A tale of two seasons: UGA rights itself; Tech is going wrong

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Funny how UGA got well when they started playing girl scout troops and Tech got sick when they stopped.

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You’re right, George, neither of us have beaten a good team. And, almost impossibly, nobody else UGA plays is a good team this season, though we could still lose to 3 of them.

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Talk to me after J-ville. Even then, this win streak is average at best. Wanna see where we really stand, win out and suit up versus Bama or LSU. Then we’ll know.

That said, winning is better than losing, so this streak has been a refreshing change from the past two years.

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Way too early Mark to be saying this.

If Richt loses to Florida again and Tech upsets clemson, the situation is reversed.

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Fight Panthers to victory
Our voices yell
You’ll hear us mighty and strong
We’re from the ATL
We’re gonna give them hell
Fight Panthers to victory
Drive on for the score
Blue – White
Georgia State is in the fight
G-S-U, G-S-U, G-A S-T-A-T-E

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Captain Fish Fry is his own worst enemy. He doesn’t believe in recruiting unless he happens to actually be in the running for a good one. He has no use for effective special teams which can be the difference in a close game. He is the opposite of a motivator, for example see how he always blames his players for losses and see how he greets them on the sidelines after errors. It’s beyond comical that an esteemed academic institution such as Tech would have such an egomaniacal, backwards thinking, mountain man as the leader of their football squad.

Also, I’ve seen 12 year old boys with a better arm than Washington has.

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It warms my the cockles of my heart that Turkey Neck is held in ‘high esteem’ among his constituency. I hope he is the Bumbles’ coach for many years. GO DAWGS!

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I love spray tans, adjusting my headset and mic, and driving my red ford truck. Whoops, I forgot God.

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MB:

You have to take it in context. Tech is a bad team with bad players.
UGA has not played up to it’s potential. So soon you forget the first two games.
Regardless of how the season ends, this team would be better off without Richt.
A loss to UF or Tech would actually be a blessing in disguise for years to come
if Richt was shown the way out. Let the Kirby Smart era begin.

HT

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Herschel, careful what you ax for. I’m not sure the Gatorland is beating the drums over Muschamp.

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The Dawgs are middle of the pack in the SEC. I agree they can only beat the teams which are scheduled, but against ranked opponets, we still stink up the place. I hope the Dawgs fans are remembering this…. the Dawgs have a long way to go before we are back near the top of the SEC. LSU, Bama, Arkansas, this year are on top, Florida and Auburn usually near the top, sometimes Tenn. Its been awhile since we have been true contenders. Im not ready to drink the Kool-aid that Richt is currently serving….. having said that……GO DAWGS BEAT THOSE GATORS… GATA.

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I really think it is just scheduling for both teams.

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I’ve had a couple of down seasons, but keep passing the offering plate around. I will take you to the promised land

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if Saban loses to LSU they should fire him-4 out of 5 seasons a failure

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@ George Stein

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Tevin Washington is to Johnson as Reggie Ball was to Chan Gailey. The players are playing their best with the limited talent they have. The problem is with the coaching staff’s inability to recruit and develop a quarterback that can play the position.

CPJ thinks that all he has to do is call plays. His plays are not even creative. Sometimes you have to get a little creative to overcome the lack of talent.

He has failed as a recruiter. He has failed at developing talent. The one position you better get right with this offense is the QB. We will see with Vad Lee, but TW and SD are not effective QBs in any offensive scheme.

He has failed at coaching special teams – an area that he said was going to get his personal attention. Does our kick return team block anybody? We lose 200 yards a game between not having a kicker that can kick the ball into the endzone and not having a punt returner that can effectively get to the football and make a fair catch. Either catch the ball in the air or get the #$!! away from it and just head to the sidelines where you belong.

CPJ – be a football coach! That means recruit the right talent on offense and defense to play your systems. Get the entire team properly coached – offense, defense, and special teams. And quit acting like a total jerk on the sidelines. I’m good with getting on the players and getting in their faces, but CPJ acts like a total uncontrolled idiot with his facial expressions and embarrassing cursing.

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Gravy Train:

Are you really feeling secure about the future of the Bulldog program with wins over Coastal Carolina, and very bad UT, Ole Miss, and Miss St teams?
What defined Richt as a coach was the Boise and USC games, not the remaining weak schedule.

HT

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Bradley you are on drugs, only explanation I can give you. Georgia has not proven anything except they had a prayer answered in the Vandy game, the one thing Richt can be depended on to produce. They have played the worst teams in the SEC, something they have done for years. Who in the SEC has a easier schedule than Georgia? Boise State and South Carolina were easy teams when they scheduled them, too. Tech has a harder schedule and they are playing in the ACC. Did you think Tech would go undefeated? I think Tech could play either one of those teams over again and beat both of them, they definitely was not a decisive victories. I hope the world thinks Tech is bad, maybe the NCAA will figure out in these economic times they could spend their time in better places like someone with a winning record. Stopping Tech and their 400 dollar violations is not what is the problem for this conference.

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Anyone that signs their name after a verse shall not be one of my disciples. BH

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FYI GT; UGA doesn’t “schedule USC” the SEC does

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I am not sure I buy the reasoning that Georgia has improved much from the Boise State game. Mark you had said as much in other articles, but then you also mention the scheduling has gotten much easier.. which is it? Georgia may have stunk up the joint against Boise State, but they also stunk up the joint against South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

This game against Florida should be really interesting, especially if Brantley is back. Both teams built up their records against inferior competition and both teams best victory is against Tennessee. The winner probably salvages their season and may play in a New Years bowl game…. the loser will be lucky to be playing in a mid December bowl game.

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…

No, wait… it’s just a Mark Bradley column. Maybe if Georgia doesn’t play again the rest of the season they could crack the Top 10.

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MB:

Did you watch the Vandy game? Do you honestly feel after that win that Richt has control of the team and has them heading in the right direction?

HT

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I think I speak for everyone when I say I’m ready for the Herschel Talker era to end on theses blogs.

Get a life you miserable human being. It’s football. To sit there and still not root for “your” team is pathetic. Get on board or go root for Kansas State. I hear they’re pretty good this year.

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In other words, Georgia’s okay, and Tech sucks.

As per usual.

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Tech is playing the best team in the country Saturday night, is Florida ranked this year? Miami is much better with all those players the got suspended back. This is why we need a playoff, teams are out of it early and then they make other teams look bad when everybody is healthy and back on the team. The game you can’t get out of your claw is the Va. game. No excuse, just like Kansas last year. We came back and beat all those teams that beat us last year, and that Va. game last year was really close here. It is the Clemson type games we play good in, when it doesn’t matter anymore. Georgia does the same thing, will mess your season up but can’t save themselves.

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The FLA game is huge as it is every year.

This year seems it will prove more than most however. We have gotten fat on lower level teams but after last year whose complaining.

This game will prove if the DAWGS are really on the rebound or simply gifted by our schedule.

I think if we really are improving we can win out. That’s my hope at least.

Tech and Clemson always play close kind of like us and Auburn.

It’s Florida week so let’s Go DAWGS!

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Tech fans probably should not hit the panic button just yet. Sure they do not have the talent they had in 2009 but that offense is still difficult to deal with. If CPJ is not too stubborn to actually develop a real passing game,( a real passing game will help them recruit a real qb) they will win a lot. ( just need to lose to the Dawgs 8 out of 10 times) I think they can consistently recruit enough big time defensive players every year but I doubt they will be able to consistently recruit big time offensive skill players. The probelm with Stephen Hill is that he chose the wrong school. His skill set and CPJ’s offense are not a good match, that’s all. He should have gone to a school where they are going to pass the ball more than 10 times per game.

I am amazed at how most think no one has a chance against AL or LSU but AL or LSU. Hopefully the Dawgs win the east. I am more interested in that than I am in beating the Gators in any year. In this particular year, I would love to see how AL or LSU would do against our defense as neither of them throw the ball very well. I think it would be a heck of a game defensively. Slow Richardson and AL is limited offensively. LSU has nore weapons on offense than AL and I think they win in 2 weeks barring turnovers. Vandy usually plays us tough so our defense has not regressed. IF we beat the Gators and IF we beat Auburn then the West is not a shoo-in for the conference championship.

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Gravy Train:

“If you ever want to see a combination of ignorance and self serving drivel see H Talker. Dawg Nation refuses to be defined by the rants of the fringe minority.”

You’re right, apparently we’re defined by retards such as yourself who are content with mediocrity. Richt hasn’t had a win of substance in THREE YEARS. Beating 5 worthless teams in a row matters not unless you want us to be Ole Miss, which apparently you do. Dawg Nation doesn’t need idiots like you who champion mediocrity.

FIRE MARK RICHT!!!

HT

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Mark~
You can’t say usually wins this game when UGA holds the all-time lead in the series and in Jax. You can say lately, but not usually. It’s like UF fans that think football started in 1991, it didn’t. UGA is more talented and should win the game. If they don’t Richt needs to go and we should start from scratch.

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Talk is cheap. You cant hide behind keyboards on the field. Georgia has a more realistic chance of going 10-2 than the honey bees. And even real nerds cant argue that logic! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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Mark, if Richt negotiates his “tripwire” game, it’ll be because Florida is having a down year. I want UGA to be able to beat Florida when they are having one of their usually good years. If everyone feels great about Richt if he beats UF this year……they are celebrating a hollow victory. I want Richt to be able to beat UF at their best!

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Agreed War Dang Dawg. HT- a “real” fan wants his team to win no matter what. Losing is losing and winning is winning. Instead you want your team to lose so Richt gets fired. The grass is not always greener my friend, ask any fan of UT.

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Mark,

You are so INTELLIGENT and WISE, it is ridiculous. You sir, by far, have to be the best sportswriter in the country. You deserve a raise. GO DAWGS!!!!

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unofficial editor’s note: Paul Johnson did not win the ACC in year two.

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KBP:

We had a 3 TD lead and blew it. All we had to do was get off a dang punt, and we couldn’t do it – the blocker came in untouched. Then afterwards, more fisticuffs. Then trash talking to VANDY. Do you think a Saban-coached team would act like that? If you don’t see continued problems here, you’re being duped by the record against cupcakes.

HT

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HT- Most fans are still in the wait and see category. On the UT comment you made, your’e not always going to hire the right guy every time. Sadly, AD is going to make an expensive misfire. See Lane Kiffen

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HT- Would you fire Richt if he ran the table and into the SEC Championship game and narrowly lost to LSU or UA? Just a question, I value your opinion

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MB,
How many games did you predict GT to win this season?

At the end of the season, GT will probably have 8 wins. Which is more than the experts predicted. Will the season seem like a disapointment? Of course it will, until next season…

And thus is the nature of college football. The “experts” are usually wrong and every team is undefeated in the preseason.

I do love how you can sugar-coat UGA’s win against Vandy! That team is going to screw up and win enough games for St. Richt to keep his job.

Also, good thing you got this published this week. I have a feeling that after Saturday, Richt will be right back in the hot seat.

BTW, anyone else notice how fat Richt is? Good grief, in that Ford commercial he waddles! At least he still has his membership at California Tans – his lovely golden hues keep everyone from noticiing how fat he is.

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When UGA starts playing #1 LSU… #2 ALA #5 Clemson..#7 ARK.. #10 South Carolina (which they lost) then you will see how good they really are…Check AUBURN schedule these are the teams they have to play…

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I said 2 weeks ago that not only were we NOT the 12th best team in the country, but not even in the top 25. We simply don’t have the talent to overcome mistakes and a less than stellar effort. I hope the players get it together and win at least 2 of the last 5 games (including a possible bowl game). But right now Clemson and UGA are on a roll, VPI is looking good, and I’m really concerned about us being able to beat Duke. I certainly hope I’m wrong.

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We will kick some Gator tail this year, believe it! Sic em’ woof woof woof time for the BIG DAWG to eat them some gator bait

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HT – I’m not quite sure you are using the right fallacy of composition. Actually, I’m not entirely sure he is stating a fallacy. It seems more likely that UT is not be making a valid statement.

But I agree with just about everything else you said.

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Herschel Talker is not a dawg fan.

Don’t you guys realize he is a thinly veiled Tech fan who pretends to be a Georgia fan so he can play his game.

Just ignore him. The other thing worse than a fool is the other fool who listens.

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UGA rights itself????????????????/ Give me a friggin break. UGA has not beaten a ranked opponent in lord knows how long! And how long has it been since they’ve beaten any team with a winning record?

Boneheads yapping about how great UGA is are truly small minded useful idiots!

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Herschel Talker,

You need to stick to talking about something you actually know something about like Band or possibly knitting…We all know you never played football and are a 130 pound weakling.

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I’ve won 100 games and my headset is sponsored by “Birdtell Wireless” so there

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dan, you talking about our coach’s weight?!?

Dang son, I don’t defend Richt much, but don’t look at a close-up of PJ, on HDTV!

Turkey-neck, with, what, about c-cup man-boobs?

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Awesome, now that Bark is off the band wagon Tech has a chance to turn things back around.

Interestingly, as Bark points out, UGA’s recovery is largely a function of schedule also. Based on Sagarin ratings, UGA hasn’t beat anyone higher than 42 (Tenn), basically the same as GT who hasn’t beat anyone over 41 (UNC). GT does have the worst loss (74 UVA). I guess we’ll see this weekend if UGA has really made any progress when they play #27 Florida (although Florida is going the wrong direction and we might find out in the next few weeks that is not much of a test either).

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UGA has won.

3 out of its last 4 against Alabama
3 out of its last 4 against LSU
6 out of the last 10 against Auburn
9 out of the last 10 against Tech
7 out of the last 10 against South Carolina
3 out of the last 4 against Tennessee.

Its time to start taking care of Florida. We have proven we can beat the rest.

Life is good dawg fans.

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This may be the worst fla team in 20 years—GA should be able to beat them easy and win the SEC east!!! Fla’s offense may not even score with all of GA’s starters back. Ga 33 Fla 3 Gators get blasted!!!!

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Mark,

Richt didn’t beat a ranked team in 2010 or 2011, there’s been no improvement there, at all. He has beaten the bad teams both seasons, is that reason enough to keep him?

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McGarity needs to demand that this game by moved to atlanta or home and home. Fla has all the advantages and a short bus ride to jacksonville. Ga has to take a bus to atlanta, then a plane to jacksonville then another bus ride to the hotel. Plus, fla always has more fans at the game. I’m tired of playing fla when they have all the advantages. Move the game in 2012 to Atlanta!

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Georgia loses were against ranked team, so how can they stick their chest out, if the gators had this schedule we would have the same record as Georgia, I mean who did these guy pay to dodge Ala, LSU, Ark.
I hope this overated team go to the SEC championship and play the big boys and watched them get stomped by LSU or Ala.

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Should Richt be blamed if there are no more ranked teams on the schedule? Why not just lose the rest of the games and wait until next year to win when there maybe ranked teams on the schedule since beating ranked teams is the ultimate goal, not beating whomever is on the schedule and winning the East and playing for the SEC title. Is Auburn ranked?

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Come on Headley, what you are leaving out are our most current records vs those teams.

Blowout loss to Bama in Athens.
Loss to LSU in Athens.
Blowout loss to Auburn.
We beat Tech. Whoo hoo!
2 losses in a row to South Carolina.
A nasty loss to UT when we had our last “Dream Team” that kept us out of the SECCG.

Hey I appreciate the 100+ wins by Richt, but those wins aren’t coming against good teams anymore.

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I mean who did these guy pay to dodge Ala, LSU, Ark.

We play those teams most years.

And beat them.

3 of last 4 against Bama
3 of last 4 against LSU

Whats your point?

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GTBob, man you used to offer objective debate about our team. Now it seems you just like to insult.

That’s too bad . . .

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UGA’s coaching is sub-par and will never beat the class of the sec……………. When will folks wake up to this vanilla play calling and passive coaching……..How long do you give them??????????????? Would Coach Saban and Miles put up with this??????? NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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As a true Georgia fan and staunch supporter of Richt I am very hopful that the Bulldogs finish strong. The results of the first half of the season have been good enough to get them into position have a fine season. The second half should be exciting. A 10-2 or 9-3 finish probably won’t shut the negative idiots up. Regardless it will give Richt the opportunity to come back again next year and get UGA Football back to the kind of National Prominence that the real fans were used to. Hopefully that will mean a National Championship in the near future and most certainly an SEC Championship or two with this current freshman class.

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Headley,

AL, LSU, Auburn have all won National Championships in the last 6 years.

Tech has played for a conference Championship and won it.

UGA and the orange ceo???? ehhh, not so much!

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oops, I left out florida. lower caps on purpose

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Yeah cause we all know that vandy miss st miss tenn and coastal carolina are top 50 teams. bwahaha. both teams suck.open your eyes.
look what bama did to vandy.

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I use the ajc newspaper for cleaning the windows of my red f-150. The ajc is about as predictable as birds flying south in the winter. Schultz lost all accountability when he wrote that wren, another bird, was executive of the year after last season. I’ll listen to bradley when he can actually predict a game correctly.

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If Georgia would have had an any two game combination of LSU, ARK, or ALA instead of MISS and MISS ST, Mark Richt would have been fired.

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Not trying to start a argument but most schools would love to have a coach who has won 100 games in his 11th season. Richt is in the top ten in winning pct. He has not wond a NC but not many coaches have. One thing that bothers me about him is that he should have stood up to Coach Franklin. We do not know what was said on the phone the next day but he should have told Franklin he would talk to his coach and Grantham and get back to him. I was at the game and the Vandy players were talking trash the whole game and unfortunately some of our players were giving it back to them. The only thing that matters is the final score. Talk is cheap. Every thing runs in
cycles and right now the Dawgs are young and inconsistant. One game at a time. Learn from mistakes and get better with practice. Lets play the Gators and see what happens? I do think that Richt needs to run the table to keep his job. Something tells me McGarity would like his own guy. Paul Johnson is not going anywhere not just yet. It has been many many years since Tech has put back to back good seasons together (10 wins or more). He will get at least two more years. If he does not beat the Dawgs then he will go. A good question is who would Tech get to replace him? I think most Tech fans would love to say they have a coach in his 11th season that has won 100 games. For the Tech fan that said Clemson is the number one team in the country. Have you watched Ala or LSU play? Tech or UGA has not played a tough schedule. But lets face it, schedules are made years in advance and who knew all these teams would be bad? Many years UGA has played a killer schedule. This just happens to be a down year and lets hope we can take advantage of it. Three of the next four teams will not be easy. Go Dawgs and see you in Jacksonville.

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We (Dawgs) might have a coach on the way out; however, a one-dimentional offense and no defense is not a formular for success. Doesn’t take teams long to figure out a CPJ team. And, I think we’ll beat UF by 21 points.

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bob tech’s defense isn’t all that bad recently. i wouldn’t talk smack when you gave up 28 to vandy and it well coulda been 35+
i would like to take the points and florida please. i will even make it 18. what do ya say bob. $500?

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@Gravy Train…you called Johnson some unflattering names and then called him a “mountain man”. That, Sir, is an insult to many mountain men.

Johnson is a perfectionist and expects excellence and seldom gives encouraging words when things are normal. However, when his own players make a mistake or do something not according to his plan, he “talks” to them. It is not a requirement to me a mountain man to be mean/gruff/outspoken/disrespecting.

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Bring out Vad Lee! Tech must have a good pssing game to make the triple option work.

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Good article Mark, I would like to hear CPJ respond…

GTMan – I agree with you, you call it straight and we should listen, let’s not sugar coat it. Love the man or hate him, his teams play reflect his coaching.

To all Hatfields and McCoys – Guys, honestly, so many bad Sportsmen on here, when you call names is that revenge for getting multiple wedgies in middle school or being picked last for kickball or what? Seriously, let’s talk about football, the juvenile stuff just proves your trailer park has cable/internet…And I don’t just mean Dawgs either. I respect UGA and their program, give us the same and let’s all try that for a little while.

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I think both are probably middle of the road in their respective conferences, that’s pretty much it.

Our schedule was front loaded, theirs is backloaded.

We are extremely lucky we avoided LSU, Bama, and Arkansas this year…just the luck of the draw.

I will say that Tech’s special teams are flat out awful, and most of the reason they lost that Miami game….just awful.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS! SIC ‘EM!

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Good column, Mark. Tech is on a downward glide path and georgia is is at least straight and level.
I supported the Johnson hire and he needs another year or two but I fear he is going to be a failure.

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The back up qb is the best player on the team! The next coach to come in is the best coach in the world! Bla bla bla!

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One thing is certain. All of the problems were caused by the previous coach.

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Mark should have just said that both teams suck. That would have been quick an to the point.

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UGA rights itself? UGA has beaten only ONE SEC team with an SEC win, that being Vanderbilt (ver Ole Miss). Miss State, Ole Miss and Tennessee have zero SEC wins. Now am I being critical of Georgia? No, the schedule is being played out. However, if Georgia doesn’t win this game Satuday by at least a touchdown, I can steadfastly say that Georgia has NOT improved enough from 2010 to say they have “righted” the ship.

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Tech could win. If they do, it will be huge – maybe bigger than beating Georgia. I don’t know if Georgia has had a team as good as the 2011 Clemson team in quite a while.

What some folks don’t understand about CFB these days is that the difference between the very best elite teams and the rest of the pack is only a few percentage points. The worst FBS school has talented athletes and qualified coaches. Play a point or two over your head and catch a better team on an off day and an upset will occur. They happen all the time.

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who is jan kenp ? uga iz horrible will loze at fla people stop drinkn da kool aid ….any way whoever goes iz a sacrific to da west there iz ala and lsu and da rest of da sec fire mark richt

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beer iz better cold and you need alot of it to watch both these lozers [ tech and uga ]

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Georgia isn’t either.

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Well Tech loyalists, welcome back to the world of football irrelevance. You have to wonder. CPJ had a decent run with Chan Gailey recruits. Now four years into his term, he is playing with his guys and guess what, they can’t get it done. Blocking five on four and we still can’t turn the perimeter. The kicking game and the special teams are beyond a joke. As Mark Bradley says, we are not in the arena of farce. I know this is ancient history for most of you, but Bobby Ross was able to get real players to come to Tech. What the heck has changed? I can’t blame the Dawg nation for gloating, but d— this is getting old real fast.

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When things are going well, there’re usually not as good as they seem. When things are going bad, they’re usually not as bad as they seem.

To that end, I say Tech, while beyond bad the past few weeks, is still capable. What I can’t figure out is: capable of what exactly?

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Mark, I don’t disagree with a thing you said about Tech, but how is UGA “righting” themselves, when, as you pointed out, their victories have come against teams with an aggregate record of 1-15? Did you really see anything in those games that would suggest that the dawgs are any better than they were the first 2 weeks of September? I didn’t. Hell, they gave up more yards and points to a pretty poor Vandy team, than any other team Vandy has played this year.

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Let’s break down the next 5 games.

Florida- LOSS
New Mexico State- win
Auburn- LOSS
Kentucky- win
Ga Tech- LOSS

Richt finishes 7-5. Goes to the Shreveport Bowl again.

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Trent, if I remember right, those are 5 wins against teams not only without an SEC win, but with losing records. Big Whoop !!!

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Lets say for arguments sake that GA beat FL this week. Are the naysayers going to say well FL is having a down year? If FL beats GA then they say I told ya so. You play your schedule. If you beat a team that is down then so be it. Tech played some really weak teams early on and plays Clemson, VA Tech and Ga down the road. Never judge a book by its color.

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All the SEC teams Richt beat, did have losing records, and will finish with losing records. Coastal Carolina does have a 4-3 record, big wins over Catawba & North Carolina A & M.

Florida, Auburn & Ga Tech have winning records, and will finish with winning records. They are the type of team Richt hasn’t beat since 2009.

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Is it wrong that I married my sister?
I think not. I’m a dawg fan.

Is it wrong that our 4 cross-eyed children wear dirty diapers and are covered in flies?
Not when the tickets are on the 50 yard-line. I’m dawg fan.

Is it strange that all of my FaceBook friends are ex-cons?
Certainly not. I’m a dawg fan.

Every morning, as I brush my tooth, I look in the mirror and see a dawg fan.
Then, I contemplate suicide.

Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!

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No more talk about what and It’s time to club the gators,No more excuses for Richt.

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I’m sorry SUPER SIZE
We are all out of spots in the top 25! Next window please!

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If Tech didn’t deserve to be ranked after our weak opening schedule, then why the hell does UGA deserve to be ranked now, since they haven’t beat anybody? At least Tech did beat one ranked team in the early going—-UNC was 25 when Tech was 24. The mutts haven’t even beaten any team with a winning record.

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Brantley will probably dress for the game. Whether he plays probably comes down to a game day decision, but I wouldn’t expect him to play the entire game.

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Let’s talk about UGA!
October 24th, 2011
8:39 pm

And you are a tech fan……nuff said.

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KBP:

Yes, Saban blew a 24 point lead (or whatever it was), but that was ONE TIME. Richt’s first time getting monkeyhammered like that was against WVU in the Sugar Bowl after the ‘05 season. We weren’t calling for his head then because it was only once. It has since become a trend.

HT

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Hamburger, based on that logic, Tech should still be ranked because we have Clemson this week. Afraid that doesn’t fly

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My Dawgs usually becomes bumbling fools and misfits every time they step on that grass in Jacksonville. Lose to this sorry Gator bunch, and I won’t know what to think. Evening suprsize.

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Herschel Talker

Alabama lost by one point in Saban’s big “blowout” loss, didn’t they? To Auburn – 2010 BCS Champions. That was a bad loss. So was the loss to Utah – in spite of the fact that they were undefeated in 2008.

Those were bad losses. I’m sure that Coach Saban is disappointed.

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Yeah, but no one beat us in 80…..ND was twice the size as our players….they were well coached….we were just the better team that year….. the Dawgs had heart that year…..

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Tech was among the “also receiving votes”. Look, you lost two in a row that you weren’t supposed to lose.

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The hot seat……so did just about every other team you played that year……INCLUDING a HIGHLY OVERRATED Notre Dame team.

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JB, he really didn’t know you personally; he has just met you professionally, buying stuff.

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Supersize…You guys looked awful Saturday. I just watched some of it on CSS tonight. Washington is getting worse by the game….

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Dang Supersize….I’ve posted 3 times to you and they were all blocked. Guess they don’t want civil Dawg/Jacket chatter.

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hot seat…. I wasn’t aware we were talking about this year. You brought up 1980, and I simply reminded you that Notre Dame was not a worthy opponent, since they had had to come from behind to beat a pretty bad Tech team that, if I remember right, had only one won game that year.

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@ drive threw——RIIIIIGHT !! LOL

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Mark, at this point in the season, GT is exactly where you predicted they would be. I’m trying to find the big story here. Is it that you yourself got caught up in the Jackets start and didn’t stay objective yourself? You were the one that was singing CPJ’s praises. I guess it was an attempt by you to hold the program higher than it deserved so you could then tear it down when things unraveled. Quit overreacting.

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Supersize that order, mutt
October 24th, 2011
9:26 pm

Sorry to have confused you.

You were saying none of UGA’s opponents in 1980 were any good. I was merely giving you the benefit of the doubt regarding the quality of our opponents. We beat them. Tech has played lousy teams all season and lost their last two.

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hot seat, UGA has played two good teams all year and lost to both of them. So what’s your point?

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1. Bama beats LSU, but LSU looks very respectable in the loss

2. Boise St. stays undefeated

3. Both Bama and LSU win out after their game

4. It’s Bama vs. Boise in BCS Champ Game, and Bama wins by, oh….say, about 65-0

5. After the dust settles, NO MORE BCS – yipee!

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The Georgia season is all about boise,Sc,Fla,AU and Tech. The rest is like making sausage, just filler. We flunked the first two test. We have three left.

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JB, for what it’s worth, I think the dawgs will beat Florida and lose to Auburn

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Having Ogltree and Washington back on D will be huge, for talent and depth.

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Dawg48
October 24th, 2011
9:34 pm

Someone was griping about Richt and how UGA never dominated teams anymore like the used to. I was merely pointing out our NC team didn’t “dominate” good teams back then.

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Against Tech, I think we will play a 3-5-3 and stop the run, leaving few options for you guys.

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Supersize that order, mutt
October 24th, 2011
9:40 pm

Yep.

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JB, at any other time, I would say you would never stop the run. But Tech hasn’t had much of a running game since the first half of the NC State game. I don’t know what’s happened, but mainly it’s uncertainly or fear by the QB and a weak O-line

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Auburn looks like they have gotten worse the last few weeks, but I think LSU would give Green Bay a good game.

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mark i told you before and i’ll tell you again. don’t ever say anything positive about UGA. you are worse than the sports illustrated cover jinx.

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Greatest line I’ve heard on College Game Day was that Alabama and LSU are the class of the West…..SEC, AFC or NFC.

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have a good one, JB

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The biggest change that CMR needs to make is to stop recruiting the low-class illiterates and thugs who he seems to think will win for him and keep his oversized paychecks coming in. People like Marcus Dowtin, A.J. Green, Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, Cornelius Washington, and others too numerous to mention are not team players, they’re “me first” jerks who don’t give a rip about anyone else.

It’s sickening to see goons like these representing the state’s flagship university.

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“We gonna beat ‘dem dawgs like we allways do! I hadn’t forgot ’bout ‘dem dancing on us. I didn’t play, but it still piss me off! I I’m da best back in the land, way betta than dat Richason guy. Go Gatas!!!!

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I thought we was betta than Bama an’ LSU…

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Who likes short jorts, I like short jorts!!

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Oh and Auburn sucks! Hahahahaha!!!

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George Stein- UGA may not be playing the best of competition here lately, but I’d hardly say GT started losing bc they’ve been playing better teams lately…unless you consider VA & Miami to be good teams, but the last time I checked they weren’t. At least UGA is beating who they’re supposed to, which is better than they did last yr., & better than Tech has done in their last 2 games as well.

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UGA is much improved from 2010, especially on defense. They appear to have a more aggressive attitude and better team cohesion. I attribute a good bit of this to Grantham. While we have no excuse to lose to UF this year, I’ll believe it when the clock expires and we’ve got one more point than the Gators.

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SUPERSIZE….been wondering where you were hiding! Too ashamed to show that face after getting arse whipped 2 weeks in a row. I want you on here after the GT UGA game this year. This is shaping up to be a real beat down! I see you have reverted to attacking UGA’s schedule because the GT product that CPJ puts on the field is so pitiful….Tech sucks and you are a sissy…see you in November.

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I don’t think Georgia is “daunted” by Johnson’s 1-3 record against them.

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talk up Inbredville all you want but no matter how horrible Florida is playing this year, they will still beat ugag

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The Acc is a joke.

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Truth is, Tech might not have a single win if they had UGAs schedule

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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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That noise you hear is the sound of Tech fans bailing out of the bandwagon. Oh, St. Simons, where are you brother?

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All Saints or other Nerd: I thought Gtu was on probation for playing ineligible players AGAIN. You all cheat so much I can’t keep up. Anyway from what I recall you had an ACC title vacated and with the other vacated wins against UGA you haven’t beaten us in 20+ years. My favorite play was when Reggie Ball was going to go for it on 5th down.

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No 1 cares about Georgia tek. They are on NCAA PROBATION in FOOTBALL back-to-back repeat offenders. They have recruited the # 51 average recruiting class every single year under Paul Johnson, downtown in a city of 6 million with but 2 other states over the period who generate more top recruits. It’s sad. And, what is even more sad is that the ACC Chumpionship you list has been stripped from them. And, if Mark Richt is on the hotseat and Paul Johnson not, with Georgia tek having not won a Major Bowl game since 1955 – it is the fault of the Georgia tek fans, both of them.

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I learn something new on the blog everyday. Today I learned Tech has a bandwagon I bet not a very big one judging on the home field crowds uh crowd uh gathering uh group uh trio at grant field

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Tech needs to take recruiting seriously and I do not see any eveidence that it has.

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UGA deserves credit for righting the ship. A win over UF would be huge, even if they are favored. I think they have a block about the Gators, so any win would be a really big one.

Tech is in the tank. I really can’t think of anything to say about them that is good. Coaching sucks. QB sucks. Defense sucks. Special teams sucks.

You know, the popular wisdom is that Tech players are at least smarter. That has been around all my life and I am not a young man anymore. I am a Tech grad, so i know something about it. Year after year, I see them play stupid. Like the way they handle punts. Is there no one on that team who can fair catch a punt? How about just get away from it when the game is yours and a fumble would kill you? Tech plays stupid. Stupid coaching, stupid decisions on the field. Someone earlier mentioned Dodd. Well, Dodd teams played smart. They were over-conservative, but they did not make mental errors very often, and they played great defense.

Somebody also said that TW is PJ’s Reggie Ball and that seems like a good analogy. Ball was awful and it was unexplainable why Gailey kept playing him. Same for TW. I don’t get it. Just like dumbass Fredi Gonzalez continuing to start Derek Lowe when any fool could see that he didn’t have it.

Also, a lot of UGA people are always on Tech about not selling out. They are right of course. The reason is that year after year they do not put the product out there that people care to buy. Back in the day, Tech was huge in Atlanta. Everyone was interested. Now it is an afterthought. I sure don’t spend my time and money down there, sponsoring ineptitude.

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And, why should you ? They lose. They don’t graduate. No 1 else is at the games. You blew up half the stadium to make it seem more full. You haven’t won a major bowl game since 1955. Your recruiting rank is # 51 in the nation every single year. And, your fans are notorious for your bottle throwing, bad sportsmanship and spending all your time on the UGA blogs telling us how bad we are. Neither team is any good.

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heeldawg
October 25th, 2011
4:27 am

“Bradley changes the direction of his opinion like the wind. Earlier this season, after the South Carolina game, Bradley was reading the epitaph for the Richt era and was proclaiming the dawning of the Age of the Jacket. Now, he’s gone the opposite direction.”

That’s called reporting. Mark Bradley has no supernatural powers to predestine the home teams’ wins and losses. He just calls it as he sees it – and it’s not his fault that his readers don’t like what he writes.

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Mark, your trajectories are correct. Paul Johnson is beginning to be on his way out. Run all you want, GT, but without a decent QB his 3 card monte running attack can be diagnosed by a good DC. Coach Richt was in a similar situation as he is finally coming out of a 2 year quarterback worm hole. UGA hasn’t been anything offensively since Stafford left early for the NFL. Cox was ineffective and althought Aaron overachieved as a freshman (and he had A.J. for 8 games), he still made freshman QB mistakes. To begin this year the Boise game may have made his eyes big, but Aaron righted the ship against USC (in a loss that can be attributed to Special Teams) and is on his way to being an elite SEC quarterback. Tech needs a consistent signal caller or Johnson will get more and more heat.

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I don’t see that UGA has improved that much. While not terrible they are far from a NC championship contender which is what is ALWAYS expected by the BULLDAWG NATION. Sad state of affairs in Athens.

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Last year’s debacle for Tech was a function of losing 4 of your 5 best players (Thomas, Morgan, Dwyer, Burnett) to the NFL early, and then losing your last one (Nesbitt) to injury. This year was always going to be a rebuilding year, it’s the way the team is built. Tevin is not an option QB. Sims is still transitioning. Stephen Hill is much improved and Orwin Smith is a beast. The future is very bright for this team.

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If the team can’t put points on the board in the second half?
“Conservative Play Calling”

If the team wins games against 5 unranked teams with only 1 SEC victory among them in spite of a lack of offensive production?
“This Defense is Awesome!”

If the team loses (again) to the hapless Florida Gators?
“Location, Location, Location”

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CPJ is too danged stubborn and will not changed his precious running offense. CPJ talking to QB recruit. I don’t care how many TD passes you threw. Can you run and block for my RBs. Wide receivers. I don’t care how fast or how many yards and TDs you have. Can you block for my RBs. Yeah passing QBs and WRs are going to GT

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Dog Smell, Virginia lost to Duke…..you aren’t very smart are you?

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DAWGs have improved because they are beating teams this year who they lost to last year. ONLY two losses so far this year, I’m happy even if the wins were over all 2a schools

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If the team’s record is exactly equal to that of the hated cross-state rival?

Hey! It’s Only Football

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Dog Smell Deoderant – and Virginia is still better than your dogs!

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Wins against second and third tier competition is not something the Dawgs should really gloat about. The Yellow Jackets vaunted advanced wing-t offense and super weak defense has been brought down to reality, yet again.

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Bottom line is, the jackets and dogs suck.

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Just ignore the HS “my daddy can beat your daddy” stuff gents, from both sides. Heck you can’t tell if they’re really Tech fans or Dawg fans anyway just Trolls…let’s talk football.

Bradley reports on the events man, of course he changes direction based on results that’s the nature of his job.

UGA is answering the mail, beating who they should although there’s still something wrong that’s stopping them from stepping up to the LSU, ‘Bama level. Not a criticism, just an observation. They are a better team than Tech at the moment, better athletes, well coached. It’s interesting though that every year Tech gets a lot of yardage and is in position to win the UGA game so maybe we’re not all that far apart.

At the moment Tech is under-achieving; we look bad beating poor teams, and we look awful losing to bad teams – honestly, Miami and UVA? I’ve never seen a team go backwards talent-wise so fast, we have no quality linemen on either side of the ball. I know we’re young but still, where are the athletes? Recruiting is broken at the moment, bring back Giff Smith!

Don’t blame the offensive system, that’s wrong. Figured it out? Seriously, DC’s work to “Figure it out” whatever system “it” is – every week against every school – when the Triple option is executed properly it is not stopped. BUT you have to win blocks at the point of attack, block the edge and read the keys correctly, in a word EXECUTE. You have to have athletes who can execute and we do not have many on this team.

Lifelong GT fan BUT Duke beats us this year. Something needs to change so come on CPJ!!

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not to worry – uga will manage to lose a few more

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Some numbers to think about.

GT opponent overall combined record: 24-32 opponent win % 42.9
GT opponent combined record through 6 games: 16-26 GT: 6-0 opponent win % 38.1
GT opponent combined record last 2 weeks: 8-6 GT: 0-2 opponent win % 57.1

UGA opponent overall combined record: 29-20 opponent win % 59.2
UGA opponent combined record last 5 weeks: 16-19 UGA 5-0 opponent win % 45.7
UGA opponent combined record first 2 weeks: 13-1 UGA 0-2 opponent win % 92.9

Overall analysis:
Both teams wins came against opponents with combined sub .500 records, but UGA’s have been slightly better.
GT’s losses have come against two teams with just above .500 combined record (8-6), while UGA’s two losses game against teams with a combine record of 13-1.

While both teams body of work, both wins and losses, are not impressive, UGA’s is slightly better. Maybe this can be broken down further but numbers do not lie.

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Dawgs lose as usual. Believe Muschamp will probably do a honeybadger on choakdawg and simply eat him.

Florida 33 Dawgs 6

And does it really matter. I will beat either team by 50.

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Florida will win and dog fans will make excuses. Ref’s, Bobo etc,,,

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not an old fart – Jan Kemp turned in the University for being asked to pass football players who never attended class. As far as living in the past , is that not all georgia has ? 1980 and Hershel Walker and you “Homers” will never let that go. All you have is a 1 year history of 30 years ago.

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Im not a Tech guy. A question was asked and I answered. Now go ahead and give us all georgias record against the SEC east ?

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Richt owns Techs a$$. Talk all you want nerds.

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How does Tech freshman class of 2012 looking?

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oops

How does Tech’s freshman class of 2012 look?

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Waffe House execs are not happy with CPJ. He is not so smart apparently and after the Clemson drubbing, HE WILL be on the hotseat.

CPJ’s funky wishbone option is being CONSISTENTLY EXPOSED now with athletic defensive squads. His lone decent win vs a good UGA was a fluke. The ACC beyond two or three schools does not ( I repeat ) does not field athletic D teams. Period. See Duke.

UGA laid down in that 08 GT game. Since then, GT has not won anything of worth. Stomped in the Urange Bowl ( like the 67 team was ) and beyond the Urange year ……………..what has Turkey Jowels won?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

GT …………………. TWO major bowls over like 44 years ……………. 67 Urange and 09 Urange with two horrific losses. Iowa was a bunch of corn fed, SLOW German boys to make it worse.

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Jan Kemp was a deeply disturbed woman who led a life to which no rational human being would aspire. Consider: two suicide attempts, once by pills and once by stabbing herself multiple times in the chest with a butcher knife. She spent stretches in psychiatric wards and went to jail for almost a year for contempt of court. The rumors out there are much, much worse. But really, you don’t need to get into any of the rumor and innuendo to conclude that this woman had serious problems. Actually, given the climate in Athens in the early 80s, you’d have to be crazy to call out UGA on academic preferences for football players. That may be proof enough right there that she was nuts.

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Top five Recruiting Class 7 year and a row. We dont rebuild we reload…..LMAO…

Some body please fire the great under achiever CMRBOZORICHT

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Don’t accuse DAWG Fans of living in the past while your Dumb A– is bringing up Jan Kemp. Are you Not smart enough to come up with anything better

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Tech’s implosion comes right on queue! They’re going to lose the next three games. LOL!!!

Reggie Ball recently asked coach Johnson if he knew how many downs were in an offensive series and Tech’s High School coach replied “3?”.

Reggie Ball then asked, “How many games has Tech forfeited over the last 10 years due to NCAA violations?” Jan Kemp answered by saying, “A lot more than UGA!”

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UGA righted itself?

How? Beating up on 5 cupcakes without a single SEC win combined?

Losing, going 0-2, against both ranekd teams?

Richt is winless against ranekd teams sicne 2009.

Righted the ship? Try SUNK THE SHIP.

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Clemson is 0-3
in the last three visits to Bobby Dodd Stadium.

— Go Jackets —

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Cant see any star on the horizon with CPJ unability to recruit, and his lack of concern for special teams.

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lol…inability*

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I say all we gotta do is not get psyched out, give ‘em a taste of the Junkyard Dawg defense, steel ourselves, and go down there and kick some Gator effin’ a$$! We gotta nuke ‘em and we gotta nuke ‘em now! We have to KILL KILL KILL!!!

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You’re right Badly. Georgia Tech will stay with this washed up DIV-2 coach until he runs the program in the ground. Maybe, after that the higher up’s at Tech will consider getting a much better coach that this bull headed idiot.

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Name on ACC team of any worth in the last say …………20+ years. Hmmmm?

That says it all. Clemoson on it all in 81 or 82. When Miami and FSU were good, they were not ACC teams When they joined the ACC ………………..look what happened. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHHAHAH, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHA

ACC is now and will aways be a joke. Look at how GT longs to be in the SEC and it will never, ever happen.

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Patience grasshopper………no celebrating until after a win (potential) in J’ville……….That place has been our own little “personal corner of hell” as of late………

On a lighter side, I for one hope Tech keeps CPJ around for awhile. Should they get rid of him, Tech might somehow luck up and get a real coach……………….

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Hey Mark, where’s your annual “UGA will beat UF THIS year” column? Or should we wait until you write the “UGA will win it all” column in June?? Lol! Learn something about college football – PLEASE!!

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Hey Laron… It looks good putting it up against # 5 ranked unbeaten teams too..
Dawg wouldn’t know though would they??

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