada too lightly and lost. At least I’ll get satisfaction in watching Oregon whooping Auburn up and down the field.
Roy
November 30th, 2010
12:13 am
Regardless of who won this game, college football in Georgia has become pathetic.
ga dawg
November 30th, 2010
1:18 am
Wow, i hope CPJ outcoaches us more often if it always results in a win!
Enjoy your moral victories, bugs.
Bayard is Gay
November 30th, 2010
8:38 am
baker leavitt- one of the very few classy UGA fans out there. appreciate it.
glory glory- you just sound like a straight up retard. you watching football should really get you somewhere in life shouldnt it? according to you, it will. good luck with that.
JOhn
November 30th, 2010
10:36 am
If Paul Johnson would wise up and get a defensive coordinator that would run a 4-3, not a NFL type defense that is too difficult for college kids, he would win multiple national championships. But until he get a defense he can run for 400 yards all day long and will still lose games.
GAfootball
November 30th, 2010
11:13 am
two 6-6 teams. Not much to brag about for either side. both had dismal years. both have defenses that are near nonexistent. nonetheless, congrats to UGA for pulling out a competitive win, and congrats to Tech for making it close when they were obviously overmatched. Hopefully both teams will be able to get a win in whatever joke of a bowl we play in.
93Dawg
November 30th, 2010
12:12 pm
Stay giddy nerds. Proving that there are such things as moral victories to some people when real victories never materialize. We prefer the real kind; life is harsh, thanks for playing. 61-39-5
93Dawg
November 30th, 2010
12:18 pm
Only a week away from another loss to the Dawgs in hoops. Giving you a head start to begin thinking about the excuses for that one. My guess is it won’t be about Hewitt outcoaching Fox; you bailed on your coach a while ago. Smells like another moral victory headed your way. Be giddy.
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November 30th, 2010
12:33 pm
[...] The second article talks about how great the Tech fans feel about their coach after a loss. That must be the difference between Georgia and Georgia Tech…moral victories still count for something in Atlanta. Because we played Florida really close, rallied from 14 down and came up just short; I didn’t feel good about anything Sunday. [...]
Lee Todd
November 30th, 2010
12:48 pm
Yeah, and when was the last time a coach got inducted to the hall of fame for brilliantly losing games? This was almost too pathetic to read. To the victors go the spoils, that’s the nature of the game.
PDMORGS in Los Angeles
November 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
I watched the game, I see great things ahead for GT. Tech will get better on defense as they recruit for the 3-4. Tech just ran the ball down the throat of UGA. Considering the academics and the stature of both schools, Georgia Tech is a winner. Let’s see, UGA has 2 national championships and Tech has 4! Not bad for the trade school as the fleas call us.
CSRA Press
December 1st, 2010
12:32 am
Great observation Bradley and yeah, Tech fans went away from the Georgia game with a better feeling because they know what’s in the future. Georgia fans also know what’s in the future and it ain’t lookin’ too good. UGA fans, on the otherhand, went away from the game feeling it was more like a loss than a win. Why Georgia had 10 returning starters on offense and the only question mark was the quarterback who turned out to be the bright spot on a “weak” team. As for all you Mutt fans runnin’ your fingers, learn to spell and know what you’re talking about before you start typing – evidently you don’t know much about the real qualities of football. Yes, you have won 9 of the last 10, but you are 1-2 against the triple option (that high school offense that none of your defenses can stop) and Coach Johnson and all three of those games have been closer and more of Tech domination than you want to admit. Coach Johnson is an offensive genius like Coach Spurrier, Coach Meyer, and Coach Friedgen. He has a young team and he’s working to install “his” system. When it’s all in place, you know what’s comin’ and your little doggie tails are puckered up at the thought of losing to Tech every year – it ain’t a gimme game anymore even when you’re a 12 and a half point favorite! Face it, you didn’t beat Tech, they beat themselves with turnovers and mistakes with 411 yards of running the ball right at you. Enjoy it while you can because Murray’s gonna have an empty nest next year and it ain’t lookin’ too good for several years. Just a suggestion – try to recruit some student-athletes who know they can’t drive without a valid driver’s license and you won’t have to bail them out each week so they can play on Saturday. And, a note to the Alabama idiots makin’ noise – UGA whipped Auburn five years in a row and split with Alabama – you ain’t got nothin’ on Georgia football – check your rosters and recruits! Great effort by a Tech team! Thanks from a proud Tech fan and a guy who understands what a great hire it was to get Coach Paul Johnson – he’s the best!
Tech Ty
December 2nd, 2010
12:33 pm
You all are mumbling idiots on who is bigger and better in the state of GA in football. In the big leagues the Falcons Dominate the whole World, take that Alabama whose state is too poor to have a Pro Football team.
On another note UGA spends $900,000 on football athletics while GT only spends half that. So when your snug in bed thinking that UGA is the best team in the world, take a look at how many Championships (SEC/National) Mark Richt has won?? 1 in 9 years. They money spent and top recruiting UGA has means their team should be amazing but they never are, get a life you losers in Athens, your Law school is the only thing worth a damn
Tech Ty
December 2nd, 2010
12:52 pm
Im sorry i meant UGA spends $900,000,000 on athletics while GT spends $480,000,000. At least we do not live in the Poorest county in the state of GA, Clark County, eww gross.
Get off you high horse because us Tech guys take all the good jobs in the state first and leave the ones we dont want for you guys. Plus we have the best Job Networking in the the South. Kiss it, lick it, suck it, and get use to having 6-6 seasons in UGA
And Alabama fans can shut up anyway because Auburn and especially Alababama are the easiest schools in the world to get into! At least UGA and Tech are ranked Tech – 35 best undergrad program in the Nation and UGA 56. Alabama is a retarded school and I would rather get a degree from Georgia Southern University than go to an easy day care center called University of Alabama Durrr!!!
World Spinner
December 4th, 2010
5:54 am
A canny loss to UGA leaves Tech fans giddy about their coach ……
Here at World Spinner we are debating the same thing……