Jackets ready to “spring” forward, make foes fall back
Last spring, when Paul Johnson was installing his triple-option offense and no-nonsense principles into Georgia Tech’s football psyche, the Yellow Jackets were listening to their new coach, but they weren’t comprehending.
Instead, they were rumbling, stumbling, bumbling. Courtesy of youth and inexperience everywhere, they had a frequently ghastly spring of botched handoffs, fumbled pitches and more than a few players running left when they should have been running right.
It didn’t matter. The Jackets still won nine of 13 games. They also whipped their Great Satan from Athens, and they did so between the hedges. I mean, if you’re the rest of the ACC or into barking, this is pretty scary when you think about it.
Camp Johnson II opens Monday with a slew of returning starters and several others who actually understand their coach’s wishes this time around.
“The main thing we discovered after last spring is that all [Johnson] wants from us is effort and consistency,” said Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer. “If you need a break, just get [off the field], but he wants you to go hard on every play. It was a learning experience for us last spring on how to play as one unit and how to know who your leaders are. We also learned how to feed off of everybody on the team.”
Like Dwyer, for instance, who eventually sprinted his way to ACC Player of the Year honors as a sophomore. In fact, with the combination of his legs and Johnson’s rarely used offense at the Division I-A level, the Jackets became a rushing nightmare for opponents last season. Even so, they didn’t use most of their bogeyman plays.
“To be honest with you, we probably ran the same play 20 to 30 times about half the time we were out there,” said Dwyer, suggesting that, with a productive spring this time, the dust will fly from the pages deep inside Tech’s playbook. “The amount of plays that we actually can run is unlimited. It’s really unknown. That’s because it’s whatever comes into [Johnson's] mind, and he comes up with stuff just on the spot during games.
“Having the offseason to analyze the kind of players he has, we’re excited to see what he has coming into the spring. We want to see the passing plays he has designed, and the different formations.”
After that, the Jackets may see something else this season: a trip to the conference title game. Actually, Dwyer is thinking bigger than that. “We have a lot of guys returning, and everybody is really excited and anxious with the opportunity we have this year, because we want to beat Georgia, and be an ACC champion, and be a national-championship contender,” Dwyer said, before adding in a hurry, “But we have to start by getting through the spring, and then by getting better, and then by improving during the season.”
Sounds like the player hears and comprehends the coach. If Dwyer isn’t alone here among Jackets, that barking could become crying, for instance.
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159 comments Add your comment
doggit
March 20th, 2009
7:02 pm
what did LSU do to GT?
Better question
March 20th, 2009
7:15 pm
What did Tech do to the dogs in the third quarter?
Best Question
March 20th, 2009
8:00 pm
What did UF do to the doggies?
7
March 20th, 2009
10:11 pm
Wait till next year!
Mr. Skynyrd
March 21st, 2009
7:02 am
What did Alabama do to the mutts?
Alan Coates
March 21st, 2009
8:33 am
What LSU did to us in the bowl game scares the heck out of me, unless Josh Nesbitt suddenly figures out what to do when the DE’s consistently rush into the backfield to disrupt the plays. He was totally unable to deal with that, and they did that the whole game.
hop
March 21st, 2009
9:06 am
jacket fans, i know you are so thrilled to have terence moore on your side. how he keeps a job with ajc with his worthless insight and off the wall comments is a mazing.
i would not put too much credence on what he says.
GT21
March 21st, 2009
9:29 am
And we should listen to what you say? Give me a break! why dont you HOP off this blog and back into your trailer!
dear Alan
March 21st, 2009
9:31 am
If he can figure out what to do?? lol Its called QB pressure and its not his fault….its the O line’s. Our O line got man handled by LSU’s D line. If Josh had a pocket then maybe he could make accurate throws. I think the line will get much better this year…but you never know. Still Go Jackets! 45-42
m
March 21st, 2009
10:08 am
Terance, last spring you stated that Tech’s offense would not work in 2008. Are you surprised at how quickly Tech’s offense worked? And isn’t it scary how good Tech’s offense can be over the next year or two. Thank God for Paul Johnson; and thank God and greyhound that Chan Gailey, the worst coach in the history of Tech, is gone forever. The dawgies are really going to miss him.
THWG
March 21st, 2009
10:36 am
Hey hop- I stopped subscribing to the AJC because most of its contents included what I perceived as complete crap. Point is, if you think Terence Moore has “worthless insight” and “off the wall comments”, why do you bother reading?
T-Bone
March 21st, 2009
10:45 am
TMoore, thanks for a great article. If Dwyer’s spirit and attitude is contagious, the Jackets will be really good.
bluecole
March 21st, 2009
10:57 am
Anybody else notice Deisel listed the three goals for this year?
Huh?
March 21st, 2009
11:53 am
Gosh, you’d never know Tech got completely shelacked by a 5 loss team in a bowl game played only minutes from its campus. What a garbage column.
Tom
March 21st, 2009
12:10 pm
Gosh, you’d never know from his incessant Tech postings that Huh? wakes up in the middle of each night in a cold sweat and a warm puddle after the filmreel from that 3rd quarter replays itself in his feeble yet obsessed mind.
Tom
March 21st, 2009
12:13 pm
OK…..actually….you probably would.
GT66
March 21st, 2009
2:21 pm
Has anyone else heard Dwyer is struggling in the classroom?
Carolina Jacket
March 21st, 2009
2:41 pm
What LSU did to Tech was to win the turnover battle big time with a couple of deadly penalties. Lets see, Tech out rushed them 164 to 161 and LSU won the total offense by a whopping 324 to 314. LSU won it fair and square, but it wasn’t the complete dominance as suggested by some. We shall see what Tech can do with a year of the offense under its belt and some players recruited to run the offense.
Coolbreeze'70
March 21st, 2009
2:45 pm
Yeah, the Chik Fil A was ugly. However, so were UGa’s efforts against the Tide, the Gators, and the ‘Jackets. Picky, picky, picky. Both schools have REALLY good teams. Shouldn’t we all enjoy that, instead of the brainless redneck chittychat that I see here all the time?
Tom
March 21st, 2009
3:26 pm
No, Mutt66, he’s not.
jj
March 21st, 2009
4:23 pm
Everyone struggles in the classroom at GT. It is called learning – something that is not stessed for football players at U(sic)GA. UGA is so easy on players in the classroom it is pathetic.
big o
March 21st, 2009
5:52 pm
@#$%^& tech and *&^%$ Paul Johnson too. The team UGA will bring to the flats this season will be a more disciplined defensive team and will be more explosive on offense. Also CMR’S pre-game motivation speech will have a nice ” RING ” to it. UGA 56 TECH 21
spotts
March 21st, 2009
7:09 pm
mmhmm….so Tech’s loss to LSU is okay because it was a close game in yardage, but you’d think Tech beat Georgia 87-3 the way their fans are talking about it.
Virgina Highland Jacket
March 21st, 2009
8:53 pm
big o you make me laugh anytime discipline and ugag are in the same sentence it usually means some player was sent to Clarke County prison or suspended for your first game against Sisters of The Poor. I predict 63-14 in Nov 09 with ugag being on the losing end again and Martinez finally being relieved of his duties in Athens.
Jaded Jacket
March 21st, 2009
9:54 pm
Who cares what happened in any of the games last year! That includes the UGA and LSU games. None of the wins or losses will count this year. If Tech prepares better than they did last year they should have a great season. If they don’t prepare well they may have decent year or perhaps worse. It’s all about preparation for the coming year, so let’s drop the pointless banter about last year. It doesn’t matter anymore.
hop
March 21st, 2009
10:54 pm
thwd.. good question, as one of the post stated that terence said ” tech offense will not be very good in ‘08, wrong again!
i guess i enjoy reading how many times this guy does not have a clue and is so wrong on many sports topics and he still maintains his job.
no wonder the ajc continues to lose subscribers.
macrotech
March 22nd, 2009
1:12 am
Huh?, you ARE so right!!!!! Yet, we STILL beat your little pups between their own hedges!!!! I KNOW!!!! You guys were ‘hurt’ and there were ‘questionable’ calls…..
flex
March 22nd, 2009
2:23 am
The SEC was absolutely horrible in football last year.
Baba O'Riley
March 22nd, 2009
5:55 am
The jealousy displayed by some uga fans is comical. big o- I’m sure GT is scared to death about the pre-game speech of UGA’s carpet salesman.
snapshot
March 22nd, 2009
7:58 am
I am not sure Tech will be ready for the final show this year but they are a fun team to watch. I do like the fact that the mutts came out as the #1 team in the country and lost to Tech. But that is the way it is with uga. They never can finish a job.
yellowblood
March 22nd, 2009
8:48 am
I certainly hope we become BCS contenders. Can you imagine the Tickle Piles we could have on South Beach?
THWT
March 22nd, 2009
8:51 am
Who won ten games and finished in the Top 10 despite the fluke loss to the queers.
AlabamaJack
March 22nd, 2009
9:15 am
dawg fans suck.
Have a nice day.
DJ
March 22nd, 2009
11:29 am
So THWT, you’d rather have a mythical Top 10 ranking than win on the field? Really? Think about that. No, you wouldn’t.
Give me a break, a pre-season #1 barely breaking into the mythical Top 10 poll at the end of the year, and losing to your in-state rival who was predicted to win 3, maybe 4 games all season. Hell, we (Tech) couldn’t get out of our own way in the Spring running this offesne. AND, we started 1 offesnive lineman (Dan Voss) against the Pugs that was a starter going into pre-season. How many rushing yards did we have running a variation of the exact same play? Hey, congrats on beating Michigan St. and us losing to LSU. But, I’d rather have won the game between our two schools. Hey, my team did win.
DJ
March 22nd, 2009
11:36 am
And just for good measure, a 16-point lead choked away, 5-star puppies trying to bump tackle like pee wee football, and your superstar QB and RB playing their hearts out on “Sr. Day” only to come up short on even providing a State Championship in the “Year of the Pug.” Seems I also recall some photos a couple years back with that QB involved in a drunken tickle pile of his own? Hmmmm…
gtforever
March 22nd, 2009
3:30 pm
I don’t have a clue as to what game your talking about, carolina jacket…. The game I went to, LSU completely dominated GT. Sorry, but it could have been 70 – 3. Let’s face it, we played an easy schedule and we lucked out against UGA. We got blown away by a very average LSU team, and if our defense doesn’t get better this year, it will be a long year. Our offense will beat below average teams, but will have problems with above average teams. If our offense doesn’t adapt, or change to something more like a spread offense we will be destroyed by several of our opponents. Time will tell.
to gtforever ....
March 22nd, 2009
4:12 pm
(FYI — In all of their losses in 2008 GT lost the turnover battle)
Now, go logon to ESPN, analyze Tech’s 4 losses this season, and notice how GT turnovers effected every one of those games.
This may help your sketicism of Tech’s ability to succeed running PJ version of an “option” offense, because the spread offense (I’m assuming you’re referring to Florida) is predicated on the “option” as well.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 22nd, 2009
5:00 pm
The LSU game was disappointing, frustrating, and to a degree disgraceful, but as is the case with all letdowns, lots can be learned from it. First lesson to be learned, and Tech seems always to have a problem learning this one, is that you have to play 100% against every team you play if you want to win. They didn’t play 100% against UVA or UNC OR LSU, and they lost all three games. The motivation shown against the mutts, even with a pretty sucky defense, would have easily led to a win against LSU. As it was, Nesbitt looked bad because the O-line didn’t play like they were capable; the defense sucked with Michael Johnson leading the way; and special teams didn’t contribute a thing. We can only hope that CPJ learned a valuable lesson in the need for kicking some butt next fall. He preaches consistency. Let’s hope the players take it to heart. All the talk about what we are going to do is fine, but the key is going out, giving it your all and doing it, not assuming other teams are just going to give it to you.
Georgia guy
March 22nd, 2009
7:41 pm
Remember Tech blew out Gardner-Webb 10-7. That alone makes then a top notch team.
Ramblinwreck
March 22nd, 2009
7:58 pm
Hey Dawg fans, Clarke County police is cracking down on Dui’s, underage drinking and the like. Might want to encourage Saint Carpet salesman to give the ol boys a pep talk so half your team isnt suspended the first half of the year.
gtforever
March 22nd, 2009
9:03 pm
Yeah, Georgia guy, we are not yet the top notch program that UGA has become. One day, if CPJ can recruit, we will be competitive. Until then, we will play very sporadic at best. Garner Web was just a game that put a flashlight on the problems we face. We do not have the athletes that UGA has, and we have been behind for a very long time. Hopefully, CPJ can pull some talent that can go to school and play football. I think he will find it very hard, but not impossible to compete with CMR. CPJ’s first year recruiting is not a good indicator, but it takes time. I for one will pull for the Jackets no matter what!
Minnesota Jacket
March 22nd, 2009
9:55 pm
Yeah Georgia Guy I forgot how about you get a guy who doesn’t know how to play the option and let him run your team. IF you do better you can start bragging. Also yes you can talk about the LSU you game against Tech all you want but can’t put the offense in that catergory. Offense was fine that night, SPECIAL TEAMS got dominated, Defense was dominated, but not the offense.
GTforever seriously when your a dogs fan just put your a dogs fan, its really annoying when ya’ll do this. To all the other Tech fans out here Whats The Good Word….
Go Jackets
tohellwithgeorgia
March 22nd, 2009
9:59 pm
hey, all you georgia fans yall are going to be terrible this year so keep ur mouth’s shut, i mean come on stafford you should have stayed but now your going to SUCK in the NFL big mistake. And knowshon wow how dumb can you get, and after all that excitement about the combine you run a 4.6 ha you suck. anyway just wanted to say be ready because tech is gonna whoop up on georgia this year. haha joe cox what the hell is he gonna do?
tohellwithgeorgia
March 22nd, 2009
10:00 pm
GO TECH
Supersize that order, mutt
March 22nd, 2009
11:00 pm
Didn’t the same people who decided UGAG was in the top 10 in the country at the end of the season also say they were number 1 at the beginning of the season? HA !!! Shows what those jerks know.
45 – 42 !!
Run, Roddy, run !!!
THWG
Jim Veitch
March 22nd, 2009
11:02 pm
Thank you for the article Terence Moore. Looks like the Barking has already turned into crying. I get so tired of all the local media bias given to the mutts. Paul Johnson has always been a winner. It is so refreshing to have great leadership on the flats again. I am looking forward to another great season. What do the Georgia Bulldogs and a sandcastle have in common? They both look pretty good until the Tide rolls in. What is the quickest way to get a ugaLY graduate off your front porch? Just pay for the pizza! Up with the Gold and White and down with the red and black. It will be Awesome to score over 40 points on them this year, in front of the Home crowd. This is Yellow Jacket Country! GO JACKETS!
Lady Baller
March 22nd, 2009
11:44 pm
Dwyer is like every student athlete at GT you have to work just as hard in the classroom as you do in your game. Haha, Dwyer NOT struggling in academic he’s just doubling up on his classes so if he does decides to leave early he’ll only be a few credits short from earning his degree.
Inquirer
March 23rd, 2009
6:18 am
Is it true that Michael Johnson scored single digits on his Wonderlic Test at the NFL combine?
Thomas Gains
March 23rd, 2009
6:21 am
Jim Veitch should upgrade his employment to the pizza delivery he criticizes. I know Jim Veitch. He is a greeter at Walmart. Welcome to Walmart, huh Jim?
Les Miles
March 23rd, 2009
6:29 am
Terrence you gotta be kiddin me! BCS contenders? LMAO!! ROFL!! What LSU did to that offense will be more common as time goes by. Tech will finish no better than 3rd in their own division in the ACC in 09. ACC, LMAO again! And tech is in REALLY big trouble when Chan Gailey’s recruits are gone. PJ’s #49 classes won’t cut it even in the candy azz ACC. But we all know that big ego Paul will be leaving about the same time they do. I sure feel sorry for the next victim to be HC at tech. Paul will leave the cupboard totally bare.
38-3 girls! Got rings!
Les Miles
March 23rd, 2009
6:41 am
spotts
March 21st, 2009
7:09 pm
mmhmm….so Tech’s loss to LSU is okay because it was a close game in yardage, but you’d think Tech beat Georgia 87-3 the way their fans are talking about it.
Great point. When tech wins by 3 it’s it’s total dominance, even when the opposing QB put over 400 yds and 5 TDs on them. That he handed them the winning margin with a pick 6 is never mentioned. But when tech gets their azzes totally handed to them in the Chicken bowl it was much closer than 38-3 would indicate. Refs cheated them, STs GAVE it away, etc, and so on. LSU created the pressure that completely collapsed your Wing T and your STs. Ever thought of that girls? You tech fans are collectively the most ignorant fans in college football. Everyone of you never played the game sissies need to go to the library and check out the simplest football 101 book you can get your hands on. The rest of you might need to consider changing your inch thick glasse to 1 1/4 thicks if you can’t see the action on the field any better than your dumbazz observations indicate.
Les Miles
March 23rd, 2009
7:05 am
By the way girls. Your defense sucks. You got big problems with it in 09.
NCAA Infractions Committee
March 23rd, 2009
7:09 am
I wouldn’t worry about Dwyer. The compliance people at Tech have some very “creative” ways to keep their dummies eligible.
gt
March 23rd, 2009
8:19 am
Georgia fans…you lost by 39 points to your so called biggest “rival”, got beat by GT, and you come on here to rag on us about the LSU game? Really? How about trying to actually beat a ranked team next year in the SEC, that would be a good start for you. Or better yet, how to actually still be in the game at halftime against Florida. Or maybe you can even find a way to not give up 41 points to Bama, 49 to Florida, 38 to Kentucky, and 45 to GT this year.
gte105u
March 23rd, 2009
8:28 am
How can you tell a fanbase knows when it is inferior? It has to hang its hat on the victory of another team. I will not say the LSU game was less than a beat-down, we were embarrassed. But we beat UGA and no amount of pissing and moaning by the dawg fans will change it. Its a bitter pill to swallow…
MinnesotaJacket
March 23rd, 2009
8:56 am
LES MILES according to my Football 101, when total yards are within 20 of each other, probably means that you dind’t DESTROY our offense. Then when talking about the 25 special teams yards to LSU’s 140 not including the fakes which kept the ball in LSU’s hands…I would say that probably means our “special team excuse” is a little bit more than an excuse…but hey what do I know I only played football a few years, maybe you should actually read football 101 instead of football for dumba*&&*
DCI
March 23rd, 2009
9:17 am
But that 38-3 score does Minnesota Jackazz…I mean Jacket.
Dman
March 23rd, 2009
9:20 am
Compare that 104 yards special team and the 20 more yards total offense and it says volumes MinnesotaDumbaa$. Tech got their butts handed to them in an embarrassing way in the biggest bowl you’ve seen in most of your lifetimes. Get ready for more of the same this coming year.
DawgBite
March 23rd, 2009
9:26 am
And gt, try beating your instate rivals more than once per decade before letting all that helium you nerds sniff inflate your heads to the point of explosion. That is one of the traits of the tech fan. Do something once per decade the heads sweell beyond all reason and they actually think they are good and champions of the universe. Alas the beat down always comes. Things always return to normal, and the typical tech fan becomes the whiney little sissy boy that typifies the tech village. And yes it will come crashing down on you mites just as it always does. This time sooner than later.
Terence Moore
March 23rd, 2009
9:33 am
Here’s another reason why Georgia Tech opponents should be fearful this season: Paul Johnson’s teams always have improved greatly from Year 1 to Year 2.
His Georgia Southern team went from 10 victories to 14, and his Navy team went from two to eight.
So you’d have to think that the Jackets won’t digress this coming season from their nine victories of last season.
Bookie
March 23rd, 2009
9:33 am
Tech losses to UNC, FSU, VT, WF, and UGA in 09. Horrible defense, no passing game, turnovers, and inconsistent offense don’t bode well for the Jackets. Paul Johnson’s offense won’t surprise anyone the second time around.
GWB
March 23rd, 2009
9:43 am
So Terrance, the Jackets win a lot of shootouts. Is that what you’re saying? The defense was abysmal last year and stands to be worse in 09. Strong defense has never been a staple of any of Paul Johnson’s previous stops either T. And we all know that when it comes down to it it will always be defense that wins at this level when crunch time arrives. Not to mention their O line is an extremely weak group across the board. In Tech’s case more experienced 2nd tier talent means what against the big boys in the ACC? I don’t see Tech even winning their division, much less be BCS contenders. In spite of last years surprising success, they also still have depth issues and PJ’s recruiting is losing ground to the rest of the top ACC teams. Tech actually is a less talented team going into 09 than going into 08. More experienced 2nd tier talent means nothing. Tech is living on borrowed time. Watch what happens to them in 09 after the better DCs in the ACC dissect that LSU game film.
Sam T.
March 23rd, 2009
9:47 am
I bet not one Tech footballer has the Wonderlic score that Matt Stafford posted. Did Michael Johnson really score single digits?
gt
March 23rd, 2009
9:49 am
Bookie, Paul Johnson has been running this offense for over 20 years, I doubt year 21 is the year people finally figure it out. Besides, he dominated his conference at Georgia Southern for years, why couldn’t those teams figure it out? You can say that LSU “figured it out” but the only thing they did was blow up the line of scrimmage with their massive defensive lineman and Tech couldn’t even get a play off. I’m pretty sure any offense can be stopped when the defense is in the backfield before the QB has time to hand it off.
MinnesotaJacket
March 23rd, 2009
9:59 am
ooo yeah I forget we Tech fans cannot be Georgia fans, because lets see every year you lose you say “REMEMBER LAST YEAR” soo yeah I will let my head swell this year and think about how much Tech CAN improve from last year, and for all the Georgia fans who sit here and talk about injuries, we didn’t even have most of our starting linebackers for half the season or more. So to sit there and say how the D will be a weakness?? Yeah the D-Line will be a question mark but thats the ONLY question mark! What about ya’ll…is Joe Cox the savior (doubt it) can Caleb even be close to what Knowshean was (obviously he can’t) and what about a defense that lacked last year and really is not looking to be any better this year? I see 3 question marks that you should be worried about so how about you stop acting like TECH should be worried at all.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 23rd, 2009
10:15 am
MinnesotaJacket, you left out the fact that UGAG still will have Willie Martinez as DC, and he showed time and time again last year that he knows nothing about coaching defense. Even the whining mutts wanted him fired, but good old St Mark sticks by his assistants, no matter how lousy they are. Summing it all up—no Fat Matt, no NoShow, and Willie still there means a BAAAAADDDD year in the cesspool of the south.
MinnesotaJacket
March 23rd, 2009
10:21 am
But supersize…don’t swell your head remember Georgia fans are allowed to do that but if Tech fans do that jeez that would just make us the most ignorant fans ever….oooo wait yeah thats right we still won the game and things are looking BETTER for us this year than UGA….but hey what do I know I had to read football 101….
Bookie
March 23rd, 2009
10:52 am
The key words being Georgia Southern and where was it again? Navy,gt? He beat all of 6 teams with winning records in his entire stay at Navy. See it through those rose colored glasses that Tech fans are so famous for. Or see it objectively. Tech has a tough row to hoe in 09 and the competition isn’t standing still like you guys think they are. The rest of the ACC is upgrading too. And that includes coaching. So before declaring Tech ACC champions and BCS contenders you better look around the rest of the league. That Beamer guy and Butch Davis aren’t pushovers. And then you have Groh at Wake. All better coaches than CPJ. And that guy at UVA seems to have Tech’s number as well. And then there is the fact that an injury or two at key positions and Tech can kiss it all goodbye in 09. You just don’t have the depth nor the talent of the other top teams in the ACC. What talent you do have there you can thank Chan Gailey for. You Tech fans ought to be under Chan’s desk thanking him for leaving that 2007 recruiting class. Because you won’t see that kind of class again anytime soon. And at this level, talent does matter and at the rate yours is declining even the great CPJ won’t be able to compete with the big boys in about 2 more years. Dispute that gt.
Baba O'Riley
March 23rd, 2009
10:59 am
LOL @ UGA fans hanging their hats on LSU’s victory over Tech. How many Tech fans are out there are posting under the names of “Urban Meyer” or “Nick Saban”? None. Tech took care of UGA themselves this past year. Tech didn’t have to rely on someone else to beat their instate rival this year.
Art
March 23rd, 2009
11:07 am
It’ll happen again about 2018 Baba O’Riley. So I guess you do have a right to enjoy your 15 minutes of fame before returning to your rightful place in the college football universe.
the real Old Gold
March 23rd, 2009
11:09 am
11+ wins. CPJ rolls once again in his second year.
Atlanta Native
March 23rd, 2009
11:24 am
Is Tech a BCS contender? Yeah, in your dreams.
Baba O'Riley
March 23rd, 2009
11:37 am
Keep living in the past Art. Gailey is gone. CPJ will get the athletes to fit his system. CPJ will coach up the players he gets.
atl-xmen
March 23rd, 2009
11:46 am
i always laugh at tech fans when start getting like this. they finally win 1 football game over UGA in the last 7 years and now they think they will win every game they play UGA, only to get the crap beat out of them the next 5 or 6 years. i love looking at how pissed they get when the realise how sucky they really are. makes it even sweeter when they gets this hope of them having a good football team. this offense worked great for CPJ against teams this year with gaily’s players but what will happen when he starts getting his players. most of his recruits will be the ones who GA southern and Navy would take. put those guys against the players the SEC have and GA tech will get crushed yet again. look what happen when UGA plays GA southern. UGA kicks their butts everytime. at leats when gaily was there he had pro type players and not the back yard football players CPJ will start recruiting. tech has no chance after this year when the rest of gailys players leave. uga d- line will not have a problem this year with the nerds this year and uga tackling will be much better than last year. so get ready for another beat down…and another 6 years of losing to UGA…
m
March 23rd, 2009
11:51 am
It is downright funny to listen to these ugag idiots (I know that is redundant). Yeah, you dawgies beat Chan Gailey 6 years in a row and I will concede that you would have beaten him a 100 times in a row if you had gotten the chance. Fortunately, and much to the chagrin of you dawgies, we at Tech can all thank God and greyhound that Chan Gailey is gone forever. Important thing for you idiot dawgies to ponder: The last 5 times that ugag played Tech with a coach NOT named Gailey, Tech won 4 out of 5. So if you idiot dawgies think you can geat Paul Johnson like you beat Chan Gailey, you are really going to be in for a rude awakening.
gotta love those third quarters,
March 23rd, 2009
12:09 pm
A dog barking about the Tech defense is funny.
Not only did the dogs have no “D” last year, they did not correct the problem! And their two first rounders are gone on “O”!
gtg
March 23rd, 2009
12:17 pm
GT wins again this year because Willie Martinez will work hard in practices teaching his kids advanced techniques to miss tackles
gtforever
March 23rd, 2009
12:40 pm
Minnesota Jacket, I have never been a Dawg fan! I am not an “idiot” homer either! We are NOT in the same league as UGA and anybody who knows anything about football recognizes that we have a long way to go. If we can recruit, and this year was really his first year, Coach didn’t do very well. Time will tell and I don’t buy into all the “five Star” hype that is created by Rival’s, but as long as we don’t compete for the better athletes we will be destined to mediocre teams. I don’t care who the coach may be. The last time we recruited well, Bobby Ross and later George O’Leary was in charge. Those records spoke for themselves… In any case, I am with the Jackets win or lose!
THWG
Reality Check....
March 23rd, 2009
12:49 pm
Tech fans need a reality check….No one has gotten arested yet…And quite insulting Dwyer and Nesbitt, they might have not been recruited but they are fooball players. The UGA players are getting healthy. And from what I hear the boys in Athens are doing a little better this year. Also, we go better when we are not ranked so high. GT will not put 69 on UGA this year bet on it!!! Heard that the NCAA is looking at tech because the only time they beat UGA is when they cheat.LOL!!!Hahahahahahahaha
Score Check: Still 45-42
March 23rd, 2009
12:51 pm
Dman:
“Compare that 104 yards special team and the 20 more yards total offense and it says volumes MinnesotaDumbaa$. Tech got their butts handed to them in an embarrassing way in the biggest bowl you’ve seen in most of your lifetimes. Get ready for more of the same this coming year.”
The biggest bowl you’ve seen in most of your lifetimes!? I believe the the 1990 National Championship was in most of the people on this blog’s lifetime. 1980 however….
And as far as next year goes, we’re returning our entire offense (that scored 45 points) and most of our defense. UGA lost it’s two best players. And the game will be at Tech this year. Kind of seems like a no-brainer to me.
We lost to LSU, they outplayed us, we looked like crap. We did the same thing against UNC. But when we came to play, no team (including preseason #1s) could beat us. If CPJ can get the jackets playing their hearts out every game next year, I see no reason why we can’t be a BCS contender. Who knows, maybe the UGA game will have some extra weight on it this year.
Reality Check....
March 23rd, 2009
12:53 pm
Score check: 51-7, LOL!!!!Haahahahahahahahah
RamblinWreck
March 23rd, 2009
1:15 pm
While UGA fans want to play the lets look at the past season and see who beat who and who almost lost to who….YOU mutts almost lost to BOTH Auburn AND Kentucky (who GW could probably beat with AU/UK teams 3rd string QB in)…Remember that when you bring up the GW game.
Baba O'Riley
March 23rd, 2009
1:19 pm
Reality check: “From what I hear the boys I Athens are doing a little better this year”. What is that based on? Have they already played games?
GT66
March 23rd, 2009
1:21 pm
Is there any truth to the rumor that CPJ has an out clause in his contract for the Notre Dame job?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 23rd, 2009
1:26 pm
Let’s take a look at the first two sentences that atl-xmen typed and substitute “UGAG” for “Tech” and “UF” for “UGAG”. That would read as follows:
“I always laugh at UGAG fans when start getting like this. they finally win 1 football game over UF in the last (?) years and now they think they will win every game they play UF, only to get the crap beat out of them the next 5 or 6 years. i love looking at how pissed they get when the realise how sucky they really are. makes it even sweeter when they gets this hope of them having a good football team !”
Yeah, that pretty much says it all about how UGAG fans act after their once-in-a-lifetime wins against the Gators. Of course, it’s fine for them to act like that; it’s just apparently stupid for any other school to do the same.
45 – 42 !!!
Run, Roddy, Run !!!
THWG !!!
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1:33 pm
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RamblinWreck
March 23rd, 2009
1:44 pm
GT66 go blow your Dad and get off this blog
Supersize that order, mutt
March 23rd, 2009
2:25 pm
I guess the mutts aren’t interested in talking about women’s basketball today. Hmm. Wonder why?
gtforever
March 23rd, 2009
2:31 pm
Reality Check. Good grief son, get some HELP! A UGA fan talking about cheating! Please, UGAG has more violations than you can shake a stick at…. Please don’t compare GT’s One violation with UGAG’S long history of cheating!
MinnesotaJacket
March 23rd, 2009
3:07 pm
Supersize…fn classic man FN CLASSIC….I also agree with “from what I hear Georgia is all ready doing a little better” I mean…what does that even mean Im extremely confused? I mean did the coaches go out there and say “this is Roddy…There goes Roddy…or how about Knowshean lining up to tackle Dwyer…and then there goes Dwyer for the TD….I mean there is NOTHING Georgia can hang its hat on other than the past…looking forward there is nothing to say Georgia has a chance this year…
MinnesotaJacket
March 23rd, 2009
3:12 pm
also Gtforever you must have JUST started watching Tech football, because Tech has NEVER gotten GREAT recruits…yeah every once in a while we pick up some 5 stars but very rarely is that CONSTANT. I mean Calvin…4 star guy who we made into a 5 star…I mean you can go down the line about how Tech takes those 3-4 star guys and makes them great athletes. So stop worrying about “the talent of UGA” because UGA will get talent and underplay it like they always have
Elton John
March 23rd, 2009
3:20 pm
I am very upset at how the bloggers on this site have treated Keith from Midtown. The homophobic language directed towards Keith is disgusting. I will have you to know keith not only works for my AIDS foundation but is also a huge Tech football fan. We have to close our foundation office every Saturday during the fall b/c all the staffers(including Keith) have Tech football parties. Keith feels his family has turned against him so please start treating him with respect. Elton
techrocks!!!!!
March 23rd, 2009
3:47 pm
WOOOO-HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!WE DO IT SO RARELY, BUT IT STILL FEELS SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!!! TECH FOR NATIONAL CHAMPS, YEAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!
i wish girls would like me.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 23rd, 2009
4:14 pm
Even when Bobby Dodd was coaching at Tech and winning 8 in a row over the mutts, he never had the kind of recruiting classes that the other big-time schools had. He just knew how to take an ordinary kid and turn him into a winner. I see CPJ doing the same thing. You don’t have to have 5-star recruits to win games. Just look at last Thansgiving weekend….which team had the 5-star recruits, and which team won? Hmmm. Does 45 – 42 ring a bell? RUN, RODDY, RUN !!!
THWG
MinnesotaJacket
March 23rd, 2009
4:27 pm
techrocks…YEAH IM SO COOL BECAUSE IM ON THE OTHER TEAMS BLOG TALKING ABOUT ALL THE GIRLS I GET…EVEN THOUGH I DON’T GO THE SCHOOL THAT IM COMPARING TO TECH TO… go ahead techrocks just tell me why are you on the Tech blog….keep talking Georgia fans..please keep talking because with every word out of your mouth you not only have information to back up this so called “Tech’s going to barely win 6 games” because frankly tech can only improve with very little lossed while UGA has lost all of their offense and has done nothing to improve the D
Huh?
March 23rd, 2009
4:32 pm
Yep, that’s Tech fans for you. Lose by 5 touchdowns and you simply lost the turnover battle. Win by 3 points and totally dominated the competition. I guess you have to have an engineering degree from Georgia Tech to figure it out.
Baba O'Riley
March 23rd, 2009
4:37 pm
UGA trying to tackle Roddy reminded me of those umpires trying to catch the dirty mouthed Bad News Bear in the Astrodome. “Let them play! Let them play!”"
MinnesotaJacket
March 23rd, 2009
4:41 pm
Huh? yeah my engineering degree allows me to do a few other things as well. 1. Tell you to cook my burger better 2. tell you I want my eggs scrambled and not over-easy 3. knows that 45 > 42 (if you don’t know >=greater than) 4. and of course be able to watch Roddy Jones run down the sideline…you see aren’t engineering degrees fun
Huh?
March 23rd, 2009
4:45 pm
Oh boy. I didn’t know we lost “all of” our offense. Where did they go? Did a big black hole open up on the practice field and swallow them up? I guess we’ll just send the punt team out on first down and pray to god the defense can score off some turnovers. The only problem is that we have “done nothing” to improve the D so that is a long shot. I guess we’ll just forfeit the 2009 season.
Baba O'Riley
March 23rd, 2009
4:45 pm
How many points were scored against Tech from players remaining on 2009 UGA team???