Live from Tech-Presbyterian: I’m picking the Jackets again!
He didn't have the sweetest of Labor Days. (AP photo)
My prediction regarding Georgia Tech’s opener didn’t pan out. (Though it looked pretty good with 44 seconds left in regulation, I must note.) Undaunted, I offer another. Here goes:
Tech’s tilt against Presbyterian tonight will not be the greatest game ever played.
So there am I again, out on Ye Olde Limb. Just can’t help myself.
Presbyterian is an FCS program based in Clinton, S.C. It is the smallest (enrollment: 1,200) Division I football operation in the land. Its nickname is the Blue Hose, doubtless to differentiate it from the Boston Red Sox. It played two ACC teams in 2010, losing 53-13 to Wake Forest and 58-21 to Clemson.
The Blue Hose went 4-7 last season. Last week they won their opener 45-10 over Brevard, about which I know nothing. (OK, now I do. Mr. Google tells me Brevard is located, oddly enough, in Brevard, N.C. Its nickname is the Tornados.)
About Georgia Tech: On Labor Day night it came within one play of registering the biggest victory this program has known since 2009, and the hangover effect from that squandered chance in Blacksburg could be mighty. Then again, the difference in manpower figures to override the vagaries of glumness.
Beyond that, I have little to offer. This is one of those games I’d abolish from all collegiate schedules were I king of the world, but at last check I’m not. My appointed task tonight is to sit here and observe, and I’d appreciate some company. Thanks, as ever, in advance.
UPDATE! OK, I lied. Tech just took the field and has broken out another in a series of new uniforms. This one is the same as the one worn against Virginia Tech, with one exception: The jerseys are blue. And, according to Tech’s media guide, blue is not among the official school colors.
Old gold and white are the designated hues, with blue and black worn for “contrast.” This look is, I must confess, quite the contrast. But maybe you’ll love it.
By Mark Bradley
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272 comments Add your comment
Missy30s
September 8th, 2012
7:43 pm
I love a win, but am still sad from last week’s game, that mattered.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
7:45 pm
Washington to the PC 3. Getting easy now.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
7:46 pm
Synjyn!
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
7:46 pm
Synjyn Days scores. Was playing quarterback on the goal line.
It’s 21-nil with 1:50 left in the quarter. Tech on pace to score 84 points.
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
7:47 pm
if i was cpj i would ask the blue toes coach if he wants to borrow a few of our 3d stringers to make it more of a contest.
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
7:49 pm
blue toes are averaging a whopping 1.25 yards of o a minute
mrb
September 8th, 2012
7:49 pm
I’m sorry, but these uniforms are just plain stupid. What’s up with the huge, block numbers? Looks like some kind of goofy cartoon or something. And where’s the gold? Lose ‘em Tech!
Jawja"T"Bill
September 8th, 2012
7:50 pm
Think we could work on some passing plays next series?
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
7:51 pm
Quarter ends. Presbyterian crosses midfield.
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
7:52 pm
i like the helmets…. id like to see us honey comb the endzones and maybe have us emerge from a tunnel underground like real yellow jackets.
i suggested the honey comb design to drad 3 years ago.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
7:53 pm
MB when Lee was in were his passes accurate and dropped or? (sorry for asking technical glitch here)
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
7:55 pm
lee had a problem. he was hitting our receivers in the hands.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
7:55 pm
Two drops for Lee.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
7:55 pm
Blue Hose nearing the red zone, as it were.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
7:57 pm
Paul Johnson ran on the field to call timeout. Wasn’t given. No matter. The third-down throw was incomplete
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
7:58 pm
Field goal is blocked by Brandon Watts.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
7:58 pm
Well between drops or non catchable I’d rather see drops. Sooner or later the ball will stick to a receivers hands!
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
7:59 pm
and ma tech’s rep is left intact. she is not penetrated by the blue toes
mrb
September 8th, 2012
7:59 pm
Oh, it’s honeycomb. Thought it was chicken wire? Just stupid. Not even any gold on the field. Where’s the honeycomb hideout?
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
Tech receiver Jeremy Moore catches a pass. First grab by a receiver this season.
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
mrb if you think that badly of gt why not be a fan of somebody else. we dont want or need fans like you to be honest.
even the new bb stadium has your ‘chicken wire ‘ in it.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:03 pm
Laskey breaks more tackles.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:03 pm
Synjyn Days in at A-back. Takes handoff, gains 5
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
8:03 pm
i like laskey as our b back better than sims
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:04 pm
GT 203 rushing yds
Rooty Tooty
September 8th, 2012
8:04 pm
Hey Eddy, the Amish nor the Sisters of the Poor were not available, UGA already has them penciled in..
mrb
September 8th, 2012
8:05 pm
I see. Having a negative opinion of these silly new uniforms makes me not a fan? That’s rich. Trust me hashbrown, you want me and need me as a fan. Been one my whole life. Will be for the rest of my life, whether you like it or not and I do not like these stupid unis. Sorry
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:05 pm
Washington hit from behind. Fumbles. Blue Hose recover.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
8:06 pm
Bad bad decision by TW
mrb
September 8th, 2012
8:06 pm
Enter your comments here
mrb
September 8th, 2012
8:10 pm
Oh, I see. Not liking these new silly uniforms means I can’t be a fan. That’s rich! Trust me hashbrown, you want me and need me as a fan. Been one my whole life and will be one the rest of my life. Do not like the chicken wire helmets and the the silly new unis. Sorry
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
8:13 pm
From what I’ve read the players like them and I suspect recruits are liking them as well. Not for us as fans but if the young men like them more power to them
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
8:14 pm
But I have to admit I like the helmets.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:16 pm
Blue Hose are stopped on fourth-and-4 from the GT 33. No real choice but to try.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:16 pm
Long completion from Washington to Jeremy Moore.
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
8:17 pm
well the kids like em. you dont play. you never played. you sit on the sidelines just like the rest of us and from my perspective you are worried about the wrong thing.
if we went 15 and 0 and played in solid yellow neon uni’s with real chicken wire on them i could care less.
when you are a player than you can vote on the uni’s. all this whining and crying about the uni;s from folks like you remind me exactly of the old guard tech fans with the suits an ties who never cheer and are like wooden statues.
WAH WAH WAH WAH!
if the kids like em. that means the recruits will like them. like it or not snappy uni’s attract recruits. last time i looked we need all the help we can get in that category.
carolinajacket
September 8th, 2012
8:19 pm
What happened to ES{N3?
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:19 pm
Synjyn Days as goal-line quarterback fumbles into the end zone. Ball recovered and returned 91 yards by PC.
Looked like Days scored before fumble.
mrb
September 8th, 2012
8:20 pm
that’s gotta be a TD
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
8:21 pm
That should be a TD
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
8:21 pm
close
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:21 pm
Play stands.
mrb
September 8th, 2012
8:21 pm
Lame
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
8:22 pm
Good lord, typical referee double speak.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
PC to the 1.
mrb
September 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
That’s why Synjyn’s stuck at second string though
Biff Pocoroba
September 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
Days fumbles every other time he touches the ball and Johnson still keeps putting him out there
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
not like we are going to lose this game but damn syn wrap up the dang ball .
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
Fourth and goal from a foot out
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
8:24 pm
and, that folks is why CPJ doesn’t trust Synjyn. Ball security is everything!