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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SillyMutts
September 8th, 2012
9:06 pm
Anyone wanna bet we run up the middle on this place after the PC punt following GT turnover?
SillyMutts
September 8th, 2012
9:06 pm
play
SillyMutts
September 8th, 2012
9:08 pm
haha
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:08 pm
OMG two completions in a row??????????????
Missy30s
September 8th, 2012
9:09 pm
LOVE IT when GT passes… and CATCHES!!! WOOT!
Biff Pocoroba
September 8th, 2012
9:09 pm
Two consecutive completed forward passes. Hell must be freezing over.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:10 pm
Very tickled for the young man from Cobb County!
SillyMutts
September 8th, 2012
9:10 pm
Neither too a WR though..I’ll take a completed pass though.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:12 pm
The A backs are Tech’s slot receivers, as long as the ball is caught I really don’t care if it’s a an A back or WR.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:13 pm
Picked!
OldSchoolTechFanatic
September 8th, 2012
9:13 pm
Go Vad
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
9:13 pm
Vad Lee in at quarterback after the Golden interception.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
9:14 pm
Having to do print duty here. Sorry, folks.
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
9:14 pm
Lee scores from a yard out. Tech blowing it open.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:14 pm
TD Vad Lee!
Biff Pocoroba
September 8th, 2012
9:15 pm
I wonder why Days didn’t come in to run there.
OldSchoolTechFanatic
September 8th, 2012
9:16 pm
Im lovin it !!!
OldSchoolTechFanatic
September 8th, 2012
9:17 pm
I know its only PC but its great to see VAD in there
JustinSyder
September 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
I don’t think Bill Gates could get more than 2 bars on ESPN3.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
@OldSchool, I hope he plays the remainder of the game.
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
are we looking any better? by the time i figured out i had to clean out my cookies and re log into espn to watch the 2nd have i have missed half the 3d quarter hehe.
what did i miss?
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
LOL@ Justin, how true! But it beats an AM radio!
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
Mizzou 10 GA 3
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
9:22 pm
GT looks OK. But it’s hard to look great against an outmanned opponent.
Biff Pocoroba
September 8th, 2012
9:23 pm
ESPN3 would come in better, but they have to spend so much money on these quality announcers. These guys have even gotten a couple of player’s names correct tonight.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:24 pm
Tech ball!
HairyChestedDawg
September 8th, 2012
9:24 pm
Just sayin.
JustinSyder
September 8th, 2012
9:24 pm
Mark, what would you say the attendance is?
Mark Bradley
September 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
Can I say that I was a big fan of AM radio?
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
Mizzou 10 GA 9, missed extra point
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:26 pm
Heterodyning heresy!
lee
September 8th, 2012
9:27 pm
Watching the JACKETS on ESPN3 and loving the uniforms.
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:27 pm
What a throw by Vad!!!!!!!!!!!!
Biff Pocoroba
September 8th, 2012
9:28 pm
A QB who can pass the ball. I guess he won’t be allowed to play again. this year.
MAD BRO
September 8th, 2012
9:28 pm
I think we one
mrb
September 8th, 2012
9:29 pm
Mr. Lee does throw a pretty ball!
MAD BRO
September 8th, 2012
9:29 pm
won**** oops
Jacket Fan
September 8th, 2012
9:29 pm
wow nice ball thrown by Vad Lee!
OldSchoolTechFanatic
September 8th, 2012
9:29 pm
Me too Ol’ Jacket me too.
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
9:29 pm
yes i think we one
;o)
GT4Life (the Original)
September 8th, 2012
9:30 pm
@ Ol’JacketFan – That throw WAS beautiful without an exaggerated wind-up like TW. Also, yeah…Perkins (and Days) is cutting his own throat with the turnovers.
hashbrown dwag
September 8th, 2012
9:30 pm
well the only thing left to do this game is the shutout. we are way over due i think.
chas_jacket
September 8th, 2012
9:31 pm
The Vad Lee error has started. Watch and weep weenie, your troll texts didn’t work
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:31 pm
That may have been the prettiest thrown ball by a Tech QB since I don’t know when. Great footwork and mechanics.
chas_jacket
September 8th, 2012
9:32 pm
Meant era obviously, spell correct!
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:32 pm
Vad did make a misread earlier, he gave it on the dive and had he pulled it he would have still been running. But I love his arm!
OldSchoolTechFanatic
September 8th, 2012
9:32 pm
We need someone with the winning attitude of Josh Nesbit. They dont have to be the best QB in the nation just have the desire to win !!!
GT4Life (the Original)
September 8th, 2012
9:32 pm
LOL! UNC lost to Wake 28-27…overrated again!
Ol'JacketFan
September 8th, 2012
9:34 pm
Now we can see Vad gets reps and become ready to run this offense as it is capable of being run.
JustinSyder
September 8th, 2012
9:35 pm
I have to say, I like the way our ACC schedule is looking. UVA hasn’t look good so far, Miami’s rush defense has looked awful, Clemson will be tough, BC is BC, UNC didn’t look good against a mediocre Wake Forest team today, and Duke is Duke. As for VT, I honestly think they’ll drop a few.