10-1 & ACC Coastal Champs!
How’s it feel Jacket fans? We’re 10-1 and locked into the championship game in Tampa as the Coastal Division Champion!
I’m watching Miami flounder around against North Carolina and wondering what could have been, if we hadn’t played them as our third game in twelve days earlier in the season. I’d love to get a rematch right now…I think we’d steamroll them.
Looking back at today’s game…
The Good!
10-1…’nuff said!
519 total yards of offense and 49 points despite playing the second string for pretty much the entire fourth quarter.
Dwyer goes over 100 yards again and adds a pair of TDs.
Nesbitt goes 6 / 10 for 195 yards and a pair of TDs.
Orwin Smith’s big kick off return to swing momentum.
Ben Anderson’s huge game with five solo tackles and a pair of impressive sacks.
The defense held Duke to less than 300 yards of total offense and a measly 10 points.
The Bad!
Once again, we came out flat on the road and stumbled to a 10-0 deficit before we woke up.
Lack of communication on the fake / muffed punt that resulted in field position that gave Duke a field goal early.
Tackling has to get better. Too many Duke ball carriers shrugged off GT tacklers and got extra yards.
The Ugly!
Kick Off coverage stinks…if we can’t do better we’ll end up watching Boykin (UGA) or Spiller (Clemson) run one back for six points in the next couples of games. And those are teams we cannot afford to give easy points to. We MUST kick and cover better.
Game Balls
Offense – Dwyer for sparking the offense
Defense – Ben Anderson for his active play in the middle and his two sacks
Go Jackets!
THWG!
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Guides
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
99 comments Add your comment
Jackette
November 14th, 2009
7:40 pm
I was there, nice game, Jackets settled down and took care of business…one side note, with home games at Wake, UNC, NC State and Duke and not to mention Elon hosting App St, I-85 was a b____. The traffic coming back was awful but worth it. Go Jackets!
Baker
November 14th, 2009
7:41 pm
third?
macrotech
November 14th, 2009
7:42 pm
GO TECH!!!
Baker
November 14th, 2009
7:42 pm
OK..second.
When are we going to come out ready to play? Do we need a scrimmage before each game to get warmed up? Even so…I am proud of my jackets!!
macrotech
November 14th, 2009
7:43 pm
sorry baker….you lose…I WAS THIRD!!! ;o)
killerJ
November 14th, 2009
7:48 pm
Ain,t It Great That The Georgia Game Doesn,t Mean Anything This Year Except Good Old Fashion Hate! Step-1-Win Coastal Division-Complete! Step-2-Beat Georgia -coming soon! Step-3-Win ACC Chapionship-Refer To Step 2. Step-4-Win Orange bowl and Finish In The Top 10 Step-5-Have A Very Merry X-mas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THWG.
Buzz29
November 14th, 2009
8:43 pm
Killerj, you need to swap steps 4 and 5 as the Orange Bowl is played after Christmas but otherwise I agree with you.
Orange
November 14th, 2009
8:52 pm
nice job
Tech man in Dawg Country
November 14th, 2009
9:32 pm
My game ball goes to Irwin Smith for the kickoff return. That turned everything around.
UGAissolastyear
November 14th, 2009
10:08 pm
No Tech Man – Ben Anderson should get. Far superior what he did in the game. We’ll get lucky every now and then on a kick-off. We need our defense to step up and do better. Ben showed signs of that today. 10 wins! Wow! And we still have 3 more games!!
TML
November 14th, 2009
10:59 pm
Congratulations to our Jackets and Goferit for an awesome ride (so far)! To score 49 unanswered against Dook on the road when we needed this game is most excellent to see. Kickoff coverage MUST be corrected, but with two weeks to rest up and work on it, something tells me CPJ will have them ready to whup the mess out of the Muttlanders. 10-1 and 2009 ACC Coastal Division champions – sounds almost unbelieveable!
Looking for “the perfect option” for the Tech fan on your Christmas list? StinGTees’ “Toe Meets Leather” is now available at your local The Fan’s Wear store (Cumberland, Peachtree Center, Northlake, & Stoncrest) as well as at http://www.stinGTees.com!
superDawg
November 14th, 2009
11:05 pm
coastal nerds!Nov,28 grows near for your beat down handed to you by the entire DAWG NATION.Tuck all you Fechers!
jabster
November 14th, 2009
11:16 pm
So, SuperDawg, what position do you play? What about the rest of the Dog Nation?
Time for COFH. What’s the good word?
I want to see Joe Cox pull an AJ Suggs and throw pick-sixes all day long.
chuck allison
November 14th, 2009
11:18 pm
Don’t ever say the UGA game doesn’t mean anything. I was there in 1966 when we won 9 straight and then lost to UGA. That can really mess up a good season when you have to live in the same town with those people.
TechMD
November 15th, 2009
12:27 am
ALL GAMES MEAN SOMETHING, and the UGA game more than most.
Enjoy the well deserved week off. The games get bigger and bigger every week.
GT4life
November 15th, 2009
2:41 am
Notre Dame is pushing hard for PJ, I don’t know if we can keep him. They will offer 5 mil a year.
gtne80
November 15th, 2009
5:09 am
Great season Jackets…But…there is only one game. The Dogs. Without a win over the Dogs, the season is highly diminished. Give me a win over UGA and I don’t even care about Tampa or the BCS. Lose to UGA and win the next two and the season is still has a disappointing feel. Buckle down and come out on fire in 2 weeks. We should have fresh legs and a few tricks up our sleeves from having extra time to plan. CPJ certainly knows how big the UGA game is…he said so in his press conference the day his hiring was announced. Can’t wait to see what he cooks up for Thanksgiving weekend!
collegeballfan
November 15th, 2009
7:49 am
Goal – win the ACC championship. Anything else is gravy.
yellowjacket82
November 15th, 2009
8:23 am
GT4Life….ND has already offer CPJ $5 M and he turned them down. ND will go after Urban Meyer.
m
November 15th, 2009
8:34 am
The game ball goes to DRAD (and God and Greyhound) for getting rid of chan gomer gailey, the sorriest excuse for a coach in the history of the world.
None of the current success would be possible if gomer had been allowed to continue to destroy our program, like he did for 6 long sorry years.
Any Tech fan that EVER supported of defended chan gomer gailey in any way…you suck as bad as he does. And especially the complete fools and tools on the Hive that still defend gomer to this day,,,while at the same time enjoying our current success without understanding that it would not have been possible without gomer gone. You hivers SUCK and don’t deserve the current success for the damage that you allowed to be done to Tech’s beloved program.
NOVAJacket
November 15th, 2009
8:54 am
m, Definitely time to give it a rest.
jacket3
November 15th, 2009
9:16 am
Thanks Georgia Tech players and coaches for a truly unique season.
Great time to be a jacket and fan. Great game and thanks to those who drove a million miles to see the game, and thanks to the rest that had to listed to that Stupid Announcer from ESPN. That Pam lady should be only be allowed to call balloon races.
TechMD
November 15th, 2009
9:24 am
M, most of us new Chan was a mistake as soon as it was made. He was obviously a “caretaker” coach that would get us bowl eligible every year but take us no further. But he’s been gone for 2 years now. Why keep harping on it. We’ve got a great coach with a great attitude who runs a clean program. Life is good.
old Tech fan in NC
November 15th, 2009
9:31 am
Mr Boggs, re your wanted rematch with U…UNC had a pass rush that worked (against Dook also).
Without a sufficient pass rush, which Tech does not always seem to employ, Mia might just be tough again. But, we’ll never know…thankfully. Just rush clem’s son would be just fine…(and cox).
ATTN JackG….you still not accepting the perfect option as the proper way for Tech? Come aboard.
It’s time.
William Casey
November 15th, 2009
9:52 am
I want to thank Coach Johnson and the Georgia Tech football team for all the enjoyment you have given this old (60) Tech fan and his college freshman ( Georgia Southern) son this year. Savor the moment! You’ll be able to cherish thse moments for the rest of your lives!
tallahassee jacket
November 15th, 2009
9:55 am
I was at an oyster roast last night, no tv, checking scores on my crackberry. I couldn’t find the UGA/Auburn game – and then it dawned on me…. I was looking at the top 25!
THWG
chris o bomb
November 15th, 2009
10:01 am
m- just remember we wouldnt have these “superstars”(yes… future nfl stars) of juniors, if it wasnt for Chan.
thwg
TDone
November 15th, 2009
10:16 am
It amazes me that some folks are saying that Paul Johnson is winning with Chan Gailey’s players, when Chan Gailey could not win with Chan Gailey players. In addition, remember the Chan Gailey players who transferred out of the program when Coach Johnson came in.
Go Jackets!!!
A Rob
November 15th, 2009
10:21 am
This team just gets it done week in and out. Nesbitt looked really good throwing it out of a more pro-style setup. Would love to see us use that more often to throw the better defenses off (Clemson, Ga). It gives us another option and we can get the ball more to S Hill as well. Blocking the ends may be a small problem with our smaller tackles, Sellers did get manhandled for Duke’s sack….
And if we can’t get kickoffs deeper, it will continually put our defense in bad spots in the next couple of games. Otherwise, team looking real good!
Jackets Keep Rollin'
November 15th, 2009
10:30 am
Chris you are dead right about kick off coverage. We might get smoked the next two games and we can’t afford to give up any extra points to these teams!! May be PJ decides to “Goferit” on on-side kicks more?
macrotech
November 15th, 2009
10:35 am
Don’t worry about superDawg….he’s been getting his predictions wrong ALL season! About halfway in, he disappeared….he’s a ‘dawg’ that is all bark and NO BITE!!! If you don’t feed him, he’ll go find another lawn to soil. No biggie….dawgs eat their own poop…superDawg’s been eating his everytime he’s predicted Tech’s demise. Tis quite sad REALLY…..oh, well! GO TECH!!!
m
November 15th, 2009
10:52 am
Like I said….all chan gomer gailey defenders…then and now….suck as bad as he does.
And to sweep the gomer fiasco under the rug now will just allow history to repeat itself some time in the future. that cannot be allowed to happen…EVER.
We must never have another coach like gomer and all you fans that tolerated him (especially Hivers)… SUCK.
m sucks
November 15th, 2009
11:04 am
give it a rest douche. This off week couldn’t have come at a better time.
Hey Dogtards
November 15th, 2009
11:45 am
m – time to give it a rest man. Enjoy the great coach we have. If the last coach bothers you so much don’t bring him up. If you really are a tech fan, which you seemingly profess to be, you’d at least appreciate the man for bringing us Calvin, Dwyer, Nesbitt, Bey-bey, Michael Johnson, Derrick Morgan, Morgan Burnett, etc. I love CPJ to death, but he is winning with Gailey’s players – for better or for worse (Bey-bey and Dwyer for better, oversized and relatively slow for a CPJ offense O-line for worse).
Why don’t you jump on the CPJ bandwagon instead of proclaiming that you are glad the CCG bandwagon burned to the ground. He’s not even employed at his next job right now.
Mike Lum
November 15th, 2009
12:05 pm
Chan gave us FOUR years of Reggie Ball. Actually, Reggie may have flourished in CPJ’s offense. I’ll keep saying it: beating Clemson again will be tough. We may be better than we were, but so are they.
support Coach Johnson
November 15th, 2009
12:32 pm
If you love Paul Johnson click here
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coach-Paul-Johnson/167728506195?ref=mf
jabster
November 15th, 2009
3:08 pm
@Mike: Reggie didn’t have the mental presence and toughness for CPJ. You have to have a Plan B and Plan C to run the SO correctly, and be able to get drilled and then run the same play over again. Other than that, you are correct.
Booger
November 15th, 2009
3:55 pm
love it when the doggs hate their teams performance. barely escaped with a win over the turkeys last night. pathetic.
show up at bd to get more disappointments.
Athens is Loserville
November 15th, 2009
6:23 pm
Let’s go watch the gym dawgs!
Booger
November 15th, 2009
7:16 pm
looks like supremedogg the only pathetic loser able to keyboard after the escape between the hedges last night.
Booger
November 15th, 2009
7:17 pm
which reminds me – how do you get a dogg grad off your front porch?
Louis Skolnick
November 15th, 2009
7:17 pm
lame, booger — just pay for the pizza.
jacketnation
November 15th, 2009
8:34 pm
Tech walks all over Duke, who is no longer a joke. Thad Lewis will be playing on Sundays. However we rattled him pretty good. Got to knock Cox around and stop UGags ground attack.
On our way to Tampa, then the Orange Bowl. Life is good down on the flats.
Not Disappointed
November 15th, 2009
9:48 pm
Lets beat UGA then off to ACC Championship! We are not finish. Come on Jackets & Finish strong!
Ramblin Wreck!
SEC Fact Check .com
November 15th, 2009
10:22 pm
Put some defensive starters on the kick-off team!
RogerDawg
November 15th, 2009
10:53 pm
Well, I haven’t exactly seen anything that makes me think Georgia Tech can match blows with Georgia punch for punch. I guess we will see…but it does seem Tech is slightly over-hyped and over-ranked. After the great Auburn win it’s on to a beat down of Kentucky and then the revenge games against the over-ranked Jackets.
GO DAWGS!
RamblinA
November 16th, 2009
12:15 am
RogerDawg – you’re delusional. You beat a piss poor Auburn team and Kentucky is Duke of the SEC. Your dawgs are always over-rated, refer to last season. Go squawk on you own blog.
That said, Our defense and special teams has got to be some of the worst in the country! Womack needs to go, I don’t care if it is his 2nd year.
As to the Miami comment…I think that game would have been somewhat different had we lost. They were prob down finding out just before their game that they were eliminated and didn’t think they really had anything to play for. It’s a shame to see them look so terrible. But I agree, we would steamroll given a 2nd chance!
Go Jackets and I hope our D and ST can freaking figure something out! GO JACKETS!
J-Aut
November 16th, 2009
12:18 am
Ah, it still amazes me when UGAy fans talk so much crap on Tech blogs. It makes me smile that they’re so worried about us…
macrotech
November 16th, 2009
12:23 am
RogerDawg….TOO funny! Is that your way of saying that you haven’t watched any Tech games? Avenge? You’re going to have to wait a while….we have 6 more games to avenge!!! Your dawgs are going to be sent back to athens with their tails tucked between their legs! Run it in slow motion and you’ll enjoy those pup jowls flopping in fear!!! GO TECH!!!
BuLLdawg
November 16th, 2009
3:18 am
It is a big win for Georgia Bulldogs to beat then Number 25 Coaches’ Poll Auburn.
AP Poll and USA Today Coaches’ Poll both have Georgia with several votes. In the computer rankings, Georgia is Number 24 in the Anderson-Hester Seattle Times Poll and Number 26 in the Jeff Sagarin BCS Rankings. The 4 others have us from 29 to 34.
Auburn is still getting votes in every poll, and well they should with wins over Ole Miss, West Virginia and Tennessee. Auburn only has the 1 game against Alabama left.
9 SEC teams are bowl eligible.
SEC has 9 bowls we have contracted with to send our 9 bowl eligible teams.
If Oklahoma beats Oklahoma State like they always do, then both TCU and Boise State will have a BCS Bowl Game. They could play each other in that BCS Bowl Game in Glendale Arizona, the Fiesta Bowl.
SEC has 3 Top 10 teams, in every single poll, but only 2 of the 3 can go to a BCS Bowl. Both will. This leaves LSU in the Cotton Bowl who would want LSU over Georgia at this point, no matter what UGA does – if LSU loses to Ole Miss.. If it is Ole Miss who loses to LSU instead, then, the Cotton Bowl would take Ole Miss over UGA I think. And, just as clearly, it would be LSU then with the win over Ole Miss, in the CapitalOne Bowl as the 3rd SEC team in the Top 10.
Georgia is still slotted for the $3 million dollar Outback Bowl in Tampa Florida.
The Big Ten (11) and the PAC-10, like the ACC, have NO top-ranked team in these discussions.
Oregon Lost to Boise State and Stanford and beat NO top-ranked team.
Ohio State Lost to Southern California whom everyone else beat, and Ohio State Lost to Purdue a 7-Loss team ranked number 77 in the BCS rankings today. Ohio State in the last 2 weeks beat Penn State and Iowa neither of whom played let alone beat anyone.
Georgia Tech finds its opponents this year are 46-48 for all games Tech will play. UGA’s opponents are 59-41 by stark contrast. This is SoS Number 4 for UGA and Number 40, ten times worse, for Georgia Tech.
Georgia Tech has not beat any Top-Ranked Team and will not even play one in the ACC Chumpionship Game.
Georgia Tech finds both teams in the SEC Championship Game way ahead of it, and the loser of that game will remain far ahead of Tech. A stumble by Tech and LSU is only 1 place back of Tech.
ACC finds Mountain West Champion ahead of the ACC Chumpion.
ACC finds WAC Champion ahead of the ACC Chumpion, too.
ACC finds Big East Champion ahead of the ACC Chumpion, as well.
ACC finds Big XII Champion ahead of the ACC Chumpion, for good measure.
ACC finds 2 SEC teams both way far ahead of the ACC Chumpion.
ACC Chumpionship Game is so beleaguered that it has been moved out of the Gator Bowl, which had horrid ratings for the game and no one there. This season is no different, with the ACC Atlantic Division offering up as its best team, Clemson. No one will watch the ACC Chumpionship Game, and no one will be there to watch it in person. The stadium will be half empty as always for the ACC Chumpionship Game.
Climpsum Farmers have played 2 ranked teams and Lost to 3 teams. Climpsum played TCU and Lost and Georgia Tech and Lost and throws in on its résumé having played Maryland who beat zero Division 1-A teams except Climpsum. For this, Climpsum Farmers get to play in the ACC Conference Chumpionship.
ACC stinks.
South Carolina can knock Climpsum Farmers out of the Rankings before the ACC Chumpionship Game. I’d bet on that one.
6 teams with 3 Losses are in the AP Poll Top 25, some as high as Number 14. Clearly, UGA can beat Georgia Tech, as always, garner our 60th win against Georgia Tech when there are only 4 teams in all of America who have Lost 60 times to one team, and make the Final AP Poll Top 25.
Kentucky beat Auburn and now faces off against first Georgia and then Tennessee.
Tennessee vols, did I get down to the Tennessee vols, now finally.
3 SEC teams are not bowl eligible, Vandie, Mississippi State (4 wins with Arkansas and Ole Miss remaining) and Tennessee vols are NOT bowl eligible with the other 9 SEC teams who ARE bowl eligible. Of course, there are only 9 SEC Bowl tie-ins, so there is no guarantee (as with South Carolina in recent past who was bowl eligible and found no bowl game wanted them) no guarantee at all that Tennessee actually would get a bowl game seed, even if it beats Kentucky or Vandie.
At this point, the Loss to Tennessee vols by Coach Richt’s Coaching Staff, is the 6th Loss by Coach Richt’s Coaching Staff to a team who ended the season NOT in the Final AP Poll Top 25. Coach Richt’s Coaching Staff has been here 9 years now this year and we have 6 Losses to a team not ranked that year in the Final AP Poll.
You just cannot lose to that kind of a team.
Georgia Losses to Oklahoma State look fine, to Florida looks fine, to LSU looks fine and in fact we had a chance against LSU and then did knock off Auburn. But, the loss to Tennessee vols soured this damned season entirely.
By stark contrast, Tennessee vols have Losses this Year to UCLA, Auburn and Ole Miss, not a 1 of which is a ranked team nor have any hope of being ranked in the Final AP Poll Top 25.
There is much to play for, after the outstanding win against Auburn to pull us within one game all-time in the series at 52-53-8.
Don’t forget that Kentucky beat Auburn too.
The $4.25 million CapitalOne Bowl in Orlando looks like Ole Miss right now.
Sugar Bowl looks like the loser of Alabama Florida for $17 million.
National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena has ONLY Texas against ONLY the winner of The SEC Championship Game.
Music City Bowl $1.5 million looks like South Carolina, clearly way behind Georgia.
Independence Bowl $1.2 million looks like Arkansas, clearly also way behind Georgia.
Liberty Bowl January 2 at $1.7 million looks like Auburn.
This leaves Kentucky in the Papajohn’s Bowl $750 thousand Birmingham.
Ole Miss could play its way out of the CapitalOne Bowl if it loses to LSU. This could send UGA to the Cotton Bowl. I went to the Cotton Bowl once against Arkansas, that could be fun. Ole Miss might then be in the Peach Bowl.
If that happens, LSU would prefer to play to in the CapitalOne Bowl at $4.25 million than in the Cotton Bowl at $3 million.
If you want to do something about this season to make a statement to not be the 1st UGA team starting 1997 to not be in the Final AP Poll Top 25, you will go out and run up the score against Kentucky and then beat the crap out of Tech, win the Outback Bowl and fade into the sunset.
To the Bulldogs Junkyard Blawg Bill King : The players knew that on 3rd and long calling again a running play that was a positive run, that we were not booing them. You are an idiot, as usual, to continue to make that statement that we were, or that now you say the players knew we were, booing them. This team for years now has been poorly coached. We will get change in the off-season, with your help or without it to get rid of this “coaching staff.” Read what you said yourself here on the coaching of this staff in this game sir. Get with the program. We booed the call. Quit with your B.S. we didn’t, or that the players thought we were booing them. We were not and every player on this team knows we want coaching changes and will absolutely demand it for that play call we booed sir.
Georgia has been now to 45 bowls and Georgia Tech to only 38.
Georgia has 25 wins and Georgia Tech only 22.
Georgia has a .605 Winning Percentage in Bowl Games and Tech only .595.
Georgia Tech has been Ranked in the Final AP Poll 6 of the last 12 years dating back to 1997. The first 5 starting 1997 and last year only. Georgia Tech also has never been Number 1 in the Final AP Poll ever, but has 6 NC in the same other polls who have also ranked UGA NC 6 times. UGA has been Number 1 in the Final AP Poll; Tech has NOT.
Georgia has been ranked in 12 of the last 12 dating back to 1997, and needs a large margin of Victory over Kentucky and then any win against Georgia Tech plus our bowl win, as usual too.
The highest ranking Georgia Tech has had in the Final AP Poll Top 10 starting 1997 is Number 9 one time and that is it.
The highest rankings for Georgia in the Final AP Poll Top 10 since 1997 are Number 2, Number 3, Number 7, Number 10, Number 10 again, and Number 7 again.
6 Top 10 Final AP Poll of the last Dozen for UGA.
1 Top 10 Final AP Poll of the last Dozen for Tech.
m
November 16th, 2009
4:41 am
BULLdawg…none of the BS that you have just posted is going to protect your whiny, crybaby dawgs.
Tech is going to stomp a mudhole in the hushpuppies that will make the Grand Canyon look like a ditch.
BobinBuford
November 16th, 2009
7:26 am
Gee Roger, just get home from your shift at Waffle House at 3 am to post all that?? Next time try decaf instead – regular coffee just gets you all wound up.
And for all you Dawg fans that keep on giving us the “CPJ is going to ND” garbage – Mark May on ESPN last night said that Weis has an $18 MILLION buyout at ND. In order to pay off the coaches and bring in a new staff, he figured it would cost them at least $50 million. No way they are going to pay that much money to get rid of him.
Tech Tony
November 16th, 2009
9:05 am
Bulldawg
Try using facts to present your limp wristed arguments. The Sagarin ratings for SOS, which is a part of the BCS formulae, unlike your irrelevant little opinion, has Tech’s SOS rated higher then UGA’s. Choke in that.
You’re slotted for Nashville best case scenario and more likely bound for Shreveport.
But keep dreaming, kid.
VT Yellow Jacket
November 16th, 2009
9:27 am
Keep it humble.
I’ve said before, that CPJ will bust it into their skulls that they haven’t really done anything yet. After they beat the dawgs, he’ll keep trying to convince them that they STILL haven’t really done anything yet. After they beat Clemson in the rematch ( or maybe a 2% chance of facing and beating BC), CPJ will preach that they haven’t accomplished much yet. The prize is still 6 weeks down the road in Miami.
If he needs any proof, I traveled through much of New England this weekend in my GT gear, and more than one person asked me how they’re doing this year. Until they win that January BCS bowl game, they’re going to be a regional phenomenon.
Go Jackets!!
Americus Fan
November 16th, 2009
9:36 am
We help UGA’s SOS a lot more than they help ours!!! Truthfully, the SEC has 2 teams that would be favored over GT (FL & AL), one or two about a “pick em” (LSU & Ole Miss), and I feel the rest we would either be favored by around a TD or less (UGA, UT, AU) or picked to win big. I would have happily traded UF for their schedule without much more worry than our own schedule. I think timing of games should also be included.
I also have high hopes for the ACC. I really see NC State, Miami, UNC, Duke, WF, and BC getting better next year. I see GT, VT, Clemson, & “maybe” FSU staying about the same. And I think that Maryland and UVA will have troubles. I certainly don’t see the SEC with that great a advantage if we had some “ACC-SEC” challenge if we played our 1 through 12 against their 1 through 12 next season. I’m not necessarily predicting a win, but I am saying it wouldn’t be a huge upset if we won a series like that.
That said, our teams in the ACC need to take care of business in the early part of the season. I like the fact that 3 of Tech’s 4 out of conference foes were from the SEC. And since we play “bottom tier” SEC teams, our SOS gets a slam because the SEC teams are playing low level conference teams that have more wins in their conference. Bulldawg seems to think that playing TN Tech was a better win than Vandy or MSU because they have more wins. But truthfully, you have to say that the dogs playing ASU and OKST was MUCH stronger than UF’s out of conference teams they played. UF’s only non conference game will be against one of our bottom feeders this year, FSU, without Ponder. And they don’t play Ole Miss, Auburn, or AL in the regular season.
After watching the USC-UF game this weekend, I wish we could play UF this year. I just don’t think they are much better than us, and I think we match up well against them. I think Nesbitt has played just as well as Tebow this season, and I think Tech has many more weapons on Offense than they have. Defense might hurt us, but as poor as our defense has played at times, they do seem to rise to the occasion when the game is on the line.
All of that said, the Jackets need to watch out for UGA this year. Other than the streak Tech broke last year, I remember MANY times that the underdog has won this game. It’s a big one, and I think our team needs to understand that it is our biggest game even though it has no affect on the ACC or bowl implications. And yes, like many of you, I would pick a win over UGA over a win over Clemson (or BC) in the playoffs. The beauty is that we don’t have to choose. Remember the good word!
blazer
November 16th, 2009
9:37 am
business to take care of after turkey day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not Jeff Sagarin
November 16th, 2009
10:10 am
Bulldawg…..you’re not 26th in my poll. Try a little fact checking, sir.
Let’s look at the Sagarin team ratings to see where Georgia and Georgia Tech match-up nationally:
Just as the BCS rankings, the Sagarin ratings have Tech listed 7th. Georgia meanwhile is rated 33rd behind the likes of:
SEC members Florida (1), Alabama (2), LSU (8), Arkansas (24) and Mississippi (27)
ACC members Georgia Tech (7), Virginia Tech (9), Clemson (13), Miami (16), Boston College (25), North Carolina (27), and FSU (32). That would make the Dogs 8th in the ACC if you missed it.
Pac-10 members Oregon, USC, Stanford, Oregon State, Arizona and Cal.
Georgia would be 4th, yes FOURTH, in the Mountain West behind TCU, Utah and BYU.
That’s where Georgia stands.
BG
November 16th, 2009
11:02 am
For all you SEC homers: GT – 2; SEC – 0. And it will be 3 – 0 in a couple of weeks!
Johnson>Richt
November 16th, 2009
11:03 am
BuLLdawg – I see they finally let you off suicide-watch after the Florida debacle (again). By the way, I just wanted to say congrats to your bulldawgies for those two stunning wins over powerhouses Tenn Tech and unranked Auburn. Whoa! Very impressive!
I just wanted to ask you one question though. Since those powerful juggernaut dawgs were ranked preseason #1 last year, who exactly have you beaten? LSU in 2008? A five loss LSU team. They did put a whoopin on us. You dawg fans won’t let us forget that one. It was your highlight of the 2008 season. However, we did beat you last year in Athens if I recall with a brand new head coach, brand new D-coodinator, and we were running a “high school offense.” I think we rushed for half a thousand yards and hung half a hundred on the scoreboard too.
So back to my question. Other than LSU, who have you beaten in the last two years? You haven’t beaten Florida. You haven’t beaten Alabama. You did beat Tennessee though. Oh wait, they lost to Wyoming, forced their head coach to resign, and weren’t even bowl eligble. Can’t count that one. How did you do against unranked Tennessee this year? My point is you haven’t beaten ANYONE! Quit riding Florida and Alabama’s coattails and go out there and beat someone worth a crap. Then you can come on here and print your worthless statistics and beat your chest about how great UGA is and what a vaunted schedule they play.
booger
November 16th, 2009
2:53 pm
bulldogg is an idiot. only a ug grad would take the time to list all that histerical crap. start looking for a coach, doofus.
Tech's Depth???
November 16th, 2009
3:08 pm
once tech loses dwyer, nesbitt, burnett, morgan, and allen who do they have coming in? just curious. oh yeah and bebe forgot about bebe.. a grown man who calls himself bebe. wow.
BigDawg63
November 16th, 2009
4:04 pm
November 28, 2009 is growing nearer. I respect what the Yellow Jackets have done up until now. I cannot stand M, Saint Simmons, Yellow Fuzz and all the others who come over to the Dawgs Blog and sling all there crap. May the best team win and if Georgia does not win, I will wish you guys the best the rest of the way, but if Georgia wins, sorry Tech nation, but I am going to give the above mention all the hell they gave us for a year!!! Good Luck!!!
chan equals ice bowl
November 16th, 2009
4:20 pm
If we had Chan, we would be 6-4 at best and heading to the Ice Bowl in Idaho for the 19th time
BigDawg63
November 16th, 2009
4:24 pm
Booger,
histerical is spelled Hysterical,,,No wonder your name is booger!!! I don’t believe you should call someone a doofus if you cannot spell.
SWFLJacket
November 16th, 2009
5:14 pm
News flash!!! Nov. 29th, 2009
This just in, EPA has announced an air quality alert for GA and surrounding states,,,further info to follow.
After careful analysis, seems that all the problems are tied to the rash of trailer front fires where UGa fans are burning all their banners, flags, car magnets, and other gear as a direct result of the beat down just administered on the flats last night in Atlanta. SPCA has been notified as there are other reports of bulldog abuse as well, more details to follow.
Tech Man
November 16th, 2009
8:28 pm
I heard through a good source that CPJ did receive a call from ND this morning, offered 5 mil a year plus many perks. Apparently CPJ said no thanks. I hope that’s the case.
GT9
November 16th, 2009
9:03 pm
Tech Man in Dawg Country: it’s Orwin Smith.
GTFan1
November 17th, 2009
6:53 am
Here’s an article I wrote on Tech’s basketball team. Yes I know its still football season but we love the basketball team also!
http://thesportsdebates.com/2009/11/16/the-ncaa-sleeper-in-a-major-conference-debate-%E2%80%93-watch-out-for-the-ramblin-wreck/
superDawg
November 17th, 2009
9:42 am
Hey macro thats not a prediction you know the difference don’t you.This is not a game of our record is better so we will win,but a reminder of where you really belong in the world.DAWGS ROLL IN AND TAKE TEK TO THE WOOD SHED.iT IS TIME FOR YOUR BEATING,TAKE IT LIKE A NERD.
GT
November 17th, 2009
10:12 am
If by “roll in” you mean be repeatedly bamboozled by a “gimmick” offense, then yes.
superDawg
November 17th, 2009
10:23 am
“that would be steam roll in” flatten your ass and roll on.
GT
November 17th, 2009
10:33 am
Yeah, you rolled us last year with your top NFL picks so surely this year won’t be any trouble. Oh wait
atlanta bound dawgs
November 17th, 2009
10:38 am
yes we will see you bugs in atlanta, ya’ll please wear those cute little curly bright yellow wigs, you manly men, roflmao
superDawg
November 17th, 2009
12:38 pm
UGA is undefeated in night games this year.
GT
November 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
I thought only nerds were afraid of the sun?
ha
November 17th, 2009
9:34 pm
BuLLDawg, you’re an idiot. Nuff said. Johnson will eat mark richt for dinner in two weeks.
SEC IN LOCKUP
November 17th, 2009
10:21 pm
Are there going to be enough SEC players that are not in jail to play in this weekend’s games??
superDawg
November 18th, 2009
12:12 am
BuLLdawg that is correct sir and the truth hurts those nerds to the point of slinging insults.If UGA wins out including bowl victory then we should limp into the top 25.That is a poor season for the DAWGS.Lets make a good showing in Atl.Nov,28 and bring the nerds back to reality.
macrotech
November 18th, 2009
4:20 am
superDawg, write much? It’s good to see that you’ve crawled out of the hole you’ve been hiding in since this season began! You’ve been making the lamest predictions all season! For the record, I’m quite aware of the difference of predictions versus WHATEVER you’re trying to suggest. You are correct…Tech has resumed it’s place above the mutts… I’m certain that you’re aware of the NC trophies in our trophy case. Hate to break it to you, but we’re closer to adding another one than the mutts are! You dawgs are going down….try not to choke!!! GO TECH!!!
Yellow Fuzz
November 18th, 2009
7:38 am
LOL. I love reading what the dogs have to say. My how the tables have turned. lol
Big Tech Fan for the first time since graduating in 1989.
November 18th, 2009
7:40 am
You know…after our blowout victory over UGA last year, it is a wonder anybody even had college football this season. We should have been crowned greatest football team of all time, ever…removing the need for any other teams to ever take the field again.
Since we were slighted at the very presence of college football this year, our team will play the rest of the season with a chip on their shoulder. We will beat UGA 704 to 6 and engrave the score on rings again. These will be Magic rings that allow our players to see through an animal’s eyes, like the Beastmaster. Things are going so great for us that our fans will post this score on UGA blogs so often the week after the game that UGA football blogs cease to exist entirely…our fans also stop playing Magic the Gathering and World of Warcraft because we become so much better than anyone else that our competitors spontaneously combust.
We’ll take the field in the ACC Championship game wearing the UGA team’s skin for uniforms and beat Clemson so badly that the stadium needs a new scoreboard to put up all the extra digits. Right after the ACC Championship Game, all colleges ranked in the top 75, abruptly shut down their operations; so that they do not have to face us in the National Championship Game.
Enjoy what is left of your lives bull pups.
Big Tech Fan for the first time since graduating in 1989.
November 18th, 2009
7:43 am
…oh yeah and Paul Johnson is closer to God than Tim Tebow.
Yellow Fuzz
November 18th, 2009
7:47 am
superDawg & BuLLdawg
There are a lot more nerds at georgia than at Georgia Tech.
“If UGA wins out including bowl victory then we should limp into the top 25″. You said that not me.
I hope georgia plays their best game of the season in Atl.Nov,28. Maybe even builds up another 16 point lead at half time like last year. It’s those emotionally charged, second half combacks that makes bringing down the goal posts that much sweeter!
Bring ALL of your Big Time recruiting classes to the game dog nation!
Big Tech Fan for the first time since graduating in 1989.
November 18th, 2009
7:48 am
Yeah superDawg & BuLLdawg, what he said.
Big Tech Fan for the first time since graduating in 1989.
November 18th, 2009
7:50 am
Wait…I thought you were only supposed to tear down the goal post in an upset. I guess UGA didn’t get the message. Haha stupid people selling hamburgers. Haha buying shirts at Walmart.
Former Tech Usher...now I watch real football
November 18th, 2009
11:23 am
11/28……..hahahahahahahhahaha………nerds headed to tears : ))))
Elmer Fudd
November 18th, 2009
5:20 pm
Wooo huntin season for nerds.Oooo ywew wasgals.
superDawg
November 18th, 2009
5:23 pm
Limping into the top 25 and sending tek down the pecking order works for me.
superDawg
November 18th, 2009
5:27 pm
macro good post on ultimate bulldog fan.I hope it is a great day to be a DAWG.
macrotech
November 19th, 2009
1:45 am
superDawg…..good luck!
TS
November 19th, 2009
10:00 am
I am a bulldog, but I wanted to congratulate the Jackets for such a great season. I hope we give you a good game on 11/28. GO DOGS!
Big Tech Fan for the first time since graduating in 1989.
November 19th, 2009
4:45 pm
New Moon tomorrow friends. I can’t wait!!
Burdell
November 19th, 2009
4:50 pm
Former Tech Usher–
Wow, working your way up the corporate ladder, huh?
Not Disappointed
November 19th, 2009
7:48 pm
Keep winning Jackets!
ATL BUZZ
November 20th, 2009
12:22 pm
UGA PUP DIES – FUNERAL BEFORE KENTUCKY GAME – LOSS TO WILDCATS – SUCKY UGA SEASON – COX AT QB – MARTINEZ WILL GET FIRED – NO CORNERS FOR UGA DEFENSE – LOSS TO GT – PRICELESS MEMORIES.
GO JACKETS THWG!!!!!
LMAO!
November 20th, 2009
2:51 pm
So football players go to Tech for an education huh?
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-338084&prov=rivals&type=lgns
Not Disappointed
November 20th, 2009
4:01 pm
So, Coach Paul Johnson got an extension. What happen to him going to Norte Dame? Oy! Ramblin Wreck!
dorkpoll
November 20th, 2009
4:33 pm
gt national champions
Dawg Fan
November 30th, 2009
2:56 pm
Go Dawgs! 30-24. ACC champs.