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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Its Just Horseplay
November 26th, 2011
12:13 pm
Like I said, I think Richt has a greater calling. Would go out on top. It would not surprise me in the least.
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:13 pm
Delay on Georgia. Silly.
katherine
November 26th, 2011
12:14 pm
stupid penalty
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:14 pm
Murray hit on throw. Young intercepts.
katherine
November 26th, 2011
12:14 pm
wow…….stupid turnover
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
12:14 pm
hmmmmm….. what happened there? good as a punt.
jack bull
November 26th, 2011
12:14 pm
wow,,,good throws-II, bad throws-II
1 4 GT
November 26th, 2011
12:15 pm
PICK!!!
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:15 pm
Sylvester hit Murray.
Ol'JacketFan
November 26th, 2011
12:15 pm
Nice play by Sylvester
katherine
November 26th, 2011
12:15 pm
not good that tyson is out…..
Andy
November 26th, 2011
12:15 pm
Doesn’t hurt too bad. Looks like he was hit on the throw.
He Hate Gator
November 26th, 2011
12:16 pm
His arm was hit I think as he was throwing
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:16 pm
Richt was yelling at his backup quarterbacks after the penalty for delay of game. Guess the play didn’t get in fast enough.
Its Just Horseplay
November 26th, 2011
12:16 pm
I believe if Richt leaves, he will get into some type of humanitarian leadership role, and like I said, my politics. I just think he wants to make a difference.
katherine
November 26th, 2011
12:16 pm
i just hope if tech wins they dont run out and have rings made again lol
CarolinaJacket
November 26th, 2011
12:16 pm
We’ve GOT to win the turnover battle. Nice start. Now lets not return the favor.
dandydawg
November 26th, 2011
12:16 pm
If Tech can’t win this game, then they will be known as a sorry team. Georgia is beat up right now with no running back and it looks like Tech is trying to hurt our defensive guys!!!
jack bull
November 26th, 2011
12:16 pm
Richt’s not going anywhere. He says he’s coaching at least until he’s 60..that came straight from his mouth.. he may be a lot of things, but a liar isn’t one of them..
But, Johnson will be at Ole Miss next year..
jack bull
November 26th, 2011
12:17 pm
Bean Anderson has been beat twice so far.
Dave from GT
November 26th, 2011
12:17 pm
what a duck!!!!
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
12:18 pm
tech is known for chop blocks
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:18 pm
Orwin Smith first down on the toss.
katherine
November 26th, 2011
12:18 pm
i wouldnt play crowell…..this game in the long run doesnt matter as much as next sat
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:18 pm
Now R. Jones for eight.
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:19 pm
Georgia blitzed into the run.
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
12:19 pm
good D
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:19 pm
Good cut by Roddy Jones to get the first down.
jack bull
November 26th, 2011
12:19 pm
having a hard time stopping that play, aren’t we?
katherine
November 26th, 2011
12:20 pm
i hope tyson is better for next week
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:20 pm
Tech was across the 50. Not now.
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
12:20 pm
georgia wins this game in the air today
Its Just Horseplay
November 26th, 2011
12:20 pm
I would say the hardest thing for Richt would be going back on his commitment to players he recruited. But I believe he is sick of Athens.
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
12:20 pm
dawgs settling in now
katherine
November 26th, 2011
12:21 pm
how many years does richt have left on his contract?
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:21 pm
Drive stalls. Tech kicks. That’s the key for UGA: Jam the middle.
Mtn Dawg
November 26th, 2011
12:21 pm
Washington sucks at passing
Its Just Horseplay
November 26th, 2011
12:21 pm
Richt has 1 year left.
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:22 pm
Now a midrange punt. Georgia ball at the 23.
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
12:22 pm
one more year
He Hate Gator
November 26th, 2011
12:22 pm
He’s leaving because of this blog
John Jenkins
November 26th, 2011
12:22 pm
I will not be blocked!
K-City Dawg
November 26th, 2011
12:23 pm
Running away form Jarvis Jones to Gillard’s side, nothing up the middle.
Chris Miller
November 26th, 2011
12:23 pm
Come on Mark … I know you’re not a dumb guy. Georgia Tech (8-3) plays Georgia (9-2) at home in an interstate rivalry game, with LSU on the horizon next week for the Dogs, and you say you’d be surprised if Tech won? Notwithstanding the fact it shouldn’t be a surprise for any team to win a rivalry game barring 11-0 vs. 0-11, the home-field advantage alone should remove the “surprise” element from a game between two schools with similar records. You might think Georgia will win, but “surprised?” It wouldn’t surprise me if these two played nine overtimes and the game ended 99-97. In other words, NOTHING would surprise me in this game anymore.
Reggie
November 26th, 2011
12:23 pm
Jenkins is eating up the middle of Tech’s O-line. So not many FB dives today. If Tech is going to get yards, they’ll have to go to the outside. And CTG will find a way to stop that. Just let him feel them out for a few series. He’ll get it.
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
12:24 pm
go thomas
K-City Dawg
November 26th, 2011
12:24 pm
Murray too greedy on deep throw, has to be patient.
Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2011
12:25 pm
Thomas at TB.
Its Just Horseplay
November 26th, 2011
12:25 pm
We will win the battle of Scrimmage on both sides of the line. We will wear them down. 38-14 Dawgs.
bugsquacher
November 26th, 2011
12:25 pm
in the air baby…..in the air