His Jackets pull a no-show, and Paul Johnson is not pleased

1 & done

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“No show” implies that they had the talent to win and didn’t put in the effort. They lost and continue to lose because they don’t have enough talent.

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The performance by Tech didn’t surprise me. Georgia played like a #3 team should play. It’s sad the rivalry was sunk to this level once again…

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No rings rings this year. HAHAHAHAH

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I was shocked that Tech didn’t play harder than that. Johnson recruited all of those guys, so it’s on him. I sure am glad he did a great job getting his team ready to play.

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<—- Had to change my name

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yes, not likely to improve anytime soon….GA is very good this year on defense….the USC gane was an anomaly….Oh well.

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It seems like we have settled for winning 6 to 7 games a year. I am so sick of GT using our acedemics as an excuse. Other academic schools are able to get talent into their programs, why have we settled for a gimmick?

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CPJ is doing a great job and should get a contract for life

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Dear GT, Please show some intelligence and relive Pal Johnson of his coaching duties.

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Tough game. Let’s win next week and get ready to end our Bowl losing streak. Then on to the Vad Lee era. Also Tech should hire Tenuta again

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SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS…. FIRE CPJ

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Those answers sux. Tech deserves better. His staff,his players, his scheme, his play calling. Maybe he ought to look in the mirror. Good news Tech fans. He has maybe one year left. Go Dawgs

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http://youtu.be/Z7JXI_RQC7I

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Oh and GTnoob, it’s 1 out of 11 for the nerds or bugs

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Please renew hls contract.

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FSU is better than Ga. Much better. Get ready for a serious butt whipping next week. Seriously. After several years of this I can only conclude that Tech’s players are playing as good as they can. At some point, somebody is going to have to acknowledge that our coaching staff, all of them, can’t recruit good enough players, or get the one’s they have ready to play.

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@ The Ghost … as my 15 year-old daughter is fond of saying, “If you can’t win the argument (or, in this case, the game), criticize their grammar.”

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Since CPJ arrived in Atlanta:
2008: 3-point win against uga
2009: 6-point loss against uga
2010: 8-point loss against uga
2011: 14-point loss against uga
2012: 32-point loss against uga

There are two reasons for this: 1. Mark Richt is an – hate to admit it – an outstanding coach. Fool me once and all that. 2. GT recruiting has deteriorated… with all of Gailey’s players gone, all the juniors & seniors are CPJ’s recruits… and they have underperformed.

I’m sure I can fit a cubic or exponential curve to the trend and come up with a 56-7 prediction or something next year in ATL. But I won’t do it because it’s obvious anyway.

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Well said. Beating Tech NEVER gets old! Go Dogs!

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Have you ever seen a game where the difference between 5 star recruits and 2/3 star recruits was so evident???

It wasn’t just 5 star players versus 3 star players. That happens every year. This UGA team is probably the most talented team in the country and easily the most talented in UGA history. That is why there there is such a discrepancy. No matter how bad Richt coaches you can’t overcome that.

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Cpj is ga techs “ray goff”" he needs to go open a zaxbys..im tired of techs mediocrity teams

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Its different as night and day..UGA has 4 & 5 star players and GT has no stars. Its like a class A school playing a 6AAAAAA HS team. For many reasons GT can’t land those players…we all know why. I don’t believe changing coaches will solve that problem but I’d like to see more life and passion from players that another coach would bring. Todays game was what everyone expected…sad but true. GT player never expected to win. Every dawg has its day and today was UGA’s..Congrats!
GT is lower now than when CPJ came.. Drads left the building and we’re stuck for 5 more years..We are a wreck..God Bless!

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Oleary proved that physical football can be played at TECH

O’Leary was granted a multitude of academic exemptions which eventually led to flunk gate. He is part of the reasons Tech will never be competitive again.

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PJ was given the courses he wanted two years ago. The academic argument was never valid anyway.

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@BAMAJACKET: You obviously aren’t watching FSU vs. UF. UGA is better than FSU.

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Btw kudos to you, gtbob. Only tech fan brave enuff to stay on these blogs after the beat down. Unlike st simons et al.

But you still root for a loser program.

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PJ was given the courses he wanted two years ago. The academic argument was never valid anyway.

Oh really? What courses was he given?

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yeah Fsu looks so much better losing to the gators 13-3, the acc is terrible GT should bow out of the championship game. 6-6 should not give you a chance for any kind of championship

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Tech should be the first in the nation with a “Coach for a Week” until we find the right one–

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You guys kill me about the cut block. As if your team never uses it ever. I no this is hard to believe but NFL teams even use it. Lets just stop blocking and tackeling below the waist so no one gets hurt.

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All this talk about a “high school” offense is irrelevant. GT can move the ball on just about any defense; the option offense is enough different that GT can succeed even with 3-star players. The problem is that games include two other elements–defense & special teams. That’s where GT’s lack of talent gets exposed. Like “Rob of Naples”, I fear that CPJ’s acerbic attitude doesn’t play well in living rooms with high school recruits.

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We going in the wrong direction..down not up. Fire PAUL JOHNSON.

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1. CPJ cannot recruit. That’s just it. And you cannot use academics as an excuse–Stanford beat the number one team in America last weekend, and Notre Dame’s number one right now, and they are both quite solid academic programs. It’’s just that no passing QB wants to play in this offense, and Paul Johnson is an a$$ who players don’t want to play for. With no players and mediocre defensiev coaching, you’re not going to beat a top-level program.

2. FSU is not as good as Georgia. Their gaudy stats are the way they are because they are in the ACC. In the SEC, FSU would be at least a two-game loser. Want objective data? Tech hung 68 points on UNC last week–and the Tech O was held to three points by Georgia’s first team D this week. And Florida, who Georgia beat, leads FSU by 10 in the second half right now in Tallahassee.

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Mark, I am a Dawg fan and only a Tech hater when we play them. But come on, the only time this offense looks like a real offense is when it is not 3rd and 6 or worse. Eventually you will have 3rd and long and you have to be able to pass. CPJ’s unwillingness to develop a passing game will continue to kill Tech. Sure, Tech needs better talent on both sides of the ball, but the lack of a passing game makes the offense worthless when they get behind. If Aaron Murray had completed his 63rd pass of the season in the 12th game, he would not be effective when it counts either.

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1. Ga. Southern was a tougher opponent than Tech and scored more points on UGA. That’s something Technerds can hold with pride.

2. Bammerjacket, FSU is not much better than UGA, just mush better than GT. FSU has played a bunch of ACC patsies and has beaten none. FSU will lose to UF today.

3. 42-10 Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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God bless ajc…

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OK, FIRE HIM! He can’t seem to think of ANYTHING except his precious offense. Defense sux, special teams, aren’t…hell, they aren’t even 1/2 decent.
This has got to stop.
Sure, UGAG has it’s 25th annual top 10 recruits and this year they are playing like it – finally. Blind hogs. Mark Rickety doesn’t beat Tech: their players are better in every facet, every year. But then with so many ‘majors’ and known as a pretty fair party school with revolving-door jails, why the hi-schoolers in the southeast just drool to go to Athens.
Maybe no one else can make Tech a winner again, but this Johnson guy s too stubborn, ego-driven, blinder-ed to be a head coach in FBS football. Either fire his butt or drop down a notch…but don’t schedule MTSU.

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KBP, you nailed it. You just cannot win against good teams with a one trick offense. I’ve been saying it for 2-3 years myself. When you have one tool in your toolbox, you are going to lose against a team with more tools.

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Just go ahead and say it, Mr. Bradley. Johnson needs to go. He’s completely out of excuses. Johnson had his chance to turn the Georgia series around in 2009 & 2010…win those games and Richt would have been gone. He blew it.

Johnson’s playcalling against UGA has been suspect four years running. The defense is worse than it was when Groh was fired. The Jackets just not only lost to their arch-rival for the eleventh time in twelve years, they now face a beatdown of epic proportions against FSU. Hell, they lost to MTSU earlier this year!

Why keep Johnson?

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Florida does NOT lead FSU by 10. It is 3. And UGA beat UF only because UF had 6 turnovers! Bama had 42 by end of 1st half. If I were Georgia fans, I’d be a bit more toned down in the amount of boasting until next Saturday night.

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Georgia has a team full of talented players and they were well prepared and motivated for what turned out to be a well deserved victory. I am disappointed to read that Johnson was berating the players immediately after the game – what good does that do. There will be plenty of time watching the review of the game to point out mistakes and problems. In my opinion, a rant in the visitors’ locker room immediately after a blow out loss to your biggest rival says more about the coach than the players.

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Good thing we didn’t play the Gamecocks. THEY would have beaten us by 60 points!!

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Bama up 49-0. Phew. Looks like another long day for UGA next Saturday.

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63-39-5

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Wow Dawgs will be a no show next week. Them Bama boys know how to really put on a beatdown…..

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Paul Johnson is the most awesome coach that has ever coached at Tech! Do not ever impugn this wonderful, brilliant man or my school again mark bradley!!!

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Why can’t we get a field goal kicker like the one on FSU????

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Does Tech have tougher academic standards under CPJ than under Gailey?

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Goof thing we were not playing the Gamecocks. THEY would have beaten us by 60!

Go ‘Bama!!!

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I agree JB…
Ala also up on Auburn 48 to 0 in 3rd…UGA better be ready.

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If you say so Glory….

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Johnson is a fraud. Noway Tech with its proud history be that bad. Tech has made him rich. Hes a hillbilly

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Glory Between the Hedges
November 24th, 2012
6:16 pm

Whoever believes alabama is going to run the dawgs over should not be taken serious. Georgia has a handful of guys who are going to be drafted just in the first round. I believe the Dawgs are just better than Bama. We have been waiting a long time for this..Bama is going to be.in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Gloryhole between the hedges, you will be proven wrong against Bama!

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Bradley will be happy again…another coach to try to run out of town.

Meanwhile, it does stink to come face-to-face with what you are…which is a very mediocre program. I hate it for Tech. They deserve better.

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@Bill, Georgia better be ready? Yes and Bama better be ready! Their defense is not the 2009 nor last years defense especially in the secondary and their pass rush is not that great. If we can block them, then Murray and the receivers will make plays against them.

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Why would PJ berate hos players? Pj should be looking in a mirror and berating himself, Systems will only work if you can recruit players. JOhnson can’t recruit .

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Too bad for Tech, CPJ is getting an extension for winning the division.

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My suggestion for the new AD. Join the Big 10 and drop Georgia. You don’t recruit the same type kids so stop the series and only play them if you must in a bowl game.

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The question is not whether he is pleased or not; the questions is: What is he going to do about it?!

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Why is my comment “awaiting moderation”? All I said is Coach Paul Johnson is getting an extension for winning they’re division.

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Take a look at the tape as Johnson runs on the field to align a player properly. This is basic fundamentals that are lacing and that starts at the top. Although grossly overrated on the national scene, it’s no surprise that UGA was clearly superior, better coached and to be quite honest has better players. No whining about the win but they will fold once they reach a team with any real talent. Their schedule has only matched up one talented team (SC) ……. Good luck to them as they take on Saban.

Tech is stuck with PJ until the new AD comes on board. Just the facts. If we want to improve we MUST hire a coach who can recruit and wants to win (Kirby Smart?) but it will cost us. Either pay up or quit whining. Money will buy the talent. The SEC is proof of this.

Tech has dumbed down academically to accommodate athletes so stop with the academic requirement excuses. Although we don’t have housing, home ec, interior design and education degrees we do have the Ivan Allen college and enough worthless degrees to offer athletes.

Love my Jackets and am proud to be a fan. UGA has a superior football program but is an inferior school in multiple areas. I’ll take the nerds any day. Go Jackets!

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We don’t need no stinking defense when I’m calling the plays.

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Like I said, you guys didn’t have a prayer against this defense! Watching the FSU\Fla game…don’t see ya’ll beating them either!! Good luck in NeverNever-Land! LOL! WE RUN THIS STATE!!….Have a good day!

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But the smartest man in football, self proclaimed, looked like a doofus today. It never occurs to Johnson that no one else uses his ridiculous offense. If it was so good, most everyone would use it. Sad to see, Tech was once a very good football team….before Johnson. He’ll continue with his goofy offense until the powers decide enough is enough. Can’t cure stupid when stupid is in charge.

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So none of the techies who said VL was going to beat down the Dawgs are remembering that now. Your silent apology is accepted.

THWGT

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CPJ recruits kids who want to play college ball. CMR recruits players who want to play pro ball. The offenses they run show that.

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KBP

November 24th, 2012
6:55 pm

CPJ recruits kids who want to play college ball. CMR recruits players who want to play pro ball. The offenses they run show that.
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It is really sad that you believe this to be true.

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And how, exactly, are you going to recruit those 4- and 5-star players? Take them for a stroll through your magnificent stadium that’s about half the size of UGA’s? You know, the Joke by Coke – that you can’t even fill unless it’s packed with Bulldogs once every other year. Maybe you emphasize the exposure of playing in the mighty ACC instead of that OTHER conference. OK, maybe not a good idea. Possibly have GTBob regale them with the history of the glory days of Tech football post-Vietnam? Yeah, that would leave a lot of awkward time on everyone’s hands. Maybe let them hold your 1990 national championship trophy for a while? Just don’t tell them that there are 2 others for the same year sitting in a trophy case in Boulder, CO.

So, again, how do you convince a blue-chipper to come to Tech? What do you sell? Especially now. Seriously.

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cpj, I am not one to take shots at Tech so tell me why what I posted is wrong. Very few of CPJ’s recruits get drafted and lots of CMR’s get drafted.

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I often wondered why Georgia fans always called CPJ” coach “fish fry” I forgot that remark.What I always say to people is the way Paul Johnson comes off to the press and in the media is the way he comes off to recruits and their parents.He is the real reason Tech’s talent is so far below Georgia’s not academics..He simply does have the people skills to sell Georgia Tech football to top knotch players.

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Georgia could of made that score anything it wanted-just got back from the game and tech needs to somehow get out of the ACC championship game-tech may never beat UGA again in my lifetime and Florida is putting a beatdown on FSU-so much for all these tech football experts.

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UGAly not only has MUCH better talent, they are much more physical. They have an “attitude” that borders on being dirty. They flat out kicked our a$$es and we (Tech) buckled under the vicious hitting. The worst part about the a$$-whooping is we just stood there and took it. Over and over again. UGAly was throwing around our players like they were rag dolls. Nobody on the Tech side stepped up for a teammate who got slammed. They literally stood there and watched on multiple occasions. That is UNACCEPTABLE. Not to sound like an old coach but I always want to win. But if we can’t, at a minimum we have to compete! We are getting a rep of being quitters. Again, UNACCEPTABLE! Our guys – almost all of them – just don’t do the hitting. They take hits (or avoid them) and they were simply abused today. Even our star offensive player – Orwin Smith – pulls up (or runs out of bounds) before getting hit. Someone needs to let these kids know that while the offense requires finesse, finesse and being physial are not mutually exclusive.

Coach, it is time to hire a big time D-coordinator who will REQUIRE this team to be physical. We looked silly today on defense. On one fourth and 1, we were not even lined up for the play. I’m surprised UGAly didn’t score we were so disorganized. That is coaching and unfortunately our defense looks like it is simply trying not to screw up rather than play fast and knowing their roles. We made “first game” mistakes in the 12th game. HORRIBLE!

Coach, while you are making changes, it is time to shake up our recruiting as well. Please understand I’m not picking on these kids. I support them. Feel for them. But they need better coaching and better talent along side of them.

I am very proud of the way the team rallied to put themselves in position to be in the ACC title game. They could have quit on the entire season. But they didn’t. Now, they have to learn not to quit in a game EVER. After Godhigh fumbled early, that game was over. Tech quit right then and there.

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Look at how many players recruited by PJ have been drafted. Don’t even say Stephen Hill……..he was committed to GT before Johnson was hired. Gailey had pro prospects as players….GT at this time does not.

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@GTBob

O’Leary was granted a multitude of academic exemptions which eventually led to flunk gate. He is part of the reasons Tech will never be competitive again.
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Get off that academic crutch Bob..Tech has the lowest graduation rate for football in the ACC.Paul Johnson is signing the mensa members that you say he is..

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I am not a coach and do not pretend to be one. having said that, the offense that Tech runs makes no sense. It is normally predicated on having a strong defense that keeps the other team off the field and then ground control on offense. No defense – NO OFFENSE.
As a Dawgs fan, I like what Tech does. If I were a Tech fan, I would want a refund and a new coaching staff. Just sayin.

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Tech fans; your thoughts on the overrated SEC

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To Hell With Georgia!

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What you folks dont get is that Techs record under CPJ is still better than it was under Gailey.

Tech is in dire striats when it comes to money. We have 50 milliion in new buildings to pay for and we cannot afford to pay a coach not to be here.

I still dont feel its as bad as it may seem though. We have a very good QB next year, two top rated linemen coing in and a lot of very good redshirts. We just need a d cordinator and it will get better. God knows it cant get worse.

By the way I totally agree with CPJ’s attitude. Someone posted that he couldnt get his team to show up , are you serious ? he shouldnt have to do anything to get a team to show up in a rivalry game. Dfense acted as if they werent intersted in hitting or thinking, as they have done all year, they were timid and spent all game backing up rather than attacking.

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Stanford, Michigan, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, UCLA, USC, Miami, etc are all ranked as high or higher academically than Ga Tech. And they field competitive football teams. You have no excuse.

And Georgia is getting almost as good academically. Soon they’ll have a legitimate engineering program. You have no excuse. Poor little guys.

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Time for Johnson to go… He and Curry are past their prime and are legends in their own minds..State could have beaten the bee’s today….Just Saying….

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All the great coaches like Bryant, Lombardi, etc., seemed to embody leadership, charisma, inspiration, even above their football prowess.

CMR probably doesn’t excel in CFB fundamentals/game-day execution/etc., but he DOES excel in recruiting, player development/mentoring (to those not jailed or expelled), and program building. He delegates much of on-field mechanics to his assistants. And because UGA’s working with 4/5 Star players, this is working VERY WELL. It hasn’t always — in the past he attempted to run the offense like CPJ does now. His current “CEO” style of coaching has UGA on top this year.

GT’s downturn debacle is on the entire organization, from the President, AD (RAD who vanished out the back door), CPJ/staff, and YES the players. It’s time to rebuild.

Great movie: We Are Marshall – about the 1970 DC-9 crash/loss of the entire Marshall Univ football team/coaches, and the rebuilding from that tragedy a new organization starting from ground zero.

Rebuilding GT’s program could be much quicker and easier than Marshall’s daunting task, but the same fundamentals exist. Vision, leadership, motivation, recruiting, execution. Past time to start.

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Face it folks, If you were a high shool qb, would you really want to go to TECH just to hand the ball off…Only recruits he is getting, are RB’s and QB’s who cant throw. With this offense he is limiting the players that will have an interest in coming to TECH.. Now GA State is in the picture, thank goodness Curry, ran that program into the ground with the help of former TECH offensive corr.(BOND). and it will give us a couple of years to rebuild with a new coach..The high school/pop warner offense he is running is running the fan base out of the stadium… Time for Johnson to follow Curry.. and leave….

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So if today’s performance is any indication for next week, I’m not going. Our two minute offense takes us 20 minutes to run….

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Dang JetBuzz y’all didn’t have a plane crash, just hired Paul Johnson. Oh I see your point

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@mama says: “Tech is in dire striats when it comes to money. We have 50 milliion in new buildings to pay for and we cannot afford to pay a coach not to be here.”

And yet we hear over and over again “1 out of 6 Tech grads is a millionaire”. Stingy ones, I guess when it comes to the athletic dept.

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It would appear that PSW snorted several lines of Draino today !!!
Tech coming back to the SEC will happen the day after Obama becomes
a fiscal conservative. To add to Sierra Dawg’s comment, Bobby Dodd may
have made the worst mistake of his career when he left the SEC because
he did not want to play the low attendance schools which included Vandy,
Ole Miss, Miss State, & Kentucky. The plan to keep their own revenue
ended shortly after the Falcons started in the NFL. There is no financial
reason whatsoever for Tech to ever be readmitted. You can start with the
fact that Grant Field holds less than it did 50 years ago. The Atlanta TV
market is well in hand with UGA and several other SEC schools.
Maryland saw the opportunity and left for the Big Ten. Syracuse and
Pitt won’t have the turnstiles spinning that’s for sure. There’s no doubt
whatsoever about the ACC being a top tier basketball conference, but
only Clemson, FSU, and Virginia Tech draw the big crowds for football.
Enjoy your life in the Almost Competitive Conference.

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One more nail in Johnson’s coffin. Two more this season.

Can’t wait until midseason next year when they fire him.

And to Bradley, Shultz and all others who say Tech can’t afford to axe Oscar the Grouch I say they can’t afford not to. How many butts will be in the seats to watch them next year?

Just saying…

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What a pathetic bunch this Georgia Tech team is . They should be put on probation for accepting the bid to play in the ACC Championship game. This bunch of chop blockers are one of the worst teams in college football. The entire conference is a joke. I can’t believe Florida State have sullied their reputation by staying in this conference of losers. OF course Bowden had the reputation of beating up on losers to move up in the rankings.

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Its time for a change. Johnson is still confident in his own ignorance. I know every play he is going to run and so does any other decent defensive coach. Also there will never be a passing game because good quarterbacks will not go to a program that relies on the triple option.

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How can a team feel good about playing in their biggest rivalry game just to look up in the stands and see hardly any of their fan base at the game.
When UF was stomping UGA they still sold out their alotted tickets. It’s not so much the team that is sorry, its the fan base if you ask me.

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Left at least 17 points on the field today! No denfense at all! Guess Fla. and Vandy are their big wins for the year!! Roll Tide!!

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What is hard to understand about the score being 42-10 is that GT TOP was 39.56
vs UGA 20.04. So the GT offense controls the ball for two-thirds of the game with defense being on field one-third. I did not see the game. Why could we not score but 10 points after running so many more plays. I realize the turnovers hurt but what else
caused such a disparity in the score. Was it mostly that UGA scored at will on big plays?

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At least the GT players had enough class not to grab a kid half their size by the helmet/face mask and try to snap his neck for fun.

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Who needs tickets?

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OWNED

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Hey TxJacket, stop making excuses about academic standards. Tell us how Stanford and Notre Dame are doing so well. How did Bobby Ross have so much success ? Maybe because he was a GREAT coach who ran an NFL calibre offense.

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WHERE ARE GTBOB AND GOLDENROD????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

42-10. HAVE FUN IN SHREVEPORT!!!!!!!!

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Enjoy another nuclear winter, Techies. And give me your lunch money.

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4 years ago Tech fans were running their fat mouths about a “New Sheriff In Town” and how Paul Johnson was going to own UGA. Now its back to the same tired sore loser excuses about academics and degree requirements. Funny how you don’t here any of this crybaby crap BEFORE a UGA game. Tech fans only want to talk about football and are all mouth.

Tech fans are just sad.

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New rule: If a division champion doesn’t have a winning record, the conference can replace that team with a higher ranked team, without regard to division, for the championship game.

Bet they never envisioned a 6-6 team playing in the championship game. That has to be good for TV ratings.

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According to GTBob

The SEC was way overrated

what happened

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I don’t think Johnson gives a crap about special teams; I wonder if Drad made him hire a ST coordinator.

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[...] Bradley: Jackets pull no-show; Johnson not pleased [...]

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I concur Realistic fan.

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Brewmaster, Do your homework!! Until this year when has ND been relevant. Stanford has had a couple good years in the past 10. ND is a private school and can allow whom ever they want into school. They probably have 20+ more majors than we do and the same goes for Stanford and there major.

Which way do you want it!

Lets see what was Bobby Ross record?? I think he had 1 good year? 1990 and 2012 are totally different, players are different!!!

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It seems to me that UGA is to Tech as Tech is to Duke, meaning twice the budget, fans, talent level.
One win every 10-15 years by the underdog.

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28 yr season ticket holder at UGA, live here in Athens, etc… and have to say that today was sweet.
Ghost, you’re right, it’s scholar, not…whatever scloar is. And yes, we have more Fulbright and Rhodes
scholars than Tech. After the engineering school that the governor approved is open over here, y’all will see that part of your bragging rights fade as well as students who don’t want to learn engineering in a war zone, and professors who don’t want to teach in one, make their way to Athens.
I feel for you GT fans, Johnson just won’t admit that he’s not the genius he believes and he CAN’T win without good athletes, and further, good athletes want to play in a pro style offense. It’s not his fault that the kids want to go play in the NFL. Oh, and good luck with the new ‘no cut block’ rule in NCAA football. As always, HBTD

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obviously there were some grammatic errors too so please lay off the flaming

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Coach Johnson would like to invite everyone to this years annual 2012 “Keep the North Ave Crime Down Fish Fry”

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At the beginning of the season, it was real improvement or bust for GT. It’s bust and now heads will roll. Everyone knows why the AD left: He couldn’t scrap up the money to buy Johnson out, they’re still paying Paul Hewitt after all.

No true Tech fan should go to the ACC Championship game or the Sun Bowl (unless they are family). Don’t buy Yellow Jacket merchandise this Christmas. Don’t buy 2013 season tickets. Vote with your your $. It’s all that the new AD and the school will understand.

Let them know the true fans are why they have a program in the first place!

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WHERE ARE GTBOB AND GOLDENROD?????

Ive been here all day. Actually, where have you been? Have you been using a different name recently or something?

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Txjacket, I just looked up Ross’s record at Tech. His first 2 years were awful. His last 3 were 7-4. 11-0-1( won National Chanpionship), and 8-5. His success propelled him into a successful NFL career. My point is, Tech has had many great years during their football history. And all those coaches had the same recruiting challenges, but succeeded any way. The reason Tech is declining is because they have a TERRIBLE coach !

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I don’t mean to go on a rant here, but…

Georgia Tech’s offense is fine. CPJ knows how to score points. Our production wasn’t good today, but we’re still among the top in the nation week after week.

That said, offense is less than half of the team that CPJ coaches. With a top offense but crap defense, special teams and no fire, you’re only going to get mediocre results… Which is exactly where we are: 6-6 at season end.

Which leads me to special teams… I don’t understand why we can’t find a single pansy out there who knows how to kick a ball straight? Go find an ex soccer player and stick a helmet on it’s head. Recruit someone from high school who’s worth a crap — don’t just let the position be filled by this week’s least worthless walk-on. Those points count.

@JetBuzz’s comment about CMR being more of a CEO-like and not trying to run the details is great.

With CPJ being a full time offensive coordinator, who’s out there doing the job of the head coach?… Being the face of the team, recruiting, getting the right staff on board, building a complete team? My guess is that CPJ leaves that stuff up to the AD… oh, wait…

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did he have bigger fish to fry?

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My nephew tutored Caleb King as Jr in college he didn’t know how many zeros there were in the number 1,000,000. They should be teaching these kids life skills and basics and stop with pretentious notion that all kids seeking a profession in pro-athletics need calculus or micro-economics.

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This game was over when during warmups Tech did not come to the middle of the field for the traditional jumping around and trash talking just hoping that nobody throws a puch. It has been well staged and choreographed the past four years but today Tech just stayed way down at the end of the field while Georgia waited at mid-field. When it was clear that Tech would not pick up the gaunlet, the Georgia players just walked off (a little disappointed that Tech wasn’t even going to try to stand up to them jaw to jaw this year). Tech looked whipped from that moment on.

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How did Bobby Ross have so much success ?

He went 31-26-1. If not for his one miracle season he would have been one of the worst coaches in GT history. Here are recent winning percentages for GT coaches:

CPJ: 61%
Chan: 58%
O’Leary: 61%
Lewis: 37%
Ross: 53%
Curry: 40%

Yet all UGA fans are convinced that CPJ is the only reason that GT is not a competitive team. They refuse to believe that it may be an issue with GT and not just an issue with CPJ.

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Dawg fans should be proud. They ate their cupcake.

But now the Tide rolls in and they will drown. Live it up Pound Puppies, Saban isn’t going to let his team blink against a second rate SEC team like UGA!

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come on MB, call the administration and ask them why Paul Johnson is still there. AJC is a good place for journalism. just saying………..

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I remember Bobby Dodd and Wally Butts (Went to school with Bobby Jr.) Lived next door to Spec Landrum I also rember all of the prospects Tech sent to Baylor Prep to get them in school. I also played with and against to of the dumbest players I have ever known. They both went to tech. So please let’s keep it on the field. Tech will never beat the DAWGS with the program they have now.

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GTBob, the culture is the problem. I agree with some of these UGA fans that there are many strikes against us in recruiting, but a special coach, someone who can inspire and build a program can overcome those things. Look at Boise State. Who the F wants to play there?

It is on the shoulders of the new AD to find that man. It clearly isn’t Johnson, but there are great coaches out there who could turn this around.

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GTBob, Ross’s winning pct his first 2 years was 23 %. His last 3 was 73 %. Even a UGA grad can figure out that Ross had the team heading in the right direction. Do you see ANY NFL team wanting to hire MOOBS ?

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Well, had you rather be playing AL for a shot at the NC at 11-1 or playing FL State for the ACC at 6-6. So what if AL beats us(And I don’t know that they will). It is still a pretty good yr. Win the Bowl & you are 12-2. Now who at Tech wouldn’t take a 12 win season, with a loss to SC & AL. Don’t tell me that you would not trade seasons.

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Well good, PJ is frustrated, and I hope I realizes how frustrated the fans are. I think firing PJ is the last thing the program wants to do right now. If they can fix the D and finally realize the importance of good recruiting, next season might be better. Like with Richt a few seasons back, his job was on the line, and he turned things around. Maybe just maybe this can happen at Tech. I know most fans right now want to see him gone, but the buy out would be too much. Im not even sure if he was fired who they would get to replace him

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GTBob… you are a sick puppy… however, i’m surprised that Gailey had that winning %…. You are the Debbie Downer of GA TECH FOOTBALL… some of us who identify ourselves as tech fans and are critical of the crap we see on TV, really are TECH fans. I’ve been that way since the days of Ricardo Ingram, Willis Crockett, and so on…. dude, you really need to get with reality… CPJ sucks donkey dong.. I’m starting to wonder, are you a DAWG fan acting as a tech fan just to get doodoo started

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Looked to me that the defensive coordinator change made no difference. Also looked as though Ga Southern is better than gt. Atleast better coached. There is your problem techies, Top coaches get top players and make them better. Simple as that. Not happening now at gt with cpj.

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The academics argument is nonsense. Schools find a way to admit who they want. Many of these kids wouldn’t gain admission to any of these high-profile schools without an athletic scholarship. And once the players are admitted, they are coddled and given all the assistance they need to get through school. The only schools in this country who truly have an academic barrier to big-time football success reside in the Ivy League.

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David S., im not fully sold on CPJ but at some point you have to face the facts that winning at GT is not easy and spending tens of millions of dollars firing and chasing coaches every few years may not be the best strategy going forward. We either need to make significant institutional changes or accept that history will probably continue to repeat itself.

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we are a freakin mess and nobody really knows what to do to get us straightened out. Everything from fire the coach, 2 & 3 star players, no AD, special teams suck, academics are too hard. Personally, I dont think Tech will ever be able to compete with UGA in football. Tech screwed it self 50 years ago when they decided to bale on the SEC and now were paying the price. If Tech was still a member, we would have better players, better coaches and better crowds.

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you tech boys were not ready..southern is a better program now…in due time Ga St will be too…..shut the program down tech

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@old dog…I’ll tell you way 4 and 5 star athletes don’t want to come to Tech. GT doesn’t have Recreation or African-American Studies as majors!

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Just think Techies, in 7 days all ladies can pretend to be Bama fans.

Living through another team’s success…a techie way of life. How’s that humble pie tasting? Like some more?

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“Let’s go Bama….they are my team now.”

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Leeman

November 24th, 2012
9:28 pm

What’s funny is all the mutt breaths need help to get to SEC FINAL. “Oh someone please beat SC”, “oh k state, please lose”, “oh gosh, lets cross our paws and hope Oregon loses”.

Gawdamighty, mutts. You had the easiest schedule on the SEC and u still come off like a welfare victim. Well guess what? Uncle nick is gonna cash your food stamps next Saturday. You spit the bit with the one good team you played and barely got by Florida even though they turned it over 6 times. Well just like the dumb dog who chases cars in my neighborhood and barks, You just caught a steamroller in bama. Enjoy the asswhipping the pedigree of the tide is gonna administer. It will make the kick in the mouth Lsu gave you last December feel like a stinky pinky finger.

Bwahaha !!
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It is funny hearing this from a team that lost to Middle Tennessee State and is playing in the ACC championship game thanks to Miami bowing out. Can you say sore LOSER.

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“hey guys, do you think our GT book store can stock some Nick Saban posters? Sure would like to have one now that my favorite team is Bama.”

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The apparel section at the local Dollar General remains the closest connection most UGA fans have to their school.

Go Tech.

Still a graduate. Still a fan.

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GT has plenty of positives for recruits.

The great academics is a feature, not a hinderance. That’s why Calvin Johnson came to GT. People need to chill out with using the “but we’re smart, and that’s why we can’t recruit great players” crap.

Atlanta is an awesome city — especially for a young black man who might be a monster on the field. Every city has ghettos, including Athens, but I can’t think of another city that has a more affluent African American community than Atlanta.

What’s not going to help is our “we only want tier 2 recruits” approach.

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We gotta find a way to dump PJ. We will never have a good defense if we are running this offense. It makes it difficult to simulate conventional offenses. Good teams can defend this offense if they see it every year. The failed experiment should be over. Bring back Chan, or O’Leary, or Pepper. Anybody is better than watching this high school offense.

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“I’m a Rambling Wreck from Girlie Tech and get buzzed on half a beer. I’d like to think we can beat Ole Georgia but after today it’s become painfully clear…If you can’t throw the ball your a team that won’t play in the New Year”…

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GT Letterwinner

November 24th, 2012
9:37 pm
The apparel section at the local Dollar General remains the closest connection most UGA fans have to their school.

Go Tech.

Still a graduate. Still a fan.
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And probably still a jerk. Sitting in a desk might be closest connection you have with the word “class”.

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GTLetterWeiner … still a loser.

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All Georgia Tech athletes are in the NASA Space Program. It is true! Ask any Tech football fan. They can’t practice football….they are preparing for the next trip to the moon! Paul Johnson was an astronaut before coming to Tech…Look it up!

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Come on David S….astronauts are too smart to be racist. Chill bra’.

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My Jackets can beat your Bulldogs in the upcoming debate bowl. Better recognize!

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Amen JB… Look at Vanderbilt, Hell look at what Duke has done this year…

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@1990_Champs_GT…Boise is a great city. Great skiing and very clean.

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Paul Johnson and his explosive offense are doing a great job at Tech, i think he needs an 10 year extension. And they should hire the great Reggie Ball to coach QBs. He’s right, UGA is not the end all be all anyway.

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Paul Johnson is just jerky — no wonder why he has trouble recruiting.

Not the worst FC in the world, and as a football coach he should do it his way but his way and that offense does not win in big time college football.

That is on Radicovich, he was the one who hired him. If I were a GT fan I would be disgusted with that mediocre program.

And GT fans owe Paul Johnson nothing.

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GT wreck… your thoughts are misguided… as I said, you’re a racist… no one has said we need to do what you’ve been suggesting… you’re an elitist and a smuck….

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GT WRECK went to Astronaut school with me I’ll have you know David S! He is very smart. I would listen to his rap ideas.

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GT football is in a bad place. They are small, slow, play with low football acumen, and very poorly coached. It was better when the GT team deserved to be on the same field as UGA.

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Another classy move and illegal block by a gt lineman against UGA. This has happened two years in a row. Richt is now 11-1 vs gt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ojR6qo-RY8

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Haven’t heard a thing about Thorton yet

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So, what I’m hearing is that Tech’s best shot at garnering a 4/5-star recruit is:

1A – A great education

1B – The city of Atlanta

Yeah, that’ll get the attention of a young baller who wants to play pro and get exposure. No doubt about it, Tech and Tulane both made a huge mistake leaving the SEC. One resides in Conference USA, and the other probably should. Tech’s demise under CPJ has coincided with the meteoric rise of the SEC. Sure, kid, come to the heart of the SEC and play on a mediocre ACC team that runs the exact opposite offense you need to get to the NFL (and that includes the defensive player who has to practice against the cut block day in and day out). Oh, and by the way, we’re a little short on cash and won’t be hiring a decent head coach for a while.

The deck is so stacked against Tech right now that it’s almost sad. My dad was a big Tech fan, and it actually hurts a little bit to see how far Tech has fallen – and what little hope it has of ever resurrecting the UGA rivalry into anything resembling “competitive”. No joke, if GSU makes the D-1 jump I wouldn’t be surprised to see Tech a consistent 3rd in the state in a few years.

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Pitbull,
THAT’S THE NFL WHO IS CONSIDERING ELIMINATING BLOCKS BELOW THE WAIST GENIUS! IF YOUR GONNA TALK IT THEN GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT PLEASE!

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Talk is cheap……so are Tech season tickets!

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Should they even have an A SHE SHE championship? I mean…at this point, would it ever be something to be proud of considering the weak perception.

Wow….and I remember when VT and Miami joined everyone thought the A SHE SHE would be the best football conference. teehee

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Tech didnt even show up for the biggest game of the year…………Go figure…………Yeah Johnson needs the boot………………

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Oh

I almost forgot how about Vandy over Wake Forrest

The mighty ACC should be given better respect

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@Sierra, a few of points of disagreement:
1) There is nothing inherently better about being in the SEC. We pay our coaches more so we can attract better coaching talent.
2) It will be much more difficult for progams to rise quickly, ala USF and UConn, than it was 15 years ago. That’s because there are only going to be 5 power conferences with no automatic big money bowls for anyone else.
3) Tech has always had the same issues with recruiting, but have managed to be competitive in the past. If they could sustain an average defense, they would average 8.5-9 wins a year under Johnson and be competitive against Georgia. See Tech in the late 90s under O’Leary.

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I should talk about how efficient UGA was today. But, it looked like we were playing a scout team when we had the ball. After all, UGA could barely manage 100 yds rushing against Ga Southern.

But, in my opinion, if you want an argument why Paul Johnson should be fired ASAP, it would be the amazing, incredible, unspeakable lack of people wearing yellow (or gold or whatever color that is) that made the drive and paid for a ticket to see your beloved beehive design wearing football team against your arch rival! You Bees fans should be ashamed. Georgia Tech football has apparently become as irrelevant to the Jacket fans as it has always been to the rest of us. What a joke of a “major” college football program! R I P

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People keep posting that Tech can not win with this offense. I agree with PJ, were you watching the game??? Georgia could have had to drive the ball 300 or 500 yards… it wouldnt have mattered if they started out of state!! They still would have found the end zone in Athens. You people are idiots for knocking the offense.. Jesus!! Get real. When you have a defense like that it absolutely does not matter what kind of offense you have, option, spread, pro-set. Whether they get a DC and recruit to turn it around.. I have no idea.

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Are you guys kidding!!??!?!?!?!

You are surprised Georgia put up that many points on a team that has no true defensive coordinator!!?!?!?

Those 3 and 2 star recruits out gained you in yards and held the ball longer. Its just hard to stay in it when you don’t think your defense will help you out at all.

Get off Johnson’s back. He’ll get a good defensive coordinator and right the ship. Enjoy your victory today Georgia, because Alabama is gonna bring your back down to earth in a very violent and painful way.

Bark Madely, You are a total waste of a human being.

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Ahhhhh . . . whimperings of the vanquished . . . how SCHWEEET!!

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So Manti T’eo is a candidate for the best college football player in the US. His stats from tonight against a 4 loss USC team with a freshman QB playing his first game. 4 tackles, 1 pick(thrown right at him) and he was beat for a TD pass. Clowney from South Carolina had 4 sacks tonight. Alex Ogeltree had 14 tackles for UGA in 3 qtrs.

The biased shown by Munsberger and Herbstreet is appalling.

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CPJ is a whinny little wimp who loves blaming everyone around him for his shortcomings.

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To all Tech fans,

Cheer up! I see Tech upending Florida State next week as the Seminoles will be overlooking the Jackets. I am a UGA grad, and I remember being in the stands in 1990 when Tech destroyed us on their way to a national title. You’ll be back again, and this rivalry will have more meaning. It is a phase and it will pass. The best of luck next week.

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GTBob WE OWN THIS STATE AND DONT FORGET IT. TECH IS A BUNCH OF WHINERS,FANS AND ALL. Stay on your own blog cry baby. GO DAWGS!!!!!!

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I’d like to see a rule change that prevents picking a player up by the neck and slamming him head down into the turf. Maybe the players watch too much WWF in jail, but this is football.

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Tech has no pride in the way they play or look on the field. If they can’t get up for Georgia what makes anybody think they can win next week.

The uniforms look like trash from some bowling store.

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40 years…..same results…..better players…….4 and 5 stars playing 2 and 3 stars…..its not the coach stupid…….40 years……the defence has to be fixed…..don’t go to the b-ten, you will really get hammered…stay put….go jackets….

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I am happy with the win yesterday over the Yellow Jackets.

As much as I understand the frustrations of Tech Fans with Paul Johnson, I believe he is a great coach; HOWEVER, he has got to learn how to recruit better players AND spend some money on a good DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

Whether you like it or not, the offense is very effective and will get better as Vad Lee takes the Helm.

Cheer up Jackets and go beat up on FSU!

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this CPJ offense experiment is over…Hire Mike Leach now!

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Tech Fans, Paul Johnson is going NOW WHERE soon, so get over it.

His offense is one of the top producing offenses on the country.

GT is a decent Defense away from having a top 15 Football Team.
(Okay, CPJ needs a few better athletes, I’ll admit)

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I think Tech should quit playing Georgia, or maybe play them earlier in the year as any other game. It’s embarrasing to think we can hang with them. We can’t hang out with them. We can’t hang around. We also might want to skip some years. We aren’t competitive with them, and it’s not entertaining to watch the games as some sort of in state rivalry. There is no rivalry if their is no competition. It’s like Georgia playing a Div 1A team and not a Div 1 team. Tech always plays varied teams and has no particular rival.

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With Tech’s abilities, how do they get into a play-off game. I understand the Miami situation, etc., but it’s unfortunate that this is the best the ACC has to offer. Maybe they shouldn’t do play-off games. Tech is substandard to UGA on all levels — including academic achievements.

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Coach CPJ, please do our fan base a favor, when we lose against Florida State, and then after the game, those bowl scouts come up to you wanted GT to play on blue astroturf, or another High School bowl, please do not accept a bowl bid. The GT fans have had it and we are completly embarrassed for the season. Don’t pour salt into our wounds anymore. Lets just call the 2012 football season over after next week. Thank you.

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Yeah, 426 yards for Tech’ offense – all between the 20-yard lines. When crunch time came, that high school offense couldn’t get it done. One sloppy TD in mop-up time against the scrubs. Lowest GT point production of the year. And even as bad as its been the past couple of generations or so for Tech fans, it really should have been worse. You all know that if instant replay had been around longer, UGA would have two more victories.

This rivalry just doesn’t mean much any longer. The game was a footnote on most scoreboards yesterday while they concentrated time on rivalry games that featured two teams that were relevant. As much as I enjoy beating NATS, it’s not good for the state to have such a one-sided series. Georgia blue-chippers just don’t even consider Tech as an option. If they’re not going to UGA, then it’s off to Bama, Tennessee, Auburn, FSU, or any number of other schools outside the state. Sadly, I don’t see Tech overcoming that any time soon.

The other problem is the fan base. I recall a time when, thought not balanced against UGA, Tech had a reasonably large presence in Atlanta. You might recall that Grant Field used to hold a much higher capacity before the renovation that pared it down to it’s current (embarrassing) level. Now you can’t even fill that up, and the traveling fans are woefully inadequate. How do you think that looks to a recruit on Saturdays? Then they visit UGA or Bama or FSU and see 90,000-100,000 in the stands. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out.

In short, Tech needs a major program make-over and the world’s biggest PR campaign in order to have even a faint hope of competing at the level you want.

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“How do you think that looks to a recruit on Saturdays? Then they visit UGA or Bama or FSU and see 90,000-100,000 in the stands. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out.” Yeah, they can’t get that Turfgrass Management degree at Tech.

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OSU verses Notre Dame for National title. should be a good one. NCAA has to waiver some teams, do the right thing and give the waiver to OSU, Nation want to see two best teams in the title game

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Georgia 42 Tech 10
Florida 37 FSU 26
South Carolina 27 Clemson 17
Vanderbilt 55 Wake Forest 21

OUCH!

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OSU verses Notre Dame for National title. should be a good one. NCAA has to waiver some teams, do the right thing and give the waiver to OSU, Nation want to see two best teams in the title game

No waiver for OSU,shouldn’t have done the things to get sanctions and probations in the first place.
Innocent people sometimes have to pay for the sins of others.Does Penn St get a pass, next year or so if they make the NC landscape?It’s a reason that its call punishment.

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Used to be the biggest nail biter of the year for both teams. Oh how I remember that Jasper Sanks TD that was called back. Man, those were the days…poor Tech.

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Techfan, look at the top,of the page. This is a football blog, not an academic mine-is-bigger-than-yours contest. And crowing about the quality of a Tech degree in engineering has virtually zero application to your football team. Not a lot of aerospace engineering majors in your locker room. When you can get your football team off the bottom of the ACC list of graduation stats, let us know. Till then it’s all smoke and mirrors, with a healthy dose of sour grapes.

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Tech Played terrible.
We knew it would take a Great game to win, but we just don’t have the D to compete right now.
We have missed on recruiting some much need Defensive players but MAYBE we can get a Good D coach/recruiter to turn it around.
Didn’t expect much from WAKE but Vandy killed them more than I thought.
FSU was really disappointing. FLORIDA shows how good a team can be with an Average O but a Great D. TECH has to really work on the D side of the ball.
CLEMSON was a let down too. They couldn’t play D either.

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Bamajacket, you think FSU is better than Georgia? What are you smoking? FSU is easily the best team in your pitiful conference, but please show some proper respect. You may hate UGA but FSU is going to be the champ of a conference that went 0-4 yesterday against the SEC. FSU is as talented as UGA maybe, but better than UGA? Not this year. Or the last several years.

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Dry dirt road… Helmets would’ve made a difference?? Riiiggghtt!!!!
Those guys need to wear their helmets all the time…. And ride the short bus…..

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It’s harder to put a good team on the field when they have to be smart.

If a player can say “duh”, UGA will sign them!

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Tech Players….Quick but SMALL. Ga Southern had bigger players and put up a better FIGHT vs. UGA. How many GT fans will travel next week…..not many outside of players family. YOU WILL NEVER GET THE PLAYERS , NEEDED, to be a threat with this offense… After watching Fla -FSU and Clemson-SC….the ACC stinks

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It appeared there were less than 3,000 Georgia Tech fans in Sanford Stadium yesterday, and that included the Tech Band (who beat most fans in exiting the stadium after the game).

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Congratulations to the Dawgnation on a big win and a great upcoming opportunity.

I for one decided to stop going to games in Athens because of the poor hospitality of the fans there. Not all of them, but many, are just plain rude to the visiting teams fans. This is especially true when it comes to GT fans. They are not good losers or winners. I hear this from every school that has to go up there so it is not just sour grapes from a Tech fan. I will not go back up there again, and haven’t been since O’leary beat them up there.

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Thats it Tech. Join the Ivy League. Maybe you can compete Brown.

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I say KEEP CPJ……. and leave the ACC like Maryland did and PAID to do it. ACC fans … Basketball is HERE and Baseball right around the corner… CHEER UP.. ” It’s Great to be a Georgia Bull Dog”

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OK to all those who blame the lack of recruiting on Coach Johnson. I must admit, that is definitely evident on the field right now, and he needs to fix that right away if he wants a chance at beating Georgia ever again. However, to those that want him fired I have this to ask. Has GT ever scored 68 points against anybody under any of its previous coaches? or has GT ever led the nation in any offensive category before??? If you see the success the Oregon and Ohio State is having currently with a version of the option, you realize that it is a great equalizer and it at least gives you a chance against teams with greater talent like UGA. Could you imagine running a typical pro style offense with 4 star recruits vs. 5 star recruits??? Did anyone notice Georgia Southern was the only team to score 21 points and the most yards against Alabama last year with that same type of offense?

Does CPJ need to recruit better? absolutely. But will he or any other coach ever get as many 5 star recruits as UGA? are you kidding me??? I think CPJ gives us the best chance of winning, if of course he does a better job of recruiting talent.

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WOW! UGA beats Tech, South Carolina Beats Clemson, and Florida beats Florida State. SEC OWNS the ACC. If UGA were to beat ‘Bama, UGA could be the SEC/ACC champ. Tech and Florida State will be playing in the ACC 4th place game.

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College football is as weak as it has ever been. Ohio St. goes undefeated with a team that even Meyer says is not that good. Fundamentals are a lost art. Worse tackling I have ever seen. It is a try to knock them down instead of face mask on the numbers and lock up. I am as big a Dawg fan as anybody but I am not impressed with our tackling. We are still a sling them down team. We will not beat Bama with that technique. That is why we couldn’t tackle Lattimore and believe me Lacy will be tough also. So Dawgs let wrap up and get it done.

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It was very obvious after all the games played out over the weekend, that the ACC is just not able to match up with SEC opponents. I saw an FSU team that was ranked # 10 Look as hapless as any team could look. If they were tenth best team something is bad wrong with these pollsters. I seriously believe FSU and Clemson both would struggle against Vandy. And as for GT, they need to drop down to Division 2.

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hey tech? notre dame of the south….faculty/adm. if they can do it why can’t we??????????

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spend the damn money you sit on to enhance kids wanting to come to tech. why are there crimes on campus. beef-up and smile, make ALL students feel safe and happy, relax and those non-student athlets will also help the thugs that need a helping hand. change with the times. dame has FINALLY. give a little..

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Every program has its ups and downs. Bama wasn’t that good not too long ago. Defense is a must. Johnson knows what he has to do.

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Tech stinks plain and simple. Johnson has crafted a fairly good FCS team. Big booboo if you’re playing FBS/BCS. Can they get better and be legit? I think so 100%. Can Johnson get the job done? Have serious doubts about that.

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@George P Burdell, your conference stinks, your team stinks, your coach stinks, your stadium stinks and your Program stinks.

If you want to talk engineering here’s the Blog for you.
http://chem-eng.blogspot.com/

Otherwise, admit your inferiority and bow to your superiors.

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Would Phillip Fullmer consider coaching at Tech? I’d take him in a second.

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Rob from Tech, and the rest of you tech fans have it right, your coach is and comes across as a stiff lipped ASS. Could you imagine playing for a guy like that? What a shame, you hire a guy like that and expect a different outcome, really? We, as DAWG fans, love the guy and enjoy kicking his ass every year. No extra motivation needed, all we have to do is remember his classy move of shoving our coach after the game. Best luck with CJ, maybe he has another wrinkle to that stylish offense of his. Please, please give him a contract extension. Can’t wait until next year.

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Beat Bama!

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Wow!!!!!!!! No show was stating the obvious. CPJ has expired. Love the comment about o’leary.

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This season has proved conclusively that Paul Johnson’s system cannot work at Tech. And the reason is not the system itself, but that Johnson can’t recruit the kind of players he needs to make it work. Surprisingly, his recruiting shortcomings are more pronounced on the defensive side of the ball, rather than on the offensive. His commitments for next year don’t look any better than his previous classes. You wonder how much longer management at Tech can go along with Johnson defore they cry “Uncle.”

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I have seen a lot of Tech football games over my life, but this is the sorriest defensive team and special teams that I have ever seen. This game was lost from the kickoff. When you can’t find a kicker to put the ball in the end zone you are in trouble. When you can’t tackle and give field position, you are in trouble. That has been Tech’s albatross all year long. Defense can’t tackle, defense can’t put pressure on QB and secondary can’t defend. When you never know where the ball is and you are looking at the receiver, don’t expect to make plays. After GA scored and Tech marched down field to the one and have ball stripped which is good defense, you could see the air come out then.
The hiring of Al Groh by CPJ has ruined this team defensively. When a team gives up over 40 points in 6 games, you have problems, and friends, Tech has problems.
CPJ should have put VL in game earlier, not that TW played that bad, but this is the QB of the future and let him play.
Unless CPJ can hire a good defensive coach, who can teach how to tackle, how to defend a pass, I don’t care what kind of offense he runs, the results will be the same.
Tech has some good athletes, but has sorry coaching especially on the defensive side of ball.
Yes, GA has a good team, but GA is not as great as all of you Bulldog lovers think they are. Yes, you have lost only 1 game, but go back and look at some of the games you were behind on and should have lost because of bone head plays by your opponents, and I don’t believe you would be so happy this morning.
Just as you do when you lose a game, you will be blasting Richt, Bobo, and Grantham as not being able to coach.
Go Bama

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Big Tech Fan here but I can call it for what it is. For Dawgs, strong performance, physical, talented, well coached and played with passion. Deserved the win and deserves to play in the SEC Championship. For Tech, poor execution, not physical and poor, poor performance in all aspects of the game. They were manhandled. Johnson has been a poor recruiter. Heck, I’d love to see some passion from the guy. O’Leary could recruit by Tech standards (6-8 really good players, 3-4 on O and 3-4 on D) but he had the ability to build toughness. Gailey could recruit fairly well (not to the level of UGA/SEC teams) but had decent defenses. Look at the # of NFL players recruited by O’Leary and Gailey and then let’s count the same for Johnson in a few years. You can win at academic schools just look at Vandy, Stanford and Northwestern.

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Confused ur clueless. Atlanta is the colored Mecca . If you can’t recruit and sell Atlanta my friend , where can u . Gailey had no problems.
Speaking of, when are we gonna admit tech gave up too soon on him ????

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GT might have a good front runner offense but if you get down big like GT did yesterday their total lack of a passing game is exposed.

Even late in the 4th Q after UGA emptied the bench GT couldn’t complete a pass with no pressure on the QB and no coverage on the receiver.

GT just looked pitiful. I’d give the edge to GA Southern in a GT – GSU matchup.

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How angry were tech fans when running plays being called down by 5 TDs?

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10 no-Calls in 1st 12 plays, Tech had 2 in 30 plays.
nobody in the country can win with those odds

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For Tech to have been competitive yesterday they would have needed UGA to play sloppy and make a lot of mistakes. Unfortunately, Tech was the sloppy, mistake prone team and the blow-out ensued. I have come to the realization that Tech beating Georgia in football is going to be a rare event unless the Dogs suffer self inflicted wounds (such as Ray Goff or Jim Donnan). Mark Richt is a good enough coach to take advantage of the built in advantages that UGA has to ensure on going dominance over the Jackets. What are the built in advantages? They should be obvious but here goes:

– a $92M athletic budget versus a $45M athletic budget at Tech
– SEC dominance over the ACC; look at the carnage from the four inter-conference games yesterday; the SEC is a much more attractive league to play football in
– tougher academic standards; while not as big a deterrent as some people like to think it is it still prevents Tech from even looking at a large number of players who are borderline students and these tougher academic standards are used extensively against Tech in recruiting;
– fan support; UGA has an much larger and more devoted fan base than Tech; the recruting benefits to this cannot be overstated
– UGA football tradition versus Tech football tradition; there is no comparison here as UGA has been a nationally prominent team for the last three decades; Tech’s visibility has been on a much lower level
– All of the above contribute to the enormous recruiting advantage UGA has over Tech; fans from Tech clamor for 5 star and 4 star players to be signed by Tech but the reality is that most of these 4 and 5 star recruits will not give Tech the time of day; it would be interesting to find out about how many of the current Tech players were seriously recruited by UGA (or by Alabama, Tennessee or Auburn for that matter) My guess is that they would not be at Tech if they had been offerred by these schools

The fact of the matter is that the UGA and Tech football teams exist in two separate but unequal football solar systems. Expecting Tech to beat Georgia frequently in football is an unrealistic pipe dream. One or two wins every tne years is pretty much the norm.

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As a UGA fan I will be pulling for GT to beat FSU…Go TECH!

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There’s a new Sheriff in town.

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Bigger fish to fry.

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Uga was most impressive. As a side bar, they deserved to win based
on out gaining GT 426 total yards to 375 total yards. They also won time of possesion 40 minutes to only 20 minutes..Bama should be really scared…..
Wait, wasn’t Thuga that was the Jackets winning those stats? Wait?? Bama licking their chops.. Good luck Dawgs…
to eat Dog defense…

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Yeck can still get some rings… first you go to Kmart, then you put dimes into the machines and turn the knob. Repeat until you run out of dimes or get the ring you want.

See you next year.

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Jacketdad- don’t be an apologist. There is no corner of the earth that doesn’t know and respect Ga Tech as an academic institute. The same is simply not true of UGA. Ga Tech needs to get an AD and coaches that play up to the quaility of the institute. The $s will follow.

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Buzz2011, Yeah, we were laughing all day that GT fans could at least brag about something – time of possesion.

Richt pulled starters in the 3rd and 4th Q or it would have been 63-3. Congrats on your time of possesion victory.

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I’m a huge Tech fan and will always be..you Tech fans make me sick that sit here throwing things out there that make no since..Im not happy about yesterday but it showed something that we already knew..we have no defense and special teams are horrible..you are an idiot it you blame this on CPJ offense..offense wasnt the problem..you can say if we get down like we were yesterday our offene cant come back..that would be true with any offense..we were down 28-3 and couldnt stop UGA..we could have scored everytime we got the ball in the 2nd half and still would have lost by 2 tds..

@PETER..did you watch yesterdays game..saying that TW should be done and give it to VAD..Vad first drive turned it over on downs and then he threw a int to a guy that he had wide open if he would have thrown it when he was suppose to..but we were still in the game and he over threw the Bostic by 5 yds..TW first 2 drives was a fumble on the 1 and a FG..his third drive lead to a missed FG..Vad is going to be special but he isnt ready to just take over the team yet..

We need to get a DC and have him build us a defense..we have alot of good young players on that side of the ball..if we could just slow some people down we will win at least 3 more games this year than we did

Our special teams will take care of itself with the kicker that is coming in this year..he will be able to make FG and kick the ball in the endzone

GT will never have the same star guys as UGA..we never have and never will..CG hadone great class and that was it..CPJ has some good players in this class..I think we will be much better next year

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Tech has been wrecked…..
We have bigger fish to fry ladies and gentlemen……

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@ GT TN – I seem to remember George O’Leary was able to get quality players into the system when he was HC and even held their own against UGA. As far as the DC – yes they need one, but the one PJ had to let go mid season he brought in. While the offense can move the ball against undersized ACC teams they couldn’t move it on UGA or even BYU earlier this season. The defense gave up 40+ points six times during the season, but the offense only scored 40+ 3 times (not counting the high school match against Presbyterian – Really?? Presbyterian ??). I don’t think Tech fans should accept and settle for being second fiddle in the state.

P.S. I noticed you’re drinking kool-aid. What flavor?

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The most disturbing thing to me as a GT fan for 60 years is that PJ seems to take no responsibility for the current state of the program. He is totally responsible for the poor recruiting (only won with Gailey recruits). He shows no leadership during the game and only rants and raves at this players. At the end of the Miami game when Golden was rallying his team, Johnson wondered around on the field like an arrogant fool. When asked about the upcoming ACC game, his comment was we will see if they show up next week (referring to his team). What about WE SHOW UP – taking responsibility for his part of this team. Unfortunately PJ is not a head coach and does not have the capabilities of building a program. The next few years look bad due to the lack of leadership for the last few years under PJ. But it is the time for a change – this reminds me of how the basketball program was totally destroyed by a bad coach. Won with someone elses players but took the program backwards.

The next coach will struggle for a few years, but we must change and change now. The current players will respond to a leader and play better and the right leader will recruit assistants and players for the future.

It is indeed sad times for GT but let’s not settle for this arrogant style any longer – we are a proud university, but with PJ, we are going no where but down.

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Keyser- What BgTimeTechfan was refering to was the body slamming penalties. It is a 15 yd penalty for intentionally crushing the ego of a player when they are picked up and body slammed to the ground on multiple occasions….

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GT TN- you are a laughable and ignorant puss-really, a kid doesn’t make a decision on the program based on the offense the team runs, really?. Go check out the starting line ups under Bobby Ross and get back to me. In the meantime let me know your net worth and I will bet it that Gregory and the Jackets are top 20 next year. Moron

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Tech is falling fast. They were thrown around like rag dolls. They had no idea how to run a 2 minute offense. The coaching is lacking, the talent is lacking. There is no wonder that there are only a handful of fans at each game.

They are not as good as GA Southern.

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Do we have any RBs able to play against FSU? There were so many body slams and take downs by UGA’s defenders, I thought some of our guys must have been broken. If that were a baseball game, after the first body slam, the opposing pitcher would have thrown one at their head’s. I can’t believe that Ogletree or Jarvis or Rambo didn’t suffer an “accidental” torn ACL. The Tech girls just took it like sissies. That lack of response hurt worse than the butt-whipping…

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On the habitual occassion of once again receiving its annual beatdown…Georgia Tech fans seem to have a given proclivity for “suddenly” becoming wonderful surrogate fans of their “oppressor’s next opponent” (Alabama) to exact “vicarious revenge”. Given the unanimous beat-down by SEC teams over ACC opponents this weekend….there seems to be little choice in such “vicarious redemption”.
Given the current and likely future of Georgia Tech football….this vicarious living will have to substiute for “a win over the Dawgs. The best hope for Georgia Tech fans in finding relief from “their habitual abusers” is to become SEC fans…of SEC schools which actually have a chance of defeating the Bulldogs. It ’s the next best thing to “actually winning”. For Georgia Tech fans…this rather pathetic ploy is not such a bad idea when one seriously contemplates reality.

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This is all on Coach Fish-fry….he didnt prepare his team to play, and it showed. He cannot coach at this level against the talent of leet D1 programs.

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Auburn today picked up the tab on 11 million for the staff to be gone. If GT has all the smart folks that make so much money they why don’t they send the middle school football coach packing? The ACC is a joke at best and you still can’t win and you will never win with PJ. Suck it up and buyout the guy. At least act like you wish to compete.Mark Richt has Georgia all to himself recruiting and is about to strike it even more Richt with the auburn failure.

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Since Tech currently has no AD, the the prospect of replacing CPJ this year is near zero. He’ll get one more year and unless by some miracle he takes recruiting to another level, adds more imagination to his offense and discovers how to play defense and special teams, then 2013 promises to be more of the same. If I were Tech I would decline to play in the ACCCG and a bowl game and use the time to focus on building the program. It is a mess that regretfully can’t be corrected until the fans and the administration demand it

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It would be stupid and a waste of money to buy out CPJ with only one year left on his contract. Next season wouldn’t be any better with some new coach due to the lack of quality players and the fact that rebuilding would be a 4 or 5 year project at best. I’m just sayin’.

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@ Bucky S..please show me where I said we would not be good in basketball next year..you must be a moron to read what I wrote and get that I say we wont be any good next year..all I said was that CG hasnt won yet..CPJ won the ACC in the 2nd year and we were on top of the world..Is CG going to win the ACC this year?????I just said he hasn’t won anything yet..also, what does CBRoss teams have anything to with what I said..I said that the offense has nothing to do with getting great defensive players..you have to a stupid moron to get your thoughts out of my previous comments

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@JoeFan..why would you give up the ACCCG and bowl game..that means the team cant practice again until next spring..you want to give up 5 weeks of practice..please tell me how this will help us

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Let’s say the NFL does ban blocking below the waist. Then there will be a great hue & cry to ban tackling below the waist because more knees and ankles are torn up by being tackled. The NCAA, in all it’s infinite wisdom, follows suite in each step. Let’s see now. No blocking above the shoulders and below the waist. Also, no tackling below the knees plus hitting above the shoulders is already banned. HMMMMMMM!! What’s next, all these behemoths running around in all that garb plus a kite’s tail flying in the breeze behind them as they run around trying not to be tagged. THAT’s IT! FLAG FOOTBALL!! Wanta talk about the death knell for your favorite sport & all the $$ it brings in?? HMMMMMMMMM? (tongue-in-cheek sarcasm fully intended) But, I can see this scenario being played out. The sissification (likely not a real word) of the USA continues.

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Folk can talk about Stanford, ND, Vandy, Northwestern or which ever school comes to mind & their tuff academic requirements matching up with GT or even more all they want. And those schools being able to recruit the better athletes ala the Bammers & Georgies and their ilk. They forget that those schools have the same broad based curricula that georgie & bammer have. And that GT has a very limited curricula with not even half the majors/schools of study of the other schools. Hell, the Ga BOR has even taken schools of study (School of Commerce in 1933) away from GT & put it in Athens. Tech did get the Ivan Allen Business College thru the good graces of the BOR, but there is no Urban Studies, Women’s Studies, Journalism or any of the multitude of majors that the other Universities have. Anyone that does not admit to this difference just does not want to acknowledge the difference this makes in recruiting. It is not an excuse, it is a fact. A kid can go to Tech and have a narrow selection of majors or go to a university like georgie and have over 170 choices for his undergrad major or go to Tech & have 36 choices for his undergrad major (count them for yourself as I did). I/we are not making excuses, just stating facts. If anyone wants to deny this fact, have at it. Stanford, ND, Vandy & the other high academic requirement schools have way more than 36 undergrad majors, I guarentee that. Heck, Tech only offers 113 degrees total=36 undergrad, 47 masters & 30 doctorates. Selah!

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@ Buzzman..at least he won with Gailey players..Gailey couldnt win with them..

Funniest thing so far, by a longshot.

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majordawg….you should have more Rhodes & Fulbright Scholars. You have about 3 times the students per annum. It’s only simple math by the simplest logic. More students = more candidates! DUH!

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November 25th, 2012
7:49 pm

Folk can talk about Stanford, ND, Vandy, Northwestern or which ever school comes to mind & their tuff academic requirements matching up with GT or even more all they want. And those schools being able to recruit the better athletes ala the Bammers & Georgies and their ilk. They forget that those schools have the same broad based curricula that georgie & bammer have. And that GT has a very limited curricula with not even half the majors/schools of study of the other schools. Hell, the Ga BOR has even taken schools of study (School of Commerce in 1933) away from GT & put it in Athens. Tech did get the Ivan Allen Business College thru the good graces of the BOR, but there is no Urban Studies, Women’s Studies, Journalism or any of the multitude of majors that the other Universities have. Anyone that does not admit to this difference just does not want to acknowledge the difference this makes in recruiting. It is not an excuse, it is a fact. A kid can go to Tech and have a narrow selection of majors or go to a university like georgie and have over 170 choices for his undergrad major or go to Tech & have 36 choices for his undergrad major (count them for yourself as I did). I/we are not making excuses, just stating facts. If anyone wants to deny this fact, have at it. Stanford, ND, Vandy & the other high academic requirement schools have way more than 36 undergrad majors, I guarentee that. Heck, Tech only offers 113 degrees total=36 undergrad, 47 masters & 30 doctorates. Selah!
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Please STOP playing the Academics Card!

Even if ND, Stanford, Vandy, Northwestern do have “liberal arts majors”, the FACT remains that the rest of the students in the class that are NOT FB players probably made 1,500 on their 2-part SATs and a FB player competing in that Academic environment would have just as hard a time as a GT FB that majors in Business Admin that sits in classes where the rest of the Students made 1,250 on their 2-part SATs (the avg. SAT for GT’s non-Engr. majors).

In other words it is all relative, you can’t just ASSUME that since it is a liberal arts major that it HAS TO BE easier.

Also many of the SA’s that spurn GT and go to ND, Stanford, etc, do major in Business Admin or Econ like they would had they gone to GT.

Please stop playing the “Academics Card” and blame Coach Fish Fry’s Recruiting, you would come across as a lot more intelligent.

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God, I hate doing this! “Carnack”, in your not so infinite wisdom, you have missed my point completely. But, that isn’t really surprising since you twisted my statement to lambaste CPJ again! When all of this preventing “injuries” washes out of (in the NFL’s attempts to legislate injurious blows to any part of the body away, and it is headed that way) existence to prevent (the league hopes) class action law suits on behalf of those that willingly submitted their bodies to the obvious abusive, injurious hits by over developed super freaks of nature. If the trend to legislate injurious hits in the game, it will devolve into some form of flog football within 5 to 10 years. This sounds preposterous I know, but sit back, look at the legislation coming out of the NFL & the NCAA, think about why they are doing this and see what other logical conclusion you can reach. Keep in mind, the Georgia legislature tried to kill football completely in the late 1890’s (the Von Gammon case ring a bell?) and teddy Roosevelt wanted to impose national restrictions on the violence of the sport in the middle 1900’s.

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Don’t know why a LOT of people on these blogs say that UGA has a lot of 5 star players. Most of them are three and four stars with an occasional 5 star in the mix. Bama and Florida get most of the 5 stars.

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To Hell with Tek, today, tomorrow and every other day!

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Hey 14GT…Next time you need a Medical Doctor, an Attorney, a Pharmacist or a Veterinarian, I’m betting you can’t find one that got any one of those degrees from Tek. Save that academic sheet for someone else. There are good trade schools all over the state.

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2 Points

1) The academic argument is laughable for GT’s athletic department. The number of engineering majors on Tech’s football team is irrelevant because there are almost ZERO engineering or diffucult majors at all on the football team. There are plenty of fluff majors for those guys, they are already enrolled in them. Look at their media guide and see for yourself…

2) The reason their defense is so bad is a direct result of their offense. They have to go against an oiffense that NOBODY else runs in practice and scrimmages. The only looks their defense gets against normal offenses are when they go against the scout team. Don’t you think there is a strong correlation (C’Mon math guys) between the fact their pass defense is so bad and all they ever do on offense is run the ball….

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If Tech could admit and somehow keep eligible all the special qualifiers they do at the University of Football in athens, they would be in the top 10 every year. Developmental studies–still rules at UgA!!!! Congrats!

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But, but, he’s a genius.

41 – 10. Same as it ever was.

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Georgia State gave UGA a better game than Georgia Tech did. Maybe the ghetto tech school boys should just terminat their football program and focus on basketball and baseball… It’s unlikely that they will ever be able to compete with UGA, at least during our lifetimes…

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@ Snoop…can you tell what that Georgia State/UGA game score was again..true UGA fans have to love morons like you that call themselves UGA fans

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To: Bamajacket
Re: FSU is better than Ga. Much better.

Yeah, right. That’s why they played so well against the Gators, who Georgia emasculated (81 yards rushing; 0 TDs)

Re: Get ready for a serious butt whipping next week. Seriously.

We’ll see about that. Seriously.

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You sissies still whining about getting dumped on your braons. Thats SEC football for you punks. No more running in circles scoring 50 points. Good luck vs FSU.

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“BuzzBro
November 26th, 2012
8:30 am

If Tech could admit and somehow keep eligible all the special qualifiers they do at the University of Football in athens, they would be in the top 10 every year. Developmental studies–still rules at UgA!!!! Congrats!”

Being a loser is tough enough, being a bitter, classless loser takes talent. You got that down to a science though.

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“JRDP
November 26th, 2012
9:47 am

To: Bamajacket
Re: FSU is better than Ga. Much better.

Yeah, right. That’s why they played so well against the Gators, who Georgia emasculated (81 yards rushing; 0 TDs)

Re: Get ready for a serious butt whipping next week. Seriously.

We’ll see about that. Seriously.”

THIS ^^^^^^

FSU would be a 3 loss team in the SEC. UF was fairly one dimensional and the “vaunted” FSU defense couldn’t stop that ONE dimension. Yeah, when FSU holds the gators under 100, heck even 200 for that matter, rushing, then pump the Noles up.

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Hire back oleary from ucf–they are ready to run him out of town down there and he will need a job—he’ll work cheap for only a mil or two

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For gosh sakes, fire me already!!

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FSU may be a lot better than Tech but does it really matter ? FSU, Tech, Clemson, and Wake all emabarassed themselves against the SEC.
Until this basketball conference decides to play football, it will continue to be NCAA Lite.

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