Tech in 2012: It’s a chance for Paul Johnson to look smart

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This is going to be a very good year for the Jackets. Get by VTech and the sky is the limit.

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Funny, how you don’t mention Johnson’s record when teams have more than one week to prepare for his particular brand of “genius.”

Let’s just say, if the Bugs played EVERY team coming off a bye week with their gimmick high school offense, they’d go 0-12 under their “genius” coach.

The Bugs are what they’ve always been. An irritant who just don’t matter much in the big scheme of things, and their coach is nothing but an over-stuffed, puffed-up, bad-mannered, arrogant ass.

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Excellant observations…outside serious injuries to the already depleted offensive line and then Joshua Nesbibitt getting hurt his final season, those numbers might look a bit different, however. Then add in the fact the team was breaking in a new QB, Wide Receiver(s), & RB, and switching base defenses, I would suggest that we look at the games lost and see how many they were truly “out of” during this stretch. A few plays could have gone another way, without key injuries in place for example, and the record could be much better. Also, where have the Jackets placed in their Division since Paul Johnson has been on campus, and has the team had a chance to win it every year he’s been here in spite of everything? How many other coaches could pull this off?

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“Let’s just say, if the Bugs played EVERY team coming off a bye week with their gimmick high school offense, they’d go 0-12 under their “genius” coach.”

Glad we could get the dumbest possible quote out of the way early. Every team would have trouble if every opponent got an extra week to study every game. Even your beloved Bulldogs.

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Lo clayfield, the sky is the limit? Sorry, for the ACC the limit is the orange bowl

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Been watching CPJ for 15 years, he runs the same offense that my HS ran in 1975. Probably learned everything he knows from his HS Coach. With the new blocking rules he will struggle even more this year. I predict 6 wins. All you Tech Fans write that number down and put it under your pillow cause it’s better than 5 wins.

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Simple math people.

In 08 & 09 thanks to Gailey’s Recruiting CPJ had 5-6 future NFL Guys on each side of the ball.

Thanks to his own weak Recruiting efforts, GT is lucky to have 1-2 future NFL guys on each side of the ball, this “talent drain” is something that the CPJ boot-licking-toadies refuses to recognize.

It comes down to a talent drain, and all the “X’n & O’n” won’t overcome a serious lack of talent, even in a weak conference like the ACC.

The WR’s are weaker. the RBs overall are weaker even with Orwin, the Defense is much weaker, especially the DL that had 4 future NFL guys when CPJ arrived, whereas now we might end up with zero future NFL guys off of this DL.

The talent drain is everywhere you look, it cannot be denied.

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Paul Johnson’s offense will generally get Tech around 6-8 wins per year in a very average ACC. Very simply put, if a defense can take away Tech’s dive play up the middle, Tech’s offense usually struggles. From a Georgia perspective, I’ve always been surprised/happy when Johnson panicks late in games vs, UGA and starts throwing the ball.

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One more thing…the talent Coach Johnson has brought in on defense will definitely show its merits this upcoming season…..and the AJC still probably won’t recognize that fact. Mark mentioned “incremental progress” on defense. Do you think that happened by chance or did CPJ not recruit any of these guys, WNE/Bradley?

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@ Intellectual Ninja…..you may THINK you are intellectual, but in fact you are pretty damn dumb. Other than the bowl games, how about naming one team who had a week off that beat the Jackets? The dwags had a week off in 2008, and we see what happened there. They haven’t had a week of before the Tech game since then. I’m not going to the trouble of looking it up, but since you made this stupid claim, back it up, bubba

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“@1eyedJack……have you ever SEEN CPJ in person?”

Can’t say I’ve ever had the pleasure. I’ve only been able to admire him from afar. That may be why I can’t tell how smart he is.

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Mark Bradley predicted GT would win 8 games last season,
and GT won 8 games.

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Supersized Dummy…

In 2009, Miami had 10 days to prepare for Man-Boobs… LOSS for Bugland.

In 2010, NC State had 9 days to prepare for the “genius”… LOSS.

In 2010, VA Tech had 12 days to prepare for the gimmick offense… LOSS.

In 2010, Georgia had 14 days to prepare for NATS… LOSS.

In 2011, Virginia had 14 days to prepare for the Bugs… LOSS.

In 2011, VA Tech had 12 days to prepare for I’ve run out of names… LOSS.

Add that up with 4 bowl losses, and Man-Boobs Genius Johnson has lost TEN TIMES since 2009 to teams with more than 7 days to prepare.

So, in his first season, he pretty much caught everyone by surprise with the gimmick.

After that, give even the average DC’s of the ACC more than 7 days to prepare their teams, and it equals and automatic LOSS for the Bugs.

Got anything else to say, Supersize Dummy?

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@ 1eyedJack…. CPJ is living proof that you can’t judge a book by its cover. The CPJ haters like to trash him for just about everything, including his appearance. But to be a head coach at any college in America means you’re no dummy. Hell, even Danny Ford looked and often acted pretty dumb, but he sure as hell wasn’t. The same can be said of Yabba Dabba Sweeney too, although his coaching abilities are still suspect.

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Much of Danny Ford’s brilliance was purchased. After being ejected from Clemson he never seemed quite so bright.

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Ninja……yes, we lost those games you listed, and yes, the other teams had off weeks prior to playing us. But except for the 2009 Miami game, it wasn’t the opponents’ defenses that beat Tech, it was Tech’s lack of defense. Nobody, other than Iowa and LSU has stopped Johnson’s offense yet, and certainly not the dwags. Hell, even last year, as poorly as Tech played in the second half, we had just shy of 300 yards offense in the first half.

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Hope this is a season of upswing for GT. Should be better, but they are going to need to come together and overachieve. I do think Johnson is a good coach, but needs to open things up a bit….but not sure that’s in his plans.

Go Jackets!!!!

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Not to put too fine a point on things, if one looks back at the losses Tech has since CPJ came on board the vast majority have been due to defensive shortcomings not offensive woes. By no means am I laying every loss on the defense but, by far and away, the losses have comes because Tech could not get a stop when it would make the difference between a W and a L.

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I don’t understand this ’smartest guy’ line that Bradley has taken since PJ started. Just because PJ is able to dazzle Bradley doesn’t make him smart. He’s a good coach. Most D1 coaches are or they wouldn’t have a job. Funny how the standard and writing approach is so different for the two schools.

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Go Dawgs!

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I for one wish Tech well, except for the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I do not understand why my UGA friends come on here bashing the Jackets. Yea, I know, GT BOB and a few others do it on UGA blogs as well. But, I live by the code of, “Good, Clean Old Fashion Hate” theory in that I wish all of our state teams well except when we play against each other. GA guys that call CPJ’s offense as being HS, and we may win the games, but they gouge us and everyone else for a ton of yards on the ground. I live 42 miles from the Clemson campus, and to hear all of them talk you would think that they are going to be world beaters this year and years to come. I hope that Tech can shut them up when they travel to “Death Valley ” this fall. Good luck to the Jackets this season, except one!

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Supersize…I’ll trust what you are saying because I don’t watch GT football except when they play my Dawgs but remember, last year’s game CMR and CMB shut our offense down completely at the beginning of the 3rd quarter because we were up big at halftime. We were just playing “keep away”.

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How smart is he if he loses to UGA again?

Smart enough to stay competitive with a team that has 50x the talent that his team has. If Richt and CPJ switched places then UGA would beat GT by 30 every year.

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Jackets are 6-11 under CPJ when the other FBS team has greater than one week to prepare, including bowl games. I think many teams would have a similar winning percentage when facing a team with extra preparation time.

http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/31987/paul-johnson-not-buying-into-extra-time-theory

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I agree Dawg Bite. I also hope GT beats Clemson. Those Tigers are getting too cocky.

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GT Boob,

You say if Richt and Man-Boobs switched places, yada, yada…

… but what you’re not acknowledging is the fact that Johnson wouldn’t recruit at UGA, either.

In fact, besides possibly a better defense, his offense would be WORSE, because no top-tier recruit wants to run his gimmick high school offense, and he’d be going against SEC defenses week in and week out.

Sorry.

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re:
Supersize that order, mutt
August 4th, 2012
6:30 pm

Ninja, with the exception of the 2009 Miami game, all those games were lost because of Tech’s BAD defense, not because the other teams stopped Tech’s offense. The only two teams that have actually contained Tech’s running game were Iowa and LSU. As poorly as Tech played against UGA in the second half last year, we still had just shy of 300 yards offense against you in the first half.
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CPJ is responsible for that BAD DEFENSE that he has Recruited!

CMR was responsible for Willie Martinez and it almost got him fired, so CPJ should be held accountable for Wommack & CAG.

GT alums like yourself come across as CPJ apologists and NOT GT fans when you try to absolve CPJ for GT’s defensive problems.

CPJ is NOT a glorified OC acting as a HC, he’s the HC making $2.6 mil per yr. so that means that EVERYTHING is his fault!

When you try to separate the offensive issues from the defensive issues to try and defend CPJ you come across as a CFB/GT Fan that doesn’t know very much about CFB or GT FB!

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4GT

August 4th, 2012
7:01 pm

Anyone know, did Mark Richt beat a top 10 ranked team since 2009? Don’t think so.

CPJ handled Clemson last year.
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You really want to claim that Clemson was a Top-10 team after the way that USCe beat them and then WVU hung 70 points on them in the bowl?

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“no top tier recruit wants to run his gimmick high school offense” hmmmm not overlooking the inherent recruiting advantage of the state school, i.e. GA, AL, FL, LSU etc what wide reciever would not drool over single coverage every time he lines up, what running back would not enjoy having a chance to take it to the house on every carry. For those of you who criticize the offensive scheme why don’t you take the time to study it. If it such a gimmick why does every DC worry so much about defending it? Why does every D put 8 in the box to try and stop it? Could it be that one blown assignment means a TD? Educate yourself, this offense is designed to create one on one match ups like no other offense out there. If the play is blocked properly or if there is a blown d assignment the result is, more often than not, a TD. You may think it’s a gimmick or high school but it dang sure effective!

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Really like Coach Walkosky’s hire, new Special Teams coach. Guy is tops there, top 15 nationally at Toledo, and has studied with all the NFL Special Teams gurus. He’s said to be one of the top 10 Special Teams guys in football. Blocked 24 punts in 8 years.

This will be a big big difference.

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Here’s something none of the Georgie blowhards ever acknowledge (bring up for those of you in Athens), if you even realize (know for those in Athens) it. When the esteemed (much loved for those in Athens) CVD (Coach Vince Dooley for those in Athens) retired from coaching, he recommended CER (Coach Erk Russell for those in Athens) as his replacement. Apparently, he and Erk had discussed it, since he said that CPJ (Coach Paul Johnson for those in Athens) would come with him as OC (Offensive Coordinator for those in Athens) & be his replacement as HC (Head Coach for those in Athens) because due to Erk’s age, he would only coach 4-5 more years. Dooley said he wanted to stand back and watch & laugh as the SEC DC’s (Defensive Coordinators for those in Athens) pulled their hair trying to figure out how to stop Johnson’s option (high school offense for those in Athens) offense. This was his statement/recommendation to the board doing the search for and hiring of a new coach. What did the board think of Dooley’s suggestion? They hired the doofus Ray Goff.

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@ 1 4 GT……Great point

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“… an also ran in the ACC..”, that about says it all, no?

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Smith gets 10 yards a carry, my guess is he’ll be used much like Meyer used Percy Harvin. Also, the secondary will be strong against the pass, so teams that are pass oreinted will have a tough day. And the offensive line has more experience than any CPJ has had at GT, so they’ll be top 5 rushing.

Georgia could get caught looking ahead to the SEC Championship, look for the offensive line to dominate that game, the secondary to pick off int QB AM, and for the special teams to take advantage of UGA’s anemic special teams coaches and inexperienced new special teams kicker and punter.

Only games that will be close are Clemson, NC, and UGA, I like GT over UGA, Clemson, NC and VT.

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CBS Atlanta Sportsline showed video from today’s Fan Day at Bobby Dodd Stadium…..it looked like about 35 people showed up…….the excitement is buzzing down on the Flats this year…….dives to the B-Backs….pitches to the A-Backs…….wooo hoo…….it’s the Perfect Option!!!!

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of all the losses, losing to Air Force was the worst primarily because of special team neglect…hope the new hiring will make an impact..no reason GT should have lost that game…

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to the dog dopes on this blog, where’s the competition? No Arkansas, Bama or LSU? Who are you people going to be crying to about how hard it is playing in the SEC if you lose a game? The nation is aware of your schedule and has been bringing it up all week on national sports radio.

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Pass defense at GT is getting better every year under CPJ.
#45 in 09, #34 in 2010, #28 in 2011

Long explosion plays continue to be tops nationally:
ranked in top 5 nation in number of 20, 30, 40, 50 60, 70 yard plays.

Rush offense continues to top nation:
#2 in 2009, #1 in 2010, #2 in 2011

Time of Possession tops in nation:
#3 in 2009, #19 in 2010, #22 in 2011

Yowsa, CPJ is a genius.

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Here is Paul Johnson looking “smart”:

“he just got off from WalMart”
“anyone who calls into a radio show and barks is either retarded or has no life”

Classy. If you want to hitch your wagon to a clown that says stuff like that and puts a mediocre product on the field, more power to you….

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A techie football player is guilty of ncaa violations seemingly with cpj’s knowledge and comments are closed??!!!! Are you kidding me? The ajc daily trots out stories usually tired retreads about even the slightest rumored mistep by a Georgia player and allows every hate filled moron that can work a keyboard to spew vitrol often racially tinged but we can’t comment on the tech player illegally selling items?

Before I continue I want to see if this msg will be allowed as this is the third time I have tried to post it.

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Hey Jon Koncak—I’d rather that than a clown calling some high school kid and singing “Happy Birthday”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Probrbly can’t carry a tune in 3 buckets anyway.

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“Mark Richt has won 34 games the last four years with top-end talent and Paul Johnson has won 34 games the last four years without top-end talent. Which coach looks smart?”

THAT pretty well sums things up!! But the dwags are going to be butt-hurt over you pointing that out to them. I guess they’ll argue that CMR(Helen Hunt in drag) has better hair and a spray tan!!

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The 2009 game against Georgia was sickening and now looks like the high-water mark for Paul Johnson at Georgia Tech much like the 2008 Alabama game seems to be for Richt at UGA. The game against Georgia this year is the BIGGEST game Johnson will have coached at Tech. No more excuses!

Somebody mentioned something about Richt being a genius for scheduling Georgia Southern the week before Georgia. Don’t think that’s the case. Jeff Monken and Johnson coached together for years. The Eagles may have a nice surprise for the Doggies on November 17.

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Can the ajc be more obvious in their agenda to try and drag down Georgia’s football program all while trying to prop up the north avenue trade school? It’s bad enough the ajc has numerous stories about the same exact thing daily so the hate filled trash can post their filth abouth Georgia. It’s even worse that not only do you not allow comments when tech violates ncaa rules yet again, you hold back the story for 9 months until I will assume it was about to be reported elsewhere and you had to run it.

I would think that since the ajc has old school reporters from the days when journalists actually had integrity you would try to raise the bar instead of wallowing in the filth with the muckraking trash that seems to be the norm now.

I think ken is a good blogger even though he has always allowed the trade school biys spew hate on his blog while often blocking, banning and even calling out anyone who had a different take on tech than he did. This is far from the first time he has pulled this cowardly stunt and I’m sure it will not be the last.

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4GT, I hope for your families sake you don’t gamble.Smith used like Harvin, Is PJ ditching the service academy option? Harvin caught 40 passes in 2008, Will tech throw 40 passes his way?

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For the record, I’m with those that say Harvey Updike represents the Crimson Tide.

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UGA goes for size over speed, they got 2 350 lb slugs on the d-line, no match for speedy Smith.

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To be perfectly honest, I think next season will be the big season for the Jackets, not this year…perhaps they can win 9 games if they play over their heads, but next season, I think things set up nicely because of their home schedule versus this season.

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Yep Georgia didn’t have an answer for a running back that gained 46 yards.16 of those when the score was 31-10 with 8 minutes left.

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I’d like to see Smith used more on punt return this time, I’d imagine Coach Walkosky will put Smith to good use, can you imagine Smith back there on punt return against UGA, going up against a Frosh Punter? Can’t wait to see how much Coach W improves Sp Teams.

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Scheduling Georgia Southern the week before Georgia Tech may look like a smart move to UGA’s fans, but it’s not.

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@ Wreker…….OMG, are you serious? Somebody actually posted that?

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Not sure UGA playing GS the week before is a bad thing. GS speed is not comparible to GT.

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@ BigDWagK…..I am still waiting for you to explain why that OLD NEWS you posted about is such a BFD to you

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As 1 4 GT pointed out earlier, and this is FACT, Erk Russell sure thought he was an offensive genius.

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@Supersize— Thanks for the English lesson, guess your comprehension got lost in the spelling—- you should stay clear of texting and twitter; may cause you a nervous break down!

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It’s about time for the AJC to move into the 21st century. There are far too many trolls on these blogs. Implement a secure login system with admin oversight in the comments section. Until then, this will continue to be a place full of vitriol and drivel.

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Oscar Pistorious is what the Olypics are all about!!

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@ Sup—- WOW- what a “putz”- comprende?

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@ BUZZ Fan……I believe YOU are the putz……COMPRENDE VOUS???

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non hable espanol!!

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Rate the Tech Coaches (during my lifetime):

Bobby Dodd – Nothing I can say does him justice. I never met him, but I played ball in HS with a couple of guys who played for him at Tech – they told me when he spoke, it was as if Mt. Rushmore was speaking (not sure which President they were referring too, probably TR). There’s a reason his name’s on the stadium.

Bud Carson – Why would anyone want to follow a legend? (Ray Perkins had the same problem.)

Bill Fulcher – taught with his wife (she was a class act); Techies didn’t give him enough time.

Pepper Rogers – quite a change from CBF – too flashy for the old school alums – really good coach, though

Bill Curry – the rightful heir to Bobby Dodd. Classiest coach in NCAA history! If he had stayed at Tech (rather than jump into the nut house that is Alabama football) perhaps we’d have Grant Field at Bobby Dodd Stadium featuring the Bill Curry turf!

Bobby Ross – “Just win, baby!” Perhaps my favorite Tech coach – a genius.

Bill Lewis – a fan favorite in Athens! (Not to mention Ryan Stewart!)

George O’Leary – not too popular in Athens! Too bad he failed to submit a clean resume – maybe the Irish wouldn’t be so pitiful! (Kicked our butts in the Liberty Bowl – talk about bad memories!)

Chan Gailey – # 1 in Athens!!! (As long as Reggie Ball’s still chunking ‘em into the hedges on 4th down!)

Paul Johnson – so far, so good. If the Techies leave him alone, I think he’ll bring them a great deal of success. Unfortunately, most of the big $$$ alums only remember Bobby Dodd. This ain’t the ATL in 1965!

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Til helvítis með Georgíu

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Hey , Supersize…you said, “Ninja, it’s not worth my time to check the rest but in 2010, Tech ran for 300+ yards against the dwags, scored 34 points and would have won the game except for a missed extra point. Yeah, that week off really helped you, didn’t it?” Dawgs got the win, that’s ALL that counts. Don’t you wish you could remember how that feels against us? See your lame arse in Athens for the next Butt Kicking. Haha

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The “CFB Gods” have stepped up to bite GT and their smug, holier-than-thou fanbase in their @$$ once again!

GT fans (not me, I don’t poke fun at opponents) took delight at laughing at the Spurrier comments about how many Mutts would be out for the early games this year.

Lo & behold, we have our own situation where multiple important Players, specifically, “Lattimer” Drummond and Lou Young will miss the Va. Tech game.

Why does CPJ & GT always HIDE FROM THE MEDIA and say very little when something bad happens, yet is loud and arrogant when something good happens (upset of Clemson for example)?

Why can’t our HC be even keeled & classy like CMR and inform the Media of the good and the bad with equal class & decorum?

Now that we know that CHUCK OLIVER WAS RIGHT, CPJ comes out and goes “radio silent” and then claims we don’t want Va. Tech to know who’ll sit out for the 1st game.

What a 3ffin’ poor representative of GT and all that she stand for!

CPJ ’s crass behavior belongs at the crappy D1-AA level along with his gimmicky offense!

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Guess what wrexie, despite your fondest wishes CPJ isn’t going anywhere. Too bad, little man, You are exactly the type of person I spoke of earlier, so eaten up with your hatred for CPJ and anything/everything to do with Tech that you come on here and spew the vilest comments. Hey, don’t go away mad, just go away child.

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Coach Johnson makes millions per year. All you guys who know so much more than he about football must really be stuffing the bank. Else with all your football brilliance, you should get a coaching job and line up opposed. Good luck.

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@GT87 don’t you know that playing NCAA 2012 makes so much smarter and a better coach than CPJ???????

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@ …..yeah you…..don’t you wish you could remember how to have some class?

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@ Crimson…..I don’t know if the prosthetic gives him any kind of advantage or not (probably not), but I’m glad that he has been allowed to run. Even with any kind of advantage, he probably still can’t win it all, but I’m glad he’s able to get the opportunity

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With a creampuff schedule, GT should lose only to VT, Clemson and UGA, meaning they will for one more year be irrelevant to bowls and polls.

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GTbob in tha house!!!!!!

How bout the attempt to ruin a young mans life for what had to be one of his happiest moments!!
Harassing a young man on twitter after He just made a life-changing decision is worse than Harvey Updyke. Congrats on the company you keep, WnE.

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@ fbGuy…..and with UGA’s creampuff schedule, they should lose only to USC, Auburn, and the SEC championship game which they will probably get into through the back door. But I think they will also lose to Tech, for the same reasons that you think they won’t

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Yep, if UGA loses those three, they also likely won’t matter either

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In all honesty only teams with 0 or 1 loss are truly relevant to the polls and bowls,

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But a 10 or 11 win season is nothing to be ashamed of either

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How bout the attempt to ruin a young mans life for what had to be one of his happiest moments!!

That would be the lowest thing I have ever seen an internet troll do. I still don’t know what he was hoping to accomplish.

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The Mizzou/GA is going to be wild one, the Mizzou players and crowd will be sky high for their 1st SEC game.

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@ fbguy…..UGA will lose to SC, because Spurrier always beats UGA

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And by meaningful i mean a game whose outcome has some meaning nationally

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GSUStud…………..what an oxymoron!!! Or is it just moron, whatever it is why don’t you go and crawl back to the GSU blog, assuming there is such a thing. Sheesh what a loser.

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Sporting News has GT at #21 pre season, so Mark, you’re not alone, although I thought we might be in the top 10.

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@ GSUdud……you posted a few days ago that Tech would win no more than 6 games this year, and I challenged you to accept a $10,000.00 wager on that. Are you a man or a mouse? Put your money where your mouth is.

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@ GSUdud……I’m waiting? Put up or shut up

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@ biggtfan……did you go today? How was it?

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@ ole yeller……I don’t even have $10,000.00, but I’m willing to take that risk, because I know I’ll win. GSUdud is a cowardly POS

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I do.

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BTW, ole yeller…..enjoyed seeing your pics. You need to give me some lessons

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My wife got most of it already.

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Hey SS you mean it’s not a mute point? LOL!

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Staying in Ga. Buying a house in Fl. as a second home. So I will be attending Tech games after all.

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Ol’JacketFan: UGA will not be relevant if we lose those 3, or any 3 for that matter. You are correct that with few exceptions undefeated or 1 loss teams are the only teams figuring into the mix (2007 was a fluke year). Think the Jackets will be pretty darn good if the D improves. Hope winning the GT/UGA game means big things (national relevance) to the victor.

I believe that CPJ’s offense is perfect for GT as it neutralizes the recruiting disadvantages GT may have. Need a better defense though.

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Hell, gsu 2X4 couldn’t lay his hands on $20,000 if he was gonna be shot between the eyes if he didn’t pay up.

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and another moron heard from, thanks for not disappointing us Ty LOL! troll hard my friend

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in all fairness to PJ, I don’t think any coach could. Gailey missed a golden opportunity against Wake…the tens of tech fans(including some that “laugh out loud”) should just be happy with 7-6, and ecstatic with the occasional 8-5 season.

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“Tech won the ACC in 2009 under Johnson”

I don’t want to call you a liar…

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ole yeller,
I agree with you 100% regarding the NCAA.

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“I remind you that he has already won an ACC championship at Tech.”

I’m still refraining from calling you a liar…but, I don’t know how much longer I can holdout.

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I agree, they all fear the Bee.

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Oh and since CPJ’s teams have averaged 8.5 wins/year why would Tech fans be estatic with an 8 win season?

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Can’t wait till Smith unleashes this year, he’s on the Doak Walker list.

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COACH JONSON IS MORE PUMPED, SAYS THIS IS BEST O LINE WE’VE HAD DURING HIS YEARS AT GT.

GO JACKETS!

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RICHT’S TEAM AVERAGED 8 WINS PER SEASON SINCE 2008, CPJ’S IS 8.5

GO JACKETS!

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They’re saying our secondary will shut teams down. can’t wait.

buzz….

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@ GTBob……if he were doing that, I would hope that Angelo would kick him in the face

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Have you guys ever seen so many Georgia fans on our site–man, they must be WORRIED.

JACKETS!!!

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wd, YES, i WENT, IT WAS AMAZIN.G

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UGA IS GREAT!

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“I’m still refraining from calling you a liar…but, I don’t know how much longer I can holdout.”

You can do it, you are the most anal retentive and urinary retentive person on the planet. I think there’s a special bag named after you…maybe it’s your wife’s bag. I can’t remember and don’t care.

Keeping “plugging” away tied.

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@ ty webb……for all intents and purposes, Tech HAS. However, you claimed that Tech never WILL win one, and I promise you that if not this year, next year, Tech WILL.

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@ biggtfan…..that’s awesome. Glad you had a good time. What about Gotsis? Did you meet him? Or Chungong (or however it’s spelled)?

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Michael Phelps is one for the ages, boys!!!
Greatest Olympian ever.

It never ceases to amaze me watching the Games, more and more highlights of events/moments from Atlanta keep popping up.
This City never gets the respect deserved. Those Games were as good as anyone else’s. If anything, the IOC screwed Atlanta.

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@wrist. grat job, it was fun. did you see hurly there or bluman sawyer?

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and just because I said it wouldn’t happen, it doesn’t mean I don’t want it to happen…though to be honest, I do hope it doesn’t happen.

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@ GTBob……that’s great. I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing it

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@ ty webb……It WILL happen. Count on it

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@GTBob, that is classic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Super, got it thanks.

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Super, yes it did. Thanks for the link.

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@GTBob, apparently the ACC is not near as hypocritical as the NCAA

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supersize,
I commend your optimism.

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ty webb….it’s not optimism; it’s CONFIDENCE

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There’s slow but steady evolution at work here.

Problem: CPJ’s offense scores a lot of points but Tech’s defense wasn’t good enough to win big games against the upper ACC/SEC opponents consistently. Solution? CPJ hired Al Groh, a recognized defensive guru. (I still have my doubts about the three-man front with three-star linemen.)

Problem: Tech’s special teams failed to execute. Solution? CPJ hired his first-ever special teams coach.

Problem: Tech’s players tended to wear down in the fourth quarter against bigger teams. Solution? CPJ hired a new strength and conditioning coach.

Problem: Tech is not getting its share of the blue-chip/four-star talent. Solution? Unknown.

Overall, I think the jury is still out on whether CPJ can win more than 7-8 games each year consistently, and getting better players is the key to greater success.

However, if and when CPJ recognizes that he can’t win with the talent level he went after at Georgia Southern and Navy, then things could get very exciting.

The encouraging sign is that he’s recognized the shortcomings listed above and addressed them. I hope he decides to make recruiting of better players a priority, also.

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supersize,
I apologize. I meant I “recommend” your optimism…tech fans could use much more of it, and much much less “living vicariously through anyone who beats UGA”-ism…optimism/confidence is the cure for “little brother” syndrome.

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“and just because I said it wouldn’t happen, it doesn’t mean I don’t want it to happen…though to be honest, I do hope it doesn’t happen”

You are carrying around all the fecal matter and you want to keep it? You are stranger than I thought. A good bowel movement never hurt anyone tied.

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@ ty…..for some screwy reason, the filters are blocking my response to your last response. I don’t know how else to post that I disagree in part with your last post

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UGA has fans who do the same thing directed towards Tech opponents

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Good night, guys. Have a good one. And Go Jackets!

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GO JACKETS !!!

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supersize,
I get your gist…though the difference is that UGA fans don’t have to live vicariously through teams that beat tech.

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“The ajc is a joke, just like the terroristtechies”

If I get banned and deleted then this clown should be as well. Yes, I wear a turban.

Everyone knows the course Terrorism 101. What a complete idiot. Represents U(sic)GA so well.

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Supersize that order, mutt
August 4th, 2012
10:28 pm

@ GTBob……did you read what he posted the other day about Angelo Taylor? Sure, Taylor screwed up a few times, and pretty badly too, but that’s all behind him now, and he is representing the USA. I posted the fact that Taylor had been elected team captain by the US Men’s track and field team, and the loser tore into him. His teammates trust and respect him, but WnE calls him out on his past. That was the absolute last time I will ever read anything that he posts or acknowledge what he says at all.
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Taylor had sex with 15 years girl(s), as in more than one!

Why are you so quick to allow Taylor to have a “past” and put it in his past, but not that perv up at Penn St., Taylor probably got a “sweetheart plea deal” because he either paid off their Mommas, OR, poor black 15 y/o Females from Public Housing don’t make good “victims” for the Prosecution to base their case on.

IF Taylor had had sex with multiple 15 y/o Females from “East Cobb or Alpharetta” with 2 parents that both had Advanced Degrees, do you think he would have avoided JAIL TIME and would be the captain of the US Track Team?

I guess guys like you hide behind “situational integrity” if “your guy” screws up, then you want to put it in the past and then move on , but let someone else do it and then you want to respond differently!

Not a good look for a GT Alum to DEFEND a “grown @$$ man” having sex with 15 y/o children.

Maybe you can get a job on the Penn State Board of Trustees?

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To WnE, who cares about the “talent drain” as long as we win college football games?

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Just take a step back and think about GT football over the past 15 years. Under O’Leary, a Defensive Coordinator, the Jackets had their best success with Friedgen running the offense and outscoring opponents, more than the defense holding opponents to lesser scores. Under Gailey, an Offensive Coordinator, the Jackets had their success with Tenuta’s defense holding the opponent to a lesser score than the offense. Under Gailey, if the Jackets scored 20, I felt really good about their chances of winning, and in college football, 20 is not a great offense. Gailey’s teams were about the power running game and forcing turnovers on defense. O’Leary’s teams relied on outscoring the opponent. For both of those coaches, it was the success of the coordinators on the opposite side of the ball winning the games for them. Under Johnson, the offense has not been a problem(minus the first half of 2008, Johnson’s first year). And in this regard, Johnson has lived up to his billing as an offensive coordinator. Johnson has yet to find a Joe Hamilton and offensive line to match what Friedgen had in 98/99/00. Another consideration is that Gailey did not have success in recruiting until his 6th recruiting class. 2012 was Johnson’s 5th class. 2013 is supposed to be like 14 players. 2007 was 20 players. Johnson’s liberal use of redshirting is in opposition to Gailey’s lack of redshirting. Johnson has at least 8 or more wins in 3 of 4 years. Gailey won 8 games once in 7 years.

Yes, the 2007 recruiting class provided the players that helped GT win the conference in 2009. 2008 was also shaping up to be a stellar class before Gailey was fired. The best reason not to fire Gailey was these two recruiting classes. I look at Johnson now, and his offense is what we expected. The defense was going to be a question mark as long as Tenuta opted to leave, and that’s exactly what has happened. Nothing about Johnson’s tenure has been surprising. This is unlike the fact that Gailey was supposed to be an offensive coach, and his teams won with defense, and O’Leary was supposed to be a defensive coach, and his success came with a prolific offense.

I look at GT now and on defense, I love the secondary, I think they are massively underrated. I saw them rated 6th in the conference in a preview mag, and I think that’s a horrible rating. Young is clearly NFL material. Thomas keeps surprising and could make the NFL. Johnson looks like NFL material too. And there are more. The linebackers are solid, and it’s possible they are better than that. Attaochu is definitely an NFL caliber player, and the rest of the corps should be quite strong(Nealy may be NFL material), and I don’t yet know how good Hunt-Days is. The defensive line is the question mark. I like Cross and think he has a potential shot at the NFL. If Barnes is really in shape, he may turn into an NFL prospect. It’s the ends that never panned out that are the problem(who’s the DE who’s career is over? he was the best of the bunch). A lot of recruiting successes were because of the “athletic” ends that GT picked up. They have not panned out, and that’s a big problem. Maybe they all come on this year, but that’s where the defense is in trouble.

On offense, I think the Lee, Thomas, Days trio is better than the Nesbitt, Shaw, Washington trio of 3 years ago. And Washington is the starter now. This is not to belittle Nesbitt’s tenure, because he has so far had the best performance under Johnson. I just think that depth wise, GT is in a much better position than 3 years ago. The offensive line appears to be in much better shape as well. Go back and watch the 2008/2009 team, and the offensive line stunk much of the time. The last two years have been a result of a young o-line not always knowing what to do and also not being in shape enough to do what they need to do. The o-line may be the key to everything this year and next. But they are much older and much more experienced, so hopefully, that will pay off. A-back and B-back are also areas of concern. Orwin is clearly a star at A-back. The other A-backs seem to be lacking in size, this year, but Johnson has recruited some bigger A-backs this year and next, so that may change. I really hope Bostic can return to form, because I think he can be the explosive small A-back that they need. Zenon looked good last year, and Snoddy may be a good one as well. And if Andrews and Days end up being A-backs, there’s plenty of athleticism there for the future. At B-back, if Perkins comes on this year, I have no problem with a Sims/Perkins platoon at that position. I don’t trust Laskey yet, based on his returns last year. If Allen can solidify himself this year, he can be the B-back of the future. I may be the only one who says this, but I love the receiving corps. There’s tons of size and plenty of upside. Just need 1-2 of them to standout this year, and the receiving corps will be fine. Greene and Waller seem like the obvious choices, but then there’s Jackson, and Moore, and the freshmen.

One of the great things about the Johnson teams is that you can’t just pencil in losses. Georgia is probably the hardest game. VT is probably the second hardest, and Clemson, the third hardest. But Clemson is usually a tossup. VT has always been tight. If I’m being realistic, GT should be no worse than 7-5, and really, 8-4 is quite realistic. And really, with the right breaks, I see no reason that 9-3, 10-2, or even 11-1 not being possible. A disaster would probably be 5-7. I love the over/under of 8.5 for GT wins because I think it represents a totally realistic scenario where if GT is really good this year, they go over, but if they are just what they are expected to be, 8 seems highly likely.

The final comment: You picked GT for 9 wins Mark. A slightly optimistic pick, but this is CPJ, and his offensive weaknesses appear to be at positions where he can plug and play. His defensive weakness is on the d-line, where he can’t plug and play. Get the D into the 40s or 30s nationally, and this team makes some noise. The D still in the 50s or 60s, and it’s another 8-4 or 7-5 year. I don’t think this is a referendum year on Johnson, but below 8-4 is going to keep the rumbles going. A bowl win would help mightily too.

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BW may be a Bulldog….Coach has done some good things and has won some big games but are we IMPROVING and getting towards an ACC or NATL Championship”? NO. The writing is on the wall for Mr. Intelligent.

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It’s really sad that UGA alumni and fans have only their football team to take pride in. It’s even sadder that this pride depends on the performance of illiterate dummies who don’t even come close to meeting minimum academic requirements. 94% of UGA football players are what UGA calls “special admits,” which is just a euphemism for admitting bozos who can’t even read.

This sorry practice not only cheapens all UGA degrees (which are pretty worthless to begin with), but embarrasses the State of Georgia and its citizens. And Mark Richt is the one behind the atrocities at UGA.

So enjoy your victories, and be kind to your former players when you see them working menial jobs in custodial or sanitation services. Or pushing a shopping cart around, looking for a warm place to sleep at night. That’s your UGA reality.

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BW, good analysis…

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My jackets will never be an elite college football program, not even in their own conference, as long as the goal of this coach and those who gush over him (MB) are about his “brilliance” and not recruiting top football talent. The past 4 years have proved it…and the next one will as well. This “system” is not capable of it, period. You 2 guys need to get a room.

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Sounds like Johnson is conceding the Virginia Tech game. Face the fact: he won with Gailey’s players. He is a horses ass who can’t recruit. Good luck ground dwellers.

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Mark Bradley hearts Paul Johnson. How sweet.

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Go ahead bash the man and our program. We’ll see what happens… This is going to be a great year. I think tech has done well. More losses than I would have liked but competitive. Chan and o leeway would get blown out of more large games. Hating the post season record. What does tech do that Uga and others do not (Miami does it too I am told) they don’t practice during finals…I think that’s a huge disadvantage. But having gone through tech finals, i’m sure the players are happy about that. And I commend hon fort being the your of coach he is. All you idiots who day he can’t coach are delusional. Gallery had a few more 4 stars that’s it. Tech has had only 1 5 star in since 99. I agree with Johnson the school determines the recruiting more than anything..

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Hope GT has a great year. If they can improve a bunch in the passing game it sure would make a huge difference for them in the big games. You have to be able to make the defense respect the pass!!!!

There is no doubt running the Bone gives GT and advantage since teams can’t prepare in a week for the scheme but with that said recruiting is a struggle and it shows. Risk vs Reward.

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Thanks Bradley! Nothing better than starting a Sunday morning with a good belly laugh – GT wining the Coastal ha ha ha. The best thing GT has done – dodge FSU once again.

What does the term WIN a bowl game mean?

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Nice Tony. WalMart employs over 1.5 million people. Given the level of unemployment in the country, at least that company is pulling it’s load. Also it’s pretty funny that you and your beloved football coach take shots at people that work at WalMart and the guy that runs WalMart is a Tech Grad. I doubt he feels that way about the employees that he manages.

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Its not rocket science… Dude can coach, but is a horrible recruiter.

He will leave Tech having been fired, with a losing record.

Recruiting is as important as coaching in CFB. And Johnson stinks at the former.

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@jfreak – Can you list the offenses that are run by other teams that will beat Alabama? You seem to ignore the fact that the offenses run by every other team in the country are also going to struggle with the best defenses they face. Did the dwag offense guarantee a win vs. Boise or SC or Mich St.?

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`
… Mark Bradley predicts Georgia Tech will beat the Hokies
on Labor Day night.

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Mark, Great article, I was saying these exact things LAST year and was starting to think the media was giving CPJ too much of a pass. How does his record stack up against Chan’s at this point? Not very different except for the single UGA win – with players Chan recruited.

2002 7-6 Georgia Tech Silicon Valley Classic
2003 7-6 Georgia Tech Humanitarian Bowl (W)
2004 7-5 Georgia Tech Champs Sports Bowl (W)
2005 7-5 Georgia Tech Emerald Bowl
2006 9-5 Georgia Tech ACC Coastal Champs, Toyota Gator Bowl
2007 7-5 Georgia Tech Bowl Game TBA

I love the guy, but I don’t care how smart he is, how perfect the offense is, etc. not anymore. He needs to win consistently, beat UGA at least once every four (against the pros that’s OK), win out of conference including win a bowl for gosh sake.

He needs to show us all he can recruit athletes who can not only run his system but block and tackle the FBS-level opponents we play. I’m tired of excuses and being patient. This year needs to be the year of proving it.

Having said all that, feels like it could be a big year! GO JACKETS!

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heeldawg can I can get some of what your smoking? Since Georgia beat them in 2009 the failures of his High School offense has been glaring. Paul Johnson is arrogant and self absorbed. He’s the worst game day coach in Division I football. The only saving grace and saves his job is that he plays in the weak ACC. You will not beat VT nor Clemson or Florida State. So enjoy the Weedeater Poolan Bowl again this year.

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The Hokies have a pretty good front seven. Going to be a long night Labor Day. But ya’ll got Tevin Washington at QB, so no worries, right?

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8 cokes and 8 hot dogs if you will come to a Tech game! How about free parking? Johnson needs to go!!

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Haven’t been that thrilled with the cpj era, but I’ll take it over the Chan Gailey era any day. Even with all of his ‘great’ recruits, Gailey put Ball at starting qb for 4 years, and only seemed to win about 7 games per year.

Those were the most boring teams to watch that I’ve ever seen. The PJ offense sometimes gets stuffed, but there are many games where it rushes for 5-7 yards per carry while busting some pretty long runs.

Biggest disappointment to me: failure to beat UGA after year one, horrible bowl losses year after year, with the latest probably being the most inexcusable.

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Move J.C. Lanier and T.J. Barnes to Defensive Tackle and scrap the noseguard,
where is the flamboyant beef up front AL Groh?

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We have little chance to beat VT because of the difference in rosters.

It will take blind luck to get it done.

That’s the price we pay for not getting it done in Feb.

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Biggest diappointments for me has been watching the DL get manhandled by bigger and stronger OL’s, weak special teams play, lack of a sustained passing element to this offense, which IS possible if you are lucky enough to have a true dual threat QB. Also at times, CPJ takes a few unneccesary gambles when it’s 4th and 3+ yds to go. Having said that, I’ll take CPJ over Gailey any day of the week. Win or lose, Tech has been exciting to watch for the most part under CPJ. CPJ is the anti-Gailey. However, when it comes to records, the results are about the same. The painful truth is, Tech can’t get the type of athletes that UGA can get on a regular basis. Like it or not, this offensive scheme counter balances that difference in personnel. So far, no such scheme has been found for the defense. It’s an uphill battle all the time, but if you’ve been a Tech fan for many decades as I have, it’s a battle to be embraced. The victories are all the sweeter. And yes, although the head to head battles against UGA are usually lost, it’s very satisfying to see their underacheivement on a regular basis. I don’t think 2012 will be an exception despite their suspect schedule.

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I for one don’t like the trend of GT football… But, he does have all his pieces in place, as these are his guys… It’s time for CPJ to put up or shutup… I seriously hope he puts up, and I am 100 percent wrong about his offense and his recruiting… The simple fact is that his record against good football teams are not good… This season will be his make or break season, and I think if he has another lackluster year where we win 8 and go to a bowl game just to lose, then he is gone… Win or lose, Go Jackets..

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Rush passer, tighten pass coverage, kick into end zone, hold onto ball, run football. WIN!

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biggtfan
August 5th, 2012
9:34 am

@Birmingham jacket – let me make sure I understand your comment. Recruiting results are determined by coaching effort and CPJ isn’t trying hard enough. Saban tries MUCH harder and that’s why his classes are #1. The academic requirements have nothing to do with the results. Did I get that right? If so, then no Tech coach since 1975 has cared much about recruiting.
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Too many GT fans use Academics as a crutch!

During the CPJ Era, the numbers of Academic Qualifiers that were 4* & above that CPJ could NOT close on is staggering, I’m talking about guys from Ga. that went to places like Stanford, ND, Bama, UGA, USCe, Tenn, Auburn, you name it.

A lot of the guys have started by their RS-Fr. year or their Soph. yr. for other teams.

Curry, Ross, and maybe GOL could use the Academics excuse, but CPJ CANNOT use the Academics excuse.

For some reason in the last 4-5 years a much higher percentage of the Top-50 HS Recruits in Ga. have been Academic qualifiers for GT.

I have no idea why, maybe lottery money filtering into the K-12 schools, No Child Left Behind, but for some reason there have been a lot more of the Top-50 HS players in Ga. that are Academically Qualified for GT but CPJ couldn’t close the deal on them.

I can remember the Days of Bill Curry when we were lucky to see 8-10 of the Top-50 HS recruits in Ga. Academically Qualified for GT, now we see 30-35 of the Top-50 that are Academically qualified for GT.

Prior GT coaches can use the “Academics Excuse”.

CPJ cannot use the Academics Excuse!

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Weenie,None of the schools you named have a concept of what the academic rigors of Tech entail, especially Uga who you ridiculously included in your group. You doggies accept recruits who can’t even read and most of those come because they know Richt means soft practices and most are gone or in jail before they become Jrs.

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Big year for the Jackets? I guess that means they are going to win 8 games. That’s a big year for the jackets.

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Looks like Intellectual Ninja has pulled the ultimate ninja trick…disappearing.

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Tech is a horrible team in the weakest BCS conference.

In fact, the ACC should be put out of the BCS and replaced by the Mountain West Conference or the Big East.

That said, please take note all of you Yellow Jackets out there:

I am now president of the Athens chapter of the Paul Johnson Fan Club.

You would not believe how the club is growing. We had to move the meetings from the IHOP to the Western Sizzlin because of the crowds.

We love Paul Johson in Athens. Don’t you guys ever fire him.

Ignor the fact that he cannot recruit at the 1A level. I mean face it, ever since Chan Gaileys players left, the only decent guys you have had are the ones that transferred in because they wanted to be closer to home – or were run off by their origional schools.

Yep, Paul Johnson will soon have Tech as the strongest 1AA team in America. You might even venture to schedule Georgia Southern without the fear of being beat.

We sort of look at Paul Johnson as the coaching equivalent of Reggie Ball at Tech. And you know how much we revere Reggie.

Reggie!!! Reggie!! Reggie!!

So you guys take good care of Paul Johnson because we want him in Atlanta for a long time.

Sincerely, your fellow Paul Johnson fans in Athens.

PS Has his 2012 recruiting class hit double digits yet?

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Bobby Ross, George O’Leary, etc. proved you can recruit big time players and win.

George O’Leary pretty much single handedly caused flunk gate which lowered the number of special admissions in the future and raised the admissions requirements for incoming players. I’m not sure his recruiting should be praised. He recruited too many guys who couldn’t hack it at a school like Tech.

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GTBob, I believe the Big East was in the BCS but has been excluded with the loss of West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

You might want to check and see.

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Supersize…are you back buddy?

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@ GTSteve……yes, I am back; I have been back for 3 weeks. I tried to email you once a few weeks ago, but it got returned for unknown address. Have you deleted your old account?

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Gotta love Georgia’s non-conference schedule this year. Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, and Georgia Southern. Seems like someone learned this lesson after last year.

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Steve……I just emailed you again, and it appears to have gone through. Maybe my memory is bad, and that was somebody else I had a problem with. Or maybe it was some kind of screw up by the email service. At any rate, PLEASE DO email me in the morning just to let me know that you received what I just sent. And, yes, I enjoyed my trip a HELLUVA LOT !!!! Thanks

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I will….Im starting to look forward to the season…I think this could be a special season this year…

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Steve…..I agree with you 100%, and I think this year will only be the beginning

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Birmingham Jacket

August 5th, 2012
10:53 am

But there’s no excuse to finish in the bottom of a sucky football conference like the ACC, and in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s nationally
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Under CPJ GT has gone 5-3, 7-1, 4-4 and 5-3 in the ACC.
The thing I love about obvious trolls is how they just make things up.

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Steve……I think he finally has the beginnings of a terrific D-line. They will be pretty young there this year, but with a year of experience or redshirt, I look for the “international wrecking crew” to be a real force.

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Steve – Supe — As an outside observer, I wanna see some old school smash mouth Football.
If you’re an Option Offense or spread offense — be the best at it!!
Pound Teams…….alas Nebraska/Colorado in the 90s.
Tech should be a top 10 rushing team every season.

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I love this time of year when Tech folks are optimistic.

Watching them deflate as the season progresses is pure entertainment.

Say what you will about Georgia, we won 10 straight games last year.

When was the last year that Tech won 10 straight games? Never.

I know you won 10 games in 1990 but there was a tie in there.

Besides,m Colorado won the real national championship that year from the AP.

Tech got the UPI award and the UPI doesn’t even exist any more.

Even Bobby Ross gave up and left after 1990.

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The sheer volume of responses by UGA fans on this blog should offer some proof that they still care deeply about their neighbors to the west.

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GTBob, lets be honest.

The UPI no longer exists. Yes there is a coaches poll but there is no UPI which stood for United Press International anymore as it is no longer an organization.

I am sure Tech probably won 10 straight games sometimes back in the 1940’s or 1950’s when Tech had good teams. But I am talking the Common Era at least from the time when Bobby Dodd retired in 1966 and that was 46 years ago for you math majors, when most of you were not yet born.

Here is an interesting fact for you to ponder and check. Since Bobby Dodd retired, what is the Tech football team’s winning percentage against 1A teams? Now you have to exclude the 1AA teams like Furman and Coastal Carolina and Presbyterian. So no cheating now.

Hint the answer is not good if you are a Tech fan. It is barely a losing record with a winning percentage of .498 Not exactly something to be proud of is it?

BTW Tech’s record against 1AA teams during the same time period is 30-1.Question who is the one 1AA team that beat Tech during that time period and what year did it happen? I will help you with the team. It was Furman.

Anybody remember the year? Anybody? Anybody?

Also GTBob, I think we both may have been right and both been wrong about the Big East. All conferences that have teams whose teams go to bowls rather than NCAA playoffs are generally considered to be members of BCS conferences. However it appears that the Big East has lost its automatic qualifier status as a BCS conference. I think there are 11 BCS conferences but only 5 or 6 automatic qualifier conferences.

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Mark,

I don’t any stock in Phil Steele’s take on GT. He seems to be an SEC guy.

He has been wrong and underrated GT every year under CPJ.

I like us to score a lot of points with what CPJ calls the best offensive line he’s seen at GT. With Smith bangin at 10 ypc, I just don’t see Miami, NC, VT, or UGA outscoring us in 2012.

I also like our Special Teams Coach, Coach Walk, a bunch, and have heard nothing but praise on this hire around the country. A lot of teams beat UGA, NC & Miami on special teams, Coach Beemer is a Special Teams coach, but their offense can’t score this year, so I like us there.

14-0.

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@ TechWreck…….I LOVE your optimism, but I think the likes of a 14-0 season won’t happen this year. Maybe 2013, but not this year. I still think it’s going to be a helluva season though. GO JACKETS !!!!

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The UPI no longer exists. Yes there is a coaches poll but there is no UPI which stood for United Press International anymore as it is no longer an organization.

UPI published the coaches poll until 1991 when CNN and USA Today took it over. GT won the coaches poll. It doesn’t matter what you want to call it.

However it appears that the Big East has lost its automatic qualifier status as a BCS conference.

The Big East has not lost its automatic qualifier status. Where are you getting that from?

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Smith reminds me of Reggie Bush, and has the same average yards per carry to back that up. Up for the Doak Walker, he’s gonna be something special in 12′.

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VT lost their top 2 receivers, and their top rb, and their off line has less experience than UGA (only 17 starts). They’re going to have a difficult time scoring more points than anyone this year. Big down year for VT. Thy’re not going to be in the hunt.

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UGA should have some issues of it’s own. Still no Special Teams Coach, 31 starts on off line where they lost 3 guys to the NFL, Mitchell had to move over to DB so T King is only long ball threat–and he only had 2 decent games. They also lost their top 2 rb’s again, so they’re down to 4th & 5th string at RB. UGA also lost both of their top 2 TE’s. I think they will have a tough time putting points on the scoreboard. I got us winning this one easily 31-17.

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As far as North Carolina goes, their offensive line unit and QB are solid, but they don’t have much besides that at RB, or WR. So I don’t see them scoring more than 21 on us. The 3-3-5 they run isn’t a good answer for the option, and I see us rolling in this one. The NC defense is weak on def line, they lost their two best lb’s, and the 5 DB’s won’t come in handy against us because we just don’t throw it that much.

gt 42, nc 21

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@ TechhieVille…..unfortunately, Tech has a very bad history AT UNC. Remember 1990??? The players just need to stay on their game and keep their heads on straight. But anything can happen.

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North Carolina? CPJ has beat them every year he’s been here, no problem there.

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We may or may not have won 18 straight in our history, but then again we have never had to vacate two conference championships for cheating.

I know, you got one back by begging for it but still if you have to beg to not get stripped of a conference title…..

And how many victories have you had to vacate due to cheating? You are currently on your second straight 4 year probation, right?

Come to think of it, with those victories vacated your winning percentage since Bobby Dodd retired in 1966 which is 46 years ago is much lower than .498

But you have not vacated those wins on your website. Perhaps a call to the NCAA is in order.

No, I would never do anything to get Paul Johnson in trouble. I want him on North Avenue as long as possible. You will soon be the best 1AA team in America and may even have enough confidence to schedule Georgia Southern without worrying that you may lose face further by possibly losing to them.

Hahahahahaha!!!!!!

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GT should take another ACC title to go along with our 2009 trophy!
When we are finished we will take out the Thugas………

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@ Pitbull……whatever. You know as well as I do that the latest probation, and the vacating of those wins was BS. It may be on the books, but it doesn’t take a thing away from what Tech accomplished on the field.

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We may or may not have won 18 straight in our history, but then again we have never had to vacate two conference championships for cheating.

Which two conference championships did we vacate?

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Georgia.

Georgia lost 3 Off lineman, only return 2 starters, just 31 starts of experience. So you have to take advantage of that with blitz packages and run stunts. Their dline is really heavy, so look for CPJ to counter with speed, I expert Smith to have a big day against these guys, like Harvin used to at UF. UGA goes for weight over speed on their d-line. Murray tends to throw picks when you blitz him, so look for 2 or 3 turnovers from him.

CPJ FINALLY has the offensive line he wanted. All 5 starters back, and these guys rolled for 300+ yards per game, only allowed 13 sacks. o-line is top 10 in the country, and we got our top 2 rb’s returning, which is why GT will be so good in 2012.

Look for Smith’s speed to drive 350 lb’rs crazy. And for the off line to wear the over-sized out of shape hamburger lovin UGA dline out, like everybody else does, as UGA has a reputation for weak Strength & conditioning, they usually fade in the 2nd half.

Look for Coach Walk on Spec Teams to make this game his statement game. UGA is known as one of the weakest special teams in the country, and with most of the specialists returning, we’re loaded there.

GT 35, UGA 21

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Georgia.

We might continue to rest our guys if we have the ACC Championship the next week. But if CPJ decides he needs to win this one, look to blitz the 31 start inexperienced o-line till the cows come home. AM usually throws a few picks, and then with CPJ having FINALLY a top 10 O-Line, look for us to wear UGA down, as they tend to fold in close game in the 2nd half.

Also, look for Coack Walk to have a field day against UGA, as they have nothing on special teams, lost everybody, kicker, punter, Boykin, all gone, and lousy on punt/kick return defense. Look for Coach W to get a punt block agains the Freshman punter from UGA, since Coach W averages 3 puntblocks a year, has 24 over 8 seasons.

GT 42, UGA 21

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GTBob, it was 1998 and 2009. You’re the Tech guy so you should know.

The NCAA ordered Tech to vacate it’s 1998 ACC title but Tech begged and promised and was finally allowed to keep it on appeal.

Then you were ordered to vacate the 2009 ACC title and begged and promised (again) but the NCAA was not buying it that time so you lost it.

For a Tech fan, I am surprised you did not know that.

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@ Pitbull…..you still haven’t said how Tech CHEATED. The current probation had nothing to do with CHEATING; it was because they claimed that Tech did not assist them properly in their investigation. How is that CHEATING????

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Richt a genius?….Really?….Lets see….he gets the best athletes in the state and if i remember correctly he cant win a championship….ummmmm i wouldnt think it would have anything to do with the kind of players he recruits….if it looks like a thug….talks like a thug…..smells like a thug….walks like a thug…..wouldnt you think it possible that it could be a thug???….enough said

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GTBob, do your homework. Quit asking stupid questions.

Nah, im having fun watching you squirm. You have been factually incorrect at least 4 times now. Bless us with some more of your knowledge.

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Nice article Mark. That said, I’m always curious about the “default” assessment (common among many) that Tech lacks talent, or CPJ isn’t a good recruiter. Don’t we have something like a half a dozen players on preseason watchlists for national awards. Hmmm… let’s see, Attachou, Cross, Finch, Uzzi, Smith…. Seems like we’ve got plenty of talent (and depth). I liked Coach Gailey but he did not recruit any better than CPJ….he recruited some different types of players for his system. Of course he had the star of all stars in Calvin Johnson. I see a 10 win season for the Jackets this year.
Looking forward to the season… GO JACKETS!!!

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GTBob, I actually feel sorry for you.

And that is tough for me to say to a Tech person.

You only make me squirm in your own mind.

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If it’s on the web then has to be true. Right Mr. Bull? What exactly did Tech do? That’s on the web too. It has nothing to do with “smoking dope, guns with serial numbers altered, athletes stealing from fellow athletes, beating women, etc.” You know the usual stuff (Richt Cup leader).

Please enlighten us about Tech’s major “infraction”.

I do know U(sic)GA has a player that still can’t play because of steroid use. I actually feel bad for him because I do not think he purposely did anything wrong. It’s amazing how dense you are, how do you function? You just like to make stuff up and use the “web” as your crutch.

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Pitbull has probably been to a few football games in Athens, but I doubt he ever attended any classes there. Even educated rednecks have more common sense than he does.

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PitiBull,

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Mr. Bull can dish it out but can’t take it. Sorry little guy.

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You only make me squirm in your own mind.

Yeah, yeah. Weren’t you going to call the NCAA about CPJ? Or were you going to call the Big East and tell them that you took away their AQ status? You have important things to do. I will quit messing with you.

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My comment is in poor taste but he just called Stan a racist. I also think your article is about Tech. Unless it’s really just a forum to trash Tech.

If that’s the case please type that at the top of your article. Maybe something like “Even though this story is about Georgia Tech Football all UGA fans(sic) are invited to bash away with no consequences. We will not allow Tech fans to retaliate or respond in kind. Please enjoy!”

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I can see the dawgs fan have them winning the NC and tech a losing year. It the same on bull they put out every year. Miami and Virgina lost a lot of players and VaTech will need time to have and offense line ( same thing as UGA), UGA will lose one of the following Vandy, Auburn, or Fla. all have improved while UGA has stayed the same, if not gone down some. USC is better than last year and Mizzzu is not going to afraid of the Big bad SEC East Champs. 9 wins for UGA and 10 For Tech.

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LOL @ macrotech

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Welcome back Supersize….been enjoying those emails! Did WnE EVER come out of the closet on his complimentary posts on the mutt blogs?

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BJizzle, I think you’re a little hard on Tevin…I admit that I was hoping he’d have gotten better last season, but I didn’t think he was the biggest problem we had. Our defense was BRUTALLY young so we’ll leave them out of this. Our offensive line looked lost a lot last season….hopefully, this won’t be the case for this upcoming season. I’m hoping that Tevin will prove to be a good answer for Tech!

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Haha….I didn’t think so. I saw his barking on the Taylor affair…WnE has proven to be a blowhole! Perhaps, Gas-X might prove more effective than the milkbones I’ve been offering him.

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I don’t think so…could you re-send it?

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OK, macro…..sent

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Ussain Bolt is a Baaaaaaad dude!!!!
He whipped the best field ever for the 100m.

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Supe — I’m proud of our guy, Justin Gatlin.
Hitting the Podium with those speedsters is an accomplishment.

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100 Meter Dash! Man, how apropos that they call it a dash. 1st time ever 3 men under 9.8 seconds. 1st time ever 5 men under 9.9 seconds. Usain Bolt .05 off his world record of 9.58 seconds. And when he ran the 9.58, he eased up about 2 steps from the finis line. MAN CAN RUN, HUH??

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Not as fast as Calvin Johnson or Lavette!

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[...] the past few years, but Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer Mark Bradley thinks the Yellow Jackets will be a smarter team in 2012, starting with Johnson. He’ll have to prepare the Yellow Jackets for a gauntlet of games at [...]

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From Johnson’s 19-5 start, Tech has gone 15-14. (The sweetest of those 15 on-the-field victories – the 2009 ACC championship game over Clemson – was vacated by NCAA sanctions involving Thomas’ eligibility.) Tech went 6-7 in 2010, 8-5 last season after starting 6-0. Tech hasn’t beaten Georgia since 2008 and hasn’t won a bowl game under Johnson. All of which means …

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@BJIZZLE: Anyone who would prefer Reggie Ball to Tevin Washington at QB has never been paid to be an offensive coordinator. I’d go for it if I could transplant Tevin’s brain into Reggie’s more athletic body.

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@Bjizzle

Retard…. Surely you jest… I would agree that Tevin would not play QB anywhere but GT.. Good grief, he is our team leader, and busts his butt everyday in practice, and continues to go 120 percent in every game i have watched… He will be our QB for this year, we probably need to get behind him… It’s not his fault that he has to run for his life every time he takes a snap… He is simply the reason I believe that CPJ is going to fail overall… CPJ can’t recruit big time. Yes, there are a few exceptions, but with as many high profile football players that are coming out of Georgia, GT is not in the running for many… I am impressed with Tevon, he has carried the load very well for a div 2 type player… Win or lose Go Jackets.

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@Really

Hey, CPJ is making abut 2 mil a year… Sounds pretty smart to me…

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@ gt4ever…..that’s the best post I have ever read by you. I KNEW you wouldn’t let me down

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@Supersize that order

Surprise you can even read.
I noticed on this website(AJC.com) was advertising tickets for Tech games calling it “Fun on the Flats.” What is that? Tickle piles,dress up like Star Wars characters, I know its not watching that loser of a football team

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When you ACTUALLY fill up the stadium in Athens, then and only then can you talk about the empty seats in Grant Field. I’ve seen the UGA games on TV, and there have been plenty of empty seats there at every game I have seen. Is Sanford & Son Stadium bigger than Grant Field? Yes, why wouldn’t it be, when 90% of the morons in Georgia think UGA actually has a decent football team. When have the dwags beat anybody of any consequence lately? Hell, when have they even played anybody of any consequence, other than LSU last year in the championship game which they backed into because USC actually played a REAL SEC schedule.

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Mark Richt hasn’t beaten a top 10 team since 2009.

Hasn’t won a Bowl game in years.

Is 16-11 in his last 27 games.

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