The doc is back: What Tech must do to rise above mediocrity
Just sayin': Special teams matter, too. (AJC photo by Johnny Crawford)
Step 1: Get players AND playmakers. Paul Johnson has proved he could win an ACC title with Chan Gailey’s recruits but hasn’t proved he can recruit as well as Gailey did. That will become an ever bigger issue next fall, when there’s no Joshua Nesbitt. Tech needs pretty much everything — speed, size, depth — and the loss of recruiting coordinator Giff Smith, who was hired away by Gailey last winter to coach linebackers in Buffalo, was a major blow.
Tech doesn’t so much need to light up the recruiting scoreboard — if rankings meant all that much, Georgia wouldn’t be where it is — as to find players capable of changing a game. The difference between 10-3 and 6-6 wasn’t the failing of Johnson’s stylized offense or Al Groh’s 3-4 defense but the absence of a Demaryius Thomas and a Derrick Morgan. (And neither, it must be noted, was a five-star recruit.)
Step 2: Get holistic. There’s more to football than offense, even a stylized one. Sometimes Johnson, who came to Georgia Southern as a defensive line coach, acts as if the other stuff doesn’t matter. But it matters when the head coach decides to go for it on fourth-and-2 near midfield with a minute left in the first half, as Johnson did against Duke, and leaves his defensive coordinator facing a short field in a hurry-up setting. It matters when you lose to Virginia Tech on a kickoff return inside the final three minutes.
Rather than simply rage at his latest punter for his latest shank, Johnson needs to do the simple thing: Hire a special teams coordinator.
Step 3: Get humble. There’s a tendency when you’re the smartest guy in the room — even if the room is an open-air stadium seating 90,000 — to trust yourself to think of something. Nobody disputes that Johnson is one of the best play-callers in the business, but there are times when he gives the impression that his, as they say in Hollywood, is the name above the title. (Maybe he doesn’t mean to come off that way, but he does.)
Clever as he is, Johnson cannot outsmart everybody all the time at this level of football. Nobody can. (Urban Meyer just went 7-5. Mack Brown just went 5-7.) Johnson needs to work as hard to sign players as he does on the sideline during games. Directing inferior talent is how this superior coach wound up losing as many games as he won. Surely the superior coach recognizes as much.
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Jesse Stone
November 30th, 2010
12:19 pm
RAMBLINWRECK
November 29th, 2010
6:58 pm
@jesse stone
You idiots ran the ball when we had no timeouts and we let you score so we could have a shot to tie the game. We made it to uga 42 as time went out. You brilliant coach almost screwed you! Even GT fans surely thought you would take a knee but you morons had to try for td when the game was won with a knee! Why give us the ball back with a shot at forcing overtime?? We know you couldn’t stop the run all night (417 rushing) and so be glad time ran out and we were forced to throw. My point is that you said MR out-coached PJ and that is moronic. You got 28 points off GT miscues and went got 0 off your 3 because we decided we wanted to be 6-6! You guys didn’t deserve to win because you did everything to LOSE! Just be glad we didn’t have 2 minutes left to shove it down your throats again! You guys say highschool offense and what about your highschool defense that we hung over 500 yards on? Face it, both teams stink and it’s nothing to brag about for either team in regards to the 2010 season. Your slightly better than the next to last place team in the ACC coastal…congrats!
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Why are you aiming this comment at me?
Rt in NC
November 30th, 2010
12:43 pm
“CPJ is so smart. Yeah, with about 110 seconds left and gaining huge chunks of Sanford Stadium turf, and leading the entire world in rushing ………………..the clown starts throwing the ball.”
I hate the “University” of Georgia, I hate the fans and I have hated listening to them for most of the last ten years. Worst of all, I hate it when they are right. Why didn’t we at least run Allen up the middle on the draw in the last minute. Two good blocks and he runs for 30, first down, stop the clock, UGA has to think about the run AND the pass for the rest of the series. UGA had for or five guys in the box and every one else in a prevent victory defense.
Rt in NC
November 30th, 2010
12:46 pm
Did any one notice how horrific the TV coverage was? Isn’t there “Sports” in ESPN’s name? Shouldn’t we expect good sports coverage from them? There were several plays that they missed the beginning of while they showed replays or close ups of UGA VII or the crowd or whatever. And seemingly random changes of camera angles that made some plays hard to follow. Pathetic.
Reality Sucks
November 30th, 2010
12:54 pm
Mark, I’m a UGA fan. I just don’t respect you. Your idea of journalism is insulting one or both of the teams that your readers like, pitting them against each other, and watching the message boards blow up. I suppose that’s how you generate advertising revenue, so kudos, because somehow it works. And, I’m guilty of helping you out right now. Nonetheless, just thought I’d point out how far your career must be from where you aspired it to be when you graduated college. This can’t honestly be what gives you satisfaction in life?
Spike
November 30th, 2010
1:11 pm
You have a lot of nerve telling the “new sheriff in town” how to run the sheriffs office. He might come punch you in the mouth if you don’t watch it. Good thing he has bigger fish to fry.
Tech Man
November 30th, 2010
1:19 pm
Tech was the better team and Coach Johnson should have rings made stating so!
Logical Tech Fan
November 30th, 2010
1:52 pm
FINALLY, you said it Mark. I’ve been saying it ALL SEASON. We have inferior talent at darn near every position. You CANNOT win with that. WE HAVE TO RECRUIT BETTER. I’m sure Doug Roberson doesn’t agree, as he stated our DBs are fast and so are our linebackers. What a ridiculous statement.
We also have to become better MORE DEMANDING fans. We make too many excuses for the team and coach when they lose, mainly that we one the ACC last year and had a shot this year. We need to not care about some bs conference championship. Its all the about the National Championship, if we don’t have a shot at that every year then its simply nothing to talk about. Les Miles was on the hot seat earlier this year and they literally won a NC a few years back. Thats Because LSU fans wont settle for a 9-3 season, they want a NC.
Thanks Mark, you made some good points.
Tech Man
November 30th, 2010
1:57 pm
CPJ recruits extremely well. Mark, you cited some very prolific players. You did not note, however, that PJ was left with little on the OL and DL (save the srs in year one on the DL and #91). The OL on Saturday included youth at both guard spots..both FR. They did a pretty nice job of knocking the teeth out of the boys from UGA. Paul will be just fine. His confidence is an attribute and has been earned.
Top Recruit
November 30th, 2010
2:04 pm
Footall ain’t perfection. Coaches are not gods or geniuses. But when one coach beats you 9 out of 10 and 2 out of 3, that damn near borders on perfection and being a genius. Let’s take the time and go over every one of those games and decide if there is a common factor there. When you find it Mark, call UGA. He has is rolled up in the corner of his dawg house.
scott
November 30th, 2010
2:33 pm
why isn’t everyone complaining about our defense ? our D stank up every stadium it was in. we need a another D C, ted roof comes to mind. . why can’t we have a an offense coordinator that can put a passing game together. l am sick of seeing the same thing over and over, a D that can”t cover recievers and an O that does have a passing game that gets more than about 30% completions. its very simple. if PJ doesn’t get another DC and another OC then this time next we shoud get another HC.
l like PJ but he is not getting very good coaches and his recruiting need to come way up.
it is very obvious that we need 2 new coaches.
look at our D and look at our O there is no way to argue against that .
Jan Kemp's Advisor
November 30th, 2010
2:37 pm
I have advised Mark Bradley to look himself in the mirror and ask himself this question; WHAT THE HEK DO i KNOW ABOUT COACHING SINCE I am not a coach. This is the same Mark Bradley that scoffed when CPJ said a B-Back would rush for over 1000. AA did, Johnson right, Bradley wrong. Same Mark Bradley that years ago said UGA with some bum that never made in Europe would go farther in the NCAA and dogs, one and done . Tech, elite 8 loosing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown. Mark Bradley knows less than Skip Barefoot and Colin Cow-urd, a lot less than those 2 bald heade yankees that have no business being here and considerably less than Chucky and Smirfoff and that other yankee Kincaid and Buckabaloo that cat that talks like he’s got a mouth full of snuff all the time. MB, I advise you 2 things retire and shut up about things you know nothing about which is pretty much everything.
RussDawg
November 30th, 2010
3:51 pm
NERDS LOSE AGAIN !
Gonna punch somebody in the face again??
HA HA NERDS !
Your place kicker and that goat at Boise State should buy each other a Beer !
gt4ever
November 30th, 2010
4:34 pm
I have NO idea why any GT fan,alum, or otherwise would downplay the importance of BEATING UGA. This coach better learn how to win this game or he will be gone….
Some of the people on here that think we need another 2 years to run the 3 – 4 D?…. What in the world is this about? We need to RECRUIT, and guess what Coach is NOT recruiting. Period. Chan didn’t recruit either, I’m not even comparing CPJ to Chan, Hell, I thought we hired CPJ to perform better….. Maybe I’m missing something here……
time4TechOldGold
November 30th, 2010
5:39 pm
I don’t think CPJ is the smartest guy in the room. If he was, Tech would have kept the uniforms from his first year cing. Also if he was, he would realize the value of a shotgun offense like every other c realizes in the NCAA and the pros, and would realize the value of passing a football at all. As far as my alma mater from ‘73 going to a bowl, not for a 6-6 team. That’s not a winning record. It reminds me of when I was at Tech and we would end up at 4-6, with no bowl offer. Any bowl would be making a huge mistake offering this year’s Tech team a bowl berth, and I hope they don’t offer them a bowl.
The Blair Miss Project
November 30th, 2010
6:08 pm
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Supersize that order, mutt is an idiot
November 30th, 2010
7:08 pm
He thinks UGA lies about selling tickets rather than actually selling them and he thinks Tech recruits athletes with higher academic standards. Bahahahah!!! Joe Hamilton barely spoke English.
LCDawg
November 30th, 2010
7:08 pm
PJ blew this game just like he did last year when he decided to pass the ball instead of just running it down our throats again. I’m a Dawg fan and am convinced if he just stuck to his normal dive plays the game would have gone to OT at the very least. So to finalize I don’t think he’s brilliant. I think he choked on the play calling when he decided to pass the ball at the end of the game.
tommy
November 30th, 2010
7:49 pm
I dissagree with you on this one. For one, he is bringing in talent. They are just young. You can’t make chicken soup out of chicken…..
The problem with Johnson is to much early success. That is why he is being criticized. Everyone said the same about Richt. People said Richt could do alot with Donnans recruits, but that is it. Richt went down hill not to loss of good players, but because he lost Jeff Van Gorder. I promise you Jeff Van Gorder is the reason UGA is average now. As far as Johnson’s recruiting: he is right inline to be around 40th in the country, just like tech is every year for 20 years. Gailey had one good recruiting class. The rest of his classes ranked like 40-45. Check it and see. The year we got Calvin johnson we were like 40th overall in recruiting. Give Johnson some time.
Tampa Wreck
November 30th, 2010
8:05 pm
LCDawg, I agree.
GTHustla
November 30th, 2010
8:36 pm
Paul Johnson’s seat is about to get hot. We finished 6-6, with one of those loses to a horrible Georgia team. I’m surprised we could beat a decent Georgia team in 2008, but can’t beat them when they are awful! That is a reflection of coaching. I was excited about this offense. After the Orange Bowl loss to Iowa I became skeptical. Now after this season I’m really starting to worry about it. As Bradley posted, we are never going to be able to recruit any good receivers. Johnson better step up his recruiting. We know he can win with Chain Gaileys players.
kevin
November 30th, 2010
8:55 pm
wow all this over on so so season where they could have easily been 9-3 instead of 6-6…the offense is fine dont tinker with it…it works!!! tech needs some defensive help up front to man the 3-4, they really need some big a$$ bodies on the d-line 2. special teams are awful must find a way to improve them…other than those 2 areas they are pretty sound…you have 512 yards of offense and 92 offensive plays and you should win every week…got to be able to come up with a stop on d…d…d…d…d…d. improve the d
Techman
November 30th, 2010
9:26 pm
UGA has deteriorated into nothing more than an SEC also-ran. Richt still sports a very good overall record, but UGA has watched four other SEC programs capture national titles since 1990, totaling eight national championships, and also watched their in-state rival garner one , as well. Auburn is now on the verge of the national title, and can any Ga . fan honestly think that their coach can take their school to that level. Paul Johnson , if he remains at Tech, will win three of the next five against UGA, and Mark Richt will be gone from Athens after next season. He is a nice man, but UGA knows he has “maxed out” over there, and someone else will have to get Ga. back to the glory days of the early 1980’s. Any reasonable, intelligent, Tech fan shouldn’t say anything negative about Paul Johnson. at this point in time. I, for one, can only say “thank you”.
CSRA Press
December 1st, 2010
1:17 am
Bradley, I have to disagree with the idea that Coach Johnson only won with Chan Gailey recruits. You need to dig a little deeper in that category. Many of the players Coach Johnson inherited were either walk-ons or were recruited for other positions – and most were not even playing or expecting a chance to play. Coach Johnson found their real talents and encouraged them to change positions to, not only have a shot at playing, but to be the perfect fit in his system. Sure, Jonathan Dwyer was a Gailey recruit as a talented runningback, but he only came to Tech because Georgia didn’t offer him a scholarship at the last minute. And, Joshua Nesbitt was recruited as a passing quarterback – have you looked at his passing numbers and percentages – even when he played as a freshman in the Gailey system? The two-time All ACC First Team Center Sean Bedford is a walk-on who Gailey had playing defensive line. Gailey didn’t recruit him, he just wanted to play and probably would have never played a down at Tech under Gailey. Gailey may have had the talent, but he certainly didn’t know how to use it. He had the best wide receiver in the nation in Calvin Johnson (a Coach Ralph Friedgen and Coach George O’Leary recruit) and would not throw him the ball — that’s good coaching? And, Gailey openly said all you could expect at Tech was at most a seven win season – bull – Coach Johnson’s first two teams beat that. Coach Paul Johnson has the ability to get more out of what he has to work with than most of the coaches in college football. His “going for it on fourth down” is a statement – a statement to his team that he has faith in what they can do and a statement to the other team that Tech is not going to settle for just three points – they’re coming at you and going to take it to you (kinda like Coach Steve Spurrier). A look at his fourth down record is good enough to prove he’s right more times than he’s wrong. He knows he has problems with special teams and with wide receivers – you can bet he’s working on those areas as the recruiting wars begin. So Georgia gets the best rated recruits. Coach Johnson strategically recruits student-athletes who fit into the system. He’s building a powerful machine and when he gets all the parts in the right places and working properly – you won’t be able to stop it. He does lack the size and speed on defense, but look for that to change in the next two years. All-in-all, he’s getting where he wants this Tech team and we’re proud of what he’s doing and how he’s doing it – with class. Trying to say he did it with Gailey recruits is just not the whole truth – in fact many of the players on the ACC Championship Team were freshmen and sophomores – Coach Johnson’s recruits. As good as Dwyer is, he can’t run without a good line and Coach Johnson took make-shift players and made them quality linemen like Austin Barrick – recruited by Gailey as a tight end and then moved to defensive line. Coach Johnson made him an outstanding offensive tackle. Give Coach Johnson the credit he deserves and expose Coach Gailey for the way he couldn’t utilize the talent he had.
InsectInside
December 1st, 2010
9:42 am
Yes….he’s certainly not as football smart as the commenters here.
"CPJ is very smart" III
December 1st, 2010
10:22 am
Get the picture:
Having been passed out for several days, CPJ is being revived by local Physicians and they are telling him that it is NOT BETTER to lose by 8 vs 1 point and that he tried in 2009 to pass the ball to win and he lost again this year doing the same dumb thing, with the nation’s number one rushing team.
They are telling him to call CUM and get a room at Ocala Rehab, Inc. so as to forget that FOREVER ETCHED IN THE MINDS OF GT FAITHFUL image of Blair SHANKING THAT PAT>
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I can too
December 1st, 2010
10:30 am
I also say thank you, CPJ. Thnank you for passing the ball two years in a row to win, when your rushing attack is gaining chunks of Clarke County turf. Thank you for letting Blair SHANK the PAT and a big thank you for giving UGA grads more fodder to giggle at ………………..like believing that losing by 8 is better than losing by 1.
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PS
Grant Field is our second homefield in this state. Our alums LOVE going there because can can party in our mid town Virginia-Highland dwellings or Peachtree Battle area digs and then cab it to the game. Besides, in grant Field, we love seeing all of the red and black.
We will be bringing soph Aaron Murray and Co too. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
We beat GT with or W.O. AJ Green.
The Monroe kid
December 1st, 2010
10:42 am
One of GT’s very first 2011 commits was from that Stephon ??? kid from Monroe. He has since DUMPED GT and CPJ for ND.
That says it all. Like who is Notre Dame? I mea, like what have they done in 10-20 years??? NO SEC schools really chased that kid …………………………that is GT’s problemo. They go after also ran kids and then get dumped when some low level branded school offers them.
CPJ has next year to win big. History over 43 years reveals that GT goes through a new football coach every 3.5 years and that has been the average since Vince The Prince Dooley ran Bobby Dodd off in 67. Here are just a few of them:
Bill Fulmer,Bud Carson, Bill Lewis,Fake Resume O’Leary, S&P Rodgers, astor Curry, Bobby ( Steroids )Ross, Chan the Man Gailey, CPJ and probaly two or three more than I cannot recall. Do the math.
GT attending the Weedater Bowl is a” true indication of a program in decline”. Right?? Is that not what all the GT morons said last year??? Hmmmmmm???
Reality Stinks
December 1st, 2010
10:43 am
Tech must find a QB that can “THROW” the ball not run THROW the ball
One more time
THROW the ball
gt45
December 1st, 2010
10:50 am
Wouldn’t change a thing! This would have been a different season if we would have held on to the ball and caught the ball! Ten and two at the worst!
IL Jacket
December 1st, 2010
10:50 am
Mark,
Your prescriptions are a little simplistic-get better athletes! Really, I guess that never occurred to CPJ. In truth, we need to be able to pass the ball a little better, not necessarily a 300 yard game, but to be a little less one dimensional. For example, the call to open the second half was brilliant-play fake, long pass-totally caught UGA off guard. A little better pass and it would have been a touchdown. Still, with no passing game, UGA could not stop the run and that was after an extra week to prepare. It is a great offense, ball control, winning time of posession, wear down the other team-did you see how exhausted the UGA players were at the end of the game?
Those are the good points-we do need some work on defense, I think primarily at the corners. All season long we seem to play with too much cushion on the receivers. Let’s at least make them make a throw, not just a lob. Special teams will probably always be an issue at Tech. That is where your depth shows up and given our recruiting limitations, it is hard to have a great deal of depth, but obviously we can do better.
I don’t know who will be the quarterback next year, but this team is not that far away from competing for the championship next year. The Groh defense made great strides this year and Al seems to have the fire for recruiting to get better athletes. My biggest fear on defense is that Grantham gets fired or abandons the 3-4. As long as those two are in place, we will be able to run at will. Just need to play from the lead.
Reality Stinks
December 1st, 2010
11:01 am
Next years record will be the same Tech fans just like at UGA
get off the kool-aid and get a coach, Miami is doing it
JOhn
December 1st, 2010
12:59 pm
Tech needs a defense, and not a freaking 3-4 NFL defense that is too complicated for college kids and requires superior talent to run efficently!!! If they had any sort of defense this year they would have won at least three more games. Clemson game- defense did’nt show up, Kansas game- defense did’nt show up, NC State game- defense did’nt show up, UGA game- make UGA punt just once and you win that game. Defense is what GT lacks and another thing that has hurt Johnson is his whole coaching staff has taken advantage of his success and bailed and taken other opportunities. Monken- Last year’s A back coach now ith GSU as head coach, Giff Smith- now with NFL as d-line coach, etc…….
Bees Wax
December 1st, 2010
1:09 pm
GT has never even had one of the top recruiting classes in the ACC, much less the nation. UGA has consistently one of the top classes in the nation, and the SEC. ACC recruiting classes dominated by VT, Clemson, and Miami. Its just alot easier to convince quality players to go to Athens and play in the SEC. Who wouldn’t? That’s why Richt is so disappointed in a 6-6 season when he gets some of the nation’s best players every year. Harder for Tech to convince players to come play in urban setting against lesser competition.
StilllovemyJackets
December 1st, 2010
1:28 pm
We need only a few things to make the Jackets unstoppable: 1. Al Groh must get out there and bust his hump recruiting the caliber of players it takes to run the 3-4(which starts with fast and hard hitting LBs), CPJ must go find another BayBay quality receiver and last but not least SECONDARY needs reworked from the ground up. Now with that said to the comment from Bees Wax you missed one vital point, at GT the requirements to get in at Tech even as an athlete is hard to say the least. It’s like recruiting at the Military Academies(who wants to be forced to spend 4yrs in the military). Also, Richt is notorious for recruiting THUGS yes I said it THUGS. We will be fine downtown…I think that all of the UGA fans need to worry about the mediocrity in Athens.
T Bone
December 1st, 2010
1:36 pm
@Rich You are spot on. GT offense needs a more balanced attack. Since we don’t have a big play WR we need to develop an intermediate passing game that takes advantage of our speedy B-backs.
blazer
December 1st, 2010
3:00 pm
the red panties are comfortable with third place in the mighty sec east again!!
Like most teams-very few plays are the difference in 6-6 and 9-3!!
GTCL63
December 2nd, 2010
7:06 am
Worse analysis and fact less article ever, highlighted by “Rather than simply rage at his latest punter for his latest shank, Johnson needs ……….” CPJ did no such thing. He said Blair has won a lot of games for us and the loss was result of many mistakes. Don’t put the blame of Blair! CPJ said he told Blair after the miss, you will get the chance to win this game.
Bradly must be the one that asks the stupid questions at the post game interviews
I don’t read the AJC or any liberal misinformed rag but why sports reporters have to report with agendas is beyond me. Where are the honest reporters in the world today?
SAINT SIMON
December 2nd, 2010
2:46 pm
UGA 42 – GT 24!!!!
UGA 30 – GT 24!!!
WE RUN THIS STATE!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHA!!!
CraZyTRaDeMaN
December 2nd, 2010
2:51 pm
This was bound to happen eventually!!!!
What a psycho
GssiT
December 2nd, 2010
4:45 pm
Mediocre is the word that all the experts used to describe the Chan Gailey (a true Southern gentlemen) era at GT. I only need to remind you of the ACC championship game with WF. We had Calvin J for that one. Did we even have a game plan??? 6-7-8 wins and a mediocre (there’s your word again) bowl game. No thanks, I’ll take CPJ and competing for the ACC championship.
Laces Out
December 2nd, 2010
5:33 pm
42-34
BBBBWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAAAA
No one wants to play in a 1920 style offense or for geriatric Groh
Susan Boyle and Groh on a Hoveround rolling into a prospective player’s house is recruit repellent
Yellow Britches
December 2nd, 2010
6:31 pm
CSRA has got it right. Any coach, except Mark Richt, can throw five star recruits on the field and win seven or eight games a year. Fulmer did it for years at UT. It takes a great coach to see where guys can contribute the most. Does anyone in their right minds really think Joshua Nesbett would have been as successful in Gailey’s offensive scheme? A drop back passer running a pro style spread. Really, come on now. UGA does run the state. They run the Board of Regents and until Tech gets a journalism school to crank out mindless syncophants and UGA homers that spend more ink writing about Georgia’s game with Idaho State than Tech and Clemson, we will always get short shriff in the AJC and other small town papers.
Glory Glory
December 2nd, 2010
11:06 pm
Just remember, there’s nothing dumber than a Georgia Bulldog fan.
Laces Out
December 2nd, 2010
11:09 pm
Just be glad that you’re not a UGA fan and have to view that train wreck of a program in Athens. You Techies are lucky compared to the poor pups. Go Jackets!
curt moore
December 3rd, 2010
2:35 pm
Let’s all take a deep breath. GT had two of our best years back to back and now we have an off year and MB starts telling CPJ how to run his program. Get serious! Us true GT’ers are elated to have a coach of CPJ’s competitive spirit. Merry Christmas to all including all those red neck Dawg fans that feel they must blog on a GT site.
RAMBLINWRECKFROMGT
December 4th, 2010
5:23 pm
Just read an article written by a journalist for the Herald in SF that GT and Boise will be the matchup for the Kraft Fight for Hunger bowl. Would love to see GT shock the world and finish with a winning record. Proud of this team and coaching. Lose 6 players to the NFL from last year 4 early and their still fighting. Looking forward to great seasons with CPJ at the helm
GT is in the Weedeater Bowl in fabulous Shreveport
December 5th, 2010
7:28 pm
Take all of 2009’s negative rants from GT fans about UGA and just edit out UGA with a GT and there y’all are. You guys being in the Independence Bowl is so funny to UGA fanns. All summer I predicted that.
Just take I-20 for 9 hours to Shreveport and exit at Shoney’s. The bext hotel IS the Dew Drop Inn at $19.99 and you get two meals for one at Shoney’s.
There is bowling alley but you cannot use it at night because GT ’s team will be there every night playing free as one perk of being there. Wow> Enjoy creeps!!! We are laughing at y’all
Now the Waffle House is owned by 1960s era Yellow Jackets, so surely you all can eat free.
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As for UGA? ALIVE AND WELL IN MEMPHIS at the LIBERTY BOWL …………………Home of the BLUES baby and fabulous, world class and internationaly reknown Rendevous Ribs. Personally, the Four Flames on Poplar is THE place for prime rib and adult beverages.
We will enjoy it and the thrid trip in 43 years to Memphis. GT? Their third bowl in GT history.
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