An embarrassing day for Tech, which hates embarrassment

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Only tech could cheat and still suck.

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FIRE RADAKOVICH

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I reiterate:

“Who cares? Like Tech was ever relevant. This isn’t news, it’s a hilarious joke that adds salt to the wound of Georgia that is GA Tech in athletics. Demaryius Thomas? Apparently he can hold onto money better than he can catch a football..Go Dawgs!!”

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This is funny from hundreds of miles away.

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At least the only thing I am guilt of is getting TOASTED by former Dawg Caleb King. I guess this makes it 10 losses in a row to our big brothers!

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MB, at least report GT athletics was operating at a $700K deficit in December 2010. Where do they stand now with the new arena and the $100K fine leveled today by the NCAA?

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Where are all the techies who always want to talk about how dirty UGA is?

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This sort of thing never happens at Nebraska.

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You are what you are.

If the facts as they emerge back up Bradley’s claim that Tech tried a cover up, then they will provide a new definition to the phrase “just plain dumb”.

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This is just ridiculous – $312 – really ? How about half-price night at Taco Bell ? – do we need to investigate that as well ? The manager might know an agent…

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CPJ must want to punch the NCAA in the face now. Remember when he was beloved at Tech? How do you cheat and still stink?

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Here’s how Coach Paul Johnson is celebrating right now at the W in Midtown…. courtesy DD7

http://i.imgur.com/iqYg2.gif

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No matter how dirty Tech gets it will never be as soiled as UGA!

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Carlton & Rawdog..
What was the name of the major football power that Georgia lost to in their last bowl game?
Georgia football=irrelevant & an embarrassment largely because it hasn’t sunk in on their fan base how low the program has fallen.
Florida, even in disarray & a rebuilding mode, will still take you down again.

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how is this different from what OSU did or UNC for that matter? Both tried to cover up and both flat out lied to NCAA. While the NCAA has not officially ruled on either school, I would hate to see what they have in store..or is GT made the scapegoat b/c they are irrelevant in size and fan base. Sad day either way you cut it. But this will set a precedence for OSU and UNC penalties that are looming.

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What an embarrassing day for US !!! To top it off we got a UGA lover that wrote this article !!! Wasn’t giving up the ACC 2009 title enough ?

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I’ll be interested to hear what Peterson and Radakovic have to say about this. Bradley, you said no one’s getting fired, but, if the persons involved in covering this up are still at Tech, they should be shown the door immediately. Maybe we wouldn’t have won the ACC title, but that’s better than winning it and having it vacated and getting 4 years of probation.

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BiggerFishToFry, I have to admit that dancing movie of CPJ made me LOL!

We shall overcome.

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Carlton, just answer me this….who has a longer lifespan: UGA 5 star RB’S or UGA the dog?? This is no way to start the 2011 season for GT but a win over the mutts in november would ease the pain even if we are winless going in. UGA 5 star players= underachievers ( just look at your record in the last 2 years as proof).

How do you rank as the #2 team in the nation in recruiting over the past decade and end up unranked in the final polls in the last 2 years? Hey, at least we didn’t win the FULMER CUP!

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Gtu just soiled iteself. It’s drawers are brown with stank.

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Oh, and Dawg fans, I wouldn’t be throwing any stones or parties. You know what they say about “glass houses” and all that.

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@ Steve

This pales in comparison to what happened at Tech. Read the above. Tech TRIED to cover this up. Nebraska reported themselves. Also, the violations were hardly enough to propel any of the programs to a decided competitive advantage. Keep trying…..Someday you just may make a point.

For those who do not wish to visit the link:

Nebraska self imposed a two-year probationary period as well as a fine because of NCAA violations pertaining to student-athletes who inadvertently received recommended course textbooks in addition to their required books. Recommended textbooks are not permissible under NCAA legislation.
Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne said Tuesday that “nobody knowingly violated any rules” in regards to violations that the school recently self-reported to the NCAA.
Starting last November, NU found that a total of 238 student-athletes over a four-year span were allowed to use scholarship money to purchase “recommended” text books when only “required” are covered. Osborne said it happened due to confusion between the athletic department and the university bookstore.
“The error we made was we simply didn’t monitor the situation as we should have,” Osborne told The World-Herald.

NU also has imposed a fine of $28,000 on its athletic department.

“Essentially what we’re doing is pleading guilty to failure to monitor,” Osborne said.

Osborne used the word “embarrassing” several times during an interview in his office. It’s possible that Nebraska won’t hear back from the NCAA until at least October.

“Whether they feel we have done enough, we don’t know,” Osborne said.

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When you look at the whole picture, Georgia Tech runs a very clean program, with athletes who are real students.

On the other hand, the athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.

UGA has made the state a laughingstock with its reputation as one big party school with copious job opportunities for bail bondsman, and decent people are fed up with this. Get rid of the illiterate, undisciplined drunks and felons that Mark Richt recruits, and get rid of Richt too. Even with these illiterate low class morons, he can’t even win the division, much less the SEC, so what’s the point.

I’ll take Tech over the sleazy program in Athens.

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Did we really just lose an ACC championship and 100 grand because of players supposedly getting 312 dollars worth of stuff? Ill wait to hear what DRad has to say but I can’t say my opinion of him is very high right now. This crap may be the norm at SEC schools, but don’t bring it over here.

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@ Steve. This is NOT a Tech blog. It is a Mark Bradley blog. Complain to him if you are unhappy with the truth.

I don’t get you southerners. You have such narrow vision.

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The Dawgs cheat worse than us and that’s a known fact. Soon they will probably have even bigger sanctions come down for all their cheating ways.

CPJ runs a much tighter ship than the Missionary Man.

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not smart – i don’t think unc lied – from what i read they self reported stuff the ncaa didnt ask for. i do think a couple of their players tried to mislead the ncaa but not the institution like we did

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Wow, so many haters to my post..where to begin..?

atler8: No need to say anything. It’s sad that you as Tech fan have to bring up other UGA rivals to make a point.

JB: I’d rather be a UGA fan with under-achieving 5 star players than a Tech fan who never have 5 star players and consistently lose to UGA’s “under achievers”.

Thanks. And sorry for posting my original comment twice. Computer messed up.

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I would hate to OSU and UNC if this is done over $312 it will be off with their heads. With all the things going on at UNC how is Davis keeping his job? The difference between GT and UGA scandal is that UGA players go to jail do not pass go or collect $200 they have to pay it.

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Care to explain how this was cheating, rawdawg? It may have been against the NCAA rules, but it doesn’t actually fit the definition of cheating.

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@ Reggie Ball

Uhhh…..Ohio State lost the head coach and the starting QB……That’s pretty hard.

Auburn – They were unable to prove the allegations against Cam Newton.

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This is freaking ridiculous. Auburn BUYS A QB, and the NCAA comes after Tech for a $315 t-shirt???? Talk about a scapegoat…

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MJC…………You must be a Democrat…LOL…. That’s priceless…..

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What a joke the NCAA is.

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TECH LIES & CHEATS

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The other headline should be “Embarrassing day for the AJC”. I guess we should be impressed they didn’t find some way to blame coach Richt for this. “Atlanta Journal Constitution Sports: The Pinnacle of High School Journalism”.

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NCAA: “There are reports of impropriety.”
Tech Staffer: “Georgia fans have mullets!”
NCAA: “There cannot be a coverup.”
Tech: “They live in singlewides!”
NCAA: “These are serious allegations. We need answers.”
Tech: “You’re an illiterate UGA fan…go back to your pickup!”
NCAA: “Your program is facing serious trouble.”
Tech: “Red panties!”
NCAA: “We’ll get back with you.”

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Thanks Mark you can go back to writing your UGA articles now. WE messed up and don’t need some THUGA lover over here telling us about it !!!

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Agreed Scott, Where was Bradley on this story?

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I can’t find my pants.

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Paul Johnson is one smug jerk. It appears the NCAA doesn’t like smug jerks.

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ADDR has some ’splainin’ to do, for sure! The NCAA is in a really foul mood what with OSU, USC, and the Cam Newton thing going on. At least there were no post-season penalties, right?

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“Pardon my Schadenfreude, but Tech is so self righteous they make Barry
Bonds look like Dale Murphy. My how the Mini have fallen.”

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I’m from Nebraska you know. They teach you how to drive with panties in your lap in drivers ed.

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Only UGA could have that much talent and still not win anything.

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John, the previous offender status, is because they committed an infraction before the date laid out in the last investigation.

Essentially they committed infractions while still on probation so they are now a repeat offender

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Georgia Tech may be guilty of certain molehill infractions that are now mountains in the eyes of the NCAA, but it is amazing at what eyes the NCAA uses in specific situations involving certain specific institutions — supposed to be of higher learning and not just football factories. UGA has had more NCAA investigations and infractions that just somehow disappear because they “self-impose” sanctions and promise not to do it again — but, look at their record of “fine student-athletes who go to Georgia to get an education first and play football because they just love the sport”. What the NCAA is doing to Georgia Tech is an out-right injustice compared to what they allowed Ohio (Olieo) State to do last year by allowing Tressell to Coach and the other players to play in the Sugar Bowl game and only force them to sit out for five games of the next season (give me a break) and look what a cluster that has turned into. Now, it’s going to be Auburn’s and Oregon’s turn to “self-impose” sanctions. Whatever Georgia Tech did wrong deserves punishment, but let’s go get them all if we’re gonna vacate wins and titles — try Odell Thurman playing as an underage alcohol and drug offender and UGA winning an SEC Title — no problems from the NCAA there? And, why don’t we check into how often Knowshon Moreno attended classes during his last football season semester at UGA. For you RawDawg and Mark Bradley – Tech ain’t the only team in Georgia that can “cheat” and still lose — UGA’s record is outstanding! — You lost to Central Florida in your last bowl game with criminals playing on both sides of the ball — did ya forget that?

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Curious if the AJC is embarrassed it missed this story? And disappointed in the Jackets.

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Embarrassing.

Where do I go to pick up my refund check for the 2009 Championship game?

I want reimbursement for four tickets, two hotel rooms, meals, and travel expenses. I also think I should be compensated for sitting outside on the coldest night I’ve ever spent in Florida. All in, $2,000 oughta cover it. Let me know when my check is ready to be picked up Drad.

And Congratulations to Clemson! That was a hell of a game you guys won that night, and an exciting team to watch.

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Will Johnson survive this. This was a very controllable situation. The AD got the first contact, so you now know HE knew. Shows you who is really running the show. Johnson’s boss ALLOWED him to play him. Interesting.

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KeithB

July 14th, 2011
4:05 pm
“Only UGA could have that much talent and still not win anything.”

Talent? What talent? We don’t have nearly as much as you think. Not on the field and certainly not on the sidelines….

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Karl, nice thesis……..give it up. It’s your day. Mark Rich SAT AJ under the same situation. He followed the guidelines of the NCAA. Your guy cheated. He played him, knowing the contact from the NCAA had been made. Case closed……

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DOWN with the NCAA!!! how dare those b$#%^rds slam this program wwwwaaayyyyy ahead of that sham in OHIO? What about Oregon? What about Texas? What about LSU? What about Auburn? Don’t give me that crap about the investigation started 20 months ago. I am a UGA fan to my core, but I am a Georgian first. Next they will slam Jarvis Jones and Caldwell-Pope next for something that transpired BEFORE they sign a letter of intent. GA Tech is wrong for what transpired, but they got smashed for a few peanuts while Ohio State gets another year to wash their hands clean.

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“Only UGA could have that much talent and still not win anything.”

We only won 90 games last decade. Second most in the SEC to LSU (91)

But nice try.

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I am a Certified Dawg fan, but these “violations” seem awfully petty compared to others coming to light.
The NCAA needs to be re-structured to be about real issues…

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Only Georgia/Richt bashing sells papers.

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Good question rduck…you are a Techie.

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NCAA just issued a one-sentence summary page: TECH LIES AND CHEATS!

By the way, Radakovich would fit right in at Tennessee

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That’s awesome Heath….

RED PANTIES!!

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Did tech have any decent signed recruits that UGA might be interested in? Can’t remember any true blue chippers? GO DAWGS

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Much ado about nothing. $300. Gimme a break. One visit for one tat to the tatoo parlor costs that much and buckeye players are loaded with them.

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This should be even more embarassing for the AJC sports desk. How could you guys not even know GT was under investigation?

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rawdawg apparently hasn’t been following UGA Athletics over the last few years.

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A lot of folks keep mentioning Auburn. FYI,they ( AU)were in constant contact from April through the year end with the NCAA about the Miss State situation. They 100 % cooperated. No booster gave him or father anything. Heck….no one knew Cam was going to be this good !So…leave Auburn out of this discussion.

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And to that Nebraska Guy: Where is that receipt for Tommie Frazier, Lawrence Philips, and Taylor Martinez’s Dad? We might have to ask Mr. Martinez that when he comes to the Dome this year. Tom Osbourne clean? PLEASE!!! I bet he got a kickback to switch to the Big Ten. The NCAA ought to pay you boys a visit just to say hey. OH.. lest I forget. You Will NOT BE BIG TEN CHAMPS.WISCONSIN WILL CRUSH YOU on Oct. 1

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Reports are surfacing that Georgia Tech will now be moved to Winnipeg. Coach Paul Johnson and his lying ways will be deported to frozen tundra.

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Whatta Wreck, eh Techies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I read the report ad it is biggest bunch of BULL%^&*. This organization is way out of control. They think their trying someone for murder instead of Jay walking. Its time for the government to step in and do something about the NCAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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david

July 14th, 2011
4:20 pm
“A lot of folks keep mentioning Auburn. FYI,they ( AU)were in constant contact from April through the year end with the NCAA about the Miss State situation. They 100 % cooperated. No booster gave him or father anything. Heck….no one knew Cam was going to be this good !So…leave Auburn out of this discussion.”

Sorry, doof, no can do…Fraudburn will get what’s coming to it all in due time…..anytime is a perfect time to keep reminding you pathetic cheaters of this reality….

My dad did it and I didn’t know….of course you didn’t know, Scam….

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I kept telling them it wasn’t that serious. Just admit it and we’ll move on. They were just screaming that their players take calculus (another coverup) and told me to go back to my trailer and root for UGA.

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Will Radakovich raise ticket prices again to pay the $100k?

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gtfanfrom51…..IF it was the Dawgs getting hammered today, you would applaud them

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Geraldo could have learned of this investigation, but not the Atlanta media – no sir. They had no clue until WSB’s own Zach Klein broke the news today.

I am shame for the AJC.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Auburn’s next.
Sweet!

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Wisconsin? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Accept your punishment and move on
Don’t blame UGA
You covered it up
You should have gone forward as soon as you knew and also held him out

Calling us trailer park trash, bringing up Jan Kemp and telling us to go back to the Waffle House and Walmart is a pathetic attempt to deflect the real story.

Accept your punishment and move on.

You still get to play in a bowl
you can still win the ACC in 2011

Just move on

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If the the AD & coach keep their job, we will have no choice but to move you guys to the SEC.
You’ll need some better players. You can’t beat one of our bottom feeders,Georgia.. Welcome back boys.

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Got someone get Zach Klein on Auburn’s trail? Evidently Zach’s good at exposing lying, cheating scandals. If tech was hit hard for Johnson’s lying just WAIT until the NCAA drops the sanctions on Chizneck.

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I bet bey-bey drop the watch anyway

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the thing isn’t the small amount of money for that player, but the fact that our administration tried to gain a competitive advantage by playing him when we knew he was being looked at. Johnson knew this. he made the decision to cover it up and the admin. lied to the ncaa not good

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I’m saying this calls for a country song. Lying,cheating, Covering up. It’s easy to put a few words together. We need a tune. Ya’ll help me.

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HarveyUpDyke, looks like you and I were on the same wavelength just a minute apart.

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Tech cant even cheat properly. Then when they do cheat , they still suck.

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Any program can have kids make stupid decisions at any time. Whoever is responsible for trying to cover it up should be fired immediately. If Tech doesn’t do that, then I say make them repay all the monies they received for the ACCCG and the Orange Bowl. This is an administration issue…..not about a kid getting $300 worth of stuff.

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Were there any gold panties involved in this fiasco?

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I think the NCAA should go ahead and vacate the entire history of college football. Then, they’d have no more reason to investigate and vacate the past.

And remember, Chris Weber did not call that time out………………….but Urbane Meyer did.

TIME OUT TIME OUT TIME OUT (Makes ya cringe just thinking about it, ey dogs?)

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Beast you are dead on

$312 ain’t the issue

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I still think that the cost/benefit ratio still favors “cheating” for major football programs. There is too much money to be gained to not try to bend or hide from the rules. Also, it doesn’t help that the rules are borderline ridiculous at times.

It would be easier to chuckle at GT’s situation if I was confident that my Bulldogs were squeaky clean.

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I would like to know who the General Counsel was. I sure as heck would never want that idiot representing me. D-Rad screwed up period. I hope that he gets his azz kicked too. The compliance officer was also an idiot.

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hahaha yes!!!!! gt fans keep talking trash to uga fans to make yourselves sound even worse. honestly, this doesn’t really affect you that much because your recruiting classes suck anyways. it sucks to not be the perfect angels of college football like all you idiots have always asserted. gt was a joke before this, and they;re going to be a bigger joke now.

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I love GT~~~~but if we are guilty, fire the ones responsible, pay the fine and make damn sure we don’t screw up again.

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Strikes me as funny as to the makeup of the committee

A guy from the SEC
A guy from Oregon

I guess crooks do know how to spot em better????????????

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Big Ten champions,

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/758540-nebraska-football-add-cornhuskers-to-the-list-of-ncaa-violatorshttp://bleacherreport.com/articles/758540-nebraska-football-add-cornhuskers-to-the-list-of-ncaa-violators

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What did we do wrong to get the Nebraska dude hanging on this board?

1/who cares about the Big 10? nobody
2/who cares about Nebraska except the 12 people who live there? nobody
3/ why does Nebraska think they are so great when they havent been worth a crap in 15 years? I dont know
4/why do Nebraska fans like to trash talk on this board? . I guess because other than shucking corn, what the hell else is there to do in Nebraska?
5/ when are they going to enlarge that tiny stadium they have? it would rank in the lower half of the SEC capacity wise.
6/on second thought, maybe hold off on that stadium expansion with home games like Minnestoa and Indiana every year woooooo!

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I don’t care who you are or what team you pull for. The NCAA has become nothing but organized crime. They are like the mob. If they aren’t getting their cut they lean on you. At some point enough has got to be enough. What will it take to make the nessecary changes to allow theses kids some sort of compensation?

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Nebraska,

And know this, It it’s not a positive for the dogs they ride the SEC coatails….. You know, it’s the entoire conference vs. Ohio State.

Here’s one for you dog people, Ohio State AND Nebraska will out rank you at season’s end.

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Hope springs eternal in Athens but these guys are mostly delusional relative to there place in the hierarchy of top programs.

Team↓ Won↓ Lost↓ Tied↓ Pct.↓ Years↓ Total Games↓ Conference↓
Michigan 877 302 36 .736 131 1216 Big Ten
Texas 845 318 33 .720 115 1196 Big 12
Notre Dame 837 292 42 .732 119 1173 Independent
Nebraska 832 341 40 .701 118 1208 Big 12 Big Ten in 2011
Penn State 811 351 42 .691 122 1204 Big Ten
Oklahoma 802 302 53 .716 115 1157 Big 12
Ohio State 797 308 53 .717 118 1180 Big Ten
Alabama 792 308 44 .695 113 1172 SEC
Tennessee 773 327 55 .694 111 1153 SEC
USC 761 307 54 .694 115 1132 Pac 10
Georgia 732 389 54 .646 117 1175 SEC

Id say being 11th all time NCAA in wins puts us pretty much at the top of the hierarchy.

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NCAA= Union, that tells it all.

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AtlTech2001

July 14th, 2011
4:33 pm
the thing isn’t the small amount of money for that player, but the fact that our administration tried to gain a competitive advantage by playing him when we knew he was being looked at. Johnson knew this. he made the decision to cover it up and the admin. lied to the ncaa not good
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Finally, a Techster who can admit reality…

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I don’t understand why PJ would ignore the NCAA and continue to play his ineligible players. I recall this past bowl game that he was extremely strict on the players about the rules. A few were forced to sit out for grades and others for being late to practice or something.

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Former GT QB Calvin Booker was the infamous player #1 that was handed the clothing free of charge and was key to the lying and deception by Coach Paul Johnson and the GT athletic staff.

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What kind of journalist does the AJC employ to cover TECH, A FAN?? How does this go 2 years without a story. AJC, you should be EMBARRASED……….

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tekphan

July 14th, 2011
4:35 pm
I have been a loyal GT fan for years. I am thoroughly disgusted with the athletic program, the way alumni are treated with regard to bowl tickets and seating is ridiculous. The very fact that they can even sell out our home stadium seats, should be a huge warning for the AD et al….I am very sorry I renewed my 30+ years of season tickets. This will be the LAST for me. My family has been loyal for years and this is the last straw. Paul Hewitt should have been fired at least 2 seasons ago. Now we have cover ups of NCAA violations. I am sick of keeping the faith as a GT fan. Georgia Tech-You have now lost a loyal family
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I commend this blogger for finally dumping that sorry program…

At the rate UGA is alienating its fan base, it won’t be long til some of us begin to jump ship too…

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Georgia Tech are a lie and a cheat!

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What EXACTLY did GT try to cover up?

Mark Bradley is a UGA lover and wants to paint GT in a bad light every chance he gets………GT has traditionally run a very clean program and UGA has a very checkered past with regard to off the field incidents and NCAA investigations/infractions.

I have not read the comments on this blog and I have no intentions of doing so, but I am certain the UGA faithful will pull out the old standard anti-GT stuff (Hamilton for his DUI, Houston for selling weed to guy who turned out to have a connection with islamic terrorism and the UNFOUNDED rape allegations against Tarrant); HOWEVER, the GT family has a stellar record in comparison to the UGA family of players and ex-players!! The previous NCAA investigation at GT was completely blown out of proportion (essentially lies) by most UGA fans until most actually beleive GT tried to cheat……..the truth is that a few GT employees made some BAD decisions during the change-over from the Quarter system to the Semester system (NCAA made it clear that GT did not intentionally attempt to cheat).

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They must not be embarrashed, they tried to cover it up. Didn’t they just get off of probation?

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Carlton…
To clarify things a bit here, I didn’t go to school in the state & I’m not a Tech fan. I’m simply looking from outside of the box & am always amazed at the blind spot Georgia fans like you have when it comes to the relevance, or rather lack of it, as regards the state of your football program. Be careful how you throw around the word irrelevant in the future.

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You’re spot on Beast.

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Appears the NCAA is getting serious. It is time for the BCS conferences to walk away from this puppet body and self regulate.

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Auburn University and the University of North Carolina

are NEXT !

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This is an absurd punishment. Molehill adequately describes the infraction, but punishment is over the top. I say the NCAA is on a huge power trip.

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Pride always comes before a FALL!!! Now all you GEEKS who rail against UGA, PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT!!! Always second rate program in the state and now a gulity CHEATER!!

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It is sad when our State institutions get this kind of press. The ugly part is how petty the NCAA has become in deciding what a violation is.

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Big Ten Champs Nebraska,

Didn’t an ACC team just beat your beloved school twice in the past few years?? BTW, how is that AAU membership treating you?

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question of the day should be. Should Bradley and Shultz loose their jobs or was this also a coverup by the AJC, who thinks a sccoter accident at U of Georgia is a major crime?

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Kudos to my boy Zack Klein for breaking this story while the AJC ignored it.

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Wow we did not need this. We call other schools cheaters and then we do not even cooperate with the NCAA. We deserve this and need to make sure IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN !!! I have been a GT fan since the 70’s. I am embarrassed for myself, and offended by the people who did this !!!

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3/ why does Nebraska think they are so great when they havent been worth a crap in 15 years? I dont know – They won 2 national championships within the last 15 years.

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QUOTE:
NCAA Goon Squad

July 14th, 2011
4:51 pm
Auburn University and the University of North Carolina

are NEXT !
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To you and the rest of the sidewalk alum losers who are still crying over the past arse whippins AU has put on “your” team – AU would actually have had to have been given an NCAA Letter of Inquiry (LOI) to be next.

Keep it up though, it has gotten beyond comical to watch you wait for something that will never happen!

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So who does Tech punch in the face now? – Buckeye & his mama (a.k.a. that Nebraska fan)

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As a Georgia fan, I’d wish that all of us would avoid so much critism of each other for things that happen OFF the field. Criticize the administrators, maybe. But Ga. Tech is a fine school–just as Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Clemson, etc. are fine schools. Young, dumb kids do dumb things. For example, how many of you when you were 18-25 didn’t get drunk occasionally. You may have even got convicted of DUI. But because you weren’t a college football player, no one paid much attention. Understand, I believe we must follow the rules and, if we don’t, the price must be paid. But it doesn’t make Tech…or Georgia a “Thug School”.
Let’s battle on the field, not in the newspapers! Just my opinion.

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Are the same people who run the Atlanta Public School System also running Georgia Tech Athletics ? I hope the saying that ” cheaters don’t win ” holds true. Take back the bonuses and fire them all. I have more and more respect for the Vandy & Duke football programs each day after reading about the actions of Ohio State, Southern Cal and now Georgia Tech.

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Tech Fans,

Sorry for today’s news but you know what?

Some teams vacate chapionships to make headlines.

Others have Senior starting running backs not make grades to make headlines.

I saw Paul Johnson at the airport once with his family. Couldn’t have been nicer.

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Buckeye- You called an ACC blog “SECville”. Just pointing out your regional confusion.

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ChuckDowdle
July 14th, 2011
5:00 pm

ToccoaDawg, there is no question the AJC and Bradley should take some of the blame for allowing the tech cheating/cover-up story to remain under wraps. Meanwhile, if a UGA player is accused of a minor traffic violation the AJC will tweet, blog, e-mail and notify the entire Western world.

I think there is medication available to treat your paranoia.

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BBBBBWWWWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAHA

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Nick $aban would be proud.

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To the Nebraska fan posting on here. Nothing against your cornshuckers, but, how are they going to win the Big 10+2 when they have one of the hardest conference schedules in the Big 10+2?

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Even if the GT bloggers go to the UGA site and make stupid and dirty comments,I will not make fun of the situation at Tech. Hope your program improves including ours so we can play again on the same level of competition .Now if the NCAA did this to Tech,what in the hell well Ohio State face or North Carolina???GO DAWGS!

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Suck it, Bradley. No one is embarrassed – at least not this Jacket. The NCAA is a **** joke and this won’t stand. You can bet there will be an appeal.

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Hey, ‘Wally Butts’…a little testy today aren’t you? Have a cold beer (no, perhaps ice tea), crank up the ‘ol computer game, wait for mailman to bring your Netflix chick flick….you’ll be fine

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Does Dabo Swinney and Clemson now inherit the 2009 ACC Title?

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I have some level of respect for GT as a school. Ohio State on the other hand, has a President that doesn’t have the guts to do the right thing even if he wanted to. Tressel resigned, but only because Gee didn’t want harsher infractions, not because Gee made him do the right thing by OSU.

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Excuse me…OSU

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The BIG TEN Commissioner
has a great idea about schools leaving the NCAA.

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Report every rape, murder, and stabbing within 10 miles of the GT campus yet can’t uncover a major investigation by the NCAA? Absolutely shocked that the AJC kept this under wraps.

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thought the golf thing was worse….

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Big Ten Champs Nebraska, your comments show you don’t read AJC very much or you would know every time a Georgia player trips on a sidewalk its a big deal for the AJC. But if Georgia Techies lie to the ncaa its swept under the AJC rug.

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WnE there you are. We were all waiting on you to respond. I know you love this. Enjoy this. We will all be doing the same to you when the hammer falls on UGA. Choke on it loser.

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“According to the committee, the university’s failure to cooperate and meet the obligations of membership compounded the seriousness of the case by adding onto what was originally an isolated instance of impermissible benefits and preferential treatment,” the NCAA said in a prepared statement.

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Everything will be all right.

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Mark – I support you. Don’t listen to all these Georgia Tech haters. I truly believe you didn’t catch wind of this story until today and thus you didn’t cover it up or sweep it under the covers as some have alleged. You keep doing what you’re doing and turning out great articles and blogs.

Go Jackets!

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I am sure that the NCAA will nail Nebraska just as they did Alabama and make they vacate wins. If not then why not! Bama self reported the very same issue yet the NCAA bitc&slapped them anyway.

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Butch Davis is gone from Chapel Hill.

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Before I head out to the Yes & Styx concert at Verizon, let me just add my two cents. Basically the NCAA spent ONE YEAR investigating GT athletics and this is the most they could come up with. Nothing basically. It’s like Capone being slapped with tax evasion. Every now and then you have to take measures to remain competitive with certain other teams in the state and conference.

I applaud D-Rad’s compliance in this matter and for the self-penalties imposed and I place most of the blame on Calvin Booker.

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yo Nebraska dude this is Mark Bradley’s blog yes…but it’s about Ga Tech so that makes it a Tech blog. and you were the one that indicated Nebraska is never in trouble with the NCAA, and I google something in like 30 seconds to prove otherwise. when you can’t win the Big whatever it’s being called these days, what conference will you go to next? SunBelt may accept you but they have North Texas and I know how you folks can’t handle playing any schools from Texas

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It’s an embarrassing day for the sports department at the AJC, which apparently had no idea Tech was up for sanctions. How has this not gotten out until the NCAA announced it today??? Nice work, AJC.

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Calidog, you LEAVE MARK BRADLEY ALONE! He did not have one single clue about this cover-up investigation nor did anyone else at the AJC!!!

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In the words of GA Tech athletics guru D- Rad, “”What did we do wrong? We did nothing wrong!”

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PrivateSantiago

Go watch the movie again. Santiago didn’t say that

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Bean counter………….If you don’t know that Tech had to share that money with the rest of the ACC, please stay away from my Tax return…LOL

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Yeah the one victory they have is now vacated? O what a beautiful day.

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Tobacco Road, why and when is Butch Davis going? Pls come back when he goes, or when it is obvious that he is not going anywhere. I’m sure you want to be held accountable for what you mouth.
You are a transparent demagogue.

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He and D-Rad had to have knowledge that this cover-up was taking place.

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Does this mean Johnson’s Johnson is on the hot seat?

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First.

Only tech could cheat and still suck.

This blog could have ended after the first comment

Well said sir well said.

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And the GT fans call the UGA fans stupid??? The way UGA’s Richt handled the AJ Green situation is an example of why the man should stay HC. The reason the NCAA tells the coached and AD’s to stay away from a kid under investigation is so that there will not be an opportunity for some dummy to influence the kid’s testimony. What where the GT folks thinking?

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D’Rad’s Lies Make Me Sick

where can you watch the press conf?

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And the GT fans want to call the UGA fans stupid???

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Help me here. I know I have missed something but why is there a reduction in recruiting days
for basketball?
Thanks

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Do you have to give your ACC Champs rings back?

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Mark Bradley—I have a question for you. Why haven’t you reported this earlier? If it had been UGA, you would have been all over it and laughing while you were writing it.

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ATLBamaFan – The NCAA screwed UGA by causing AJ Green to miss 4 games while they jerked around their investigation. It should have been a 1 game suspension for the player – no penalty for the school.

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Lest anyone think this isn’t about the NCAA trying to point out they are still relevant and can stay ahead – note how they can’t seem to get the Auburn investigation closed.

Note the idiocy of the investigation:
A source told ESPN’s Joe Schad that as part of the case, the NCAA investigated the relationship between former Georgia Tech quarterback Calvin Booker, who is alleged to have worked for a sports agent, and wide receiver Demaryius Thomas.

SO…. for those who can’t read – The NCAA decided there was a possible violation when the former suite mate (Booker) of a player (Thomas) – who was on the team and in school for 2 years with the player – gave the player $300 in clothing. But what really pissed of the NCAA – was that the coach asked another player (Burnett) who was at dinner at McDonald’s that night with aforementioned players – if he got any clothing. That’s the interference..

The bball violation – is a team manager running a youth basketball camp, passed along some notes about the better players to the coaching staff.

Are you effing kidding me??? Does the NCAA compliance committee have 4000 people working for it??

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Okay as a true Georgia Fan willing to post my true name, I am deeply sorry for all my Tech friends. This is sad. Tech works as hard as any school I know about doing everything in a very honorable way. Tech is full of great coaches, solid student athletes and loyal fans. You don’t deserve this. Best wishes to all my good Tech friends. I’ll keep on kidding you when we beat you every year, but I’m not going to kid you about this. Best Regards. Put it behind you and win the ACC Championship this year.

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Sounds like we are the flavor of the month. I have no doubt, that our in-state brother will use this as a fodder just as much as we use their shenanigans.

I honestly believe CPJ probably didn’t know anything. He is the type of guy that just wants a Yes or No answers when he asks questions and then moves on. DRad said yes. So he moved on from there. If it had been no, then he would have put others in their place…..probably would not have won. But thats a conversation in and of itself.

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It is not the $312 – it is the lack of cooperation, attempt to disrupt the NCAA investigation, and previous conviction of use of ineligible players.

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In most lines of works, you screw up as bad as Radakovich did on this and you get fired. Instead, looks like he just keeps on being highest paid AD in ACC. Sickening.

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HA! HA! HA! Tech is the THUG school not Georgia!!

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There were other times when it would have been appropriate to rid Tech of the Radakovich. If the President has ever had a good reason to send Dave R. packing, it is NOW! This situation was under Radakovich’s watch, and he royally screwed up . . . NO excuses for keeping him now. Get rid of the arrogant guy, who has shown he doesn’t understand the Tech family. It may be also that others have to pay for this inexcuseable situation, and possibly Paul Johnson is not without suspicion. Let’s get to the bottom of this, and let the tale tell itself. Why in the world would the punishment have been so severe unless the arrogance was so blatant. We need more competent people in place!

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The NCAA needs to figure out a way to compensate these kids for their contributions to the “Business of COllege Sports”, instead of trying to hoard it all to themselves.

For example: It’s ok for a student on a band scholarshitp to go out and play in clubs and what not, and earn extra cash, but a student athelete can’t have a job. Why is that?

Don’t say, “Oh, they’re getting a free education.”. THe scholarships are year to year, and it’s at the coach’s disposal to take it away. The typical football player spends at least 40 hours a week, probably more, on football activities during the season.

Studying game film, the playbook, weight training, practice, travel, and the game. How much studying do you really expect him to get done during the season.

The coaches tell them football is first. It’s first to the coaches, becuase they are being compensated in the millions, yet, they can’t give the kid $50 to have a night out with his friends.

Just stop it!!!!

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Cheating at GT? Shocking!! Tell me it isn’t so. Such a fine, upstanding institute. Perhaps they got tired of getting their behinds whipped by UGA year in and year out. Who knows? NOW how can they fill their stadium? Free hot dogs, cokes, Varsity hamburgers, tickets to the aquarium, zoo, etc.

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Tech lies, Tech cheats.

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Glad now Bark Madley was on my ass all that time!!

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Apparently, the NCAA investigator took offense to my punching him in the nose.

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Tech’s gotta copy Auburn now, copy their plays, copy the all white unis with the dark blue jerseys- what a coincidence sharing all those colors except orange, we could look like them about 95%, and share Heisman for about 15 yrs each, we need to look to them for guidance since we share Heisman, because we are really looking foolish; we’ve never had a Heisman winner like Bo Jackson and Newton were; we need help; we need the GTs on the white helmets for those 95% unis, and no bw flashy mod shoes, we need white shoes to go with the white socks; we need to raise the white Heisman flag of surrender to Auburn and Clemson who share the color white with us

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It already sucked bad enough just to be a tech fan, but now…….DAMN! That is all I can say…DAMN!

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Tech’s football team is going on probation? I didn’t even know Tech had a football team.

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Now tech nerds have something else to worry about besides lifetime virginity. Sorry, dudes.

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This is what the JOCKITCH get from Paul Johnson. HAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHA

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Bark Madley strikes again. How bout you and Schultzy Poo write something without a slant. To the point, Green selling his OWN jersey and getting 4 games was too much AND $312 worth of clothes gets Gtech’s Title “taken away” is too much. NCAA is throwing their power around right now with every team they find something on. Oregon, Ohio State, Auburn (possibly, yet likely), and who ever else. Don’t give the kid a free sample at Sam’s Club he might get his school a secondary violation. WTGW!!

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What probably led to the pretty stiff penalties is the fact that TECH. hadn’t been off of probation from the previous offense. Repeat offenders are not look on too friendly, when the offenses are that close together.

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Sooo many of you F’N fools are hilarious!!!

A couple of guys took some “gift” clothes, and somehow the history (past, present, future) of the ENTIRE GT football program is … insert your best negative comment.

It is going to be even more hilarious when the NCAA’s biggest cheaters (GT) beat UGA in 2011. Imagine all the whining from UGA fans then!

Gonna be funny as H#LL to read! Can’t wait!!!

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Well, it just goes to show we ALL get our turn in the barrel, huh..?

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It is Christmas in July! Thanks, Techies.

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Say what you will UGA fans, you still attended and cheer for a diploma mill and party school. You live with the embarassment of your academics every day.

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Embarrassment? Crap, Tech ought to be used to embarrassment by now…….especially in football.

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The home of “Flag Boy” embarrassed?…nah, never.

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The home of the ugliest campus in the U.S. embarrassed?…..not at all.

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Tech-nically Speaking…..you lost to UGA in 2009….2008 was the one win in ten years against UGA….it happens so rarely I would think it would stand out in your memory…..fire Radakovich and Coach Triple Chin.

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I haven’t posted on the AJC in a while because I got tired of all the biased coverage and pathetic vitrol spewing UGA haters who live on the message boards. After seeing several stories today about gt being slammed for their lieing and cheating I was stunned. Not because of the shame that the hypocrisy and dishonesty of gt has brought to our great state, but because the AJC had never even mentioned an investigation.

How is it possible the South’s most well known newspaper fails to cover a major investigation of a college only a few miles from their offices? Can this be the same paper who consistently turns a UGA backup punter forgeting to return a library book into a week long witch hunt? Weekly we are treated to stories about misdeeds of any kid who has the slightest connection to UGA. Any recruit that UGA considered offering who picks another school is given bold headline treatment.

Somehow though an intense investigation of a corrupt and humiliating conspiracy of lies conducted by a large tech school within walking distance of the AJC’s squad of intrepid reporters doesn’t warrant even a brief mention. Are these bloggers that inept at their job or is the AJC guilty of biased yellow journalism intended to libel the University of Georgia while covering up countless crimes by the north avenue trade school?

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Here’s why you got hammered….quit your complaining. You were on probation from 2005-2007. This is from the ruling…

“If Tech commits another major infraction before Nov. 17, 2010, it will be subject to added penalties as a repeat violator.”

The NCAA filed the NOI on 9/13/10. Consider yourself served added penalties.

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Hey “sports”…we STILL do!!!

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uga_alum_93, THAT was a good one…truly, made me lol!

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At least we didn’t have to give up this state’s last NCAA championship (1990).

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People that get their thrills out of other peoples’ misfortunes because their lives are so pathetic are called LOSERS. Glory, glory!

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dawgforlife, there would be NO mention of uga if weren’t for all you pups barking on a blog that has NOTHING to do uga…WHAT in the hell did you expect? “The only thing more stupid” is that you would probably DID expect us to just sit back and listen to all your yelps. The best part of all of this is that there are a number of Dawg fans that ACTUALLY read the article and recognize this whole thing for the bad joke that it is…you, sir, have proven to just be a dog….for life!

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Here are the ACTUAL PENALTIES since you cannot be bothered to tell us those either Mark Bradley, sir :

(1) REPEAT VIOLATOR

(2) LENGTHY PERIOD OF PROBATION

(3) SUBSTANTIAL FINES

(4) VACATE FOOTBALL RECORDS

(5) AGAIN SUBJECT TO REPEAT VIOLATOR YET AGAIN NOW

(6) FOUR (4) YEARS OF PROBATION from 7/14/11 – 7/13/2015

(7) RECRUITING DAYS REDUCED BY 2 – FOOTBALL

(8) NO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO 1ST BASKETBALL HOME GAME

(9) LIMIT OF ONLY 10 PERMISSIBLE OFFICIAL VISITS BOTH 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 BASKETBALL

Here is the real kicker :

(10) Vacate all games WON after November 24, 2009 and ending after the bowl game.

FUNNY Georgia tek

You LOST all those games except against Climpsum Farmers and so now there is 1990 only, because that win 2009 over Climpsum Farmers is VACATED just after South Carolina beat Climpsum and just after Georgia beat Georgia tek with said Thomas the focus of all the incomplete passes to end the game with a LOSS to UGA.

Vacate 1 win.

Yes, small penalty – because you LOST all the other games, nerds.

(11) PAUL JOHNSON cannot count the win over Climpsum Farmers in his total.

(12) No team who subsequently HIRES Paul Johnson can list the win over Climpsum or the ACC Championship, now VACATED.

Cupcake Conference anyway.

That is like saying you are the best sportswriter at the AJ-C.

(13) INFORM ALL PROSPECTS THAT GEORGIA TEK IS ON NCAA PROBATION.

(14) PUBLICIZE THE NCAA PROBATION IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDES ANNUALLY.

(15) REPEAT VIOLATOR – FOR 5 YEARS FROM 14 JULY 2011 THROUGH 13 JULY 2016.

15 PENALTIES in the public report by The NCAA.

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Thomas Brown is a genius, but smells of Dawg………….Only penalty for you Thomas is watching the ” dream team” win 5 games this year………Make sure you have those details correct.. 5 wins.. 5 wins..

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This sucks no more than the coaches they’ve hired in football and basketball.

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I’m not even an Auburn fan, I bleed red and black but I’m so tired of hearing my fellow fans & bloggers pile on Aubie it makes me embarrassed. I’m old enough to remember the Auburn fans being the only ones nice enough to treat me & my family with respect when we attend games there. After being endlessly harrassed by rude Florida, Bama, and LSU fans {Death Valley is the WORST!!} when we go on the road, I actually looked forward to our trip to Auburn every 2 years. What does it say about you guys when you revel so much in another school’s misfortune? I was there in Auburn this year and believe me, the better team won. Yes, things got ugly at the end but this is a grown-mans game. I played this game so I know how it feels when you lose, and it can bring out the worst in opposing fans as well. Congrats Auburn on your well-deserved NC and I hope the investigation ends soon. Nothing hurts more than watching the sport you love take black eye after black eye. If AU is found to have violated the rules, they will be punished accordingly but so far nothing has emerged linking them to the Newton case. The real bad guy was his father who thought he could cash in on his son’s talents with possibly no knowledge from Cam at all. I watched him play this year & even though his antics may have been over-the-top, he was possibly the most gifted athlete I’ve ever seen step on a field. You can’t deny talent & athletic ability and he has it in spades. Let’s focus on turning our program around and quit gloating over other teams problems!!

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RED AND BLACK is no dog fan. He’s a WAR DAM EAGLE. I beleive Auburn was the place where we got the water hose sprayed on us some time ago.

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Hey Mark, do you want to revise your comments from last November, after Coach Fish Fry had lost to ug@?

After that LOSS you claimed that even though GT lost the Game Coach Johnson had proven him self the “smarter” of the 2 HCs when he allowed ug@ to score at the end of the Game.

Well now we find out that Coach Kung Fu Panda was faced with the exact same decision as CMR was faced with in the AJ Green jersey-scandal, and now we see that Coach Fish Fry handled Bey-Bey Thomas MUCH WORSE than the way that CMR handled AJ Green.

Now that we have more info, do you still stand by your comments that GT has the “smarter HC”?

After seeing these two local HCs faced with the exact same situation, one HC clearly screwed the pooch and one handled the situation with class and dignity.

The problem that hurts the smug, holier-than-thou segment of the GT fanbase is that the HC of the school that we think is inferior to GT acted like GT and we at GT “acted like we were ug@”.

This is one gonna sting for a while!

Thanks for nothing Coach Fish Fry!

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TECHREDNECK

July 15th, 2011
8:21 am
How do you cheat and still stink many doggies have asked??? The dogs cheat and still stink. Ask you program leaders mutt fans.

I don’t know how does 9-1 feel? Seriously? It’s like watching Good Morning Veitnam and if you DOOOO and if you DOOOOO, You are that moron officer. LOL – I do feel sorry for you.

BTW- This is from the Original Red-N-Black not to be confused with my fellow DAWG Red & Black

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You can’t spell CHEATERS with T-E-C-H!

The only way Yech can avoid losing to Georgia is vacating games. They may want to try that strategy every year.

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Red & Black – NCAA not through with AU. From SWC meetings in Destin, FL -

… Julie Roe Lach, the N.C.A.A.’s vice president for enforcement, made a presentation to the group, which included every men’s basketball coach, football coach and athletic director in the conference. When she opened up the room for discussion, Auburn’s football coach, Gene Chizik, raised his hand first.

He peppered Roe Lach with a flurry of questions about the N.C.A.A.’s investigation into Cam Newton and why the N.C.A.A. had not publicly announced that the investigation was over. Chizik complained that the inquiry’s open-ended nature had hurt Auburn’s recruiting and he followed up at least three times, leading to a testy exchange.

“You’ll know when we’re finished,” Roe Lach told Chizik, according to several coaches who were at the meeting. “And we’re not finished.”

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$312 is not cheating, it’s just stupid. The NCAA treats football players like indentured servants and punishes them over $312? Ridiculous and immoral.

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Auburn, Tenn., North Carolina, Ohio State had better get ready. Maybe the NCAA is finally getting tired of the two most corrupt outfits in this nation. I am talking about college football and basketball. A number of these athletes think that everyone owes them something and some of the coaches also. And I am sick and tired of hearing about paying these guys. Hell a college education is there if they want it. What is sad is that most of them don’t care if they get a degree or not. The NCAA should be put on some type of probation for letting those OHIO St. guys play in the Sugar Bowl. Sounds like double standards to me. Let’s clean up this mess and do it now.

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The Tech legal staff gave guidance. Who’s to blame? I would suggest looking at this group.

http://www.legalaffairs.gatech.edu/about-ola

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I love all the comments saying that at least Ga Tech’s athletes are “real students.” This is one of the biggest bullcrap line they feed… In overwhelming numbers, Tech athletes are HTS (look it up,) management & sociology majors.

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As a Georgia fan I must warn the Dawg nation about enjoying this little bit of embarrasment to much. Georgia has been walking a tightrope with the NCAA for the last year. The NCAA seems to be clamping down (we will know for sure if they ever go after Auburn and Florida for Cam Newton who was a cheater and a crook whose father demanded money for play. Florida should have kicked him out, and Auburn should not have touched him). While I do think this is very good for college sports, it will make adinstrators of these programs have to work much harder to keep the kids under control.

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This is so sad. I think it’s obvious there was no intent to cheat or to mislead investigators.

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The ones calling for CPJ’s head are nuts! If you mutts can read and I see most of you cant and understand what you read, then you see that he was told the player was okay to suit up! So basically let me break that down in terms you mutts can understand. When the manager at the Mcdonalds says salt the fries you salt them right? Yeah because he’s yoru boss Same difference here!

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Why do people continue to act like Tennessee is going to get slammed by the NCAA? BBall will get something but football isn’t facing anything major. NCAA did a full investigation and didn’t find anything on the Athletic Department… that’s pretty impressive for any major program.

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Dude why give Tech the death penalty when they are publicly committing suicide?

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The way the NCAA handles these things is ridiculous. This is like GT gets a speeding ticket, but contests/denies it and gets 10 years in jail, but OSU/Auburn/UNC/USC commit murder and admit it, so they get off with a fine.

Obviously there was some shady business dealing with the NCAA investigators (which hopefully cannot be proved and gets overturned in an appeal), but the only real crime committed was getting $300 worth of clothes? Are you kidding me? You got Terrell Pryor rolling around campus in a new car every week, Cam Newton and his preacher-man daddy sitting down talking contract, and we get all of this stemming from someone getting some clothes as a gift from a friend? Come on now.

Check out Sean Bedford’s letter to the NCAA, it is ridiculous that the 100 or so players that handled things the right way get screwed out of a championship that they earned the right way. Fine Morgan Burnett, fine Demaryius Thomas, fine the institution, maybe even put them on probation but don’t punish the players who did nothing wrong.

And as always, reading the UGA fan’s high school level comments is hilarious.

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Ridiculous to punish the innocent players who did it the right way and worked hard all season by taking away their championship, especially over $300. If the institution was shady in the cover-up, fine the institution, even put them on probation, but vacating a legitimate win like that is stupid.

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I am not a Tech hater at all and don’t pretend to have insight here, but I wonder how much of this is due to Paul Johnson’s less than inviting personality.

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Demaryius Thomas was raised in numerous homes of his aunts,uncles and cousins. So, how does NCAA determine which cousins are allowed to give him clothing and which are not?

Going forward, do all schools need to not recruit kids that do not have parents to raise them? Do not see anything for GT to be embarassed about.

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GT lost the 09 Urange in a humiliating stomping at the hands of big, slow white boy farmers who go to bed at night around 9 PM. Now, if they are forfeiting their 09 games, does this mean that GT is given credit for TWO 09 URANGE BOWL LOSSES? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

Couple these two 2009 Urange Bowl losses with GT’s humiliating 1967 Urange Bowl loss to Kansas, they have virtually no major bowl history since the 1950s. Citrus in 90? Then, it was not even mid major. Lower rung bowl it was then. Sorry.

The ACC title in 2009 meant nothing anyway, so let them keep that silly thing. No one outside of Durham or Chapel Hill or Blacksburg (VATECH was stomped by UGA in the Chic Fil A after UGA spotted them 24 points) or College Park MD consiiders the ACC title important. ESPN rates the SEC like 6th in conference power.

No, GT is drawing a blank on anything historically worthwhile in football over 55 years, beyond that 8 way tie in 90 for the NC and GT was NOT undefeated that year …………… they tied sad North Carolina.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Dogs.

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Only nine pages of comments from lame dog fans. And you think you run this State? Man, please.

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NCAA vacated GT’s 2009 ACC title?? Hey wait a second, I thought UGA was the ACC champ that year…

NERDS!

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NERDS!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3njjD41f48

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Hi, I go to GT, I make this video in my dorm room on campus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY5xr8mDBtE

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I also post as “trash talk” on these blogs, you like my rap people??

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Crawl under a rock for awhile Jacket Nation.

While we clearly own them, I don’t have a “dog” in this fight, but nerds never win dude. I love kicking UGA because they’re always down to us, but the Little Man Syndrome is really rearing its ugly head for you guys. I’d consider cooling it on the we’re richer than you or we’re your boss yawnfest, because 80%+ of the UGA hillbillies calling you nerds didn’t even go to school there. I notice that it’s always the same mixture clowns that come to Jacksonville for their annual whipping.

This too shall pass. Good luck on beating GA this year-if Zook can do it, I’m sure Muschamp will.

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LOTS of misinformation and ignorance in this posting and thread. Evidently, Mark did not take time to read any of the supporting information before rushing to blog. Because if he knew it and chose to leave it that would be more irresponsible.

I can forgive those making comments because they just want to get in their digs and have no reason to read the full report before jumping to conclusions.

1) The repeated $312 of merchandise was returned, with tags intact.
2) There was an internal investigation and the findings have been published.
3) The vacated wins are for players the NCAA thought MIGHT be ineligible. Since they found no reason afterwards to make them ineligible, it is quite odd to punish for not being conservative at the time.
4) The NCAA is mad because of *perceived* lack of cooperation in an investigation that uncovered no major violations. There have been less penalties imposed on larger programs with more severe violations and loads more evidence.

Maybe someone failed to properly suck up to the NCAA somewhere along the way. and shame on them for not knowing the rules of the NCAA game. But the rules of the NCAA game suck right now.

BTW, why can’t “The NCAA” ever have a face, a commissioner, someone to answer when it screws up? Why can’t they be taken to task for inconsistent penalties and arbitrary findings? Is there no legal recourse to challenge their ultimate authority when it affects the innocent?

Who has the power to hold the NCAA accountable?

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Mark, Does this mean GT can “fire” Paul Hewett from his contract “for cause” and save 6 or 7 million on his ridiculous contract? Also, I am no fan of UGA but when A J Green was suspended for four games last year for selling his own bowl shirt at the same time the school, heck any school can sell his jersey and pocket the money, I thought it was a crock. These sanctions on Tech are a joke. The punishment in no way fits the crime. Just stupid and disgusting.

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Hey DC – I realize the meeting was a month ago, but the AJC and other news organizations printed it on 7/13/11. Your point is? Because it was a month ago the NCAA is through with AU? I don’t think so. There will be more on that. Look how long it took the NCAA on Tech over $312.

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Sorry about that I meant “team”

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Mark Bradley’s opinion, as usual, matters to who? If it isn’t as clear as a Wyoming sky that Tech has been twisting in the wind waiting for the next shoe to fall with the ncaa after the ncaa’s last farce of charges in 2005 that were way over the top. Tech had self reported what should have been only minor infractions but was slammed with a bounty of lost scholarships. Tech peeod the ncaass’s then by telling them they would never turn themselves in again. The ncaass’s then just sat and waited until something/anything came along that they could use as a “infraction”. Well here it is, a mickey mouse incident that should have gotten a couple of lines on the back page that the ncaass’s trumped up into major charges. If it isn’t obivious by now that they have Tech in their crosshairs, then just sit back and wait until they stumble on another mickey mouse in the next four years and trump it up and lo and behold you have the DEATH PENALTY. Don’t think it can happen? I didn’t think either one of these “infractions”-2005 or this current one, could have happened to the severety that it came down. I realize that these are not criminal charges and are not handled in a court of law, but it looks as though someone in the ncaa heirarchy may have targeted Tech and the only way to stop them is to take them to court for harassment or even more serious charges.
The NCAA would be a complete joke if it were not for cases like this. They allow a pass to most of the big dogs who flaunt everything in their face and come after someone like Tech for table scraps. Most of the “rules” are worse than ridiculous and should be thrown out. Whatever became of the FSU case of a couple of years ago? Swep under the table?

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SUCCESS! SUCCESS! I got a RED & BLACK dufuss’s dander up. O.K. Now I’m gonna make you feel good. UGA is the greatest instition in the country. They won the National Championship over 30 years ago. JAWJA has the greatest athletes, the greatest cheerleaders, the greatest coaches, the greatest facilities, the greatest teachers, grasscutters, toilet cleaners, coeds, bush trimmers, fans, security, mickey mouse club members, communists,fattest rednecks, most popular hoes, tabaco chewers, snuff dippers, in the world. If I left anyone out I sincerly apologize. YOU GO JAWJA!

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