A sobering truth revealed: Georgia Tech just isn’t very good

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“Why does a man as clever as Johnson not hire a special-teams coordinator?… ‘We couldn’t overcome the special teams today,’ Johnson said, ‘and that’s a reflection on me. Something we’re doing ain’t right.’

I like Paul Johnson just as much as anyone else, but it is time for CPJ to eat some humble pie and realize that he is not an expert on special teams. Bring in someone who understands special teams and can focus on it. Let Johnson stick to the offense, where his knowledge lies. Like you said before, Tech looks talent-deprived on both sides of the ball. When an untalented team executes well, it can win against anyone. When an untalented team cannot execute, it can’t win. This season is a clear reflection of that.

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Reality here is……

This is entirely accurate.

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Looked good when you were kicking soup cans!

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I wonder if any Techies are still rocking the shirts they made after beating Kansas…..

I wonder if ESPN Gameday has a scout on Tech’s campus right this minute, looking for a suitable place to set up for next weekend

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The Bee’s are just brutal right now. The beginning of the season was just a mirage.

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@outside Observer – good point on special teams. UGA doesnt have one either, and they are making nearly killer mistakes on special teams every week. Johnson must hire a special teams coach and take that aspect of the game seriously.

As for the column, a bit harsh but nothing I havent already said. The argument of “maximizing talent” is bravo seirra bogus. It might get you an upset or two, but it won’t consistently hold up when week after week the other team lines up with better talent. If UGA gets its offensive mistakes under control, this will be a five loss season. Their defense is superior to Tech’s and knows how to stop this offense. I would say the Va Tech game is winnable because Tech doesn’t play the Saturday before, but neither does Va Tech. Opponents with over a week to prepare for Tech do very well against this offense and do very well. Which flipping that into a defense of Johnson makes no sense because it concedes bowl losses.

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Oops….

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At least Duke’s coming up. Bwaa-haaa-haaa-haaa!

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MB:

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Didn’t you recently say that you were going to have to rethink your UGA over GT pick? Do you now have to rethink that statement? HAHAHAHA

NERDS, NERDS, NERDS!!!

HT

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One thing we know TW cannot do…hit long passes-so throw more like the two “screen” type that did get first downs today.

I’m beginning to wonder if the “special” greeting that Johnson utilizes when addressing all players that make mistakes as they come to the sidelines is as effective as he thinks. I suggest it is a downer and has a really bad negative slant the next time the player attempts to do his job.

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My analysis stills shows a positive trend this season! Games 1 to 8, number of offensive touchdowns – 9 7 9 4 5 3 2 1. Following my UGA EMAT 4050 course notes for showing improvement in standardized tests scores that’s a slope of 1.17 What ‘ wrong ?

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We are pretty bad right now. I’m not sure that I completely chalk it up to better competition though. We had close to 500 yds against UNC and then 300 against a lesser UVA team. I really think its two things. One, Tevin is not playing well. Two, the offensive line isn’t either. This has just thrown off the momentum we had earlier in the season. We might get it back, but probably won’t.

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I was happy with the effort of the defense, I was very disappointed in the offense especially the QB play. But then again Miami made the entire offense look SLOW. ,Tevin just needs to step into the throw and he is thlet it go , Thinking way to much.

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PJ is still a genius. Just ask him. And Mark Bradley of course.

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I’ve been a Jacket fan for a very long while through lean times and very good times. They will always be my team. I have faith that they will work it out. This might not be their year, as this was suppose to be a rebuilding year anyway. It will not be long before they will be back on top. Keep your heads high and go JACKETS.

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Mark — Another question one might ask is this….

How does such a “clever” offensive “genius” only manage 7 points against the 81st ranked defense in the country? A defensive ranking earned against ACC competition. For that matter, how does one explain his crapping the bed against a dreadful Cavalier team? I’ll hang up and listen.

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Mark,

CPJ’s best year came with Chan Gailey’s players. If Tech isn’t very good, whose fault is that? Shouldn’t CPJ be feeling some heat?

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selah!

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Tech had a joke of a schedule to start the year. Tech is not a very good football team.

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No special teams coach is minor compared to no passing attack. Does PJ not understand that the forward pass was legalized decades ago. He is playing football with one arm tied behind his back, his passing arm and it will ultimately lead to the fans souring on his “unique” style and he will be replaced.
Yes, this is on him.

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Same song–second verse. Might as well play Vad Lee because Paul Johnson won’t be around for his junior year. But that’s OK. He has bigger fish to fry.

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OK Dawg fans……let it go…..piling on the nerds right now is tormenting your pesky little brother…..let it go.

We’ve got our own issues

We need to beat a ranked team before we start woofing too loud….

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UGAG= DREAM TEAM
DREAM TEAM= LOSING TO CONFERENCE USA (UCF)!!!
DREAM TEAM= 2 STRAIGHT YEARS OF NOT BEING RANKED IN TOP 25 AT SEASON END!!!
HERSCHEL TALKER= DOUCHE BAG

Only the cess pool feeds recruits such garbage as a dream team and only ugag recruits seem dumb enough to believe the hype!!! lol

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Ramblin Man, In other words you can dish it out but you cant take it.

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Well 6-6 will still get a bowl game–As least DUKE has a chance now

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The team isn’t good, but the Coach is Chantastic.

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CPJ needs to spend less time having Fish Fry parties at Bradley’s house and more time figuring out how to move the chains and getting the ball in the end zone. Meanwhile, he is happy for the focus to be on the crap special teams as it serves to distract from the horrific offense he is producing.

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So what else is new?

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It took losses to 2 average at best teams before you could figure out the jackets aren’t very good. What did you do MB sleep thru the first 6 games

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a sobering truth revealed…bark madley isn’t any good…go back to kentucky

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Mark Bradley is quite possibly the fastest bandwagon jumper, EVER!

Which fell fastest? Tech in the AP 25 or Bradley constant gloating on CPJ’s greatness?

Seriously, pick a side and stick bro, otherwise you start to look fake.

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Talent discrepancy? It will only get worse with PJs crappy recruiting due to his 1970s offense. But Bradley thinks its Coach Genius’ PLAN to win with “middling recruits” to prove to the world how smart he is, and it is all about him.

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I think Tech needs to join the Sunbelt conference. They are the true clowns of the conference.

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Bradley is a fake! The ajc never pulls for the home team! Dawgs or jackets! My grand father told me once ” son don’t put your out house over your well” that’s what the ajc is doing they talk down the home teams the ones that they wright about to make their living!

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The Jackets are not the clowns of the conference, they are somewhere in the middle. But we need to somehow claw our way back up to the top. this will be difficult with Clemson’s great freshman class and Miami’s bright future (they had some great obsticles to overcome this year).

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I agree with Birmingham 100%.

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Mark, pretty solid assessment of the Tech team.

This team is a rebuilding team despite the 6-0 start. The OL is young. There is not a quality QB except the one who is being redshirted. There is no quality B Back; Perkins was to be the answer but has not developed.

Same for the defense. Young. See the LB and the DB roster, all young.

The DL is a real problem. Tech just does not, as a rule, bring in quality DL.

And that is a problem that must be resolved.

Maybe a win against Duke, but keep your money in your pocket.

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Two things should happen IMO. Start Vad Lee next week, and move O. Smith to B back. Smith is the best player on the team and needs to get the ball more. He is faster, and stronger then Sims and has the ability to break the long one. We have tons of capable A backs on this team to fill his spot there.

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Wait a flipping minute. Paul Johnson is a genesis. All the talking heads say so, you say so Mark, he says so.

Consummate offensive and head coach genesis. Knows the offense so well, he doesn’t need a play sheet. Genesis. All he needs is players to fit his system.

Well, this is year four. This is his program, his players. Chan Gailey is long gone and doing quite well in Buffalo, thank you. And whatya got?????

And you are right Mark, tech could very well end up at 7 – 5, of the three projected losses UGA may in fact be the one most in doubt.

The genesis’s claim to fame for 2011 might well be beating the middling basketball schools of the ACC, the Carolinas, Maryland and Duke and throw in a bad Kansas team.

Genesis indeed.

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Wes has been absolutely giddy on his call-in show on 790 over the last 2 months. Laughing and making snide remarks about UGA. Wes is nothing but a beach ball with arms. Hey Wes, who’s laughing now? Lose some weight, Big Boy. You look about 20 years older than you are. LMAO!!!!

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CPJ is a GREAT COACH but he is not flexiable which makes him an average Coach. Widen the recruiting net. Ditch CPJ crippling recruiting rules about visits.after commiting. Get a hype guy to go with CPJ laid back style. Recruit AA Kickers, stop making excuses, give some others a chance like Days, Godhigh etc. Play some 4-3, get a qb that can throw as well as run.Stop gambling so much on 4th down.

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And while we’re at it, all you guys coming up with the “Dawg Troller” stuff: Is that the best you’ve got? “You’re not that good either.” “We’ll see how many of your thugs end up in jail.” That’s your comeback?!?!? Try again.

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Hey Ramblin Man,

You keep ‘hoping’ bro.

LMFAO !!!!

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I hear what youre saying mark and think tech is indeed low on talent.
but I firmly believe that this team, for the first 4 games of the year, was outstanding. yes, I think it was a top 15 team for that time. I don’t care who they were playing: the execution was there. plays were being made when they needed to be. tevin was hitting open guys, open guys were catching the balls, tevin was making the right reads almost all of the time. when a team runs for 600 yards and gains a total of 768, I don’t care who you’re playing, those are incredible numbers against air. even when competition ratcheted up against unc, probably one of the acc’s top 5 teams, tech EXECUTED well. something has gone horribly wrong, though, and I’m not sure what it is. literally it seems like everything our guys were doing right at the beginning of the year, theyre doing wrong now. CPJ says tevin wasnt making the wrong reads, but my eyes beg to differ all too often. This team was once, and not too long ago, a pretty darn good football club. now, they’re probably not a top 60 team. I don’t know what has happened. Talent isnt abound, but it never was. But at one point, we had a good team.

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Hate it for ya Jackets. Nothing to do but suck it up and get ready for next week.

RTR!!!

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A major problem if we boot CPJ to the curb in the next year or two…He has his players for his system. This could set program back 2+ years for whoever takes over. I think it is easier to go pro-sytyle to Option than Option to Pro or Spread.

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Just a few comments – 1) How long do do we want to use “the team was fatigued” excuse for poor performance? 2) With under sized players playing both sides of the line – a defense that can’t cover the middle of the field and special teams play that looks like Pop Warner – what makes us think there’s any hope against legitament FBS teams playing Division 1 ACC or any confrence? Does the hope and future of Ga Tech Football rest solely on Vad Lee’s shoulders? 3) Which is worse – playing Washington who lacks confidence against quality opponents or Days who has confidence but can’t play QB worth a damn (or any other position that requires holding on to the ball). This is Caoch Johnson’s 4th season on the flats. He’s a great guy but apparently can’t get the finer points of this offense across to student athletes who – for God’s sake – are attending one of the toughest academic institutions in D-1. What’s wrong with this picture? Four years is plenty enough time to intall any offense known to football – so what is it that makes it worse now than it was the very first year he came to town?

One final thought – Clemson, Va. Tech and Georgia must really be looking forward to coming into our house to bust our ass. From looking at last week and now today – there’s not much we’re going to be able to do about it either. The team has now shown what it really is all about – and it’s not good. No discipline – poor decisions on players and coachs parts alike – and more excuses. Sounds like an old record – one that’s been playing for year after year since the days of Bobby Dodd then Bobby Ross and George O’Leary – until he left for ND with a make believe degree.

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I’ve been saying all year that I was afraid that Tech’s defense was not big enough, fast enough, or experienced enough, and that when we began to play better teams, our offense will have trouble playing against faster defenders who can close the corners. I still believe in CPJ and the Triple Option, but we have to recruit size AND speed on both sides of the ball. It’ll come. We are a young team.
Thank God I’m a Yellow Jacket!

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Looks like someone pulled the stingers off and stuck them up the yellow jackets buzzes. Ya har har now that’s funny!!! stinger up the buzz!

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My mistake I meant won’t go to the Toilet Bowl

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HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH

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B-Back -No Size and Power
QB- No passing skills
A-Backs- Can really run when they have blockers
O-Line – Can’t Block
Wideouts- Can’t catch (b/c) QB can’t put the ball in the right spot
D-Line- OK. but need a REAL NT. Sorry 6′1″ 290 doesn’t cut it! No Push
LB- Look good
CB and S – Look fast and hit hard
Special teams – Well, I close my eyes everytime we kick off

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Oh, how can our special teams do us in any more? This has to be the worse in the country.

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Bottom line tech is not very good and to be honest the defense is better than the offense.PJ needs to get his act together because his offense is struggling plus special teams suck!!!

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Kinda Funny,

Mad Tech Fan, who would have thought that the Offense would suck worse than the Defense….

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Why can you just admit that the canes kicked your behind all over the field….

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Clemson is coming to play in Tech’s high school stadium. I hope Clemson brings a crowd or it will be an embarrasment to the institution that no one is in attendance. Maybe a promo such as 4 tixs, 4 hotdogs and 4 cokes for $25 (Total), will get a few spectators in the house to see Tech’s high school offense. Maybe a half time hot dog eating contest between CPJ and Charlie Weis could raise a crowd. That would be more entertaing that watching Tech get schooled by Clemson.

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well mark you did change your mind from 1:30. it also is apparant cpj better start recruiting talent that he can build on not walk on types or players ready for military ball or the next level down.

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Dawgs will finish 10-2
Jackets will finish 6-6

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What is wrong with Tech being no good?

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Tech is winning!

Uh… Texas Tech.

We’re up 21-7!

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Yeah gt4ever but that’s the truth.The offense sucks!!TW is another Reggie Ball!

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Looks like winning the ACC game a couple of years ago and sending players to the NFL has not helped Tech recruit new talent. I don’t see many good players coming here in the future due to:

The offense – top players don’t want to play this style nor does good defensive players want to practice against it.

Game day experience- Tech does not compare to the UGA, Clemson, Auburn, FSU programs that recruit in this state.

I have been a Tech fan all of my life and was hoping a coach like CPJ could coach up the talent and run a disciplined team but week after week stupid mistakes (especially special teams) put them behind. He also has not helped the Offense get into good position to succeed with horrible play calling the last two games. I was hoping he would continue the success he had at Navy but it does not look good right now. I have high hopes that Lee will be the answer next year.

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but I don’t understand…the brainiac did it at georgia southern with the same caliber of players, what’s different?…and where’s my hot dog?

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Run to a spot and wait for the play to come and u nullify Johnson ball….time for Turkey neck to take a hike and take No-show Groh with him.

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Scott….Tech did not win the ACC a couple of years ago…..they lost it due to cheating and playing Bay Bay Thomas…..

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PJ’s play calling is our defense worst nightmare!!Need more MEAT on the offense & defense line.

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This was a disappointing loss…..Coach Johnson should have his guys in place in his fourth year on the Flats.

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I said it last week and I’ll repeat it again: GA Tech finishes 7-5 this season. Their only other win this year will come against Duke. Tech will get invited to a bowl to play another 7-5(or 6-6) team and be defeated by a score of 14-10 or 17-13.

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They also all have double chins and moobs….Johnson does more pushups in a day than Herschel…..can’t you tell?

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Why would such a progressive school that is on the leading edge of post graduate reasearch (AAU member) allow their football team to run an offense that went out with Barry Switzer?

Call me crazy but I doubt the very talented individuals doing advanced research at GT could give two craps about what type of offense the football team runs.

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Tech and CPJ……not so much.

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3/4 of our student body is playing Mahjong on Saturdays and has no interest in football.

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Agree with the article but ….
Jackets, sure you have lost acouple of games you may should have won but that is simply life and it happens. Forget it, come together as a team and get on with it. Maybe there are no more wins, maybe there are but you come out as a team, support each other and do your best.
Keep the good memories, forget the bad. Have fun, play hard. You are learning every week and it will come together for you – you’ll see. Just never stop believing in yourself.

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How’s it going, buddy?

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Hey four chins with your HC offense, it looks like a HC O again! You yech loser are really in bad shape. You may only win one more this year.

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I get the best recruits in the nation on a yearly basis so watch out!

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The real tech turds have shown up.

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Tech’s problem is at B-Back…..there are no big play threats and other teams are focusing on the pitch and not the dive….Tevin is also not as big a threat as Nesbitt.

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Hey “Go Dawgs!” maybe your “highly rated recruits” could be competitive in a sissy league cause they can’t in the sec! Oh yeah your spelling is “aweful”

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when you are an arrogant, rude jerk bad things happen.

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I just heard all this loud clatter outside and realized it was the Techies taking the GT tags off of their cars. Glad that is all it was.

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Andrew, you should be headlining at the Punchline, seriously, I am not even kidding, that is gold my man!

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when you are an arrogant, rude jerk bad things happen.

Yeah, making millions to coach football. I’m sure he is hurting.

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I can’t wait until the Dawgs take the Nerds lunch money at Bobby Dodd in November.

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“We just have to find something he can do.”

This is such a pathetic comment from a coach about his QB. This team is showing no hussle, no punch, no fire, no enthusiasm.

And neither is the coach. I’ve watched 3 press meetings, on Tuesdays, and this coach is NOT inspiring and rarely has anything enlightening to say. His sourpuss attitude is hard to
watch.

Something, behind the scenes, is dreadfully wrong.

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I can’t wait until the Dawgs take the Nerds lunch money at Bobby Dodd in November.

Is GT hiring UGA grads to run the concession stands now? I’m glad to see us trying to help the economy.

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Mark,

I feel CPJ is the problem. There is lack of talent, but Johnson can’t seem to get out of the way of his own egotistical, arrogant personality. When you are averaging of late, maybe 3 yards on 1st. down, you are not going to be very good. George O’Leary, his first 2 years, averaged less than 2 yards on first down. He didn’t win a lot of games the first 2 years. This team is close to quitting on Johnson, if it hasn’t already started. Same song second verse from last year, a little bit louder and a little bit worse. There is no precision, poor tackling for the most part, and the worst special teams I’ve seen in many years. I won’t be surprised if we don’t win another game. Thanks for your time.

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Couldn’t have said it better myself, Mark. Clemson will be a 3rd consecutive loss. I can’t wait.

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Dump the Navy Blue & Urine Yellow uniforms.
Get back to the White & Gold – both in uniforms and Athletic Association philosophy.

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Something just aint right, and whatever it is must be fixed. I am sorry to say that perhaps GA TECH is not very good…..and it pains me to say that. There is much more that I could say, but I’ll just leave it alone.

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Most sane comment I’ve read all night; Steve Brown @ 9:10. That’s the bees problem in a nutshell.

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‘Canes fan here. I see a lot of UGA fans talking smack. Give me a break. Didn’t UGA lose to UCF in a bowl game last year? Half of the ACC would throttle you. UM would beat you by 2 TD’s in your house. The SEC is Bama, LSU, throw in Ark. and a strange SC team, that’s it.

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MB it’s not the sobering truth,It’s a fact.

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Team have figured out that if u get up by 2 touchdowns early and have some team speed on defense u can control them. its not an offense that can rally
back easily

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MB it’s not the sobering truth,It’s a fact.

I’m not sure you know what a fact is.

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What time is everyone going to be on campus for College Game Day next Saturday? This will be awesome……Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Lee Corso? I’ve got my flag ready….

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If Tevin Washington is the best QB on CPJ’s squad we are in big trouble…….he showed signs of developing his passing game early in the season, but it was against bad, bad teams.

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Mark, I hope you and all of the other “dawg” fans on here eat a d]ck and DIA.

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You are an idiot Western Carolina. Chan had Calvin Johnson and couldn’t do $h]t with him. He could recruit some good players but wow was he a lousy coach. Him and CMR have a lot in common….recruits awesome players and then plays in the Holiday Bowl. LMAO

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Mark is bipolar and likes tube steak. That explains the back and forth titles.

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I am officialy finished with ga tech

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Paul Johnson is as good a recruiter as he is a special teams coach.

Even with the lesser talent that was a win-able game…Paul Johnson blew it.

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College football in Georgia is a loke, y’all. Dawgs and Jackets s u c k.
AMEN.

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Cmon Super hang in there,,,,,,At least this ain’t the Lewis years!

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I have been a die-hard Tech fan for 36 years now and will always be one. People, lets face it these teams have figured out how to stop CPJ’s offense. CPJ done very well as a D-2 coach with Ga. Southern and Navy but the triple option is not gonna cut it here in the ACC. Sure, we are not very talented on both sides but still I think on offense that we could do better if we had a decent QB. Tevin is lost, you can see it on his face. CPJ is lost also, he don’t know what to do. If Vad Lee is so good then why hasn’t CPJ put him in. I know it has to do with his eligibility or at least that what CPJ says. I think CPJ doesn’t wan’t to hurt Tevin’s feelings by replacing him with a more talented QB, I could be wrong but that what it seems like. Guys I wan’t Tech to win out and somtimes I wander if CPJ feels that way because he doesn’t act like he does. On defense I know we have a young group of guys who have tried to undrstand Al Groh’s 3-4 scheme and personally I don’t think they ever will. What I wan’t to know is why did CPJ hire Groh in the first place. Groh didn’t do much if any while at Virginia and some have called him a defensive genius, come on!! What I would like to know is, if a D-scheme 3-4 takes 2to 3 years to learn then why use it. I personally like the 4-3 scheme better and think it”works alot better than Al Groh’s run down 3-4. I remember when Dave Womack who i think did a better job than Groh started with the 3-4 it didn’t work. Almost half way into the season CPJ made him install the 4-3 scheme and Tech improved a great deal. If anything, after this season ends CPJ needs to take some time and find a good quality Defensive Coordinator with a good record and run Groh off. Let’s face it people there’s some good one’s out there who have a good reputation for D. We’re probably gonna end up 6-6 and after the bowl game another 6-7 or 7-5 and after the bowl game 7-6. CPJ hasn’t won a bowl at Tech yet. I would like for Tech to finish 10-2 but I just don’t know. However they finish I’m always gonna be a die hard Tech fan no matter what. Please, to all of you Tech fans don’t think I’m being negative but I’m tired of the way CPJ is running this team and the decisions he makes. Tech will never see another chance for a National Championship as long as we run the triple option and ya’ll know it. If we played big teams like Bama, LSU, Oregon, etc…. we would never get anywhere. After every game we come up with a different excuse whether it be a team had extra time to prepare, the player’s were tired, special teams, defense, whatever. Let’s start blaming CPJ for the decisions he makes and for the simple fact that he is bull-headed and wan’t pull a QB if he is performing poorly and has basically forgotten how to play or if the Defensive scheme isn’t working and needs to change.

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You have finally written a column that I can find no fault with – unfortunately it took you 8 games to see the wreck that is Tech. Your column needs to be made into wallpaper and given to the Techies – they could put it up as a reminder that “waiting for CPJ to get his players” is folly. This team IS his and they are talentless – undersized – slow and lacking strength – wonder if they can do calculus

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Come on Tech fans how long are we going to put up with johnson. He is not an offensive genius and Groh is definitely not a defensive genius. If you think Tech in the years to come will be a team to be reckoned with I can tell you now that it aint gonna happen as long as johnson is here. Tech needs to find a goood coach with an up to date offensive scheme, not an old basic triple-option that is easy to figure out. Johnson and Groh most definitely need to go!!!!!!! They could go back to Div. @ and probably do ok but as long as they stay in the ACC Tech will never go anywhere.

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TECH HAS HIT A WALL AND LOOKING AT IT THEY ARE GOING TO FINISH TO SEASON 7-5 I LOOK FOR THEM TO LOSE TO CLEMSON, VIRGINA TECH, AND UGA. THEIR LAST WIN OF THE SEASON WILL BE AGAINST DUKE. ONE THING ABOUT TECH IS THEY CAN’T STOP THEM RUN AND THEIR PASSING ATTACK HAS WENT IN THE WATER THE PAST 3 TO 4 GAMES. AND THEIR PASS DEFENSE IS SUSPECT. THIS IS A AVERAGE TECH TEAM I TOUGHT THEY WOULD BEAT MIAMI AND VIRGINA AND THEY LOST TO BOTH AND NEXT WEEK THEY GOT CLEMSON HOW IN THE WORLD ARE THEY GOING TO STOP THEM, THEN VIRGINA TECH DAVID WILSON IS GOING TO HAVE A FIELD DAY, AND UGA IF MURRAY DON’T TURN THE BALL OVER AND MAKE PLAYS AND IF UGA COMMIT TO THE RUN THEY’RE IN ROUBLE. THE ONLY OTHER GAME THEY’RE GOING TO WIN THE REST OF WAY IT SEEMS LIKE IS DUKE.

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It took you eight games to figure out that”Tech’s not that good?” Your credibility is shot for sure, now. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that a high school offense and certainly a junior high defense won’t go very far in the FBS. I’d say the Duke game is now a toss-up considering how they took Wake to the wire.

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Hey GT fans, got any extras for the Clemson game on Saturday? About 15,000 of us will be coming, it will be just like every other year when UGA comes to town.

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Just want to say up front I have great respect for any kid who will take on the academic load and pllay football for Tech. Have felt that way since the 1940s when I began listening to the Tech games with my Dad. He was a 1933 graduate of Tech and I finished in 1958. I am a season ticket holder for many years. I say this to let you know that I love my Yellow Jackets and always will. The problem with our program is we are not able to recruit the outstanding athlete (the play makers). Tevin Washington was a very late signee. Our B back is a converted qb(not able to recruit a trueB back over the last few years). The problem with special teams is not enough athletes. Not enough speed to get down the field. Just watch those teams with good special teams play. How many o-line players were much sought after. Often these are walk on players. I thought some of our d-line players were hightlty re cruited but they don’t seem to be playing that way. I’m afraid our kids are doing the best they can. And the coaches too. Again, I love my Jackets. GO JACKETS!

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Paul Johnson is a brilliant. Wait until he gets more players that fit his system!

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Paul Johnson < Chan Gailey

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GT is a bad team in a poor conference, playing no one to this point with a winning record, and a D2 coach. Move on, and quit wasting so much print on them.

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TECH is a mid-pack ACC team because it has mid-pack talent. When the players in gold & white are the best on the field they win. It begins with recruiting and TECH is not getting the level of talent that highly successful programs do. Do they have a tireless, energetic recruiting staff that can seal the deal? Are they really looking for players that “fit the system” or just pursuing those they know won’t turn down an opportunity to play for TECH vs playing at a “lesser” level? The “system” is not losing – its less talented players. TECH simpley does not the horsepower to win the race.

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said it at the beginning of the season, FIX the kicking game……poor special teams play always knocks a team down a level or three…….
as mentioned, the D held up well given that GT is ALWAYS losing the field position battle with its turnovers and poor kicking game
finally, tevin has regressed (perhaps because of the improved competition) and despite johnson’s claims, TW is missing reads and the passing game is nonexistent and that is why gt is missing big plays…….PJ’s option offense needs to have a passing component that actually works because as miami and VA showed, a speedy and talented D stacking the line can shut down the option…… unless the QB and the rest of the offense execute perfectly……TW is not executing and the blocking is poor…… not much else to say…….with the clemson and VT games yet to play and a rapidly improving uga team, three more losses are possible and MB’s prediction of 7-5 seems valid……hope
not but GT needs more than just giving the damn ball to orwin at this point……go jackets
have a nice day

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It’s not that hard to figure out folks. Other teams have caught up with the option and Johnson’s habit of recruiting 2 and 3-stars for D-1 football. Coach, there’s a reason nobody else recruits them…..They just aren’t D-1 material!

As far as defending the flexbone. here’s how teams are doing it……..Let them have the dive. On a 4-man-front, put the inside 2 d-linemen right in the A-gaps…..that controls the dive. Use all other run support to stop the pitch. Let them throw, because they can’t. That shuts down all 4 phases of the option. Dive, keep, pitch, throw. Now…..if an ‘ol high school coach like me can figure it out, well, Paul……you’re in trouble.

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a few tech fans are on the web this morning, booking that motel 6 in shreveport near the freeway. Tech may have 300 people show up. Don’t worry tech—in shreveport, the PBR is cold and the women are extra purty!

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get ready for 3 in a row. yall play a real team next week.

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When will the Alumi wake up, When CPJ came to Tech, they thought he was the greatest thing. He beat Georgia, and took us to the ACC title. Now think about it, first of all he had Chan Gailey’s recruits, nobody in the ACC has played much against the triple option so they were not prepared. Everyone thought he was a genius including himself. Then what does he bring in as a defensive coach, A coach that couldn’t do anything with his team. Now the picture is set.Past two years you have his and Al’s recruits so what is happening, we are losing. Doesn’t this tell you they do not know how to recruit. Neither one of them show any emotion, If I was being recruited I would want to go with a coach that show a really emotion. Take a lesson from a unheard of coach, with a losing team and take it to number 8 and probably number 5 today. Dabo with Clemson is full of emotions and players want to come to play with him. Look at Sammy Watkins, he is probably the best player in college football today. How did he get him from Florida. It is call recruitment and having a little emotion. He gets involved with his players. Does CPJ get involved with his players. What a dead a–. Maybe if he got involved, maybe they might want to play for him. I say get rid of CPJ, Big Al, get away from the triple option and bring in a new coach next year and let’s rebuild and get some kids that want to come and play for Tech and their Coach. We can just finish the rest of the year off, and start fresh next year with a new coaching team.

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You Dawg fans who keep bashing Tech enjoy yourselves all you want. The thing is… Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. College sports are fun to follow, but the biggest reason for going to college is to get an education.

UGA fans don’t seem to care about anything but football, and they don’t care if their players are enrolled in silly majors that no parents who are paying the bills would send their kids to UGA for. The very few football and basketball players who graduate have no job opportunities and end up unemployed or working in menial jobs that hardly require a college degree.

Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a drunken party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is worthless.

Jan Kemp exposed the obscene sleazy crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or character.

The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against dummy-athletes, it’s usually no contest.

So keep on posting your scores all you want, especially since you’re home with plenty of time on your hands. I wish you well, maybe you’ll get lucky and get your old janitorial job back before your unemployment checks stop coming.

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Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a drunken party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is worthless.

Jan Kemp exposed the obscene sleazy crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or character.

The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against dummy-athletes, it’s usually no contest.

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There is only one thing wrong with Tech and that is we don’t have a QB. Washington has scared me from the beginning. He is just not equipped to run this offense and his passing is just awful I believe I could do better with a bad rotator cuff andf all.

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WE RUN GEORGIA!!!

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Better a nerd than a tick turd any day. Maybe Johnson should start singint to recruits.

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He is right, this team is not that good and in big trouble. CPJ has got to go. It is not the quirky offense. It is the inability to recruit good talent. It is the bone head moves by the players that well coached teams would not make. And it is the stupid coaching decisions like going for it in your own territory early in the game. He has got to go!

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Clemson fans……..

play in a good league (and play good teams) and then start to brag. The ACC completely sucks this year. The SEC only half sucks. And….we now know there are all the other teams in college football…..and then there are two teams called LSU and Alabama. The national title game is in a couple of weeks, folks. No one else, including Clemson, matters.

And….all you Dawg fans……

WHY ARE YOU ON A TECH SITE…..Doesn’t Athens have their own paper or something?

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NativeBird….

I dare say that if Paul Johnson had the level of talent Georgia has…….he would not have lost that game yesterday……and would be undefeated right now at Tech. Unnfortunately, he doesn’t. That is clear from yesterday. Paul Johnson is a really good coach. Tech no longer has an elite program to lure top talent to play there. But Johnson will make Tech competitive every year….and that is saying something.

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I was at the game in Miami (live in Florida). Tech’s run defense is pretty good. Tech’s pass defense is shakey. The special team’s play was terrible. Tech might as well just put the kickoffs out of bounds and give it to the other team on the 35. Miami always has very good speed which makes the delta even worse. On kickoff receptions tech was lucky to get it to the 20. Without all of the special team’s problems the game would have been pretty close. The Miami D line was definitely winning the battle agains the offense. The middle was plugged up most of the time and they would penetrate the perimiter before Washington had a chance to pitch.

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The triple option stops working when the defending team’s linebackers can run nearly as fast as your running backs. It becomes much harder to get outside. That’s why it doesn’t work in the NFL..

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No one is more disappointed in the loss yesterday than I am. The last 2 weeks, this team has not played up to potential period. Washington missing to many open receivers, throwing the ball in the ground. No blocking on the edge whatsoever, and no middle game at all. I think Washington is running ball way to much. Defense not a lot better. Watch the defense and see how many guys are trying to play off blocks. You see them with shoulders turned and the tackling is horrible. Pass coverage not a lot better. Way to much cushion on receivers. Tech has the receivers to catch the ball, but you have to get it to them. Special teams is a joke. This is a reflection on CPJ 100% as he is the so called special teams coach. If the guy kicking off can put it in the EZ on the first play of game, why in hell did he not put it in EZ after Tech scored with less than a minute left before half. The guy that tried to field punt instead of letting it go into EZ was a complete bonehead play. This team is completely out of sync and unless they get there heads of out sand, they will be lucky to win one more game, and at this point I am not even sure they could beat Duke which is the only game left on schedule they will be favored to win. The way Clemson is playing, and they are good in all three areas, off, def, and spec. teams, they will put 50 points on the board Saturday night.

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Okay, as bad as Tech is playing, they always play better as underdogs. Given that I think we can still beat one of the tough opponents on our list (orange overalls, turkey necks, pups).

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Finally… some Tech fans that talk some sense! Thank god for bringing up the “Tech fans have great jobs!” and “Football is secondary to academics!” Ass clowns.

Really?!?! If you want to brag about your student body’s success in academics, then go post on the blogs regarding engineers and mathematics, cause guess what? No one on this blog gives a shit. For the past six weeks all I’ve heard about is Tech’s success. It’s real easyto talk shit and dish it out when you’re 6-0 against the little sisters of the poor. Ya’ll come on the UGA blogs and talk shit about our losses- our losses to the #5 team in the country and #14 team in the country! But now, how the tides have turned!!!

Tech is a mediocre team. It’s that simple. Their offense is lousy, their defense is lousy, their special teams are lousy, and their coaching is lousy. FOR GAMEDAY next week (you idiots), Clemson is going to destroy Tech. Then VA Tech is going to destroy Tech. And then, best of all, UGA is going to come into that shithole that you people call a stadium, and run over Tech. Realize the Tech is an afterthought, the Mr. Irrelevant of College Football. Welcome back to reality. I hope fantasyland was fun while it lasted.

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im pretty sure that ga southern would smash tech at their game! so where do you want this hot seat delivered to? should we send it cpj’s house or his office?

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We miss Nesbitt badly. People can say what they want about his pass ability but he could run and run the offense. You could depend on Nesbitt to always pull out something with a run. That is gone. The QB type you are looking for is a Tracy Ham/Shawn Jones/Joe Hamilton type. Run and pass.

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The crowd at the Hurricanes game was pretty well behaved. There was a lot of security. The tickets in the upper deck were relatively affordable. Some people were there with their families. The Dolphins games have more of the scary drunk types on hand.

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If Vad Lee was better than TW then he would be playing. Come on, wake up. We have some par players using a high school offense. No big time players want to play for us because we are not taken seriously. The TO is great for high school but in college it is just not the way to the pros which is what all the top kids want to do.

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The 2009 team had Nesbitt plus 4 high NFL draft picks. Tech is better than 2010 but not better than 2009. Nesbitt plus Demarius Thomas constituted a serious pass threat against good defenses. This year’s passing is marginally better than 2010.

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Tech has gone downhill since they dropped out of the SEC. They’ll never get to the top playing in the ACC, where you don’t have to be that good to have a winning record.

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Dolphins stadium has good Chili dogs! Helped me compensate for bad special teams play by Tech.

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Well I guess when there is blood in the water…… Not real proud of all the Dawgs jumping in and rubbing salt in the wound. However, this is no different than what was being done to UGA after the BSU and USC games.

It is pretty clear that when kids play against Tech’s scheme two or three years in a row, the better understand how to defend it. It is also clear that Coaches that have seen the scheme multiple times, also better understand how to defend and communicate to the kids what to do.

Other factors – defenses that have fast/physical linebackers tend to ‘blow up’ the option, which means Tech has to have success running up the middle to keep them honest. This is something that they have not been able to do.

Interesting how things can swing in four weeks. A month ago the discussion was CMR is on his way out and Georgia Tech is on the rise. If Tech does lose 3 of the 4 games left, it will mean that Georgia Tech will have played very similar ball for the last two years the CCG was playing while he was Tech’s head coach. In other words, how long before all that love for CPJ turns sour?

CMR won the SEC and ended up 2nd in the Nation in 2002. Remember the argument? But not with his players. The same argument can be made with Johnson. AS CCG’S players have left the program, the players coming in (which in theory would better fit the offensive schemes) are not performing as well – especially on defense.

We’ll see… This could be growing pains from a legitimate effort to ‘red shirt’ and build depth.

Feel awful for the Laskey kid. He’ll do a lot of good things for Tech before leaving.

Wishing all a good week.

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Proud Yellow Jacket – can you say Stephon “I announce my intent to play basketball for the university of georgia tech” and many, many others….
Go back to Dragon Con and quit hiding behind the ridiculous most GT grads have good jobs. I guess that’s why your business school has no name to it (the guy that the school was named after went bankrupt and couldn’t fulfill has donation pledge – what a great education GT provided) and your athletic association is essentially bankrupt and can’t hire real coaches because all of the GT grads with “great jobs” don’t have any money to donate to the program.

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where is ramble84 and gtforever? im still waiting..

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The Paul Johnson experiment is coming to an end.

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oh yea, he forgot about Zenon, how about Melton, can’t remember him eeither cause we never throw him the ball. Oh well

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dude.. ur a moron.. fort he last couples weeks.. all u media idiots in the state of ga… lauded TECH has such a great team..

ur a dumbass!

ajc sports writers are IDIOTS!

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I told the tech grads that work for me it would be ok, we have lost a couple games too, although they were both top 10 teams.
Go dawgs!

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Sports in Georgia this past year have been a bust…no fire, no excitement…just boring…from the Braves to College FB and NFL…blah blah blah. The bright spot in this whole mediocre boring run of Sports disappointment is Law and Order reruns on TNT will NOT be preempted by Basketball – pitiful, huh?

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Dumb Nerds talking all that trash when they were beating up sisters of the poor. Tech is garbage. Everyone knew as soon as they played some “good” teams (and that is stretching the term), that they would be in trouble. UGA is going to destroy Tech just like usual.

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Ramblin man, Can’t come up with anything better than games from last year. Look up dawgs are now in the top 25 and will keep rising, may even win the east.Have beaten teams with much better talent than tech, thats , Ole Miss, Miss.State.Tenn, and Vandy. This November may get ugly like 2002, Miami defense ranked #82 , uga Defense ranked in the nations top 10.

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I am a Ga. tech fan and have been for 50 years. The team is what it is. Paul Johnson is neither a genius or a fraud. Neither the school nor the team is comprised of clowns which is something that can’t be said of this forum.

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I watched the Tech game yesterday. Hey, bye week, nothing else to do.
It was at once both fascinating and hard to watch. Kind of like watching a video of your own successful open heart surgery. I couldn’t even make myself glad they lost. It was sad.

If the honeymoon with CPJ is not over it should be. Under his watch you have seen the talent level drop precipitously. Under previous regimes Tech would consistenly garner 5 or 6 of the top twenty players in state and a couple of plums from out of state.

CPJ is too hard headed to be consistenly successful at Georgia Tech. He’s determined to force a square peg into a round hole even when the peg ain’t square or round.

You don’t have the athletes to run the 3-4 defense. You’ve got to have a monster nose tackle and big DEs so that 3 DLinemen can engage 5 OLinemen and give your big and fast LBs and safties room to work.

I won’t even address your special teams concerns. That would be like the pot calling the kettle black. CPJ needs to sacrifice a couple of scholarships on a kicker and a punter.

Based on the last three weeks I’ll have to adjust my prediction down from 9-3 to 7-5.

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This is not a very good Tech team. We will be lucky to finish 8-4 and get some
minor bowl.

Oh, and “reaity” – how do you crap a bed? Speak english, man!!!

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FOR GODSAKES

What’s GT supposed to do–lose a couple of its first 6 games so they won’t be ranked #12, so Vlad Lee could be inserted at QB? That’s a silly line of thought.

Nobody was picking GT to be a powerhouse this year, so it’s certainly hard to argue that they’ve under-achieved. They could take one of the Virginia Tech, Clemson games, beat Duke, and who knows with UGA . . . I’d say an 8-4 finish is a real possibility–and that’s about in line with expectations.

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The problem is, even here in the middle of a city that is a recruiters dream, CPJ can’t recruit good players. Other teams are DYING to get into the metro area and all Johnson has to do is walk out his back door. And don’t give me that crap about higher academic standards. That may (and I repeat MAY) be true if they were held to the same majors and standards of the general student body, but Tech has set up jock inspired courses just for them like every other school in the nation.

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“The Paul Johnson experiment is coming to an end.”

Huh…It will take as least 5 more years before DRad starts to consider replacing Paul Johnson.

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As a Tech fan… with Tevin Washington as QB and a former QB as B-Back… We should have known better. The 6-0 start was a mirage. Too bad Tech didn’t lose one early to avoid the embarrassment of being the first bowl eligible team to barely making a bow.

These past four games have been dismal to watch (especially the last 3). I will keep watching but will no longer look forward to it. It just isn’t very exciting.

I’m not sure why everyone assumes Tech will beat Duke.

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Vad Lee ain’t the answer either. The “Goon Squad” can’t block – the alphabet backfield can’t run – the WR’s can’t catch – the QB can’t pitch or throw – and CPJ ain’t the genius we are told he is.

How is the recruiting going? More D2 talent on the way to the flats

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The blueprint for defeating this Tech team is to stop the dive, neutralize the pitch, and force Tevin Washington to beat you. Tevin Washington is no Josh Nesbitt.

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Duke played Wake pretty good. I think Duke beats us partially b/c the team will likely go in over confident.

And Duke will exploit Techs special teams.

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Mark this down—the Dawgs are on a mission—they’ll blow out Tech and upset Alabama in the SEC title game!!! Richt has a dream team full of top talent—time for the Dawgs to take over!!!

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Man, I thought we were better than that. What a true disappointment our team is becoming.

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Does Paul Johnson even try to recruit top plays?

This past offseason every time Tech signed a recruit the AJC Tech beat writer would list the teams Tech beat out for said recruit. It was unbelievable only pep squeaks of Division I-AA were vying for our recruits.

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After watching the game I agree Tech is not good at all, very predictable…….PJ has lost control of the Team.

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It’s called Reality Check! Welcome to REAL football.

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A sobering truth revealed: Georgia Tech just isn’t very good………………………….said an extremely pro UGA columnist. I’m sure you’ve been waiting all year to use that one; you probably didn’t sleep one bit last night knowing this would finally be the Sunday you get to dump all over them. But man alive MB, that was very weak even by your standards, and this coming from a die hard Roll Tide fan at that.

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The last team that won a NC using the triple o? Anyone?

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Bee Happy….

I don’t think Tech will ever be in consideration for a national title again……which is the exact reason there should be some kind of fair playoff system.

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Once upon a time, UGA was a school “where parents send their kids for an easy degree,” as Proud Jacket Fan put it. Those who have not been comatose for the past 20 years know that is no longer the case. For those Tech fans who want to cling to that fantasy because it makes them feel better, I say go right ahead and believe what you want to. Tech is indeed a rigorous school. There are, however, schools of similar academic rigor that succeed in athletics. The fact that Tech can’t is due more to their pathetic fan base, decisions made decades ago and poor leadership. But if you want to believe it’s solely because Tech is the Cambridge of the Americas, go right ahead. And you’ll contiue to beat UGA once every 10 years … maybe.

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Agree @ playoffs, whats that got to do with gt?

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TECH,TECH FANS, and TECH ALUMNI, Did you really think you were that good? Call it a mirage, fantasy, dream, illusion and certainly a LIE, but not reality. The Truth? “You can’t handle the truth’ ! You guys suck! Say what you want about Georgia, but Fact is we OWN YA’LL, and you guys, every time you taste success you choke. 1980 was a long time ago, so was 1990 when everybody knew Colorado was clearly the best Team in America. Ramblin Man…You doing just that, RAMBLIN! Georgia is clearly better than ya’ll and once again your Thanksgiving Holidays will suck from your perennial Dawg whipping. But pull out the scrap book and you’ll be able to reflect on three years ago, and click on youtube to see A back that’s now at Jacksonville St( Washaun) ran over the North Ave Hotdog eaters. Virginia, Miami, Oh boy now here comes Clemson this week, Ya’ll gonna see so much Orange pain that you;ll swear your an inmate on Wright St at the County jail. The Chickens, know the Pakistanees, know the Honey Bee’s have come home to roost, and damn theres a hungry TIGER COMING TO TOWN. Just hope he leave enough for a DAWG to have lunch in November!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hilarious to see so many UGA fans on here trashing GT’s schedule, and the fans for being optimistic after starting 6-0.

Now you all are beating on your chests like your Dawgs have actually beaten a team worth-a-darn since starting 0-2. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Ole Miss, Miss St, UT, and Vandy are 1-15 in the conference? And the remaining schedule has UF (2-3), AU (3-2), UK (0-3), N Mex St, and the high schoolers down in the ATL.

Perfect schedule to get you delusionals proclaiming “wait til next year”

You guys are hilarious.

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Oh and one final note, Can I now have my 4 hotdogs, cokes, and a nacho with the worthless ticket. Even through ya;ll suck, a 5′11 250 lb muscular guy with UGA gear on may get stared at in your H.S. Stadium, but never will he get bothered while eating while he cheers on the HONEY BEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We are a sorry excuse for a Div 1A team. CPJ needs to recognize if he wants to run the 3d option he better have a quarterback who is fast is lightening and can occasionally complete a pass. Don’t pull the red shirt off Lee now. This season has gone to far. CPJ should name Lee the starting quarterback as soon as the season is over. That’s a given. TW is no division 1 QB. I’m not giving up on this team because it is very young and with Lee at the helm I think things are going to bet better. I will hang in there until next year, but if it doesn’t get any better then it will be time for a change.

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The team is very young. I don’t think any of the players are over 25 years old.

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Tevin sucked and can’t hit the broadside of a barn or run for that matter. Paul Johnson sucked and continues to get worse with his playcalling.. Enough with the dive, dive and then follow with Tevin. Poole sucked and has all year. Laskey has SHOWN NOTHING all year. All special teams are hapless. This team sucks. We’ve been exposed.

Defense played well, thats about all you can say. Paul Johnson quit and so did his team. Really starting to second guess our strategy or lack thereof.. For all the Tevin lovers out there that couldn’t see he was playing well against weak competition early in the year, your boy has been exposed for what he is- a 3rd string QB.

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Been a big supporter of Coach Johnson- but I’d really like to ask him why he seemed to quit yesterday. He’s got to evolve his system and have something else to throw at teams when his standard set of 4 plays isn’t working. I’m not sure how much longer I can watch this team run the dive play or having Twinkle Toes Tevin run the rock.

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Young team?? That excuse is getting old. Tech seems to always have a “young team” My concern is lack of improvement. CPJ is in his 4th year and continues the downward spiral. What has happened to the old cliche “Wail until he recruits players for his system?” Keep in mind this is the 4th year of his recruiting and the only thing that has changed is more consistent failure. That being said, I would rather lose with GT than win with that group of losers in Athens. Football success does not improve their behavior and status in life.

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Im Paul The Great Johnson I am I am

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Forgot one thing…

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

Beat someone next time, Tech, before you start up with the trash talk.

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Johnson & Richt…..both losers.

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Hey Hard truth, Listen up dip @#$%, we dont rank ourselves you idiot. Believe me theyre were plenty of us who knew full well that we had no business being ranked at all.Just like your team,after sqeaking by the mighty commodores with such class and poise.Enjoy yourself this weekend leg humpers. And take about 6 or 7 steps back,get a good running start,and jump up my @#$. GO JACKETS!!

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Where are all the a$$wipe Tech fans that blasted UGA? I guess they went back into Mommy’s basement. I thought you guys from Tech were supposed to be smart? Did you really think your high-school offense and mediocre players could compete in modern-era college football? No wonder everyone thinks you guys are delusional, arrogant a$$holes.

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Guess who is out of the latest USA today Top 25. Guess who is in it?

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How bout them Canes!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

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Get used to the “L”s Techies…you’ll be getting 3 more pretty soon!

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Football is not that complicated. Its easy to figure out. Any one who has ever played it understands the basic of it. Generally, who ever has the the fasted, strongest players is able to dominate the other team. Its as simple as that.
Tech generally doesn’t get the huge players on offense of defense. The 5 star kids generally go to Football type schools. Everyone knows why great football players don’t come to Tech. If Tech wants to compete in big boy football they are going to have to have more degrees that the average 5 star athlete will feel comfortable with.
Sometimes I think that CPJ thinks that his offense can’t be stopped. That is why he generally never gave a scholarship to punters and place kickers. Coach needs to realize that bigger faster, stronger players will stop his offense every time. CPJ will have to have a quarterback that can pass accurately before his style offense will work. Most star quarterbacks in high school won’t want to come play his style offense.
Tech needs to get bigger, faster and stronger before they will be able to has a fair chance against like talent.

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Bee Happy: “The last team that won a NC using the triple o? Anyone?”

Probably Switzer at Oklahoma–and that was a looooooong time ago.

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Oh, you were talking about our coach? You mean the coach that has experienced a loss to the Joke By Coke only ONE time in a coaching career that spans over two decades? THAT coach? LMAO.

Georgia Tech=JOKE.

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Folks, it is as simple as this:

Tevin is not a division 1 QB, and Synjyn may not be either.

This offense, more than others, requires a special person to run it, and we are all hoping VAD is that special person. If not, we are in trouble next year also. As many of you did, I let my expectations get out of hand after we rolled some inferior opponents. But, I realized after the Maryland game (which we won) that the end of this season was going to be very rough. I wish that VAD had been allowed to play early on, and maybe against NCSt and Maryland to see if he was “ready enough” to take over, but I agree with PJ, and I think he is reserved to the fact, that this year is going to be what this year is going to be, and that ain’t too pretty. He is going to hold Vad back now for sure, since it is so late in the season. I really wish that our schedule would have been such to spread out the harder games, and in that case, I think PJ would have been able to see VERY early on, he needed to use VAD.

Oh well, Go Jackets and beat UGAG!!!

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Thought TW was pretty good in thrashing of Have-Nots. He is not because:
not an accurate passer
hogs the ball. This was successful with J. Nesbitt.
not a good ball handler. He does not help with play deception as he looks immed. to where he handed ball off.

Agree with above special teams criticism. Look at all top teams kicking is not an afterthought.

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“Just not very good?” Don’t sugar-coat it. “Abysmal” or “pathetic” would be more appropriate. If Coach Johnson wants to salvage even a winning season by beating Duke, here is what he needs to do: (1) just use the same old stuff for Clemson and Virginian Tech (it doesn’t work anyway, so don’t waste time “tweaking it”) and start scheming and preparing now for Duke. That would give us 3 weeks to try to find something new that might work, (2) play the 2nd and 3rd units for Clemson and Virginia Tech to save the 1st string players for the one that counts – Duke, (3) kick all kickoffs out of bounds to limit kickoff coverage breakdowns, (4) put no one back to return punts, to eliminate muffs, (5) hope that all opponents reach the endzone on kickoffs, then down the ball there, (4) quick kick on 3rd and 4 or longer to gain field advantage, (6) since passing isn’t really an option for us, and since teams now know the 3-step defense against us (penetrate, take away the dive and pitch and make the QB carry the ball), move a 250+ DE or LB to play QB and hope he can get 3+ yards a carry. So, there…

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I can’t help but harken back to a few years ago when tech fans would brag by saying wait until PJ gets his players in here. They actually bought into the PJ- genuis garbage and thought this guy could win national championships. Well his players have finally arrived and I just fell in the floor laughing about it. The detractors always said wait a few years until all the teams they play get a chance to see this offense, from the 1970’s, a couple of times and it’s over. PJ way over estimated himself and now I think he realizes he is in way over his head. PJ thought his offense to be so great he could overcome a pourus defense and sorry special teams. Now the chicken has come home to roost and I’m loving every minute of it.

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GA Tech is superior to no one. That QB has to be one of the worst is all of the country,.

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yep! 62 is coming

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Dont ruin Vlad’s redshirt, that would be dumb! Next year should be better. Id say a 6-0 start isnt exactly bad.

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My opinion is that Georgia Tech’s offense isn’t as dominating for two reasons:

1. Offensive line- I had been told about how Tech’s OL was going to be a question mark and I think that has a lot to do with the lack of production by the offense. If you can’t block, how do you expect to get production? The line is young and maybe next year they’ll be a lot better…
2. B-back: I have not been impressed with David Sims at all. I know Tech wasn’t expecting him to be as good as Dwyer, but he still hasn’t had a 100–yard game. Defenses don’t respect the run up the middle, because he hasn’t been productive. So in reality, it seems like more of a double-option.

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As a Dawg fan, I always pull for Tech except the last game, but how can you be really good with a one dimensional offense and no defense? PJ’s teams always start great and finish poorly. Of course, there is always Nieheisel for 2012.

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Ahh, the genius of CPJ and his one-page playbook. The triple option is not a style of offense; it’s a play.

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Win, lose or draw, it’s always damn good to be a Jacket. Heads up guys, better days are coming.

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Realizing you guys at Tech don’t put too much into Rivals recruiting rankings( only due to where you are ranked year after year and we would need to see how you would react to a top 10 class, as seeing no one on the Flats got excited about being 6-0, LOL)… But finishing in the mid 40’s the last two years, it is very obvious, other that a gem or two, the talent is sinking at Tech. Not a slam, just a fact, and it’s starting to show on the field. I think Johnson is better than average as a coach, But Tech just not have the athletes or depth on Defense to stop most average ACC teams. The early success was with Chan’s studs……. and denying it would lead me believe you got in Tech.

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GT’s defense played another good game. I hope they can keep it up until the offense can wake up. Clemson has a weak defense, so we’ll see how that game works out. Still looking forward to playing UGA, hope they can win a few more. ” GO JACKETS “

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Mr. Obvious writes a “newpaper” column. 7-5 if they’re lucky – 6-6 is more realistic

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LOL. I like the title. Anyway, everyone knows that offense does not work at this level. Too much speed in the elite programs make PJ look foolish.

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The only way to avoid a losing season is to not get a bowl game.

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What’s the BCS gonna do with a 12-0 Clemson?

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Amazing Badley! Your next column will call the Bulldogs good!!
GT will pound the leghumpers after we beat Clemson………..

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Pitiful performance by the Jackets…… I do not think they are tough
at all. Johnson needs to be replaced he has lost control of this team.

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Why would any good player go to UGA? Their conderence is weak and the real teams are in the west sector. Why don;t they play Arkansa, Alabama, or LSU… The Dawgs will be buried by the Gators and all the Gators need to do is show up in Blue & Orange…

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Absolutely no talent on this team!!! CPJ can’t recruit and it shows!

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Just a reminder that we’ll be having our regular tribute and moment of silence on Saturday for Saint Jan Kemp, the courageous martyr who exposed UGA and Vince Dooley’s “remedial studies” fraud.

Please approach this special moment with reverence as we honor her sacred name.

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The best words I can find to describe the Athens leghumpers are “roaches” and “rats.”

But that’s what you would expect to find in a cesspool.

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buzz UGA is ranked higher than your sorry teakm.

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The arogance of CPJ at the beginning of the game thinking his offense is so good to go for it from his 37 on a 4th and 3 just shows how CPJ is out to prove this offense will work. Well, this isn’t Kansas any more!

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Weak,Weak,Weak effort by GT—Don’t know if it is lack of effort,lack of talent or lack of coaching. I suspect some of all of the above. I think we should be happy to finish 7 and 5—because I’m not so sure we will be able to beat Duke. By the Duke game the effort given might not be the best.

For sure something has got to change-because this is not working.

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Goooooooooooooooooooooo Gators!

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PJ going for it on 4th downs (and not making it) is absolutely hilarious. His arrogance is annoying.

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Tech made a huge mistake hiring PJ , Gailey was just beginning to get the program turned around.(Remember flunkgate and probation?) Went to the Acc Championship game in 2006, followed that with a very good recruiting class in 2007. Had started putting together another good recruiting class for 2008. Pj wins ACC championship game in 2009 and follows that with a # 40something recruiting class then 6-7, now this year will most likely play out like last year 6 or 7 wins and another bowl loss and another lackluster recruiting class. Gailey gets fired and goes to NFL, PJ gets fired and starts a new carrier in the Big Sky or Southern Conference.

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Can we bring back Jaybo Shaw? He seems to know how to complete a forward pass. To the team wearing the same color jersey he is.

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Put those Forbes rankings on a T-shirt, right where “ACC Champions” used to be!

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I haven’t needed a resume in years. Having a successful, stable career does that. Thanks though, I’m sure Waffle House is a great place to work.

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Can’t we all just order some fries and get along?

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Big Ed,

Sounds like you need a tall glass of milk and some cookies.

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My bad…ugag is NOT 384. My apologies. They are 386, 2 spots below Ky.

Google Forbes 400 best Worldwide, not the Red & Blacks list….

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If by Wal-Mart greeter you mean Governor, then what you wrote makes complete sense.

And if you think any college graduate is making 6 figures in 5 years, let me be the first to welcome you to the United States.

You nerds have always been a laugh, but suddenly you’re delusional too.

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Just a reminder that we’ll be having our regular tribute and moment of silence on Saturday for Saint Jan Kemp, the courageous martyr who exposed UGA and Vince Dooley’s “remedial studies” fraud.

Please approach this special moment with reverence as we honor her sacred name.

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Come on; this isn’t all about UGA vs Ga. Tech. Tech will never compete consistently with UGA. But if Tech can’t consistently compete in the ACC they should consider dropping down in classification to Division 2 with Ga Southern. Winning in a lower classification will sell more tickets than losing in division 1. That way will make game day more fun and give us reason to buy tickets and get excited again. Let’s get realistic; competing with these football factories will never bring a great deal of success and that’s a FACT. And winning in division 2 will be a tremendous boost to CPJ ego.

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But finishing in the mid 40’s the last two years, it is very obvious, other that a gem or two, the talent is sinking at Tech.

Talent has actually improved at Tech if you believe the rankings. Paul Johnsons recruiting classes have actually been rated higher then Chan Gailey’s. Gailey only had one recruiting class that would even be considered decent. Recruiting isn’t a coaching problem at GT, its a GT problem. GT is a terrible place to recruit at.

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Ok Ed I found the rankings you mentioned, but you Techies really need to learn to read. It was not Forbes rankings that had you at #84. It was US News&Report that gave you that ranking. And that is a little skewed since they only scored UGA on one item compared to all items for Tech. But you keep pounding your chest over that one. And my earlier post shows what Forbes thinks of you and that is behind UGA….way behind. Oh and that is the Forbes Magazine list, not the Red and Black.

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neither dawgs nor stingers rule this state——-this year most of the top tallent are going out of state

—————————————–just saying

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UGA was lucky to even be invited to play GT in 2009 …. remember that one chest-thumping Dawg fans?
And how’d it turn out, after the game was actually played?? Maybe most of you also realize that Texas Tech just beat mighty Oklahoma too.

Hope the UGA players are as “confident” as all you paper tigers come November 26. Would be awesome to halt the SEC East Champ’s win streak at 9.

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We’re gaining experience. We will be back. ” HEADS UP JACKETS “

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2009 ?

Our head coach is on the hotset, ranked # 22, and you have beat him exactly 1 time. This is his 11 season.

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OK I have got to say this concerning Vad Lee. What if we save him till next year and loose the rest of our games and he jumps ship to another school and plays there. He has not played a down this year and I think he could go play just about anywhere. Lets put him in there what’s he gonna do throw an interception, fumble the ball. I think I saw that saturday. I sat thru the Reggie Ball years and watched I am not going to go thru it again with Tevin Ball. Winning is the best recruiting tool we got. If we start winning more QB’s will come!!! Play Vad Lee NOW !!!

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The emperor has no clothes.

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Tech has a better team than the record shows but they were never a 12. Rumors fly that CPJ isn’t happy not being able to recruit some he wants and is looking. If true he should do everybody a favor and find another school. When your heart isn’t in the job you need another job.

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yeah these are johnson’s recruits. did anyone see air force against boise? a balanced attack. over 400 yards of total offense. i swear it almost looks like tevin is a gambling man and decided to tank these past few games as he took the opponent to cover. amazing our dumb coach sticks with him. i guess he likes losers.

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it’s just a matter of time before that top defensive recruit switches with all the big schools coming after him.

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Yeah, he could count to 4 real well.

Like Calvin Johnson. Have you seen his commercial ? He never says 1 word. Because if he did, you would know he can’t even talk.

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Will Clemson pitch a shutout on Saturday? Will Tech have more than 100 yards of total offense? Will Washington complete more passes to those in Orange than those in White and Gold? Will there be anyone but orange-clad fans be left in the stadium by halftime? Will the “Boo Birds” return to Bobby Dodd stadium this weekend?

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And, what do you see there JJ ?

Go ahead.

You can say it.

Paul Johnson has the # 51 recruiting class every year made up of nothing but 2-star and 3-star recruits.

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I said ONE recruit. Do you not know how to count? Do you see that ONE player with the 4 stars? His name is Kallon. He is being recruited hard and word is he’ll probably be 5 stars by next year. Again, do you know how to read and count. One that is 1. Not the entire class you buffoon.

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Really Thomas? Calvin can’t speak? Did you happen to catch him on the Fox pregame a few weeks ago? He was very articulate, pleasant, well spoken. They had him sitting next to some dipsh*t wearing a backwards ball cap and a stupid grin on his face the whole time. Never did catch the rubes in the backwards caps name, b ut he sure looked stupid.

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Oh, wow. Sorry to offend your sensibilities; I said Paul Johnson recruits the average recruiting class of # 51 every year made up of 2-star and 3-star recruits and you actually have a COMMITMENT for 2012 who is a 4-star recruit. I mean wow. And, for a football team who last won a Major Bowl game in 1955. That the only 1 you found for Paul Johnson on NCAA PROBATION in FOOTBALL back-to-back at Georgia tek. When you sign him as a recruit, let me know, ok ?

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You should read some of the stupidity the tech fans post on the UGA blogs every day.

I’ll bet Thomas is just returning the favor. Tech fans certainly deserve it…they are awful on th UGA blogs.

I do find it ironic that the smartest coach in all of college football is befuddled by powerhouses like Virginia and Miami. Are tech fans sticking with the ‘PJ is the best game day coach in football’ mantra–even in GT losses?

I’ll tell you what the problem is–too many Saturday night games. You all should stick to Thursday Night Thunder. Saturdays are for big boy football.

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No one ever said it was easy to win with an inflatable insect on your field.

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The dawgs are rolling to the SEC east title and good bowl game. Ga will blowout tech—book it. Tech may not even win another game. If they make a bowl it will probably be in some dead end town like shreveport. Dawgs on top, again!!!

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