Live from Tech-UGA: Dogs are doomed (because I pick them)
Just for the record: I also picked Georgia back in 2008. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
I’ve seen Georgia Tech play five times in person; I’ve seen Georgia six times. Of the teams’ five losses, I’ve covered them all. (Which I guess makes me bad luck. But you knew that already.) I’m not claiming this season’s worth of close observation makes me an expert — you all know better, don’t you? — but it does render me duty-bound to offer this:
I wouldn’t be shocked if Tech wins today. But I would be surprised.
The two best units in this game — Tech’s offense and Georgia’s defense — will deploy against one another. I don’t think Georgia’s D will shut down Paul Johnson’s O, but I don’t see Tech gaining 500 yards again. Say Tech gets 20 points. Will that be enough to win?
Don’t think so. Georgia’s offense isn’t the smoothest-running assemblage, but I don’t see Tech’s defense holding the Bulldogs under 20 points. (Even though Kentucky just did.) If the Bulldogs can find a tailback — a big “if,” I’ll concede — they should be able to keep the ball and keep Johnson’s offense off the field long enough to matter.
Then again, I’m often wrong. But let me note that I picked Georgia to go 10-2 and Tech to finish 8-4 … and both things would happen if the Bulldogs win. I’m saying they will. But maybe you disagree.
And that, as luck would have it, is why we have these live chats. Feel free to disagree. Or agree. Or abstain. I’ll be here until one team or the other actually wins, and I welcome your company. But let me also say this: I’m not inclined to let extraneous issues derail this exercise. So let’s try to keep this installment of Old-Fashioned Hate somewhat clean, OK?
As ever, I thank you in advance.
By Mark Bradley
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tardawg
November 26th, 2011
3:50 pm
Let me state again Dawgs D gave up less yards against GT triple option than Bama did against Ga Southern
Pete
November 26th, 2011
3:50 pm
14 GT, you ran your mouth about saying things to my face. OK Great. Do you think I am going to punch an old man with a heart condition? Not at all. It just ticks me off when people talk about getting in someone’s face on a forum. I gave my email to you. I wanted you to know what I do for a living the next time you feel like you want to get ins someone’s face.
Eaassyy
November 26th, 2011
3:50 pm
10 of 11. Supersize that.
Too much talent and size for Tech to keep it competitive.
Go cry on Ken’s blog tekmites
UGAGIRL
November 26th, 2011
3:50 pm
I LOVE PAUL JOHNSON . . . Go to work at Walmart . . . might have better success against the dawgs!!!!
tell me again
November 26th, 2011
3:50 pm
Tech had a good year – they had a couple of good wins – good for them – I hope they send their seniors out with a bowl win…………..as for the Dawgs – winning 10 in a row is not easy in any conference – just ask Boise State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Nebraska! These Dawgs can hunt! And we did it for most of the year wothout a running game we could count on from week to week! As for all of this negative talk about our defense and how they have not played anybody – how about Auburn – the # 2 rushing team in the SEC – shut down and now the “most potent” running game in the country” as the talking heads are always describing it – 79 yards in the seconmd half when they had to have it????? This defense can hold its own – GO DAWGS!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 26th, 2011
3:51 pm
I’m going to find all your smart a$$es and then we’ll see who’s laughing. If you’re in town to see LSU smackdown your bullpups, we can have a chat about this downtown. I won’t tell anyone that you peed your pants.
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
3:51 pm
well maybe one parting shot at the nerds who stadium is the “joke @ the coke”……….
our coach is 10-1 against your sorry team ……. your cheerleaders are dawg ugly….. the option doesnt work in big boy sec college play…….. your team couldnt whip its way out of a wet paper sack…. and yes, Paul Johnson does look like a turkey (too bad this game isnt played on thanksgiving, he would fit right in)
Dawgs win (again, and again, and again)…….see if you slide rule nerds can remember this….. your next annual spanking will be in Athens next November…… see ya there…. nerds!
31-17…..31-17…… my my how low has tech fallen…… whahahahahahahahahahahaha….. choke on it
Larry Ware
November 26th, 2011
3:51 pm
Paul Johnson = Mark Richt’s B*&TCH!!!!! (3-1)
Reggie Ball
November 26th, 2011
3:51 pm
Poor St. Simons. Forced into hiding for yet another year.
Supersized Punk
November 26th, 2011
3:52 pm
You’re actually challenging people to fight on a blog? Maybe you should take off your yellow wig now and take your drunk ass back to your dorm room- and be thankful that no one can track you down and beat that on that pimply face of yours like the Dogs just beat your little Bees.
Eaassyy
November 26th, 2011
3:52 pm
supersize you will continue to pound your keyboard and that is all. take a hike
War Dang Dawg
November 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
“That South Carolina loss really sucks now…11-1 playing for SEC title would let us have a chance to play for Championship with win.”
Well, we’re playing for the real championship Ward, so why dwell on a mythical title? If Georgia wins the SEC, that’s good enough for me.
The BCS is a joke, but the AP/UPI system before that was just as bad. There’s no way a legit champion emerges from this mess because there’s no way to decide which one-loss team deserves to play in the title game. And if Georgia wins the SEC and two teams that didn’t even win their conference(LSU and Alabama) play for the “national title”, that would be the ultimate indictment of this bizarre, screwed-up system.
wreckmaniac
November 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
The head game ( if there was one) was lost when Tech gave Walsh a second chance at the field goal at the end of the first half. It was clear then who had the breaks advantage. Don’t get me wrong. UGA won fair and square but the mental impact of the second chance field goal spelled doom.
Larry Ware
November 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
Does anyone remember when Paul Johnson was hired that there was some clown friend of his from North Carolina who said words to the effect of “Mark Richt better be worried”……..what a joke!!!!! Four years into Johnson’s coaching regime and you are really no different than you were under Chan Gailey – another 8 – 4 season……..
UGAGIRL
November 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
Ok Techies, at least we are in our conference championship . . .win or lose . . . we still own this state! Loosers!!! !! CPJ, such a genius!!!! Mark Richt owns you!
JB
November 26th, 2011
3:54 pm
Bobo will have to take the cuffs off Murray and use these talented receivers. We won’t get a 100 on the ground against LSU. LSU is a little better on D than Tech and Tech manhandled our running game in the first half. Running between the tackles against LSU is just giving a down up.
Westdawg
November 26th, 2011
3:54 pm
Just wondering if MB could ask Johnson what his “perception” of the SEC is now that the “reality” of the whipping he just incurred has sunk in.I suggest the interview be in the closest Walmart, just for good measure!
wreckmaniac
November 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
Just give me a high school defense to go with the high school offense.
flagboy?
November 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
Won’t deny I was worried before the game because of the SEC next week and tech can normally move the ball. . . Great game Dawgs.
Let’s do it again next year.
Supersized Series Dominance
November 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
10 out of 11. Is that supersized enough for you?
bgdawg
November 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
i guess some ppl can’t lose with class. (as if tech fans had class in the first place)
Ga Rolls!!
November 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
another easy win for UGA—what else is new? tech needs to get a real offense and a real coach—that mickey mouse ACC offense doesn’t work against a good D. Ga upsets lsu—book it!
wreckmaniac
November 26th, 2011
3:56 pm
UGA fans: Please tell us how to get to Shreveport
SEC and UGA RULES
November 26th, 2011
3:56 pm
WE OWN TECH ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
flagboy?
November 26th, 2011
3:57 pm
wreckmaniac
November 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
The head game ( if there was one) was lost when Tech gave Walsh a second chance at the field goal at the end of the first half. It was clear then who had the breaks advantage. Don’t get me wrong. UGA won fair and square but the mental impact of the second chance field goal spelled doom.
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Johnson was complaining about it on TV. . . I’m betting the call for a TO came from Groh.
The Truth
November 26th, 2011
3:57 pm
You stay Classy to War Jacket.
UGAGIRL
November 26th, 2011
3:57 pm
Wonder how CPJ feels about Walmart now? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
bgdawg
November 26th, 2011
3:57 pm
10 for 11!! how did we ever lose to these guys in the first place?
Tater Tot
November 26th, 2011
3:58 pm
While i am not one for being on here running my mouth and i am not gonna start, I hope we beat LSU next week but if not we have had a good season so far and after next weeks game we still have a bowl game to go to for the Holiday’s, Next year we should be one of the top teams across the land i am hoping as well as land some premier runningbacks in the offseason i.e. Marshall and Gurley along with some OL’s. Great game.
GO DAWGS !!
Jumbo
November 26th, 2011
3:59 pm
Hey Tech..can you say OOPS…AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gorilla Biscuit
November 26th, 2011
3:59 pm
Not to be piling on Supersize, but if you wanted to fight some Dawgs fans you missed a golden opportunity. I’m sure there were several right after the game who would’ve accomodated you.
StateRunner
November 26th, 2011
3:59 pm
CPJ just spotted at Wal Mart, what a classless act! Hope he stays forever at Tech! Go Dogs, go class!
ddawg
November 26th, 2011
3:59 pm
Great game! Great season! Go Dawgs against LSU…I hope our super stud freshman won’t sit on his feminine napkin on the bench again next week
UGAGIRL
November 26th, 2011
3:59 pm
Are you kidding me? UGA won fair and square? What the heck was the score?
bgdawg
November 26th, 2011
4:00 pm
passing doesn’t seem to be LSU’s strong suit either. sure, they’re better than tech, but our D can and WILL stop LSU’s O
Trade School FTW
November 26th, 2011
4:01 pm
No heart, no pride….CPH must Go!
CaliDawg
November 26th, 2011
4:01 pm
Hey Tech “fans”, that offense is purely…offensive. Really?! Why would any recruit want to wear blue and gold!?
The Lapinsky Files
November 26th, 2011
4:01 pm
Supersize that order: Get back to the helpdesk and leave the BIG BOY FOOTBALL blogging to us. You’re 5′5″, curly red hair, voice like a peacock, and the only zipper your hand has seen is the one on your Levis.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 26th, 2011
4:01 pm
I’m done wasting time with you loser dog turds. Go celebrate your stupid win with your even more stupid fans. You’ll still get your butts spanked at the Dome and in whatever bowl game you’re gifted with. I hope for your sake it’s not Central Florida!
JB
November 26th, 2011
4:02 pm
Congrats to the Richt Family. They heard a lot of trash( me included) about all the heart ache of going 0-2. Winning 10 straight is a positive sign that he kept this team together, and with about 16 starters coming back and about 8 back ups who play a lot and looking like the #1 RB in the country on the way, things look pretty good. Congrats coach Richt.
Larry Ware
November 26th, 2011
4:02 pm
CPJ lost the game for GT by calling for those passes when GT was only down 14 with an 8th Grade QB.
Jumbo
November 26th, 2011
4:02 pm
Supersize that order, mutt…………………..hehehehehehehehehe
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
November 26th, 2011
4:03 pm
GT Joe
Was that the Junior Varsity Tech Team we just played. I thought this team was supposed to own UGA this year
1 4 GT
November 26th, 2011
4:03 pm
No I’m still here If no can do. Reading these comments as part of my pouting penance. Georgie played a better game than we did today. To those of the Georgie fans that are not out and out gloating, thanks for a bit of graciousness from your side and congrats. But one of these days———-
UGAGIRL
November 26th, 2011
4:03 pm
We may get our butts stomped in the Dome . . . didn’t happen on the Flats! So, take that Supersize that order, mutt! Pitiful! How many yards did that great offense have today?
The Lapinsky Files
November 26th, 2011
4:04 pm
GT Bob
I hear the foliage in El Paso is spectacular this time of year
.
November 26th, 2011
4:05 pm
Supersize — Seriously dude, I think you should sit out the next couple of plays….you really are embarassing yourself with all of the childish and empty internet tough-guy threats.
Red & Black 4 ever
November 26th, 2011
4:05 pm
ALL the pressure is on LSU
19
November 26th, 2011
4:05 pm
Ya think Supersize made it back to Augusta by now?
salt lake dawg
November 26th, 2011
4:06 pm
Bugsquacher — in 1982 Georgia did beat Florida 44 -0. However there was a running back by the name of Herschel Walker that played in that game, no Worley and Henderson. I think the game you’re thinking of was in 1985 when Florida was ranked #1 and Georgia won 24 – 3.