3 points from Tech-Tech, which was decided by 3 points
This was one big play -- a fourth-quarter touchdown -- yielded by Rod Sweeting. (AP photo)
1. The Georgia Tech defense did its job — for 59 minutes and 16 seconds. Until Virginia Tech’s final drive, this had the makings of a night of deliverance for the besieged Al Groh. Instead the defensive coordinator will be asked how a unit that had made the Hokies work hard to achieve not very much allowed receiver Corey Fuller to run free twice in the final 44 seconds, the second time on fourth-and-4 from the Georgia Tech 47.
2. The Georgia Tech running game still isn’t what it was. Granted, Virginia Tech can play some D of its own. But the long gain was again missing. The most expansive gain by any of the three B-backs was for eight yards. (Remember when Jonathan Dwyer would take it 60?) The longest gain by an A-back was 13 yards. The longest gain by any Jacket, be it rushing or passing, was quarterback Tevin Washington’s 22-yard scramble in the third quarter. That’s not good enough.
3. The Georgia Tech kicking game was not at all terrible. Virginia Tech, which once prided itself on its special teams, saw its punter fumble a snap and its placekicker miss from 38 yards. The Jackets, by way of contrast, punted well enough — Sean Poole averaged 40 yards on seven kicks — and made every field goal. And even Paul Johnson felt relieved, albeit only momentarily, when David Scully kicked the ball out of the end zone after the Jackets had taken the lead with 44 seconds remaining. It was only two years ago that Georgia Tech lost here on a kickoff-return touchdown inside the final three minutes.
By Mark Bradley
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Jorge O'leary
September 4th, 2012
2:00 pm
It kinda reminded me of a stubborn kid running into a wall over and over trying to prove a point when he could have gone over the top… boring predictable offense. What kid wants to play in that?
Ramblinwreck83
September 4th, 2012
2:02 pm
dawgfan,
To believe that UGA was anything but pathetic against a Buffalo team that went 5-19 over the last 2 yrs to put 350 yds on that top defense everyone is bragging about. Hell, even the fans there started to boo and left before the 4th qtr started. I can’t wait to watch Mizz run up and down the field on UGA. Hopefully they’ll win and shut your faces up. They should have dropped in the polls…and don’t talk about an SEC schedule because it doesn’t exist for UGA this season. The only tough teams they play is USC & FLA. Those teams are even the tops teams in the SEC. Did you watch the games this weekend. By the way UGA is always overrated in preseason polls. Every year it’s been proven.
Tech fans ALWAYS in UGA's shadow
September 4th, 2012
2:08 pm
Yes, I am a UGA alumnus. So what. GT is a state of Georgia school, so I viewed last night’s pathetic exhibition of low level, small ball. GT did not win vs Va Tech for the second year in a row. Neither team last night had even a decent Offense. Neither one did. Both are lousy teams with NO TALENT and KY and MSU and Vandy and about every other SEC school would stomp both.
GT could have won that game, however. Va Tech is a lackluster offense with a big tight end playing QB, with no passing skills. Yet, in the clutch, Va Tech won by throwing the ball and GT’s NFL style D, designed by AL Groh, crumbled. He has been a disaster for CPJ.
Coach Paul Johnson is now on the 2012 Coaching Hot Seat. GT has lost three or four games in a row now!!!
Ted M
September 4th, 2012
2:08 pm
What is Paul Johnson’s excuse this time? He usually blames someone else for his losses.
Reality Stinks
September 4th, 2012
2:18 pm
Huhh????
Tech wasnt undefeated in 1990 moron they tied unc
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
@Reality Stinks…..you are kidding right? a tie is not a loss therefore GT was UNDEFEATED! Moron!
Reality Stinks
September 4th, 2012
2:30 pm
SillyMutts
you are kidding right?
Really seriously
LOL
You think a tied game results in an undefeated season
wow
I really thought Tech was a smart school
You do realize a tie means you didnt beat every team you played therefore you didnt have an undefeated season because you didnt beat every team on your schedule
Moron
Reality Stinks
September 4th, 2012
2:30 pm
SillyMutts
you are kidding right?
Really seriously
LOL
You think a tied game results in an undefeated season
wow
I really thought Tech was a smart school
You do realize a tie means you didnt beat every team you played therefore you didnt have an undefeated season because you didnt beat every team on your schedule
Moron
Reality Stinks
September 4th, 2012
2:30 pm
SillyMutts
you are kidding right?
Really seriously
LOL
You think a tied game results in an undefeated season
wow
I really thought Tech was a smart school
You do realize a tie means you didnt beat every team you played therefore you didnt have an undefeated season because you didnt beat every team on your schedule
Moron
Reality Stinks
September 4th, 2012
2:30 pm
SillyMutts
you are kidding right?
Really seriously
LOL
You think a tied game results in an undefeated season
wow
I really thought Tech was a smart school
You do realize a tie means you didnt beat every team you played therefore you didnt have an undefeated season because you didnt beat every team on your schedule
Moron
Reality Stinks
September 4th, 2012
2:30 pm
SillyMutts
you are kidding right?
Really seriously
LOL
You think a tied game results in an undefeated season
wow
I really thought Tech was a smart school
You do realize a tie means you didnt beat every team you played therefore you didnt have an undefeated season because you didnt beat every team on your schedule
Moron
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
2:36 pm
@ Reality Stinks….wrong again MORON….undefeated means you didn’t get beat by anyone which Tech didn’t…..I can’t help it your English skills are so poor from your 2nd grade reading level…
Cecil34
September 4th, 2012
2:40 pm
Johnson better take a hard look at giving Days more playing time – Washington is not the answer at TO QB.
Too slow to make the read, too slow to react, too slow, period. Average arm at best.
Johnson has hitched his wagon to Washington, and GT will suffer for it all year.
From what I have seen, this offense is sputtering out of favor on the flats….What do you say, Taz?
Reality Stinks
September 4th, 2012
2:46 pm
SillyMutts
I cant help it that your delusional joke 1990 championship wasnt an undefeated year like UGA’s 1980 season
I also cant help your championship game was against a 17th ranked opponent in the Citrus Bowl
BLAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
what a joke that year was!
gt4ever
September 4th, 2012
2:50 pm
@Reality Stinks
You look very silly… We were undefeated. Everybody that knows anything about college football agrees…
Reality Stinks
September 4th, 2012
2:55 pm
who gt
lol
no one considers that an undefeated season
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
3:03 pm
@ Reality Stinks….try Wikopedia…In Jones’ sophomore season, Tech powered through their schedule and won the ACC. The four game unbeaten streak in 1989 extended all the way through 1990 and into the 1991 Citrus Bowl. The key victory in the streak was a huge 41-38 come from behind upset victory over then No.1 ranked Virginia in Charlottesville before a nationwide TV audience. Tech demolished Nebraska 45–21 in the 1991 Citrus Bowl, finishing the season 11–0–1, and earning a share of the 1990 National Title with the Colorado Buffaloes.[24][25]
Please put down the lollipop now and get off mom’s computer!
GTman
September 4th, 2012
3:06 pm
3. Special Teams – much improved and looked very good. I can not understand why we STILL can not find a kicker that can kick every kick off through the end zone (we had one) when I see high school kids do it every Friday night from the 40 yd line (just 5 yds closer)
2. Running game will get better. You can not schedule this offense against a good defense the first game of the year (did you see the ND / Navy game?). This offense needs a weak (FCS) defense the first game and build up from there. The triple option timing, assignments, etc. are way more complicated than passing schemes and you need some games to develop.
1. Defense – front seven played very well, at least Thomas did not run over us like he did last year. The secondary must learn to trust their teammates and to do JUST THEIR JOB. They were caught peeking on both touchdowns. DO YOUR JOB and let the front seven worry about the run! If Groh can fix this (getting Young and Holton back will help), I am very optimistic about our defense.
0. THWG!
big gt fan
September 4th, 2012
3:15 pm
Why did tech fans think the jackets was going to win the game i said a year ago TW is not going to beat a good football team he is not talented enough to get the job done. How many 3rd and 5s did they have and he can only pick up 4 yards how many times did he miss read option plays. The said thing about it the head coach cant see it, I can already see next year team cpj is going say we have good team but qbs are young so why dont you get them exspoure now they cant be worse than TW!
Option Offense
September 4th, 2012
3:22 pm
Options offense gives me about two options really, watch this nonsense pathetic, boring offense for the rest of the season or jab a fork in my retina. Decisions decisions
North Ave Killer Beez
September 4th, 2012
3:26 pm
@Big GT Fan: Could not agree with you any stronger, %100 Accurate, I was not shocked at all by Tevins performance, but more so by that stubborn s.o.b decision to refuse to give the backup qb’s like Days a chance. The kid ran 1 time and it was so obvious how much more athletic he is.
macrotech
September 4th, 2012
3:30 pm
Reality Stinks…unDEFEATED means that we weren’t defeated in the 1990 season…it’s an elementary level understanding of the English language, really.
iBALL
September 4th, 2012
3:34 pm
DawgFan: Don’t get your hopes up about UGA with LSU & Alabama leading the way. You should also be thinking about how many starters they will have playing, not suspended by the end of the season. VT didn’t look that good because were not playing a powder puff team. DAH!!
Another game effort yields another galling Georgia Tech loss | Mark Bradley
September 4th, 2012
4:16 pm
[...] Tech wide receiver. The Jackets managed only 288 yards on offense, and those yards came grudgingly. Their longest gain was a 22-yard Washington scramble. The longest run by a B-back, supposedly the star position in Johnson’s offense, was eight [...]
Mark Bradley
September 4th, 2012
4:21 pm
One note: Rod Sweeting seemed to blame himself for one of the completions on the final drive of regulation, but I’ve since seen the tape and he wasn’t at fault on either.
Another game effort yields another galling Georgia Tech loss |
September 4th, 2012
4:55 pm
[...] Tech wide receiver. The Jackets managed only 288 yards on offense, and those yards came grudgingly. Their longest gain was a 22-yard Washington scramble. The longest run by a B-back, supposedly the star position in Johnson’s offense, was eight yards. [...]
Does Tech run the option?
September 4th, 2012
5:02 pm
Seemed like TW had his mind made on where the ball went mostly….”reading” what that big 300+ hokey was doing did not seem to enter the equation.
Coach Hewitt...
September 4th, 2012
5:23 pm
GT 2 – 6 in the last 8 games… CPJ has us on the right track..SMH…
snoop dawgy dawg
September 4th, 2012
5:37 pm
@silly mutts
did you even graduate from the north avenue trade school
Twilb Dawg
September 4th, 2012
5:42 pm
I enjoy reading these blogs if for no other reason than to laugh at the pitiful Tech fan base.
It really is hilarious to see the Nerd Nation attempt to talk smack to Dawg fans. They all have Napolean’s Complex!
William Casey
September 4th, 2012
6:26 pm
How many of you “experts” have ever been paid to coach football? Yeah, I thought so.
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
6:30 pm
@Twilb Dawg…..the pitiful fan base is with UGA fans…Why are they here? I am not on the UGA blog ever! UGA fans want nothing more than to come here and talk garbage because it makes them feel good for some reason…nobody will talk to them so they come here and try to get a response and say really stupid stuff…If anything GT fans don’t care about UGA or admire UGA but for some reason UGA wants to be admired by GT fans. UGA is like the dog at the house trying to compete for attention..That is what is hilarious!!!!
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
6:35 pm
@Twilb Dawg…..GT fans don’t care about UGA….I am never on a UGA blog to criticize UGA. However, they are always here criticizing GT and talking serious smack. UGA is like the little dog at the party trying to compete for everyone’s attention…Its like UGA fans want to be admired by GT but GT fans just don’t care! I will criticize my own team but not someone else’s. That’s my obligation as a fan.
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
6:36 pm
@Twilb Dawg…..GT fans don’t care about dawg….I am never on a dawg blog to criticize UGA. However, they are always here criticizing GT and talking serious smack. dawgs are like the little kid at the party trying to compete for everyone’s attention…Its like dawg fans want to be admired by GT but GT fans just don’t care! I will criticize my own team but not someone else’s. That’s my obligation as a fan.
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
6:36 pm
geez
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
6:38 pm
@ William Casey….and the point is that some of the self proclaimed experts (ie PJ) shouldn’t be getting paid either…..not that other self proclaimed fans (me) should be!
SillyMutts
September 4th, 2012
6:41 pm
Furthermore, I believe winning football games is really, really hard. However, that doesn’t mean that losing them should be okay or accepted. PJ doesn’t fear criticism because he knows he will get a shot somewhere else and he will. The problem is this is an FCS school where he should be coaching.
Marietta Buzz
September 4th, 2012
6:49 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2012/09/04/3-points-from-tech-tech-which-was-decided-by-3-points/#comment-570063
EXACTLY RIGHT and from a Dawg.
Mutant GT Yellow Jackets WiStinger-less
September 4th, 2012
7:26 pm
Enter your comments here
Rick in Macon
September 4th, 2012
7:28 pm
Who in the heck ordered those God-Awful looking uniforms?!?!? I”m almost ashamed to say I’m a Tech fan after seeing what they had on. Absolutely fugly.
john DUIberry
September 5th, 2012
12:28 am
Never thought I’d write this…but I MISS REGGIE!
john DUIberry
September 5th, 2012
12:29 am
Yep,Rick..uniforms are ghastly!
Blip7
September 5th, 2012
4:25 am
late game choke on D, missed tackles — negates the rest of the game. they didn’t play when it matters.
gt4ever
September 5th, 2012
9:58 am
Reggie was at least D1 material. TW, although he has a heart as big as any, is D2 at best. He would have a problem starting at Georgia Southern. Our coaches have failed in recruiting. TW is the best they could recruit to play QB. Pathetic. This kid would not play QB anywhere at the D1 level except at GT. Completely unacceptable …. IMHO.
Twilb Dawg
September 5th, 2012
2:49 pm
“GT fans don’t care about UGA”…this is the exact type of thing I’m talking about! Tech fans are obsessed with Georigia.
One has to look no further than your handle…”Silly Mutts”. Says it all…for someone who doesn’t care about UGA, why don’t you think of changing your…
HaHa. Silly Nerds, always entertaining!!!