Live from Tech: An actual big football game against Duke!
Tech co-quarterback Vad Lee runs through the oddly garbed Maryland Terrapins. (Photo by Luis M. Alvarez)
Let’s face it: To call Duke football the rough equivalent of Georgia basketball would be, over time if not at present, an insult to the hoop ‘Dogs. Duke’s last winning season was in 1994; it has won one ACC championship since 1962, and that bears an asterisk, seeing as how Steve Spurrier was then the Blue Devils’ coach.
But here it is 2012 and Duke has a chance to claim the Coastal Division if it beats Georgia Tech today and Miami next week in Durham. Me, I don’t think the Dookies can win either game, but maybe that’s just me.
As we know, the Jackets are themselves somehow alive and kicking in the carnival ride that is the ACC Coastal. Tech can get to 5-3 in league play and stamp itself as the leader in the clubhouse by beating Duke. And the Jackets have won eight straight against the Devils and 16 of 17. The exception was in 2003, when interim Duke coach Ted Roof startled his alma mater 41-17 on a dark Durham day that stands as one the low points in Tech football annals.
OK, enough. Tech needs to win and will, I say. I’ll be on hand to watch and crack wise, and I’d enjoy your company. And I thank you, as ever, in advance.
By Mark Bradley
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Ramblnwrek
November 17th, 2012
6:51 pm
Good Solid game from the Senior QB on Senior Night and a final Home game. Need a DC and fast. I do not envy the job that man has.
Also put he Special Teams coach back in Special teams, At least then we will have 2/3 phases of the game. Defense is kind of a lost cause.
Wrecker
November 17th, 2012
6:51 pm
If you are giving 30 points, I will take $1k of that action.
Big Dog 89
November 17th, 2012
6:51 pm
The only bowl GT will be invited to is the toilet bowl.
Wrecker
November 17th, 2012
6:52 pm
1958 called, Big Dog, they want their lame joke back.
Bobby
November 17th, 2012
6:53 pm
Why all UGA fans fat people? I was sitting in a Dairy Queen when two really fat UGA fans who had been to the game came in and tried to make some snide comments about GT. I just ignored their fat butts. They must eat a ton of lard weekly.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
6:54 pm
Wrecker. You just couldn’t leave it alone could you? It doesn’t matter how many yards, its the points. I would thing a GT brainiac could figure that one out.
SlimG
November 17th, 2012
6:54 pm
Wow how bad has the acc gotten? FSU in a laugher
ole yeller
November 17th, 2012
6:55 pm
GTNation, is thing and think the same word?
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
6:56 pm
And yet Bobby YOU were there as well. What is your weight?
Wrecker
November 17th, 2012
6:56 pm
Dude, if they don’t fumble twice, they probably put 28 up on that vaunted UGA defense.
Wrecker
November 17th, 2012
6:59 pm
And showing up on your Tech’s blog with a handle that suggests you support Tech smacks of cowardice. I am a Tech fan posting under a Tech handle. Why not man up like Rambo Dog or Dawgman?
Jefferson Davis Hogg
November 17th, 2012
6:59 pm
Sets up what i think might be a tight game next week…not so sure but GSU might be better than GT…Certainly more physical. Not a dig….I expect GT to throw a lot next week which is something GSU coudn’t do….Both teams after today will make many adjustments…..Go Dawgs
White&Gold
November 17th, 2012
6:59 pm
SlimG: The SEC hasn’t exactly looked dominate today.
-UF and Georgia had first half struggles against FCS teams.
-USC had struggles with an FCS team well into the fourth.
-LSU is currently tied with a 5-5 Ole Miss team at home
On top of that, 7 of yout teams have played an FCS opponent today.
BobDawg
November 17th, 2012
6:59 pm
Wrecker…. good win today… We will have “rested legs” as we put all he hard work in on the “option” this week… It won’t be pretty next week….
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
6:59 pm
ole yeller that’s it? That Is all you have? A miss type on a key board? WOW! I am told huh? LOL
Wrecker
November 17th, 2012
7:00 pm
GSU likely runs the TO more technically correct, but Tech has better athletes on the line and in the backfield. Tech will lose by 10-12, but will score more than 14 points. I am calling 42-31 UGA.
Wrecker
November 17th, 2012
7:01 pm
BobDawg: Yeah, good call by McGarrity scheduling GSU before Thanksgiving.
Rambo Dog
November 17th, 2012
7:03 pm
White&Gold….the SEC’s top 6 teams have each played 3 games against top 10 teams this year. Of course, that’s because we play each other. We need a couple of weeks off before Championship Game weekend,,,that’s why we play YOU last game !
Ramblnwrek
November 17th, 2012
7:03 pm
LSU may lose to Ol’ MISS!
Woodstockgt
November 17th, 2012
7:03 pm
Great win against an improved Duke team. Way to go Jackets. Give it your all next weekend and leave it all out on the field and make us proud!
White&Gold
November 17th, 2012
7:04 pm
GTNation is actually one of the more mature Georgia fans if you can believe that. haha
Rambo Dog
November 17th, 2012
7:05 pm
White&Gold, we can’t ALL play ACC teams every week, wish we could load up on them though !! But it won’t help you get better, just pump up your statistics like CPJ does.
UGA = Yawn
November 17th, 2012
7:05 pm
THWG !!!!!
UGA = Yawn
November 17th, 2012
7:05 pm
. . . . the Cesspool of the South !!!!
White&Gold
November 17th, 2012
7:06 pm
RamboDog: If you haven’t noticed, being inside the top 10 isn’t much of a compliment this year if you’ve seen how the majority of those teams have played (include yourself).
Bobby
November 17th, 2012
7:07 pm
@GTNation: I”m 160 lbs, thank you very much; I wasn’t questioning their being at DQ; just their dietary habits in general.
Ramblnwrek
November 17th, 2012
7:08 pm
I honestly dont see Miami giving up the ACC title game if they get it. I mean would we have given up the ACC title game before we played it? So I see them going, and if they win then let the NCAA come what may. But if they lose, then forgo the bowl and give the ACC/NCAA the finger.
Bobby
November 17th, 2012
7:08 pm
Maybe GTNation’s fat friends will go on a diet once GT disposes of UGA in football and basketball this year.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
7:09 pm
White&Gold thanks for seeing the restraint that some of your so called Tech bloggers have not shown EVER on any UGA blog that I have with the Tech faithful tonight. I really wish Tech would be a 9 or 10 win team every year before Thanksgiving. It would make the “Good Old Fashion Hate” game that much more fun every year.
White&Gold
November 17th, 2012
7:11 pm
Only decent teaams on your schedule are USC and Florida and they’re both extremely overrated. Our schedule is very weak, but you can’t sit back and tell me that yours is much better. Buffalo? FAU? Missouri? GSU? Tennessee? Kentucky? Please.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
7:12 pm
Really Bobby Really? That’s it? You and White&Gold should combine your posts to really hurt me.
Big Dog 89
November 17th, 2012
7:12 pm
Reminder…the ACC is a joke.
.The top ACC team will not finish in the top 10 and there will not be 2 ACC teams in the top 20.
A. Bishop
November 17th, 2012
7:14 pm
Wow, you Tech fans are funny. You give up 24 points to Duke and you expect to beat UGA. Vad is going to spend a lot of time on his back next week. Y’all still having a shout at the ACC championship shows just how pathetic the ACC is.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
7:16 pm
White&Gold my last post was blocked so thank you for the insight of a blogger that shows restraint instead of childish rants.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
7:17 pm
Big Dog please don’t let facts get in you way. I don’t think the Big Bang Theory crowd can handle it.
Bobby
November 17th, 2012
7:24 pm
Hey GTNation. Why don’t you go back to your UGA board where more like minded simpletons can discuss your non-existent intelligence. Must have hit a nerve with you when talking about fat UGA fans.
Bobby
November 17th, 2012
7:25 pm
and Alabama will crush UGA in the Georgia Dome.
GO JACKETS!
Bobby
November 17th, 2012
7:27 pm
Back to the intent of this blog though. Congrats to GT on a well played game.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
7:31 pm
Whew Bobby!!! Clap clap!! Good one. You came up with that one all on your own? I am 6-4 224 if you want to really know. I haven’t been in a DQ in 30 plus years so since you are there tonight I think that says more about you than me right chubby?
ylojkt
November 17th, 2012
7:37 pm
Congrats Tevin on a nice win! Good game management and a solid effort. Thank you for all you’ve done for Tech.
Jacket Dad
November 17th, 2012
7:37 pm
Really proud of the Jackets. Got to admit I never thought they would make it to be bowl eligible but they have fought back amid lots of adversity. Get ready for a looooonnnnngggg week of UGA fans mouthing off. They’ve earned it with a good year – even if their schedule was once again easy, in SEC terms.
Good luck next week Jackets. Play hard. Do your best and represent GT.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
7:39 pm
Whew Bobby! That was a “Stinger” of a comment. Since I haven’t been in a DQ in over 32 years and am 6-4 224 lbs I guess the fact you are there getting a Blazer and a banana split I guess the the truth hurts huh? Oh and who will GT be playing on Dec 1? That’s what I thought. BTW the UGA blogs are full of your idiot so called fans spouting their Bull. Make a deal. You get them to leave and I’ll let up.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
7:40 pm
Oh and I don’t give a s$$t about the typo’s.
Dacusville Bill
November 17th, 2012
7:41 pm
Forfeit the next three games, 2 if Miami decides to play out— Promote Pitiful to AD, and get a REAL Head Coach–
collegeballfan
November 17th, 2012
7:48 pm
“UGA will roll over GT by at least 30 points.”
If UGA doesn’t beat GT by 63 points they should head their head in shame. This is the worst GT team in the last 15 years and UGA has one of their best teams in the last 30 years.
spider
November 17th, 2012
8:08 pm
murray might throw for 500 yards next week..tech pass def is pathetic.
Ramblnwrek
November 17th, 2012
8:11 pm
i cant believe we covered
GSUStud
November 17th, 2012
8:12 pm
GSU would beat Ga Tech. Johnson knows that and is too afraid to schedule them. GSU has better, faster players and they run the option much better than Ga Tech. Ga Tech also has no defense. I mean giving up 24 points to lowly Duke? come on. Ga Tech should decline any bowl if offered and not embarrass the state of Georgia.
GTNation
November 17th, 2012
8:14 pm
GSUStud. Nope. I disagree. GT deserves Shreveport.
Wrecker
November 17th, 2012
8:26 pm
GSUStud, you got destroyed and only scored 14 against a mediocre defense. Tech would likely beat you guys by 20. Duke would beat you guys by 14.