On Paul Johnson’s poor early choice and Tech’s lack of fans
OK, so this was not the happiest of days for the men of Georgia Tech. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
This post is an adjunct to the Georgia Tech column off today’s game, which can be found here.
1. Paul Johnson’s first tactical error came before the game began. Georgia Tech won the coin toss and chose to defer its choice until the second half. This is, we must note, standard coaching procedure. But this was not a standard game. The Yellow Jackets’ only hope rested on their offense and its capacity to steal an early lead and then play keep-away. Instead Johnson chose to put his special teams and his defense on the field first. Malcolm Mitchell returned the kickoff past midfield. Georgia led 7-0 after 63 seconds. When finally Tech exercised its option at the start of the third quarter, it trailed 28-3. Asked about his decision to defer, Johnson said: “Pick your half. They’re going to get it sometime.”
2. Time of possession can be the world’s most misleading statistic. The Jackets held the ball for 21 minutes and 22 seconds of the first half but were outscored by 25 points. The Jackets’ offense did not punt in the first half; neither did it score a touchdown. It mustered 238 first-half yards, which is pretty darn good, but only three points, which was deficient to requirements on a day when Georgia was scoring four touchdowns in five first-half tries. A fumble — actually Bacarri Rambo’s snatch of the ball from Robert Godhigh — defused Tech’s first drive, and an intercepted Vad Lee pass snuffed the third. The half ended, fittingly, with a missed field goal.
3. There were surely fewer visiting fans on hand Saturday than for any Tech-Georgia game since … maybe ever. It was a source of great Bulldog glee that the Jackets returned nearly one-quarter of their allotment of 8,000 tickets, and apparently more than a few of those seats sold by Tech fell into enemy hands. Not counting the Tech band, there couldn’t have been 2,000 folks wearing gold in Sanford Stadium at the opening kickoff. It’s possible some Tech backers came incognito. If so, they made a wise decision.
By Mark Bradley
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His Jackets pull a no-show, and Paul Johnson is not pleased | Mark Bradley
November 24th, 2012
9:06 pm
[...] Further reading: On Paul Johnson’s poor early choice and Tech’s lack of fans. [...]
Coach
November 24th, 2012
9:08 pm
First?
Also, what does the UGA game announcer mean when he says, “Time out to measure the gain?”
Coach
November 24th, 2012
9:12 pm
As for attendance, are there worst visitor seats anywhere than Sanford? I have not missed one since 1968. The poor seats (Section 601) and the rude treatment of visitors makes it a trip that we all dread. You should not have to battle your way into a stadium.
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:12 pm
Mark, how bout them Dogs!!
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:14 pm
As soon as Georgia put 14 on the board it was over. Tech’s offense couldn’t catch a cold.
Kane337
November 24th, 2012
9:15 pm
Roll Tide
Mark Bradley
November 24th, 2012
9:16 pm
My assignment was to focus on Tech, obviously. But I did notice that Georgia seemed to acquit itself nicely.
Biff Pocoroba
November 24th, 2012
9:16 pm
There will even be less fans there for the game in Charlotte and then Tech will have eat about 5000 tickets for the bowl game in Texas. The big five star recruit in basketball looks as lost as Tevin and takes as many bad jump shots as Josh Smith. DRad left us in terrible shape and it will be a few years before we recover. The only bright spot is at least I don’t have to leave in Clemson.
Fish Fried
November 24th, 2012
9:17 pm
How could anyone send their kid to play for PJ? Every time his players came off the field he looked liked he had bad gas and just yelled and fussed at the jackets.
Looks like his smart ass is wearing thin on Bradley too
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:17 pm
Tech’s team, coaches and cheerleaders outnumbered the fans in the stands. Heh, heh
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:18 pm
Check the sour grapes from Coach
GT Letterwinner
November 24th, 2012
9:18 pm
Mark, that is an interesting angle on the crowd and census of those in attendance. Another angle would be: is UGA really just a couple of games from the National Title and their fans still show up late if they show up at all? Lots of empty seats.
We run this state in areas that matter: economics, job creation, attracting funding and capital for research, national exposure, and the list goes on…
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:19 pm
SEC sure dominated ACC today.
old dog
November 24th, 2012
9:20 pm
Just another day at the office. I wish the Dawgs played Tech twice a year. That would be twice as good.
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:20 pm
More sour grapes from Tech.
Ghost
November 24th, 2012
9:20 pm
Just wait till PJ gets his players in his system, what a joke.
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:21 pm
GT, only football mattered today. Best, Todd
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:22 pm
USC is so far hanging tough against the Irish.
old dog
November 24th, 2012
9:23 pm
All you Bama fans that’s why they play the game. If Bama wins no big deal But if the Dawgs happen to win the power in the SEC has shifted back to the EAST. No pressure on the Dawgs they get no respect any way.
tvradioguy
November 24th, 2012
9:27 pm
That was a Rambo snatch on the first drive I think…
Mike Slive
November 24th, 2012
9:27 pm
GT Letterwinner, interesting that Techies are so successful yet your program can’t sell their luxury seats at Grant Field.
And by the way, your graduates don’t have to be financially successful to attend the ACC Championship Game – more than 8,000 tickets are available on StubHub starting at $5.00. The ACC is barely Division I.
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:27 pm
Understand that in 2014 Georgia will send Tech it’s 8,000 tickets with a $10 lotto scratch off attached to each one. Better odds on lotto than beating Georgia
Todd grantham
November 24th, 2012
9:33 pm
Mark, prediction on USC Notre Dame?
Murraytheman
November 24th, 2012
9:39 pm
It was obvious today that Tech’s defense is in total disarray. I was hoping they would bring more fans. I like a good-natured back and forth between the fans. When UGA plays at Tech GA fans outnumber Tech fans. It seems athletically Mark it was no contest.
3d
November 24th, 2012
9:45 pm
Seriously, money is an issue at Tech.
CPJ should at least consider changing to a pro style offense because he ain’t going no where with the money situation the way it is.
Deadpool
November 24th, 2012
9:48 pm
Mark, it was Baccari Rambo that caused the fumble on Tech’s first possession, not Alec Ogletree.
Hairy Douglas
November 24th, 2012
9:49 pm
tvradioguy
November 24th, 2012
9:27 pm
That was a Rambo snatch on the first drive I think…
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Correct!
UGA = Yawn
November 24th, 2012
9:50 pm
I thought the same thing when I saw the stands. Very few GT fans. Probably was the fewest. At the ACC Championship game? Even fewer. At GT home games next year? Even fewer. Johnson; 1-4 vs VT, 1-4 vs UGA, 0-5 in bowl games. He must move on and give someone else a chance.
UGA = Yawn
November 24th, 2012
9:51 pm
I agree. Why defer?! That was soooo dumb but so understandable for Johnson who is stubborn and thinks he knows it all!
Big D
November 24th, 2012
9:52 pm
Playing Tech today just added to Georgia’s “weak” schedule. Tech fans make fun of Vandy who totally dominated Wake Forest today beating them worse than Notre Dame did. Florida beats FSU and South Carolina beating Clemson at the moment. I thought the SEC was down this year Oh Wait we have the #2 #3 and #4 team in the country. The Tech fans are so arrogant and cocky and I don’t know why. They suck!
1276jacket
November 24th, 2012
9:53 pm
To get a ticket you had to have Tech season tickets. I didn’t buy season tickets this year. It was apparent last year there was something wrong with this team. I won’t waste my money on anymore of this. Perhaps there are others thinking the same thing?
UGA = Yawn
November 24th, 2012
9:53 pm
Todd – a bit cocky aren’t you? I would hold off on that until late next Saturday night. Then you can be as cocky as you want after you beat Bama.
sbolen
November 24th, 2012
9:54 pm
Tech’s offense is powerful but their players looked out classed. How many times did UGA players throw Tech guys around like rag dolls?
Jacket Man
November 24th, 2012
9:56 pm
Give UGA their props, wish them well next weekend, and move on. Get ready for next weekend against FSU as it’s now the most important game of the year for the Jackets.
1276jacket
November 24th, 2012
9:57 pm
And yeah I had only kept up with Tech since 1968 and graduated in 1976.
MB
November 24th, 2012
9:58 pm
Most tech student dont grow up playing or watching football. Most uga fans are football fans and not necessarily a grad of uga. Why would you expect them to go to a game when u can watch it on tv, computer,laptop, phone. A lot of sport fan are not attending games since in can be seen elsewhere.
flagboy?
November 24th, 2012
9:58 pm
GT Letterwinner
November 24th, 2012
9:18 pm
Mark, that is an interesting angle on the crowd and census of those in attendance. Another angle would be: is UGA really just a couple of games from the National Title and their fans still show up late if they show up at all? Lots of empty seats.
We run this state in areas that matter: economics, job creation, attracting funding and capital for research, national exposure, and the list goes on…
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and yet, here you are, on an AJC sports blog. . .
dawgfan
November 24th, 2012
10:02 pm
Tech fans, any word on the NCAA waiver for bowl eligibility?
LMAO
Mark Bradley
November 24th, 2012
10:02 pm
It was Rambo. Sorry.
Had it right in the game column, amazingly.
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
10:03 pm
UGA=Yawn
Read my name a 100 times; its just the facts
Connor Norman
November 24th, 2012
10:04 pm
Nah…..Paul Johnson outcoached Mark Richt again because Richt wasted his challenge and Johnson kept his…..he is a coaching genius….just wait until he gets his players in his system…..give him another 5 years…..what a joke…..GT fans should be embarrassed….Vad Lee is not a passer…..he is a thrower…..the sad part for a GT fan was knowing that when you were down 35-3 with about ten minutes in the third quarter that you had no chance to come back because you cannot pass the ball……GT will never be able to pass the ball in this system….it must suck to be a Tech fan.
SAT
November 24th, 2012
10:05 pm
We can’t compete with UGA…we have academic requirements that don’t allow degrees in Physical Education. Tough to bring in UGA caliber Thespians and Mathematicians when reading is a prerequisite. I’ll take my degree in Electrical Engineering over a football program every day.
4th and Whatever
November 24th, 2012
10:08 pm
Paul Johnson is an idiot. It doesn’t matter where or when, if it’s 4th down then he goes for it. Someone should inform him that 99.99% of the broadcasters, sportswriters, fans, players & coaches who witness his patented “4th and Whatever” decisions consider him to be a coaching buffoon.
You DON’T have to go for it on every 4th down…Especially when you’re not moving the ball effectively in the fist place. This is not a insignificant detail. It represents a much larger coaching flaw that resides within Paul Johnson.
It’s so eerily similar to that of Chan Gailey. He is old & stubborn. He doesn’t learn from mistakes. He only does things “his way” and so must everyone else. When asked about game situations and decisions, he quips little one liners that GT fans & alumni have to live with for years. He got the big contract and his personal performance nosedived. He’d rather be fishing than coaching football.
Chan Gailey The Hated set Tech Football back a decade. Al Groh The Useless put our defense behind by 3 years. Paul Hewitt The Moocher put our BB program behind by a decade. Now Paul Johnson The Fustercluck has completely ruined GT Football from recruiting on up to the fan & alumni bases.
No wonder Radakovich headed for the backwoods of SC…..Much of this was done on his watch.
flagboy?
November 24th, 2012
10:09 pm
SAT
November 24th, 2012
10:05 pm
We can’t compete with UGA…we have academic requirements that don’t allow degrees in Physical Education. Tough to bring in UGA caliber Thespians and Mathematicians when reading is a prerequisite. I’ll take my degree in Electrical Engineering over a football program every day.
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I'm going to try to get the last word
November 24th, 2012
10:11 pm
GT Letterwinner — seriously? You sound like the little kid who responds with, “Oh yeah, well my Dad makes more money than yours.”
Question for Mark..
November 24th, 2012
10:13 pm
If your “assignment” was to focus on Tech… why havent you … or anyone from the AJC written anything about 25 players being affected by the flu? Apparently they had to fumigate the lockers on Thursday (per Augusta Chronicle) … Tech got stomped by Georgia today… but it seems that the Chronicle may be stomping the AJC on reporting information! I have to believe that this affected the game in some way??
flagboy?
November 24th, 2012
10:16 pm
SAT, your first post was the typical drivel from your ilk.
You make comments like reading being a prerequisit, yet i’m the one making a typical fan response.
oh the irony.
ramblingbuzz
November 24th, 2012
10:16 pm
Johnson has made quite a few coaching gaffes this year, but obviously won’t acknowledge any of them as mistakes. He’s never wrong and everyone else is an idiot. Meanwhile his teams lack coaching, execution, desire, and a winning attitude. He has no answers on how to improve his team but will never admit it.
SAT is on the wrong blog
November 24th, 2012
10:16 pm
@SAT — you are not only on the wrong blog, but you also lose to other universities on both the football and academic front, e.g., Stanford, Notre Dame, Northwestern. You need to hang out with GT Letterwinner.
WWE
November 24th, 2012
10:22 pm
Lookin to sign Rambo and Ogletree when they fail in the NFL…..love the cheap-shot body slams.
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
10:22 pm
SAT
Since Tech cant compete cause of their tough academics; do FBS a favor and drop out and let Middle Tenn join the ACC ok
Thanks for bringing more stupidity to this blog
Dawg Days
November 24th, 2012
10:23 pm
Tech is now wasting our time. The entire program is pathetic.
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
10:30 pm
Hey Tech can you let us know when the ACC Championship Trophy presentation will be to team SEC
Sumthins Rotten on N Ave
November 24th, 2012
10:33 pm
Fish always rots from the head down…..And you can’t fry the rot out of the fish.
GT79MD83
November 24th, 2012
10:34 pm
This game was no surprise.We have no defense. Why would anyone want to go to Athens to see a beatdown in section 601 unless you are a Gamecock delivering the beating.It was easy to beat Ky. Auburn, GSU. and GT.This was no challenge.Your challenge is coming. Good Luck.
dawgfan
November 24th, 2012
10:35 pm
Clemson about to go down too.
Want to hear a funny joke? Two words: ACC Football.
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
10:40 pm
Hey Tech
Clemp & son; FS-who and Tech go down to the overated SEC
LOL
Fear the ACC blahahahahahahahaha
Dawg1
November 24th, 2012
10:44 pm
I was a little miffed by all of the trash talking that came this week from Tech. Less about the game and more about calling the SEC over-rated and the ACC under-rated.
Well, there were four match up today.
Georgia – easy win.
Vandy hung 55 on Wake Forest.
Florida handled FSU
And after a quick 14 by Clemson, they are going down 27-17.
Lot of people eating a lot of crow today; including Jimbo Fisher, who complained about the numbers the computers were giving FSU playing that ACC schedule. Turns out the computer was right.
We all know a lot of people who went to Tech or who are Tech fans. They are good people and deserve a better football program than this.
Have to believe that a change is coming…
See you at the Dome…
Bobby
November 24th, 2012
10:46 pm
Obviously GT does not have the necessary coaching for Division 1 football. Nor do they have the money to buy out CPJ’s contract. I can careless about GT playing FSU for the ACC Championship. Can you imagine what the Orange Bowl will be like if GT was to upset FSU? GT should do like Miami and let someone else play for the ACC Championship against FSU. GT certainly does not belong in a bowl game this year. Atlanta’s gay football leagues can play better and more competitive football than Georgia Tech.
GT79MD83
November 24th, 2012
10:47 pm
Why would anyone want to go to Athens and watch a beatdown from section 601 surrounded by 60000 drunks unless you are a Gamecock delivering the beating?
dawgfan
November 24th, 2012
10:48 pm
How freaking hilarious would it be if Tech beats FSU next week? 7-6 conference champ.
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
10:52 pm
Oh
I almost forgot how about Vandy over Wake Forrest
The mighty ACC should be given better respect
flagboy?
November 24th, 2012
10:53 pm
I would give tech a legit shot at beating FSU next week. FSU was playing up the whole idea of them deserving to be in the national title game, but they’ll probably be deflated next week. tech came into this game thinking they’d get beat. Tech probably shows up with more to gain than FSU.
No idea what the spread will be (. . 11 points maybe?), but I think i’d take tech to cover. . .seriously.
joe jones
November 24th, 2012
10:55 pm
Sad. Georgia Southern defense played Georgia’s offense better than Tech defense did. Georgia Southern defensive line is better than Tech’s defensive line.
JVC
November 24th, 2012
10:57 pm
Then SC beats Clemson without Lattimore and a backup QB. High Powered Offense my a**. ACC is pathetic!
SAT
November 24th, 2012
11:00 pm
I have a ring that reads 1990 National Champions and a ring that reads 1991 BS in EE. You have a T-shirt that reads “Go Dawgs” that you bought when you drove through Athens once. Have another Bud Lite, Cletus and decide for yourself what you’d rather have.
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
11:01 pm
Ok Tech before you go back to study
Read my name 1000 times; I guess facts are facts the ACC is a joke
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
11:05 pm
SAT
What a joke that UPI championship was. You played in the Citrus bowl for your national title game against a team that wasnt even ranked in the top 15
You do know most people consider Colorado the real champion and are shocked Tech claims such a joke championship aka the UPI
Rick James
November 24th, 2012
11:05 pm
@GT Letterwinner
We run this state in areas that matter: economics, job creation, attracting funding and capital for research, national exposure, and the list goes on…
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I guess this is the new cop out replacing “we lost the game but our guys have higher SAT scores” Save that garbage for the business section..I guess Tech fans are too busy creating economic impact on the state to attend games but can find time to fill AJC blogs with crap.
Mark Bradley
November 24th, 2012
11:06 pm
I probably shouldn’t be surprised when Clemson loses. But I’m surprised the Tigers lost tonight. No Lattimore. No Conner Shaw. Yow.
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SAT
November 24th, 2012
11:07 pm
But I still have 2 rings, Cletus….
The UGA formerly known as RUSS
November 24th, 2012
11:09 pm
When refering to the Tech Coach, please replace the term “genius” with the term “self avowed genius”.
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
11:10 pm
Erkel
Yea well we do too oh and at least we have been to more than 1 BCS level bowl game in 50 years
Rick James
November 24th, 2012
11:10 pm
After watching Notre Dame tonight I think they will be an underdog against Georgia,Alabama or Florida and maybe even Texas A&M if they were in the mix..Not overly impressive
The UGA formerly known as RUSS
November 24th, 2012
11:11 pm
That picture above of Sanford Stadium following the game looks just like the “Fun on the Flats” during a game…..same number of empty seats.
The UGA formerly known as RUSS
November 24th, 2012
11:12 pm
Must be disheartening for a Tech player to play their heart out for No Fans and a Coach that only blames you for his inadequacies.
Biff Pocoroba
November 24th, 2012
11:13 pm
Someone please ask PJ why he doesn’t have the team all get flu shots in August? You would think he’d learn when this happened last year.
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
11:13 pm
Oh and Erkel
At least we can say our championship was a unanimous championship and not one that was shared due to a non existant UPI poll where you played a team not even ranked in the top 15 that year
ha!
November 24th, 2012
11:15 pm
but he’s still got 2 rings.
SAT
November 24th, 2012
11:17 pm
“WE”, Cletus? So you played at UGA??? Or is that the collective “WE” of those pitiful souls living vicariously through the achievements of others??? You’re a sad little man who says Woof-Woof and “We” every Saturday and considers himself somehow better than me
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The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
11:20 pm
Erkel
You have 2 rings
Playing the PS3 doesnt count winning the National Championship hot shot
ha!
November 24th, 2012
11:22 pm
SAT is the Lord of the Rings….kiss his ring…
Bobo
November 24th, 2012
11:22 pm
Dawgfan, it might be funny to you, but it will be funnier to us Tech fans when Bama STOMPS UGA 49-17 next week and denies you your ’shot’ at the national title. UGA has zero chance of winning that game. Bravo (clap clap) you beat us. You beat a 6-6 team with bad recruiting who had the worst season in 18 years this year. Athens is still not the place you go to find class, academic talent, or…..national football championships. Come to think of it…..you don’t find championships there at all, unless you want to count the Gym Dogs. Whooptie do.
ha!
November 24th, 2012
11:24 pm
Oh…it has started…TECHIES becoming BAMA fans…way ahead of schedule actually.
The UGA formerly known as RUSS
November 24th, 2012
11:25 pm
Hide behind a ring with letters on it… as much as you can……but this discussion is about current direction of football programs. Argue these points……. one Team has lost its fan base, ability to recruit competitively and now its ability to scheme competitively. When you discuss these… the root cause of all will fall to one person…………..Their are many self-avowed geniuses in the world.
ha!
November 24th, 2012
11:26 pm
OH….and sorry florida fans….not this time!
Emory Grad
November 24th, 2012
11:27 pm
I dont have a dog in the fight having gone to a school without a team. However, CPJ DOES need to yell at players that make bonehead plays, lack effort, and in his words: party on the sidelines and talk to fans.
The UGA formerly known as RUSS
November 24th, 2012
11:29 pm
Oh yeah…. also hide behind another Team’s success also in the argument. I do believe that Alabama’s ultimate goal next week is to punish Georgia for beating up on Tech this week. Those that cannot stand for themselves always try to jump on a bandwagon.
ha!
November 24th, 2012
11:31 pm
Come on Russ…are you not used to it by now. Every year the techies become Florida fans, Alabama fans, Auburn fans….take your pick. It is all Child’s play really….kids these days, you know?
dennis
November 24th, 2012
11:39 pm
You said he was a genius…does he look like a genius now ??
The SEC wins The 2012 ACC Championship
November 24th, 2012
11:41 pm
Erkel
Has a ring winning the Slide Rule Bowl
Inferiority is ugly
November 24th, 2012
11:43 pm
SAT. You have two rings. Great, do you have a decent job? You sure are jealous of UGA.
Hold on!!!!
November 24th, 2012
11:44 pm
@SAT – Academics doesn’t make the University money buddy, football does!! Plenty of high academic schools doing well in football…..hell even Vandy did descent this year. Need to find another excuse for y’all sucking so bad. 42-10!!!
Inferiority is ugly
November 24th, 2012
11:46 pm
Bobo, you are sounding real jealous too…..what will your come back when UGA beats Ala?
rhino
November 24th, 2012
11:47 pm
Hey SAT. My son goes to Tech and has never seen a football player in a class. A recent “graduate” quarterback of the Institute brags how he never had to take a test at Tech. He says he was only graded on his homework that tutors did for him. There is no academic integrity for Tech athletes. Yes,Tech is a great school but the academics for athletes is a sham.
We own Teck
November 25th, 2012
12:04 am
@SAT and all the other pathetic Teck losers—-UGA runs this state in football,business, politics and every other avenue. Deal with it.
The Good Word
November 25th, 2012
12:05 am
GA Bulldawgs – the Queens of the Cesspool. Congrats!
William Casey
November 25th, 2012
12:12 am
UGA has a better football team than GT. It’s a fact. All of the rest of this is envious drivel. Go to your own story and celebrate.
SecGuy
November 25th, 2012
12:34 am
Mark, I don’t have a dog in the UGA-Tech fight but frankly you look silly reviewing the game annually as if it is a contest between two equal programs. When you list all the advantages UGA has, it’s obvious this is a rivalry in name only and has been that way for many years. Maybe Georgia Southern can build up to major college football some day and attract the same athletes that UGA can and begin to offer some real in-state competition. But a mid-level ACC team with Tech’s academic standards will never be in a position to rival UGA in football. Those days are long gone, it’s about time you realized it.
Both sides
November 25th, 2012
12:40 am
C’mon Mark. Tech’s lack of fans? What about Georgia’s lack of fans??? The overhead shots showed masses of empty seats in the toilet bowl today. There’s plenty to criticize, but the blame for the empty seats rests squarely on the mutts.
Lemon pledge in a GT uniform
November 25th, 2012
12:57 am
wonder where Big mouth who pick GT win 51-19 at he hidein in bathroom and WWE and one sayin we cheat n Roll Tide they will to atlanta at 4pm before 73,242 at dome while 30,000 at ACC title game…as GT will be rode like mules as Florida state epic 73-6 score and title 6-7 and in a bowl GT is while Georgia will face Notre dame for Natl championship in Jan 2013…and we will win and yet GT and some clowns will still say bulldogs cheated and Richt is awfull and smell of over flowin toilets at home!
GTBob
November 25th, 2012
1:00 am
Not overly impressive
Give me a break. Notre Dame has been 10x more impressive than UGA this season.
Humpy
November 25th, 2012
1:15 am
COACH – just complain/comment about anything the DAWGS or their announcer does since GT has no chance to beat the DAWGS. Also, regarding the poor seats, GT can’t fill their on pitiful little stadium so what does it matter where you sit at Sanford. If you get treated poorly it’s because Most GT fans are such snobs – guess it’s the academic thing again huh? If you are all so smart, why can’t you figure out what is wrong with your football team!
GT Girl
November 25th, 2012
1:44 am
There were GT fans at the game today, the tickets we received from Ugag had us all scattered throughout the dwag stadium. There were quite a few Tech fans in the upper decks, but from up top the players can’t hear us cheer for them since we are dispersed throughout the upper levels. Who wants to pay $75 to sit in the 600 section of the dwag stadium where you can’t see? This is one of the many reasons Tech people hate going to athens!
Emperor Has No Clothes
November 25th, 2012
2:53 am
Based on cumulative strength of schedule going into this weekend, GT had the 49th toughest schedule in the country.
UGA was 84 out of 120……Stats don’t lie.
Gtsandman
November 25th, 2012
4:09 am
Georgia dominated the game! No questions!
However – the class or lack there of – of the UGA players was obvious as one player tackled the GT running back in the backfield (legal) the proceeded to slap/hit the helmet (illegal) and then to pint his finger in the players face for several seconds (illegal)! I t was likely sorry a?? ACC refs that did not call this however even the ESPN announcers talked about it!
Here’s hoping the Tide rolls all over the no class dawgs!!!!!!!
Gtsandman
November 25th, 2012
4:12 am
Georgia dominated the game! No questions!
However – the class or lack there of – of the UGA players was obvious as one player tackled the GT running back in the backfield (legal) the proceeded to slap/hit the helmet (illegal) and then to point his finger in the players face for several seconds (illegal)! I t was likely sorry a?? ACC refs that did not call this however even the ESPN announcers talked about it!
Here’s hoping the Tide rolls all over the no class dawgs!!!!!!!
Texas Pete
November 25th, 2012
4:20 am
Is there a medical supply convention in town this weekend because I’ve never seen so many crutches!
1. Academics
2. UGA = drunks
3. Bad seats
lexi
November 25th, 2012
4:48 am
Sayeth “Coach” @ 9:12 p.m.: “As for attendance, are there worst [sic] visitor seats anywhere than Sanford? I have not missed one [sic] since 1968. The poor seats (Section 601) and the rude treatment of visitors makes it a trip that we all dread. You should not have to battle your way into a stadium.”
Perhaps UGA should remove 60,000 seats so you can see better? I remember pillars blocking the view fans had at Grant Field, before that stadium was “improved.” “Battle to get in?” No doubt all those paying customers to walk through were a challenge and sight you don’t have in Atlanta. Kudos to the genius at Tech who removed those Grant Field seats, which time has shown could not be sold, or even given away (though Tech is adroit at giving away football games).
Rude? Hershel Walker described the Tech fans as the worst he played before. I quit going to games at Tech regularly in 1982, and haven’t missed too much excitement (or many UGA losses there). I did see Tech lose to Furman in 1983 and tie Furman in 1986. You folks call those the “Glory Days,” right?
Sounds like sour grapes. Perhaps you’d be more comfortable at home in 2014.
Stinger 2
November 25th, 2012
4:55 am
Mark: TOP was certainly misleading in this game. 39.96 vs 20.04 should have been enough to keep the GT defense fresh and rested. The problem was they don`t have a
defense that can stop anybody much less an offense like UGA. Also six turnovers
did not help the offense. All of that said, I believe that an offense like Tech runs
should win most of its games when it dominates TOP by 20 minutes.
lexi
November 25th, 2012
5:00 am
As for the “small school/academic standards” canard: Ga Tech middle 50% of 2012 admissions–SAT 600-690/660-760/600-700; ACT 28-32. 13,300 undergraduates. Truly impressive metrics reflecting a first tier educational istitution.
Notre Dame: SAT 660-750/680-770/650-740; ACT 32-34; 8,444 undergraduate students.
Perhaps there are other reasons Tech does not play good football.
steve spurrier
November 25th, 2012
5:11 am
It’s getting late in the 4th.. we are in a lot of trouble….and we haven’t scored…my oh my..lets go down to lorne on the side line……well larry…it seems mr spurrier is gonna let us score if we can…so we better hunker down,,,cause we can’t remember SQUAT………
lexi
November 25th, 2012
5:22 am
SAT
November 24th, 2012
11:17 pm
“You’re a sad little man who says Woof-Woof and “We” every Saturday and considers himself somehow better than me [sic].” (It should read “better than I,” Mr. SAT).
Rock_Eagle
November 25th, 2012
6:00 am
I was a staunch defender of the CPJ hire. As painful as it is to admit. I was wrong. I had no idea how bad the recruiting would become. It is sad to see a program with such a storied history and tradition sink so low. But time changes things. Hopefully, the 21st Century will see the rise of my alma mater, Georgia Southern. The state of Georgia is too rich in high school football to have only one serious FBS competitor. Unfortunately, this is where bad decisions at Tech has left us, going back to Bobby Dodd’s decision to leave the SEC. Great coach. Terrible decision for the program. There have been a few peaks since then, but they were only for fleeting moments. In general, the course has been downward.
Notso Fast
November 25th, 2012
6:32 am
I have always liked PJ but now think that maybe his time has come and gone. He seems to really think that when GT does good (win) it his sytem that does it and when his team plays like they did Sat, it his players. He never looks at himself. I think it is now time for someone to see if GT is headed anywhere or just more of the same. Changing sytems will be tough but maybe it’s time.
New Idea
November 25th, 2012
7:00 am
I quit supporting CPJ two years ago. I don’t go to games anymore. GT has become an International Engineering Specialty College. The local Alumni have been squeezed smaller and smaller and now only about 50% are even Georgia students, This cuts more into fans. The Hill wants to be MIT instead of Stanford.
Nativebird
November 25th, 2012
7:08 am
bout his decision to defer, Johnson said: “Pick your half. They’re going to get it sometime.” This answer is A perfect example of why this idiot has not the mindset, understanding, or ability of being a major college football coach. This guy STiLL thinks his approach, his philosophy is a winning strategy after this joke of a season…after this joke of a game. Talking bout a man with his head up his a€$. He simply HAS to go.
New Idea
November 25th, 2012
7:16 am
When I went to GT my thought was to get a good education and have a lot of fun supporting Athletics for the rest of my life. The supporting Athletics has stopped because I disagree with the course GT has taken Academically vs Athletically. We could be Stanford or Michigan but we were pushed into the International Research MIT like model. Well MIT is private and GT is public. I think being public means that GT needs to support the taxpayers who support it and offer enough Majors that are non technical as necessary to keep the per cent of students high from Georgia. UGA has around 90% Georgia students and a fast growing 800 Engineering students College. Gt needs a similar percent if they are continued public supported. I think the best idea is to combine GT and GSU, one mile apart, and save Georgia a lot of tax dollars. A side effect of this would be to help improve fans and athletics as a whole. This combined University should be moved outside Downtown on a MARTA line and the valuable downtown real estate sold. Just an idea folks.
Woofy One
November 25th, 2012
7:35 am
GT Girl, ….. seats… yes Tech downsized their stadium to have better odds at outnumbering opponents fans long ago. They issue seats far from the field. They do treat fans well if you go through the Athletic Association (if you know them). The same happens at UGA for the well behaved fans. Tech acquired tickets for me to the Notre Dame game in Ireland for an employee and referred to me as a Tech grad in one of their emails. I guess there are some UGA grads Tech will try to claim as their own.
“Good old fashioned Hate” mixed with long term friendships that prevail the other 364 days of the year exist in numbers far beyond what one would believe reading here.
Buddy Landel
November 25th, 2012
7:39 am
The UGA formerly known as RUSS
November 24th, 2012
11:29 pm
Oh yeah…. also hide behind another Team’s success also in the argument. I do believe that Alabama’s ultimate goal next week is to punish Georgia for beating up on Tech this week. Those that cannot stand for themselves always try to jump on a bandwagon
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Now THIS is a perfect example of the pretzel calling the peanut salty. How many times have we been subject to UGA riding the coattails of their conference, making excuses of their failures because they play in the mighty SEC, etc..? If ANYONE jumps on bandwagons because they can’t stand for themselves, it’s dwag fans.
Correction #1:
November 25th, 2012
7:41 am
Excuse me there, Mr. Bradley-know-it-all: but winning coin toss and electing to defer to second half IS NOT in any way considered a choice to put special teams and defense on the field first, as you so stated. The opponent, with first half choice, could still elect to kickoff. There is no rule stating they must receive. (That’s enough mistakes right there, I will not even bother reading remainder of the column.)
WE run this?? WHAT???
November 25th, 2012
7:43 am
Nathan Deal is a UGA alumnus. HE RUNS this state. Jimmy Carter was a GT man and he ran the USA into the ground on his watch as POTUS.
“runs” his mouth does CPJ, or GT back Runs from Baccari Rambo or Alec Ogletree or GT students run from muggers. GT does not run anything. GT is THE JOKE BY COKE
Go Dogs.
Buddy Landel
November 25th, 2012
7:45 am
Native Bird- I strongly disagree. Even looking at his decision to defer in hindsight: would it have mattered which half GT had started with the ball? Would it have mattered if GT started with the ball in BOTH halves? The answer is no. UGA was the much better team. Those looking at his decision to defer are nitpicking.
Peter
November 25th, 2012
7:48 am
The Tech high school offensive scheme is just that ………….. OFFENSIVE to anyone wanting to watch Football.
I have stopped watching Tech all together since Paul Johnson took over………. it is like watching paint dry…… from a football point of view….BORING !
Cats hav fleas 2
November 25th, 2012
7:51 am
GT Girl….other teams fill their seat allotment up just fine. They are the same seats GT receives…next excuse.
Use the Duke template
November 25th, 2012
7:51 am
Duke has had a decent football team this year.
GT is in Georgia. JUNK CPJ and his wishbone o. Hire a spread guy and recruit smart guys with some speed and ball skills. Hire. Former NFL man ( BVG soon to be fired) and over two years or three, GT could expect to win 7, 8 games in the ACC.
CPJ is running a very antiquated system that athletic teams on D can handle. GT with no D will continue to be slaughtered.
GO Dogs. Look forward to our metro Atlanta HOME stadium, GRANT FIELD.
collegeballfan
November 25th, 2012
7:51 am
GT gave up a lot of points this season.
42 to Miami
49 to Middle Tenn State
47 to Clemson
41 to BYU
50 to NC
42 to UGA
Gave up 40 or more points 6 times in 12 games. And gave up more points to NC, Middle Tenn & Clemson than they did to UGA. This does not winning seasons make.
TechLB
November 25th, 2012
7:56 am
Mark, Good job as always. Losing is one thing but you nailed when you stated the rest of the team looks lost. It’s one thing when you compete but lose because of a few bad breaks, some excellent athletes making plays on the other team, etc. but to look so poorly prepared and coached? That’s what is so troubling long term. Somehow, I get the feeling that even if we had 4-5 stars at every position, we’d still look lost on defense and special teams. Maybe we wouldn’t get thrown around but we wouldn’t look solid and well-coached either.
Being a head coach is about running a successful football program not just the offense. And – this is the real depressing part – we are NOT getting better.
An important word about SC
November 25th, 2012
7:56 am
South Carolina has the distinction of hiring THREE MNC coaches in the let 45 years and winning absolutely nothing.
Paul Deitzel won MNC at LSU but NOTHING at SC
Lou Holtz won the MNC tnND but nothing at SC
Steve Spurrier won MNC at Florida but NOTHING at SC.
THIS history is why tradition in college ball matters.
Go Dogs.
dry dirt road
November 25th, 2012
8:00 am
I concur about deferring to the second half. If the entire game was a low scoring one like they used to be in the 60’s to early 70’s, Tech could maybe score on the first drive and then no other scoring would take place.
SuperB
November 25th, 2012
8:00 am
So “GT Letterwinner” thinks Georgia Tech runs this state. he is as delusional as his comrades. Georgia Tech runs– nothing! The only thing GT has run– is it’s football program– in the ground. You just don’t have the athletes to compete with the SEC.
dry dirt road
November 25th, 2012
8:02 am
Tech needed blitzkrieg yesterday. Too many long bombs for long gains.
SEC Fan
November 25th, 2012
8:05 am
AJC,
Please get rid of that stupid “Tweet” box. Every time I refresh the page it goes straight to that goofy box, and really… Who cares?
BubbaDaBaller
November 25th, 2012
8:06 am
I think you are mistaken…I’ve seen Booby Dodd during Tech Games and the joke is on you…”missing Tech fans” aren’t…They are so smart that by not attending games they are attending (you have to be an engineering student to accomplish this fete). This enables them to sit in Mom’s basement, track the score on their “Smart Phone” , play “Algorithms with Friends” and imagine what having a relationship with the opposite sex might be like. Although the spittle sharing members of this State don’t mind the bunker mentality…we just wish Mom would require acts of personal hygiene at a greater frequency…Just in case they do venture out to actually see a game ie (easy win) like MTSU….
dry dirt road
November 25th, 2012
8:07 am
I saw a Georgia lineman on offense holding a Tech lineman with his arm around him and it wasn’t called. This was on tv.
dry dirt road
November 25th, 2012
8:15 am
Test tube baby Bacarri Rambo was Tech’s worst nightmare. This kid must have been raised from a test tube at Georgia to becaome some super athlete to beat Tech on d, subtracting the d from the name Baccardi Tech would relate to as a barrel of rum. I guess I can’t eat any rum raisin holiday ice cream until next year’s football season.
Lorenzo Dawgriguez
November 25th, 2012
8:18 am
Tech tries to recruit the same players, but they don’t want to play in the wishbone system. Two words for all the academic excuses…..Joe Hamilton. And only one State of Georgia team is on probation-Tek.
dry dirt road
November 25th, 2012
8:20 am
Anybody at Tech want to eat some rum raisin ice cream now made from Baccardi, or does the d conjure up Georgia’s d and their worst Rambo nightmare?
THWGT
November 25th, 2012
8:22 am
LOL
Honey boy
November 25th, 2012
8:25 am
GT Bob at least you had the guts to show up here but that’s all Ill say. ” Tech fans don’t want to go to Athens because they can’t get good seats? ” what the f### is that??? That’s all you can come up with? That’s so weak!!!!
Try, “My team blows and were totally outclassed and dominated!!” C’mon big man, agree….
That’s was the lamest excuse Ive EVER seen on this board….
lexi
November 25th, 2012
8:27 am
While getting top level recruits is important, it’s not sufficient to guarantee success. And, rating recruits is a highly inexact science. David Pollack, a 3 time all-america and first round NFL draft choice, was a 3*. Odell Thurman, Clint Boling and Ben Jones were Rivals 3*, and Drew Butler was rated 2*. All were college stars who were given the opportunity to play in the NFL, and most did quite well. Conversely, USC (So. Cal) consistently averages 4.3* in its recruiting class, typically highest in the country, but lacks results commensurate with those ratings.
Doc Dawg
November 25th, 2012
8:30 am
Gailey might have stubbornly hitched his wagon to Reggie Ball, but at least he could recruit, have a decent defense and put a handful of kids into the NFL. We’re watching Tech and this rivalry die before our very eyes. Georgia State and Georgia Southern are so going to surpass you if you don’t do something.
atlxmen
November 25th, 2012
8:30 am
gtbob—what nd team have you been watching? they have looked like a weak little acc team . only game they looked half way decent was against okl..other than that they havent been more impressive than uga. uga will crush nd when the 2 teams play.. nd defense is pretty good at linebacker but uga has face way better defensive lines already this year and ND hasnt faced 1 defense as good as uga or ala for that matter. you seem like a poor loser with you execuses why tech is really bad and the rest of the acc is awful..
George Burdell
November 25th, 2012
8:35 am
As a Tech fan, I refuse to go to Athens anymore. We have been urinated on from their bleachers by UGA fans, harassed as we walk the campus, and our car keyed in the parking lot. I can support my team at home watching on TV and not have to be attacked by classless fans. Not all UGA fans are this way but there are enough that it makes it difficult to enjoy gameday.
Jim 70
November 25th, 2012
8:47 am
Offense looked okay with exception of to’s and stupid penalties, but definitely did better than against mtsu and byu. Do we continue with a special teams coach? Still bad, maybe worse than last year.
And we do need a defense. I am not sure we will get players who are significantly better than what we have, but we need them to play as a unit. A good dc is critical.
Go tech, beat FSU – a more important game than uga. Smart to hold orwin out.
Jack dog
November 25th, 2012
8:48 am
GT,s demise began when Bobby Dodd took the school out of the SEC. Young men want to play in the best conference possible because it may result in greater exposure, greater chance at playing professionally, winning championships, and personal and monetary gratification. The ACC is second tier to the SEC, AND IT IS GETTING WORSE. CPJ is a loser,with an offense that can’t cannot recruit the best players, and he does not care about defense. I think he is delusional! He has taken GT football to a level that is beyond his ability to recover. He is blind, is paid too much money and is not the man for Gt’s program. Oh Radakovich stuck GT WITH Johnson, Hewitt and has hit the road to Clemson. That does not seem right. Glad he is gone BUT we are stuck. Sad,sad,sad.
SimpleDawg
November 25th, 2012
8:54 am
All of that Tech-Talk of being “superior intellects” (Khan in Star Trek movie, but I’m sure you all knew that) is a bunch of nonsense. UGA puts grads in more diverse fields of importance than GIT……medicine, research, business, sciences, mathematics, agriculture, animal sciences….etc.
And before you idiots start guffawing about agriculture and forestry…..even you geniuses have to eat….when you can tear yourselves away from being so important…..to find a grocery store.
stanh
November 25th, 2012
8:55 am
I’m a tech fan and I’m embarrassed…..kudos to Uga and coach Richt……I wish it was easy to switch teams but I’m sure you know I can’t do it…..congrats on getting it right……CPJ is pathetic….
Bottom line if he were working a 9-5 job like me he would be fired for non performance..
legionaire
November 25th, 2012
8:58 am
SAT- As President Truman’s sign on his desk in the oval office read “if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen”. You just have sour grapes. The academic argument Tech loves to trot out is just a good crutch for an athletic operation that is so bad the AD took a lateral move to the cowcollege up I-85. Bobby Dodd and Bobby Ross proved National Championships can be won. GT has 2 choices: downsize the program from Division 1 or hire a quality young black coach who runs a wide open O. Atlanta is a recruiters dream for black players all over the country let alone the good players here in Metro. This is not rocket science.
RedandBlackDAWG
November 25th, 2012
9:02 am
Once again, tech fans, all 20 of you, get on the blog and try to make disparaging remarks about the team that once again, has dismantled your team. It has got to be sad knowing you are obligated by law, to get your butt handed to you each year after the the first big holiday of the year, time after time.
There is hope for both tech. and the ACC though. Notre Dame is going to be part of the ACC in football, so at least you will have one quality team. Of course, with the likes of Maryland leaving the ACC to play in a conference where they will get solidly beat to death each year, you should then realize just how bad it is. Right now, the only thing that makes the ACC have any relevance at all in the college football world, is the bowl tie in with the Orange Bowl. Doesn’t say much for either the bowl, or the conference that has that tie in. I am sure that most conferences would welcome tech. as a member because all teams like a patsy game each year, and tech. will surely be one for the foreseeable future for any good teams.It is sad, when you tally up the years performance and realize that Tech. is even worse than GSU and they are an FCS team. All of the excuses you can come up with, such as hard academic standards, and such, don’t matter a hill of beans, as other tough academic standard schools out perform you each year, and yes tech. fans, they actually win meaningful football games. Accept your place as a second division team, in a second division conference, and don’t try so hard to offend UGA and its’ fans. It just makes you look that much more childish and inferior. Win on the field and then you have something to brag about on these blogs.
SC Fan
November 25th, 2012
9:03 am
To all you dog fans gloating! The game was over in the third period and king Mark keep his first team in the game. How dumb was that? Your most important game of the year is next week, stupid. The dobsonfly played two good teams all year and you lost one of them. National champs, I don’t think so.
Tech out gained your defense, SC out gained your defense and here comes Bama., roll tide. You will never be national champs under King Mark because he keeps getting out coached.
Tech has four national titles to your one. None of you dog fans will live long enough to touch us in class and championships. Sorry I had to bring your sorry asses back you back to earth.
drew
November 25th, 2012
9:04 am
I agree with what Coach said in an earlier posting – the treatment of any visiting fan to UGA stadium is disgraceful. I can only imagine what will happen to the UGA campus should the Dawgs win the title. Some of the most ignorant and redneck following ever, with no idea about class or sportsmanship. However, we sure won’t find our trusty AJC writers talking about it.
Joey
November 25th, 2012
9:04 am
You know, I think if UGA somehow manages to beat #2 next week, and #1 in January, in addition to beating #4 a month ago, the nerds will still yap their silly mouths that UGA “didn’t play anybody.”
What a complete embarrassment for the ACC today . . .
Joey
November 25th, 2012
9:07 am
Goldenrod (whereever you are) does UGA still “looks about like North Carolina”?
son's who?
November 25th, 2012
9:10 am
Anyone who would ridicule The University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources would not be intelligent enough to be admitted to Georgia Tech.
bubba4dawgs
November 25th, 2012
9:11 am
Hey dry dirt road, the Tech guy is gay and the Georgia guy was simply loving him back. That’s all, just a bit of simple reciprocity. It gave something for the gays to look at and they appreciate it. The referees were gay too and they enjoyed it as well.
MH Brown
November 25th, 2012
9:13 am
“Folks” is not a word.
Iluvnutella
November 25th, 2012
9:16 am
We have one more year, then Johnson’s exit wont be as expensive. Hopefully, our new AD will be a better evaluater of coaches than his/her predecesser(sp). Will be interesting to see. Unfortunatly, we have a whole season to lament next year. Maybe someone can hire Coach Fish-fry away……..lol
Road Scholar
November 25th, 2012
9:21 am
Yeah SimpleDawg (like the name), you have people/fans/graduates in many professions, including law enforcement. You even felt the need to sign a registered bail bondsman to you team …just in case. (wink wink).
Yes we stink. The players are not motivated. I’ve seen them come out at home 3 times w/o any emotion this year…and got their a$$e$ beat.Even if you have 5 star recruits, motivation is mandatory.
As for the lack of Tech fans at the game, I attended a few in Athens and the majority of the fans were civil. But there is a large group that should not be let out in public. I swore off ever going to UGA for a FB fame long ago. I have been on campus many times for classes and seminars. But the group of yahoos who don’t have any class is the reason I do not attend. I have GT FB tickets and held BB tickets for 20 years. By the way the seats they gave us sucked.
For the rest of Dawgnation out there, how many of you are now beating your chest and calling UGA invincible, when one year ago you were crying…no yelling to dump Richt as coach? Congrats on your win and good luck against Bama.
WOW!
November 25th, 2012
9:23 am
Hey Tekies, how about a little cheese with that wine!
Piedmont Southern
November 25th, 2012
9:24 am
Time to end the series. Schools are in different conferences, differnet student body and different size alumni base.
Tech should replace Georgia with Georgia State as its last game of the year.
Start a new series between two Atlanta teams.
Or rotate the last game between Georgia State and Georgia Southern playing both at Grant Field – Booby Dodd Stadium.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
November 25th, 2012
9:24 am
For a school with so many smart folks you would think GT would buyout Paul and hire a football coach. I guess the salute to Furman Bisher is a good thing since getting Tech out of that mean ole SEC has really done wonders for the program. UGA should just remove Tech from the schedule going forward until GT makes an effort to upgrade their program.
Dadgum....
November 25th, 2012
9:26 am
It is very apparent GT simply does not have the talent to compete against any top tier program from any conference let alone UGA. Some here want to blame academic standards. Bulllsheeet! It is always about coaching. Always. Look at freakin ND. They were worse than us 5 years ago. They bring in Kelly from Cincy and boom they are in the NC game. Same time frame CPJ was hired and has taken GT in the opposite direction. Let me add here, ND has just as high or higher academics than GT. Also no great talents were looking to play at ND either. The program was dust. It took a coach with a vision and knowledge.
CPJ simply doesn’t have what it takes to get GT back to being seriously competitive. It is time to make a change next year. Won’t make any difference for 2013 as the recruiting is in place. He is coaching without an extension next year so it will be his last. If I was the incoming AD the first thing I would do is notify CPJ he is in a lame duck year and his contract will not be renewed.
Rock on……VT is in the early exploratory stages of leaving the ACC. Just trust me on that.
Piedmont Southern
November 25th, 2012
9:31 am
According to the Athletic Director of Michigan, only about 40 of the 120 Division I (of whatever) schools break even, and the present system is not sustainable.
Looks like there will be some major changes in college football organizaion in the next few years. It’s already underway with all the changes in conferences. Predict the changes will continue.
Tom
November 25th, 2012
9:32 am
Tech should hire Chan Gailey to do recruiting for PJ. Also calling Jon Tenuta. Report to North Avenue as Head Coach of Defense. Blank check to follow.
Piedmont Southern
November 25th, 2012
9:36 am
PJ’s offense is gaining a lot of yards, but it hurts him in recruiting. So it’s a new loss.
Can’t help the defense to practice all week against the option. How do they prepare against a regular offense.
long-time dawg
November 25th, 2012
9:38 am
Relative to Tech’s recruiting: If you were a 5-star defensive recruit, would you want to go to Tech and have the O-line et al firing off at your knees in every practice? And in this day where the NFL is the ultimate objective, could you get a 5-star QB to go to Tech and run that offense?
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
November 25th, 2012
9:40 am
Even if TECH has a chance to win in Athens not many TECH fans want to go to Athens.
atlxmen
November 25th, 2012
9:41 am
gtbob—what nd team have you been watching? they have looked like a weak little acc team . only game they looked half way decent was against okl..other than that they havent been more impressive than uga. uga will crush nd when the 2 teams play.. nd defense is pretty good at linebacker but uga has face way better defensive lines already this year and ND hasnt faced 1 defense as good as uga or ala for that matter. you seem to have a ton of bad execuses why tech is really bad and the rest of the acc is awful
Jimmy
November 25th, 2012
9:42 am
Great game for UGA. GT fans must remember you win with defense. Offense is nice but
D wins game. GT must recover from Al’s weak defense. Give them time. Also for you idiot’s
that don’t understand. Your pecentages of winning are much greater when your offense , like GT,
goes on 4th down. When the other team will be back to where the ball is at within 1 minute makes the decision easy. PJ will get there just gonna have to work on the recruiting game. UGA went through this for 10 years just lingering into middle of the pack with SEC East.
Piedmont Southern
November 25th, 2012
9:43 am
long-time dawg – Agree, and that’s one of the main problems, along with PJ’s personality as a recruiter.
ACC is just a different world. Don’t see playing out of the conference against the SEC teams is much of a plan for Tech, or any other ACC team.
Incoming Tide
November 25th, 2012
9:46 am
Bammer 49, Dwags 10
abby normal
November 25th, 2012
9:49 am
Not long after Tech hired Paul Johnson I happened to be playing golf with a friend who’s a UGA insider. I mentioned that I was a big fan of Johnson’s and thought it was a great hire for Tech. My friend disagreed and listed several reasons why. So far he has been dead right.
It will be interesting to see what happens (if anything) when the new AD is in place.
Hoping for a miracle in Charlotte…………….
Jimmy
November 25th, 2012
9:53 am
Dog fans don’t bark just yet. Big mouth granthan’s d could not stop anybody first half of the year
and GT and GS put up some big plays and big yardage against them. No doubt Ga. has the talent but has had for several years. Thanks to the East being a three team division we are in the championship. Let’s see if we can run the course.
hit a single
November 25th, 2012
9:58 am
I see post where people wouldn’t send their kid to play for Paul Johnson. Well keep your whiney little sucker at home. That is part of the problem. Kids can’t take the heat when someone gets on them. Recruiting has been a problem for Johnson. He has brought in some kids that can’t take the heat and it shows, especially on D. I have never seen so many kids get out of the way so they wouldn’t have to make a lick. D is more guts and who wants it and the TECH doesn’t want it. It took a kid from UGA to fire their D up because the Coaches wouldn’t get on any butt. Well guess what it paid off. It seems TECH doesn’t have that type of kid.
it is what it is
November 25th, 2012
10:06 am
GT needs to hire an AD that along with CPJ will not ask but demand a change in curriculum so that programs are offered that will help recruiting..
Drexel Gal
November 25th, 2012
10:08 am
I inadvertently left my car unlocked at the mall with two tickets to the ACC championship game on the passenger seat. When I returned, there were six ACC tickets on the seat.
hit a single
November 25th, 2012
10:11 am
Drexel – you are lucky. It is a wonder your car was still there. I could see the tickets still being in the parking place but not your car if it was unlocked.
Ghost
November 25th, 2012
10:20 am
So much for PJ coaching up his players.
Dumbo
November 25th, 2012
10:22 am
SC Fan…uh, isn’t more like 3 1/2 NC’s for Tech and answer me this…which end of the NC trophy did Tech get in 1990, the front half or the back half because I seem to remember Colorado has the other end……we don’t count 1/2 truths in the SEC and why does the great Techies somehow forget the previous NC’s UGA won like 1942 and such, could it be selective memory or just flat out stupidity
Ghost
November 25th, 2012
10:23 am
Tech can get most anyone they want into school football and basketball (Joe hamilton, Kelly Campbell, Reggie ball, Stephon Marbury Kenny Anderson), PJ keeps offering the same players as everyone else , they just don’t want to play for him or in his system.
Piedmont Southern
November 25th, 2012
10:26 am
Dumbo – Who does anyone care about all that?
TRUTH HURTS
November 25th, 2012
10:28 am
I thought all you rich GT alumni had authority. So, why do you allow some regents board in GA dictate what degrees GT can have and not have? Why have you put up with this nonsense all these years? Who are you people afraid of? The boogie man? UGA doesn’t have much in state competition. Their biggest recruiting rivals are out of state and that is pitiful. Also pitiful on UGA that it took 32 years to even be in position to play for a national title again with no in state competition.
But why do you GT alumni allow it to go on? Thought alot of you were CEO’s and CFO’s of companies? But yet, it seems you allow some inbred morons in Athens call the shots in the state of Georgia, why?
I like to know the answer.
Dawgfan '91
November 25th, 2012
10:29 am
Can we finally put the argument to rest… The ACC is a best, a basketball conference, and at worst the laughing stock of all BCS automatic qualifying conferences. If G-Tech pulls off a miracle this coming weekend would the ACC really be able to look anyone in the country in the eyes and send a 7&6 team to the Orange Bowl? Seriously? There about 3 dozen teams that are all more deserving and that will play a better game than Tech.
The ACC just sent its 2 best and 1 of its supposedly betters up against the SEC in head-to-head match-ups and their 2 “best” both had home field advantage. All 3 of them lost and lost in fairly convincing fashion. Tech was reminded that they truly are nothing more than the “North Avenue Trade School,” FSU got a meaningless touchdown late to make the score look closer than the game really was and Clemson lost a close one to Carolina, but the Gamecocks had their top quarterback on the bench with a bad ankle and their best running back on crutches or it wouldn’t even have been as close as it was.
Can we please get rid of the Automatic qualifiers and the maximum number of allowable teams from any one conference stipulations from the BCS and just put the best teams in the country in the games. Even though the play-off will help, it still doesn’t solve the problem of unworthy conference champions from automatic qualifiers taking up a space that they didn’t earn and don’t deserve.
Georgia Tech is in Atlanta
November 25th, 2012
10:31 am
Georgia State has more attractive home games next year than us with their move to the Sun Belt (a far better football conference than the ACC).
cdbgolf
November 25th, 2012
10:34 am
When Tech loses to UGA they always claim it was the academic qualifications that keep their team down.If you think that the Tech players take the same classes as the other students,you are kidding yourself.Its funny how Stanford,Vanderbilt,Northwestern and now Duke are able to compete.
DaveDawg
November 25th, 2012
10:34 am
Road Scholar….it’s funny that you comment on some UGA fans being a..holes, but do you recall the that bourbon bottles flying out of the student section out the opposing teams bench at Tech or that UGA fans were buying more tickets to Grunt field games than Techies, so much so that DRAD changed the visiting fan section to upper south end of the East stands….do you remember, now you remember why UGA started packing Tecies into the upper deck
UGAJD
November 25th, 2012
10:52 am
@ Couch – Your attendance argument doesn’t wash. Other visiting teams don’t seem to have a problem selling their full allotment of tickets. Tech’s fan-base simply has no passion for its team.
yellowfever
November 25th, 2012
11:00 am
you either have play makers or you don’t. If Tech thinks Orwin Smith is a difference maker then we really are in trouble. The same on defense, if Tech thinks Attouche is a difference maker then please wake me up in about 10 years.
Joey
November 25th, 2012
11:09 am
Just for laughs, Chip, I wish you would list the posting names of these techies who comment under numerous names, usually changing to some version of UGA’s next opponent. Please Chip.
Incoming Tide?
Geez.
Double T
November 25th, 2012
11:11 am
GT Letterwinner, what sport did you win your Letter? This is the sport of football, if you want to talk about the areas where you say the bees run the state, we will compete with you there as well. But for today, one the subject of Football, your team is awful and your coach is a jerk. Simply put, your comment looked as weak as your team.
And for you, COACH, at least we have enough seats to even offer you guys. The last time we came to Tech to play, our seats were few and far apart. Then only to be heckled by a group of middle eastern coders who do not understand the game. How about showing some class and just realize that “It is what it is”. You will sleep better that way.
yellowfever
November 25th, 2012
11:13 am
Paul Johnson was a BAD decision. No one knew he couldn’t recruit, couldn’t coach special teams, could evaluate defensive coach’s, and was such an A-HOLE.Thanks Mr. Johnson from this 50 year old Tech fan who has been through some tough times but even then the coach’s didn’t throw players and other coach’s on the staff under the bus like you do. I know in your Mind your the Best coach to ever have not played the game. Again thinks for nothing, and I mean nothing cause we all know now you only won because somebody recruited better than you have when you took over. Wake me up when Tech wakes up and realizes what a mistake you were.
Jabo
November 25th, 2012
11:13 am
I go on record ; Georgia is not even a top ten team. They played two good (not great) teams all year, one humbled them and the other only lost (barely) because they turned the ball over six times, loosing it four of the six. The rest of their schedule was composed of average and below average teams. If there ever was a cupcake schedule Georgia had it. To see this team ranked number three in the nation is a disgrace. The only hope Georgia has in beating the Tide is for the Tide to beat themselves. I look for a real humbling beatdown for Georgia in the SEC championship game. I also see a large portion of your fans as classless and pure trash. I also believe your coach is as phony as a three dollar bill; if you talk it you should live it. Enjoy your week of chest- thumping and how great we are. Come sat.,barring a miracle, the football nation will see what a prentender the dogs really are.
Joey
November 25th, 2012
11:13 am
Let’s see, Georgia Southern scored 2 TDs on us, Tech, just 1, mop-up TD.
Just who is our in-state rival now?
Joey
November 25th, 2012
11:23 am
Jabo, your jealousy is oozing.
Did you forget that UGA had 3 tournovers also vs the #4 team in the BCS, and still held them to 3 FGs? Of course you did.
But you are right, we will see what’s what this Saturday.
But is you seriously think any UGA fan will be “chest-thumping” this week for beating Ga Tech, you’re in la-la-land. Seriously, Ga Southern gave us more heart burn for a quarter than your football team.
As far as the “pure trash” fans, you should go to a Tech game in person sometime, and take a walk around the stadium. If you make it back with your wallet, or make it back alive, you may have a different take on fans.
Oh, and one more word to the wise – don’t play the Ga Southern Eagles anytime soon.
They would SO kick y’alls asses . . .
Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 25th, 2012
11:27 am
Yeah, about the GT fans – we saw 3 rows of their fans in lower 102 and that was it except for an obnoxius GT fan eating a hot dog sitting below us.
I probably would have avoided the game too if I were a GT fan.
Tidomonkey
November 25th, 2012
11:27 am
UGA fans can keep making fun of Tech attendance all they want. They obviously have many more fans. To be a fan of Tech, you generally need get into Georgia Tech. To be a fan of UGA, you have to have $5 and access to Walmart.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 25th, 2012
11:29 am
Jabo, We also were discussing who the 2nd best team in the state is after the game and unfortunately for you it looks like GA Southern after seeing both games.
headley lamar
November 25th, 2012
11:30 am
“Nobody has ever stopped my offense”
- Paul Johnson
headley lamar
November 25th, 2012
11:31 am
“Hope you guys enjoy the fish this weekend”
- Paul Johnson
Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 25th, 2012
11:32 am
T – monkey, To be a fan of Tech, you generally need get into Georgia Tech – really did you just make that up.
BTW, nice screen name – monkey.
Joey
November 25th, 2012
11:34 am
Well, congrats on all that, Tidomonkey.
Oh and I’d like to submit a name for your ongoing DC search:
Willie Martinez. He has lots of experience – especially with 40-points-allowed games . . .
dawgfan
November 25th, 2012
11:35 am
If you need to get in to Tech to be a fan of Georgia Tech why does your half azzed joke athletic department run full page ads in the AJC every August begging the general public to come see your piece of crap football team play?
I’m starting to think Tech fans actually enjoy the punishment. Its the only explanation for the painfully stupid crap that comes out of their mouhs.
Georgia Tech= JOKE
biggtfan
November 25th, 2012
11:43 am
Georgia has 9/10 NFL guys tech has none and recruiting doesn’t matter.give me break .this third defense coordinator and results are the same, special team suck it’s because the athletes your bringing in cant play on this level.your program is awful cpj and you need to be fired
Joey
November 25th, 2012
11:43 am
State of Georgia rankings 2012:
1) UGA
2) Georgia Southern
3) Ga Tech
Buddy Landel
November 25th, 2012
11:44 am
Joey
November 25th, 2012
11:09 am
Just for laughs, Chip, I wish you would list the posting names of these techies who comment under numerous names, usually changing to some version of UGA’s next opponent. Please Chip
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Wrong blog. The Goober blog is elsewhere.
Buddy Landel
November 25th, 2012
11:48 am
Least likely to ever appear on Jeapordy
1) Joey
2) Honey Boo-Boo
3) Leon Spinks
24KT
November 25th, 2012
11:52 am
Been a GT fan for years and contributor to the athletic program. I suggest just removing UGA from our schedule and replace with Georgia Southern or Georgia State. Georgia Tch is not a NFL farm team and never will be. The rivalry is dead, and we would not have to listen to the UGA trailer trash.
jacketdad
November 25th, 2012
11:54 am
I have been a Tech fan during the four years in which my son has been a football player at the Institute. During that time period I have attended two UGA-Tech games in Athens and found that they UGA fans are, in general, no worse or better than the fans at any other SEC venue. There are the always going to be some rude or obnoxious fans anywhere you go but the fans in Athens are basically OK. I really think that the Tech fans complaints about the conditions at Sanford stadium is a cop-out to cover for their overall lukewarm support of their football team.
headley lamar
November 25th, 2012
12:02 pm
“Somebody pass the tarter sauce”
- Paul Johnson
Gorilla Biscuit
November 25th, 2012
12:10 pm
Excuses are like a**holes, and GT has a bunch of ‘em.
To Be Honest
November 25th, 2012
12:33 pm
I’ve been to many gt/uga games at both places. The uga fans are extremely rude and downright hostile. I’ve even had a friend uga fan and woman who went one time and sat with a gt woman in the gt section and she was alarmed and embarrassed the way she and her friend were treated.
Maybe that is what uga wants is for no fans to come, and if that is the case, the antics of their fans leads directly to that outcome.
THWG’s fans!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
12:56 pm
I have been to away Tech games all over the country — South Bend, Los Angeles, Birmingham (when Bama played their big games there), Auburn, Clemson, Chapel Hill, Blacksburg, etc. In ALL of those places, I was either treated with respect or just ignored. In Athens I was cussed at, belittled, and once even spat on. That’s why I never go to Athens anymore, and haven’t been since 2000. I wouldn’t go back there if Tech were a 4 TD favorite.
Rooty Tooty
November 25th, 2012
12:58 pm
I’m glad this is just a game and means nothing in real life. If all you have to look forward to is beating a pittiful GT team, which by the way isn’t much worse than the others on your schedule, then you need to get a life. UGA had good players on the field. GT had some good players, maybe not a many. The playing field is not always equal. If UGA and GT never played, it would not bother me. Matter of fact, who would care???
dawgfan
November 25th, 2012
1:11 pm
Complaints of rude fan behavior are at best over-exaggerations or at worst bold faced lies. I’ve never seen any evidence to back it up. Notice how we only ever hear about this out of Tech fans. Anything they say should be taken with a massive grain of salt. After all, these are the same people who have been caught on live national television throwing things on the field during football games. Talk about pot calling the kettle black.
God it must suck to be a Tech fan. I couldn’t even imagine.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:15 pm
@ dawgfan…what rock have you been hiding under? Fans of EVERY school who go to Athens have the same complaints.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:17 pm
Even a fan of lowly Augusta State, who played a basketball game against the mutts in the Stegosaurus 3 or 4 years ago said he had never seen such foul behavior at a game before. And, in addition to being an Augusta State fan, he is also a UGA fan. So he had never believed what I told him till he experienced it himself first hand.
dawgfan
November 25th, 2012
1:18 pm
LOL @ the sore loser sour grapes. This just NEVER gets old.
Long live the Joke By Coke!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:19 pm
dawgfan……Nobody’s making excuses for the game. The better team won. But your fans are scum of the earth.
dawgfan
November 25th, 2012
1:28 pm
So says the guy who calls himself “Supersize that Order mutt.”. No, you don’t have an agenda at all. Of course not. What was I thinking? I’m sure you are very objective and not biased in any way. LMAO.
Tech fans are beyond pathetic. 11 and 12 and counting nerds. Have fun pretending it doesn’t hurt like hell. Its very entertaining for the rest of us.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2012
1:37 pm
@ dawgfan……and why do you think I chose a name like that? DUHHH, it’s because you guys are low-rent trailer trash who are beneath contempt. If you had any class at all, I would have a chosen a name that would not provoke the hatred that you so obviously have towards me for calling it like it is. You’re just part of the scum that floats on the cesspool.
Buzzzed
November 25th, 2012
1:40 pm
CPJ’s responses to the reporters tell me that he thought under no scenario would Tech be able to win that game.
dawgfan
November 25th, 2012
1:42 pm
Scum of the earth? Yowser. Next thing you know Tech fans will start blaming UGA fans for the bad economy and terrorism. Everything is our fault. UGA fans are evil and make me cry. Where’s my mommy? The excuses and finger pointing are reaching epic proportions. Tech fans are in full meltdown mode. We’ve obviously seen Tech fans in pathetic states of despair before, but this year might take the taco.
Good luck in the All Crap Conference title game nerds. I really hope you win. We need another ACC CHUMPionship trophy to put in the urinals for laughs.
Georgia Tech=JOKE
roughrider
November 25th, 2012
1:44 pm
Jabo : I think this article is about the UGA-Tech game . Obviously you are disappointed and have some resentment built up about UGA. I would like to remind you that this is simply a game that is played every year. The UGA-Ala game is also just a game. Starting next season, it too will be played on a yearly basis. These games will not your future or quality of life so let go of the bitterness that does affect your life and future. Might I suggest a new hobby for you instead of watching football games?
Buzzzed
November 25th, 2012
1:45 pm
Why can’t tech have a combined degree with with Georgia State? The football players, if they want, could take most or all of their classes at Georgia State and play for Tech. Not sure if they would get an actual Tech or GSU degree. I wish Georgia state would have pursued this route instead of starting their own program.
11 of 12 supersize
November 25th, 2012
1:46 pm
Dude, I am sorry those things happened to you. Wrong. Don’t kid yourself though that I haven’t been harassed at tech. At the 2007 game in Atlanta my wife and sat in the new section (upper level end zone) which isn’t nice and okay view) on our way out there was a group of drunk, smoking, and cussing tech fans harassing all UGA fans that left early as we did when the game was no longer in doubt (4thqtr). They camped out at the bottom of the stairs and challeneged every male UGA fan to a fight that walked by. So it goes both ways pal and I am tired of hearing from tech fans about how bad UGA fans are. Graduated in 2001 from UGA and been to more GT/UGA games than I can remember but it always brings out the worst exchanges between both sets of fans and i have seen plenty of tech fans cause problems.
Booze Hound
November 25th, 2012
1:51 pm
Georgia Tech should hire George O’Leary (you know, the guy who’s beat UGA four-of-the-last-five times he played them) as AD. O’Leary is a great administrator and he’d get this mess cleaned-up. And step one would be to fire putrid Paul.
11 of 12 supersize
November 25th, 2012
1:53 pm
I think u r angry about the game and frustrated which is understandable but your rants about UGA fans r ridiculous and off base. Chill a little dude and good luck next Saturday evening in Charlotte. Enjoy one more weekend of championship football and your game.
Rick
November 25th, 2012
2:06 pm
GT Letterwinner: Congrats on your many contributions to the state. And many of you are quite capable. But I think the subject in this column is football.
Booze Hound
November 25th, 2012
2:16 pm
When the best reason to keep a coach is that you can’t afford to fire him, it’s over. Paul Johnson is finished at Georgia Tech, it’s just a matter of when he’ll be let go and under what circumstances.
Here’s Johnson’s record against the meat of Georgia Tech’s schedule:
1-4 vs. UGA
1-4 vs. VT
4-2 vs. Clemson (lost 2 of last 3; one win vacated)
1-4 vs. Miami
0-4 vs. bowl opponents (doubtless soon to be 0-5)
That’ll be 7-19 at the end of this year. Throw-in his record against Florida State after next week’s pummeling and it’ll be 9-20.
Stalin's Ghost
November 25th, 2012
3:13 pm
why should any sane GT fan go to that game? the team has quit, the AD literally quit, the coach is inept, and the fanbase’s ignorant fringe (not all to be sure) make the experience uncomfortable?
the smart fans are the ones who voted with their wallets and don’t support the trainwreck of CPJs program. unless you had a family member playing or free tickets, only a fool would have gone to that game
TDone
November 25th, 2012
3:30 pm
I hope Mark Bradley actually reads this. For the record, I am a Tech fan and I was at the game. For the record, there were not a lot of Georgia fans missing at the game too. However, from a Tech perspective, I have been to Athens to watch Tech play six times in my life. Tech is 3-3 in those games. However, I doubt I ever will again. It’s not the obnoxiousness of the fans, Tech has some of those too. The problem is that it’s a hassle and a half to get up to Athens and back. We left yesterday and 9 a.m. from Tucker and were in our seats at 11:20. We stayed for all but the final minute of the game, say 3:15 p.m. and were back home by 6:15. It was the least favorite commute of my life. If you go to a game at Bobby Dodd, I can leave my hous at 3 p.m. and be at in my seat by 3:40. Trust me, I have done it. Plus, the game experience at Tech is far better overall. There are more concessions, you are closer to the game, and you get back home in a reasonable time. A lot of Tech folks I know refuse to to go Athens for a lot of reasons. I have decided to join them. Even if Tech wins, it’s not worth it in time, effort, and resurces. I know Mark Bradley and the Bulldung Nation will think my take is bogus. If so, so be it. However, it’s the truth.
Smilnjac
November 25th, 2012
3:52 pm
We used to charter a bus and take 40 or so fans over to Athens. UGA officials saw fit to park us so far away our older folks couldn’t make the hike. As for rude fans I had one jerk try to spit on my wife and a 65+ year old member of our group was jumped in the bathroom. By 3 “Bulldog” fans, he was struck in the head and knocked to the ground. The campus police wanted to take our man to jail until a decent UGA fan who was a witness came forward and told the cops the truth. I don’t mind some good natured support of your team but Ga fans are considered the worst by everyone. Ask any of their visitors I am sure all schools have a few bad fans but UGA has been. Lesser with way more than there share
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gtbuzz32
November 25th, 2012
4:14 pm
SAT, I said the same thing, I would rather have a degree from GT in EE (That’s Electrical Engineering for those ga fans that don’t understand) than go to a school that takes any ‘rif’-raff’ that walks in off the street just so they have a good football team. And yes, Ga fans are obnoxious sober, but drunk, they really show their ignorance..
buzz
November 25th, 2012
4:26 pm
I will say what the rest of the Tech fans will not, the reason we do not come to Athens is because you are a bunch of horses asses. No fanbase in the entire country is less fun to be around than yours.
In light of the holiday season, you can all rot in hell.
Dawgfan '91
November 25th, 2012
4:27 pm
Tech fans want to complain about the way that they are treated… in Athens or wherever. Maybe if you all didn’t run your mouths all year long about Tech’s superiority as an academic institution, and run down UGA for anything and everything that you can think of whether it is legitimate or not you wouldn’t get your inferiority at football shoved in your face in the most obnoxious way possible.
In recent years Tech’s wins over UGA have been so few and far between you are just as insufferable when you win as any redneck UGA fan… and when you whine about all the reasons that you lose… just as insufferable… Own your losses just like everybody playing big boy football.
You guys may run your mouths with a little more social refinement that many of UGA’s fans but you guys never miss a chance to run your mouths about something. You are all dying for UGA to fall on its face to Bama this coming weekend… for all of you smart people there at Tech you don’t seem to understand that if UGA succeeds the entire Georgia State College System succeeds… by the way as much as you all hate to admit it… you are a part of that too.
I can’t remember what movie its from but the quote seems appropriate… “If you don’t start none… there won’t be none.”
Jackets81
November 25th, 2012
5:08 pm
Dawgfan 91, you sound like a 12 year old. C’mom man. Grow up. You really want to compare UGA fans to Tech fans? You’re an idiot. You and your UGA brethren all brag how good your team is ALL YEAR LONG! That’s why Tech fans hate UGA and your fans. Win with class! Don’t be a horse’s ass. If you don’t like us talking about our superior academics then stop talking about your superior football team and shoving it down our face. Just sayin
Discount DoubleDawg
November 25th, 2012
6:46 pm
The reason any fan base does not like another is really pretty simple (with a few exceptions)… If one team regularly loses to another team, the team on the losing end will usually complain about how bad the other teams fans are. The other reason is location. If you also happen to live, work, play around the team which beats you it only adds fuel to the fire…Most fans act the same way based on how their team is doing. If you win a lot, you have more confidence when discussing football. When you lose consistently you find other things besides football to talk about and are generally speaking more tolerable.
Sure, you can find some exceptions but most fans are really about the same when put in the same circumstances. Think about wins/loses and location and you can figure out pretty quickly who likes/hates who…
acowa
November 25th, 2012
7:19 pm
There were more Tech fans at the game than people who read Mark Bradley’s stupid commentary.
Good Coaching
November 25th, 2012
7:37 pm
I was watching USC/ ND game last night. Watch Brian Kelly coach his freshman QB. When a mistake is made, he calmly goes over to his QB and listens to why he made certain choices, then smiles, then politely coaches the kid as to what to do next time. He also calls the QB over from time to time to ask him his opinion on things….keeping his confidence sky high….now that’s coaching….. CPJ yelling and screaming at kids is old school and out dated. He’ll lose his teams from here on out w/ that strategy.
Good Coaching
November 25th, 2012
7:40 pm
@ Double Dawg- as a GT fan, I would agree with you. I’m smart enough to know GT is not in a position to compete with UGA at this time. No way, no how. Simply not even close. CPJ is a poor recruiter and his system doesn’t benefit his defense in practice,etc. UGA will beat them by 40 every single time. It sucks, but that’s what it is…..
UGA = Yawn
November 25th, 2012
7:50 pm
NC State fires their coach after they win their game Saturday to go 7-5 and we still have ours? Ours who is 6-6. Ours who is 1-4 vs UGA, 1-4 vs VT and 0-5 in bowl games? What up? All these firings in the headlines and none are GT’s??
Dawg1
November 25th, 2012
8:00 pm
I’m sorry – but no…
I’ve had my SUV ‘keyed’ at Tech. I’ve endurred insults at Tech. I’ve seen near fights started by Tech fans/alumni.
Acting as if you are somehow a ‘better class’ of alumni or fan is laughable.
Georgia has it’s fair share of idiots – guess what… – so does Tech…
It’s pretty darn even…
Good luck against FSU…
Supersize THIS !!
November 25th, 2012
8:34 pm
Awwww….Supersize, who would want to spit at you? Lest we get too far off topic here… (((((((((( 42-10 ))))))))))
FORMATION 4 SUCCESS
November 25th, 2012
9:15 pm
Mark, I know you have this column ready to send to print. “UGA GOT TALENT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO WIN A TITLE”. Listen, I understand the GT badgering. It is well warranted. But, TECH comes in every year with so called less talent and has a chance to win this game, every year. That said, I as a GT letterman that beat UGA and has the NC ring to prove it, believes in the offense that we have, but it may be a challenge to get the players needed to run it successfully. Only because everyone on radio and in the papers say so. When we get a QB that can Pass and Run and bigger backs that like to hit and can make cuts when they carry the ball. And Defensive players (Lineman) finally realize the great opportunity they have to shine by playing on the Flats and in the ACC. A ton of great DL are on the bench in SEC and never make it to the Pros just to say I was on a SEC Team. Last year 38 players were drafted from the SEC and 35 from the ACC. If you are a DL and were smart you could change that number in the ACC to 50. Come next Saturday night the same song will be sung in Athens. No NC this year, How Bout them DAWGS!! TECH has 4 NC and UGA 2 and TECH will get 5 before UGA gets 3. Why? At the end of the day you all are just the same ole mangy mutts!!!
GT Girl
November 25th, 2012
10:23 pm
TDone- you are exactly right! I was at the game too and it took close to 3 hours to get back to Atlanta which is ridiculous. I love going to our stadium, the experience is so much better. Go Jackets!
Tech Man
November 25th, 2012
11:20 pm
I was at the game and I sure wasn’t in disguise!! Any Tech fan that did not come to the game because you thought uga is superior to you should be ashamed of yourself!!! Go Tech and Bama!!!
Jacketattack
November 26th, 2012
1:42 am
Man uga just suckz and the more loser trailer trash on this board makes me want to puke!! Go away trailer trash dogs!
CrαZy
November 26th, 2012
8:56 am
As a Tech fan there’s no way I would’ve wasted my Thanksgiving weekend Saturday watching that train wreck.
juvenal
November 26th, 2012
10:35 am
i wuz there working on being more humble-expect to be humiliated even more in Charlotte next week-still, somebody has to go…..bad thing is it costs me tme from my favorite sport, hunting……….
Tracy
November 26th, 2012
10:40 am
UGA’s weak schedule will tell on them this weekend!
MG
November 26th, 2012
10:49 am
Nobody likes a constant loser. I traveled from Augusta to Athen for the game My team as always is for the Jackets. We excel in all sports except football. Last year we started off with a 7-0 record the stadium was full. We would’nt be playing in the ACC title if the sanction on other ACC teams You want fans to support the home team Win Win Win In Business there is a slogan. Don’t get so set in your way that you can’t change. Win Win Win
djack0062
November 26th, 2012
11:32 am
Team has a “heart problem”…Still behind the “boys”. Georgia got pretty “nasty” on some of the guys and I hope they remember that next year…but thats what happens when you play “soft”… you get your a.. handed to you! Man up Saturday…
11 of 12 supersize
November 26th, 2012
11:33 am
GT girl. Athens is an hour and half from Atlanta with no traffic. We had 92,000 fans at the game and u average 35,000 at best outside of when the UGA game is in Atlanta so of course traffic sucks more and the commute is longer. Bobby Dodd stadium is not nice even with the recent improvements.
Lastly we don’t want u to feel at home and enjoy it as much because you are the away team and it is called home field advantage for a reason. You shouldn’t get harassed though and that is bad. Hopefully it didn’t happen Saturday. I was there and things seemed pretty tame amongst both sets of fans.
You lost again and badly but quit crying about game traffic and not getting seats on the 50 yard line as a visiting fan, lol
bigdawg
November 26th, 2012
6:10 pm
That’s funny, coach, b/c I went out of my way to ask Tech fans if they were treated well by UGA fans, and they all said they had NO PROBLEMS (other than the final score).
Plus, the away team gets tix in the lower level. I know that b/c I was sitting in Sec 104!
Save your sour grapes for someone who cares!!
230gr Full Metal Jacket
November 26th, 2012
7:18 pm
@SAT – Academics doesn’t make the University money buddy, football does!! Plenty of high academic schools doing well in football…..hell even Vandy did descent this year. Need to find another excuse for y’all sucking so bad. 42-10!!!
I truly feel sorry for any legitimate UGA graduates on here if this mental midget is typical of your fan base. Academics don’t make the University (which Tech is NOT, by the way — just as a note to the inbreeders on here who can’t comprehend that there isn’t a “GTU” in Atlanta, lol) money???? Oh really??? Shall we compare the endowmwent funds for the 2 schools? That is REAL money, not some pocket change from football — which is all it generates for UGA comparatively. And that money is 100% due to academics (hence why UGA has less than many junior colleges, but I digress because I understand that your tiny little brains can’t comprehend such things while you’re scoping out your teenage sister at the same time). But, just to appease life’s losers on here who only want to focus on a childs game played by infantile egomaniacs with a deformed ball, I will now address the state of Georgia Tech footbal:
We suck. Period. That’s about as much of a positive statement as I can make. I’ve supported CPJ for 5 seasons now, but no more. CPJ and his entire staff should be fired right now, and ALL football scholarships should be canceled. I didn’t see a single player on the field Saturday worthy of a scholarship. I was born bleeding white and old gold, but for the first time in my life I am truly embarrassed to be a Tech fan. That is twice this season that the team has just completely failed to even show up and have quit on everybody. And THAT is poor coaching and non-existant leadership, plain and simple. If you can’t get your team motivated to play their biggest rival, then you have absolutely NO business being a coach at this level. But what was most disturbing of all to me was how the Tech players responded. Or should I say, their complete lack of a response. I kept watching blatant personal fouls (being repeatedly shown on National TV just for added emphasis) being committed and no flags are thrown. I counted at least 4 times I saw a UGA defender pick up a Tech player and literally body-slam him AFTER THE PLAY WAS DEAD! And not a flag anywhere. But I’m not mad at the officials. I am DISGUSTED by the pussified Tech players who took it!! Any man of any worth would have made the pount of at least ending a few UGA players careers right there. Ogletree would never play again (or walk without assistance and articial knees) if I were the coach or a player. Ditto for Rambo. They would both be undergoing multiple reconstructive surgeries as we speak CPJ should have sent the entire sqaud over and HURT the UGA players AND coaches for that. But they are too big of wusses and UGA’s coaches have proven before a national audience what hypocritical scumbags they are. And some of you folks wonder why UGA gets absolutely ZERO respect from the football powers?? Watch a replay of that game — with particular emphasis on the ghetto-thugs on defense. No decent human being could support or respect such a bunch of cretins. They would all be dead or in prison if they hadn’t found a “school” with such low standards that even they could play ball there. But that’s what you get with special admissions!! But as much as I’d like to bash the knuckle-draggers in Athens, I’m 1000X more PO’d at Tech. I’ve been going to Grant Field for games since the mid 1960’s — but I won’t go to another one or even watch on TV as long as the coaches are retained and those wimps posing as ballplayers are kept on scholarship. My family and I have MUCH better things to do with our Saturdays — AND our money!!! I remember back in the 70’s when there was some very serious discussion about completely doing away with athletics at Tech (to focus on academics — where the REAL money is!). Perhaps it might be time to revisit that discussion, because if the idiots on the hill aren’t going to put any more effort or money into the program than what we are getting lately, they might as welll just do away with it completely because right now Tech football is a total joke. And the problem is the coaches AND the players!! The coaches suck, and the players are a bunch of pansies. The only “options” are to drop back and punt (start all over with the program) or just close shop and don’t even waste our time anymore. Either is an improvement over the current situation. CPJ, you’re a great coach — at the Div II or smaller level, but you are WAY out of your league in ANY Div-I conference. I never thought I’d say that, but enough is enough!!!
WHAT makes you the expert?
November 26th, 2012
10:18 pm
Mark Bradley knows nothing about sports or Tech football. Tech is 1/3 the size of UGA student body and does not draw the football players that a SEC school does. The ACC standards are higher then most SEC schools also. There is nothing that the 2 schools share in common. Tech will never draw the fans nor did it when Tech won the 1990 Nat Championship. If Tech had a 12 and 0 season they still would not fill the stadium and I am a 14 year season ticket holder. Ga Tech will never draw the fans that a SEC program like UGA does. You Mark Bradley need to find another team to write about because the Tech program is what it is. Tech does not care about football as much as its education.
Dre GT Alum & employee
November 28th, 2012
4:55 pm
I agree on all your points Mark. I went to the game in Athens. I was given 35 yardline 6 row tickets by a good friend that’s a UGA fan. My fellow alum and I wore our gold but noticed that there were very few Tech fans. Tech fans and the team have given up on the old ball coach CPJ. For a school with such a rich academic tradition, why get a coach that isn’t smart enough to have a call playcall sheet on the field? Why does this guy not know that opposing teams look at film to break down his play-calling tendencies? Why can’t he recruit bigger offensive and defensive linemen? Why can’t he articulate the problem and take some responsibility without blaming players and assistants? Lastly, why did we stick with AD Dan Rad? We should have left him and not him leave us. I called for Al Groh to be fired before he got here LOL. He was a bad choice from the start and so was CPJ. The triple option works on teams that are physically slow or ill-prepared. After 4 years in the scheme, our opponents are ready for it. Without a big QB like Nesbitt, the option is dead. Just like it won’t work in the NFL due to speed, it won’t work against big boy teams. Take that back to Georgia Southern. As an undergrad, I was in Athens when we beat UGA once. We were so happy that we were going crazy. Then those “good ole boys” ran our butts back to Atlanta because nightfall was coming and you don’t want to be alone with a bunch of drunk angry Bulldog fans. But this time, it was just embarrassing. The best thing about that game was the Zaxby’s on the way.
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