Georgia, Auburn negate Tech’s edge for Ayers
By DARRYL MAXIE / dmaxie@ajc.com
The past week has cleared a few things up for South Paulding cornerback Ryan Ayers, and for those who had perceived Georgia Tech is his favorite school.
Visits to Auburn and Georgia have leveled the playing field, which is completely natural for somebody who had only visited one school. Ayers, a 5-foot-10, 175-pound rising senior, told ugasports.com that his mind is “completely open.”
He’s looking for a place where he can fit in. Florida, for instance, might not be that place after Ayers studied their roster.
“I do not know if I want to visit Florida anymore,” he said. “I think they may be full at cornerback.”
Alabama and South Carolina are among the more recent schools to offer Ayers. Georgia and Georgia Tech both have, too. Ayers said he would trim his list once he sees some more schools.
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H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
7:27 am
Yeah, Florida may be full but Coach Meyer will tell you that you can step on the field and start today and then you’ll sit for a few years. I’ve seen him do it several times to kids.
Bamafan
June 5th, 2009
7:37 am
Ryan,
Go play for tech or georgia and get a great education or you can play for the best defense backfield
coach in American and get a good education and play for championships at Alabama!!
The Grinch
June 5th, 2009
7:37 am
Tech has the edge? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Yeah, right, and I have the “edge” on Jennifer Anniston. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The Grinch
June 5th, 2009
7:38 am
To Ryan,
And when was the last time Bama won an SEC championship? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The Grinch
June 5th, 2009
7:39 am
Oooops, off to a bad start. I meant the 7:38 post to Bamafan.
vamosjackets
June 5th, 2009
8:05 am
Grinch: Tech certainly has the edge over Ugag and Auburn. Whipped both of them on the field recently (45-42, 23-14). Tech will give him better coaching, an incomparably better education, and with where Paul Johnson is going to lead us, a better chance at championships. Tech is on the way up, Ugag and Auburn are on the way down. But, good luck wherever he chooses.
Reality Check...
June 5th, 2009
8:13 am
vamosjackets needs a reality check….delusional Tech fan.
Sugar HillDawg
June 5th, 2009
8:15 am
I can’t believe we’re after a player that wants to play for Tech!!Hey Vamos, you gave me a good laugh on my way to work, “Tech is on the way up”? Glad I’m not in my truck, I’d have driven off the road!!
Don't Tase Me Bro
June 5th, 2009
8:32 am
Do you ever run an original story or just cut and paste everything from real recruiting sites?
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
8:46 am
I thought Techies were supposed to be smart. Only they would call a 3 point win a whooping.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
8:47 am
I have a 5′2″ 75 lb. kid on my little league team that is fast. Can we start talking about this kid and his recrutment to one of these school? It never too early is it? Ayers just pick a school for your future education in the oft chance that 5′10″ aint gonna be big enough for the NFL. I sure you are fast enough to cover Calvin Johnson but Calvin is 6′5″ you have no chance but a bad thrown ball. Read your books, pass your classes, and get ready to have to get a real job.
GT
June 5th, 2009
8:48 am
Tech may draw a small crowd but in that crowd are pro scouts, press and easy access to people concern about his future including his parents and friends. The airport is 15 minutes for the parking place at the stadium. The Falcons on those Thursday games can practically walk over to the stadium and don’t have a game till Sunday even if it is out of town so they send five guys instead of just one. And if you just happen not to make the pros which I don’t think is a problem, you have gone to a school that has more employers than employees that will recognize your contribution. Think about it.
The Grinch
June 5th, 2009
8:50 am
To vamosjackets
And just what great education was the yellow jacket basketball team getting? Failed the apr? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
The football team in on the way up? 9 wins?? Hell, Gailey got you 9 wins occasionally and you ran him out of town. Why? Because against georgia he was 0-fer. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
8:54 am
to the stupid dogs: the A$$ Whipping is comming out of the locker room down what 12 points and then crushing you in the second half in your septic tank stadium while you sat in the rain crying. See that is a 15 pt. swing in the second half thus the A$$ Whipping. You know kinda like Bama putting up 31 points in the first half and crusing the rest of the game.
The Grinch
June 5th, 2009
8:57 am
To GT
Yeah, yeah, GT, blah blah blah. Typical delusional yellow jacket fan. In addition to tired old urban legend about tech academics (basketball apr anyone?) you’re now laying claim as the only college to a stadium that includes pro scouts, press, and easy access to friends and family? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Baba O'Riley
June 5th, 2009
8:59 am
….but if you take away the first half from the Bama game, the 3rd quarter from the Tech game, and just 13-14 playes from the Gator game, the Dawgs are undefeated.
The Grinch
June 5th, 2009
9:02 am
To Baba
Right, and if you take away the first 4 quarters of your first non-blue field bowl game in ages, you would have won a bowl game in your own backyard. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
68...
June 5th, 2009
9:06 am
The number of points scored on UGA in 3 quarters of football last year.
Sanford Drive
June 5th, 2009
9:06 am
Septic tank stadium? Come on, Tech’s stadium is no prize.
Baba O'Riley
June 5th, 2009
9:12 am
Grinch- We accomplished our major goal last year. We made lots of rednecks cry.
Alfred Neuman IV,Summa Cum Laude,UGA'90
June 5th, 2009
9:17 am
UM YAS, My basket weaving PhD was very difficult!
GATOR CHOMP
June 5th, 2009
9:18 am
Ayers will be a Gator “Book It” losers. Stop dreaming STRAY MUTTS.Talk 2 me when u cowards actually win something and dont talk me 2 death about 1980.Im sick and tired of hearing about that.So when Saint Richt and the Convicts win it all u Maggots can talk 2 me until then just STFU. GATORS or DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trip
June 5th, 2009
9:19 am
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Georgia could win 88 national championships in a row and they still wouldn’t be s**t to me.
Justin "By Golly" Vess
June 5th, 2009
9:22 am
Yeah someone can go to school with Rednecks (GA) or Real Rednecks (AL), but then they can attend GT. GT may be small, but check the average income of Tech Grads. What are you going to say now Rednecks?
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
9:24 am
Sanford Drive you must be young. You don’t know that your football field filled with SH*T from a broken sewer line and smelled like UGA VI rotting butthole.
Bama fan
June 5th, 2009
9:31 am
The Grinch,
What’s that you say? When’s the last time Bama won the SEC. Well, its been 10 yrs as you pointed out. I wonder if you used to ask that question when UGA was going 20 years in between SEC titles. I’ll guarantee you one dang thing. Bama will never go 20 years in between conference titles. And while you’re talking smack about what have you done lately. When is the last time you won a national title? I know we won one in the 90s in the modern era when the sec went to a 2 division format. We’ve won more sec(3) and national titles(1) in the last 20 years than you have so STFU. We don’t have to go back to the 60s or 70s either to prove a point. My you have a short memory. BTW, 2005 was 4 years ago now and 2002 was 7 years ago. Quit living in the past and talk about where you’re heading, not where you’ve been.
Saint Simons
June 5th, 2009
9:32 am
4-42!!!!!!!! hahahahahahaahahahahahahhha
db
June 5th, 2009
9:37 am
Agrees with Bama Fan… What have the Dogs done lately?
gtfanfrom1951
June 5th, 2009
9:38 am
To The Grinch, Sanford Drive
Crying is what you do after playing FLA. Tech beat The “U” and the other team from Fla. With only one win every ten years against FLA better save your tears.
Robert
June 5th, 2009
9:38 am
Bobby Dodd stadium is a joke. Playing on Thursdays is a joke. Georgia Tech is a joke and full of nerds, terrorists and ugly women.
Sanford Stadium is a gridiron temple. UGA only plays on Saturdays when REAL football teams play. UGA has hotter women, better town, etc.
People need to be more realistic when talking about football.
Baba O'Riley
June 5th, 2009
9:43 am
Robert, Look at your paragraph again. Very little of it has to do with playing football.
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
9:43 am
UGA is a joke…Timeout…
BlackSmoke
June 5th, 2009
9:46 am
Oh yeah…Tech is back!! right….one win against your hated rivals in 8 years and all of a sudden you’re a national powerhouse….9 wins for Tech = Unbelievable season…..10 wins for UGA = Mediocre at best. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the extreme irony in that
spider
June 5th, 2009
9:47 am
and too think a 16 year old recruit causes all this hostility
Robert
June 5th, 2009
9:51 am
Its all relevant to football, think about it.
Would you rather tailgate and spend your day on a beautiful campus in a great town, or in the polluted, crime-ridden concrete jungle they call atlanta? Would you rather partake in the days activities surrounded by beautiful southern women or nerds?
While the day exists for the glorious game that is college football, football, at least to UGA fans, is an event beyond the game itself.
Baba O'Riley
June 5th, 2009
9:51 am
BS- 10 wins with first round talent (which you no longer have) vs. 9 wins in new system with mostly sophomores and freshmen.
Baba O'Riley
June 5th, 2009
9:53 am
Robert,
I would rather win the game on the field, which we did. You can win the battle of the “pageantry”, tailgating, funnels, etc. I’ll settle for my team scoring more points ON THE FIELD than yours.
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
9:55 am
Pi$$onaDAWG,
So that was a butt whooping that UGA put on Tech in the first half then by your logic?
Robert
June 5th, 2009
9:58 am
Yall won the game, finally. 45-42. Im sure it feels good to get that one. But this is recruiting, it goes beyond wins and losses.
gtfanfrom1951
June 5th, 2009
9:59 am
Robert
Did you even go to college? Because it take lots of for students, and football players, to make it thru. Both schools are great and name calling needs to stop. The SAT scores for both school tell me that there are a lot of “nerds” at Georgia too. An to be realistic Georgia has only one NC and is only one step ahead of SC, Kentucky, and Vandy.
Its two steps below Fla.
Robert
June 5th, 2009
10:06 am
gtfan,
Im actually pursuing my second degree from UGA right now. I know college. It’s tough, but honestly, its just a system. Time put in = results.
Come on, the name calling is all in good fun. Dont take it so personally. I know Tech is a good school, I have family and friends who went there.
I never said anything about national championships.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
10:34 am
HS Coach yes, UGA put us to task in the first half. Our mistakes and your good play had us in a hole, but we came out of the locker room PISSED and took it to your DAWGS and ran up and down the field on Willie’s D. You have to agree when you check the stats. You guys were lucky to escape Kentucky with a win but Tech didn’t give you that chance to win in the end. PS Friday Night is GOD in the South for FOOTBALL. High school football on friday night draws more fans than all the colleges do on Saturday. Thursday Night is great for many Tech Fans because we have JOBS in the city and can leave work and go to the game. Pro Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey seem to play any day of the week so why not football? Downtown Atlanta on TV Thursday nights looks great too. Thursday’s game is the only game in town but Saturday TV is full of games on how many stations. Everybody that wants football will watch Thursday night game to start the weekend off right. NATIONAL EXPOSURE right? Isn’t that what you say you get a uga? Well, that also happens on THURSDAY too.
Tide rising
June 5th, 2009
10:36 am
Robert,
I would have to agree with you on Athens. I went to one UGA game with a dog friend of mine. Pretty stadium, nice quintessential college campus, and I think downtown Athens is beautiful. I’ve gone there on non football weekends for business. Very cool college town and going out downtown is incredibly cheap and fun. It seems like drinking and eating in downtown Athens is half of what it costs to do the same in Atlanta.
I’ve got nothing against Tech either. It is certainly a fine institution and I like watching Tech play nowadays because I’ve always been a fan of option football going all the way back to the days of the wishbone at Bama. The only negative about Tech is its proximity to downtown Atlanta and urban blight, crime, etc. I haven’t yet been to a game at Tech but I would like to go to a Thursday night game there. Nothing wrong with playing on Thursday nights. You’ve got the entire national spotlight to yourself and that kind of exposure is huge. I went to a Thursday night game in Columbia 3-4 years ago with an Auburn buddy when Auburn was ranked no.1. Had a blast and I hope they keep broadcasting bcs conference teams on Thursday night.
Georgia
June 5th, 2009
10:43 am
Pi$$onaDAWG , what a moron!! so you are calling yourself a stool or urine sample..how creative is that you idiot??! but why am I surprised after all you are a tech fan!!LOL!!!!
Mickey
June 5th, 2009
10:49 am
To: The Grinch,
Jennifer Anniston??? Brad says her – - – - – is like “a box of wet oatmeal”.
Mickey
Georgia
June 5th, 2009
10:53 am
to gtfanfrom1951, tell me what is GT recoed against FSU in the past 17 years?!! 1:16, how about your record against Georgia 4:13!!
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
10:58 am
georgia you were educated in the south, bless your heart. “How bout them Dawgs”? Pi$$ on Them. Now, is that easy enough for your pea brain to understand? Hell, I love Athens. Where in the state can you find so many Drunk Awsume White Girls(DAWGs) on birth control willing to give it up for a beer or a joint just a short drive from downton Atlanta?
Gator Growl
June 5th, 2009
11:23 am
Another day…Another Bashfest.
Saint Simons.
June 5th, 2009
11:27 am
I’m a complete idiot.
Someone pleas help me wipe my butt
Paddy
June 5th, 2009
11:31 am
Robert… still waiting for you to talk football.
The Ole Ball Coach
June 5th, 2009
11:33 am
Come to UGA ….. They need you and want you…..
you will love it.
You and Smith at CB would be great
Kendawg
June 5th, 2009
11:33 am
Tech is on the way up alright. Their game against LSU proves that.
War Eagle 77
June 5th, 2009
11:39 am
My gosh Pi$$, you must incredibly stupid to write the posts that you do. I would guess that if brains were gasoline, you wouldn’t have enough to power an ant’s go-cart around the inside of a fricking Cheerio!
Back to football, I want to here from you when the NCAA gets done with the textbook scandal that your idol Saban knew all about! Word is that there are some more possible violations from the attempted cover-up. I guess that you can build a great team if you don’t give a rats a$$ about the rules! Let’s see, I like 3 yrs and about 10 scholarships, how about you?
Sweet Home Alabama
June 5th, 2009
11:40 am
son based on my resurch and what i have been studying,alabama will be a top five team for the next 5 years.The NERDS ARE not a good school and i would not recommend.The books are too tight their.
going to georgia is also not a good idea.their players either flunk out or do the pokey shuffule on the weekend.s
Bama is a natural fit and based on my sources we will see you their next fall.
Roll Tide…………….
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
11:49 am
Pi$$onaDAWG,
If we’re talking about lucky, you can look at GT’s schedule and see 5 wins that were all 4 points or less and some would call that luck. And by looking at the stats UGA whipped GT pretty good in that game as well with over 400 yards passing.
I actually think that Paul Johnson is a heck of a coach. He’s brought a swagger to GT that I have not seen in years. I do wonder if you guys will be able to pull in another back the caliber of Dwyer. He’s a special talent that has the possibility to go in the first round.
There is plenty of exposure on Thursday nights with nothing to compete against. But I think most kids would rather play on Sat on CBS or ABC.
Nachos
June 5th, 2009
12:06 pm
I love UGA fans! They are so polite and would NEVER talk trash.
UGA Fans = Blowhard Retards
June 5th, 2009
12:14 pm
Kid, you want to go to Tech for many of the reasons already mentioned. But if not, go where it makes you happy and best wishes!
UGA Fans = Blowhard Retards
June 5th, 2009
12:15 pm
H.S. Coach – don’t kid yourself. There’s nothing special about a Jefferson-Pilot noon kickoff in Starkville, Miss; Nashville, TN; or Lexington, KY!
Tide rising
June 5th, 2009
12:17 pm
Wareagle 77,
Keep hoping my friend. If all you can do is hope that Bama gets in trouble then that is a sad indictment of where your program is at. BTW, did you hear the news about the no. 1 cornerback in the nation committing to Bama yesterday?
The textbook “scandal” if people want to call it that is indeed a lot of ado about pretty much nothing. What’s funny is that about half the textbook violations were unintentional. Students were getting course materials for a course that the professors recommended in their syllabuses but were not required. According to NCAA rules you can only get course materials that are “required”. But you cannot get additional materials that the professor recommends such as a copy of Moby Dick that an English prof may recommend for his English Lit class but he doesn’t require it.
The other half of the violations is where several athletes across several sports figured out that there was a loophole in the textbook distribution program and were getting some textbooks for classes they weren’t taking in order to give books to a friend or girlfriends that were having trouble paying for their books. Clearly this is gaming the system but no competitive advantage was gained. In all cases the athletes weren’t making money, they weren’t taking the books back and getting things like sweatshirts or clothing etc. at the bookstore. They were just getting books to help out classmates. Still wrong of course.
Anyway, the school caught it, immediately self reported, suspended the 5 football players involved for 4 or 5 games until the NCAA said they could play again, took action against the other athletes, and took action against the bookstore managers for not catching this loophole and for not knowing that athletes could only get required course materials only and not recommended course materials.
Obviously there wasn’t any intentional cheating and no competitive advantage was gained, no money exchanged hands, etc. But the school should have been more on top of little things like this. I think we’ve just spent a lot more time focusing on rogue boosters and the like and didn’t “mind the store” so to speak on seemingly smaller matters like this.
The general consensus is that the penalty will be secondary violations and a slap on the wrist since the school handled it so well. The worst case scenario seems to be a year of probation and 2-4 scholarships lost over a 2 year time frame which wouldn’t be a big deal at all.
Obama, please beg the Saudis for lower gas prices....
June 5th, 2009
12:17 pm
and a makeover for CPJ and his goofy cro-magnon a$$.
Obama, please beg the Saudis for lower gas prices....
June 5th, 2009
12:22 pm
If he wants playing time on the defensive side of the ball, he should strongly consider Tech…and if he would like to get shot on campus.
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
12:22 pm
Hey HS School coach, UGA hasn’t done jack squat on a national stage since what 1980 so stop acting like UGA has the dynasty program, oh and by the way with the new ESPN contract with the SEC I think you will see your precious mutts on ESPN a lot more. As a matter of fact were they not on ESPN a few times last year. If you ever attended one of those Thursday night games they are crazy. Keep in mind those Tech people only have about 14,000 students compared to what 35,000 of you mutts. UGA is a mediocre program plane and simple that plays in an awesome conference so you guys get additional coverage because of programs you are playing like UF and LSU and Bama. UGA fans need to realize exactly what there program is and maybe you guys will dial it down a notch. Keep getting those top 10 recruiting classes all you want, thats part of you delusion of grandure…
Huh?
June 5th, 2009
12:26 pm
Only at Georgia Tech would a fan claim their team is “on the way up” after losing 3 of their final 6 games and getting pasted by 5 touchdowns in their bowl game. Not even freaking Duke has standards that low.
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
12:29 pm
UGA Fans = Blowhard Retards,
Use some facts next time. UGA was televised 8 times last year and only 6 for Tech.
ryan
June 5th, 2009
12:29 pm
It is interesting how different the perception of Tech’s stadium and location is- based on where you live. My wife (a UGA grad) and I enjoy walking to the game after dining at a trendy midtown restaurant. Post game there are plenty of nightlife options. I have been to many college towns and while that is a fun experience too, particularly Baton Rouge it is more difficult to find upscale eats and very difficult to park and navigate traffic.
macrotech
June 5th, 2009
12:30 pm
OR, go to alabama and learn to write like Sweet Home Alabama! H.S. Coach, it’s the close games that measure a teams fortitude…we won the close ones and we’ll have to wait and see how we respond to the lsu game. Robert, the guys that ACTUALLY play in the game, don’t get to tailgate….they’re pretty occupied with pregaming that matters. ;0) GO TECH!!!
Huh?
June 5th, 2009
12:31 pm
Go Gators, our 3:30 national televised ABC game on September 5th is NOT against an SEC team you clueless goob. So much for that theory eh butthat?
By the way, on what channels will I find the Gators playing Charleston Southern, Troy and Florida International? Way to step up to the plate Gators. With that laughable schedule, anything less than a national title and Florida will officially be the biggest bust of 2009. Good luck with that. No pressure at all.
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
12:34 pm
macrotech,
Never said they didn’t, just saying Tech got lucky several times last year as well.
War Eagle 77
June 5th, 2009
12:35 pm
Tide Rising, nice synopsis. I like the concise nature of the issue. I have to say that I believe you are 95% correct in everything you said. The only error, however, is a pretty good size mistake, which changes the penalty phase sizably. I am fairly sure that the NCAA have found that the accused students WERE making money on the exchanges. I, like you, had thought the same as you until recently. This is why the investigation is taking so long to complete. It also increases the chances of a much more severe penalty if it is proven to be accurate. This violation, along with your last one, tags along the line that nobody likes to hear, “lack of institutional control”.
I have a tremendous amount of friends over at Bama and do not wish them any major problems, but I can’t help feeling, like the NCAA, that Saban was aware of these issues.
BTW, congrats on the corner, we sure could have used him on the Plains.
Huh?
June 5th, 2009
12:39 pm
ryan, I too live in Atlanta and think midtown is a completely overrated cesspool of crime, overpriced restaurants, and lame pretentious clubs. Memo to people like ryan: This is Atlanta, Georgia, not Manhattan or the Sunset Strip. You are not cool because you go to “trendy” midtown restaurants and “upscale” eating spots. You are a total poser and need to get a clue. This is Atlanta. It is what it is and it ain’t what you’re trying to make it to be. Thanks and have a great day.
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
12:44 pm
Huh,
the only goob is you, I must have hit a nerve describing your mediocre program to a T it’s not personal just a fact oh and TV as for the many times UGA was on TV, that had more to do with who the mutts were playing rather than who the mutts are. Oh and Huh ASU and TTU are real juggarnauts. Huh you may be the most pathetic kool aid drinker of them all… UGA IS A MEDIOCRE PROGRAM…oh yeah huh…TIMEOUT PUNK
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
12:48 pm
Ryan, Huh is to intimidated to come downtown, he doesn’t understand the way city folk act. Maybe he thinks the “blacks” or the “homeless” are gonna get’em. just another half brain redneck angry the world and othe football programs have passed him and UGA by… LOL…TIMEOUT.
christopher
June 5th, 2009
12:49 pm
Huh?: when did ryan said anything about cool? Just from your response it is obvious you have serious character issues…chill out.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
12:52 pm
WAR CHICKEN 77 beat TECH sometime when my grandchildren can remember. is that Here or HEAR? Is that ;however,? Is that NCAA have or HAS? Try I have many friends at BAMA. ps I love to drive my totally abused Cadilac while eating out of a crushed can of Campbell Soup.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
12:55 pm
HUH if you don’t like DOWNTOWN ATL the move to ATHENS and smell the DAWG CRAP first hand.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
1:00 pm
HUH you said Atlanta? Atlanta runs from Macon to the Alabama line, to the Tenn line, to the So. Carolina line to, the coast. Atlanta has become a geographic Area more than a city. So, again where do you live to say what you said about DOWNTOWN ATLANTA?
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
1:05 pm
POD that tool lives in Winder or Dacula, he doesn’t have the sack to come downtown. The big buildings scare him…Huh is one the biggest chumps on these AJC blogs…Had to get the fries out of the deep fryer so it may be a few minutes until his next break, it is lunch time you know.
Tide rising
June 5th, 2009
1:05 pm
War Eagle 77,
It was thoroughly investigated and it was clearly and plainly found that not one of the players benefited monetarily. Receipts and a very thorough investigation showed that none of them traded the textbooks back in for clothing, etc at the bookstore. This was pretty clear in the evidence. The NCAA takes a long time just because its what they do. Heck, they’ve been investigating the Reggie Bush thing at USC for over 3 years now and are nowhere near a conclusion on that. When we got slammed in 2002 it was for stuff that happened in the late 90s.
In the most egregious texbook case which was Bowling Green there were 60 something athletes involved and many of them were making money off the textbooks. The school didn’t uncover this themselves and when it was brought to light the school dragged its feet on it and if I remember correctly they may have even tried to initially cover it up. Despite all this they were only penalized something small such as 4 schollies lost over 2 years.
There was one other textbook case I don’t remember who but the university in that case was penalized 2 schollies I think.
We won’t be hit with “lack of institutional control” either. That was already said in the letter from the NCAA. However, we could potentially be hit with “failure to monitor” which is a major violation. I just doubt that this will happen though since Bama was so proactive in discovering the problem, immediately self reporting it, punishing the people and athletes involved, and correcting the problem. We did everything we were supposed to do so my guess is either a slap on the wrist or worst case scenario a year of probation and 2-4 schollies lost based on recent cases.
Tide rising
June 5th, 2009
1:10 pm
Go Gators,
I got nothing against the dawgs or the gators. I try to stay neutral in that dispute. But it is kinda funny seeing you calling timeout on them.
UGAfans=lozers
June 5th, 2009
1:23 pm
Hey H.S. Coach – you are the moron….Tech was on TV 10 times last year in regular season. Learn to read and then you can check YOUR facts!
SEC
June 5th, 2009
1:24 pm
GT,
you’re an idiot. The thursday night games the falcons can walk to Georgia Tech? Do u think they live at the dome? Most falcons players and coaches dont even live inside the perimeter. Did you forget that the practice facility is Flowery Branch. These GT fans that dont really know anything about football are getting annoying.
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
1:27 pm
Go Gators,
Considering UGA is in the top 10 in wins and winning percentage over the last 10 years most sane people would say they are more than a mediocre program. Also, they’ve finished in the top 5 several times. Something most programs can only dream of.
SEC
June 5th, 2009
1:31 pm
And yeah GT can provide a great education but when u pick a school you also want to live the college life. GT is 85% male. What male in their right mind would want to live there. No thanks, put me in athens or for that matter anywhere else.
Josh
June 5th, 2009
1:33 pm
Go Gators,
They don’t teach word choice in Cryer Land? It’s plain, not plane. Idiot.
YES
June 5th, 2009
1:35 pm
The Grinch is really lay it down today. Best posts by far IMO……
YES
June 5th, 2009
1:35 pm
My bad – laying it down.
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
1:40 pm
UGAfans=lozers,
Alright genius. We were talking about “national” exposure. Ray/Com, ESPN 360, and ESPNU are not national games. Thanks for playing.
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
1:41 pm
HS Coach, so you are saying UGA is like the Braves then? Always overhyped and never can deliver…maybe thats the reason they don’t get a lot of love from the national media. Maybe mediocre is the wrong word…irrelevant would be better…
Diamond Dawg
June 5th, 2009
1:41 pm
I used to think that Bama fans were unrealistic but I think Tech takes the cake. Never heard from you guys nor did anybody else in the country till you beat UGA once in eight years. Now you think your gonna win a NC. Nobody considers Tech a big time football school. If don’t believe me look at their recruiting ranks the last five to ten years. Ha ha hahahahahahahah! Horrible!!!!!!
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
1:43 pm
Josh
You tool, correcting grammar on a blog is bush league, go practice on the Rome Tribune or something before moving to the big leagues little fella…
macrotech
June 5th, 2009
1:44 pm
SEC, i believe that GT’s point was NOT about the Falcon players walking to the dome…the Tech players can, practically, walk to Falcon games on Sundays… not REALLY calling you out as much as I’m standin up for a fellow Tech fan. In this instance, the idiocy, is yours, however.
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
1:45 pm
Diamond dawgs,
If you want to compare recuiting rankings then go ahead, those rankings are garbage, take UGA, top 5 top 10 every year but where are all your titles? oh yeah 1980…
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
1:47 pm
How is finishing in the top 5 overhyped? So by your definition UF was overhyped every year they haven’t won a title since 1992? UGA just haven’t caught the breaks nor created their own.
Tide rising
June 5th, 2009
1:50 pm
Go Gators,
Like I said I’m neutral in this dawg-gator debate But Dude. you’re cracking me up. Can you start in on the Auburn fans to?
macrotech
June 5th, 2009
1:58 pm
Diamond Dawg, and, yet we beat your pups with lesser players in your own stadium! In reference to your assertion that we haven’t been here AND are insignificant, we’ve been here the whole time and we have the most recent hardware to suggest otherwise in the other matter.
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
1:58 pm
Overhyped=preseason ranked #1
As for catching breaks, yeah they caught a few we Bama broke them in the first half and cruised to victory playing there JV kids in the 2nd half, another break was the breaking by Florida of there little dance in the endzone backs…oh yeah TIMEOUT and when the Tech running backs broke it off on them in the third quarter, I digress…Preseason #1=Overhyped just like the Braves, but irrelevant is by far the best way to describe them nationally as well as in the SEC.
SEC
June 5th, 2009
2:00 pm
Falcons on those Thursday games can practically walk over to the stadium and don’t have a game till Sunday even if it is out of town so they send five guys instead of just one.
Where in there does it look like the Tech players go there. “even if its out of town”
now it goes to you as well
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
2:01 pm
Tide Rising the funniest thing about the Auburn kids as they actually think the NCAA is going to hit you guys with some massive punishment, some have actually said death penalty. LOL talk about a wing and a prayer they are scared out of ther minds of you guys
Go Gators
June 5th, 2009
2:04 pm
I am really confused about Falcon walking to Tech games on Thursday, most of the guys live in Duluth which is about 20 mins from Tech and the practice in Flowery Branch so who is walking where?? I will say I have gone with friends to some Tech thursday night games and it does have a great atmosphere for a school with 14,000 kids in the middle of a major city.
H.S. Coach
June 5th, 2009
2:08 pm
Go Gators,
So you’re saying that UF was overhyped in 2007 when they were preseason #3 and finished outside the top 10?