Tech’s spring game does nothing to change its QB rotation
Paul Johnson in a festive Friday mood. (AJC photo by Johnny Crawford)
Georgia Tech wrapped it in a nice new package — a spring football game on a Friday night in the big city — but inside was still a spring football game. There was live music (and not just the pep-band stuff) before and after, and there were postgame fireworks, and an announced crowd of 18,125 was on hand to see …
Spring football. Which meant nothing much was revealed.
If you’re a Tech fan and you were hoping for a quarterback to unseat incumbent Tevin Washington, you left disappointed. If you’re a Washington fan and you were rooting for your man to lap the field, you didn’t get your wish. The QB situation at GT remained SQ (status quo): Washington is surely the starter unless/until Synjyn Days or Vad Lee snatches the job from him, and it’s unthinkable that any such theft will occur before the Jackets open at Virginia Tech on Labor Day night.
Let’s be honest: Days, who’ll be a redshirt sophomore, has played little, and Lee, who’ll be a redshirt freshman, hasn’t played in a game — unless you count this episode of Friday Night Lights, which you shouldn’t — since high school. To start either against the Hokies would be foolish, and if there’s one thing Paul Johnson isn’t, it’s a fool.
It isn’t that Days and Lee are untalented. Days is a better runner than Washington, and Lee is a better passer. But the quarterback in Johnson’s offense doesn’t just have to play the game — he has to read it and respond accordingly. The option is predicated, duh, on having options. On familiarity alone, a quarterback who has started 17 collegiate games (winning nine) will surely trump challengers who haven’t proved they know when to keep and when to pitch.
The White led the Gold 3-0 at the half, the three points coming on a 42-yard field goal by David Scully on the final play of the second quarter. (See what happens when you hire a special teams coordinator?) The drive was led by Days, and before then there hadn’t been much driving for either hue.
The second half began with Days changing jerseys — you only get this stuff in a spring game, folks — and fumbling the ball. Corey Dennis returned it for a touchdown to give the White side a 10-0 lead. To that point, the spring game’s real winner had been defensive coordinator Al Groh, who’s no spring chicken.
Washington finally led the White to a touchdown, which was probably best for all concerned. A head coach who prides himself on offensive scheming wouldn’t have been in the mood to appreciate fireworks after a spring game that ended 10-0. And Johnson, as we’ve seen, takes an even more hands-on role on these occasions.
For spring games, PJ stations himself in the middle of the field and call plays for both squads. (On this night he wore blue shorts and a gray hoodie, making him look like Bill Belichick at the beach. Not that Bill Belichick is ever a day at the beach.) In the first half, Johnson used his prime perch to upbraid two offensive linemen who’d missed blocks.
Having migrated from Gold to White, Lee presided over two scoring drives of his own. The White, comprised mostly of the first-string offense, would win 31-7, and it scored while being led by three different quarterbacks. Which meant nothing changed.
If Tech had to play a real game tomorrow, Johnson said Washington would be the starter: “He has the most experience and the best understanding of the offense.” And Days and Lee? “They’re situational players right now. The idea is to make them not be situational players.”
It’s possible to imagine Lee, who does have a nice arm, becoming the Tech quarterback when the Jackets trail by 14 points with five minutes left. It’s also possible to envision Days as a change-of-pace guy. What’s not possible is to imagine either being the No. 1 quarterback come September. That’s still Tevin Washington’s job.
By Mark Bradley
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ghe
April 20th, 2012
10:31 pm
Boring…..
Go Jackets 88
April 20th, 2012
10:39 pm
How is it not possible to imagine??? There is still alot of football left t be played
scott
April 20th, 2012
10:42 pm
doesnt really matter about any of these guys. the team is going to be awful next year and after that justin thomas the incoming quarterback recruit will be the qb. He is just way too athletic and it will take him a year to learn the offense and since the team is going to stink next year anyway no need to throw him under fire but he is the guy no doubt incredible athlete.
spider
April 20th, 2012
10:44 pm
just got home from spring game, best crowd i have ever seen at gt spring game in 30 some years. hopefully our defense is really great because offense did nothing against them.
Dawg48
April 20th, 2012
10:44 pm
High school offense, playing on Friday night. Interesting.
Down fall
April 20th, 2012
10:46 pm
Well until you et a real QB they be a good team takes more than speed to run a vear offense takes quick tinker which none of them are
Gravy Train
April 20th, 2012
10:51 pm
I don’t get it. With all of that academic prowess it took to get Lee and Days signed, how are they having problems picking up a high school offense? Who knew that reading the end then pitch it or run would be such a quagmire for players with such vaunted scholastic aptitude? Maybe that’s why Turkey Neck is continuing to recruit marginal option quarter backs, even though he already has half a dozen on the roster. Engineers that can’t engineer?
Goldenrod
April 20th, 2012
10:52 pm
Just back from BDS, wow what a fun night on the flats! The crowd of around 4,000 was better than I expected. I was hoping for Vad Lee to dominate but that simply wasn’t the case.
Coach Paul Johnson has got to get the team to cut out the fumbles (and don’t tell me those come along with the perfect option).
I had a sense as I sat there that we will prevail this season against that cesspool in Athens!
THWG, We WILL Run This State!
DawginSewer
April 20th, 2012
10:53 pm
Reesls goods games. WEss heres in seres wates for nexes yers. Chaoskdwags sayes we wines thems alles.
Goldenrod91
April 20th, 2012
10:54 pm
Just back from BDS, wow what a fun night on the flats! The crowd of around 4,000 was better than I expected. I was hoping for Vad Lee to dominate but that simply wasn’t the case.
Coach Paul Johnson has got to get the team to cut out the fumbles (and don’t tell me those come along with the perfect option).
I had a sense as I sat there that we will prevail this season against that cesspool in Athens!
THWG, We WILL Run This State!
deuce coupe
April 20th, 2012
10:54 pm
I’m flying a Geirgia Tech flag
right now.
Gravy Train
April 20th, 2012
10:55 pm
All hail Turkey Neck and his AA All Stars! Fear his genius!
Willy
April 20th, 2012
10:56 pm
Mark, Was it a game worth partying at the Cheetah afterwords?
George Stein
April 20th, 2012
10:56 pm
Good and bad cane from the game, which unsurprising. Lee showed that he can spin it, but he still struggled running the option and taking the snap. Days is a helluva runner and throw the ball beautifully, but he has no idea where it’s going.
Lots to work on before Blacksburg.
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
10:57 pm
Interesting collection of comments from folks who weren’t there tonight
boykin
April 20th, 2012
10:58 pm
You boys enjoy another year of spectacular play from Tevin! LMAO
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:00 pm
MB why aren’t my comments gettign through?
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:01 pm
Well that one did at least LOL!
Double E
April 20th, 2012
11:01 pm
OMG..Was hoping Synjyn or Vad would usurp our horrific QB.
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:04 pm
George Stein- did anyone on the D stand out tonight? Stats show Hunt-Days wtih 8 solo tackles?
david
April 20th, 2012
11:06 pm
Another 6-7 season for GT, Johnson should have been fired last year. At least when Chan was HC, the team was fun to watch.
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:10 pm
It would be nice to see comments from the fans that were actually there tonight.
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:15 pm
C’mon MB, why are commnts not getting through???????????????
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:17 pm
I guess you hav ro misspll word s for commnts to get threw sheesh
If do right, no can defense
April 20th, 2012
11:19 pm
Just got back. Here’s my 2 cents:
1. O-Line was missing a lot of blocks. Understandable since we had only 10 fit O-linemen (including walk-ons) in the game. Some of our best front guys – including Uzzi – were injured and not playing.
2. The pitch (3rd option) & toss/jet-sweep plays were a total disaster. Also understandable, since Orwin Smith was out and we had 4 new starter A-backs on both teams: Deon Hill, Robbie Godhigh, Broderick Snoddy, & BJ Bostic. Best of those were probably Deon & Godhigh (Deon caught some nice passes).
3. In the run game, the QB keep/iso play was the best and got the most yardage… and was also run the most often (especially by Days & Washington). The dive play was OK – nothing great. No big runs on the dive, except for one 16 yarder by Sims. The other B-backs were Perkins (not very good), Tony Zenon (alright), Zach Laskey (not good), and Matt Connors (decent). The main reason was bad OL play and wrong reads made by the inexperienced QB’s.
4. In the passing game, Vad Lee was by far the best. There were a lot of bad throws and dropped catches, which points to a glaring deficiency in our WR roster. None of the major wideouts (Jeff Greene, Darren Waller, Chris Jackson, Jeremy Moore) were impressive – the best receiver was probably Deon Hill or Godhigh, or Laskey maybe.
5. On the defense, Attaochu & Jabari Hunt-Days (who tackled his brother Synjyn twice) had monster games. Brandon Watts & Nealy did well too. Our secondary was great – never allowed the receivers to get into a rhythm or run their routes properly for most of the game. The D-line did OK… nothing great, and towards the end they got really tired and could get zero pressure on the QB (which allowed Days & Lee ages to make good pass plays and score). Overall, they played hard and fast, with lesser missed tackles/assignments.
If do right, no can defense
April 20th, 2012
11:24 pm
If only we could somehow combine the experience and understanding/technical prowess of Washington, running ability of Days, and passing ability of Lee… we’d be set.
Pull My Finger
April 20th, 2012
11:24 pm
I thought high schools play on Friday nights……..oh yeah.
GTBob
April 20th, 2012
11:25 pm
Just got home from the game. Those young men look very impressive up close and personal.
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:31 pm
We know the offense will be okay with all the linemen back in place for the fall. What I am most curious about is the play of the D. From the stat page on gametracker it looks like the linebackers were very active tonight. How much of that is due to the injuries keeping the better linemen out and how much of that is talent?
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:31 pm
apparentley I can rred the commnts but not post any cpommnts sheesh
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:32 pm
as I psted earlyer I guss you have to missspll lol!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wizard
April 20th, 2012
11:33 pm
Don’t high school teams play on Friday? Oops, I almost forgot.
Double E
April 20th, 2012
11:36 pm
Ol’ Jacket-Learn to write 1st and foremost!
blazer
April 20th, 2012
11:37 pm
High school offense has finished in top five in country last 4 years
GTBob
April 20th, 2012
11:37 pm
I predict we upset the mutts this year. This looks like a special group to me.
www
April 20th, 2012
11:38 pm
me and my girl had a great time. the crowd of 18k plus was impressive. the defensive line looked good and ALL of the QBs have ability.
www
April 20th, 2012
11:39 pm
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3789060810942&set=a.2082112578303.130100.1409737895&type=1&theater
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:39 pm
Double E, if you can’t figure out that it is all on purpose then I feel sorry for you. For some reason a post or two was not getting though. I’ve seen enough on here to know that sometimes a misspelled word or two allows a post to go through,
Whopper Dawg
April 20th, 2012
11:39 pm
When did the bugs get a QB?? I never knew they had one.
GTBOB – serious?? What can I put you down for?? And you are correct in that upset would be the operable word.
Ol'JacketFan
April 20th, 2012
11:40 pm
and generally it’s first and foremost………………not 1st jeez
GTBob
April 20th, 2012
11:45 pm
Tell all your friends Whopper. You heard it here first.
boykin
April 20th, 2012
11:46 pm
We all look impressive till your Dawgmeat GTBob! SicEm!
the gobbler
April 20th, 2012
11:47 pm
Lets get past the sorry ACC b4 we think about the Bullpuppies gtbob
www
April 20th, 2012
11:57 pm
i’m saying it now – 10+ wins and a victory over uga in 2012.
morgan hill jacket
April 21st, 2012
12:00 am
Maybe not 10 wins but well slobber the cocky suspended-laden Bulldogs
morgan hill jacket
April 21st, 2012
12:02 am
10 wins?
morgan hill jacket
April 21st, 2012
12:03 am
Maybe not that many www but we’ll whip the tar out of the snooty suspended-laden Bulldogs!
hey whopperdawg
April 21st, 2012
12:07 am
i got yur whopper for you .
GTBob
April 21st, 2012
12:13 am
If we don’t beat the fleabags drinks are on me at the Heretic.
uuuhhhh
April 21st, 2012
12:15 am
At least when Chan was HC, the team was fun to watch.
uuuuhhhhh
Ol'JacketFan
April 21st, 2012
12:19 am
Chan’s teams fun to watch……………………..ACC Championship 9-6 loss……………..yeah lots of fun….
boykin
April 21st, 2012
12:29 am
Least u Jacket fans are semi-realistic..until you throw out that beat the Dawgs rhetoric!
Ol'JacketFan
April 21st, 2012
12:31 am
another of Chan’s “fun” teams 2002 51-7 loss to GA……………..tell me again just how fun Chan’s teams were
Double E
April 21st, 2012
12:42 am
Ol’Jack…-Chan n Reggie were the bomb!!!! Tied at the Nat’l Champ hip for 4 FULL YEARS!!!! Thank God that’s history!!
Ol'JacketFan
April 21st, 2012
12:46 am
Double E and who can forget……………it’s only a game dawg…………;-)
Gravy Train
April 21st, 2012
12:52 am
How many recruits committed tonight? ….. crickets
Double E
April 21st, 2012
12:53 am
Its more than a game Ol’.. After Reggie dont want 4 more yrs in The Pit!!!!
Double E
April 21st, 2012
1:03 am
Of course Josh gave us a lift for a bit.But sick of losin to the Hedgedogs!
varsity slawdog
April 21st, 2012
1:17 am
Luv my Jackets but we suck!
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April 21st, 2012
1:17 am
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Calvin
April 21st, 2012
2:52 am
Its so bad when do we play west Georigia
varsity slawdog
April 21st, 2012
3:33 am
We need ya bro! Can you play A, B, C or WR?
Tech Fan 1971
April 21st, 2012
6:14 am
Recruiting recruiting recruiting, and CPJ is not getting the job done, We are light years from being peers with UGA. With CPJ’s recruiting and the Hill’s strict academic rules, we might as well drop UGA and maybe go to D2.
Gorilla Biscuit
April 21st, 2012
6:49 am
“Days is a better runner than Washington, and Lee is a better passer.”
Too bad you can’t engineer a Frankenstein Monster QB.
It seems the only thing Washington has to offer is experience.
I don’t claim to be an expert on GT football but it seemed to me that at times he had problems knowing when “to read it and respond accordingly.”
With a QB who can run tough AND throw (and a decent defense), you guys could be scary.
TechMate
April 21st, 2012
7:39 am
I watched the game and wondered how it is that all three QB’s don’t seem to have a clue about how to throw off their back foot. Their footwork is atrocious.
What makes a good passing QB is accuracy. What gives a QB an accurate throw is good fundamentals (watch Tom Brady, Matt Ryan). Without good fundamental footwork, a QB ends us short arming some throws, over throwing others, and seldom putting enough zip on the ball (which comes from pushing off the back foot).
Where are the fundamentals, Coach Johnson?
bcall123169
April 21st, 2012
7:47 am
hey dog fans want a BROWNIE]
jim 70
April 21st, 2012
8:03 am
my only question (and yes, i have not read all of the comments) were there any special teams play, and if so, how did they look?
ArfArf
April 21st, 2012
8:06 am
The Bulldog Fans’ inferiority complex is getting exhausting. EXHAUSTING.
So much camo…so little time.
Gorilla Biscuit
April 21st, 2012
8:23 am
ArfArf, Bulldawgs inferiority complex? Are you kidding me? If anything we are over-confident to a fault, especially when it comes to the GnaTs.
ToeMeetsLeather
April 21st, 2012
8:29 am
Good article MB. This is Washington’s team to lead on the field in Blacksburg. If we get behind by a significant amount we will probably see Lee in a catch-up capacity. Games 2-6 should provide plenty of playing time for Lee, and possibly Days, to unseat Washington if we do lose that first game.
I went last night but did not come away with anything that that “stood out”, ecept for all of the starters standing around in shorts. CPJ was playing it pretty vanilla to get the game over and avoid any additional injuries. Mission accomplished.
I think the Friday night T-Day game is here to stay. Great crowd and the most students I have ever seen at a spring game.
How many days to Labor Day?
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
April 21st, 2012
8:30 am
The Ga Tech fans should dig up Bisher and Dodd and hang them for taking you out of the SEC! You’re still paying the price 40 years later. If you think the QB from Prattville is going to save the day passing then you’re in for a huge surprise. The kid is fast but he couldn’t hit a bull in the azz with a base fiddle. Saban recruited the kid as a DB!!!!
ArfArf
April 21st, 2012
8:31 am
Thanks for making my point Gorilla Boy.
bsg3003
April 21st, 2012
8:34 am
Wait we have the inferiority Complex? You may need to check your definition
Dirk Diggler
April 21st, 2012
8:37 am
Basically the same team back for UGA that stomped a mudhole in GT’s collective asses last season…..Basically the same team back for GT that got a mudhole stomped in their collective asses by UGA last season. Probably gonna end up the same way this season……especially if Washington is the starter. I love the Jackets and I enjoy watching option football, but let’s face it…….We’d be better off just dropping the UGA series.
bsg3003
April 21st, 2012
8:38 am
And what makes you jacket fans so sure that you are going to beat UGA this year? What makes it anydifferent than the last 3 years?
Haley
April 21st, 2012
9:21 am
Over the past two seasons, GT is 14-12. 6 of those wins have been over Duke(twice) Middle Tennessee (twice) SC State and W carolina. So Mark you’re basically saying gt is going to suck again this year.
msd
April 21st, 2012
9:34 am
techmate
cpj only cares about his silly triple option runs. he could care less about passing. that is witnessed by the fact stephen hill, a first round pick in the nfl draft, averaged 1.9 catches per game last season. he was the only passing target. tech qb coach obviously doesn’t have a clue about teaching passing mechanics.
Baby Ruth
April 21st, 2012
9:36 am
@David…”It was more fun watching Chan’s team?” Are you serious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
msd
April 21st, 2012
9:39 am
We should have taken George O back. He’s the only coach since Ross to make you feel things are headed in the right direction
bcall2
April 21st, 2012
9:39 am
how about a day on the lake? The beer is on you.
GT ATW
April 21st, 2012
9:42 am
Attended the game last night and had a great time. Hats off to the administration for organizing the spring game in this manner as it seemed to be very effective. I believe the team will be improved on both sides of the ball this year, now whether this equates to more wins or not remains to be seen and will depend a lot on key players avoiding injuries. I also came away with the impression that Vad will be the quarterback that eventually replaces Tevin. He can really throw for a young kid and I think his ability to run the option will improve over the course of this year as he gets more practice and experience—he’ll be a force to be reckoned with by next year.
There appeared to be a very heated argument between Grogh and an assistant coach on the sidelines during the second half. Anyone know what that was all about?
www
April 21st, 2012
9:47 am
lots of uga fans with, yes, an inferiority complex on the GT blogs. why else are you here after tech’s spring scrimmage? sad, but funny.
Old Gold
April 21st, 2012
9:50 am
CPJ = National Championship
www
April 21st, 2012
9:54 am
vad lee was solid – “Lee finished 9-of-17 through the air for 120 yards and two scores.”
www
April 21st, 2012
9:55 am
for a qb, days looked like a great b-back – “Days provided the Gold team’s only score with his legs, a touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. He had 79 yards on the ground and was 5-for-15 for 71 yards passing”
www
April 21st, 2012
9:56 am
““(Days) is a really good runner and excels in the option,” Johnson said. “(Lee) is a better passer and needs to work on the option game,” Johnson said. “It’s going to be who can improve the most between now and when we play.”
freedyg
April 21st, 2012
9:58 am
Best turn out in the last 30 years? & it was only 4000? We had over 44,000 @UGA & it was considered a bad turnout, lol-
freedyg
April 21st, 2012
10:02 am
After reading the article again, it was actually 18,000- great job…
Jacket Man
April 21st, 2012
10:06 am
A couple of “observations”. First, with so many injuries to the offensive line and the fact that our number one A-Back was out of the game (Orwin Smith), it was obvious the coaches were calling a very “vanilla” offense last evening, which our defense was able to play well against since they’ve been practicing against it all along. If you noticed, even Tevin Washington had problems moving the ball against the starting defense so I wouldn’t read too much into the fact that either Synjyn or Vad had difficulty actually reading the option or running with the ball.
On the other hand, making accurate passes under pressure is a trait we all know the GA Tech QB’s have to master to be successful in our offense, and as reported Vad Lee was heads and shoulders better than either Tevin or Vad. This tells me that if he can get enough reps working on his option reads over the summer, he’ll be our starter much sooner than later.
Neither Joshua Nesbitt nor Tevin Washington had any experience in Paul Johnson’s offense when they took over as QB for the first time. The only way to get experience is to play. I think Vad will get several snaps against VA Tech if he doesn’t start and then a lot of snaps in the next several games before he becomes the everyday starter by mid season.
Ted Striker
April 21st, 2012
10:07 am
excellent article
pw12
April 21st, 2012
10:23 am
I love how uga fans love to get on our blogs and become a comedian.i guess after spending their house payment on their season tickets and beating their wifes they were bored.
atlxman
April 21st, 2012
10:36 am
http://espn.go.com/colleges/georgia/football/story/_/id/7838461/brice-ramsey-rises-elite-level
too bad your coach cant land qbs that are actually true qbs like coach richt keeps landing. instead you have converted corner backs and running backs.
and when you say that tech ran vanilla plays on offense, well that is tech offense. its always been vanilla plays with PJ Triple option. again….this offesne wil not win championships with the players coach johnson is bringing in. gailys players ran it just fine there first and 2nd year and these guys can get with 3 years under their belt.
Rocketman
April 21st, 2012
10:39 am
Wow!! You techies have got the college football world trembling in their boots with your show of talent. I’ve seen many, many more at a Friday night High School game. With deference-Big Time–NOT!!–4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 cokes.
atlxman
April 21st, 2012
10:43 am
jacket man…your offensive line cant block well enough to throw the type of passes your wanting your team to complete. if he is having trouble against tech weak defense he will crap in his pants when the really good defensive start running at him. washington is the best option right now…now maybe half way through the year and tech is like 3-4 then i will expect lee and days to start more games. but right now its tevins to lose.
Steve
April 21st, 2012
10:48 am
Georgia Tech still has a football team???
GTBob
April 21st, 2012
10:50 am
Ignore the naysayers-nothing more than trolling, nattering nay-bobs with nothing better to do than to hang out on an opponent’s blog. I went to the game with a few friends and had the opportunity to meet some of our student athletes (yes, mutts, our athletes take their educations seriously) in person.
Not only is this a group of impressive young men from an educational and social perspective, but when you get to see them in person you get a better idea of just how big and how fit they are from a physical standpoint. These guys are the total package and I for one am proud to have them on my campus.
I repeat what I posted after we got home last night: We WILL beat uga this year.
just the truth
April 21st, 2012
11:09 am
3 starting OL, didn’t suit up for the game! Will be a big difference when they come back in the summer.
Ghost
April 21st, 2012
11:10 am
PJ having the same problem as Chan, he can’t recruit a QB to supplant Tevin.Just like Chan couldn’t replace Reggie. For Techs sake Lee or days needs to vastly improve before the season starts.Tevin is a good kid and gives it everything he has, but isn’t a D1 caliber QB.
GT fan
April 21st, 2012
11:28 am
Haley
April 21st, 2012
9:21 am
Over the past two seasons, GT is 14-12. 6 of those wins have been over Duke(twice) Middle Tennessee (twice) SC State and W carolina. So Mark you’re basically saying gt is going to suck again this year.
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Nice try Haley. And in the same span your bulldawgs have won just 2 more games than the “high school team” on N. Ave. You know, the one who can’t recruit, can’t develop talent, struggles to keep the football program going, etc, etc.
Yep, in the past 2 seasons UGA is 16-11. With a 12-1 record vs: UK, Coastal Carolina, Ole Miss, Vandy, New Mex St, LA Lafayette, Idaho St, UT (have they done anything since Phulmer left?), and Miss St (1-1). And the big dawgs, of the SEC, are 0-2 vs. the likes of Colorado, and UCF. Really?? An upper eschelon SEC team lost to Colorado & UCF???
So that means the mighty bulldawgs have 4 Wins vs. the rest of their competition in the past 2 seasons (2-0 vs. GT). Since you claim GT is a high shcool team, running a high school offense, with D-II or less talent, GT would have to be put into the “cupcake” section of UGA’s schedule.
That leaves five (5) teams for UGA to prove they’re amongst the big boys (even though Arky & Boise St are no big boys of NCAA football). 2-7, that’s what the dawgs have proved in “big boy football” as you like to call it. And I didn’t even included the 0-1 record vs. Michigan St.
Tech Engineer
April 21st, 2012
11:30 am
For the last two years Tech has a losing record against competitive teams, and we’re playing with Johnson’s recruits. Gailey was bringing in NFL quality players and was improving in recruiting each year. Check the NFL rosters. If Gailey had stayed, Tech would be winning.
True Tech
April 21st, 2012
11:42 am
Look at all the rednecks posting. Good grief. Let me tell you something, Tech is going to be just fine. Worry about your own team butt sniffers. Yea, make fun of Tech’s record the past two seasons. Sure, you play in the SEC. Good for you, now go play Alabama, LSU, and Arkansas every year! Oh, and beat them too! lol idiots. It’s like the ole ball coach says, “Georgia gets all these players but what happens with them?” They go to jail, get suspended, transfer… you get the picture. Listen, Tech is never going to recruit on the same level as UGA. UGA is an easier school to get into. More academic programs, it’s in the SEC, more boosters, more alumni. Not excuses, just facts. Fact is PJ is the best thing to happen to Tech in a long time. He is winning and will continue. Get use to it. So bark all you want
Cry me a river
April 21st, 2012
11:43 am
If Gailey stayed, Tech would be winning??? Funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time lol
Joe
April 21st, 2012
11:48 am
18,125 in attendance …. ??????
yeah …. right?
gtfanfrom1951
April 21st, 2012
12:05 pm
Dwag fans be calling for CMR job by the fourth game!
Jacket Man
April 21st, 2012
12:07 pm
atlxman; Tevin Washington, a notoriously bad passer, led the nation for most of the year in passing efficiency and Stephen Hill led the Nation in yards per catch. Demaryous Thomas caught over a thousand yards in a season with another poor passer, Joshua Nesbitt, tossing balls his way.
Vad Lee can pass circles around both of these guys; it’s not even close. Why do you think Paul Johnson started adding in the pistol and shotgun formation last season? I can assure you it was to get Vad on the field. Adding a legitimate passing attack to one of the top three rushing offenses in the country will make these guys a nightmare for opposing defenses to prepare for.
Ghost
April 21st, 2012
12:19 pm
Gtfan, Where do you see Tech improving? Pj certainly has not recruited well , missing on most of his top targets. 14-12 over past 2 season w/o many of the stellar class of 2007 players. You want to compare playing in the ACC with the 70th rated schedule with playing in the SEC with the 28th rated schedule. Georgia 4 losses all came against teams that finished in the top 10. Did I miss something or did Utah, Virginia , miami, finish in top 25? Georgia playing a Tech schedule would more than likely have been undefeated in 2011, tech playing Georgias schedule may have been a 4 -5 win team.31-17 wasn’t that close of a game.Its only my opinion but Pj will turn out to be one of the worst hires in tech history.
gt45
April 21st, 2012
12:40 pm
I saw linebackers who pulled up before crushing qb’s. Attouchu is nearly unstopable, and Hunt-Days will be, before long. Vad looked extremely comfortable throwing the ball. I could tell Synjin was upset with his passing, but he is a heck of a runner. The O lines were in disarray, so it was a hard read to tell if our D line is as good as they looked. I was impressed with the D more than the O.
WnE
April 21st, 2012
12:56 pm
re:
TechMate
April 21st, 2012
7:39 am
I watched the game and wondered how it is that all three QB’s don’t seem to have a clue about how to throw off their back foot. Their footwork is atrocious.
What makes a good passing QB is accuracy. What gives a QB an accurate throw is good fundamentals (watch Tom Brady, Matt Ryan). Without good fundamental footwork, a QB ends us short arming some throws, over throwing others, and seldom putting enough zip on the ball (which comes from pushing off the back foot).
Where are the fundamentals, Coach Johnson?
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The QB fundamentals are lacking due to the way CPJ organized his Staff.
There is NO full-time QB coach that works exclusively with QBs on fundamentals & mechanics.
On CPJ’s Staff, the B-Back coach is also the QB coach so that their QBs can be coached more on the “mesh” and “the pitch”; this use of Asst. coaching personnel shows how much commitment CPJ has to developing BCS-level passers and a BCS-level passing game.
Imagine how Matt Stafford, Andrew Luck, or RG-III would have turned out if their QB-coach was also coaching the tailbacks?
Better yet, imagine how much more advanced GT’s passing game would be IF GT had a Asst. coach dedicated to only QBs & QB development.
For as much as we like to poke fun a Mike Bobo at UGA he has done a pretty good job with UGA QBs over the years, we have not seen that at GT, what we have seen is 4 straight years of poor passing by GT QBs.
That leads me to believe that the problem is systematic and is caused by what GT’s Coaches are teaching or are NOT teaching to GT’s QBs .
Like the old saying goes:
“Either you are coaching it or you are allowing it to happen”
I’ve talked about QB fundamentals & QB mechanics and have been criticized and name-called for even bringing up the possibility that CPJ might be doing something wrong with his use of Asst. Coaches.
Be careful for asking the kind of questions & making the kinds of comments that you made above, you might be attacked by the BLTs also.
BLT
April 21st, 2012
1:30 pm
That’s not why people “attack” you WnE and you know it. Have a nice day!
Burgess
April 21st, 2012
3:49 pm
Perfect… a high school offense playing on a Friday night
HighTech
April 21st, 2012
3:55 pm
You want to compare playing in the ACC with the 70th rated schedule with playing in the SEC with the 28th rated schedule. Georgia 4 losses all came against teams that finished in the top 10.
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“We lost to better teams…”
I’m assuming this is not a moral victory or an excuse.
gt4ever
April 21st, 2012
4:57 pm
3 – 0 through 2 quarters……. Wow…. Oh, they were playing against our stout first D….. My bad!
Erk R
April 21st, 2012
5:39 pm
I will never understand why fans still skeptic about PJ and his offense. Look at everywhere he’s been. Feel stupid right? Now shut up and let the man coach.
Robert the Yellow Jacket
April 21st, 2012
6:05 pm
If we can beat VT and the chances for an upset are good, we could have a great season.
Vt has been lucky for the last two with the crazy penalty on third down last year and the injury to our warrior the prior year.
Robert the Yellow Jacket
April 21st, 2012
6:08 pm
@TechEngineer.
If you lose to the arch rival five in a row just about anywhere, you are fired period.
If a Uga coach loses to us twice, he can keep his job but not three straight.
So if we demanded change lile Uga fans do, Gailey would have been gone 2 years sooner.
WnE
April 21st, 2012
6:35 pm
re:
I will never understand why fans still skeptic about PJ and his offense. Look at everywhere he’s been. Feel stupid right? Now shut up and let the man coach.
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Everywhere he’s been?
Ga. Sou.
Hawaii
Navy
In case you hadn’t noticed none of those places even register on the CFB consciousness of even the most ardent CFB Fan.
From that list above it looks to me like CPJ has been a “career minor leaguer”, and the GT Fans want to try and project what his minor league stats mean at the big league level.
Well, they mean nothing!
In yrs. 3 & 4 when the players HE RECRUITED started to populate the line-up the on-field performance went down noticeably, and that was vs. schedules ranked 69th & 76th according to Sagarin.
When your performance wanes at the same time the competition wanes then that should be a huge red-flag, but to the CPJ apologists, it means nothing.
CPJ is the “Crash Davis” of BCS CFB, a guy who’s really a career minor leaguer to everyone else, but only the GT fans think he’s a big timer.
Ghost
April 21st, 2012
6:44 pm
High Tech, No excuses , no moral victories just the facts , He wanted to compare schedules,Georgias was much tougher and i still contend tech would’ve won 4 maybe 5 games if they played georgias schedule. Every where PJs been? He’s never coached on the major college level it shows in his coaching and recruiting.
HighTech
April 21st, 2012
7:03 pm
WnE
April 21st, 2012
6:35 pm
Everywhere he’s been?
Ga. Sou.
Hawaii
Navy
In case you hadn’t noticed none of those places even register on the CFB consciousness of even the most ardent CFB Fan.
From that list above it looks to me like CPJ has been a “career minor leaguer”, and the GT Fans want to try and project what his minor league stats mean at the big league level.
Well, they mean nothing!
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You are really reaching this time. Your hatred of CPJ has distorted your perception.
A large number of BCS head coaches start small and work their way up to larger programs through demonstrated success.
Some examples:
Auburn knew Gene Chizik as an assistant coach, but his first head coaching job was at Iowa St.
Nick Saban’s first BCS level head coaching job was at Toledo.
Steve Spurrier coached at Duke before coaching at Florida.
Ghost
April 21st, 2012
7:16 pm
High Tech, I think you may be missing the point , all of the coaches you mention were assistants/coordinators at major programs before taking a head coaching position, Pjs lacks that on his resume and it’s glaring in the way he manages his staff , recruits and coaches IMHO.
HighTech
April 21st, 2012
7:31 pm
Spurrier was a quarterbacks coach at Florida for one season. His other assistant coaching jobs were at Georgia Tech and Duke. I guess that would make Steve Spurrier more qualified to be a head coach than someone who has head coaching experience at Georgia Southern and Navy.
However, in Coach Johnson’s defense, his overall record at Navy was 45–29 with only one losing season. Georgia Southern won their conference every year Paul Johnson was the head coach and they won the national championship twice.
Jon Koncak
April 21st, 2012
7:37 pm
High School offense, no concept of the forward pass, retread defensive coordinator, mediocre talent = crummy ACC football team.
Jon Koncak is right!
April 21st, 2012
8:11 pm
…about Va Tech.
Wal-Mart Retards
April 21st, 2012
8:14 pm
Sounds like the spring game for Tech went much better than the opener for U(sic)GA last year. Boise St. is a high school team… UGA is a high school.
Ghost
April 21st, 2012
8:18 pm
Jim Donnan won National championships at Marshall , but had experience as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma under Switzer. Spurrier also was ahead coach in USFL . Johnsons never had to recruit and it show in his recruiting for tech. I can look at the roster he inherited had some very good talent and the roster he’s built doesn’t compare. He’s tried to sign better players , but they aren’t buying into the system. My Dad coached college football (mostly in the SEC)with some very great coaches, and he always said that recruiting was the lifeblood of a program, Pjs being out recruited by just about everyone and honestly he’s a good /average coach with a very average to below average staff.He recruits like a 1aa school.
ole yeller
April 21st, 2012
8:33 pm
Hey Wne shut up!! You don’t have a clue what you are talking about. You are on this blog just for the attention. Never, ever have I witnessed such an insecure being that the only joy in his life was to create mayhem. Pal you are a sick person and someone needs to try to help you. I really don’t think the pope would like you.
There is not a doubt in my mind that you ever attended Bobby Dodd stadium last evening. Your report is just to sketchy.
Show us your ring again!!
Wal-Mart Retards
April 21st, 2012
9:09 pm
WnE = WuS
HighTech
April 21st, 2012
9:36 pm
Ghost…the fact that Bulldog fans like you and WnE hate CPJ so much tells me he must be doing something right.
Donnan was fired by University President Michael F. Adams, against the wishes of athletic director Vince Dooley, in 2000 after the Bulldogs struggled to two consecutive eight-win seasons, and three consecutive losses against Georgia Tech. Donnan’s inability to return the program to the national prominence of Dooley’s era and to compete with longtime SEC Eastern Division rivals such as Tennessee and Florida, combined with certain off-the-field problems for players, are believed to be the reasons for his dismissal.
In May 2009, Donnan was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame for his coaching success at Marshall.
Donnan won one national championship at Marshall.
OldGold-1964
April 21st, 2012
10:02 pm
IMHO – spring games are like, well, like NBA pre-season. Coaches may or may not get some evaluation out of it; and the players get to work on game situation timing. That’s it. No more and no less. So I am not reading anything into how the game was played
If you went, and took the kids, I hope you all enjoyed an evening out.
Jim
April 21st, 2012
10:06 pm
I thought the officials did a fantastic job!,
Supersize that order, mutt
April 21st, 2012
10:19 pm
@ OldGold, there were lots of kids there last night, and they all looked like they were having a blast. It was a great sight to see. I agree with you about Spring games. They are notoriously boring and prove very little. I thought it was interesting that after all the talk about working out of the shotgun so much this spring practice season, they never used it last night. I guess maybe he doesn’t want too many people to be aware of it too soon.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 21st, 2012
10:20 pm
@ OldGold, there were lots of kids there last night, and they seemed to be having a blast.
WnE
April 21st, 2012
11:04 pm
re:
HighTech
April 21st, 2012
9:36 pm
Ghost…the fact that Bulldog fans like you and WnE hate CPJ so much tells me he must be doing something right.
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I am NOT a mutt fan, but I do have a healthy respect for certain GT opponents.
Most GT fans don’t realize this, their hatred of all things UGA has clouded their judgment; but the BEST THING for GT FB is to have UGA go 11-0 heading into the GT game and then have GT with a 10-1 or 11-0 Record themselves, and then beat UGA.
GT won’t get any bump in the eyes of Recruits if they beat bad/average UGA teams, the same way that that BOTH Miami & FSU benefited from both teams having strong Programs when their rivalry was must-see-TV for the better part of 2 Decades.
At one point in the State of Fla. if you were a Top Recruit the decision was, “do I go to FSU or do I go to Miami”, and because of that BOTH FB programs benefited greatly.
If GT vs. UGA could ever reach that level, like a Texas-OU, OhioSt.- Michigan, or like FSU-Miami from back in the day then Recruits in our talent-rich state would want to go to either GT or UGA and we would lose less top Recruits to USCe, Tenn, Auburn, Bama, Stanford, ND etc.
I’m not a UGA fan or grad, but I do respect their FB program since CMR took over.
I don’t know why it is so hard for GT fans to admit that since CMR took over UGA has been much cleaner than most SEC schools and a complete 180-degrees from where they were during the Vince Dooley years.
You can want to beat them without crossing over into irrational hate.
Most GT Fans have an irrational hatred of all things UGA.
I just want to beat them on the field!
Hoopster
April 21st, 2012
11:43 pm
How precious……WnE and HighTech (same person) are arguing with themselves. I guess so is buLLdawg………….who else?
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
12:05 am
@Hoopster, I don’t know where you get the idea that WnE and HighTech are the same person. You could not be further from the truth. That’s just plain stupid
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
2:09 am
High Tech,You misconstrue my opinion I don’t hate PJ, I have family ties to tech and think they could do better, but as a Bulldog fan I hope Tech gives him the Paul Hewitt lifetime rollover every year contract.Pj blew a golden opportunity to elevate tech when Richt struggled in 09,and in 2010. Donnan downfall was Q. Carter and serious problems with player discipline (he had none) ,and losing to Tech. I liked Donnan as a coach, unlike PJ he understood and recruited very well, I didn’t like the way he was fired but wasn’t disappointed nor at all surprised when he was fired .Donnan was the offensive coordinator for Oklahoma and Switzer when they won a National championship in 1985.Donnan had a higher win Pct in his 4 years than Pj’s had.Pjs resume pales in comparison Donnans.
ryan
April 22nd, 2012
3:10 am
Not sure about comparing resumes between Jim Donnan and CPJ but without a doubt Jim Donnan has a lot more experience dealing with the SEC ( that would be the Securities and Exchange Commission)
jawill85
April 22nd, 2012
5:30 am
QB J-U-S-T-I-N T-H-O-M-A-S!!!! JUST WAIT!
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Birmingham Jacket
April 22nd, 2012
8:15 am
6-6 / 7-5 at best this year.
That’s what 4 years of recruiting the way our inept leadership has done, will do.
And there will still be delusional fans that support these guys.
Nativebird
April 22nd, 2012
8:28 am
My jackets will win nothing of importance under current leadership. CPJ needs to go back and coach highschool football, really. Firstly, he probably would love it , he absolutely does not care about championships, alumni, parents, press, anything off the field whatsoever. Secondly, he is immovable with regard to his genius and brilliance of his system in that it it the best football scheme ever devised by man, and it came from his brain. Perfect for highschool. Lastly, he would be worshipped and adored by all those in the little kingdom of his highschool world, he could prove that it’s his SYSTEM that wins games not great athletes, and would probably win numerous state championships and be ushered into the highschool hall of fame. But THIS guy needs to get the h3// out of college football.
Wal-Mart Retards
April 22nd, 2012
8:50 am
Native bird ( is the word ) – maybe you ought to go back to high school. You would love it. The classes might come easy for you and the boys too!
Birmingham Jacket
April 22nd, 2012
8:57 am
@Nativebird
I think CPJ can coach college football, but is more fitted for service academies, Wake Forest, U. Conn, etc. Ie schools that don’t expect to seriously contend to championships, and CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER EXPECT TO STAND TOE-TO-TOE WITH THE UGA’S, LSU’S, ETC.
The fact is, as a Jacket fan I want to win ACC Championships (he did it with Gailey’s players) and be competitive with UGA.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
9:44 am
How does Richt’s resume compare to Donnan’s?
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
9:45 am
Nativebird
April 22nd, 2012
8:28 am
My jackets will win nothing of importance under current leadership.
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You haven’t been paying attention.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
9:56 am
Hoopster
April 21st, 2012
11:43 pm
How precious……WnE and HighTech (same person) are arguing with themselves. I guess so is buLLdawg………….who else?
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You must be a genius. You’ve finally figured us out. I am Smeagol and WnE is Gollum. Two halves of the same schizophrenic mind. We hates you. Do not mention the precious ever again.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
9:56 am
High Tech, Richts resume being offensive coordinator at FSU during their glory years, prepared him to be a head coach, coached 2 Heisman QBs and was a part of 2 National championships . Donnan was well traveled, point is PJ has no experience in Major college football and it shows.Tech would serve itself well to find a coach that has Richts type of background.
Stumpknocker
April 22nd, 2012
9:58 am
Just look past anything WeeNe has to say……He wasn’t even at the game.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
10:03 am
Maybe Chuck Amato is back in good health. Are any of the Bowden boys available?
Erk R
April 22nd, 2012
10:31 am
WnE, you keep proving more and more how much of an idiot you are son. Yea, Hawaii, Ga Southern, and Navy. He WON there. Took programs from nothing to significance and beyond. PJ’s track record speaks for itself. You sir, need help.
Erk R
April 22nd, 2012
10:33 am
Be competitive with UGA? How about beating them?!!! Tired of this competitive crap. Let’s kick there butt every year!
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
10:42 am
Paul Johnson’s contract is through 2016. Any renewal or extension needs to be based on results on the field. It does not need to be based on recruiting rankings, the number of players in the NFL, preseason polls, merchandise sales, concession sales, or any of the other superfluous things CPJ haters bring up as reasons to fire him. Approximately 18,000 people came to BDS to see a practice game. Yellow Jacket fans must have some reason to be optimistic. If there is no improvement or a losing trend starts, then the GTAA should look for a new coach towards the end of the contract. I am optimistic despite what all the negative nancies, chicken littles, dwag trolls, Tech haters, unibombers, retards, or Walmart workers have to say on this blog.
I am willing to let it continue to develop before I call for the head of the winningest football coach at Tech since Bobby Dodd.
Erk R
April 22nd, 2012
10:53 am
Amen High Tech. PJ is a heck of a lot better coach than Gailey. Give him time!
Nativebird
April 22nd, 2012
11:08 am
CPJ won an ACC with another coaches players and a particular weak conference year. Take off the blinders Jacket fans. Truth hurts. but none-the-less is required if progress is to be made. Are they lousy? No. congratulations.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
11:21 am
ErkR, he was a coordinator at Hawaii, they achieved nothing of significance, Southern was a power built by Erk, and Navy was Navy , beating a 3-9 Notre Dame team was his signature win.His 10 wins season at Navy came against 1 team with a winning record (Deleware).I say tech should give him the Hewitt deal.The Tech people I know aren’t as patient as High Tech.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
12:08 pm
Ghost, all the Tech people I know love CPJ
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
12:09 pm
The only negative comments I EVER hear about CPJ are on these blogs. The people I know in Augusta, and elsewhere, and the people around me at the games have no doubts whatsoever in his abilities or the promise he brings for success.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
12:20 pm
Super , i knew that was an imposter, I admire your loyalty to pj.
Jacket Man
April 22nd, 2012
12:43 pm
Good grief, how many “handles” has WnE come up with now so that he can talk to himself so he can clog the blog? I count at least four, perhaps as many as six. Why do you keep engaging this person who claims to be a Jacket fan but is clearly nothing more than someone who is an instigator who likes to rile you guys up for his own satisfaction, and when you respond like Pavloc’s dogs, it gives him a chance to pontificate with all of his “handles” even more. STOP FEEDING THE TROLL – UNCLOG THE BLOG.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
12:47 pm
Pavlov’s Dawgs would be a great blog handle for a troll.
albert
April 22nd, 2012
12:51 pm
I would not bet my tuition money on beating UGA this year.
GTR
April 22nd, 2012
12:51 pm
folks, it’s a spring game!! Get over yourselves.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
12:54 pm
@ Ghost…..thanks. I saw that fake post but it was so old by the time I saw it that I didn’t see any need in pointing it out. My friends on here know how I stand and can easily spot the fakes. I’m glad you can too.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
12:57 pm
@ Jacket Man….many of the posts you see with WnE’s name on it are from those of us who figured him out a long time ago and like to make fun of him—-dwagfan also. I don’t engage in that practice, but I think some of the posts are funny as hell. And after being disgusted by the drivel he always spouts, it’s fun to read something attributed to him that provides a good laugh. That’s why we have come to frequently refer to him as Gollum, and his supposed Tech class ring as his preciousss. Just laugh along with the rest of us.
GT fan
April 22nd, 2012
1:11 pm
Ghost ….
Do your research on Erk’s empire at GSU ….
He built it with PJ’s offense you mental midget. PJ was a defensive coach the first season (’83 I believe) then was moved to offense the next season. PJ convinced ER to let him run the TO. And the foundation for “Erk’s Empire” was laid …. by PJ!
Just for S’s & giggles, why don’t you also checkout who between those 2 had the better winning pct.
Birmingham Jacket
April 22nd, 2012
1:13 pm
@HighTech
I’ve always liked Terry Bowden. The guy is a winner.
GT fan
April 22nd, 2012
1:23 pm
And Ghost, in regards to GT & UGA’s oppents the past 2 seasons, your argument is moot.
One day you’ll beat your chest like King Kong about how good (and much better) UGA’s recruiting is (than GT’s). Then you’ll turn around and say GT, with “high-school” talent, should be ashamed that they are 14-12 over the past 2 seasons, while your might dawgs are 16-11 over the same span. An accomplishment for the dawgs b/c they play in the SEC!
Newsflash for you, mental midget, UGA’s SEC schedule in 2011 was arguably the weakest in the school’s history. UGA played 2 good/consistent SEC opponents in 2011 (USC & LSU) and went 0-2. Go lookup the records of GA’s SEC opponents that they beat in 2011. Just like a cliche I’ve read on GT’s blogs many times before … UGA beating those SEC opps in 2011 was like “being the tallest midget”
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
1:50 pm
Listen GTfan, Calling me a mental midget and you want to comoare Georgia anf techs schedulkes, Tech wouldn’t have won 4 games playing Georgias Schedule. and as far as winning pct between Erk and PJ at Southern, Erk started the program from scratch dumbass. I never beat my chest. Go look up everyone one in the SEC’s opponents winning pct. all were similar to georgias. Funny how you want to trash a program that tech has only 15 wins against since Eisenhower was president.14-12 against Who. 5 teams tech beat in 2011 had 10 wins between them. I have been around more college football than you will ever witness , don’t like my opinion don’t read it.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
1:51 pm
Perhaps we can meet and you can make the mental midget comment to my face , bold one.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
1:58 pm
Ghost, obvoiusly we will never know, but I would think that if Tech had played UGA’s regular season schedule last year, we would have lost to Boise State and USC, as you did, and possibly Florida. I think Tech would have won the rest. And of course, if Tech had played Tech in the last game, Tech would have won…..LOL At any rate, leaving out the season ending game, IMHO, Tech would have been 9-2 or 8-3, whereas, UGA was 9-2. I feel pretty damn confident in that. Tell us the games you think Tech would have lost in that schedule.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
2:07 pm
Since we’re dealing in hypotheticals, UGA may have struggled last year against VPISU, Clemson, Miami, UNC, and possibly would have lost to a couple of those teams. UGA was fortunate after they turned things around in the Coastal Carolina game to win the next three. UGA could have easily lost to Ole Miss, Miss St., or Vanderbilt. The Vandy game was very much a close call for the Bulldogs.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
2:09 pm
Super, Auburn,Florida, South Carolina, Vandy, Miss. State, Boise and. Tennessee in Knoxville if Bray was Qb. just MHO. no flame intended.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
2:13 pm
Georgia Tech could win all of those games. Not saying they would, but they could. IMHO.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
2:21 pm
Ghost, I already say Boise, USC, and possibly Fl. The only other one of those games that would even be in question would be the Vandy game. Tenn was TERRIBLE, as was Auburn. Hell, Tech ALWAYS beats Auburn.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
2:22 pm
High tech, the only thing that kept those games you mentioned close was Blair Walshs melt down.the Ole MIss and Miss State games weren’t close.Miss. state was 24-3 going into 4 th quarter. Ole Miss had 183 total yards offense and Miss State had 213 . Vandy had a pretty good team last year.4 of Miss states losses were to teams that finished in the top 10. Miss. State only trialed LSu and Bama by 3 points going into 4th quarter. I don;t think Georgia would have struggled with anyone other than VT.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
2:24 pm
Ghost, not being mean here, but I think you are a little too full of the SEC to face reality. Miss State was nothing, never has been, never will be. There were 2 great teams in the SEC last year (Bama and LSU), and 2 good teams (Arky and USC). Georgia was at the top of the 3rd tier, but in that 3rd tier nonetheless.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
2:25 pm
Ghost, you would have struggled with the Clemson team that played Tech, but definitely not the Clemson team that played USC and WVU. They fell apart after the Tech game.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
2:27 pm
Auburn didn’t look so terrible against Virginia, Tenn was horrible when their starting Qb got hurt.Ask 10-3 Cincinatti how bad tenn was. And High Tech I agree tech could have beaten some of those teams, I think on any given Saturday most anyone can beat anyone.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
2:44 pm
Super, So a team that takes the #1 and #2 teams in the nation into the 4th quarter only trailing by 3 points is nothing? In 2010 Miss State finished in the top 15 in the country. Vandy and Miss state both beat wake who was the runner up to Clemson and almost won the Atlantic division. Vandy 41- wake 7 Miss State 31 Wake 23.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
2:57 pm
I think on any given Saturday most anyone can beat anyone.
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Very true. Auburn didn’t fare so well against Clemson. Florida lost to FSU.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
3:03 pm
Tech beat both Vandy and Miss St. the last time they played in 2009.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
3:03 pm
Ghost, if Miss State were in any other conference besides the SEC, I doubt they would have been ranked that high at the end of the season. Wake finished 2nd to Clemson, but they were still not a particularly impressive team. I don’t discredit Vandy, and, in fact, you guys had better be ready for them this year, but I just wasn’t all that impressed with Miss State.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
3:05 pm
This is fun, guys, but I need a Sunday afternoon nap…..LOL Have fun
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
3:08 pm
I just checked the ACC Golf tournament scores. UVA had closed the gap on the Jackets, but we are back up now by 11 strokes. Hope they keep it up for their 6h (maybe 7th) consecutive ACC tournament win. NOW, I’m off for my nap
Imramblinrecluse
April 22nd, 2012
3:18 pm
Well I read 4 comment pages and saw no mention of how often the new shotgun was used. All I saw was descriptions of each player and how Tech usually depends on how each player is treated, if bad calls by refs occur, thus casing players to quit playing with the same intensity and boycott the rest of the game. Tech is not concerned about each player’s ego, they want a winning team. They want to thwart Logan Thomas on qb sneaks on Labor Day night as a goal to achieve. Beat Clemson and Georgia and Miami, not in order, just beat all of them. What Tech might could try if one player is better at running and the other is better at passing is to shuffle the qbs in and out for those expertise plays. Don’t keep the same qb in for every play. And I as Tech grad would like to see the first year CPJ Tech unis again because I believe they helped the team alot and the Tech fans and alums identified with them b/c of the old gold. Every year since PJ’s first, the unis have gone downhill. I don’t dig black, end of season, cold weather high stockings, or beginning of season warm weather low black socks, or any powder puff pink, not even for breastcancer awareness, particularly at a former all male school that Ga Tech was and still is mostly. I don’t dig thick, wide, solid black side stripes on white pants. And when I went to Tech we had a team w/white helmets for two years. Why not wear them half the season, and wear the gold ones the other half, for random games?
BLOG O' ROOTER
April 22nd, 2012
4:28 pm
Call me for all your clogged blog needs. LOL
GTBob
April 22nd, 2012
4:32 pm
Guys I’m tellin’ ya. I was there Friday night and I know impressive young men when I see them. We will beat UGA this year. No more close games or moral victories-we WILL win this game!
Sugar Shane
April 22nd, 2012
4:42 pm
Only reason Johnson didn’t get fired is cause of the Clemson game which was not much of a win anyhow considering Kevin Steele couldn’t figure out to load the box and force the option inside. GT ain’t gonna beat you passing but Steele was too stupid to figure that out. Thank God for the Orange Bowl b/c Steele is gone and Clemson is gonna beat that GT high school team into the dirt. GT is gonna be playing a Ostrich playbook against Clemson. Burying their heads in the dirt.
BLT
April 22nd, 2012
4:46 pm
Thanks Sugar Shane.
Sugar Shane
April 22nd, 2012
4:46 pm
UGA losing to Boise St. was a disgrace to the SEC and the south in general, especially the southeast. UGA fans have no room to brag about anything.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
4:50 pm
@ Sugar Shane, there was no possibility at all that Johnson would have gotten fired last year
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
5:06 pm
High Tech. Both Vandy and Miss State are vastly improved from 2009.
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
5:07 pm
Here’s a video of Sugar Shane…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBmrrRKg-c
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
5:12 pm
Vastly improved? Ok Ghost.
Sugar Shane
April 22nd, 2012
5:14 pm
@HighTech how did you know that was me? I actually like GT I just dislike PJ’s cheap offense.
Here is a pic of High Tech at a Rambling Redneck mud jump
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=336778066432&set=a.438214056432.236060.336777676432&type=3
Sugar Shane
April 22nd, 2012
5:18 pm
For some reason my previous posts didn’t post. But I said that I actually liked GT just not PJ’s offense. I always pull for any southeast team (sec or acc) over other conferences especially the Big10 and Pac10/12. I do get annoyed by SEC fans with their “We won because a SEC team won” mantra. I’m ready for the entire ACC to get back to being good.
Sugar Shane
April 22nd, 2012
5:20 pm
and USC would have spanked GT into the dirt last year. The Gamecocks would not have fallen for that Prep BS and GT wouldn’t have crossed the 50yd line. The Cocks would’ve hung 50 on GT last year.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
5:20 pm
CPJ’s “cheap offense” sure seems to work well against the tiggers from Clems son.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
5:21 pm
I think that’s dwagfan’s pic, Shane.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
5:23 pm
Tech just won the ACC golf tournament AGAIN
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
5:53 pm
That was not one of my better days, Sugar Shane. lol.
rxdawg79
April 22nd, 2012
6:04 pm
@GTR: Absolutely agree. Face it, a team plays itself, and what does that really tell you? It’d be more fun (and maybe more telling) if we could scrimmage another team. I think a UGA/GT spring scrimmage would be great.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
6:10 pm
High tech, Compared to where they were in 2009 Miss State and Vandy they are vastly improved. Both Mullen and Franklin would be good coaches for Tech to consider.
GTBob
April 22nd, 2012
6:38 pm
Compared to where they were in 2009 Miss State and Vandy they are vastly improved
Vandy is fairly improved. Still pretty bad though. Miss St was probably worse then they were in 2009. They were pretty awful last year.
I dropped my fried twinkie
April 22nd, 2012
7:36 pm
Great weekend
BigTimeTECHFan
April 22nd, 2012
8:18 pm
Based on the spring game I going to say GT defense will be a lot better then past couple of years.
Attoachu, Neally, Hunt-Days, Watts will be awesome LB’s, also some nice players behind them
L Young,J Thomas, Bolton, Johnson will be awesome
DL, I’m not real sure, TJ Barnes looks good but need someone to give him some breaks
DE’s look huge, almost to big. I think they have size and skill to play good, but not sure yet.
QB is Fine, All can play.
WR – didn’t get open much, but did see Chris Jackson run a perfect back shoulder fade for TD
AB’s – Nice catching the ball, OL didn’t block enough to get them outside on the runs
BB’s – Sims, Perkins, Laskey all very nice. but Perkins had no room running behind 3rd team OL against no 1 defense
GT fan
April 22nd, 2012
8:35 pm
Super et al ……. Ghost is a UGA fan, so we know he’s delusional. He’d put up a heck of an argument that the sky’s not blue, or the pacific ocean is not salt water.
Guy got mad b/c I told the truth by calling him a mental midget. He challenges to meet me so I could call him that to his face. FYI, I’d flip him like a cheese omelet!
GT fan
April 22nd, 2012
8:38 pm
Super …. Ghost is mad at me b/c I called him a mental midget (which he is). He’s a dawg fan so we know he’s also delusional.
Next thing we know he’ll be saying the pacific ocean isn’t salt water b/c it’s not in the SEC!
Oh …… and Ghost, I’d flip you like a cheese omelet.
GT fan
April 22nd, 2012
8:43 pm
Big Time,
Assuming everyone on O stays relatively healty, and the fumbles are minimal ……….
If the D only improves it’s 4.9 yd / carry avg on 3rd down (10th in ACC last season) to say 5th or better, they win 8+ games again.
Add better over 3rd down D, and more sacks by NOT blitzing (which will mean more INTs) they’ll win 10+.
GT fan
April 22nd, 2012
8:43 pm
better overALL D ……
HighTech
April 22nd, 2012
9:25 pm
Miss St. and Vandy’s improvement is vastly exagerated.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 22nd, 2012
9:36 pm
@ GT Fan, Ghost actually isn’t all bad, but today was obviously not one of his good days.
GT77
April 22nd, 2012
10:08 pm
I still have no confidence in CPJ to lead us to a NC, let alone an ACC championship.
Ghost
April 22nd, 2012
10:42 pm
Gt fan, time and place here kitty kitty.
I dropped my fried twinkie
April 22nd, 2012
11:22 pm
GT77 ONLY 2 of 120 coaches every year get a shot at a MNC. Now only 2 of 14 ACC coaches get that chance. I think it will be easier to win an ACC Championship over a MNC, but that isn’t how you said it.
NCJACKET
April 23rd, 2012
8:18 am
Was it this hard to find quarterbacks for this offense at Navy and Georgia Southern? I just don’t get it.
dawgfan
April 23rd, 2012
9:27 am
YAWN. What a boring football program. 8-4 for the Nerds in 2012. They’ll obviously lose at Virginia Tech. That’s a no brainer. Another loss to UGA is also a no brainer. Their other two losses will come from the following: Miami, Clemson, Maryland, UNC. Miami owns them. Clemson is due. Now, I know absolutley nothing about Maryland or UNC but I do know that Georgia Tech plays them back to back on the road in November. That’s a brutal stretch by Georgia Tech standards (LMAO). As we all know, Georgia Tech plays awful the second half of the season because their lack of depth and Paul Johnson’s inability to make adjustments catches up to them. They’ll drop one of those games, or possibly both.
Yep, 8-4 it is. The Nerds will be thrilled with that. I’m thrilled with it too. Georgia Tech football is all about making everyone happy.
Thanks.
www
April 23rd, 2012
12:26 pm
ghost and sugar shane sound like typical sec morons.
www
April 23rd, 2012
12:30 pm
10+ wins this season, with an appearance in the ACC championship game and a victory over uga in november.
book it.
www
April 23rd, 2012
12:32 pm
lol. dwagfan is back? oh good, this should be entertaining. nothing like an obsessive loser to increase page views for the tech blog.
Over the Weekend « Mostly College Football Blog
April 23rd, 2012
2:13 pm
[...] appears that Tevin Washington will head into the 2012 season as Tech’s starter at QB, while redshirt freshman Vad Lee will more than likely be the no. 2 guy. Unfortunately for Tech [...]
hottie
April 23rd, 2012
2:39 pm
since M Bradley thinks nothing will change in QB situation then what that means is that it will..guarantee it
crackbaby
April 23rd, 2012
4:59 pm
Good column, MB.