Georgia Tech is no longer untested, but it’s still undefeated
The biggest play: Roddy Jones down the sideline. (AJC photo by Johnny Crawford)
Georgia Tech hadn’t been tested, so it decided to test itself. It watched North Carolina score three second-half touchdowns and override a 14-point deficit, and suddenly serious stuff had arisen. The nation’s No. 25 team was tied at home, 7:22 to play.
“We thought we’d try to make a game a little more exciting,” Paul Johnson would say afterward, half-smiling but not nearly laughing. That said …
Johnson mightn’t have enjoyed every detail of this game — the two turnovers, the missed field-goal attempt, the never-ending run of lousy special-teams play, the dropped touchdown pass by the otherwise ascendant Stephen Hill, even his own loss of fourth-and-1 nerve — but he had to be tickled by its outcome. A coach can’t know about his team until it’s forced to make plays for the express purpose of game-winning, and Johnson’s Jackets aced that exam.
Tied with 7:22 remaining, Tech led with 5:20 to go. Nice kickoff return, long Roddy Jones run down the sideline — shades of Sanford Stadium, November 2008 — and a Tevin Washington duck-in touchdown. No poor pitchouts or muffed catches here. Just two minutes of precision at the moment precision was required.
“I’m kind of glad it happened this way,” Hill said. “It shows the team it’s not going to be easy.”
Tech’s first three games had been varying degrees of days at the beach. It hadn’t trailed since the Independence Bowl. It hadn’t failed to lead 7-0 after its first snap. It was amassing silly numbers even by Johnson’s standards, but you knew full well that September wouldn’t pass without silliness yielding to cold reality. Reality arrived Saturday wearing powder blue.
North Carolina isn’t a great team, but it takes football seriously enough to have committed so many indiscretions it was impelled to vacate two years’ worth of victories. The Tar Heels seized the lead here, forcing Tech to react, and sure enough Tech scored 28 of the next 35 points. But then Al Groh’s defense, which had limited Carolina to 30 yards over the final 27 minutes of the first half, started to perform like the Tech D we’ve come to know and bemoan, and the usually roaring Tech offense wasn’t quite at high tide.
Which sounds strange, given that the Jackets finished with 35 points and 496 yards. But when you enter averaging 59.3 points and 675.3 yards, you’ve set an impossible standard. Matched finally against an opponent capable of punching back, Tech missed just enough chances to keep this close.
Said Johnson: “We’ll have to look at the tape and clean up the stuff we didn’t do great, and there’s a bunch of it.”
A bunch? Not really. But enough to render this the Jackets’ first close game of 2011. And even after the go-ahead-to-stay surge, Tech couldn’t run out the clock. Carolina got the ball and one final chance. Would Groh’s defenders go belly-up?
Nope. Tech halted the Heels before they could draw close enough to throw into the end zone. The defense incapable of making any plays last season made several this time — linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu had three sacks, including one on the game’s final snap — and that’s an upgrade.
“Thirty-five [points] is better than 28,” said Johnson, voicing a familiar and incontrovertible theme. “That’s what I was pleased with.”
There was, however, a single greater point: We’d seen how sleek Tech could look against token opposition, but against the Heels we saw it being forced to make plays — and then making them. No team scores 66 every given Saturday, and the rest of the schedule will resemble more of what we saw in Week 4 than in Weeks 1-3. This outcome should give the Jackets even deeper faith in themselves.
And there’s hay to be made in this conference. Nobody looks impregnable. The Jackets don’t play Florida State, and they’ll get Clemson and Virginia Tech here.
“Our goal is always to win the ACC championship,” Washington said, and a month ago those words might have sounded fanciful. Four victories later, this season bears the look of a real opportunity. Tech has positioned itself to do something, and that’s all you can reap from any September.
By Mark Bradley
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GT Trumpet
September 24th, 2011
4:54 pm
First! I hope Alex said hi to you for me!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
4:55 pm
MB, very nice writeup, I was pleased at how the D finally made plays. Offense is fine and they will clean up their errors.
Go Jackets!
DS_CE91
September 24th, 2011
4:56 pm
Great win by the Jackets!
elviskl
September 24th, 2011
4:57 pm
first
elviskl
September 24th, 2011
4:58 pm
damn, i read the article first and it cost me first place, lol
buzz
September 24th, 2011
4:58 pm
first
frank
September 24th, 2011
4:58 pm
Any word on Hill’s hamstring?
buzz
September 24th, 2011
4:59 pm
me too elviskl
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
4:59 pm
MB how was CPJ’s demeanor after the game?
GT Trumpet
September 24th, 2011
4:59 pm
And a good game for the Jackets! We left a lot of points on the field so I am not so concerned about the close game.
yearofthedawg
September 24th, 2011
5:00 pm
What a joke. Positioned itself to do something? Because they beat a bad North Carolina team and the Three Stooges?
Question: what do UGA and Georgia Tech have in common?
Answer: They are both undefeated against cupcakes, and they both have defeated the same number of good teams.
GT Fan
September 24th, 2011
5:00 pm
Good grief Mr. Bradley. Do you not have spell check or grammar check software? The story is OK but the proofreading leaves a bit to be desired. Regarding the game, if a team has an effective passing attack, it will be a long afternoon for Tech.
dominobeer
September 24th, 2011
5:01 pm
Good game, but not great. GT looked like the better team all day. It shouldn’t have been as close as the final score.
At least it the victory helps balance the sting out of watching Carlos Marmol hand the Cardinals a free win.
Greg
September 24th, 2011
5:01 pm
UNC definitely provided a better test, but I think Tech gave them too many opportunities to make this a close game. I hope this provides grounding for this team so they can better execute against tougher teams
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:04 pm
By no means was it a picture perfect win but it was a win
There isn’t anything I saw today that can’t be corrected!
BeesKnees
September 24th, 2011
5:04 pm
Mark, Thank you for an accurate description of todays game and Techs season chances!
Charleston Jacket
September 24th, 2011
5:06 pm
Glad we did not choke. D is still a major concern. Too many offensive mistakes and questionable play calling a few times – but all in all good effort and a good win. Go Jackets! THWG
ramblingbuzz
September 24th, 2011
5:08 pm
GT outplayed UNC but made too many mistakes. Still nice to win even when you don’t play well. D make crucial stops at the end, it’s a Jeckyll and Hyde unit. What’s up with that?
Matt the Brave
September 24th, 2011
5:08 pm
I’m sorry, UNC is not much of a test for this Tech team. They have multiple suspensions still, and are not working at full speed. I’ll believe in this Tech team once they beat Clemson, VT, and UGA.
Beast from the East
September 24th, 2011
5:08 pm
Great win, Jackets!
Congrats!!
huh?
September 24th, 2011
5:08 pm
So beating a team that beat Rutgers by 2 and beat James Madison and Virginia is a test? And at home? Hmmm…guess that’s ACC football for ya. Tech has played 4 straight puddin’s. NC State next week will make it 5. ACC- All Crappy Conference
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:10 pm
I kept reading all week just how tough UNC’s front line was, how it would show up Tech’s “high school” offense. Hmmmmmmmm wonder how that turned out
ramblingbuzz
September 24th, 2011
5:11 pm
Yearof….another delusional doggie. The mutts have defeated exactly 0 good teams. I’ll take 4-0 over 2-2 any day.
BG
September 24th, 2011
5:13 pm
Tech sucks!!!!
ramblingbuzz
September 24th, 2011
5:14 pm
Before you UGA homers get on here talking about your excruciatingly tough schedule, let me point out…..Coatal Carolina, New Mexico State, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss. Need I say more?
Tech Old Timer
September 24th, 2011
5:14 pm
Mark – We left 18 points on the field today – by getting stopped on our first drive and having to stettle for a field goal – next, missing a field goal when we hould have gone in for a TD and third – Hill missing on a wide open deep pass. Our defense played some better but not great and it looked for awhile that the defense was goingto have to save us today because the offense wasn’t clicking. I think Coach Johnson has a lot to harp about to the players. We were fortunate to win today. I give Coach an “A” for play calling and managing the game – the players however get a “C”. I still think we have a lot of room to grow and threre are those verry teams you mentioned – Clemson and Virginia Tech – as well as others who will handle Tech if we don’t play better in all phases of the game.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:16 pm
BG such an original insult LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
vcki
September 24th, 2011
5:16 pm
I was there – great win, Tech!!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:17 pm
and here comes Dig with his gems LOL!!!!!!!!!!
vince
September 24th, 2011
5:18 pm
I finally have figured out a good analogy! Tech football is sort of like Buford football. Their fans rave about how great they are and how they could beat anybody…but the truth is, they play a minor league schedule. Whenever they do play a big college team, they lose, usually embarrassingly so, and they forget about it. That is, until they win a few games in a row against nobodies…..and then you hear the championship talk start up again.
Jason Jacket
September 24th, 2011
5:18 pm
What’s the word on Hill? How is his hammy? If we make that FG and hill doesn’t drop that pass, we win by 14-17
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:18 pm
Yeah, but when you talk about schedules, let talk about Auburn, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Boise State. Don’t mention the couple of patsy teams on our schedule like Coastal Carolina and Georgia Tech. They are always Easy wins.
BobbyDodd21/20
September 24th, 2011
5:18 pm
Darn, I is proud, Bobby, Bud, Varsity, ROTC, KA, Techwood parties…and my deploma related mostly always kept me ahead of the pack…congrats to Coaches and all players…you make us really proud…living large in Fla…
vince
September 24th, 2011
5:19 pm
@vcki…Wow! That’s pretty good. Makes you one of about 27,000, right?
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:19 pm
Did Tech sell out that HS stadium today?
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:19 pm
Okay vince, thanks for your wonderful insight. Are you sure you don’t need to be over at Schultz’s blog?
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:20 pm
and of course, size envious Really LOL!!!!!!!!! All the trolls are here!
Jackets are used to losing to UGA,,,, but it still hurts!
September 24th, 2011
5:20 pm
ramblingbuzz…… you’ll take another loss the Saturday after Thanksgiving, like you always do. i hope you are undefeated and ranked top 10…that will be SWEEEEEETTTTT!!!
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:21 pm
46,000 at the Tech game today? Seriously, only 46,000? Sad
Jason Jacket
September 24th, 2011
5:21 pm
Nice column mark. Enjoyed reading today except for the crap comments form uga losers
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:21 pm
and, of course, all the prognosticators!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:22 pm
Dig, I’m sure your mother is so proud of you!
huh?
September 24th, 2011
5:23 pm
Before you tech fans get excited…western carolina (7th best team in North Carolina) middle tenn state (4th best team in tennesee), kansas (2nd best team in kansas), UNC (maybe the best team in NC, which isn’t saying a whole lot for a basketball state), NC State (haha no comment), Duke (same as NC State), Maryland (yawn), Virginia (forgot they still played football). So that’s 8 absolutely pathetic teams compared to UGA’s 4 or 5. No case for Tech having a stronger schedule. Inferior team in an inferior conference. It must suck!
RICH
September 24th, 2011
5:23 pm
DIGDAWGER GET A LIFE BUM. YOUR THUGS R 2-2 LETS SEE OH IF THE THUGS R LUCKY,THEY MAY WIN 5 GAMES……….THE THUGS BEAT A AWFUL OLE MISS TEAM.THE NEXT THING RICHT WILL JUMP OFF OF WONT BE A DIVIN BOARD IT WILL BE A BUILDING.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:24 pm
Tested? Really tested? Seriously you call North Carolina a test? For what? To see which team is the weak link? That’s funny. A test is North Carolina, after playing 3 HS teams. Sad
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:25 pm
Oh Dig, you are so witty!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:26 pm
Rich, even when UGA went 6-6 last year, guess who was one of the 6? TECH. Same will go for this year. BTW, by the time the two teams meet at the end of the year, UGA will have a better record than Tech. UGA will be at worst 8-3. Tech at best 7-4
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:27 pm
Rich one thing that is guaranteed, if UGA wins 5 one of the wins will be against Tech.
jacket fan in wisconsin
September 24th, 2011
5:27 pm
Well put, Mark. Over the years of watching a lot a college football , it seems like every team will have these types of games, usually after 2-3 really good games. The overall season can turn on the outcome of these “ugly games”. Is North Carolina a great team ? Certainly not. But they’ve got talent and they played hard and had a chance to win the game. You think they’re not kicking themselves for failing to stop Tech when the game was tied ? Overall, it was a good college game between conference rivals that were both undefeated. As a Tech fan, what’s not to like ? We got a QB who can run the offense with precision, including throwing the ball. We got all kinds of running backs. We got a big play WR. We got a young defense that plays hard and will continue to get better. We got a coach who hates to lose almost as much as us fans( or maybe even more). Does anyone remember the Gailey years ?? Opposing teams prepare for our offense all year, and we still hang 35 points and 500 yards of offense on them. Have they figured it out ?? When we can pass even a little, this offense is tough to stop. Those are all the good things I see from way up here in Wisconsin.
question
September 24th, 2011
5:28 pm
Tech passed one test…so far.
Dogs have failed both of their test.
4-0>2-2
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:28 pm
@jacket fan, very good summation!
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:29 pm
27-13 against one of the worst teams in the country? No dawg fan should be on here talking sh!t
ramblingbuzz
September 24th, 2011
5:30 pm
When you doggies beat somebody besides CC & OM come back and talk smack. As it is, your sorry a– team didn’t even score as many against OM as Vandy did. Get ready for another loss against Miss State next Sat.
Scrod
September 24th, 2011
5:30 pm
To “Really?” – Yes, really. You have enough to worry about at home to be over here running your mouth. See you in November, pal. Really.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:30 pm
I bet if Ole Miss was in the ACC, they would be in the championship game for the ACC. ACC, what a joke
Jackets 2011
September 24th, 2011
5:31 pm
Good writing Mark.
I was exhausted by the time I got home.
I don’t think fans could have withstood an overtime.
Thanks to Roddy and the offense and the team D for sparing us one.
Seems to me, the pros and college should have each other’s OT rules.
GT86
September 24th, 2011
5:31 pm
Great win! Not the prettiest, but a win is a win, especially against a ranked opponent (UNC was ranked in USAToday). Favorite line: long Roddy Jones run down the sideline — shades of Sanford Stadium, November 2008.
Go Jackets! THWG!
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:32 pm
Scrod, We have seen you for 10 years, oh and WE UGA won 9 on them. I bet UGA will have a better record than Tech by the time they play. Who does Tech play next week? Lovett High School? I bet some HS have more in attendance than Tech does. 46,000. Wow, great crowd. Maybe they should play at Turner Field.
Scrod
September 24th, 2011
5:32 pm
The joke is your coach and the direction of your football program. And, of course, you personally. Really.
Dwayne C
September 24th, 2011
5:33 pm
GA Tech is lucky to have won this game. They tried to give it away. My guess is they’ll be successful at doing just that now that non FCS(formerly I-AA) teams await them on their schedule. This team wins six games, goes to a bowl nobody has ever heard of and loses.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:33 pm
GT86, not hard to remember your one win in 10 years huh. LOL
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:33 pm
Really?,
lol. Put down the methamphetamines…think you’ve had enough, buddy…
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:34 pm
Really? You do have a severe case of size envy, perhaps you ought to seek professional help???????
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:34 pm
Scrod, At least we have a real stadium, real facilities and real fans. Tech sure can’t say that.
Jackets are used to losing to UGA,,,, but it still hurts!
September 24th, 2011
5:34 pm
SCROD, we’ll be there, and you’ll wish we weren’t, AGAIN !! Going to be 10 out of last 11…bet the farm, (or ask your mom for $20).
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:35 pm
Dwayne C, how so? More total yards, greater time of possession and, oh yes, more points! Sheesh learn something about the game of football.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:36 pm
Ol Jacket, You mean winning two Sugar Bowls in 3 years, while you are going to bowls like the Nut bowl in SF? What a joke. You went to the Chick Fil A bowl and got your ass kicked by a sub par LSU team, went (what a joke to a half empty Orange Bowl) and got kicked. Yeah, we might have been down over the past two years, but we kick you around like a rag doll year after year.
GT Trumpet
September 24th, 2011
5:36 pm
Last I checked UNC received more votes than ugag in both polls.
huh?
September 24th, 2011
5:38 pm
The smell of moth balls will be prevalent on North Avenue the next couple of weeks with Tech fans breaking out their old tech gear. Maybe they can break 50K at Bobbdy Dud this year.
really?
September 24th, 2011
5:38 pm
how did our defending conference champion do against the ACC. lost. really.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:38 pm
The only teams on Tech’s schedule this year that are ANY good at all are Virgina Tech, Clemson and UGA. All loses by Tech.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:38 pm
Really? Congrats, I really mean that! Has nothing to do with your size envy though
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:38 pm
LOL. I love UGA fans chest-bumping after modestly defeating a team that’s collapsing like a dying star. I bet some of you dawg fans have a higher post count than brain cells….
really?
September 24th, 2011
5:38 pm
did vandy beat ole miss more that uga? yes, really
killerj
September 24th, 2011
5:39 pm
Just made it back from ATL,CJ needs to kick some Ass on special team,s,Good win Jackets!…. but a scary one,My god Thomas……….Thomas………!!!!!!……..Roll Wreck!……THWG!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:39 pm
I guess there’s a crystal ball out there giving Really the final results of games yet to be played????
really?
September 24th, 2011
5:39 pm
did a WAC team whip our a**? yes, really
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:39 pm
Oh boy, reach on that Auburn thing. How would YOUR conference champion do against Auburn Last year. LOL Alabama, LSU or Arkansas this year. Get your ass kicked that is what. Oh, how is Fla. State looking? Yeah, losing again to OK.
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:39 pm
Really?’s post count > brain cell count.
Lay off the meth, take a nap in your trailer….
really?
September 24th, 2011
5:40 pm
am i a pathetic troll on the GT blog? yes, really.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:40 pm
Really? Boise State would beat Tech by 60. And keep up, Boise left WAC and went to Mountain West.
really?
September 24th, 2011
5:40 pm
did we really lose to the golden knights of directional florida? yes, teally.
Joe
September 24th, 2011
5:41 pm
Go Jackets!
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:42 pm
UGA beating Tech, priceless
Tech beating Western Carolina, priceless
Fans at Tech games? Oh, sorry, I forgot Tech fans don’t go to games
Jason Jacket
September 24th, 2011
5:42 pm
Funny to look at scores on yahoo sports. They only show ranked teams. Alas uga is nowhere to be found and with good reason. OVERRATED
Ga fan without a life
September 24th, 2011
5:42 pm
I’ve got nothing constructive I can do so I guess I go to the Tech Blog and make a jackass out of myself again.
That’s the only thing I am good at.
ormewood
September 24th, 2011
5:42 pm
This was a good win versus an opponent that’s not too bad. Their RB is a stud.
really?
September 24th, 2011
5:42 pm
bobo, grantham, richt. really?
voice of truth
September 24th, 2011
5:42 pm
ok boys,,year to date things are pretty good..Tevin Washington is a real QB,,Sims gets better with every series,,Defense is better,,not good but better,,special teams continue to cause ulcers,,We need Hill to be 2011 Hill not 2010 Hill. Orwin Smith is turning into an allstar as we watch.Play calling has been pretty great,,I think we can win a lot more games this year
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:43 pm
If UGA had played Western Carolina, Kansas and St. Mary’s High School like Tech, they would be 4-0 too.
roughrider
September 24th, 2011
5:43 pm
One game UGA wins almost every year is against Tech.
Atlantan
September 24th, 2011
5:43 pm
@digdawger it is exactly gag fans like you that make you the most hated team in college football. Without a doubt the worst fans anywhere out of any sport at any level – just ignorant rednecks.
Jackets are used to losing to UGA,,,, but it still hurts!
September 24th, 2011
5:43 pm
SCROD, the joke is you are a scrod…
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:44 pm
If a frog had wings he wouldn’t busy his arse every time he jumps. I don’t recall anyone saying GA wouldn’t be undefeated with the same schedule
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:45 pm
Paul Johnson, Great HS coach, can’t beat the big boys.
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:45 pm
Really?
All I got to say, enjoy your descent into mediocrity… Beating ole miss by only 14 points is pretty sad.
And, I can attempt to make predictions just like you…just watch: IF UGA PLAYED UNC THEY WOULD LOSE 28-0!!!! ZOMG!
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:46 pm
CMR, 3rd most wins and 3rd best win percentage in last 10 years by active coach. Johnson, Continued losses to UGA
Ga fan without a life
September 24th, 2011
5:46 pm
To avoid dealing with the reality Georgia is being hosed by Mark Richt and his 3 million salary without delivering a national championship, I go over to the Tech vent and make a jerk out of myself.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:47 pm
If UGA played NC, it would be awful because that would mean UGA would need to be in the ACC. OH GOD wake me up! NC would get their asses handed to them but 3/4 of off the teams in the SEC, including Vandy
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:47 pm
Sure sure…keep looking to the past to boost your confidence…
So pathetic….cry moar please
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
5:47 pm
Same lame insults from the same lame posters. Would love to talk football but apparently posting insults is more to their liking.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:48 pm
Why do you think they pair the 2nd best team in the ACC with the 5th or 6th best team in the SEC in the Chick Fil A bowl each year? They want it to be competitive and the SEC wins 8 out of team with our low ranked teams against the best of the ACC every year.
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:50 pm
LOL. SEC SEC SEC!? right? That’s all the dawgs have going for them right now.
Here’s a tissue, little girl. Hahaha I love it. Your juicy, delicious tears sustain me…
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:50 pm
How did UGA Do? Tech sucks, their fans suck, their conference sucks, their facilities suck and most of all their schedule sucks. Have fun adding the mighty Pittsburgh and Syrancuse to your already pitiful conference while the SEC adds the #8 team in the nation Texas A and M, and will probably steal Virgina Tech and Clemson from the Awful Coast Conference.
Vince Dooley
September 24th, 2011
5:51 pm
It is all my fault Dawg fans.
No sense in blaming Tech people for my huge mistake hiring Ray Goof.
And to make it worse, I added Donnan to my bad hire list before Adams added Richt.
Other SEC schools like hated Florida, LSU, Bama and now Auburn have their BSC titles and we have none since Herchel.
I’m sorry.
It’s all my fault.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:52 pm
Yeah Dooley recommended Bill Lewis to Tech too. LOL
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:53 pm
I bet by the time Tech plays UGA, UGA will be 9-2 or 8-3. Tech will be the same.
ramblingbuzz
September 24th, 2011
5:54 pm
Really….you only scored 27 on Ole Miss? Really? Wait till Vandy gets thru with your bottom tier SEC butts.
ATLER (Ramblin Wreck)
September 24th, 2011
5:54 pm
Who cares what Mark Bradley has to say about Ga Tech!!!! Go cover the redneck team in Athens.
Go Jackets!!!!
Luke
September 24th, 2011
5:54 pm
Bringing this blog back to the topic at hand, Tech didn’t look too bad. Few mistakes here and there (which is only imaginable when you start conference play). Special teams still scares me, but I was actually really impressed with the defense. The coverage was decent, and they never had a huge pass over the top. Jones is just a good receiver who is going to get his yards, as was their RB, who will be a stud at UNC. Nothing that can’t be looked over and corrected before we head out to Raleigh.
Good win today guys. Win is a win. Starting to be a great season!
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:54 pm
Really?
I’m glad I caught your comment before I left. Enjoy your descent into irrelevance. 4* and 5* recruits, yet annual disappointment. Every year it’s “DAWGS 20** NATIONAL CHAMPS”…yet every year you get disappointed.
Sucks being a dawg where you have to rely on the accomplishments of your conference mates to give yourself relevance….
I’m running out of tissues for you, btw…
voice of truth
September 24th, 2011
5:55 pm
Ya know all you UGA/SEC homos need to go find another place to play,,why do you insist on saying really stupid things on a Ga Tech blog ,,you sound like a bunch of mega losers,,you really do,,I have to be honest because I am the voice of truth,,now come on and say something really embarrassing and stupid,,don’t let me down Gomer,,
Really?
September 24th, 2011
5:55 pm
Hey Tech fans. Just giving you all a hard time. Good luck the rest of the year. I hope when Tech and UGA play each other in late November they are both ranked high. That would be nice wouldn’t it? I real game that pits two of the best?
Any way, congrats on the great start. Have a great rest of the season.
Oh, and GO DAWGS. lol
Actually
September 24th, 2011
5:56 pm
Uga would be 3-1
ramblingbuzz
September 24th, 2011
5:56 pm
REALLY think I’m somebody when I can troll on a GT blog spouting nonsense.
How did UGA do?
September 24th, 2011
5:57 pm
LOL Really?
You hath trolled successfully. I am impressed. Here’s to UGA and GT playing their best when they face each other in November.
Go Jacets!
MalibuGT
September 24th, 2011
5:57 pm
I’m not sure what’s better – being 4-0 or seeing the Ugag trolls on the blog talking trash! good luck, i know you’ll need it when you aren’t playing coastal carolina or ole miss. see ya in November!
off to music midtown, go jackets! THWG!
Steve Spurrier
September 24th, 2011
5:58 pm
What is it with Georgia that all I have to do is show up and whoever I’m coaching against the Dawgs gets a win?
Now I can even beat them with South Carolina, a team that used to have no chance against Georgia.
Man I’m good.
Actually
September 24th, 2011
5:59 pm
No you wont be ranked. Not even close. Miss st tenn and uf will beat you along with GT. Just go back to loserville a holes
Actually
September 24th, 2011
6:00 pm
So true steve. Go to vandy next. That will be a real laugher!
Really?
September 24th, 2011
6:01 pm
How did UGA do?
Had to let you know, when you have 2 brother in laws and a nephew both graduates of Tech, along with most of my wife’s family being Tech fans, I am pretty geard for the Tech/UGA discussions. LOL. Do you want to know when it get really bad, when UGA plays Auburn, where my wife graduated from, 2 years after I graduated from UGA. Hey, good luck guys, and see ya on the UGA blogs. lol
RICH
September 24th, 2011
6:03 pm
REMEMBER GA TECH 4 NAT CHAMP.GA 1 OH EXCUSE ME GA 0 HERSHAL WALKER 1
view from the east
September 24th, 2011
6:05 pm
No mattre how bad the smell from Athens may be; they have to come on this web site and never anything positive to say. The simple truth is 4-0 versus 2-2. who are the two wins against? Lot easier to say bad things against another team than face the truth; Georgia starts each year under its current coach playing for the National Championship and falls terribly short.
Really?
September 24th, 2011
6:06 pm
Rich, be serious. You had the shared one in 1990 and nothing else dating to the 50’s. UGA and TECH both suck for National Championships.
ToeMeetsLeather
September 24th, 2011
6:10 pm
Holy cow, the parents go out to eat and all these UGAG middle schoolers get on their parents computer. Go away kids.
Special teams still need some work, covering the middle of the field on the short pass routes remains a major problem, but overall, a pretty good effort. Offense showed a lot of heart when UNC tied it up. 4-0 baby!
Rolling Along
September 24th, 2011
6:15 pm
Streak is still alive for this offense…. Well sort of. Georgia Southern first play from scrimmage against Western Carolina-TD… 7-0
Really…… Do something constructive. Get up and clean up the single wide or something.
stiggywiggy
September 24th, 2011
6:16 pm
Hey, “Really:” We Tech fans are open-minded. Tell us all about that first division one victory today over the doormat of the SEC West. So here’s your headline, Really:
SEC EAST DOORMAT SQUEAKS BY SEC WEST DOORMAT
Rodney Dangerfield
September 24th, 2011
6:18 pm
Good win against UNC, almost gave me a heart attack in the end. It would have been a pity to lose a game you basically controlled. Dumb mistakes need to be corrected or we lose to the likes of Clemson, VT, and UGA.
Lewis Grizzard
September 24th, 2011
6:18 pm
Hey, Really. Give it up, bubba. I was somewhat funny. You suck.
Coach Mark Richt
September 24th, 2011
6:19 pm
Can I stay now?
Hector
September 24th, 2011
6:19 pm
What a idiot for Ok state. Worse than hills drop by far
Tech Guy
September 24th, 2011
6:21 pm
So Vanderbilt is 23 points better than Ole Miss while the mighty whimpering dawgs are all of 14 points better than Ole Miss. Looks like the Vandy Doors are about twice as good as the lame ass dawgs.
Buck Belue
September 24th, 2011
6:22 pm
But, but…. I won us a national championship just a little over three decades ago. OK, so it’s the only one we got after playing football for 130 years, but still. We have more than Tulane.
Mike Moonpie Wilson
September 24th, 2011
6:24 pm
Hey, Cowboy Parrish…., how does this contraption work? What does “submit” mean?
CABBAGE10101
September 24th, 2011
6:24 pm
Digdawger, keep it about football and remember that kids read this. Your comment only serves to show your ignorance and lack of class. We can have our fun without these types of comments. I believe any Jacket or Dog fan with any class would agree.
Get Real
September 24th, 2011
6:28 pm
Hey, yearofthedawg…..who’s the “good” team you all beat? Coastal Carolina or Ole Miss?..Trying to figure that one out.
CABBAGE10101
September 24th, 2011
6:30 pm
Hey digdawger, your comments are uncalled for. Remember that kids read this stuff and your comment shows a total lack of class and intelligence, and would embaresss any Tech or Ga fan. If thats nthe best you got, ask for an extra shiff at Taco Bell where your cleaning of the restrooms is of some use.
Ekim
September 24th, 2011
6:31 pm
UGA trolls deserve to die.
smitty
September 24th, 2011
6:32 pm
FIX the kicking game NOW……i know tech is scoring a lot of points but the kicking game WILL matter in the VT and clemson games, count on it……..and any other big game after that………tackle better……….teach tevin to be more careful in the passing game when receivers are actually defended……Ie, make better decisions on when to pass into traffic…..hill, et al, will not be wide open all the time…….work on the blocks outside on the corners…….missed way too many of those…….lost yards and yards on rushing offense with poor outside blocking……….tackle better…….try a reverse every now and then when facing a team with a great defense with great pursuit like NC’s……….and remember to give the damn ball to orwin……..go jackets
How bout them BEES!
September 24th, 2011
6:34 pm
If class and character were dynamite, UGA fans would be a sparkler.
CABBAGE10101
September 24th, 2011
6:35 pm
Digdawger is a real class act. Kids read this stuff and he cannot submit an intelligent comment, only public bathroom graffiti.
Dawg'88
September 24th, 2011
6:36 pm
“no longer untested”?
LOL!LOL!LOL!
Good one Bark Madley. UNC is now a test in the football world…or were you thinking it was a basektball game in the ACC. Don’t confuse UNC’s prowess on the court with its ineptness on the gridiron.
A test? Please!
ATLER (Ramblin Wreck)
September 24th, 2011
6:39 pm
Really?
September 24th, 2011
6:06 pm
Rich, be serious. You had the shared one in 1990 and nothing else dating to the 50’s. UGA and TECH both suck for National Championships.
Correction my friend……. We earned that National Championship. Colorado cheated their way to a mythical NC buddy!!!!!
Rise and Fall of the 3rd Richt
September 24th, 2011
6:40 pm
same ole inbreds on here feeling assured with a big win over a sorry @ss ole miss team, ready to start running their uneducated ignorant moronic mouths cause they are dogdewdew fans….and since the dewdews won a game that makes them the truth …bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, drinking that koolaid again imbeciles
Brent
September 24th, 2011
6:40 pm
Mark Bradley – The level of competition will hardly be more comparable to UNC in the upcoming weeks. In the next three games, we face NCST, Maryland, and UVA. That’s really closer to the Kansas level of competition than North Carolina level.
Rise and Fall of the 3rd Richt
September 24th, 2011
6:41 pm
nothing but DOG DEWDEWS ON HERE…anyone get past the 10th grade? anyone of you even know where Mississippi is? keep drinking the koolaid
Gt/Fl footbal fan
September 24th, 2011
6:42 pm
What the heck are you talking about really? n carolina has a better team than you. Do you guys have 2 defensive ends that will be in the top ten and a defensive tackle that will be in the first round. North carolina is the best defensive line that we’ll face all year.
Burma Shave
September 24th, 2011
6:44 pm
Tech is a real school
UGA players are dopes
Richt recruits thugs
And shatters fans’ hopes
BURMA SHAVE
Gt/Fl footbal fan
September 24th, 2011
6:45 pm
Georgia does have a good d-line, but n carolina’s d-line is great. Plus they have 2 linebacker’s that could also go in the first round, and a receiver that will go in the 2nd round. Georgia wouldn’t beat North Carolina.
Truth is a b*tch, ain't it!
September 24th, 2011
6:48 pm
Just for the UGA homers who are desperately looking for a face-saving out in the argument about academic requirements: Industrial Management at Tech is far more difficult than any degree program that any UGA student – athlete or otherwise – is enrolled in. I’m talking about heavy technical subjects like calculus, physics, chemistry, not the remedial studies fluff that UGA goons take (and usually fail – case study is Caleb King).
The football factory in Athens is a pathetic embarrassment to all Georgians.
And a note to the AJC: Ask Mark Richt about that 73.5% special admit rate (i.e., dumbasses who can barely read and who will spend four years in remedial studies) and the average SAT scores for his recruits. That should be an interesting answer.
GTwrekfan
September 24th, 2011
6:50 pm
Enter your comments here
GTwrekfan
September 24th, 2011
6:52 pm
Hmmmm…I know math is hard for you UGA fans, but I will try to simplify…You see when someone says you are 2-2 it means that you have lost two games and won two games…When someone says Ga Tech is 4-0 it means we have won 4 games and lost none…Hopefully you can get the dip spit off of your laptop long enough to read this…
Paddy
September 24th, 2011
7:01 pm
Nothing worth reading on this blog people, just move on, nothing to read here!
Gator
September 24th, 2011
7:02 pm
as a gator fan i gotta say tech is the truth! all these georgia fans are jealous because we beat the crap out of them every year and tech is the best team in georgia!
Rise and Fall of the 3rd Richt
September 24th, 2011
7:02 pm
hey dog inbreds, go back over to that goober blog where the writer looks like he eats 2 dozen donuts a day and rides a walmart scooter around everywhere because he is too lazy to lean over and touch his toes
just saying
September 24th, 2011
7:10 pm
wow Paddy upset there is nothing to read on this blog, but yet he does troll it..in fact, one would think Paddy would actually go out of his room and go see a game in person but he can’t because he has to take command of all the ajc blogs 24/7
G
September 24th, 2011
7:10 pm
The ACC is joke
Bosie Dog
September 24th, 2011
7:11 pm
Ole Miss = one of the best team in …………..the worst state the the country. Mississippi!
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
7:19 pm
The ACC is.undefeated against the SEC this year, G.
gt45
September 24th, 2011
7:23 pm
Some mistakes, but very impressive. Go Jackets
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Simon Bar Sinister
September 24th, 2011
7:54 pm
I think it’s significant that Tech can make as many mistakes as they did today and still win. There may be better teams on the schedule, but Tech should play a better game.
Neither FSU nor Clemson looked that good today. Maryland looked horrible, and they beat Miami.
Don’t you Georgia fans think North Carolina is a significantly better team that Ole Miss? Aren’t you bothered by your team’s inability to score? Do you need to post here to feel better about your own team’s poor play?
86Dawg
September 24th, 2011
7:57 pm
Nice win today by GT. Though I’m a UGA grad, my son is a freshman at Tech now, so his mom and I left the red & black at home and went by B&N at Tech Square and geared up to show our support on Family Weekend. They even gladly took my UGA debit card for the $200 worth of merch, though I did get a few ribs from the locals in line behind me.
The Jackets looked really good offensively, did seem a little shaky on D. They’ll keep improving each week though…Paul Johnson really is a great coach. Thanksgiving weekend should be a good matchup. Other than that weekend I’ll be pulling for the Jackets (always have, btw, even when I was in school in Athens 30 years ago…most UGA GRADS (not casual fans, actual GRADS) have always had a healthy respect for Tech, despite what a lot of people might like to paint in these anonymous forums).
But, I have to say – it really is a odd to me that Tech doesn’t sell out all these games. Gorgeous Saturday, perfect weather, great environment, good matchup. This isn’t a knock or an insult, just an observation.
Part of the reason, IMO, is that Tech fandom is definitely a bit of an elitist club of sorts, dominated by actual grads and not casual local fans who probably don’t latch onto the team as easily as they do UGA.
But come on, there has to be more to it than that; a metro population with 4 million+ is there waiting to be drawn; how can the casual non-UGA and non-Tech grad in the ‘burbs, all these people who move here from elsewhere, NOT be aware that a great family college football experience is right there at their fingertips?
What am I missing? Is it as simple as a lack of marketing by the Tech Athletic department? Input from any long-time Tech people out there?
(I’m sure this may draw a few flames, but save it…I really don’t care. As noted above actual GRADS of UGA and Tech know the difference between healthy rivalry and anonymous internet tough talk stupidity. The latter of those two is meaningless to me).
GT85EE
September 24th, 2011
7:59 pm
Let’s face it. We were lucky to win today. We barely beat a very average team from the ACC. We will be lucky if we win two or three more games this year.
Nole Girl 93
September 24th, 2011
8:04 pm
UG fans need to hop off. Two weeks ago they were ready to skewer Mark Richt, remember. Now they’ve beaten who? Good job Jackets. As for me, I’m mourning watching my beloved Noles lose to freaking Clemson. Ugh.
Jackets:
September 24th, 2011
8:07 pm
A yearofthedawg: Are you referring to next year? Hope so….coz the mutts suck big time this year and quite frankly, every year. THWG!
GT Lady
September 24th, 2011
8:08 pm
Hey Nole Girl 93: I was pulling for FSU. However, was worried when Noles don’t have their QB. Trickett played well enough to win the game, but Clemson is good.
Lattimore
September 24th, 2011
8:09 pm
This is for the yearofthedawg and other Georgia fans and alum. Guess what? I am still running……
Boyz From N. Ave.
September 24th, 2011
8:15 pm
Sloppy but I’ll take it. Defense gave up too many yards for us to hope for much more than 2nd or 3rd in division. IMHO this 3-4 aint gonna work gainst the leet teams.
Nole Girl 93
September 24th, 2011
8:19 pm
Hey GT Lady, One word, Penalities. Face masks at terrible times. And the defense was banged up from Oklahoma last week.
Clemson is good this year. But I really dislike their annoying coach. He may be doing a good job, but still annoying.
BeesKnees
September 24th, 2011
8:20 pm
Its all BASIC PSYHCOLOGY. On people who HATE THEMSELVES, and their lot/station in life, spew their vitriol on opponents sites/blogs. Said people are INVARIABLY LOSERS. The rule applies to fans of any and every team and sport.
BeesKnees
September 24th, 2011
8:22 pm
Only people
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
8:24 pm
86Dawg, thanks for the classy comments. Liek you I can’t understand why we can have consistent sell outs. I reside in Nashville and still managed to get to 4 or more games a year. My season tickets are used by family locally when I can’t get down there. It’s a great atmosphere for a game and yet we have difficulty selling out. I’ve never been worried about the elitist (if it exist) attitude, I just love college football. I’m sure I’m not the only one! The pre game is fantastic and I urge the folks locally to check it and and enjoy yourselves!
Tonight I’m enjoying the Vandy/SC game though I’ve having a hard time with who to root for! I have one daughter at SC and one that just graduated from Vandy!
Anyway, it’s being a good day in my household, thanks again for the nice comments!
Go Jackets!
Taco
September 24th, 2011
8:26 pm
I guess we could have been tested better by taking an A$$ WHUPPING by Boise St? I guess Coastal Carolina and Ole Miss would have been a true test? Maybe a USC team that can barely handle Navy? All you UGA scabs go back to your hole at the bottom of the SEC and whine away! Maybe the Dawgs should petition to join the WAC and become relavent again. I hear Texas AM is actually taking UGA’s spot! Sweet.
Taco
September 24th, 2011
8:27 pm
Believe me the DABO show will soon come to an end. He is a clown and makes Les Miles seem like a genius.
Taco
September 24th, 2011
8:30 pm
Next year will be the year for the Dawgs! Is that an echo in the room from 1980? UGA jest won the Dollar General PRE-Season National Championship a few years back after having molested a super team from Hawaii. Next Year! WHOO HOO we all lose weight and start sleeping with super models as well.
gtne80
September 24th, 2011
8:45 pm
The defense and turnovers are going to cost us big sometime soon. When the offense puts up 35 points and over 500 yards of offense, we ought to comfortably register a win. Terribly disappointing to see us allow UNC to come back and tie the game after having them down by 14 at the end of the 3rd quarter. The strength of this team SHOULD be that when we get up by two scores late in the game, we need to be able to salt it away. Groh’s defense is showing some flashes, but way too inconsistent.
Clemson is looking very strong. We know that VT is going to be tough. Miami looked good last week, but layed a big egg this week.
This team has a chance for a special season if we can iron out the defensive issues and keep the turnovers to a minimum.
gtne80
September 24th, 2011
9:03 pm
NCSt (next week’s opponent) got thrashed by Cincinnati today. Maryland (the following week) hasn’t looked that good other than the win over Miami. Virginia lost today. Miami lost to Kansas St. We should go into the UMiami game undefeated and could go into the Clemson game undefeated. Clemson and VT back-to-back looks really tough. Duke is putting up some impressive offensive stats with Cutcliffe at the helm. Then there’s UGA. Maybe 8-4?
Birmingham Jacket
September 24th, 2011
9:03 pm
Well said, as usual, Bradley.
Kind of nothing to say, but we will take a win. Not overly impressive… But Gailey’s teams would have found a way to lose.
Damn good take on the game, and journalism.
Mark Bradley
September 24th, 2011
9:04 pm
Thanks, B’ham Jacket.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
9:14 pm
86Dawg, thanks for a classy post. I can assure you, a lot of Tech fans don’t understand what’s going on with attendance; it just doesn’t make any sense. What ticked me off today more than anything though was the fact that the student section didn’t fill up. That REALLY baffles me. When I was a student at Tech, not only did we fill up the student section, it was filled at least 15 minutes before kickoff. Lately most students are still arriving midway through the 1st quarter. SICKENING !!!
Buzzman
September 24th, 2011
9:18 pm
Tech was lucky to get by with a win. North Caroline isn’t that good of team. If our defense doesn’t improve we are doom, what is going to happen against someone like Clemson. Florida State couldn’t stop them. They are going to kill us. Big Al better work on the defense now. I do not see any improvement over last year. If there is, WHERE!!! Where is the pass rush, our secondary sucks, N.C. passed at will. If we are lucky we should beat NC State,Maryland, Virginia,Duke, lose to Clemson, Va. Tech, Miami, and as usual Georgia. Today was a win and that is all. Just a win, not pretty, nothing special. Made to many mistakes…….
Ed
September 24th, 2011
9:20 pm
This was a TEST? Granted it was a conference game they had to play bit I wouldn’t call NC a test. I’m sure they would rather have played Villa Rica High, that’s about the level of their schedule so far.
Golden Tornado
September 24th, 2011
9:26 pm
Good article, Mark. By the way, there are no errors in it, either of spelling or grammar. I re-read it after some well-meaning soul back up the line implied that such errors were present. I have a doctorate in Writing (really). So, rest easy.
As to business: Is NC State our “trap game”? They will have had nine days’ rest, won’t they?
Mark Bradley
September 24th, 2011
9:27 pm
Thanks, Tornado. I went back and corrected one error, but I couldn’t find anything beyond that, either.
UGA = Yawn
September 24th, 2011
9:46 pm
Great day. Great game. Take 1 at a time
and keep moving forward. We kept our
composure and won a difficult game. Should
bode well for our future! Congrats to Paul
Johnson. I think he is great!!!
UGA = Yawn
September 24th, 2011
9:49 pm
PS: Buzzman is a UGA fan. Duh. No GT
fan would talk like that. Sorry your puppies
stink.
Samuel E Jones
September 24th, 2011
10:03 pm
Year of the dog? LOL, more like the year they can Mark Richt. Best of luck rear end sniffers… NOT! You haven’t beat anyone yet. LOL, Carolina almost lost to Navy.
Before you shout lack of class, please review almost all the post your fans have put on the GT sites the past 10 years. What goes around comes around and you assholes are due. Before you peg me as a sore loser GT fan, let me clue you in. I went to GT and got a BEE back in the early 80’s. After graduation I lived in Woodstock, Georgia for 11 years and my next door neighbor was a Georgia alum and hardcore fan. That said, he was one of the best guys I have ever met, bar none. After his wife died young from cancer, he offered to take me to a UGA – GT game and let me sit with him in the expensive seats. Everytime he introduced me to one of his UGA buds, I said hello, held out my hand, and to my amazement, everyone of them put their hands in their pockets and turned away and walked off. I’m sorry people but this is just damned rude behavior. I was born and raised in South Carolina and I do get the rivalry but this just speaks to extremely bad manners. I now live in Florida but I understand my former neighbor is now a well love high school football coach in Georgia.
As an aside to this, back in ‘82 I took a date to a UGA game in Athens and as we were walking to the game a carload of drunk UGA fans yelled the worst obscenities at us I have ever heard. As they were disappearing down the street, an older (I would guess mid 50’s) UGA alumnus and his wife went out of their way to cross the street and apologize to us for that kind of rude behavior and wish us well during the game and our stay in Athens. I’m glad to know there is still a degree of class on both sides of this long rivalry.
The moral of this post is there is obviously hope for us all.
Go Jackets and THWG (on game day).
Tampa Bay Jacket
ED
September 24th, 2011
10:09 pm
I SAW 56 CHOP BLOCKS OUT THERE TODAY
23
September 24th, 2011
10:12 pm
my god the acc is worse than last year. it is a freaking joke. BUFORD could win 6 games with techs schedule.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
10:13 pm
ED, you wouldn’t know a chop block if one was used on you
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
10:25 pm
Hey Ed, I told you the other night to turn up the hearing aid and take your meds on time.
woodstockgt
September 24th, 2011
10:25 pm
Good win, even though we shot ourselves some. Good to see the UGA trolls commenting on here. I wouldn’t expect anything different when our team is ranked and theirs isn’t.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
10:26 pm
Hey Supersize, sounds like you had a good time today!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
10:27 pm
@ Ed, turn your hearing aid up and take your meds on time, just like I told you the other day!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
10:29 pm
OJF, I would have preferred a not so close game, but the test was good for us. It was tight, but we never panicked. And yes, I had a great time. Keep me posted on when you will be coming down, and hopefully we can meet. I have now met 5150 and macrotech (although it turns out I already knew macro from 20 years ago), so I would like to meet more of you guys too.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
10:31 pm
@ Supersize, I know what you mean but looking back on it perhaps it’s good thing it was tight. Correct the mistakes, tighten up the defense, improve special teams and go on to the next game!
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Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
10:34 pm
OJF, I’m sure we will tighten up the defense; at times today they looked awesome. They have got to learn to cover that screen pass though. I hate to say it, the special teams may be a lost cause.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
10:35 pm
OJF, any idea yet what game or games you might make it down for?
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
10:37 pm
Short passing game defense is still an issue but I looked back and realized we haven;t been beaten on a deep ball. Punt teams is fine just the kick offs that drive me nuts! I was impressed with Quayshawn Nealy’s play late and what can you say about Attaochu!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
10:39 pm
Supersize, right now we’ve got the Clemson, VT and GA games on schedule to be down for.
Can any of the dawgs read and write? Well, that would be a resounding NO.
September 24th, 2011
10:43 pm
The dawgturds are sooooooooo jealous of Tech. It’s pathetic watching the poor illiterate trolls trying to cobble together a decent paragraph, bless their wretched hearts.
Buzz 2011
September 24th, 2011
10:44 pm
Yellow Jackets at 4 -0
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
10:46 pm
OJF, macrotech will be with me at the Clemson game, so that will be a chance for several of us to meet, if time permits. Do you know where your seats are? 5150 is in Section 223L and I am in 225 (both upper east).
Rwreck77
September 24th, 2011
10:47 pm
Just an opinion but Techs attendance issue is rooted in the demographic of its student body over the last few decades. We attract a lot of out of state and international scholars. This is good for the academic side of things but many of these students do not stay in the Atlanta area after graduation and thus aren’t in the market for attending games. Also many of Tech”s international students do not come from cultures that hold American football in high regard. It’s my contention that that Tech could do a great deal to drum up more interest in the school to potential Georgia students. This could be done by not only marketing the Institute but also marketing the advantage of getting an engineering, technical or management degree to Ga high school students. In addition football traditions such as the Ramblin Wreck Parade need to be rejuvenated and marketed to the community. D Rad seems to be taking marketing of the Tech brand more seriously than past ADs All this said nothing fills seats like wining !
Just an aside, does anybody have any opinions regarding what damage Joe Pettit and David Braine did to the football program. Petit with his opinion that an academic institution of high standards need not be bothered with athletics and Braine with his opinions that we could not have a first class football program and should be content with less than first tier!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
10:47 pm
Oh, btw, I also met btgt69 today while trying to find 5150.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
10:51 pm
Rwreck77, Petit wasn’t the first Tech president in history to have that attitude, but Tech survived and thrived. Braine, however, is one of a kind. I don’t know that he hurt the program, but he certainly hurt the perception. Good riddance to both. Rwreck77, can you answer this for me? In the past several years, the students filled their sections for the big games, although not so much for others, Well, today was a BIG game, and I think there were less students there today than there were for the WC game. I was stunned and appalled that the student sections never filled up.
North ave. faithful
September 24th, 2011
10:55 pm
This is almost as much fun as listening to this bunch of trailer park,cousin marrying,ignorant red necks arguing with each other on their on blog. pure entertainment! GO JACKETS
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
10:58 pm
Supersize, we’ll be in Section 109
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
10:59 pm
This game is pretty much what I expected out of this team – basically that if we get anything out of the defense, we are going to win 90% of the time. The offense played well today but left at least 13 points out there (missed FG, turnover inside the 10, and the dropped TD), but because the defense pitched in today, we won.
This offense is something to watch, though. I’ll never understand why more teams don’t run it.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:00 pm
I have nothing to say about Braine and his………………….time at tech. As my mother taught me, if you can’t say something good…………………;-)
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:01 pm
OJF, we’re on opposite sides of the field. Maybe we can meet somewhere before the game, if only just to say HI. Plenty of time yet to figure that out though
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:04 pm
OJF, I didn’t always listen to my mom (LOL), so I will say it……..DB was a worthless P O S
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:04 pm
@George Stein, Bib Davie addessed that today during the game. His take was that the offense wasn’t “fresh” or “up to date” for most fan bases that look at the spread offense of FL or Oregon and it isn’t “sexy”. He is big advocate of the offense, he was just saying publicly what others have voiced. If Tech continues to be sucessful with it I suspect tha attitude will change. After all, in my mind it’s an easier offense to recruit for at the skill positions.
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:04 pm
I might wander over there and introduce myself as well, Supersize.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:05 pm
Supersize, absolutely! and……………I agree with you about Braine
I just didn’t say it!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:05 pm
That is Bob not Bib LOL!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:06 pm
Damn, LSU is impressive!
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:07 pm
It’s an offense that requires players of which there is ample supply, OJF. I think that’s the big trick of the system. Well, that and the fact that our coach is simply one of the ten best in the business.
As to the relative “freshness” of the system, that may be true. I would think winning would temper that concern, though.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:07 pm
Hell yeah, George. The more the merrier. I mean we’ve all been chatting for months now (or even longer); we NEED to at least meet.
I bet the AJC staff didn’t know they were running a social network now. LOL
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:08 pm
I’m thrilled I didn’t have to watch the game on TV, OJF. Davie is almost as brutal to listen to as Jesse Palmer. Neither of them even come close to being as horrible as Craig James.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:09 pm
George, so you were there today too? Where are your seats?
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:11 pm
George, here in TN a lot of high schools are running a variation of the wing t and as we know at the a back position an athlete 5′9 to 6′ is close to ideal. Those kind of backs are all around the southeast. For some unknown reason people still seem to think this offense is 3 yards at a clip. That’s why I say of tech continues to run it like they have it will change a lot of minds.
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:11 pm
I sit in the west stands toward the north endzone. We sit in the section above families.
Oddly enough, last year I bumped into Tim Hudson at one of the games.
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:13 pm
Do you go to all the home games, Supersize? I do and I typically pick one or two away games to go to as well. This year, the lucky lady and I are gonna head up to the House of Horrors in Charlottesville. Hopefully it’ll be a fun drive home.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:15 pm
Who is Tim Hudson?
5150 tailgates with a group on Techwood in front of the dorms there north of Bobby Dodd Way. I was supposed to meet him there today, but he was late so I didn’t get to meet him until he came to my seat in the stadium. But while looking for him at that tailgate spot, I did meet btgt69, who comes from Columbia, SC to the games.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:16 pm
George, I’ve never been a fan of Bob Davie but as a former defensive coordinator his does know a lot about Tech’s offense.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:17 pm
As good a back as Craig James was he is that bad as a color guy LOL!
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:17 pm
I’m perfectly happy being one of only a handful of teams that run it, OJF. But it just seems to me that schools that don’t recruit on elite levels (I’m looking at you, Ole Miss) would be wise to try it or anything else that everyone else isn’t doing.
Truth is, I don’t care if you run the Mike Leach system or the Paul Johnson system, just do something different.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:17 pm
George, yes, I go to all the home games (season ticket holder since 1967). I don’t go to any away games anymore, but used to periodically. I DID, and hopefully will again, go to the ACC championship game and the Orange Bowl game in 2009, and the CFA bowl in 2008.
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:19 pm
Pitcher for the Braves, Supersize! Not a baseball fan?
I was blown away when I met him. He is NOT a big dude. That he can throw 90 MPH blew my mind.
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:20 pm
I was at the OB, too, Supersize. It was so cold that night, as was the ACCCG in Tampa a month earlier.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:21 pm
not really a fan of any sports except college football and basketball, and a little college baseball, and of course golf, since I live in Augusta…..LOL
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:22 pm
George, I agree. There are just not that many 6′4 225lb rocket arm qbs! For those schools who are not it the top tier of football programs you’d think they would look at other type of sucessful offenses.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:22 pm
George, I am almost exclusively a college sports fan (football, basketball, and some baseball). I just don’t care for pro sports at all, although hockey is fun in person. The only pro sport I really like is golf, but I guess that’s because I am from Augusta…..LOL
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:23 pm
Tim Hudson is a heck of an athlete! Tremendous DH at Auburn
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:24 pm
OJF, I think some of those other schools (or coaches, at any rate) are just too proud to admit they can’t play with the “big boys” playing the same style of football that they do. If they would get over it and realize that there are other ways to play with the “big boys”, then the entire world of college football would be better and more fun.
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:24 pm
The only reason I can think of is that a lot of coaches cut their teeth in environments that don’t encourage creativity. They think there’s only one way to do things and they are either unwilling or unable to change.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:25 pm
filters are acting up again, dammit
North ave. faithful
September 24th, 2011
11:25 pm
Offense looked pretty sharp again today. But we need to get our D more consistent,and maybe work with punt team a little more this week.Bring on the wolf pack. P.S. Great post by the intelligent UGA grad. my son is also a freshman at tech, i know u are proud
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:26 pm
George, that’s pretty much what I tried to post but got blocked. I think they are too proud to admit they can’t do it the same way the others do and thus lose out on some exciting chances to take on those other schools successfully
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:26 pm
Fair enough, Supersize. The Braves are my other addiction.
Huddy is a terrific athlete and he was about as nice as he could be to several people that approached him.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:26 pm
George, could be but I always thought the objective was to win
I do know that a lot of high schiil coaches attend seminars with CPJ and staff.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:27 pm
school not schiil whatever than is lol!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:27 pm
George, I’ve tried to agree with you, but the filters have blocked me
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:27 pm
I think many of those other coaches are just too proud to admit there are other viable ways to get it done
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:27 pm
86Dawg is a class act
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:28 pm
The high school and lower college levels are where all the creativity is now. Look at Malzahn and the new OC at Clemson.
Not sure if you read this, but it’s pretty good stuff.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6948865/speed-chess
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:29 pm
Agreed, Supersize. And the filters suck. They are totally unpredictable.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:30 pm
BTW, George, I DID go to South Bend in 2007 and had a fantastic time. Best football environment and nicest fans I have ever met, and I had always thought their fans were almost as bad as the mutt fans
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:31 pm
George, absolutely, And you see what happens when a specific offense has sucess. That’s why I think you’ll see school start to adopt CPJ’s spread option.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:31 pm
George, I went to South Bend in 2007. AWESOME trip. Best environment and nicest fans I have ever encountered anywhere.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:32 pm
Let’s hope that not too many of them adopt it. I like being unique
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:34 pm
George, that’s a great read!
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:34 pm
Y’know, it’s funny. I hate Notre Dame with ever fiber of my being (in spite of my Irish Catholic upbringing). But you’re right – their fans are great. The other fans that I can think of as being exceptional are Clemson and FSU. I went to Clemson last year and FSU the year before and their fans could not have been more hospitable. Hell, even UGA fans are usually pretty good. You get the hammered college kid, but most of them are pretty good, too.
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:35 pm
AZ 14-USCwest 6
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:36 pm
Stupid filters! I was going to agree with you about UND fans. They are great. I still hate them in spite of my Irish Catholic upbringing, though. FSU and Clemson fans were fantastic, too. Even UGA fans have been pretty good, except for the drunk college kids.
Hector
September 24th, 2011
11:36 pm
funny watcing the oregon player smack the az qb square helmet to helmet and no penalty. wtf?
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:38 pm
Hector, the refs have been so inconsistent with that call!!!!!!!!!!!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:38 pm
LSU 47-WVU 21
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:41 pm
Hey, the time penalty on UNC at the end of the game today…..has that been done in any other game this year? It’s the first year that option has been available
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:43 pm
The irony of UNC losing the game in that manner after the way they won their bowl game against Tennessee was not lost on me, Supersize.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:47 pm
LOL
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:49 pm
Supersize tha rule change went into effect this year after what happened in the Music City Bowl late year. Ironically UNC was in that game against UT and did the same thing at the end of the game to get in position to win the game LOL! Talk about karma coming back to bite you in the butt!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:49 pm
Dang filter! UNC got a taste of karma coming back to bite you!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 24th, 2011
11:54 pm
OK, time to wash off the road grime and sunblock. I’ll be back in a few minutes if any of you are still on.
George Stein
September 24th, 2011
11:54 pm
Yeah, the filter got a few of my posts about UND and the post Supersize made a few minutes ago, OJF.
Hairy Dawg
September 24th, 2011
11:57 pm
You Techies did OK with you high school gimmickey offense against high school teams first few weeks. This weeks you got lucky against a real team that only hsd ACC talents. Wait till you pestky bugs face a real team with SEC speed. Then well expose our talents and shows you how to play real football as we’re running ownership of state.
Go Dawgs! Nerds Stinks!
Ol'JacketFan
September 24th, 2011
11:59 pm
Yadda yadda yadda, try and come up with some new material hairy dawg, your schtick has gotten old
George Stein
September 25th, 2011
12:00 am
Has to be an imposter, OJF.
Ol'JacketFan
September 25th, 2011
12:02 am
Well we know he can’t spell and has atrocious grammar. LOL!!!
really's mom is
September 25th, 2011
12:04 am
chaz bono
StingDoc
September 25th, 2011
12:06 am
Hairy Dawg,
The Dirty Dawgs are lucky that the Work Release Program lets them out of jail so Ugag can field a team
Left coast
September 25th, 2011
12:09 am
Good but not a very good team yet but was a big step. If the kids keep improving they will be very good. I am amazed at the talent level. If we keep it up the acc is a reality as well as a bcs bowl. I like watching them. We are lucky to have a fun team to watch. I understand football but I don’t pretend to understand what Paul Johnson does.
George Stein
September 25th, 2011
12:12 am
Sheesh. They just did a student section shot at Arizona St. I should have gone there.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2011
12:13 am
Hairy Dawg, wait till you face an English teacher. She’ll put you where you belong, and it’s not in a literary society.
George Stein
September 25th, 2011
12:14 am
My favorite comment on all blogs is “your an idiot.” The irony kills me every time.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2011
12:15 am
Hairy Dawg, are you an illegal immigrant who doesn’t speak English, or are you just stupid?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2011
12:16 am
George, is irony the word of the night? LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2011
12:16 am
George, is “irony” the word of the day? LOL
Ol'JacketFan
September 25th, 2011
12:17 am
LOL! Do they teach grammar anymore?
Ol'JacketFan
September 25th, 2011
12:17 am
Going to call it a night. Take care all and I’ll look in tomorrow.
GO JACKETS!!!!
Ol'JacketFan
September 25th, 2011
12:18 am
Nite all, take care. I’ll look in tomorrow.
Go Jackets!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2011
12:19 am
OJF, I bet they don’t make them diagram sentences like I had to do way back when
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2011
12:19 am
nite, OJF
George Stein
September 25th, 2011
12:19 am
I guess so, Supersize. I guess that’s just the stuff that makes me laugh.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2011
12:26 am
Well, George, that particular phrase you quoted IS definitely loaded with irony. No doubt about that whatsoever.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2011
12:43 am
OK, I’m outta here. Good night anybody who’s still here.
dawgs.....lol
September 25th, 2011
12:55 am
I love the UGA fans talking about our “patsy” schedule….South Carolina: overrated, Coastal Carolina, Ole Miss, Miss St (patsy), Tennessee (patsy), Vandy (patsy), New Mexico State (patsy), Auburn (patsy), Kentucky (patsy). You play 3 real teams all year (Boise, UF, GT) so please stop talking about who we play: Clemson, VT, UGA, UNC
GTpak
September 25th, 2011
12:58 am
It was an ugly win, but we’ll take it. Congrats to the team for hanging tough.
Still gave the NC QB way too much time to make pass completions. D Line still needs to toughen up. Have bigger teams to play.
What’s with the 14 yard or so punt? Don’t we ever practice punting, I know we don’t normally do it too often, but it is still very important.
Nice to see Stephen Hill starting to show his potential, but also Tevin making descent passes.
Orwin is tough in the open field, good job, could have been better if we had not missed some blocks. O line did much better than I thought, but they need to toughen up as well. Need to protect Tevin better.
Like I said at the beginning, it was an ugly win, and should give the team a good bit to think about and to knock out any feelings of invincibility they may have had.
Again congrats, on a win, we’ll take it!! Time to get after NC State.
Columbus
September 25th, 2011
2:40 am
Dang…does Gt have the weakest schedule in this country this year or the 2nd easiest? Not a game against a ranked team until Halloween? Enjoy beatin all these basketball schools for another month. Virginia and UNC are half football schools so thats half a test each…..
Columbus
September 25th, 2011
2:48 am
You get a real test Halloween weekend and only then. Best running and scoring in the nation against who? You can run the ball I am sure even against a real team, you know a team in the top 50? You can tun the ball but dont get happy and think you will be winning after the Virginia game except except against Duke…….
By the way, to all of you that jump on elsewhere on AJC to stir things up……GO DAWGS!
da da da another jacket bites the dust….da da da
gt45
September 25th, 2011
3:29 am
Imagine what this team looks like next year
GT71
September 25th, 2011
5:20 am
Not to metion we had to beat UNC AND the refs.
Worse call I’ve ever seen on the ‘roughing’ for ‘helmet’ contact giving UNC red-zone possession for a defense-deflating TD. When you lower your shoulder and hit the receiver with the shoulder pad first and then the helmet follows naturally (as the re-play clearly showed) and knock the receiver on his backside, it’s FOOTBALL for gosh sakes! This ain’t falg-ball. And the bad spots all day long (I was on the 50 yd line about 25 rows up, so had a good look at them) – well, I hope the refs made it back home to Chapel Hill last night. And to the side judge who made that horrible call – a call that couldn’t legally be ‘reviewed’ – I hope you could sleep last night, I really do. Because we West Stands Tech-folk have a bit of class and honor. You, sir, do not. You could have picked up the flag and admitted the error. You didn’t.
But the ‘W’ over-rides all that.
Great game – now gotta go and treat the sunburned face and arms…
GT71
September 25th, 2011
5:30 am
We beat UNC and the refs – bad ’spots’ all day long. Hope the ref who made that extremely bad call on helmet contact can sleep tonite. You could have picked up the flag, but you didn’t; no honor, no honesty, admitting a mistake. Not good, Mr. Ref.
But, hey, we won.
Dirk Diggler
September 25th, 2011
5:35 am
Thanks MB for telling it the way it is.
Offensive line missed several blocks. The defense has room for improvement. The kicking game needs to be addressed. Stop the interceptions and fumbles and we will be a very strong team.
OldSchoolTechFanatic
September 25th, 2011
6:06 am
I’ll take this win !!! This team looks better than last years team. Still a long way to go but this team has heart !!!
Georgia Tech is no longer untested
September 25th, 2011
7:04 am
`
Even ESPN’s ’stubborn’ Heather Dinich said:
” Georgia Tech is now 4-0 and yes, this team is for real.”
heeldawg
September 25th, 2011
7:14 am
Congratulations to Tech on a big win against a quality opponent. UNC is not a great team, and they have an interim coach, but they have some talent–especially on defense. So scoring 35 points on them and racking up 500 yards of offense is nothing to sneeze at.
Tech is an improved team and will get to 7-0. Their schedule is very favorable. The two big ACC tests will be against Virginia Tech ( a probable loss) and Clemson ( a toss-up). I would not be surprised at all to see the Jackets at 10-1 going into the season finale against Georgia. That game should be very interesting–an emergingly solid Georgia defense against a prolific, clicking-on-all-cylinders Tech offense, and a talented (but Bobo-led) Georgia offense against a somewhat porous Tech defense. Turnovers and special teams could well decide the outcome of that game.
Again, congrats on the win. Y’all deserve your ranking.
duece coupe
September 25th, 2011
7:38 am
5 things that did go right for Tech:
—————————————
1. Won first game
2. Won second game.
3. Won third game.
4. Won fourth game.
5. The highest scoring offense in the nation.
UGA = Yawn
September 25th, 2011
7:56 am
What a great win and a great game. Go Jackets!
??????
September 25th, 2011
7:57 am
Some of u pup fans need to get a life or maybe a job
fan of shorter passes & longer runs
September 25th, 2011
8:10 am
I thought Cooper Taylor caught a bad H2H call couple years ago but that call Sat against Sweeting was equally as bad. Too bad the refs cannot use the replay to correct those type calls.
yearofthedawg
September 25th, 2011
8:13 am
Hey ramblingbuzz… that was my point exactly. Neither team has beaten anybody.
And by the way, I got my bachelors degree at UGA and my masters at Tech. I cheer for both, except when they play each other. I just get mystified when writers (even the ones I like) draw such far reaching conclusions from games in September.
Chronos
September 25th, 2011
8:15 am
heeldawg, it’s nice to see a uga poster who can write in complete sentences. Both Tech and uga did what they needed to do yesterday and won. Fans of both teams should take solace in that instead of trolling each others blogs with silly comments.
GT
September 25th, 2011
8:32 am
That was a good North Carolina team. They had Lots of talent on the field, young but very talented. Bernard the running back is as good as any freshman in the country. They need a big play receiver and they are going to hurt somebody. The coaching was very clever too; a little lacking in the fourth quarter running out of timeouts but this is a sleeper team that will beat someone in the ACC that will help Tech this year.
I love Johnson. He is what is good about football. You take your five star uncoachable players and he will take his one star humble player and beat you. Not all the time but enough to give you hope. He does it betting somewhere in a game your superstar is going to break mentally. It seems the better ones break more that the one that have to think to keep up. North Carolina had a little more talent than Tech and certainly not the cockiness of some teams we will see this year. If they had been cocky, Tech would have beaten them worse. Rogue teams don’t play like North Carolina, very disciplined and a fine representative of their university.
GT
September 25th, 2011
8:35 am
UNC represented their university very well. If these are the rogue teams the NCAA are trying to control I am not sure of the service the offer. If this team had been a little more cocky Johnson would have beaten them by 40 points. This team will beat someone this year that will help Tech win the ACC title.
4Tech
September 25th, 2011
9:07 am
Simply put…IMHO this Tech team can/will go as far as the defense (& kicking game) takes them. I believe with the emergence of a passing attack, the offense is pretty much a given at this point. I’m sure there are teams that can slow it down, but if the defense can hold up its end of the bargain, we can have a really good year. Go Jackets!!
RGP
September 25th, 2011
9:11 am
UNC is a basketball school so I don’t know what is so exciting about this win.
Stinger
September 25th, 2011
9:13 am
yearofthedawg- You actually consider Ole Miss a good team. They lost to Vandy 30-7 for crying out loud. The bottom line is the dawgs haven’t beaten a good team. The Jackets beat a top 25 team. We are 4-0 and have one of the most explosive offenses in the Nation. Our defense is improving and the last time we started the season 4-0 we won the National Championship. The only team we didn’t beat that year was North Carolina, we tied them. The dawgs are a team that is trending downward. This is the year you lose to both Vandy and Kentucky in your own conference. The Jackets will hand a Half Dollar on you this year.
mike
September 25th, 2011
9:15 am
nice win. still need to improve on tacklling.
DSBD
September 25th, 2011
9:22 am
Enjoyed watching the game. Seeing improvement. Low points of the game were the bad H2H call and the dropped TD pass by hill.
GR82BAG8R
September 25th, 2011
9:33 am
yearofthedog – September in football is like mutual funds in investment: Past performance is no guarantee of future returns, but it can be used as a predictor. Teams that are playing poorly in September rarely perform well in November – - especially against teams that are performing well in September.
I see Maryland got stomped at home by that powerhouse Temple, NCState got whipped by UC, UVA lost at home to USM, and Miami lost at home to Kansas State. The ACC did not provide much support for those claiming it is a good football conference.
duece coupe
September 25th, 2011
9:39 am
Georgia Tech’s defense ending the game with a sack
was good.
The Goon Squad is improving fast.
duece coupe
September 25th, 2011
9:40 am
Defense and offense is coming together.
Nativebird
September 25th, 2011
9:43 am
Wow. North Carolina…POWERHOUSE. Break out the bubbly. My Jackets are destined to periodically challenge for regular season success, and trounced in Post-season against any team with more than a week to figure out this gimmick program.
19
September 25th, 2011
9:46 am
The other school’s trolls should go to their own blog. You know, “gonna run the table” and all that other stuff. After you guys stomped ole miss you should be ranked in the top 10. LOL
JB
September 25th, 2011
9:47 am
Dawg fan Here. This Tech team is surprising a lot of us. The pundits had told us this team without Nesbitt and a stout D would struggle. Just the opposite. The creation of the forward pass in this offense has made this team more dangerous, and the D is better, but not good enough yet to stop a real good ball club IMO. This team has a chance to win 10,maybe 11 games, including my very disappointing Dawgs. Congrats on the win and I feel this team will get better. Ouch for a Dawg fan.
headley lamar
September 25th, 2011
9:58 am
This was the all probation bowl.
And Tech still loses to Georgia. Just like most years.
Not Disappointed
September 25th, 2011
10:08 am
Keep Winning Jackets!
Class of '98
September 25th, 2011
10:11 am
Enter your comments here
Hit REAL Hard
September 25th, 2011
10:11 am
THE #1 offense in the nation is the kind of gimmick, I like.
Not Disappointed
September 25th, 2011
10:13 am
Thanks JB! a.k.a. Dawg Fan! I know we have a way to go, but I want them to take it One Game at a TIME! Ramblin Wreck!
Paul in NH (formerly RDU)
September 25th, 2011
10:15 am
What a difference playing a game makes. On Friday, according to many posters, UNC was a “real team” with a bunch of future NFL players on D that was going to expose GT as a fraud. By Saturday night, UNC was a weak team with no coach and no good players on defense.
all I remember is
September 25th, 2011
10:17 am
UGA is 2-2 and unranked.
duece coupe
September 25th, 2011
10:25 am
Georgia Tech will move up in the Rankings today.
JB
September 25th, 2011
10:26 am
Although 1-9 against Richt, Richt getting fired from Georgia does not bode well for Tech IMO
stevefirstave
September 25th, 2011
10:28 am
Vince, heck MTS could beat MState. Navy and ECU should have won against
SCarolina but to let Boise State come to the GA Dome and trounce
UGA like it did….put in perspective once by the Old ball coach, ” I don’t
know what happens to those great high school recruits when they get to Athens!!”
Boyz From N. Ave.
September 25th, 2011
10:34 am
Our high school Offense is number 1 IN THE NATION in like 5 categories. now if we can a defense to match, we might be dangerous.
Boyz From N. Ave.
September 25th, 2011
10:37 am
BTW, thanks for comments JB. A classy Dawg fan is hard to find. IMHO you are welcome on the Tech blog anytime, even though u root for the wrong team. Like you, I wish both teams could come into the T Day massacre 11-0. It doesnt do the rivalry any justice when one team is good and the other is struggling.
duece coupe
September 25th, 2011
10:38 am
Six teams ranked ahead of Georgia Tech lost.
Brock
September 25th, 2011
11:01 am
Stephen Hill’s catch is #1 on ESPN top ten. Columbus- NC was ranked so your post is pointless. Please do a loittle research and less drinking next time.
Brock
September 25th, 2011
11:01 am
little
1 4 GT
September 25th, 2011
11:10 am
Supersize, boy do I remember sentence diagramming & composition in English class. I don’t think it’s taught anymore. Kids don’t learn how to use a slide rule either. I was almost as fast as a calculator to 100th’s, but today.s kids all have at least a 9 digit calculater & computers. They still need to know at the least basic math & grammar skills.
1 4 GT
September 25th, 2011
11:16 am
GT86. A lot of the low game day attendance can be attributed to the economy the past 2-3 years. And your A/D (Braine) publicly saying the alums need to get over a school like GT expecting double digit wins in football or championships in most any sport. Then you have a coach like Gailey whose best qb is Reggie Ball???? Nothing more needs to be said imo.
1 4 GT
September 25th, 2011
11:18 am
Supersize, do the frosh still wear the beanies??
1 4 GT
September 25th, 2011
11:21 am
Rwreck77 Your attendance thoughts about the demographics bear a lot of truth.
duece coupe
September 25th, 2011
11:41 am
Actually 5 teams lost ranked ahead of Georgia Tech, but Illinois struggled with Western Michigan.
Gorilla Biscuit
September 25th, 2011
11:45 am
Enjoy the ride Gnerds. You’ll lose two of three from among Miami, Clemson, and VT, and of course the annual beatdown from the Dawgs. 9-3 and another Bowl meltdown.
UGA ROCKS!!!
September 25th, 2011
11:49 am
Don’t ya’ll remember 1980, we rule the world.
All I know
September 25th, 2011
11:56 am
Gt is 1-0 against ranked teams. UGA 0-2. Maybe you guys should play weaker teams….
Gorilla Biscuit
September 25th, 2011
12:01 pm
Like North Carolina?
StingDoc
September 25th, 2011
12:30 pm
DanRad is a Genius for hiring Paul Johnson. While the dawgs recruit better players who could never survive the curriculum at Tech whenever they managed to stay out of jail, we have the better coach. Furthermore, as Bobby Dodd said, “We get the smart ones.” So we definitely can beat them if we want to bad enough. Paul is1 & 2 against the dawgs, beat their pre-season #1 team and lost one of the games only because the thugs deliberately injured Nesbitt as they tried to do the previous year.
Buzzfan
September 25th, 2011
12:38 pm
heeldawg said: “Congratulations to Tech on a big win against a quality opponent.”
It’s great to see an intelligent Georgia fan who practices good sportsmanship unlike the many moronic dawg-fans posting here who probably not only never went to UGA but sound as though they never made it past the 6th grade!
Steve
September 25th, 2011
12:39 pm
Only 46,000 showed up??? HA HA. Pathetic.
Steve
September 25th, 2011
12:41 pm
And how sad is it that it’s been 21 years since the nerds were 4-0? Tells you how bad their program is. What’s funny is if Tech had UGA’s schedule, they would be 1-3 at this point.
techfan
September 25th, 2011
12:57 pm
What’s funny is if Tech had UGA’s schedule, they would be 1-3 at this point.
I have a hard time believing that Tech would have lost to a team that Vandy blew out. Plus, i’m not sure South Carolina would bet us after that showing against Navy. Boise would probably beat us pretty good though. We would be 2-2 at worst.
Steve
September 25th, 2011
12:58 pm
It will be funny though to see Tech lose to Clemson, VA Tech, and of course as they always do, UGA.
Jacket in SC
September 25th, 2011
1:26 pm
As to the strength of our schedule, I don’t see anyone saying it is tough. That is beyond the team’s control to begin with. And it’s not who we’ve been. It’s how we’ve beaten them. Even against weaker teams last year, we executed poorly at times and our defense was poor. This year, we have put up record setting numbers on offense with a clutch defense.
And for attendance, I’m sorry that a degree from Tech will take someone out of the Cesspool of the South.
GO JACKETS! AND THWG!
ACC Update
September 25th, 2011
1:49 pm
#11 Virginia Tech
#13 Clemson
#21 Georgia Tech
#23 Florida State
Buzzfan
September 25th, 2011
1:56 pm
Tech is ranked #16 by Sagarin in USA Today, and #21 by AP and #21 in the Coaches Poll.
Steve
September 25th, 2011
2:56 pm
Dorks, rankings only matter in the end. After Tech loses to Clemson, VA Tech, UGA and their bowl game, they will no longer be ranked.
Reality
September 25th, 2011
3:21 pm
Dawg fans….get back to your blog and pound your chests about that great victory against that ole Miss powerhouse.
Buzzfan®
September 25th, 2011
3:24 pm
the “Buzzfan” at 1:56 pm is not me, btw
GT Fan
September 25th, 2011
3:29 pm
Steve….
LOL you are reaching for dissing a 4-0 start in so long. The dawgs are 2-2 right now and you have little room to talk.
GT won the NC in 1990, UGA hasn’t sniffed it since 1980, so go home little boy.
buzzwax
September 25th, 2011
3:31 pm
To me the stat that JUMPS OFF OF THE PAGE…..GT is ahead of Alabama, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Florida, Auburn, Texas and Miami in PASSING yards per game!!! Tevin Washington – 64% completions!!!!!!!! THAT is what is taking this offense to another level!!!! The OL is also doing a jam up job in pass protection!!!
fan of shorter passes & longer runs
September 25th, 2011
4:18 pm
Clemson fan this week.
Chuck Allison
September 25th, 2011
5:28 pm
Huh!, have you ever considered that all the SEC has to offer is just athletics. Except for Vanderbilt, there is not a really decent academic institution in the entire conference. The SEC operates for the pleasure of football fans. Oh, yeah, and for women’s gymnastics.
It would be cruel to say more.
STINGER1
September 25th, 2011
7:22 pm
I was at the game too &all I can say to those nay- sayers is that we are 4-0 & we are happy as we can be. I’ll take 4-0 rather than 2-2 anyday. So let the bulldogs talk all they want to. They are intitled to be jealous if they so choose. I’m going to say keep it up dawgs, keep it up
& we’ll keep winning & you keep being jealous. We love it .
It’s been a long time coming for them to be jealous. Let’s leave them behind as a afterthought & pay OUR attention to championships…………First ACC…………………….Next NATIONAL CHAMPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET’S GO JACKETS .
gtfanfrom1951
September 26th, 2011
10:08 am
UGA beats a old miss team that was shut out by Vandy and they think they should rule the world. THis is what happens when all your brain cells are killed by all that beer they drink. So sad, so sad, oh well just TCB and beat NC State!
GT85
September 26th, 2011
11:24 am
Great victory for Tech as I have learned to appreciate any ‘W’ with Tech. The offense still looks like it can score at any time though the margin for error seems to be small. The ‘D’ needs work, but is is looking better than last year and has some trully talented atheletes at some spots. I like the extra pressure package, as we never seem to stop the other team when we hang back anyway. So send ‘em!
My one nagging concern was PJ not going for it on 4th down in at least 3 cases where it looked like the best choice to me. On the three I am remembering, the results were a made field goal, a missed field goal, and an 18 yard punt – a net of 3 points. If we had tried on all 3 occasions and succeeded only once or twice I believe we would have had 10-14 more points. If we fail all 3 times we only lose 3 points and leave them backed up further than a kickoff would. IMHO, we should always go for it if we are across midfield and need less than 5 yards, as our defense is not good enough to keep giving the other team the ball.
Doug the Jacket
September 27th, 2011
12:44 pm
THWG
Jeff
September 29th, 2011
11:30 am
I saw somebody talking about possible win loss records at the end of the season. At best I see Georgia going 7-4. It is not a stretch that they could go 6-5 or even 5-6. Tech could easily go 9-3. If they tighten things up I do believe they can beat Clemson and VT. Tech has a great chance to play for the ACC Championship this year.
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Lattimore
September 30th, 2011
4:06 pm
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