Heat Check: Hot ‘Dogs face a warm swarm of Yellow Jackets
This was the one time the Mark Richt-coached Bulldogs didn't beat Tech. (AJC photo by Johnny Crawford)
Given that this is Thanksgiving week, our Heat Check begins about where you’d expect.
GEORGIA: Will play for the SEC title. Could play for the BCS title. First, however, the Bulldogs must win the state title. This hasn’t been much of an issue for Mark Richt — he’s 10-1 against the North Avenue crew — but the one blip (in 2008, in case you’ve forgotten) was monumental. Barometric reading: Remember when we wondered if things would ever again get really good for this coach at this school? Richt’s team has a chance to finish all drills.
GEORGIA TECH: Will play for the ACC title, thanks to Miami’s decision to remove itself from postseason play. For a team that wasn’t sure it could wangle even a trip to Shreveport, that’s a nice bit of rallying. Barometric reading: Chances are, Tech will be an underdog — the opening line for this weekend favors Georgia by 14 points — in every game from here on, but any team coached by Paul Johnson has the potential to be a mighty live ‘dog. No pun intended.
THE SEC: Forget having no team in the BCS title game. If Southern Cal beats Notre Dame and Florida beats Florida State, the only league that matters will again have two of its members, one of whom didn’t even win its division, playing for the national championship. Barometric reading: Things always break the SEC’s way. Does anybody not understand that?
THE ACC: Could have a 6-6 team (er, Georgia Tech) play for the conference title. Could lose Maryland to the Big Ten, which would be a major blow for a league that believed it had solidified its future by adding, sort of, Notre Dame. (Update: According to ESPN, Maryland has indeed voted to leave the ACC.) Barometric reading: Only the SEC get all the breaks all the time. Does anybody not understand that?
FALCONS: The halting victory over Arizona did nothing to quell any doubts. Still couldn’t run the ball, and this time Matt Ryan had a tough time throwing it to the right team. And now a trip to play Tampa Bay, which has won four in a row, awaits. Barometric reading: The Falcons are still positioned to be the NFC’s top seed, but they’re starting to look a tad seedy.
HAWKS: Fought through the stomach flu and a West Coast swing to come home at .500, which isn’t half-bad. Barometric reading: Don’t be surprised if this team gets hot. Only one of its next eight games will come against an opponent that currently holds a winning record, and seven of those eight will be staged at Philips Arena.
GEORGIA HOOPS: Mark Fox’s Hounds had an awful week, losing at home to Youngstown State and Southern Miss, neither of which is a basketball power on the order of, say, Indiana. Barometric reading: At 5:30 p.m. tonight in Brooklyn, the Bulldogs will meet the real Indiana, ranked No. 1 in the land. But there’s precedent at work — Chaminade did once topple Virginia and Ralph Sampson.
GEORGIA TECH HOOPS: Managed fewer points against Presbyterian than the football Jackets scored against the Blue Hose. Still won, though. Barometric reading: Are about to embark on a long road trip — three games in an Anaheim tournament, followed by a stop in Champaign, Ill., to meet the Illini in the ACC-Big Ten challenge. If Tech is still unbeaten after all that, Brian Gregory and his men will be on to something.
BRAVES: Signed Gerald Laird, free-agent catcher, to replace David Ross, free-agent catcher. That’s a slight net loss, but Laird is something of the new Eric Hinske — he keeps showing up in the World Series. Barometric reading: Pretty sure there’s a bigger move than Gerald Laird to come.
Further reading: Can Tech ruin Georgia’s season? It’s possible. But probable?
By Mark Bradley
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Goldenrod
November 19th, 2012
8:13 am
FIRST! It’s official – Miami backed out of the ACCCG and bowl so GT willbe facing FSU for the right to go to a BCS bowl! Coach Paul Johnson deserves coach of the year honors ever since the Middle Tennessee State loss!
We’re gonna pummel UGAg in the cesspool up North! GT 51, UGag 24 – You heard it here first!
David
November 19th, 2012
8:13 am
First!
David
November 19th, 2012
8:14 am
Damn, not first. *sigh* gonna be a long day….
GO JACKETS
November 19th, 2012
8:19 am
GA TECH GOING TO CHARLOTTE BABY! MIAMI JUST SELF IMPOSED
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8651616/miami-hurricanes-self-impose-second-straight-bowl-ban
GT in CT
November 19th, 2012
8:19 am
Heat check with a barometer? Just say no to mixed metaphors, Mark.
GO JACKETS
November 19th, 2012
8:20 am
any dog poop fan thinking this is going to be an easy win might want to take a look at Vad Lee play against UNC. The replay is on ESPN3. GET A GOOD LOOK…he is on a mission and he isn’t afraid of you
dagadawgs
November 19th, 2012
8:20 am
Goldenrod you are an absolute idiot.
Only in the ACC
November 19th, 2012
8:21 am
Can a miserable excuse for a football league/team finish 6 & 6 and still play in a conference championship. 6-6 TECH PROVES JUST HOW WEAK THE ACC TRULY IS!
Maryland Jacket
November 19th, 2012
8:25 am
@Only in the ACC
6-6 2011 UCLA PROVES JUST HOW WEEK THE PAC-10 TRULY IS!
Maryland Jacket
November 19th, 2012
8:26 am
Oh gods, I typoed. WEAK. WEAK I SAY.
Big Dog 89
November 19th, 2012
8:29 am
GT winning the ACC shows how weak the ACC is.
What a complete joke.
Oger
November 19th, 2012
8:30 am
NNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Dawgs Run This State
November 19th, 2012
8:32 am
No worries, the Dawgs get to beat the ACC Coastal (Backed-In) Champions and then the SEC West champions in back-to-back weeks.
WE RUN THIS STATE!
GSU Eagle
November 19th, 2012
8:33 am
Screw GT and UGA, where’s the heat check on the 6-time Champion Eagles? Mark, you’re a loser!
GSU Eagle
November 19th, 2012
8:34 am
The nerds are crowing about an ACC division title, and that moron dog can’t even spell “Ogre.” HAHAHAHA!! The Eagles still have more titles!!
spider
November 19th, 2012
8:35 am
well dawg fans, im pretty sure tech will show up saturday, i just hope paul puts a emphasis on pass defense this week.
MontgomeryDawg
November 19th, 2012
8:36 am
People need to calm down with the Florida business…
Assuming Florida beats FSU, which I personally don’t see happening, if Oregon runs the table, the 13th game will push them ahead of Florida.
Ted M
November 19th, 2012
8:39 am
The Falcons need start running the ball effectively or they’ll be one and done come playoff time even with Ryan playing great. Thankfully they are using Rodgers more but we need even more him.
Sam Baker needs to be benched.
Hey GSU Eagle
November 19th, 2012
8:39 am
You were a cute little brother, your little team hung tough with the Dawgs for about a half until your trademark chop block did you in. Second half was all Dawgs as you limped back with Stateboro Blues. I will say this – your fan base brought in more folks than tech will into gorgeous Sanford Stadium.
This week the Dawgs get to beat down the nerdy little brother as Mark Richt makes it 12 out of 13 against the NATS.
DawgieStyle
November 19th, 2012
8:41 am
Winning a division by forfeit is, like, the most Georgia Tech thing ever. #Nerds
Steve
November 19th, 2012
8:42 am
HOW FUNNY is it that Tech is in the ACC Championship game? Talk about BACKING IN! They get to play in the game even though they did not deserve it? So funny. What will be more funny is watching what UGA and FSU does to Tech. Tech will be 6-7 going to a bad bowl game which they will lose, as we all know. 6-8 season!
Ben
November 19th, 2012
8:44 am
Can someone explain why Maryland would want to move to the Big 10? Do they want to lose worse every year?
One Eyed Jack
November 19th, 2012
8:45 am
BD 89, you may be right. The ACC is far from stellar this year.
But GT is the only team in the USA with a chance to beat UGay next week, and it’ll be 0-0 when we line up. GT has absolutely nothing to lose. But UGay boosters need to think about how it will look for UGay to lose to the mediocre ACC, a home game, and one vs in-state rival Yellow Jackets to boot!
That’s just delicious to contemplate! If this happens, then the joke will be on you, BD 89…I hope you have a nice day.
Go Yellow Jackets!
Keep Paul Johnson
November 19th, 2012
8:45 am
As a Dawgs fan I cannot express how glad I am that the ACC allowed GT to back into the Coastal champs. Hopefully that means they will keep Paul Johnson, his gimmicky high-school offense and complete lack of defense for at least five more years! Dawgs Run This State!
JB
November 19th, 2012
8:46 am
When Johnson and Tech slipped by Georgia by 3 points, Tech had a roster full of D1 players. They now have a roster full of players who chose Tech over Western Carolina and the like. I really like the Dawgs chances Saturday.
NeoDawg
November 19th, 2012
8:47 am
If Tech somehow beats FSU, how much do you think the Orange Bowl would be willing to pay Tech to NOT take the automatic bid?
Old Guy
November 19th, 2012
8:48 am
@MontgomeryDawg – Stanford has to lose for Oregon to play in the Pac-12 championship.
JB
November 19th, 2012
8:48 am
Will Tech play in that Bowl on Dec 17th on that Blue field in 10 degree weather against the California Roads & Bridges Rec league?
woodstockgt
November 19th, 2012
8:50 am
Just to get it out in the open, all you morons saying “First” on all these blogs are a bunch fags! Who gives a sh*t if you are the first to post or the 49th. I get it, lets sit on the internet all day waiting for an article to post so I can cut and paste “first” and hit enter quicker than anyone else! Loosers!
Alphare
November 19th, 2012
8:53 am
If FSU beat FL and win ACC, it will rank ahead of UGA.
Say What???
November 19th, 2012
8:54 am
So if a 6-6 Tech team gets into the ACC title game because their division’s front runner pulls themselves out, does that mean that all of the Tech trolls will stop with “The SEC East is SO weak!” BS?
Yeah, I didn’t think so either…
Miami steps aside, and Georgia Tech plays for the ACC title | Mark Bradley
November 19th, 2012
8:55 am
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Tech Man 98
November 19th, 2012
8:56 am
GT will beat UGA.
GT will beat Florida State.
GT will lose the Orange Bowl.
UGA will beat Bama.
UGA will lose their bowl game.
SEC will not have a team competing for the National Championship.
Vince
November 19th, 2012
8:56 am
Dawgie Style–Well Said !!!!
Steve
November 19th, 2012
8:57 am
Alphare, yet another moron who knows nothing about college football. Bama is # 2, Florida is # 4. You see, that means if UGA beats Bama, they beat the # 2 team in the country which would assure them of being # 2. FSU would be at #3 or #4. They are ranked in the high teens in the computer ranking because they play in the pathetic ACC. Learn stuff before you post.
Goldenrod
November 19th, 2012
8:58 am
Hey woodstockgt, you are the “looser” – I wanted to be on here FIRST to represent GT Athletics and praise Coach Johnson for leading this team into the ACC Championship and giving us a great shot to beat the leghumpers this weekend.
GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS – 2012 ACC COASTAL DIVISION CHAMPIONS
Josh
November 19th, 2012
9:00 am
How is losing Maryland a major blow to the ACC? Wouldn’t they be easily replaceable?
GameTime
November 19th, 2012
9:00 am
Enjoy watching SEC football but C’mon guys, the SEC is a shell of its usual self this year. No way Georgia, Florida, LSU should be rated as high as they are. ALL are HIGHLY overrated and living entirely on SEC reputation. Georgia got manhandled by South Carolina and has only beaten another highly overrated team – Florida. UGA didn’t play Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M. Don’t understand the dawgies feeling so great about this year — or their chances from here on out. Delusional – but that’s nothing new.
NeoDawg
November 19th, 2012
9:02 am
Goldenrod – Said more accurately:
georgia tech yellow jackets – 2012 acc coastal division tallest midget
Buckeye
November 19th, 2012
9:04 am
From Monday Morning QB:
reat line: “I don’t know who deserves more blame: Western Carolina for taking the money, or Alabama for scheduling Western Carolina.” That’s from NBC studio host Jimmy Roberts, showing highlights of the game between national power Alabama and one of the worst teams in the NCAA FCS, formerly NCAA I-AA, Western Carolina.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/11/19/week-11/index.html#ixzz2Cg2tjARG
Say What???
November 19th, 2012
9:04 am
Goldenrod… Let me ask you something. If UGA some how backed into an SEC Championship with a 6-6 record, would you be offering praise to Mark Richt and the Dawgs? No – you, along with everyone else, would be ripping UGA a new one. So how can it be so different for the Jackets?
.
93 Dawg
November 19th, 2012
9:04 am
Saturday. 12:00 PM. Sanford Stadium. See you there bugs.
Remind me, how many thousands of tickets did you return to UGA for this game? What an embarrasment to yourselves. And to the ACC that you will play their championship game. That really is a joke.
Alphare
November 19th, 2012
9:04 am
Steve, you got lots of “if” there. Learn some Maths before you post on a blog.
Buckeye
November 19th, 2012
9:05 am
SEC! SEC! November scheduling is a joke.
Buckeye
November 19th, 2012
9:05 am
tom brown,
Where you at?
JB
November 19th, 2012
9:07 am
Tech will score some points. Georgia’s speed on D causes them to over run assignments at times. But the Georgia offense is playing as well as any ranked team in the country, very balanced, physical running game, speed, very good passing game and will score on Tech just about every time they get the ball based on what I’ve seen of Tech Defense.
Dawg Fud
November 19th, 2012
9:11 am
woodstockgt,
That would be “losers.” The word you are looking for is spelled “losers.”
Class dismissed.
gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
9:11 am
Anything can happen Steve… The dogs can be beat.. Not saying it’s going to happen, but crazier things have happened…
Buckeye
November 19th, 2012
9:11 am
Hmm,
Who will draw more National interest at noon Saturday?
dogs v Tech
or
The Ohio State University v Michigan
Goldenrod
November 19th, 2012
9:12 am
Just booked my tickets to Charlotte for the ACC Championship Game. I’ve got a great feeling that FSU, just like the mutts, won’t be able to stop our high-octane offense. We have dominated teams ever since the MTSU and BYU losses.
I am starting to see ESPN say that if we lose to UGag (unthinkable) and FSU that we would be 6-7 and may not be bowl eligible? Please tell me that is not the case, we need a special rider or waiver because we deserve to be in a bowl game for being ACC Coastal Champions!
Dawg Fud
November 19th, 2012
9:15 am
I respect Paul Johnson and Tech. They will arrive in Athens ready to play and amped up.
I remember when we traveled to Auburn for an early game in 2006 (11:00 kickoff Central Time) and we completely handed it to the #5 team in the country.
This game has a peculiar resemblance.
Dawgs need to be ready to match Tech’s intensity, play physical and dictate from the opening kickoff.
Tech is not going to lay down for anybody, especially not UGA and Mark Richt.
gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
9:15 am
Big Ten football.. ZZZZZZZZZ Wake me up when it’s over…
Jekylldog
November 19th, 2012
9:16 am
“Fought through the stomach flu and a West Coast swing to come home at .500, which isn’t half-bad.”
Actually it is half-bad. Exactly half-bad.
Hairy Dawg
November 19th, 2012
9:18 am
@Goldenrod
LOL – You are serious, aren’t you?? LOL
Steve
November 19th, 2012
9:21 am
I think Goldenrod is about as dumb as they come. Any decent/smart Tech fan knows that beating both UGA and FSU would take a miracle and that most likely, Tech will lose to both. There is a reason they are 14 point underdogs. Plus, in Charlotte, while it won’t be soldout (shocker) Tech will only have maybe 5,000 “fans” there. Home game for FSU.
Goldenrod
November 19th, 2012
9:24 am
I am calling for a whiteout by any and all GT fans for the ACC Championship Game vs. Free Shoes University. Listen, their team and fan base are full of thugs and cheaters.
Georgia Tech is about purity and hope – this coaching staff and team deserve to see our fan base representing in Charlotte all decked out in white to represent the purity & hope!
When we play in the BCS Orange Bowl we can let the players decide what the fans wear but in Charlotte we need to white out that stadium for the ACC Championship!
can you imagine
November 19th, 2012
9:26 am
UGA is in the SEC championship game, GA Tech is in ACC championship game, the Falcons have the best record in the NFL, this is great. I am the only one feeling that we are going to have a big letdown by all three?
I believe our best chance has UGA winning the State championship and beating Bama to play for BCS title, they can beat ND.
Tech is Tech.
Falcons are really starting to worry me come playoff time.
gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
9:28 am
too funny goldenrod… Purity and Hope…. lol… I think it’s much too late to hope for a defense…
Hairy Dawg
November 19th, 2012
9:29 am
@Goldenrod
Seriously?????????
LOL
Steve
November 19th, 2012
9:31 am
Purity and Hope, hmmmm who lost their little ACC Championship a few year ago? Tech finally does something and it didn’t even count, ha.
gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
9:31 am
@hairy dawg
Goldenrod is a dawg fan… There are NOT any GT people that GAY….
Al
November 19th, 2012
9:32 am
Have fun in Charlotte, Goldenrod. That pathetic game will not even sellout.
Tech fans are a joke just like the ACC.
Coastal champs?? hahahahahahahahaha……………..smh
Hairy Dawg
November 19th, 2012
9:33 am
@gt4ever
I don’t know…
But, pretty funny either way….
Separated at birth?
November 19th, 2012
9:33 am
Buckeye, are you and Tide Roll brothers? You both exhibit tendencies of OCD and narcissistic personality disorders.
DKG73
November 19th, 2012
9:43 am
OK, for all of the trash talking that will take place as we head into
this Saturday against UGA, here are the statistics: GT has a record of
6 and 5, UGA has a record of 10 and 1; GT’s opponents have an overall
record of 60 and 61 (Mid TN played only 10 games), UGA’s opponents
have an overall record of 59 and 61; GT has played 8 conference games
with our opponents having an overall record of 44 and 44, UGA has
played 8 conference games with their opponents having an overall
record of 45 and 43; GT has 6 opponents with a winning record (4
conference and 2 non-conference), UGA has 4 opponents with a winning
record (3 conference and 1 non-conference).
Just something to think about…
LawDawg
November 19th, 2012
9:46 am
Goldenrod is clearly a troll. I don;t know why anyone gives him the attention he so desperately craves.
Anyhow, the sinking falcons taking on the rising Bucs inside the pirate ship should make for an interesting Sunday.
Rock_Eagle
November 19th, 2012
9:46 am
Tech has been granted a reprieve on the season and a rare opportunity. Seize the moment. The muttland folks think this week is a given and are looking forward to the Tide, despite what you hear to the contrary.
Turd Burgalar
November 19th, 2012
9:47 am
GSU Eagle – You play in a high school league and in a high school stadium… the only newspaper that cares about your team is the statesboro herald.
Buckeye
November 19th, 2012
9:54 am
separated,
No, we not brothers. We just reppin’ the two most storied programs in the history of college football.
JB
November 19th, 2012
9:54 am
Boy, the National Press is no Dawg fan. Yahoo has a story on What could happen and here is Georgia sitting at #3 with a game coming up with #2 and the entire story dances around every possible match up and hardly mentions the Dawgs. Richt ought to be reading these to the team AFTER the Tech win.
Buckeye
November 19th, 2012
9:55 am
And,
tom brown is reppin’ the dogs. Go tom go.
JB
November 19th, 2012
9:57 am
By Bama jumping to #2, the intensity of the SECCG has shifted. If Bama was sitting at 4 or 5, might catch them sleeping. Not now.
Rock_Eagle
November 19th, 2012
9:58 am
@turd The Athens Banner-Herald arrest report reads like a who’s who among UGA athletes. There’s another one just today:
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-georgia-sports/2012/11/19/uga-baseball-player-arrested/
The SEC Rules!
November 19th, 2012
10:04 am
THE SEC RULES
Alabama #1 Georgia #2
That’s what a true poll would say since [see chart below] Notre Dame has played zero top ten teams and we’ve played a bunch.
http://thesecrules.blogspot.com/
GrowlingDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:04 am
@buckeye
That November scheduling would be called experience. Look which league OSU plays In week to week and compare it with either SEC division. I thought so. And BTW, it was your coach, Urban Meyer who mastered this scheduling formula in his days at Florida. The SEC schedules all these weak sisters late b/c experience (six straight titles) tells us that in the BCS formula losing late costs more. We didn’t make the rules don’t blame us for being smart enough to figure out the system. Don’t be a hater, learn from people around you who are smarter instead. Take solace, ya’ll have Meyer now, so maybe he’ll straighten out your schedule to win. But if hisory stays tue don’t expect that win to come against an SEC opponent.
GrowlingDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:07 am
History lol
GeoffDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:10 am
Here’s hoping that Paul Johnson has them looking forward to the ACC championship game instead. In his words from 2009, they have “bigger fish to fry.”
Joey
November 19th, 2012
10:11 am
Mark, that same Chaminade team (yeah I know the players are all 50-something) could beat Fox’s Dawgs right now . . .
Buckeye
November 19th, 2012
10:12 am
growling,
Urban has done well. Undefeated no less with his only recruiting class of freshman. I see two more years to get where he wants to be – including standing toe to toe with the real SEC! SEC! The dogs are middle of the pack. Bama and LSU the class of the SEC! SEC! and TN, Auburn being the jokes of the SEC! SEC!
While you may have scammed the BCS, time is running out as we move to a true playoff system.
JB
November 19th, 2012
10:12 am
I would bet my life that if Ohio St. was not on probation those Northeastern Writers who drool over them ALL the time would have them #1 and telling the world that they are the greatest team in Ohio St history and just a miracle body of work by Meyer……….GEEZ. Cheaters all the way though.
Joey
November 19th, 2012
10:17 am
“When we play in the BCS Orange Bowl we can let the players decide what the fans wear but in Charlotte we need to white out that stadium for the ACC Championship!”
***************************************************
I bet I can guess who ACC officials will be rooting for at Charlotte. It would be a hoot to see a 6-loss ACC Champ in the Orange Bowl.
What will really be funny...
November 19th, 2012
10:27 am
…is if UGA beats Tech and then loses to AL, while Tech beats FSU -
That would mean Tech (with a 7-6 record) gets the BCS Orange Bowl and its $14-$20mil payout, while UGA (with its 11-2 record) gets the Outback Bowl and it’s $4-6mil payout, since either UF or LSU will get the BCS Sugar Bowl bid and its $14-20mil payout…
Surely you jest, Goldenrod...
November 19th, 2012
10:35 am
…”Georgia Tech is about purity and hope” – you must have forgotten about Reuben Houston, D-Rad and being stripped of your most recent ACC title due to cheating, George O’Liary. etc, etc, etc…
GeoffDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:35 am
I don’t really like to make fun of other team’s misfortunes but if you’re at a non-Tech ACC school, you’ve got to be pulling for an FSU landslide. Having a league champion that was blown out by MTSU doesn’t do much for your street cred.
GeoffDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:37 am
Purity and hope? You make tech sound like a blushing virgin bride on her wedding night.
fan
November 19th, 2012
10:45 am
Buckeye, would you be talking about that same LSU team that struggled to beat Ole Miss? Because I pretty sure UGA absolutely dominated them and LSU survived. OSU is joke and as is the Big 10.
DIT
November 19th, 2012
10:48 am
Tech – Congrats on moving forward to the ACC Championship game. I hope y’all beat Free Shoes U! This Dawg is not running his mouth about this Saturday. It will be a tough contest. Always is. This game always makes me nervous, but what really makes me nervous is that this, from past history, plays down to the talent level AND will be looking forward to the SEC CG. By doing so tech can come up and beat us.
If the Dawgs are truly focused on this game they will beat tech by 14 points min. However, that’s the key word there…….. focused. Good luck tech
William Casey
November 19th, 2012
10:58 am
Goldenrod is a girl and pulling your bulldawg tails. LOL
murfdawg
November 19th, 2012
11:01 am
Geoffdawg,
I was worried about the GT game until this morning when Miami and Donna Sha-na-na threw the team under the bus. What that does, is make the Georgia-Georgia Tech game a FISH FRY!!!!!!
If you bring the cole slaw, I’ll bring the tartar sauce.
Really?!
November 19th, 2012
11:13 am
Does anyone in America wish to see a team that has beaten ONE team with a wining record, whose opponents combined W/L is 106-128 (if you take out the 1AA team)? How is a team with 25% (that is 3 out of 12 for you UGA fans) of its opponents not even playing 1-A football even in the same sentence with “National Championship”. What a FARCE. Here is the Georgia formula for being ranked high: barely beat a bunch of teams that are substantially inferior and pretend the ranking is deserved. Good luck with Alabama, a real college football team.
Stiffneck
November 19th, 2012
11:14 am
Being ACC Coastal Champions = Winning the pig squealing contest at the Tri-County fair. Nothing to brag about…………
GeoffDawg
November 19th, 2012
11:16 am
If we have hush-puppies with jalepenos, I’m in.
GeoffDawg
November 19th, 2012
11:23 am
It’s eerie how accurate you can be in predicting who needs OCD meds based purely on blog posts. I’m looking at you Really?!
COASTAL CHAMPS
November 19th, 2012
11:30 am
fear the JACKETS.
Eve Plumb
November 19th, 2012
11:43 am
Atlanta Falcons finish the regular season at 14-2.
Lose to the Niners in the Dome 31-3.
Book it, mark it down!!!
Eve Plumb
November 19th, 2012
11:45 am
Maybe now Tech fans will stop jumping from the nose bleed seats after losses…too soon?
Ed
November 19th, 2012
11:47 am
Florida in the BCS title game would be a joke. Go Seminoles, go Irish!
But most of all…GO DAWGS! No letdowns against Tech. Richt should make the entire team watch a replay of the Baylor – K State game as a reminder that not only could we lose on Saturday, we could get our rear ends handed to us if we are not 100% focused on this game, only.
ARdawg
November 19th, 2012
11:50 am
Man it is GREAT to be a Georgia Bulldog!
Eric C.
November 19th, 2012
11:54 am
Eve Plump, the 49ers do not play well in domes. I’ll be surprised if the Falcons finish 14-2 with no “easy” games left.
Eric C.
November 19th, 2012
11:55 am
Well, the Falcons had another game where they “didn’t play their best.” I’m starting to wonder if this isn’t their best?
Ed
November 19th, 2012
11:58 am
“Goldenrod is clearly a troll. I don;t know why anyone gives him the attention he so desperately craves.”
True. Ironic, but true.
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
11:58 am
Goldenrod… man it must be great being able to leave reality behind! No way the Dawgs overlook Tech. I don’t name scores but I think you will be crying pretty hard. UGA has the most potent offense you have seen all year and your miserable defense will not be able to stop them. Look for a replay of “We run this state”. Only it will be worse this time. So live in your fantasy land for another 5 days.
Paul in NH
November 19th, 2012
12:42 pm
UGA has the 2nd best offense GT has seen all year.
Ed Pilcher
November 19th, 2012
1:05 pm
Vad Lee plays well……In the (snicker) All Cupcake Conference. He’s about to face his first real team this week.
MFranklin
November 19th, 2012
1:26 pm
Credit where and when it is due; MB, your assessments on UGA and the Falcs are pretty spot-on this week.
To be honest, the Dawgs worry me more than the Falcons. Anyone can have a really bad day and Matty just showed he can’t walk on water, either. But… he is unshakable even on those really gawd-awful ones and practically unbeatable on anything better. Murray isn’t there yet… he (and we Dawg fans) desperately need the O-line to show up and the receiver corps to avoid KFC before the game.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
1:30 pm
Congrats to Tech on their ACC championship game appearance
I mean what a joke just like their 1990 National Championship game against #17 ranked Nebraska in the Citris Bowl
beanster
November 19th, 2012
1:49 pm
It will be interesting to see how many more Tech fans are willing to travel to Charlotte than to Athens. No hot dog and Coke promotions but I see they do have $25 seats available.
gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
1:54 pm
Oh to be a delusional Dawg fan…. Yes, your team is better than ours on paper… But hey, you have NOT beat anybody this year… Your schedule has put you in a position to be in contention for the SECEC but once you play a real team, you will LOSE… Unless Alabama has another brain fart, as they did with Texas AM, you have NO chance! Matter of fact, if you find yourself looking past GT Saturday, you could very easily lose against GT… As bad as our Defense is, and it is REALLY bad, our offense can score on your pitiful defense. Here is hoping that you are looking forward to playing Alabama and have already marked our game as a gimme…
gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
2:05 pm
@patched tire…
Yeah, that Joke of a team routed your beloved dawgs… and they were the BEST team in the country that year.. Period..
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:09 pm
gt4ever… SC, UF, and Vandy would beat Tech. Maybe even Tenn since they can score points. And there you have it. SC and UF would pound the snot out of Tech. We will see how Moobs Johnson’s gimmick offense fares against a defense that has two weeks and a live game worth of experience against the triple option. That offense works only when the opponent hasn’t seen it recently. It is very hard to simulate but the Dawgs played a Ga Southern team that I think would beat Tech. Their defense is better. Sure it probably be a 49-45 type game but that 49 would belong to Ga Southern.
Pray your defense plays out their minds because otherwise it will be ugly.
GeoffDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:11 pm
gt4ever, a real team? You mean like when Florida was undefeated and ranked #2? I agree though, on paper, tech’s not much of a “real” team.
gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
2:25 pm
@NCDawg
Yes, here is hoping that your team is thinking about Alabama. Yes, UGA should and probably will win on Saturday… But it will be anything but a cake walk… Easy to say that SC, UF, or Vandy would beat GT… I don’t agree, but that shouldn’t be surprising to anyone… If our Defense comes to play on Saturday, we will win… The odds of our defense coming to play is, well, not likely, but anything can and usually does happen. Especially when you have a team that thinks they are BCS national championship material… I mean, come on, even the lowest Bull dog IQ’s realize that this team is not the same caliber of Alabama and LSU…
Alphare
November 19th, 2012
2:40 pm
What’s the difference between Tech and UGA? Not much: both gets in conference champ games, and both get killed in them.
Concerned
November 19th, 2012
2:42 pm
I hear a lot of barking from the fan base that actually returned tickets to UGA due to lack of interest in this game. Worst fan base in America. Maybe if we gave them free hot dogs and a coke they would reconsider!!!
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November 19th, 2012
2:44 pm
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gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
2:48 pm
@concerned
Returned tickets have a LOT more to do with not having to put up with drunken Red necks than disinterest in the football game. Your right,,, UGA has the WORST fan base in the country. Period. Classless, drunken and basically obnoxious.. Especially if you lose…
gt4ever
November 19th, 2012
2:51 pm
kinda like your defensive coordinator…
ARdawg
November 19th, 2012
3:28 pm
gt4ever
Your team lost to MTSU. Yes, Vandy, KY, will beat you
StingerSplash
November 19th, 2012
5:05 pm
Southern Cal, minus Matt Barkley, is not beating Notre Dame. Unless Marqise Lee is throwing the ball to himself, the Men of Troy are not beating the Irritated Sons of Erin.
Speaking of irritated … you don’t think Herr Saban and his Imperial Crimson Stormtroopers aren’t going to be a little bit irritated coming into the Dome to play Georgia?
Georgia fans can talk about winning out all they want. They very likely will beat Tech (much like Southern, can’t stop the pass). But they want no part of a mad Alabama and they want no part of a Notre Dame team that really does have a magnificent defense, which they won’t get to go up against anyway.
GT Rich
November 19th, 2012
5:51 pm
A strong 9-2 GT team ranked in the top 10 overlooked a weak 6-5 UGA team in 2009 and paid for it with a close loss. UGA is now in that same position. Vad Lee’s passing ability could tip the scales in a shoot out. I’ll be rooting for an ACC hat trick vs the SEC on Saturday!!
heeldawg
November 19th, 2012
6:03 pm
@What will really be funny: Your scenario is impossible. The SEC Championship game runner-up cannot fall further than the Cap One/Cotton Bowl tier. It’s an SEC rule. So if Georgia beats Tech and loses to Bama, they’ll probably be in the Cap One Bowl, with the biggest payout of the non-BCS bowls. And if Tech beats FSU and goes to the Orange, that payout might be enough to get your athletic department out of the red. Meanwhile, the Dawgs will post yet another ~$70 million dollar athletic department profit. The money ain’t all of it–especially if you’re not broke.
I suspect Tech will show up and give the Dawgs their best shot. I suspect the Dawgs will do the same with Tech. I do NOT think that either team will look past this game–there’s too much at stake. And unless Georgia self-destructs, they will win by 10-15 points–but it will be close at halftime.
UGA OWNS gtu
November 19th, 2012
6:18 pm
gtu is EMBARRASSING and PATHETIC. They don’t even belong on the same field as UGA.
UGA OWNS gtu… always have, always will.
BigJim
November 19th, 2012
6:27 pm
Mark Richt: 3-15 against ranked teams, since 2009. And that’s why we’re in the crappy Capital One Bowl every single solitary year!!!
UGA OWNS gtu
November 19th, 2012
6:37 pm
We’re simply better than gtu. Period.
UGA OWNS gtu… always have, always will.
BILL KING
November 19th, 2012
7:14 pm
JUST WIN BABY !!!!!!!!!!!
Wal-Mart Retards
November 19th, 2012
8:48 pm
45-42 again!
GT13
November 19th, 2012
9:00 pm
to everyone saying GT doesn’t deserve to go to the championship: if duke beats miami this saturday, GT is alone atop the coastal
UGA OWNS gtu
November 20th, 2012
10:26 am
It’s time for your annual BEATDOWN gtu!
BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
realist
November 20th, 2012
1:43 pm
georgia should win georgia should have beaten sc do you really want a national chapionship with a 35-7 defeat on it?????/ yes?no?
realist
November 20th, 2012
1:43 pm
georgia should win georgia should have beaten sc do you really want a national chapionship with a 35-7 defeat on it?????/ yes?no?
realist
November 20th, 2012
1:43 pm
georgia should win georgia should have beaten sc do you really want a national chapionship with a 35-7 defeat on it?????/ yes?no?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)(J Jones for Heisman)
November 21st, 2012
10:42 am
@ Woodstock gt:(8:50 am post)
Damn good post bro but it is to be expected from all these mama’s boys/girls !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It maybe the BIGGEST event of weeks of “computer time” for these Single Digit IQ children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric C.
November 21st, 2012
1:15 pm
It’s official…Weatherspoon is back!
goodsport
November 24th, 2012
1:34 pm
Slamming a football player to the ground looks cheap on UGA. I guess that since they are playing St Marys School for the blind near the end of your patsy schedule ,its ok . U A B will stuff you while you try to body slam in that game.