The doc is back: What Tech must do to rise above mediocrity

[...] Have a seat in the waiting room. Dr. Bradley’s Rx for Georgia Tech can be found here. [...]

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Good analysis, Mark. I think next year, GT will surprise some.

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Point number 2. Just…. point number 2. We badly need to improve on special teams. Hiring a coordinator would go a long way toward that.

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If I had a name like “jarvis” or “Oscar”, I’d be pi$$ed off too.

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But Mark – I thought Coach Paul Johnson coached a PERFECT game and walked away with another MORAL VICTORY as the Dawgs make it NINE OUT OF 10?

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The next two years will be the measure of Johnson’s ability to recruit and coach. He took a lesser talented team to six wins but this team gave up a lot of yards and points. He does need a special teams coach. But Johnson can accoplish those points made.

BTW jarvis, it is apparent you do not possess any. You give Queens a bad name.

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Leaving week 7 at 5-2 and ending the year at 6-6 might lead one to believe that his team faded.

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wasn’t jarvis the mascot of Cookie Crisp cereal? Cookie Jarvis?

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check the sched, jarvis. We played better teams toward the end.

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Most times the “Smartest Guy” in the room is the only one who thinks he’s the Smartest Guy in the room.

PJ is the quintessential “Smartest Guy in the Room”.

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Jesse…he can’t.

He is an uncharismatic man with a small urban campus toting average facilities, no relatively easy majors, and a .500 ball club.

I’ll give you that some of those things are good from a higher perspective, but none of them help you recruit talent.

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Mark, you are really bright, now no one could figure out your solution. Let’s review: 1) Get better players – I bet you no one at Tech has thought about that . . . you get 3 stars for a bright idea!; 2) Hire special teams coordinator – now with the worst special team in college football, another bright idea . . . you get 2 stars; 3) Get humble, now that is aggressive . . . great call only 1 star. Maybe we ought to hire Mark Bradley as coach with his plan, Tech could win 1 or 2 games. Come on Mark, you got to be able to do better than this . . . or does the AJC need a plan to replace you!

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I told y’all on Friday that we would beat the Dawgs and in my mind we did. Even Bradley says we were the better team. There’s only one place that differs and that is the scoreboard but I don’t give a rats arse about that. In my mind we won the game and that is what will stick with me through this off-season. CPJ is the better coach and is the new sheriff in Athens.

I dread going to Shreveport but I will not turn my back on this team or this coach, we were cheated out of that game Saturday night by the refs and I will always consider it as a victory.

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I told y’all on Friday that we would beat the Dawgs and in my mind we did. Even Bradley says we were the better team. There’s only one place that differs and that is the scoreboard but I don’t give a rats arse about that. In my mind we won the game and that is what will stick with me through this off-season. CPJ is the better coach and is the new sheriff in Athens.

I dread going to Shreveport but I will not turn my back on this team or this coach, we were cheated out of that game Saturday night by the refs and I will always consider it as a victory.

Richt was outcoached by CPJ.

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mark, you obviously dont know much about football, coach pj has done everything he can to get the best recruits, he regulary offers 4-5 star recruits but often only gets 2-3 star recruits, gt coach maximizes his talent where many other coach like ga let so much talent go to waste

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i said if we execute the o cant be stopped read what i said firts

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Some people say that my Dr Lou spots on ESPN make me look like a clown. Now I see why.

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<———– WIDE LEFT <————-

I am glad you Nerds have given yourself the "Moral Victory" Trophy for this past Saturday night. I hope you put it next to your tin-foil fake 1990 NC trophy.

We will enjoy hosting the Governor's Cup….. AGAIN!!!

(((((42-34)))))

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Marlon Brown had his name called for the first time in two years by recovering a fumble on Special Teams.

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So pws was the Tech fan in Athens on Saturday. I was wondering who you were.

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Yesterday, he was the smartest coach ever. Today, there’s a few things he must do. Mark Bradley…dude, you’re amazing. PJ is too arrogant to change any of this stuff.

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Tech should move to the WAC

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PJ needs some players that want to play and win!!!!

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It’s interesting how so many dawg fans and dawg pundits want to tell us Tech fans why CPJ isn’t so great after all (blah, blah, blah) and what Tech needs to do to improve its football program. Whatever. Go worry about your own issues over in Athens. And Go Jackets!

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However if they decided to stay in the ACC, the offense should work on throwing more with the A backs

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Its gonna be tough to turn it around in one year. I think Tevin can be a great QB in this system…we just need the other parts of the team to step up. Defense needs to get better vs the run and pass….they also need to be able to force turnovers…that was the difference between this team and 2008 and 2009 teams. Our defense in 2008 was good due to the great D line. In 2009 we took a step back but still forced a pretty good amount of turnovers. Luckily we have a pretty good amount of talent coming in on defense…our secondary and LB core should improve rapidly once these players become starters. D line recruiting is somewhat of a concern though…we pulled in several highly rated prospects the last three years but…for some reason most of these players have yet to make a huge impact. Players like JC Lanier, Shawn Green, Anthony Williams, and Denzel McCoy were all highly rated players…it will be interesting to see what they can do. On offense we need to develop a passing game…Tevin has shown flashes of his passing ability…so with receivers who can catch we can become much better in this area. RBs are the least of our worries..we have plenty of talent…in fact I think some of these guys will transfer or switch positions due to the lack in PT. The offensive line has got to improve vastly….we consistently struggle against teams with decent D lines….we need bigger guys in the trenches. I am concerned over the O line recruiting….we need to pull in some better players there. QB recruiting is going fine…Vad Lee is going to be a great QB in this system and Days has pretty good so far. I hope PJ can fix all these problems…its a shame that kids listen to the negative hype around this offense…imagine how good it could be if we recruited the top talent. PJ has already proved that success can be achieved with this offense. And yes we need a special teams coordinator badly!

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tracy ham threw for tons of yards at ga southern while johnson was off. coord. there won two national championships also, why does’nt he mix it up like that now?

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Devils Advocate….off the top of my head Richard Samuel?

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Mark, you should do some REAL diagnostics before writing a prescription.

Your FIRST Point: There are several sources you could have referenced before striking out on this one. Try a roster listing or matrix outlining Tech’s position depth by class. HUGE lack-of-balance in the classes. The OL balance by class suffered the most. 84 kids are RS Sophs or younger. Not completely unheard of after a coaching change, but our case was worse than normal at the OL position. 20-22 year-olds have more years in the weight room and more practice field reps than 18-19 year olds. Where’s the big mystery there? All you had to do is look at the full roster, and you’ll see that Tech will be a “little” better in 2011, a LOT better in 2012, and FINALLY have balanced classes in 2013 and have some “continuity” of experienced players on the OL and the RIGHT players for the 3-4 on defense. If you CAN’T see that, then look no further than all those 5 star athlete rosters at Texas and Florida. THEY will get better, too. Just watch.

(2) You lurched uncontrollably into the Truth with this point. Having said that, despite the kickoff return by VPI&SU, Tech is still 12th in kickoff coverage this year. 15-17 on FG’s, and Blair’s PAT miss Saturday was his first in 78 tries. Nevertheless, we DO need better special teams, and I’m sure Johnson agrees.

(3) Your third point is so poorly written that it reads like the FIRST point. Whatever.

Mark, if you’re a baseball player, you hit 1-for-3. And, in your business, like baseball, I imagine hitting 0.333 gets you a multi-year, 7 figure contract with the AJC.

Congratulations! I need a job: Can you hire me to be your flunkee “exec. assistant”? I’ll work for less than $100K per year … as long as you can get me press passes to the college football games of my choice. Whaddayasay?

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Will Paul Johnson have rings made for his seniors for their Moral Victory Saturday Night??

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Recriuting is without question the basis for success at Tech. CPJ is arrogant, as well he should be given the overall success he’s enjoyed as a coach. However, he has to understand that defense wins games. Special teams is very important, but if the defense gives up even 1/2 the points, what a difference because only one game, Miami, was over before the half. All the rest were winnable until the end, but the defense couldn’t get a signature stop or game changing turnover.

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NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY FOR CPJ, he is to smart to be understood by any student athletes, He is to smart to be understood by the human race

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they need to run a real offense with forward passes and such.

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Washington throws a catchable ball?
His best throw of the night was underthrown by 15 yards. If his arm was even decent, Tech scores on that first throw of the second half.

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What are these reporters smoking? There are no narrow losses, good losses or great losses. This game is measured by one of two choices only. Win or lose. Winners or Losers.

GT played the game and lost. Simple as that. If CPJ and his crew hang their hat on a loss then so be it but damn, who wants to follow a “leader” whos happy with a loss?

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Moral Victory? That is how UGa justified their beat down by AU three weeks ago. Short memories I see.

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Dawggie,

CPJ and his crew are not satified with the loss, I guarantee you. The postgame interview removed all doubt. He isn’t impressed that we almost won – he expected to win.

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It’s getting old, Blair Miss Project. We all thought the name and arrows were clever the first 3 times we saw it, and we are all proud of you for coming up with that. Now go think of something else.

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Come on, db, you’re gonna have to show me a single post of a UGA fan satisfied with that loss to AU.

Most were pissed about Bobo/Richt taking the foot off the accelerator on offense . . .

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This is a RIVALRY game!!! I don't care if UGA only won one game this year…. if it were Tech, they have BRAGGING RIGHTS!!!

It's obvious you idiots who cannot understand why UGA would brag about beating Tech because their records were por, are NFL fans from the North.

(((((42-34))))) ALL. YEAR. LONG!!!!

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Yellow Fuzz, I agree with you! Even though I invented the internet, those darn ref’s cheated me out of the Presidency. I refuse to accept it. I won I won I won I won!!!!!!!! Also, I did not have sex with that woman! Wait a minute, that was my partner. Phooey! I think I’ll write a book.

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Here we go with the myth that Chan Gailey was some great recruiter again. Recruiting class ranks from Scout.com

Gailey: 34, 35, 48, 49, 15, 37
Johnson: 32, 41, 39 (so far)

Gailey had one good recruiting year. Its not easy to recruit at GT in general for various reasons. Johnson so far hasn’t really done worse then Gailey did.

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2012 what defense has flat out beat techs offense when they executed properly?//// tech offense is not the problem a pro style offense could win with our offensive line

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Roswell dog has issues.

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Tech will NOT “rise” anytime soon!
9 of 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UGA runs this state and will for many more years to come!

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Championship football at this level requires a great defense. I think Johnson knows this and has made the right moves to be successful on that side of the ball…if he can entice the defensive talent to the flats. The offense will be fine – but you can’t count on scoring a ton of points against good defenses with any offense.

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So, wow weeza, you must think no other coach could have done a better job with 8 NFL draft picks ( including the #1 and #10) in ‘08 than 10-3? Also had AJ as a freshman (who will be a top 10).

If you think Richt and Co hasn’t “squandered” real, NFL talent, you would find many NFL scouts who would disagree.

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Tech’s 2011 schedule is not exactly easy either. It won’t be a 1 year fix.

After FCS Western Carolina, they get the rematch with Kansas at home, at MTSU and then an ACC slate with Clemson, Maryland, UNC, Va Tech at home and Duke, Miami, NC State and Virginia on the road. I see another 4-5 losses before that game against Georgia. Yikes.

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Move your campus out of the ‘hood and you’ll have recruits begging to come there. And get some decent looking women.

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As a GT fan it is a little embarrassing for UGA to “run this state”. The same UGA that has finished 7-5 and 6-6 the last 2 regular seasons. In other words, we have been beaten by a team that is no longer relevant in the SEC….even w/ their annual top 10 recruiting classes.

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Mark,

CPJ and Gailey have, on average hit the same level of “stars” in recruiting. CCG had one above average class in 2007. Gailey under-recruited o-lineman, leaving a seniority gap at that position. Four guys leaving early in the same year also leaves a gap. Washington is a CPJ recruit and has performed well under pressure this year. We need playmakers on D more than O and our four star recruits so far have all been on that side of the ball.

I agree on Special Teams. That has been awful the last three years.

Tech is going to have to find diamonds in the rough who may not be stars but can be turned into stars.

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Yellow fuzz you owe us 3 months of not seeing your soory name on the blogs if you are a man of your word.

Of course, you will still be trolling around because you are a troll, not a man.

I’ve made my peace with several of the Tech folks over on their blogs but never with you.

If you don’t disappear for 3 months like you said, you are a liar.

You can spin it all you want to but either you go and keep your word or stay and are a liar.

Ball’s in your court

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FIRE HEWITT AND JOHNSON NOW. Neither can coach during the game. GT needed only a field goal to win the game and Johnson gave up started throwing the ball. Three or four running plays would have put GT in position to kick a field goal,, We had benn running the ball at a healty average and with the way the Bulldogs were playing back for the pass the yardage would come in big gulps. No timeouts. No problem. Run a play. Down the ball. Run a play. Down the ball, Run a play. Down the ball. Kick a field goal. Fire Johnson today. Hire Bobo or some other assistant that with more game knowledge than Johnson. If your qb can’t pass then don’t pass. Do what you do best. Run. Don’t give up.

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For 12 games, I have watched this GT Defense flat out get torched. This is brutal when we have an offense that cannot score in a hurry when needed. Either we incorporate some sort of passing game (which I think would make this team’s offense completely unstoppable) and/or play defense. Our defense has the worst tackling techniques next to UGA. It is an abhoration!

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Neither team has the personnel to run the 3-4.

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DawginLex – I think you’ll find that most of the GT bloggers don’t like Yellow Fuzz any more than you do. I guarantee he’ll still be blogging – probably under another name. Look got the insult “little man” in posts as that seems to be his standard comeback

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Tech’s 2011 schedule is not exactly easy either. It won’t be a 1 year fix.

After FCS Western Carolina, they get the rematch with Kansas at home, at MTSU and then an ACC slate with Clemson, Maryland, UNC, Va Tech at home and Duke, Miami, NC State and Virginia on the road. I see another 4-5 losses before that game against Georgia. Yikes.

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I’m seeing 10-2!!

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Tech’s biggest problem in recruiting is the defense. They have the guys to make plays on offense. People talk about not being able to recruit because of the style of offense that doesn’t affect defense recruiting. Tech will be able to go after better players on that side of the ball. Get the Chris long, James Farrior types for the 3-4 and tech will be fine. A dedicated special teams coach is a must. Tech has guys at the wr posistion they just need to catch the damn ball. Remember one thing about this team though, its basically fresh. and soph. at alot of positions. Take away Jefferson, Reid, Allen and Bedford( I don’t count Nesbitt bc he’s been gone for almost four games now.) this team is coming back next year. Add some 3-4 depth and playmakers on d, and this team improves very quickly.

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Score check, seriously are you playing the what if game? Dude get a life, hell each side could do that for every game. How about this its 60-40-5 if Bay Bay catches the pass at the end of the game last year. A win is a win and a loss is a loss even if you don’t count it.

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I am a huge UGA homer and must be honest. Both UGA and Tech really stink this year and neither deserve to go bowling. Al Groh and Todd Grantham need to thank their lucky starts they are not the DC’s at powerhouses like Alabama, UF or even Oklahoma. Because they would be fired after that pathetic showing last Saturday. I dare someone to count the missed tackles on both sides. It was embarrassing to anyone who has played the game. If you are a Tech fan look at the bright side…UGA will be terrible next season…and I mean terrible!

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The game was closer than expected and you Tech fans see a FUTURE,

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

After last year how did UGA fans feel about the 2010 season, look how it ended up

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This just in
The editor-in-Chief of The Red & Black UGA student paper had to step down today. He was in President Adams Box at the game DRUNK and showed his butt. HAHAAAHAAHA. Every level at UGA is a Drunk. GAA, Admin., Tecahers, and Students.
UGA didn’t get many penalities against Tech and that is BS. I saw enough holding calls that were not called. Not saying Tech would have won if the Refs made a few more calls. It is funny that everybody has agreed that Tech’s Lines pushed UGA around all night, but UGA was rarely called for Holding. some facts:
H UGA 5-30 La Laf 2-8
@ UGA 4-25 USC 5-35
H UGA 9-53 ARK 10-75
@ UGA 9-63 MSU 4-30
@ UGA 5-48 CU 3-21
H UGA 5-50 UT 5-38
H UGA 3-39 Vandy 3-17
H UGA 4-28 UK 3-21
n UGA 2-25 UF 9-54
H UGA 5-50 ISU 5-35
@ UGA 10-89 AU 6-73
H UGA 2-10 GT 4-31
You are telling me UGA had it’s fewest penalities and yards in their last game against the State rival need a win to get to a Bowl! I don’t believe it and there is no way in HELL UGA wasn’t holding because I saw it on TV plenty of plays.

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Listen to yourselves, after losing six games you are still saying your offense cannot be stopped. You said last year your offense could not be stopped, but it was 3 times. You are full of yourselves and there is a reason that cruddy offense is not being run by any of the big boys, you guys either need to move down and compete with Georgia Southern, or give up real football.

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before techie players play another game they should show the defensive backs where the receivers line up on the field as they kept watching the guards and tackles as the rsceivers went by them . they would turn and wonder who they were. or maybe they should require the other team to put receiver on the front of thier jersey. oh I forgot this want work as techie players cant read. last in the acc in academic with all majoring in industrial management. learning to operate a cash register and most fail. check the records. oh I forgot techie does not check thier football and basketball players.

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so what we are saying here is that mark bradley a newspaper sports writer should be hired to be a head football coach. WOW why didnt the AD,S know before they spent all these millions on coaches?

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Mark,
Besides a few good signees in 07 where are the great Gailey recruiting years? GT will always fall in the recruiting wars simply because of the academics. I know this has been said over and over and you know it’s true. The AJ Greens of the world that struggle to get out of high school are not going to sign with GT. Now if GT expands it’s degrees to include some easier majors then the recruiting would spike in my humble opinion. I also do not understand the Nesbitt comment. Yes he is a warrior and will be missed, but though Washington’s record is not great in the win/loss catagory he proved other QBs can run this offense and in many fans eyes Sims or Vad Lee will do great things with this offense.

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Outsider, and that is certainly an appropriate name, no one has stated or said that our offense cannot be stopped. BUT, when you run 400 plus yards against an opponent and also command time of possession for almost all of our games in the last three years, there are other reasons for losing. In our case the biggest bugaboo has been a weak defense and even weaker special teams. Yes, I believe we need to pass more and have better pass protection. There are some players in the redshirt corps and a talented quarterback commit out of North Carolina that just might be the tonic for us in the passing game. REPEAT–our losses have not been due to the type of offense we run. Yes, you can claim we have not executed the offense as well this year, but we are still ranked number one in the country in rushing, so something must be going right.

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Mark’s right, the talent level isn’t there and execution is worse. Put up or shut up CPJ. Still a supporter and not calling for any changes other than the change needed on the field.

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re: Tech Fan Since 1950

You cannot hang you hat on being #1 in rushing when you are also #119 in passing, the goal is to find a “sweet spot” that helps your program to win games, and not just games against crappy ACC Teams either.

In every press conference CPJ talks about RUSHING YARDS like that is the only metric in CFB that affects WINNING & LOSING.

CPJ won’t get GT close to sniffing a MNC until he starts to focus on BALANCE on offense, STs, and defense, going for it on 4th down at mid-field does nothing to help his defense, yet he continually does it like he has the “85 Bears” on his Teams.

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Mark this a new low for you! What has UGA and FSU done with their so called top ten classes? They have had them for year and what do have to show for it? Nothing no NC or conference title!

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To pws, Tech did give a full scholarship to a kicker, but he has not been anywhere to be seen. I don’t know if he was redshirted or not. If he was that good to be given a full ride then why didn’t he at least kick on kickoffs. Only CPJ knows that answer.

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You know that title…’The Smartest Guy n the Room’…was coined about a bunch of ‘flim-flam’ artists in Houston, TX a few years back, and where are they now? Those that guessed NASA should Google the term and you’ll find a book about ENRON. Not suggesting that your guy Johnson is a crook, but anybody that’s got this many sportswriters with their collective noses up his rear end, you’d think he was Tiger Woods before last Thanksgiving.

You can take whatever solace you want in being able to gain about 80 or 90 yards more than Georgia and whine about ‘beating yourselves’ – trust me you don’t have a monopoly on that since every game we lost, and even victories that were close, like Saturday night, resulted from a critical mistake at a critical time. In fact that generally is what happens in most games, but again, if it makes you feel better about gettin’ beat, then fine.

All I know is you lost and we won…and when one day after you come to realize that PJ ain’t no JC – and doesn’t walk on water after all, and the AJC writers have come to realize that sarcastic replies to questions doesn’t necessarily mean anything more than an attitude and attitude not backed by results rings hollow.

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Hey techers …………we Dogs are laughing at you all for many reasons. First is that some one told you geeks that to lose by 8 points is far superior than losing by 1, so you coach bought it. He thought that he could pass the ball to win. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA just like 2009 !!!!
Secondly, someone told you that this year the Independence Bowl will be fabulous, because the Bozier City Bluebonnet Dancing Fat Girls are doing their half time show.
Thirdly is that someone told you all that the fried shrimp at Shoney is THE BEST in town. Frankly the Waffle House is the best place in Shreveport. It is also owed by GTechers. AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA

We will be laughing. Oh, one more thing …………….we are still laughing at CPJ’s face when the Blair Witch Hunt Boy shanked it. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

9-1 is Richt over y’all and we Dogs know that “he is lousy”. Right? He handles y’all ………Right???

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The looks on the dork’s faces in the crowd on Saturday when he shanked away your hopes and dreams was great.
Just like when we exposed your over-ranking last year.
Have fun in Shreveport.
Not so funny now, is it?
Maybe you’ll be in the San Fran bowl where you’ll fit in more.
42-34 ALL YEAR LONG
BBUUUUUHUUHHUUUUUWWWWWWAAAAHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA
Can’t wait to humiliate Blewitt again too.

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And as far as recruiting goes:

I just ran the numbers from Scout.com on recruiting for the 2006 classes through the 2010 classes. This covers all players on the field Saturday. The UGA classes were ranked 21, 4, 5, 17, 4 for an average of 10.2 for the 5 years. The GT classes were ranked 41, 32, 37, 15, 49 for an average of 34.8 for the 5 years.

For GT, this will not cut it.

For UGA, what the hell are you doing with the 10.2 recruiting classes?You finished 6-6 with this kind of talent???????

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I mean 61
61 to 39
BBBWWAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAA

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There are those who think Richt ought to get a life long contract. 6-6, 8-4, 11-1, doesn’t matter, they are sold. Most are still sucking thumbs with a blanket, but sold.

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All 61 wins by the mutts are flukes.
One thing I know is that we can out-cheer you, which is better than winning and scoring homerun baskets at American football games.

Take this Dawgs

Differential X,
Differential Y,
A Square, B Square,
Integral of Pi !

Engineers Touchdown,
Engineers Yell,
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Fight like Hell!

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“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.” Only a true tool would write such a line.

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Hey Barney
SCOREBOARD
Sore Loser
BBWWAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA
Douc*he

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I’d like to see the Jackets in the bowl game with the Air Force Academy. The AFA has some elements in their triple option that might be employed by Tech. Their QB passed for 120 yards per game with a 150.5 passer rating. 3 of their 4 losses were to Top 25 teams TCU, Oklahoma and Utah; the other was San Diego St., who also received votes in the AP poll.

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Tech CAN’T change the curriculum. It’s been attempted in the past, and every time, it’s voted down either by the board of regents or the GA legislature, thanks to padding those bodies with mutts. There’s probably nothing that can be done about the legislature because liberal arts majors are more likely to run for public office. But the board of regents SHOULD be evenly populated. That it is not explains why THUGa was able to get an engineering curriculum added, to further increase Adams’ planned empire.

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I think CPJ is a very good coach who has the required faith in his system, but after the UGA game and multiple other games over the last three seasons in which we are losing towards the end of the game, there is obviously a glaring flaw in either the system, or the coach. Completely abandoning your offense (that had already rolled up 500 yards against UGA) and hurling the ball downfield over and over because the clock is winding down has proven time and time again to be a sure way to lose the game. I would rather CPJ continue to call running plays in the hopes of getting first downs and wisely using timeouts than go four and out on four terrible pass attempts. If the man has that much faith in his system, don’t abandon it at the end for a system (airing it out) for which we neither have the players, experience, or rhythm. I would rather the clock run out on us running the ball, than resort to desperate pass attempts by a QB recruited to run the triple option.

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All this hate… good it fuels the rivarly. I love it!

I saw Tech loose because of three fumbles. I’d say that sums it up.

All UGA has, is that they consistantly find a way to win! Unfortunately, TECH is not there yet. But maybe after a good ole heart to heart with GROH and JOHNSON we will be.

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Here’s the deal… GT will never get the athletes that UGA does, but yet they can STILL beat UGA, due to COACHING. UGA will never get CLOSE to the athletes the Gators get, and can NOT beat us… even when we have our worst team! 34 -31 Suck it LOSERS!!!!!

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yellerjacket, I don’t fault CPJ for resorting to passing the ball on that last series, since we had 80 yards to go with no timeouts and less than 2 minutes. It would have required at least one BIG breakaway run, and then quickly out of bounds, to get close enough to make it happen. BUT, on the series after Blair’s missed extra point, I DO wonder why he went to the air. There was still time then, and I believe, we still had one timeout left. I wondered the same thing at the end of last year’s game with the mutts. In spite of the fact that the mutts THINK they stopped the triple option last year, they in fact didn’t, and we could almost certainly have had more success running the ball than we ended up doing by throwing it. But, like I said, I think passing was the only way to go on that last series Saturday. It’s just a shame that Washington went into what appeared to be panic mode; he had thrown fairly efficiently the rest of the game.

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That Shoney’s fried shrimp comment above was amazing for anyone who hasn’t read it yet. Truly amazing. I hope his timer at the public library is almost up.

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2012 Fear the End… What a MORON! You’re really a Dawg aren’t you?? LOSER!

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supersize, he only went to the air on 4th down after the missed extra point. I took issue with the three same option pitch plays that preceeded the 4th down pass. Why not ALLEN on the dive play?

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GTZ, I didn’t remember which down we threw on; I just knew he threw it. I agree about Allen though; he ate them up all night.

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Delbert – Here is the post on the BOR giving approval for UGA to expand their engineering program (UGA already has a limited engineering program),
http://www.ajc.com/news/divided-regents-expand-ugas-735047.html

All part of Adams plan to expand his empire.
http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2010-09-27/story/behind-uga%E2%80%99s-push-engineering-school-money-%E2%80%A6

If this comes about, it’s only a matter of time before the BoR starts to “equalize” the money spent for engineering at both schools

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Since this is the first time I have logged in since the game, has anybody yet addressed the non-overruled fumble recovery call? I mean even the announcers on TV said his foot was on the line when he recovered it, and the replay clearly showed that too.

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I’m a Georgia fan, but I must say if Coach Johnson just gets a halfway decent defense, he has the offense to go very far, as he did last year.
You can’t tell me there aren’t enough players right here in GA to get some stellar defensive talent onboard.
And people keep saying that recruits won’t go to Tech because of the offense.
Do you think Defensive players care about what Offensive system your team runs as long as it produces results?
And by the way TECH FANS, you guys played a hell of game Sat night.
We were lucky to hold on but you’ve got a great coach and bright future.

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supersize – On the non-overruled fumble recovery, the correct call was made. It was very difficult to tell on the TV whether the foot was on the line or not – certainly it wasn’t clear enough to overrule the guys on the field

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Mark you have some pretty good points and I agree with them all, now if we can get some of these silly UGA fans off our blog for one minute, they know the real deal, TECH is proud of our team and UGA is kinda scared, everyone knows UGA thought they were going to blow TECH away, what happen, isn’t TECH the sad team with 2 and 3 star players, UGA see us coming down the road, be very afraid, (I just read the store about the school editor and Nathan Deal and Purdue, drink up and lets have some fun coach!)

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I threw up at the Kansas game and knew we had a problem, and as I said, we had to have a passing game too,…that was evident in the Iowa game last Jan…good luck Josh.., Washington is developing a much smoother option distributing the ball and his passing seems to have potential way beyond Josh…as to the game, congrats Ga. but both teams played, for the most part, like 6-6 teams..do we have a ‘team’ for next year?.

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Paul in RDU, I don’t see how that was the correct call. On my TV, his foot was clearly on the line, plus (if this even matters) he never actually had control of the ball when he completely went out of bounds. The announcers said the same thing, at least about the foot. I also thought somebody kicked the ball way back up field; isn’t that illegal, or is that only in basketball?

Unfortunately, no, we were not able to stop the medical school addition in Athens. The previous president of MCG didn’t help any, and with Purdue sold on it, I guess it was a lost cause. Just more empire-building by Adams; and now he’s getting an engineering school too.

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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mark Bradley, Jeffrey Fann. Jeffrey Fann said: The doc is back: What Georgia Tech must do to rise above mediocrity http://t.co/RFEYJlU [...]

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No young man with talent is going to play for a jerk like Johnson! A recruit goes to Tech because he can’t go anywhere else!

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Love all the “ifs”. If we had this, if we had that, we’d beat UGA routinely. If I had a million bucs I wouldn’t be sitting here with my laptop responding to these stupid posts…but here I am. Here’s a reality…triple option is a gimmick, CPJ is a regular ole coach, and Tech lost AGAIN!!

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Paul, I posted a comment to you that has not yet appeared. If it does, then forgive the duplication. You should know by now that whatever the mutts in Atlanta want, they usually get. They blocked Tech’s attempt to add a school of commerce in the 30s. They, as already covered, put a satellite medical college in Athens; one is needed, but certainly not in Athens. And they have now added a school of engineering in Athens; WHY is that needed there? And, lest you or others have forgotten, they used taxpayer money to build the basketball arena in Athens in the 60s, because THUGa needed a livestock exhibition hall, and it could be dual purpose. And that, for all you mutt fans, IS FACT !!!

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….AGAIN, don’t you find it pathetic that your million dollar 5th choice DC couldn’t come up with a way to stop that “gimmick offense.” If Tech hadn’t lost three pretty much unforced fumbles, you mutts would have been down by 21 points. I don’t like dealing with “if’s”, because Tech lost. But you mutts have absolutely nothing to be proud of or pleased with.

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Dawg-re-tard….you could have run that gimmick for a million yards BUT YOU STILL LOST….AGAIN! Nice try, get a new job cuz only a nerd from the North Ave Trade School buys that.

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And you lost AGAIN to the worst UGA team in ages with your great GIMMICK. Did I mention….AGAIN!

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tech1628…True dat!

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@tech1628 – very true, but thUGA doesn’t understand logic (thUGA wins…AGAIN , I give you full credit for understanding, good job)

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Dawg-re-tard…wow, that was inciteful. Please don’t referene womens anatomy again..it reminds me of the GT football program. I do understand this. UGA won….AGAIN!

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GT coaches and players are the most common age group using bedwetting alarms. GT GRADS should be given a little more time for growth and maturation before beginning bedwetting alarm use.

http://bedwettingstore.com

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That one pitch UGA recovered “because of a big hit” was the recover for a TD… Washington pitched it because he didn’t want to take the hit. In my profession, we call that ‘throwing em under the bus.” You are right Real facts, UGA hits hard… Jesus!

THWG!!!

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Dawg-re-tard…okee dokee. well think ya fur setting me strate. ize gonna go finish my punkin pie and go talk to da sheeps. then ize gonna turn on da telebision and watch the rerunz of dem smart yeller jackets beatin dem stupid bulldawgs as ya point out so elokwently….only to lose AGAIN!

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Mark Bradley, the never was and never will be, is giving advice to Paul Johnson. What a joke this idiot it. Mark Bradley can not even carry Paul Johnson’s jockstrap. The crazy thing is Mark Bradley (in all his dumbassness) really believes he has some knowledge to share. Are you kidding me? All you have to do is look at Mark Bradley’s football coaching record…oh wait, he doesn’t have a football coaching record because he has never coached…so how is he giving advice. Mark Bradley is the equivalent of an anonymous blogger; he knows it all but hasn’t ever done anything. Mark Bradley, before you start telling someone how to rise above mediocrity, why don’t you start with the man in the mirror and these lame ass columns you write. Mark Bradley telling Paul Johnson anything is like a wino explaining astrophysics to an astronaut…it just doesn’t make sense.

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Hey, Real Facts, did all those (however many there actually were) fans in the stands also see your number 50 rip the helmet off Allen in that pileup when his helmet was on the ground? It didn’t just fly off his head, bubba; number 50 ripped it off. And you hypocrites claim Auburn plays dirty. GIVE ME A BREAK !!!

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Just to prove what a moron Mark Bradley is…now he is referring to himself as a doctor. This is how delusional this guy is. I could retire tomorrow if I could by Mark Bradley for what he is worth and sell him for what he thinks he is worth. Mark Bradley, just a word of advice from one of the commoners out here in the real world…lay off the peyote.

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I want 5 star DB’s

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Mark…thanks for calling in the antibiotics for me. I’m feeling much better. These people have no idea who you really are.

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All these UGA Pukes just make me want to PUKE…… Yeah, UGA won again… I picked it, and everyone else that has any football IQ….

We absolutely have to recruit, or we have NO chance. I will say it once again. This coach has not proven he can recruit… I have NO idea how, after 3 years anything will change with recruiting. The longer we wait the deeper the hole GT digs…. You can not be competitive in D1 football without recruiting with the likes of UGA, UF, AU, and all the rest of the successfull programs… I don’t buy into the BULLS$it that we can’t compete because of academics….. Academics is just an EXCUSE for LOSERS…. CPJ probably needs to go…..

Saying all that really pisses me off, because I really do like him. I like his NO nonsense way about words. I don’t think he is arrogant, he just says it like it is, not sugar coating anything…. He just can’t recruit, and I think that his system more than anything else is the reason…

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I’ve been to nearly every home game and they haven’t been empty every game. Certainly since mid season it has been spotty at best. It’s what happens in a down year like it or not.

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Mongo, the only times I see the cesspool is on TV, and there have been empty seats for every game I have seen. Hell, those same seats were empty last year for the LSU game. Somebody’s lying about selling out.

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Ever notice how the Tech QB’s, Nesbitt and Washington, who are both right handed, drop back to pass as if they are left handed and then have to do a 180 degree turn to pass….what’s up with that??

That’s intentional. It’s because they drop back that way on certain running plays. It’s a kind of play action in PJ’s offense. But let’s get back to the main point of Bradley’s prescription: players.

This comment is the truth:
The next two years will be the measure of Johnson’s ability to recruit and coach.

Tech is still pretty thin when it comes to upperclassmen. One thing about doing well in recruiting and getting playmakers is that some of them will leave them after their junior year, which necessitates a replenishment of playmakers. But at a school like Navy(or Wake Forest where Grobe has had success), there aren’t going to be those guys who are able to leave early for the NFL, and it takes 4, 5 years to build up the depth of the team with redshirts and what not. Hopefully that’s not purely how Johnson is thinking when it comes to building up Tech, but the large numbers of hits that the runners take on offense do create a need for good depth at those positions. Tech is still struggling to build depth at QB.

I do not think next season is the season that Tech will breakout as a purely Paul Johnson team. I think it will be in two years. If Tech is still 6-6 in two years, then it will be time to start wondering if Johnson can get it done in an AQ conference. For now, I am still highly optimistic.

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“Somebody’s lying about selling out”

because you saw empty seats? Think about how you are wrong nerd

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GD, then you want to tell us why there are empty BLOCKS of seats at every game? Scattered empty seats can be written off as no-shows, but ENTIRE BLOCKS of them? Those seats were never sold to begin with.

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@supersize…Can only tell you what I see in person. Try and call the athletic department and get tickets for others folks to some of these games as I did. They didn’t have any available. I guess they didn’t want to sell anymore so they just keep that section vacant on purpose. Gives people fodder the week after to talk about lies and deceptions by UGA. Tha section historically is “late arriving”. Why, I don’t know, but for 15 years it’s the last to fill up. Like I said, many games it was spotty, some it was full, and some it was not. I can’t change what you believe.

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coach mark richt out coach paul johnson for the second straight year

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I might go with don’t trust what they show on TV.

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First of all as a Georgia fan I am glad we won….embarressed at the perfomance and final record of the regular season, but glad we won. Secondly there should never be a “moral victory” with any major college program such aa Georgia or Tech. Moral victories are for programs like Georgia State or even Georgia Southern when they perform well against an opponent who is much better than they are. Finally and I said this when Paul Johnson was hired…..Tech will have one of the best offenses in the country that will be hard to stop; but his defense will be below average. Why? Because he goes after the elite offensive players first and the defense is an after thought. He did it at Southern and he did it to a certain extent at Navy. He has always lived by the theory that his teams can outscore the other team without worrying about defense. His GSU teams (while head coach) gave up an avg of 24 ppg. You can’t do that in the FBS and succeed with regularity. Although Ga Tech has a great offense and will continue to….they will never with any consistency be a power in the country. Of course with Mike Bobo as our OC neither will the Dogs. Hell we can’t even beat Miss State or Colorado!

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dogbois, feel better about your loss of ticket buyers. seminoles lost 20,000 ticket holders this year. and forget tech ever selling out BD. will never happen so move on to another smartss post.

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Love the post Sorry Dogs… awesome, never looked at it like that before.

THWG!

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Although, I did spot a cute blond wearing GT colors on TV during the game. I believe the camera operator spoted her to because she was shown a lot during the game.

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How do you fix Gtu’s problems? They need to give up football. They need to stick with ACC women’s field lacrosse. Leave the football to the Big Boys. GTU grads suck at life.

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Keep telling yourselves…….that you won on Saturday night…..GT was the better team…….the ACC officials who called the game were biased against GT……CPJ is a genius…..it is all Chan Gailey’s fault….wait until CPJ gets his players….blah…..freakin’ blah

If you keep telling each other this crap long enough you may even start believing it yourselves.

Hahahahahaha……pathetic losers who are left to cling to whatever scraps they can conjure up to get them through the night….like a 2 year old self medicating with a thumb in their pie hole….hahahahahaha……another long, pathetic year in your long pathetic lives….ENJOY

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When I read the ‘humble’ heading, I thought Mark was going to tell him to kick a field goal every now and then – instead of going for it on 4th down . . . as if he is invincible!

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Didn’t we lose some scholarships because of improper academic monitoring,or something similar? If so,that could be a factor in our lack of talent/depth.

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Baltimore Jacket – you don’t actually think Mark would write anything based on facts do you? Lol. Johnson recruits just fine. He needs to kick field goals instead of going for 4th down all the time. Needs players that don’t fumble. And needs a defense!

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Your Breath Smells like Fish Fry Tacos, HOW is it, after over 100 years of playing football uga ONLY has two national championships?! Hell, EVEN Tech has 4! MAYBE, the pups should give it up!

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Ridiculous. Humility isn’t how you come across. It’s how hard you work.

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Agree with the article. Johnson has made some great calls while at Tech but he has also made some huge blunders. I love the way he reinvigorated the program but he’ll quickly be seen as a two year wonder if he can’t right the ship next season when the home schedule will be much more favorable. Losing to UGA for a third out of four years plus both at home after next season would be another sign that he is a good coach but not the Great coach most of us felt he was when hired. Next year will tell the tale.

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GDB, the only hookwinking has been done by CMR, making you guys believe you have an elite program, when in fact you are irrelvant even in the SEC east.

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speaking of schedules, teck had a cakewalk schedule this year and still finished up a loser, just like all teck fans

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GDB, I suppose you think the mutts had a hard schedule this year? They played two halfway decent teams (SC and Auburn) and lost to both, PLUS they lost to Colorado (who lost to KANSAS!!!!), and the worst Florida team in 20 years. Don’t be talking about schedules, bubba.

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Sorry, icedawg, that should have been directed to Burgess

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You dawg fans are funny. We lost, but bragging about winning like you did is pathetic (remember we had 512 yards of offense with our back-up quarterback and missed an extra point). Granted we still lost and you won but come on (I would be happy about winning but bragging–I bet the players are not even bragging about it). GT would have at least the same record if not better had they played UGA’s schedule.

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Do you really think I would take advice from a measly word hack who graduated from a school that loves football sooo much that after the first week in September they can’t wait for Nov. to arrive so they can see some basketball?!!!
Didn;t you just say I was a “Genius” yesterday??? I love that title…Genius. Makes losing to the worst UGA team in over a decade seem insignificant. Glad my fan base is “giddy” that we lost!!!

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gtnuke, “there is more to college football than beating the dawgs” like what??? Losing to KANSAS???!!!!

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We are not giddy that we lost. We are happy that we played as well as you mutts even though we both suck. Remember the point spread and all the predictions of a slaughter. Remember our best player did not play. CPJ’s mistake was not kicking a field goal on the first possession. He otherwise called a great game offensively. He cannot kick the extra point — the player has to. We need a better defense but I believe that UGA does too.

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9 out of 10…….SWEET!!

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Bobby Ross use to say you can win or loose with offense, defense, special teams and coaching basically on game day. Johnson has got to realize the best offense is great but we can loose with defense and special teams which we did a few times…also it works the other way we can win with defense and special teams. Recruiting seems as good or better than Gailey top down but maybe not the few stars at the top.

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Hey Coach Johnsons Paul you really hurt my feelings–not.

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Maybe it was a MORAL victory because of the fact that Tech doesn’t have a team full of convicts.

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surfrider, for God’s sake, learn how to spell. It’s LOSE, not LOOSE.

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The owner of a golf course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, “You graduated from the University of Georgia and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?”
The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, “Everything but my earrings.”

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Dawgtards, it seems to be a law of nature that mutts complain, whine, and make excuses for everything they don’t like

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I don’t think Paul has ever heard of a 7 on 7 passing drill, for that matter…….of the forward pass! The boy needs to come into the 20th Century, and then graduate to the 21st. Pass the ball son, or you will be watching from the stands with the likes of me, Chan, O’Leary, and Bill!

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The only thing in this article that has any merit at all is the part about the special teams coordinator. That has certainly been problematic. The other pieces have either already been addressed or are in the “we just don’t know” zone. Johnson ALREADY recognized that his defense needed somebody smarter and hired Al Groh. He changed out some coaches already in an attempt to beef up his recruiting. To be fair, we still don’t know whether he is better, worse or the same as Gailey. Also, recruiting coordinators get way too much credit for recruiting. They largely administer the process. The key parts of talent evaluation and “selling” the recruit are shared across other coaches.

Johnson may or may not be extremely successful. What this article really says is that Mark would prefer that Paul Johnson kiss his butt a little more in pressers interviews and do a little more public self-recrimination to make his and other reporters jobs easier. The rest is pretty much a day late and a dollar short.

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GOOD MORNING DAWG NATION.

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“The Blair Miss Project”

This character changes the name/identifier on a regular basis but his/her “charcater” remains about where you’d expect it for a ten year-old. I have to believe he’s/she’s an embarrassment to the serious (thinking) UGA fans. Grow up partner.

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Georgia Tech dominated time of possession and yardage over UGA,
but unfortunately not the scoreboard.

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Smartest guy in the room?!?!?! For two minutes he was the stupidest guy in Sanford Stadiium. Look at the 2 minute drill at the end of the first half against Georgia. Two precious time outs called after converting first downs when the clock was already stopped. Absolutely pathetic to see the Jackets in any hurry up.

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512 yards of GT offense is humble enough:
You forgot to mention that the bumble bees also ran 92 plays to the Dawgs 48.

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We will take the Moral Victory, it means more to us than your bragadocisness about nine out of 10.

Coach Paul Johnson CLEARLY outcoached Coach Richt and he still is the sheriff in Athens. You don’t run my state, we could beat Georgia State and Kennesaw if they would play us at Bobby Dodd.

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Nice racist comment there GTMD79.

You stay classy Techies! Nine out of ten hurts doesn’t it?

Most classless post I’ve seen on here.

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Although a UGA fan for 65 years I have admired the job that Johnson did at Ga. Southern and Navy. But when he came to GT he said that his only goal was to beat UGA he lost my support. What arrogrance he showed with that statement.

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It is hard to recruit top athletes to Tech to run the wishbone. It is a great offense
that I love to watch but offensive NFL type recruits…..would rather be in a pro style offense…..
just saying.

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Let’s not forget that GT lost another recruiter (Collins) to Alabama when Saban arrived.You cannot blame Giff Smith for leaving ($$$$$$$$),but with what has transpired at Buffalo,he could possibly be rehired before GA. goes after him. There will be some changes at GA and recruiting is at the top of the list and should be at GT?

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That was a great game – and I’m incredibly proud of how GT played. With a backup quarterback!!! So Bulldog fans, don’t even kid yourselves into thinking you guys slaughtered us. It just didn’t happen.

Improving our special teams will go a long way.

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lol. It must suck to root for Tech. 9 out of 10. Owned.

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I was called out earlier for mentioning how GT will never get the AJ Greens of the world due to academics. I was wrong in the fact that we did have Calvin Johnson and D. Thomas, but that is rare and I meant on a consistent basis. On the Gailey recruiting I still don’t get it though. If his recruiting was so great how does he not find a star QB to throw to the best reciever, at the time, in college football. I did not know CPH tried to recruit AJ Green for basketball, but still say he never would have come here and if you knew him and his schollastic history you would agree. Last but not least Stanford keeps getting brought up in that fact that they can recruit and have an outstanding school. I completely agree that Stanford is a great school with an outstanding Law School, but they also offer the following degrees.
Education
Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy
Ethics in Society
Feminist Studies
International Security Studies
Humanities
Latin American Studies
Science, Technology, and Society

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Mark, Excuses,Excuses!

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The fried shrimp is fabollla in Shreveport at Shoney’s. GT will be in the “absolute worst bowl in history and one that is for downtrending programs”. Right?? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHHA

UGA grads are gaffing our GT pals and they know if the invite to the Weedeater comes in, that they will be laughing stocks. Laughing stock? Yeah, like CPJ’s face when Blair shanked the PAT.

9-1 and to Richt …………….the” worst coach” in the land. Right????

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The recruiting thing is such a red herring. If you actually do an analysis of recruiting, you will see that CPJ has actually recruited better than Chan Gailey OVERALL! I good class with a couple of NFL players does not make your recruiting great.

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Ok Mark, i guess you want him to act like the saint Mark Richt dont ya. Do me a favor and stfu. You have no idea what you are talking about. It you did you would be coaching football instead writing about it. I like CPJ attitude. I think that it is something that Tech has needed for a long time. He is not afraid to tell it like it is. I guess you get your feelings hurt when he responds to one of your stupid questions. Here is an idea, why dont you just stick to cover ugag and leave Tech alone.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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……

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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.

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LCDawg, I agree.

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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

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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.

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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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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???

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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!

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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

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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.

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@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.

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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?

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This was bound to happen eventually!!!!

What a psycho

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42-34
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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

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Just remember, there’s nothing dumber than a Georgia Bulldog fan.

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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.

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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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